Surveillance cameras monitor hall parking lots. Campus-sponsored escort programs. This small-group living experience in a homelike atmosphere is the greatest advantage to living in a fraternity or sorority. Chapter houses surround the campus, and all are within walking distance. Most chapters provide room and board, study facilities, and leadership, social, and intramural activities.
Most chapters have a housemother who supervises the kitchen operations and plans the menus.
The African American and Latino fraternities and sororities do not offer housing. Benefits Greek life emphasizes academic excellence. Every chapter has a scholarship chair who oversees a program to motivate and help members do well in their classes. Help comes in the form of tutoring, study groups, old exam files, recognition banquets, and scholarships. Your chances of staying in school until graduation increase by about 20 percent as a member of a Greek organization.