Fraternity & Sorority Life Resources

Learn about the University’s strict stance against hazing and resources for prevention and education.

Read the Zero Tolerance Hazing Policy

Think there's no other way to bond than to haze? Think again. There are many creative ways to ensure that your organization remains a non-hazing organization. Below are examples of ways to eliminate hazing and make membership a challenging yet positive experience. 

Have you created a safe, positive alternative to hazing within your organization? Let us know and we will post your idea or story!

• Participate in a community service or campus improvement project.
• Plan a fundraiser on campus or for local charitable organizations.
• Have an organizational retreat.
• Visit a ropes course to work on group cohesiveness, communication and leadership skills.
• Have members work together to plan a social or athletic event with another student organization.
• Have new member discuss organization weaknesses and plan solutions that the organization might then adopt.
• Encourage participation in school/campus activities outside of the organization.
• Encourage new members to get involved in organizational committees and/or leadership roles.
• Develop a peer mentor program within your group for leadership roles.
• Invite school/community/business leaders into the organization to share their experiences.
• Attend a movie, festival, state fair, sporting event, or concert as an organization.
• Plan a "membership circle" where new and current members participate in a candlelight service in which each person has a chance to express what membership means to them.
• Take advantage of the University’s academic and tutoring services.
• Invite university or community experts to discuss test-taking skills, study methods, time management etc.
• Invite an older member or alumnus to talk about the organization’s early days, its founding, special traditions, and prominent former members.
• Invite leaders of the councils to speak on organizational governance including their goals and expectations of the student involvement system.
• Use University resources for seminars on resume writing, job interview skills; various careers.
• Have a trivia night, including University and organizational history.
• Organize a 5k run/walk with the proceeds going to the charity of your choice.
• Plan a visit to the local dog shelter and walk the dogs.
• Attend an University sporting event.
• Create an anti-hazing workshop and present the content to other organizations.
• Plan a potluck dinner with new and active members.

More alternatives and information about anti-hazing can be found at http://www.stophazing.org

The Office of Student Engagement and Leadership expects fraternities and sororities to promote the academic achievement of its members. With this in mind the following academic polices must be followed:

General Information

1. Each semester (fall and spring), the total chapter must achieve a 2.0 GPA.
2. The chapter GPA and new member class GPA computation is based upon the December and
   April Roster Updates. Once the roster update is completed, no changes will be made.

Academic Warning

1. Chapters (total chapter) that fail to achieve a 2.0 GPA will be given an academic warning.
2. Academic warning period lasts for one semester. Chapter will be required to submit a scholarship action plan that highlights a success plan for the chapter to improve academically. In Failure to complete the provisions in a timely manner may result in fines or additional sanctions.
3. If the chapter (total chapter) achieves a 2.0 GPA or higher the following semester, the chapter will be placed back in good standing.

Academic Probation

1. If the chapter (total chapter) fails to achieve a 2.0 GPA at the end of the Academic Warning
   period, the chapter will be placed on Academic Probation.
2. Academic Probation lasts for one semester and requires a meeting with the Office of Student
   Engagement and Leadership to receive sanctions. Chapter leadership will be required to meet
   with regional leadership, advisor, and university staff to develop a plan for academic success.
3. To be removed from Academic Probation, the chapter (total chapter) must achieve a 2.0 GPA

Academic Suspension

1. If the chapter (total chapter) fails to achieve a 2.0 GPA at the end of Academic Probation, the
   chapter will be placed on Academic Suspension.
2. Academic Suspension lasts for one year. During this year, the chapter will lose all privileges
   of a registered student organization. They will not be allowed to participate in recruitment/intake, will be placed on social probation, or vote in council meetings. Sanctions may also include loss of community service and philanthropy privileges. To be placed back in good standing, the chapter must achieve over a 2.0 GPA both semesters
   under suspension.
3. If the chapter fulfills the requirements to return, they can return to campus on the status of Academic Warning. If the chapter has a 2.0 GPA or higher, the chapter will be placed back in
   good standing the following semester.

Academic Minimum Timeline

Over the next ten years, the Fraternity and Sorority Life community at UL Lafayette hopes to
strengthen their commitment to academic excellence. Through these required academic policies,
chapters will be committed to achieving a higher GPA than the all-male and all-female average, will
display a high level of retention and graduation rates, and adhere to the values of their organizations by promoting scholarship. The following is the proposed timeline of the required chapter minimum over the next ten years. The academic policies will reflect these changes in the fall semester of the given year.

• Fall 2021- 2.0 Chapter GPA (Pilot year of the program)
• Fall 2022- 2.0 Chapter GPA
• Fall 2024- 2.1 Chapter GPA
• Fall 2026- 2.2 Chapter GPA
• Fall 2028- 2.3 Chapter GPA
• Fall 2030- 2.4 Chapter GPA
• Fall 2032- 2.5 Chapter GPA

Events with Alcohol must adhere to the UL Lafayette Alcohol & Drug Policy for Students

This form is to be completed if you wish to report behaviors of concern involving the members of Student Organizations or Fraternities and Sororities here at UL Lafayette.

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