All Greek Council

ALL GREEK COUNCIL OVERVIEW

The All Greek Council organization provides the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council, and Multicultural Greek Council with a structure for building unity and highlighting the successes of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Greek Community.  The All Greek Council develops and implements programs to reinforce Education, Scholarship, Citizenship and Leadership.

All Greek Council is made up of 6 committees, 5 of which are described below. The funding committee raises money for All Greek Council programming. During the application process, applicants are placed into specific committees based on their past experience and merits. The All Greek Council is coordinated by the President, and holds its meetings twice a month, usually on Sundays.

LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE

The purpose of the leadership committee is to design programs that will benefit the Greek community in fostering future chapter leaders. They are responsible for the Presidents Leadership Retreat. The purpose of this retreat is to inform each new chapter president the rules and expectations that the governing councils, university community, and local authorities have for the fraternities and sororities.

ALL GREEK AWARDS COMMITTEE

The All Greek Awards is an annual recognition program that acknowledges chapter and individual and excellence in the areas of academics, risk management, recruitment, leadership, community service and Greek pride. Each year, sororities and fraternities participate by submitting nominations for individual recognition and by filling out their State of the Chapter Reports. The All Greek Awards also recognizes chapters in the Chapters of Excellence Program.

COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE

The Community Service’s main responsibility is organizing Project G.I.V.E. The purpose of Project G.I.V.E. is to work together as a Greek community to raise money and provide community outreach. All Greek Council has designed it to allow Greek chapters to participate in a community service project in the fall and a campus philanthropy in the spring. Last fall, All Greek Council successfully conducted a food drive for Second Harvest Food Pantry. The Community Service Committee also plans the community service activity for Greek Week in the spring. As a part of Greek Week 2006, All Greek Council took part in Alex’s Lemonade Stand to raise money throughout the downtown Madison area.

CHAPTERS OF EXCELLENCE COMMITTEE

The Chapters of Excellence committee is an assessment and recognition for the UW-Greek community. The primary means of assessing the chapters is through the state of the chapter reports, which is an evaluation of a chapter’s programming throughout the calendar year. Using the State of the Chapter reports, the Chapters of Excellence will be assessing each chapter to see if it meets the standards set in four categories: Leadership, Citizenship, Fellowship, and Scholarship. All standards will be set so it will be obtainable for all the chapters to achieve. The incentives and recognition for this is to have the winners achievements recognized at teh All Greek Awards ceremony in the Spring.

INTER COUNCIL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

The Inter Council Relations Committee strives to bring together the four Greek Councils, which include the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council, and Multicultural Greek Council at UW through educational programming and entertaining events.  One of the committee's highlights is creating the Greek 101 program, which was presented at the New Member Education Day.