A truly rewarding fraternal experience provides our students with a complement to the academic mission while they are students at Hastings College and attends to their development, both ethically and academically, by providing them with peer groups, values-based programming, service opportunities, leadership development, social outlets lifelong friendships, and a career network. Our fraternal organizations seek to uphold the tenets of scholarship, leadership, service, and brother/sisterhood. These values based organizations challenge their members to instill these principles into their own lives through their activities and interactions with the collegiate brothers or sisters, and alumni.
Currently there are 9 chapters at Hastings College. Our fraternal community is currently a mix of local and inter/national organizations.
Local Social Sororities: Alpha Phi Sigma, Alpha Delta Alpha, Alpha Omega, Chi Omega Psi, Kappa Rho Upsilon
Local Social Fraternities: Beta Chi, Eta Phi Lambda
National Social Fraternities: Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Professional Fraternities: Sigma Alpha Iota
Recruitment Week is a structured process for the fraternities sororities and is currently held in the first few weeks of the fall semester every year. Following Recruitment Week, an informal recruitment process takes place where chapters will continue to recruit new members.
Events with alcohol are strictly forbidden by the College. Your time as a potential new member should be spent getting to know the members in each chapter and learning about the respective organization you would like to join.
All information about recruitment will be posted on the Student Activities website and Instagram.
Most chapters have a period of time, normally no more than 8 weeks, where their newest members learn the history, traditions, and values of the organization. New members will typically be involved in leadership training, community service projects, and other activities that will often offer them opportunities to better know the organization and its other members.
Hastings College unconditionally opposes any action taken or situation created, intentionally or unintentionally, whether on or off premises owned or leased by the organization, which has the effect of producing psychological or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule. For more information on Hastings College’s Anti-Hazing Policy, click here
As private organizations, fraternities and sororities are self-sufficient entities that usually require membership dues. Membership dues are used to sponsor social events, membership recruitment, and programming in support of scholarship, leadership, and philanthropy projects. Financial obligations vary by chapter and many chapters provide their members with several payment plan options. If you’re worried about the financial commitment, you should speak with the chapter treasurer to find a solution prior to accepting a bid because your first semester and initiation fees can come as quite a financial shock to some students. Each year, we ask our chapters to provide information about their cost of membership to assure financial transparency.
Students can make their experience as extensive as they like. Some members spend many hours a week being involved with their chapters by participating in intramural athletics, holding an executive office, or attending social functions while others may limit their time to chapter meetings and events. The more time a member spends with the members in their organization and at chapter activities, the more benefits a student will receive from membership. Just like any other activity, the more you put into it, the more you will get out.
Hastings College does not currently offer housing on campus for our fraternities or sororities. Any off-campus residences occupied by members of organizations are not recognized by the College as “Greek Housing.”
Please contact Student Activities Coordinator Alyssa Roush at alyssa.roush@hastings.edu for more information.