page_title: West Virginia University
section_title: Fraternities and sororities
hierarchical_section_title: West Virginia University / Campus life / Student organizations / Fraternities and sororities
caption_attribution_description: English: Greek Games on Mountainlair Plaza during annual Greek Week
context_page_description: West Virginia University is a public, land-grant, research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser, and a second clinical campus for the university's medical and dental schools at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston. WVU Extension Service provides outreach with offices in all of West Virginia's 55 counties.
  Enrollment for the Fall 2018 semester was 26,839 for the main campus, while enrollment across all three non-clinical campuses was 29,933. The Morgantown campus offers 350+ bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs throughout 14 colleges and schools.
  Twenty-five Rhodes Scholars are WVU alumni, including former WVU president David C. Hardesty, Jr. The university has also produced 45 Goldwater Scholars, 24 Truman Scholars, and five members of USA Today's "All‑USA College Academic First Team." Additionally, WVU has had three George C. Marshall Scholars, five Morris K.
context_section_description: WVU Greek fraternities are Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Kappa Alpha Order, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Delta, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Theta Chi. Greek sororities are Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma,
  Pi Beta Phi, and Sigma Kappa, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta.
  Fraternity controversies
  In 2014, 18-year-old Kappa Sigma pledge Nolan Burch died during a hazing incident at the fraternity house. Police say his blood alcohol level was 0.493% at the time of his death.  A lawsuit was settled over the student's death in 2018 for $250,000
  In 2019, City Drive Studios produced the documentary “Breathe, Nolan, Breathe”, which details what led up to Nolan’s death. The film begins with the security footage inside the Kappa Sigma house, showing a fraternity brother performing CPR on Nolan’s limp body hours after he was dragged inside. The brother kept repeating the words, “breathe, Nolan, breathe.” Video also shows fraternity brothers taking videos of Burch laying on a wooden plank, walking around him and even kicking him.
  The film is being used by the university to kick off a bystander awareness campaign. According to City Drive Studios, “ The purpose of this film is to stop this from ever happening again and to save lives.” 
  In 2018 several WVU fraternities chose to disassociate themselves after the school sent out stricter rules and regulations for Greek life. For example, Sigma Chi was restricted to one social event per semester. David Coram of Sigma Chi says this was one of the main reasons the fraternity decided to disassociate. WVU also decided to raise the required GPA for rushing students from a 2.5 to 2.75. For Farris, the biggest concern with the breakaway is student safety, reports the WV Gazette-Mail. He explained how the university would not be able to help in situations such as an injury or sexual assault if they’re not recognized by the school. 
  2018 brought another fraternity incident as, according to WVU, senior finance major David Rusko, 22, fell down steps and was knocked unconscious at the fraternity house where he was visiting after a football game. An investigation found two hours elapsed between the fall and when medical help was sought. West Virginia University says three students are no longer enrolled at the university and 15 others have agreed to other disciplinary action as a result.
caption: Greek Games on Mountainlair Plaza during WVU's annual Greek Week
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