Category: Greek Life

An opinion piece from USAToday addresses hazing in response to piece earlier in the summer.  The following quote echoes our students’ thoughts from UIFI and the DKE Convention: The benefits I’ve seen from Greek life in the workplace have nothing to do with hazing. I’ve gained real, tangible experiences that have led me to my…

As we’ve communicated in the past, DKE’s alumni and student leadership work hand in glove to align ourselves with the Board of Trustees’ vision for Lafayette College. We closely monitor our progress fulfilling the Board’s directives from the October 22, 2011 Board of Trustees meeting which included the administration and faculty implementing 23 of 31…

Jim Higley recounts in a HuffPo piece “New Friends, Lost Friends, Found Friends, Old Friends” how more than thirty years after pledging his fraternity helped him gain a deeper understanding of human relationships, and explain friendship to his children: For me, I found that bucket of friends a few weeks ago when a group of…

Following comments from the Lafayette community, Dr. Celestino Limas posted an announcement on behalf of the Implementation and Assessment Group on Greek Life (IAGGL) on Monday May 21st that revises the previous metrics as well as IAGGL’s first draft of the metrics for the remaining Board of Trustees objective of “Fraternities and sororities must provide…

The Implementation and Assessment Group on Greek Life (IAGGL) hosted their second virtual town hall on Thursday April 19, 2012. You can access the recording by clicking here. This is the second town hall that the IAGGL hosted. It is the first virtual town hall since the draft metrics for Greek Life were published for…

For those alumni unable to listen to the full hour long virtual town hall Lafayette College hosted for the Implementation and Assessment Group on Greek Life (IAGGL), Michael De Lisi ’03 commissioned a transcript, which you can download as: 2012-02-17 IAGGL Town Hall The purpose of the transcript to keep the Lafayette College alumni community…

Lafayette College hosted its first Greek Life Virtual Town Hall this afternoon. It is available for download and viewing at this link. I suggest everyone interested in Greek Life, DKE, and the progress of IAGGL (pronounced Eagle), watch and listen to the presentation. The first half hour is an overview by Dr. Celestino Limas. The…

In late December, Lafayette posted an update from Dr. Celestino Limas, who is the chair of the Implementation and Assessment Group on Greek Life on the college’s website. He outlines their work as: 1) Establish metrics by which we can evaluate the Greek system’s ability to meet the four objectives spelled out by the Board…

President Weiss recently sent a message (copied here) to the entire Lafayette College community discussing the Implementation and Assessment Group on Greek Life (IAGGL). The IAGGL is charged with implementing the Board approved recommendations from the Greek Life Working Group and measuring results over the next three years. DKE’s actions position us well for achieving…

Following the Board of Trustees recent vote to endorse the Administration’s proposal covering the Greek Life Working Group’s Recommendations, which the College announced here and in e-mails to the Lafayette community, there has been a flurry of media coverage on the topic. Our resolve to exceed the expectations of the Board of Trustees and Lafayette…