Before she joined Fraternity & Sorority Life as a freshman, Bryanna Pirozzi, third-year senior psychology major and president of Order of Omega, thought it would be intimidating and unapproachable.
She was pleasantly surprised when she came to NSU.
“Especially at Nova, it’s such a welcoming environment,” Pirozzi said. “I joined to get a greater sense of community and a group that would support me through my undergrad and academically, socially, in all areas. It’s given me leadership opportunities.”
FSL consists of the Panhellenic Council, the Collegiate Fraternal Council and the Unified Greek Council. The Panhellenic Council has three sororities, the Collegiate Fraternal Council has two fraternities, and the Unified Greek Council has seven multicultural fraternities and sororities.
“We have sisterhood lunch every week. We have sisterhood events that help us bond and grow closer together. We have our larger philanthropy events, which expose us to the bigger NSU community and support the causes that we’re passionate about,” Pirozzi said.
FSL at NSU has around 500 students involved, and Malik Smith, coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Engagement, is hoping to expand that number.
“Our goal right now is to grow fraternity and sorority life to about 10% of the undergraduate population,” Smith said.
The Panhellenic Council and the Collegiate Fraternal Council typically hold their recruitment and rush periods in the fall semester. The Unified Greek Council holds its intake period in the winter semester.
“With the Unified Greek Council, theirs is a little bit more organization-based, where each organization has an opportunity to choose whether or not they want to do intake. With our Panhellenic Council and our Collegiate Fraternal Council, they do more council events, and then each individual organization deciphers who they want from there,” Smith said.
Markensley Francois, graduate assistant for Fraternity and Sorority Programming, said each council is unique in how it attracts its members.
“Each one has their own brand, their own attraction. You can see it by the way each member gets involved on campus,” Francois said. “You go to national conferences and you meet other people with the same major as you, and those people can serve you in the future as a mentor.”
FSL hosts multiple events in the fall and winter semesters. Last semester, it hosted the FSL Stroll- Off during Homecoming Week. From Jan. 20 – 24, the Order of Omega hosted FSL Week, which had events like Lip Sync Battle and NSU Shark Pantry Drive.
“I just want the NSU community to understand the greatness that comes out of our office with our members and how much work they put in in their individual organizations to make them better and make those who come after them better,” Smith said.
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