Mother of Fraternities:

2. Mother of Fraternities: The Evolution of the Fraternity and Sorority Experience at Miami University

3. Past Miami Greek History Until Today

4. Alpha Delta Phi � first Miami fraternity 1833: Alpha Delta Phi founder befriends Miami student William Groesbeck This chapter is the first fraternity west of the Allegheny Mountains 1835: Come out of hiding on campus

5. Beta Theta Pi � First Miami Alpha Chapter 1839 � John Reilly Knox founds Beta Theta Pi with members of the Union Literary Society Quickly become rivals of Alpha Delta Phi Beta Bell Tower erected in 1939 to honor their centennial anniversary

6. The Notorious Snowball Rebellion 1848�s Snowball Rebellion resulted in both fraternities removed from campus Beta goes �national� by starting at Center College Phi Delta Theta started in North (Elliot) Hall Greeks return to Miami

7. Benjamin Harrison, Miami �52 Member, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity United States Senator from Indiana, 1881-1887 23rd President of the United States of America, 1889-1893

8. Fraternity Expansion 1852: An argument over sobriety results in Phi Delta Theta members forming a chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon 1855: DKE members split over chapter poet elections; form Sigma Chi �Miami Triad� complete

9. �New Miami� goes �Co-Ed� �New Miami� opens in 1885; admits women Six �progressive� women found Delta Zeta in 1902 as Miami�s first sorority Miami President Guy Potter Benton openly supports Greeks

10. Anti-Greek Sentiment Miami Triad known as �The Ring� on campus 1906: male students start a �Non-Fraternity Association� or Phrenocon 1916: group rename itself Phi Kappa Tau

11. Delta Sigma Epsilon: The Forgotten Alpha By 1914, Miami had numerous sororities � most were local organizations Dean Harvey Minnich selects several women 1956 � bankrupt; merges with Delta Zeta 46 chapters; 20,000+ members

12. Sorority Housing It is a common urban legend around universities that sorority housing violates an archaic �brothel law� Policies now viewed as discriminatory prohibited unmarried female students from living off-campus until the 1960s Sororities had already been leasing suite space on campus for decades

13. Fraternity Houses By 1905, fraternities rented houses along Church Street and North Campus Avenue President Benton (ironically) ceded land along High Street for fraternity houses Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi, and DKE The smaller and local fraternities bought along South Campus Avenue Miami bought back land along High Street and chapters moved near others between High and Sycamore

14. �Old� Fraternity Row

15. �New� Fraternity Row

16. Other notable �firsts� 1936 � Zeta Beta Tau founded; first traditionally Jewish organization at Miami 1940: Alpha Epsilon Phi first Jewish sorority 1951 � first Greek Week of games 1955 � Alpha Phi Alpha first NPHC fraternity 1969: Delta Sigma Theta first NPHC sorority 1989 � Adopt a School program started

17. Present

18. Cliff Alexander�s Gift Cliff Alexander �56, a member of Sigma Nu, creates Cliff Alexander Greek Affairs endowment in 2004 Miami establishes first known endowed Greek Affairs office Exemplary funding for programming & support

19. Five Community Principles Scholarship and Learning Community Service and Philanthropy Leadership Community Brotherhood and Sisterhood

20. Our Stats Sheet Nearly 5,000 members Roughly 33% of students are Greek 50 chapters in three governing councils 3.19 Greek cumulative GPA Unaffiliated cumulative GPA: 3.06 Nearly $200,000 raised for charities Nearly 25,000 service hours performed in Oxford and regional communities

21. Future

22. Miami Second Year Experience Sorority Living Learning Community created in Fall 2007 Fraternity House Exemption set to begin Fall 2009 Co-Curricular experience for second year students

23. The Model Greek Community President Hodge included the Greek community in his Five Year Strategic Goals: �Develop a model Greek community that achieves national recognition for its commitment to intellectual achievement, leadership, personal growth, and service to the broader community.� Strategic planning underway to indentify the way to achieve such a lofty goal

24. Mike Raymond Collection 2007 donation of 4,000+ items of Greek historical memorabilia On display at McGuffey Museum through November, 2009 Goal is to create a museum center for the study of the Greek experience at Miami

25. Ways for Alumni to Be Involved Advising and Mentoring Serve on chapter alumni advisory board Share your own personal experience Share what you learned and gained Keep returning to campus! Ask to stop by the house or suite Financial support for housing, scholarships, and leadership development

26. National Trends in Greek Life Multicultural chapter expansion Franklin Square Group of university presidents introduce concept of �fraternal relevancy� Standards and Accreditation Programs Coalition Assessment Project and AFA-EBI Assessment Marketing and Outreach

27. What Makes the Miami Greek Experience Unique?

28. Miami�s Place �Mother of Fraternities� Miami Triad; Six national organizations founded Four national headquarters in Oxford One third of students in 50 chapters Cliff Alexander Office & endowment Monuments & Campus Landmarks Significant Achievements and Contributions of Greek Alumni

29. Questions & Comments?