From: Fraternity and Sorority Life
Date: May 12
Subject: Explore Your Possibilities: Fraternity & Sorority Life May Newsletter


Fraternity & Sorority Life 

#ExploreYourPossibilities


Important Resources: 
Student Organization Resource Page 
Fraternity and Sorority Life Resource Page 
Fraternity and Sorority Life Directives 
Fraternity and Sorority Life Forms 
Fraternity and Sorority Life Officer Leadership Series (OLS) 

Deadine Reminders:

  • Student Organization Audit Process Approval: Sunday, June 1, 2025
  • Empty FSL locker in the SAC: Friday June 6, 2025
  • FSL Quarterly Report (Spring) Friday, June 13, 2025
  • FSL FERPA Waivers: Friday, June 13, 2025
  • FSL Chapter Rosters: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
  • FSL 101 (for new members): Friday, June 13, 2025



FSL Office Hours - Open to all FSL Students! 
Every Wednesday in Spring Quarter 
Lincoln Park, OSI Suite 201 
10am- 12pm  

WELCOME! 

Hello Fraternity and Sorority Life!

It is a busy time of the quarter, as things are starting to wrap up! We hope that you had a great Spring Quarter and are excited for Summer break! We are thrilled to continue our monthly newsletter for Fraternity and Sorority Life. It is our hope that through this newsletter, we can connect with our FSL community in its entirity to share out news, programs, information and resources! 

 If you have any questions about what is presented in the Newsletter, please reach out to your Chapter/Council President or connect with your FSL Council Advisor. Wishing you all the best on your upcoming midterms and finals!

Patrick Rezek, M.Ed
Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life
Office of Student Involvement 
 

FSL Staffing Roles

These are the individuals that directly work to support your council and chapter operations.

Patrick Rezek: PREZEK@depaul.edu
Assistant Director, FSL & Civic Engagement

  • Advises the Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)
  • Advises the Panhellenic Council (PHC)

Tito Castañeda: ACASTAE1@depaul.edu
Coordinator, Student Orgs and FSL

  • Advises the Interfraternity Council (IFC) 
  • Advises the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)

Payton Ross: FSL@depaul.edu
FSL Specialist

Student Organization Audit Process

As previously communicated, the final date to submit audit applications will be June 1st. Starting June 2nd, all student organizations that have not completed the 2024-2025 audit process will be deactivated on DeHUB. To be approved the following must have been completed:

· Audit Application has been reviewed and approved.

· President and Treasurer must have completed the Audit Orientation.

· President, Treasurer, and Advisor must have completed the required DeHub training modules.

Student organizations must have completed and been approved for the 24-25 year to not be deactivated. If an organization has been deactivated and would like to become recognized for the 2025-2026 Academic Year, they will be required to complete the New and Reactivating Student Organization Process. Any questions can be directed to studentorgs@depaul.edu.

FSL will be hosting Audit Application Workshops on the following dates in OSI, Suite 201: 

  • Friday May 9 from 11am-12pm 
  • Monday May 12 from 11am-12pm 
  • Friday May 23 from 11am-12pm 
  • Monday May 26 from 1pm-3pm
Please reach out to fsl@depaul.edu if you need any assistance or want to attend a workshop! 

Updates from the Councils! 

This section will provide an opportunity for our 4 Governing Councils to provide community wide updates of things they are working on throughout the Quarter. 

Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) : 

  • MGC has just wrapped up our MGC week! We started off the week by attending Vincentian Service Day with our respective organizations. We then hosted our annual Neo workshop that informs and welcomes all of our new members into our council. We also hosted an Arts and Crafts night which was meant to relieve stress after midterms as well as a Mocktail night that encourages interaction and unity between all of our organizations. Moving forward we are hosting our annual Crystal Awards that celebrate each organization and its accomplishments while also congratulating all graduating seniors that have dedicated their time to MGC. If you have any general questions or want to connect, reach out to Valentina “Aria” Cruz #123, Interim President of MGC at mgcpresident.depaul@gmail.com. 

Interfraternity Council (IFC): 

  • The IFC is currently setting up a recruitment roundtable. We will be getting each chapters recruitment chairs in an effort to improve our upcoming recruitment process. We will begin planning for Fall recruitment. Next community meeting will be held on May 20th. Chapters must have one representative at least attend. We are also still in the process of gathering marketing materials from each chapter. They are due on May 16th through the google form we sent out earlier. If anyone has any questions, they can always contact ifc@depaul.edu.

National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC): 

  • Many of our Council's leadership attended AFLV Central featuring the National Black Greek Leadership Conference in early February. Our chapters have been busy this quarter with various community service events, hosting Founder's weeks and game nights, and preparing for Spring Quarter. For more information about NPHC, people can reach out to nphc@depaul.edu. 


Panhellenic Council (PHC): 

  • Panhellenic is currently working on getting funding to send women from Panhel to AFLV! We are also gearing up for recruitment next fall. We Just wrapped up Panhel love week and concluded it with Badge Day Tea. We had an amazing turnout and loved spending time with all the chapters! There are a lot of philanthropy weeks currently happening for Panhellenic sororities and the money they are raising for such good causes! You can reach out to Panhellenic at DePaul.panhel@gmail.com!

Get to Know Your FSL Leaders! 

This section will feature different leaders in our FSL Community. 

Name: Ellie Bloodsworth
Year at DePaul: Senior
Organization: Alpha Omicron Pi
Current Leadership Role: Vice President of Operations
Favorite thing about DePaul: My favorite thing about DePaul is living in the city and my friends.

Why you joined FSL: I wanted to make more friends and meet new people

Why you chose to be a leader in FSL: I wanted to be more involved in AOII. 

Want to be featured in the next Newsletter? Complete the form here! 

SAVE THE DATE

This section will cover and highlight any upcoming FSL Programs, Council Programs, and OSI Programs that students can attend! 

Vinny Vows: 

The Vinny Vow is a Bystander Intervention Training hosted by the Office of Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW) that empowers participants with the knowledge and skills to effectively assist in the prevention of sexual and relationship violence. Make sure you register and attend your required Vinny Vow Training as a new member to the Fraternity and Sorority Life community at DePaul. 

FEST! 
FEST 2025 is THIS Friday on May 16th! Get your tickets on DeHub to see performances from our student openers Kayliah Love & Diakite, DJ Ca$h Era, Baby Tate, and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie! FEST is on the Quad and doors open at 5pm! We’ll have air brush, bubble art, body art, lots of food, and exclusive FEST merch!

After FEST, join us in the Student Center until 11:30pm for After Hours ft DJay Mando for a neon glow party! We’ll also have aura photos, balloon artists, face painters, arcade games, food, mocktails, and more!


FSL Spring Photo Shoot
Open to all FSL students- it's time to update our Marketing materials and get some more Chapter and Council photos! Wear your letters and represent your Chapter and/or Council! 
Date: Friday, May 30 from 11am-12pm 
Location: DePaul Quad


FSL-ebrate (End of Year Picnic) 
This is our BIG end of the year picnic open to all FSL students and friends! Come out after class to enjoy food, music and great times with our community and those that support us! We will also have some giveaways for attendees!

Date: Wednesday, June 4 from 3-6pm 
Location: Lincoln Park Quad
DeHUB: Register Here 

Any questions, email fsl@depaul.edu 

RESOURCE:
FSL DeHUB Website

We have just updated our FSL DeHUB website. This website was created to provide chapters with a one stop shop for all things you may need for FSL as a member or an officer. The website has information on overviews of our councils, a resource page for FSL forms & surveys (which is linked on the side) as well as a helpful resource page for things such as SAF-B and CAF-B funding, catering from chartwells, and more. Save the links to your computers or devices and reference them as often as you'd like!

FSL Chapter Lockers 

Just a reminder- each FSL Chapter has a locker in the Schmidt Academic Center (SAC) paid for by FSL. This is where your chapter can place items for tabling, your FSL chapter table cloth, and other things the chapter needs to store. If you need to be reminded of your locker # and combination, please email FSL at fsl@depaul.edu and we can provide you with that information. 

Update: Please empty your SAC Chapter lockers by June 6, 2025 (this is required from Student Centers every summer for locker cleaning). FSL will hold on to your FSL Chapter table clothes and dry clean them over the summer so please do not take those with you. 

Any questions, please email fsl@depaul.edu

Founders Weeks 

We want to highlight and celebrate the organizaitons who will be celebrating their Founders Days during the month! 

April: 

April 4: Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc. (MGC) 
April 5: Chi Omega (PHC) 
April 9: Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. (MGC) 
April 17: Alpha Xi Delta (PHC)
April 17: Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority, Inc. (MGC) 

May: 

May 1: Phi Gamma Delta (IFC) 

June: 

June 28: Sigma Chi (IFC)
 

Did You Know? 

Fraternity and Sorority Life is currently conducting a FSL Engagement Survey! All current FSL Students received an initial email titled "Take the FSL Engagement Survey" from fsl@depaul.edu on April 23 with an individual link to complete the survey. The purpose of this survey is to get feedback and hear about the experiences of FSL students as we look to create, re-shape, and design future programs and leadership initiatives for FSL students. 

The FSL Engagement Survey closes Thursday, May 15 so take it while you can! 

150 students who complete the FSL Engagement survey will be entered into a raffle to win a FSL PowerCharging Battery Pack! 


Any questions, please email fsl@depaul.edu 

Shoutouts 

Shoutout Community members and groups doing good things! 

DePaul FSL had chapters from all 4 governing councils represented in the Vincentian Service Day on May 3! More than 15 of our chapters participated in over 8 different locations across the Chicagoland area! Way to go FSL! 

Want to be featured in this section for the next Newsletter? Email fsl@depaul.edu with a program, event, or person you want to shout out! 

Campus Partner Spotlight

This section will highlight a new office or department and resources they can provide to FSL Students! 

 

Office Name: Student Centers Office
Location: Student Center 303
Office Contact Information:

  • Samantha Meyer, Event Reservations Coordinator
  • Steven Sutkus, Assistant Director of Events

Phone: 773-325-7346

Emal: Studentcenters@depaul.edu
Any special programs/opportunities offered: Event space reservations
How can FSL Students use this campus partner: Our office aids in putting on any event, from meetings to a large scale reception/gala. Our event spaces include the rooms in the Student Center, as well as outdoor spaces, such as the Quad or Arts and Letters Patio.
For More information: Stop in, call or email us!

Need ideas for layouts in the Student Center for your programs? Click on this link to view example layouts for room reservations! 

Reminder: Events with Alcohol
 

Chapters or establishing chapters at DePaul proposing to hold events with alcohol, must be in good standing with the University and their Inter/National organization.
 

Event with Alcohol Registration:

  • All events with alcohol must be registered on DeHUB 14 business days (Monday – Friday) prior to the event with alcohol taking place.
  • For the registration of an event with alcohol to be considered complete, it must include the following:
    • An updated Liquor Liability Insurance from the third-party venue where the event is being held, submitted with the registration.
    • An updated Liquor License from the third-party venue where the event is being held, submitted with the registration.
    • A full list of Sober Monitors (members of the fraternity/sorority). Note: FSL requires that there is 1 Sober Monitor for every 15 attendees.
    • A full event description, including but not limited to, food being served, anticipated attendee count, the presence of your chapter advisor, transportation needs.

Risk Management Meeting:

  • Once a complete registration of an event with alcohol is submitted, the Chapter’s President and Risk Manager (or equivalent position) are required to schedule and meet with their FSL Council Advisor no less than 7 business days (Monday – Friday) prior to the event with alcohol.
  • In this risk management meeting, the chapter and advisor will discuss the event with alcohol and develop a risk management plan.
  • This meeting is to be requested and scheduled by the chapter officers.

Event with Alcohol Approval:

For an event with alcohol to take place, a chapter must receive both of the following DeHUB workflow approvals from FSL Staff:

  • Event with Alcohol registration, as defined above in this directive
  • Risk Management Meeting, with FSL Council Advisor

Failure to receive both DeHUB workflow approvals from FSL Staff prior to the event with alcohol will result in the event violating FSL Directives and initiate the FSL Accountability Process.

FSL Photos and Social Media

If you would like the FSL Instagram to repost your stories and posts on Instagram, be sure to tag @deapulfsl! Help us get to 2,000 followers by the end of the year!