Evaluate your Greek Advisor!

[Kevlar281]

Well since we have never had a Greek Advisor longer then two years some of these questions are difficult to answer. However, I will base my responses on our last Greek Advisor.

1. Are the organizations significantly bigger than they were when she started? No

2. Are there more organizations on campus? Yes

3. Have the intergreek Councils improved in operation? While she was here I would say there was significant improvement in operation and productivity but unfortunately in her absence there has been a significant backslide.

4. If the answer was yes to those questions, is it because of programs the Greek Advisor started for that purpose or through their spiritual leadership (Personal influence)? Yes

5. Do you officially hear about more interGreek intercampus conferences etc? Or is the Greek advisor setting up such conferences herself? Yes

6. Has the Greek Advisor set up a series of leadership seminars that deal with "How To" issues that have left you with the ability to do things better? No

7. Is your Greek Advisor more concerned with giving incentives than giving out punishment? She never gave out punishments; she just enforced preexisting rules and the punishments that coincided with them. As far as incentives go it was usually in the form of verbal praise.

Well Mindy has been gone for about a half a year now and her absence has been noticeable. I don’t really blame her for leaving I don’t think the University or for that matter the Greek System, does nearly enough to keep our Greek Advisors around. Considering the fact that I've seen three Greek Advisors since I've been an undergrad.

What Mindy has been up to since she left us.

http://www.uttyler.edu/news/2005/feb21/story6.html

http://www.uttyler.edu/news/2005/june6/story5.html

[Tom Earp]

Originally posted by James
A quick and dirty way to judge the overall performance of a Greek Advisor in relation to your Greek System is to go back to the date they arrived and ask the following questions:

1. Are the organizations significantly bigger than they were when she started? (A clear sign of Growing Greek Life)

2. Are there more organizations on campus? (Again a clear sign of more Greek interest and good planning)

3. Have the intergreek Councils improved in operation? (More functions and less concerned with regulation etc)

4. If the answer was yes to those questions, is it because of programs the Greek Advisor started for that purpose or through their spiritual leadership (Personal influence)?

5. Do you officially hear about more interGreek intercampus conferences etc? Or is the Greek advisor setting up such conferences himself? (A sign that she is giving you more information about how other campuses perform and allowing you to network with those Greeks)

6. Has the Greek Advisor set up a series of leadership seminars that deal with "How To" issues that have left you with the ability to do things better? (a clear sign of some sophisticated leadership knowledge and an effective presentation. Oh and if you don't leave with a "tool" you can use for your problem it doesn't count)

7. Is your Greek Advisor more concerned with giving incentives than giving out punishment?

So To Do By The Numbers to make it Official:

1. No
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. No
6. No
7. No



To worried about Her own Agenda for getting a Masters.

From reading many of these Posts, it seems some either just want jobs or use them as a line on Resume. They dont really care, just being a slot person.

[exlurker]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by shadokat
. . .
6. Has the Greek Advisor set up a series of leadership seminars that deal with "How To" issues that have left you with the ability to do things better? . . .

No, the workshops set up are for New Members on alcohol, hazing, date rape, sexual harrassment, etc., but no initiated members are required to go. Most new members see it as a break from getting hazed, and honestly, half of them sleep during them.[QUOTE]

"A break from getting hazed" -- oh great. Shadokat, my sympathy to you. It has to be tough for a chapter when the campus climate is like that.

. . . Delta Phi Epsilon's successes have been ours alone, and our chapter there does an incredible job under much adversity and is commended appropriately whenever it is warranted!

Congrats to the chapter.

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

The University of Puget Sound (lately) hasn't kept a Greek Advisor for more than a couple of years either.

Is it the job?????

[dznat187]

I don't know about all these greek advisors, but I'm going to grad school so i can be one, not use the position to get another one. hearing all this negative stuff really reenforces my decision to work with greek life. it needs it and someone who isn't in it for a resume booster or to just get a job.

[BSUPhiSig'92]

The majority of colleges and universities treat the position of Greek Advisor strictly as an entry level position. At most schools the pay is bad, the workload is intense, and there is minimal appreciation or recognition. I will have been in my position as a Greek Advisor for 6 years in August, and I know that when I go to conferences, the number of people who are still in the field that were in the field when I started, is dwindling. So, most people, not wanting to have to work 70-80 hours per week for $35,000 or less for the rest their lives, move on. Some of us though, are gluttons for punishment (or masochists, I haven't decided) and stick it out because they enjoy the job and the students.

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by BSUPhiSig'92
The majority of colleges and universities treat the position of Greek Advisor strictly as an entry level position. At most schools the pay is bad, the workload is intense, and there is minimal appreciation or recognition. I will have been in my position as a Greek Advisor for 6 years in August, and I know that when I go to conferences, the number of people who are still in the field that were in the field when I started, is dwindling. So, most people, not wanting to have to work 70-80 hours per week for $35,000 or less for the rest their lives, move on. Some of us though, are gluttons for punishment (or masochists, I haven't decided) and stick it out because they enjoy the job and the students.

I was actually going to say that it seems that people jump around from school to school.........

[flirt5721]

I really don't want to judge our greek advisor he's dating our chapter advisor but here it goes:
1) No
2) Yes
3) Yes
4) Yes
5) Yes
6) No
7) No