Greek Week Activities
 

Anybody have any cool ideas for Greek Week? There should be a forum Greek Week. Anyway, GW at my school has been below average the last few years and I'm trying to find ways to make it better. If anyone has ideas here or needs help with theirs, post here.

Go to LXA Thread of GC!:)

Oh, maybe you did! Da!:eek: Or not!:(

we do pudding eattin to kick off the week and it is a blast

At Iowa State: Polar Bear Plunge.

Raise $50 towards the Iowa Special Olympics and you get to dress up in costume of your choice and jump into the lake on campus (in Iowa that means the water is 45-50 degrees).
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What events are availabe?

Greek Week should be somewhat structured, right?

Are there times that each Group can improvise?

Do you have any leeway?

Need a little more info.

Have some ideas but need to get more input on what you are talking about being done.l

Lots and lots of ideas for Greek Week

slip n slide bowling !

just play normal sports...we're starting a day early this year and having softball and a greek cookout, then like 3-on-3 basketball, 3 point shoot outs, soccer, ultimate frisbee, bowling, trivia, tug-of-war is a big one, bowling, broom ball (like hockey w/o skates or sticks, or pucks LOL, brooms & balls on ice), flag football, then we always have a greek sing on the closing day and the boys do skits like from american idol or SNL or make up their own, and the girls make up dance routines and sing songs...last year the Sig Taus sang "Paved Paradise and put up a Parking Lot" cause their frat house got torn down and they put in a parking lot obviously lol, it was sad, but really cute

WVSigmaChick


Is this A Soro Thing? Watching a Group of Soros perspireing may indeed be something to watch!:D

Just kidding, or not!:) :D

somehow, someway, the powers that organize Greek Week decided that it would be a great idea to have dodgeball. what. the. hell.

Re: worst greek week activity
 

That might actually be pretty interesting here...a siamese cat, a scottie dog, a 4 point crown, a sphinx, a running shoe, a bull, a pink panther, a deer, an owl, a greenworm, a rat ....

Tom Earp

nah, everybody participates, there are like 2-3 activities a day, from Sunday - Sunday. Like just the girls play the girls and stuff though, and the guys vs. the guys of course. The more sports you play though, the more fun it is, and the more trophies you get to decorate your house with haha

Greeks putting focus on service - Penn State
 

Interesting idea about polling the community for ideas. Gets the word out there and gets feedback for projects that would be appreciated.


Greeks putting focus on service
By Anne Danahy
adanahy@centredaily.com
Posted on Sat, Mar. 19, 2005


Fraternities and sororities at Penn State plan to volunteer their time in the community this April as part of an ongoing effort to promote a positive image of Greek organizations in the community.

The theme of Greek Week 2005 is Enotita, an ancient Greek word for unity. The week includes a day of service on April 16. BrieAnn Szatkowski, public relations chairwoman, said the organization hopes to hear from members of the community about what projects student volunteers can work on that day.

Projects could include things such as helping residents with spring cleaning in their yards, painting fences or cleaning a park.

Szatkowski said the group surveyed about 100 homes in January to find out what residents think of the Greek community and to ask what Greeks can do to help the State College area. She said about 75 surveys were returned. Some of the feedback was negative and some was positive. Some suggested helping with service projects as an organized Greek effort.

Greek Week runs April 10 to 17. Szatkowski said it is the only time during the year the 34 Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council fraternities and sororities, the Mulicultural Greek Council and the National Panhellenic Council work together. Among the other activities slated for the week are a Mr. Fraternity pageant, a canned-food drive competition, flag football and an AIDS walk on April 17 starting in Central Parklet.

making fun of ourselves....
 

...the UT-Austin Greek Week shirts say "Greek Week 2005" on the front and on the back they say "Texas Greeks. Making t-shirts for darn near everything since 1882".



More ideas at Greek Zone - http://www.greekzone.com/pgs/resource/greekwk.html

Our Greek Week ran Monday - Saturday. Monday was the Chariot Race, Tuesday was the talent show, Wednesday was Greek God/Goddess, Thursday was skit night, Friday wasn't anything, and Saturday morning were Greek Games. You knew at the end of Greek Games who had won Greek Week. If we were collecting items, such as clothing, canned goods or can tabs, they were to be turned in at skit night.

Some of the events that we had at Greek Games were things like treasure hunt, pyramid, tug-of-war, dizzy bat, donut eating contest, egg toss, etc. The year before my first Greek Games (my first was in 1999, so in 1998) was the last year they held the games off campus, and they had a keg toss event, a keg race (not chugging - racing w/ empty kegs), and something else keg-related.

We support a charity all week for Greek Week... thought I would assume most schools do. I think ours is Shriner's Hospital or something to that affect. Anyway, everyone sets up a booth for a Children's Fair. Each org makes a carnival game out of their booth and they invite kids from the hospital to play, as well as the day care kids we have on campus. Last year, the girls did a "go fish" booth.

But we do the typical sports as well. Soccer, volleyball, basketball, softball, bar games, football for the guys, tug-o-war, 4x1, etc. This year they have introduced swimming... which is great because my chapter is FULL of swimmers.

Eastern Illinois Greek Week
 

Lots of coverage in the campus paper -

Greek Week Schedule
Greek Week kicks off on a 'good note' with traditional sing-off
Greek Week unity speaker offers useful advice to audience
Queen of Greek Week
Fun Games offer more of a relaxed competition
Competing for points in Pyramids, Canoe Races
Singin' and dancin'
Day one of tugs kicks off
Final tug pulls three teams to victory


Greek community recognizes outstanding members
By Laura Griffith
Published: Monday, April 18, 2005


After sororities and fraternities participated in more than a week of events for Greek Week 2005, overall winners were announced on Wednesday at the Greek Week Awards Banquet.

Alpha Phi, last year's Greek Week champion, claimed the title in the sorority division again this year, and Sigma Pi took the honors for the fraternity division. Alpha Phi placed placed first in pyramids and tugs.


Other awards were also announced at the banquet, including Greek Man and Woman of the Year. The woman and man that stand out above all the rest are Tara Coghlan of Sigma Kappa sorority and Danny Scheck of Sigma Pi fraternity.

Kelly O'Malley of Alpha Phi was named outstanding sorority new initiate. O'Malley became involved with Junior Greek Council and was a delegate to Panhellenic Council for Alpha Phi. A bone-cancer survivor, she spoke at last year's Relay for Life and got her sorority to participate in this year's relay, which took place Friday and Saturday. Mitch Forney of Sigma Phi Epsilon was named outstanding fraternity new initiate.

Mary Kate Lobough of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority was recognized for her work with community service and was given the outstanding community service award.

Three chapters and two members of their respective chapters were recognized for their fraternal values. They were Alpha Gamma Delta sorority in first, Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority in second, Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity in third, D'Anna Cepela of Sigma Kappa sorority in fourth and Nick Pinaire of Sigma Phi Epsilon in fifth place.


Greek Award Winners

- Greek Week Sorority Champion: Alpha Phi
- Greek Week Fraternity Champion: Sigma Pi
- Greek Woman of the Year: Tara Coghlan, Sigma Kappa
- Greek Man of the Year: Danny Scheck, Sigma Pi
- Sorority Adviser of the Year: Ann Brownson
- Fraternity Adviser of the Year: Doug Dehority
- Sorority President of the Year: Jackie Engel
- Fraternity President of the Year: Dan Blair

Hofstra Greek Week
 

Greeks Go Head to Head
By Kayla Walker
Published: Thursday, April 21, 2005


Monday marked the conclusion of the University's Greek Week, ending the annual and enthusiasm-filled stretch of fraternity and sorority-sponsored activities. Most colleges and universities celebrate some form of Greek Week, a seven-day period that not only strengthens ties between campus Greek organizations, but also expresses unity with those nationwide.

A major feature of Greek Week is its spirited series of competitions, senior Rommel Mateo and a Phi Iota Alpha member said. Sorority and fraternity members displayed their artistic skills through a banner contest, in which each Greek organization handmade and decorated banners with its respective mascot. A chariot race, which pits organizations' vehicle designs against each other, is a harkening back to a classical era.

Sports also figure prominently into Greek Week, as sorority and fraternity members engage in a number of such friendly competitions. Matteo notes the wide range of athletic tournaments, which include swimming, bowling, football, softball, dodgeball, volleyball and soccer.

Aside from these lively and recreational events, Greek Week is also a time for community awareness. While fraternities and sororities participate in community service projects year-round, Dennis Camacho, assistant director of student activities, spoke glowingly of Greek Week's "canned castle drive." The event brought the Greek organizations together to collect an estimated 7,200 pounds of recyclables. All proceeds were donated to the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN).

Other critical and time-honored components of Greek Week are its opening and closing ceremonies. The week's commencement was centered around "Songs of Love." Each year John Beltzer's Songs of Love Foundation composes ballads for children coping with serious illness, with the lyrics of the song mirroring each child's unique struggles and hopes. This year's song honored the courageous fight of Joshua Jimenez, who is currently battling leukemia.

The University currently consists of 19 fraternities and 12 sororities with an estimated six percent of University students belonging to a Greek organization. Greek Week participants praised the event as a way to strengthen ties between members of the Greek community as well as a way to aid the larger community.

"It's a great time to bond with fellow fraternity and sorority members and it allows us to do good for the community while having fun," Mateo said.

"It was definitely a memorable experience and I'm looking forward to it next year," Tania Bellia, freshman and Alpha Phi member, said.

We just finished with our Greek Week and it was big success...we lost by only 6 points though :( The Sigmas fought hard all week, this was our schedule:

Sunday - Flag Football and Greek cookout
Monday - banner contest, comedy relay (we had it where you had to put clothes on, run to a station spin around on bats, run w/ an egg in a spoon, then push the egg w/ your nose, bob for teething rings in applesauce haha, then put a diaper and a bib on one person and give then a piggy back ride, then have one person lay down in a sheet and pour ketchup and mustard all over them and wrap them up as a human hotdog and roll them across the finish line) , tug-of-war, 3-on-3 basketball
Tuesday - Supposed to be a Greek carnival but it was cancelled because of rain
Wednesday - Volleyball and Family Feud (just like the TV show)
Thursday - Say What Karaoke and Kickball
Friday - Softball
Saturday - Soccer
Sunday - Greek Sing

it was a really great week, lots of bumps and bruises, but a lot of great memories too

I wish that Greek week and Greek stuff in general would get more publicity here (WVU).

It seems to me that any time the schools needs to 'impress' a speaker with student envolvment they make all the sororities (especialy) and fraternities attend all the events. Yet when it comes time to helping us out-they just shit all over us.

At the same time, I have to say that I have never been involved in a more unorganized event than something planned by the greek offices here. It's tough to deal with coming from the Army and then going to an IFC/Panhellenic meeting where they tell us we have to do certain events...but they don't know when or the times or anything about it.

I hear ya. Our Greek Week here was an unorganized nightmare. I had fun, but, frankly, if I had my way, I'd never participate again.

George Mason University-

Monday: Relay Races (swimming), 3-5 minute synchronized swim routine
Tuesday: Trivia Game
Wednesday: Banner Competition
Thursday: Tug-o-War, Dizzy Bat, Musical Chairs
Friday: Soccer Tournament (half-field)
Saturday: Greek Sing
Sunday: Philanthropy Scavenger Hunt

Well, today officially starts our Greek Week....it currently blows.

Don't your Councils (IFC/PC/PHC/MC) plan and organize Greek Week? I think they should...

PsychTau

I don't know why, but this post cracks me up.

I'm not too terribly fond of Greek Week because it's almost exclusively athletic and thus biased toward the houses that recruit athletes just so they can win Greek Week. (Sorry that sounds kind of grumpy). Our Panhel and IFC are really working to improve it, though, which is a good thing. It'd be really nice if we got points for winning the Scholarship Cup (awarded usually right before Greek Week) or things like that.

Our Greek Week:

Monday:
- Jump rope: must get 10 girls from your house into a jump rope and whichever house jumps the most times wins; counting starts when the 10th girl is in.
- All-house sing: each house does a sort of low-key mock rock, changing the lyrics to a song. It's only based on participation (have a certain percentage present/participating), so there's no "winner" and usually everyone gets equal points.

Tuesday:
- Bowling

Wednesday:
- Euchre tournament: houses get points for winning teams at table; teams are ramdom and rotate after each round.

Thursday:
- Soccer
- Swimming: medley relay and a kickboard and sweatshirt relay

Friday:
- Volleyball
- Chariot race (new this year): each fraternity constructs a chariot which must make three laps down a soccer field and back. They are paired with a sorority, from which three girls (one for each lap) ride in the chariot. They chariot is pulled by 6 different guys from that house, 2 for each lap.

Saturday:
- "Super Saturday": a field day with three-legged, sack, and wheelbarrow races, football and egg toss, limbo, tug of war, etc.

Those are really just the girls events. We don't really get too involved in guys Greek Week, although our new Greek advisors are working with Panhel and IFC to get us to do more GW stuff together.

Fun fact, the chapter of Chi Omega here just won their 23rd straight Greek Week. :) I'm glad for them, because even though I'd love my house to win, it's tradition for them, and a big thing in their chapter.

Yes they do....but those councils are run by idiots. I've scraped more intelligent things off the bottom of my shoe than you will find running and organizing these things.

I heard that our chapter was paired with ATO and a sorority which shall remain nameless to protect the innocent (ATO is never innocent ;) )

If there is anyone out there that is familiar with the common history that ATO and Sigma Nu share, they will find this funny.

If not, just disregard this. I can guarantee that we'll be dead last in greek week though, usually, we contend for the top spot.

I think dodgeball is a really really bad idea for greek week. I'm concerned.

We're having soccer, tug o war, dodgeball (Grr), volleyball (for the girls) and basketball (for the guys). Then there's Harmony Night and then Lip Sync. New this year is a uniform contest, which I'm not crazy about because it gives the chapters with more members a leg up (they have more cash).

The Orion even ran an article about your Greek Week -
Greek week kicks off

Well I guess it's probably too late to post this now, but oh well....

I was Greek Week Chair this year, so if anyone wants to know about the events we had and whatnot, feel free to PM or e-mail me.

It's mostly sports and each house is paired up with another. Some of the smaller houses are paired up with more than one other house to make the teams more even. There are some events which are individual events (such as the lip sync competition and Mr./Miss Greek Week) but most of the sports are team events. Points are determined on how many people participate. For example, kickball is 12 people per team, and that gets more points than the 3 legged race (2 people per team, obviously).

One of the coolest things we did this year was a water event day. We had a cannonball competition ("biggest splash"), a raft building competition/race (could only be made out of certain materials...ours was made out of plastic garbage cans, among other things), and a clothing swim relay (put on a dress, button it up, swim, and switch it to the next person...funny seeing the boys in the dresses..hee hee)

here's a list of the events, for those of you who are interested:

SATURDAY
- torch race
- chariot judging and race
- tricycle race
- bouncy ball

SUNDAY
- tug-o-war
- softball
- mr. / miss greek week

MONDAY
- sack race
- 3 legged race
- kickball
- dodgeball

TUESDAY
- clothing swim relay
- biggest splash
- raft judging and relay
- hot shots (bball shootout)
- volleyball

WEDNESDAY
- basketball
- dance competition

THURSDAY
- greek sing

FRIDAY
- eat off
- lip sync

There is also a t shirt contest and a canned food drive. each team designs their own shirt and they get judged for points. The teams bring their canned goods to the office at noon on friday and points are awarded for the teams who collect the most. Also, we have some events at night (the big ones) and admission is charged. The money is donated to a charity at the end of the week.



and on a side note...WE WON AGAIN!!! (4th year in a row!!!)

I guess I'll post again....

Hardly anyone showed up for Greek Games this year....this of course was due to the drinking games being banned this time around.

Oh, we got last place, whoo hoo! :p

I think that sometimes pairing up more than one fraternity/sorority hurts more than it helps.

I understand the number's issue, but for instance last semester two of the most active fraternities was paired up with a pretty active sorority...there really wasn't a chance for anyone else to win.