Governing Councils & Honorary Societies

Interfraternity Council

IFC’s purpose is to promote and perpetuate the best interests of Greek life and establish unity and spirit among the fraternities of Virginia Wesleyan College through organized events. We also offer scholarships to members for their outstanding academic performance and coordinate campus recruitment for all member groups.

IFC Executive Board

• Allen Bays , President
• TBA, Vice President of Standards and Risk Management
• TBA , Vice President of Finance and Records
• Nathan Johnson, Vice President of Recruitment and Membership
• TBA , Vice President of Programming and Fundraising
• Luke Wade, Kappa Alpha Order Delegate
• Matt Boyce, Phi Kappa Tau Delegate
• Anderson Brown, Sigma Nu Delegate

 

IFC Members

• Kappa Alpha Fraternity
• Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
• Sigma Nu Fraternity

Panhellenic Council

Virginia Wesleyan College's Panhellenic Council is a body consisting of three nationally recognized sororities; Alpha Sigma Alpha, Phi Sigma Sigma, and Sigma Sigma Sigma. Also, included in our Panhellenic Council as an associate member is the natioanlly recognized NPHC (National Pan-Hellenic Couil) group Alpha Kappa Alpha. The major goals are to facilitate communication amongst chapters, to organize cross chapter events, and strong oversee a Greek sisterhood. Panhellenic's year long focus is to unite young women across the campus who share similar ideals. Ideals such as scholarship, leadership, philanthropic interests, and sisterhood. Virginia Wesleyan's Panhellenic Council directs much of it's efforts overseeing a successful formal recruitment that leads to the betterment of sorority life on Virginia Wesleyan's campus.

Panhellenic Executive Board

• Stephanie Drinkard , President
• Shae Robinson, Vice President/Recruitment
• Anita Karyne Bradbury, Treasurer/Secretary
• Kailtin Harris, Director of Programming and Greek Relations
• TBA, Director of Scholarship
• TBA, Director of Recruitment
• TBA, Director of Public Relations

NPC Members

• Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority
• Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority
• Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority

NPHC Members

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• National Panhellenic Website: www.npcwomen.org
• Virginia Wesleyan's Panhellenic Website: http://student.vwc.edu/~panhellenic/

Greek Honorary Societies

GAMMA SIGMA ALPHA

GAMMA SIGMA ALPHA, National Greek Academic Honor Society, was founded to promote intellectual interaction between Greek students and the academic community. The purpose of the Society is to promote the ADVANCEMENT of education among Greeks; to instill a greater spirit of cooperation among Greek students and organizations and to encourage EXCELLENCE in scholarship.

Students are eligible for membership based on their grade point average (GPA) and active membership in a fraternity or sorority.

The society strives to uphold the high ideals of scholastic achievement, and therefore, only students with a cumulative grade point average of 3.65 or above (on a 4.0 scale) during their Junior or Senior year are eligible.

Selection takes place during the fall and spring quarter.

ORDER OF OMEGA

Local President: Lauren Paolino

Order of Omega is a Greek Leadership Honorary that recognizes those junior and/or senior fraternity and sorority members, who have contributed greatly to the fraternity and sorority community as well as the campus at large during their time at Virginia Wesleyan College.

The purpose of ORDER OF OMEGA:

• To recognize those fraternity men and women who have attained a high standard of leadership in interfraternity activities, to encourage them to continue along this line, and to inspire others to strive for similar conspicuous attainment;
• To bring together outstanding fraternity men and women to create an organization which will help to mold the sentiment of the institution on questions of local and intercollegiate fraternity affairs.
• To bring together members of the faculty, alumni, and student members of the institution's fraternities and sororities on a basis of mutual interest, understanding and helpfulness;
• To help create an atmosphere where ideas and issues can be discussed openly across Greek lines and to help work out solutions.
• Selection takes place during the fall and spring quarter.

RHO LAMBDA

Local President: Lauren Paolino

The Greek letters RHO LAMBDA stand for PANHELLENIC LEADERSHIP, respectively. Those who are leaders light a torch in the darkness for others to follow, and the flame is the symbol of Rho Lambda.

The purpose of Rho Lambda is to honor those women within Panhellenic who have exhibited the highest qualities of leadership and service to Panhellenic and their sorority. They are women who have furthered the ideals and principles of the Panhellenic system throughout their years of sorority affiliation.

Selection takes place in the fall and spring quarter.