NSU’s Interfraternity Council will host the semi-annual Rush Week for interested students to learn more about the social fraternities on campus from Jan. 11 to Jan. 15.
IFC is composed of the campus’s three social fraternities: Phi Gamma Delta, or Fiji, Kappa Sigma and Beta Theta Pi. During rush week, each fraternity hosts events to find potential new members and for non-Greek affiliated males to learn more about each organization.
Each fraternity has a different events, goals and criteria for accepting new members. In order to rush, undergraduate students must have at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average and carry at least 12 credits.
IFC Vice President for Recruitment Shawn Stricker, junior sport and recreation management major, said there are various reasons people join Greek life ― to establish life-long friendships, gain leadership experience, to network or to do service.
Stricker said that joining Kappa Sigma helped him develop interpersonal skills and values and provided him with a brotherhood that became family. After his father passed away, Stricker said that his brothers attended his dad’s funeral and continuously supported him through the process.
“These acts of kindness made my mother and I realize how important my fraternity’s brotherhood really was to us all,” he said. “I can truly say the title of ‘brother’ is an accurate one to represent each of them.”
Stricker said people who want to get involved or learn more should attend events to meet the brothers of each fraternity.
“Anyone with an interest or curiosity is welcome. The guys from every fraternity are friendly and welcoming,” he said. “There really isn’t a reason not to stop by,”
IFC President Chris Joyce, sophomore business administration major, said that typically, students in Greek life have better GPAs than unaffiliated students and that joining a fraternity can help students find a “home away from home.”
“If it wasn’t for Greek life, I wouldn’t have gotten involved, and I probably wouldn’t like NSU as much as I do now,” he said. “It has given me a group of people whom I can rely on no matter what.”
For more information about Rush Week or IFC in general, contact nsuifc@nova.edu.
Rush Events
- Fiji
- Point of Contact: Bairon Madrigal at bm1010@nova.edu or Christian Charles at cc2590@nova.edu
- Jan. 12
- Phi Gam BBQ Slam 4-7 p.m. @ Commons Pagoda
- Jan. 13
- Informational noon-1 p.m. @ Commons 123
- Jan. 14
- Phi Gam Field Day 4-6 p.m. @ Intramural Fields
- Jan. 15
- Invitation Only Bid Ceremony 4-9 p.m.
- Beta Theta Pi
- Point of Contact: Corey Chan at cc2407@nova.edu or Michael DeSimone at md1873@nova.edu
- Jan. 12
- Basketball 6-8 p.m. @ RecWell basketball courts
- Jan. 13
- Football 11 a.m.-1p.m. @ Alvin Sherman Library Quad
- Jan. 14
- BBQ noon-1 p.m. @ Commons Pagoda
- Jan. 15
- Invitation only event 7 p.m.
- Kappa Sigma
- Point of Contact: Josh Haeffner at jh2372@nova.edu
- Jan. 12
- Game Night 7 p.m. @ Commons 123
- Jan. 13
- Chick-fil-A Beach Day 3-6 p.m. @ Commons Pagoda
- Jan. 14
- Dodgeball 8 p.m. @ RecWell basketball courts
