IFC Semester In Review

As the semester comes to a close I wanted to take the time to review and share what IFC has accomplished over the past five months. Some of these you may already be familiar with and some you may not – my hope is that this will provide you with a better understanding of what IFC does and how we have worked to help chapters and their members. IFC is structured across five divisions – internal, external, programming, risk, recruitment – and I will break this list down across these five areas.

Before launching into the list, I want to thank all the chapter presidents for a successful semester. Although there is always room for improvement within our community, considering the issues we faced, you as chapter presidents were proactive in responding to our requests and making our work far easier. I look forward to what I hope will be an even more successful fall semester.

Internal:

From an internal perspective IFC was able to continue many of the successful practices from semesters past. At the beginning of the semester we held an officer training for social chairs, presidents, and other officers. Many aspects of our internal operations require active participation from chapters and I want to thank those chapters that actively participated in presidents meetings and were proactive in paying dues. Most importantly we successfully gave out the first semester of awards from our IFC Leadership Recognition Scholarship which was established with a $100,000 endowment last semester.

External:

From an external perspective we were able to further our relationship with the ASUC by informing chapter of resources available to them as well as continuing to work to publicize the Greek Opportunity Fund. Additionally, we launched a successful pilot recycling program in ten chapters with Greening the Greeks – an initiative which will be continue to be led by the new VP of Sustainability. Finally we saw the successful introduction of the 2020 Greek Strategic Plan which many chapters actively participated in and will help guide our community to continued success.

Programming:

This semester saw the continuation of two successful events – Greek Warriors Night and Greek Giants Night – including a great on-court free throw contest after the Warriors game. Again, chapter participation is crucial to the success of these events and I would like to thank those chapters which participated. We also hosted a very successful Greek Voter Drive which enabled members to vote in a convenient location. Finally we also hosted a very successful pre-Cal Day cleanup which helped show those in our community that we are active in maintaining the appearance of our neighborhood.

Risk:

Although we have faced many difficulties this semester, particularly in regards to the pending lawsuit, I want to thanks chapters for their active cooperation in registering events and receiving fire permits. These measures help show that we are proactive in ensuring that our events are held in a safe and responsible manner. Although there has been confusion at times, we have worked to make the registration process as clear and simple as possible, as well as work to inform chapters of the proper process for receiving a fire permit.

Recruitment:

This semester we were able to bring Dave Stollman and his nationally recognized Recruitment Bootcamp program to campus to speak to chapter members about recruitment. The program was very well received by those members that were able to attend. Additionally we hosted a Cal Day tabling event where we were able to speak with a number of potential new members and their parents and inform them about IFC. Finally we worked with all four councils to develop a Greek Recruitment Booklet which will be given to potential new members during the summer.

Fraternally,

Jeremiha Douglas – IFC President