INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER

February 2023

Black Lives Matter.

IFC Donates to the 12th Can

Annual IFC vs. Corps Softball Game

This week at A&M, IFC and the Corps prepare to face off in the annual A&M vs. Corps softball game. The game is on Thursday, November 14th and intends to raise money for the Movember Foundation. This foundation spotlights mustache growing during the month of November to raise awareness for men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and suicide. First pitch for the game is at 7:30.

Many Aggies plan to show out to root on their favorite team and to support the cause for men’s health!

Spring Semester Grade Report

This semester IFC will regularly post blog updates about the great things fraternities are doing on and around campus. For the first week, we would like to recognize the academic achievements for fraternities from spring semester of 2019.

The undergraduate fraternity experience is inclusive of all aspects of the college experience. Academic achievement, among many others, is one of the core values that fraternities seek to reach with member development. With the release of the Spring 2019 Fraternity & Sorority Life Community Grade Report, one can see the efforts of the IFC fraternities yield excellent results in this sector.

The IFC Council GPR averaged from all the active fraternities totaled up to 3.061, higher than the all-male undergraduate GPA at Texas A&M of 3.043. Six IFC chapters exceeded the Council average, and three chapters exceeded the total average undergraduate GPA at Texas A&M of 3.127! As a Council, we look forward to seeing this trend continue throughout the 2019-2020 school year. We plan to maintain our commitment to academic excellence to acquaint ourselves with our Aggie and fraternity core values.

Endorsement of S.R 71-23

College Station, TX: On February 4th, the chapters of the Texas A&M Interfraternity Council unanimously voted in support of endorsing S.R 71-23, a resolution advocating for the protection of single-gender social organizations (SGSOs). As a governing body of eighteen unique SGSOs, the Interfraternity Council stands with the Student Senate to condemn Harvard University for punishing students involved in SGSOs and to support initiatives to protect their rights to operate and persist. The Interfraternity Council hopes that such resolutions will preserve the mission of SGSOs to enhance individual character development and to serve the community selflessly, both of which are shared by Texas A&M and many other academic institutions.

About Texas A&M Interfraternity Council: The Texas A&M Interfraternity Council was founded in 1980 to represent current and former member organizations belonging to the the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). IFC is a self-governing student organization with the purpose of facilitating and promoting the Greek experience at Texas A&M.

A Statement From The IFC President

Tragic Passing Saddens Aggie Greek Community

 

College Station, TX: Joe Little tragically passed away just as he was beginning his college career at Texas A&M University where our community now grieves his loss. 

Over the last few days, incorrect statements have been reported in the media about the circumstances surrounding his passing. College Station police are investigating after a justice of the peace ruled the cause unnatural, which - we were told - is standard procedure in such cases. 

To be clear, Texas A&M is not investigating the situation as a fraternity related incident at this time. The Office of the Dean of Student Life is reviewing the weekend activities of the fraternity to which Mr. Little had just been accepted. The review is looking at whether any rules were broken related to an A&M- sanctioned organization.

Our continued sympathy goes out to Joe's family, friends and the brothers of Phi Gamma Delta. 

About Texas A&M Interfraternity Council: The Texas A&M Interfraternity Council was founded in 1980 to represent current and former member organizations belonging to the the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). IFC is a self-governing student organization with the purpose of facilitating and promoting the Greek experience at Texas A&M.

Bid Day Fall 2018 Press Release

 Successful Fraternity Recruitment at Texas A&M

College Station, TX: Sunday, August 26 marked the end of formal recruitment with the commencement of Bid Day for the Texas A&M University Interfraternity Council (IFC), the governing body for eighteen fraternities at Texas A&M. After a long and grueling week of recruitment, chapters came together at the steps of the Jack K. Williams Administration Building to celebrate their new recruits and the upcoming semester. 

Under the supervision of Connor Lanpher ‘20, IFC’s vice-president for recruitment, fall fraternity recruitment ran smoothly and efficiently. With 570 men registered for recruitment, we are excited for the 417 new members who accepted their bids this fall.  This results in an eighty percent retention rate of all men participating in recruitment this year - a six percent increase from last year.   

This was also a semester of few firsts.  To start, IFC used a new recruitment platform called Campus Director to manage the registration and bidding process.  IFC also expanded the BID Day bus drop-off points from one to three, reducing traffic and congestions at the intersection of Bizzell and Old Main.

About Texas A&M Interfraternity Council: The Texas A&M Interfraternity Council was  founded in 1980 to represent current and former member organizations belonging to the the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC).  IFC is a self-governing student organization with the purpose of facilitating and promoting the Greek experience at Texas A&M.