Scholarship/Grades Ideas?
 

Hey guys! I was elected Scholarship Chair for Panhellenic this year and I am trying to come up with some good ideas for chapters to do to bring their grades up or to keep their grades up or maybe other fun ideas. I was just wondering if you guys have done anything special that has shown a good change in grades or study nights?? Thanks!!!

One of our VP Scholarships had folder posted on the bulletin board for sisters to list their good grades for the week and in chapter they were read out so the sisters could be congratulated...then one was randomly drawn for a weekly prize (usually a cute sorority shirt or inexpensive piece of jewelry). It only took a couple of weeks for a ton of sisters to brag on themselves and IMO it helped make scholarship a bigger focus than it was before. Recognition and awards can spark healthy competition and encourage sisters to try just a little harder to make an A instead of a B.

Organizing study buddies is also a good idea. Having a list of sisters from different majors that are willing to tutor might be helpful. They could then be contacted by facebook or text if a sister needed help in a certain subject.

Our IFC Scholarship Chairman made sure to actively post grades in all of the Recruitment materials the IFC sent out to the parents and incoming Freshmen. He also posted each Fraternity in order from highest GPA to lowest online. It definitely lit a fire under the organizations who were doing poorly.

A little bit of carrot and stick goes a long way with these things (Punishing groups that do poorly and rewarding groups that do well), but don't forget that some small symbolic things sometimes can completely change the way people respect scholarship. Letting the VP Scholarship report first during a Pan-Hellenic meeting (yep, even before the President), having the Chapter with the highest GPA perform the opening ceremony for Greek Week, and having the Dean of Students write a congratulations letter to all of the Greek Organizations with a GPA above the University average all seemed to really re-frame the way people thought about Scholarship at my school.