How do professors look at greeks?

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by Akkus

In the future, lets say when you are applying to a graduate school, would you mention in your application letter that you've been a greek?

I would definitely mention it in the future, particularly if you were involved with philanthropy work or other community work. I know that I have had very positive feedback from sharing my GLO experience on my resume. When I was in college, there were a few professors who didn't like Greeks, but they normally didn't squawk about it too much after Formal Recruitment or Rush was over... On the whole, they respected the Greek organizations and shared their own stories of Greek affiliation and antics. Once, I had a professor who told me he was the "Bastard of the Revels" for his fraternity, and had a party on a fire truck. Craziness.

[honeychile]

I'd mention it - but in a positive context.

-Volunteered at Ronald McDonald House, Regular Blood Donor,
-Excellent Time Management skills; was able to maintain a 3.5 GPA while serving as President of my sorority.

As for Professors, many GLOs hold an Academia Tea or Brunch or Open House. Everyone invites their favorite professor, and have the tea or brunch while discussing how to maintain better grade averages. Make sure that a chart of sisters & GPAs is displayed (one that skews the curve towards Major Office + Intense Studies = Great GPA). Announce the fact that you have Study Hours, and Midterm and/or Finals Study breaks. Keep the hours short (Sunday, 1-3 or such), so the professor doesn't feel duty bound to stay long, and tell them that their SO is welcome, too. This works quite well on most campuses - but PLEASE keep a list of which sisters wants to invite which professors (have at least one back up), and who RSVP'd. You do NOT want two sisters "claiming" the same professor!

[carnation]

It depends on how the Greeks behave. A few years ago, the campus where I teach had only locals and there are a couple of threads on GC in which I wrote about their awful hazing. Our college has many professors who are national Greeks and we were mortified by the image these idiots were giving Greeks. I would say that we spearheaded the move to change to nationals--I can still remember the day that most of one of my classes walked in wearing stupid outfits. They were pledging and this had already been going on for weeks. I snapped that day and told them to leave and that I'd throw out anyone who ever came into one of my classes dressed like that. Little did I know that several other professors had snapped on the same day; it was the beginning of the end for the locals.

We now have Phi Mu, ZTA, Chi Phi, and Delta Sigma Phi!

[ThetaPrincess24]

Eastern Kentucky University professors look on greeks with disfavor. They always state their reasoning as the reason we dont get our exams back as "because fraternities and sororities use them to cheat, or to study from and gives others a disadavantage." There actually was a cheating incident in the nursing program in Fall of 2005 and NO greeks were involved in that.

EKU also is not favorable to Sorority recruitment. IT has caused the sororities to have to compete with scheduling "New Student Days" in which all freshman are required to go to. Now recruitment is is scheduled so most of it begins before the first day of classes with bid day being the first or second day of classes. I think it's all a bunch of poop especially since the greeks contribute approximately 85% of alumni contributions to the university.

[Tom Earp]

The sad part of Professors not liking Greeks is due to many stupid things that Greeks can and do do. We can give ourselves black eyes in thier perspective.

But, if one stops and thinks for the most part, The GLO GPA is higher than the school average, they can see the many good charity events that we do and do appreciate them.

My chapter has always tried to have a Facualty Advisor who can be a go between with us and the school and it has worked out very well.

The schools do expect school members to do out side functions so why not ask a facualty member.


As carnation said at her school the Professors were very unhappy with the local situation and it has changed when switched to nationals. Now, I am not saying locals are bad, but in this instence, they were.

[Scandia]

My uncle became very prejudiced against Greeks after some fraternity boys at his school stole a test from the professor in one of his classes. I can only imagine what the professor thought of that fraternity afterwards. My uncle was very angry to say the least.

Someone more enlightened would understand that it was just a few specific individuals, and that not all GLO members are like that. But he or she may not have been aware that many GLOS do condemn theft and plagiarism.

[Tom Earp]

OMG, I love this post!

Most Tenured Profs do not change their tests and back when, each GLO or a lot of them had files for tests in their houses.

So, it too is a learning process isnt it?

I did once break into a Bio Lab to get the test just Animal House, but it was an old one!

[KillarneyRose]

Don't know about professors, per se, but it was tough for me as a greek to break into the insular world that was the Pitt News Staff. When I started covering stories, I was the only greek on staff. By the time I graduated, it was maybe 20% greek.

It was difficult - I got saddled with the most benign, boring, tedious stories at first until I proved to the powers that be that I was a good reporter. I worked very hard to earn the respect of the editors and, to my surprise, I was asked to be copy editor my senior year.

And when one of my journalism professors heard that I was going into public relations upon graduation, he said "Why PR after you've become such a damn good newspaper woman?"

Journalists are generally pretty snarky toward the PR trade. I think they perceive it as glamorous and well-paid. No and noooooo.

[KAY10]

Hey, I just signed up on this thing, and I've been looking at other Greek signatures. Does anyone know how to get Greek letters to show up as a signature. I can't figure it out. My sig looks pretty weak. Oh well, can't win em' all.

[KAY10]

I really never had a problem with the professors that were Greek. I had a problem with the ones that weren't but only when I was on line, b/c my grades had dropped while I was pledging.

[LTA4]

Originally Posted by KAY10

Hey, I just signed up on this thing, and I've been looking at other Greek signatures. Does anyone know how to get Greek letters to show up as a signature. I can't figure it out. My sig looks pretty weak. Oh well, can't win em' all.

hehe yeah i can't do that either. hehehe

[KAY10]

Originally Posted by LTA4

hehe yeah i can't do that either. hehehe

If you get it figured out, will you let me know what you did? I tried the microsoft word thingy, but that didn't seem to work unless I did something wrong.

[elusive47]

Originally Posted by KAY10

Hey, I just signed up on this thing, and I've been looking at other Greek signatures. Does anyone know how to get Greek letters to show up as a signature. I can't figure it out. My sig looks pretty weak. Oh well, can't win em' all.

Click on the "Quick Links" tab, scroll to "Edit Signature". Open Microsoft Word type your letters onto the document (by using the Insert Symbol Command), highlight them, type CTRL+C, go back to the edit signature field on GC and type CTRL+V.

[KAY10]

Originally Posted by elusive47

Click on the "Quick Links" tab, scroll to "Edit Signature". Open Microsoft Word type your letters onto the document (by using the Insert Symbol Command), highlight them, type CTRL+C, go back to the edit signature field on GC and type CTRL+V.

I tried that, and when it gave me a preview my letters showed up as shapes. Is that how it looks in the preview? Thanks for helping me.