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New Member Education is a program
designed to develop a special bond between the new members and
their fraternity or sorority. Although each Greek
organization has its own new member program, the essential ideas
behind any program must be to:
- Provide impetus for high academic achievement through
assistance programs.
- Provide an opportunity for personal development through
leadership positions, self-awareness programs, and proper social
functions.
- Provide a method for servicing others through community service
projects.
- Promote St. Norbert College through active participation in
campus events and positive relationships with other
organizations.
- Develop a knowledge of the organization through studying the
history and obtaining a clear definition of its goals and
ideals.
The most important aspect of any new member program, however, is
not to test how well the new member conforms to the group, but to
help the new member grow as an individual.
St. Norbert College guidelines for new
members are as follows:
Each Greek organization shall have a sound New Member Education
program of preparation for active membership in accordance with the
goals of the organization and within the framework of an academic
community with a Judeo-Christian tradition. Therefore:
- All new members must have achieved specific grade and
behavioral standards to be eligible to associate. Students
must have attained a 2.25 cumulative grade point average in order
to be eligible to associate. Students sanctioned with
Disciplinary Probation are ineligible to associate.
- Each new member must have earned enough credits to be
considered a second semester freshman.
- All New Member Education programs are limited to five
weeks.
- New Member Education hours are from 6:30 a.m. to 11:00
p.m. In the event of an overnight, written permission must be
obtained from the respective Panhellenic or Interfraternity Council
advisor.
- Any and all types of New Member Education are prohibited in the
Library at all times.
- All Greek organizations must plan New Member Education
activities to reflect and respect the values inherent in the
Judeo-Christian heritage. This includes an evident respect
for the person and dignity of each individual.
- Though each Greek organization may set its own criteria for
admission to active membership, none is free to discriminate on the
basis of race, creed, physical handicap, or national origin.
- Each semester, all new new members and all members of the
fraternity or sorority are to review and sign both the group and
individual Associate Education Contracts outlining their
responsibility for implementing the Hazing policy and for
periodically reviewing their activities with respect to compliance
with it.
- All Greek organizations will be required to complete a Rush and
New Member Education Program evaluation.
Alleged violations of these guidelines should be brought to the
attention of the Associate Director of Student Involvement in
LSI. For individual or organization violations of College
policy, the institutional judicial process prevails.
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