To build pride and spirit in Greek life, Order of Omega, a Greek leadership honors society, will host Greek Week, a week of social and philanthropic events, from Feb. 16 to Feb. 20.
Greek Week will include a field day, karaoke night, lip-sync battle, women’s clothing drive and a fundraiser. Fraternities and sororities will compete with each other throughout the week for first-, second- and third-place trophies. The sorority or fraternity who wins the first-place trophy will donate all the money raised during the week to a philanthropic organization of their choice.
Allison Siegel, senior exercise science major, president of Order of Omega and member of Phi Sigma Sigma, said she hopes Greek Week will give the organizations and councils involved a sense of pride.
“I want them to be proud of who they are and what they represent,” she said. “I want them to be proud to be an NSU Greek.”
Nicole Almeida, junior business administration major, Delta Phi Epsilon member and vice president of programming of Order of Omega, said that, while Greek organizations have different values, they all strive to create a family atmosphere.
“It’s really about having that family away from home and being unified,” she said.
Katlyn Magnotta, sophomore biology major and president of Sigma Delta Tau, is part of the Greek Week committee and said that she’s very passionate about Greek Life because of the legacy associated with it.
“It’s an honor to be part of something that’s so much bigger than myself,” she said. “Only a small percentage of students on this campus are Greek, and I’d love for more people to get involved in our organizations. We want to show people how great Greeks actually are.”
Siegel, Almeida and Magnotta said that part of the purpose of Greek Week is to break stereotypes about fraternities and sororities.
Siegel said that Greek life at NSU is different because it focuses on service and leadership, not partying.
“You’ve probably seen a lot of negative stuff in the media about Greek life,” Almeida said. “But, at NSU, we’re really not like that. We definitely strive to do better in the community and to do better on campus.”
Greek Week is an opportunity for Greek students to meet new people.
“While most of us mingle, there might be certain members who don’t know each other, so we wanted them to be able to network with each other and build connections with other sororities and other fraternities,” Almeida said. “We also want uninvolved NSU students to become more informed about Greek Life.”
Siegel and Magnotta are most looking forward to Mock Rock, a lip sync battle between fraternities and sororities.
Siegel hopes that this week will set the standard for future Greek Weeks, since the events have been smaller in past years.
Almeida has worked on Greek Week since the summer.
“Showing our presence on campus and our unity is really important to us,” she said.
For more information about Greek Week, contact Almeida at na503@nova.edu.
Credit: Printed with permission from N. Almeida.
Greek Week events
Feb. 16—Field Day 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. @ Library Quad (Greek students only)
Feb. 17—Karaoke Night 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. @ Flight Deck
Feb. 18—Fundraiser @ Menchies on University Drive
Feb. 19—Mock Rock Lip Sync Battle 5:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. @ Shark Circle
Feb. 20—Beach Cleanup Service Day @ Dania Beach
