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O M E GA G A Z E T T EVOL. 4, ISSUE 2Inside: Shocktoberfest!Featuring: Order of Omega Walk-a-Mile Upcoming Events

PRESIDENT UPDATESPANHELLENIC COUNCIL (PC)The end of September means that thePanhellenic Council(PC) has completed yetanother successful Formal Recruitment! Weare so excited to welcome home 170 womento the Greek community! I want to personallythank all of the Recruitment Counselors andthe Panhellenic Executive Board for all of thehard work they have done these past fewmonths to prepare for this special event, withthe direction of our Director of RecruitmentCounselor, Haley Valcoure, and Vice Presidentof Recruitment, Kylie Wuestewald. FormalRecruitment is just a great reminder of howamazing our Panhellenic community is and whatis in store with our new Panhellenic sisters.Aside from Formal Recruitment, our PCofficers have been hard at work finalizingdetails for our upcoming programs. PC’s firstever scholarship will be given out this year totwo new members, an incoming freshman and atransfer from another institution. We are sellingPuravida bracelets as part of this fundraiser for 5. If you are interested in buying a braceletor supporting our scholarship, please let anyofficer on PC know. We hope to reach our goalof selling 200 bracelets and giving out the two 250 scholarships!Jenny NguyenPanhellenic Council PresidentTo follow us on our journey, be sure to followus on Twitter and Instagram (@wsuPC) andFacebook (Wichita State Panhellenic Council).For questions or concerns, email us atwichitastatePC@gmail.com!MULTICULTURAL GREEK COUNCIL (MGC)The Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) hasjust started individual organization recruitment.The fraternities and sororities within MGC arehaving their recruitment weeks for anybodyinterested in joining a multicultural Greekorganization. These recruitment weeks consistof informational workshops and communityservice opportunities that potential interestsare able to participate in. Another great wayfor people to get involved with our council isHump Day at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October12. This event allows students to engage withMGC members and learn what we are aboutwhile also playing games, trivia, eating goodfood and so much more. This semester’s HumpDay will be located on the east courtyard ofthe Rhatigan Student Center. As the semestermoves ahead, I am very hopeful for thecontinued growth of the Multicultural GreekCouncil, due to two possible organizationsreturning to campus those being Kappa AlphaPsi and Sigma Gamma Rho. Finally, I lookforward to our continued partnership with thePositive Pathways Program (P3) of Wichita andthe preparation of next semester’s Step Showat Koch Arena. Exciting times are coming forMGC!Guerrero LopezMulticultural Greek CouncilINTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL (IFC)The Interfraternity Council(IFC) has had agreat start to the year with high recruitmentnumbers and by holding Walk-A-Mile withthe Student Activities Council. At Walk-AMile, we had many students show up to walkaround campus to show support for SexualAssault Prevention. The event started withan empowering speaker, then participants gotthe opportunity to walk around campus in anapproximate mile loop in high heels. At the endof the walk, attendees got to enjoy some grilledfood provided by the Wichita Wagonmastersand reflect on their experience at Walk-A-Mile.It was a very successful event and set the barhigh for the rest of the IFC events for the year!IFC Recruitment for the summer and fallseasons has gone very well. We have seennumbers slightly above average from severalof our IFC chapters. Although some chaptershave wrapped up their current season, manychapters will still be heavily recruiting til latethis semester. One of our chapters evenreached 100 members, the first to do so inWSU Greek Life history, with a couple righton their heels. Overall, WSU IFC Greeks havemade many good steps this year and we hopeto keep building on this good momentum.Reid WilliamsInterfraternity Council

PRESIDENT UPDATESORDER OF OMEGAOrder of Omega held its first meeting onSeptember 14. At this meeting, we finalizedall the dates for this semester, updated ourconstitution and elected our first PublicRelations Chairperson Our first event ofthis month was held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday,October 5. This event was centered aroundcareer planning and giving graduating Greeksthe skills they need to matriculate into theworkforce.We updated our constitution for the firsttime since the organization returned tocampus in preparation for organizationrenewal in September. Lastly, Rachel Manskeof Alpha Phi was selected as our new PublicRelations Chairperson. In this new role, shewill be handling our social media and allpromotional material. Be sure to follow uson Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!Mariah SmithOrder of OmegaNEW MEMBER GREEK COUNCIL (NMGC)Welcome to all of the new members whorecently joined our greek community! TheNew Member Greek Council was veryexcited to meet all of you on at the newmember Greek Academy on September 25and we are looking forward to discover whowill be taking over our council in the Springsemester. Until then, our current council isstill very excited to keep you updated on oursemester’s events. Our first event we hostedwas a fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings onMonday, October 3. We are also in themiddle of planning one more fundraiser aswell as our first social event of the semesterso be on the lookout for updates. Thefinal event we would like to remind ouroutstanding community about is Jail and Bailwhich will take place from11-1 p.m. on Monday, November 7 in theRSC. We look forward to seeing all of you atthe upcoming events within the communityand don’t forget to follow our social mediaaccounts for updates on NMGC!Facebook: WSU New Member GreekCouncil, Twitter: @NMGC WSU,Instagram: nmgcCarlie HurstNew Member Greek Councilmember highlightDaisha Paschal is currently a Junior here at Wichita State University. Daisha is an intelligent andhardworking young lady who is a part of the Zeta Beta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta SororityInc. here on campus. She is currently seeking a major in nursing and sets the academic bar highby studying tirelessly to get to where she wants to be. Outside of being actively involved in hersorority, she is also a Greek Life Student Ambassador. Daisha works hard to remain visible in hercommunity and be a leader for others to follow behind.Daisha Paschal, Delta Sigma Theta

FSL DESKFROM THE DESK OFFraternity & Sorority LifeNow that recruitment programming is over forour councils and many of our chapters on campus,Fraternity and Sorority Life is gearing up for many ofour traditional programs that we host for our Greekstudents each year. We hosted our New MemberGreek Academy for the 350 new members from bothspring 2016 and this fall at the end of September.During the program new members met the councilpresidents and members from other chapters; learnedabout our community, policies and expectationsthrough fun trivia games and relays; and heard fromfellow Greeks that spoke about time management andfinances. As we roll into October we look forward tohosting our annual Greek Retreat at Camp Hiawathafrom October 14-16, where Greeks will build strongties with members from other chapters, learn howto be an adaptive leader and participate in numerousteambuilding activities. We are also very excited forShocktoberfest Week this year as many chapterslook to compete in the week’s festivities. October istraditionally a very busy month for Greeks here oncampus with all of the programs and events that areoccurring, so it is also important to remember to keepup on academics and find a balance between eventsand studying that works best for each student.Additionally, we are already preparing for the AnnualGreek Awards that will take place at 6 p.m. on MondayLyston Skerritt,Assistant Director of Fraternity & Sorority Lifelyston.skerritt@wichita.eduFebruary 27, at the Metroplex. Applications forour individual and chapter awards were released onOctober 1, for chapter leadership and individuals tobegin working on their applications and requestingrecommendation letters. We have two new additionsthis year to the Greek Awards. Order of Omegahas added an Outstanding Junior Award that will begiven out to one fraternity member and one sororitymember along with a 250 scholarship for eachrecipient. Finally, we have combined the RhatiganStandards of Excellence with the OutstandingFraternity/Sorority Award to make the Rhatigan LegacyAward. Chapters will be assessed through threedifferent sections including a section on statistics, aqualitative section with essay questions and a finalpresentation. We encourage each chapter to applyfor all the awards, whether chapter or individual.Fraternity and Sorority Life will host workshopsin November to go over what judges look for inapplication packets, interviews and presentations. Allawards are due to greeklife@wichita.edu by 5 p.m. onFriday, December 16. We look forward to celebratingthe many accomplishments from spring 2016 and thethings chapters will accomplish this semester.We hope that chapter members enjoy all of the greattraditions held in October!Chad Warrick,Coordinator of Fraternity & Sorority Lifechad.warrick@wichita.edu

ORDER OF OMEGAStudent Involvement was excited to induct 16 men and women into Order of Omega on Thursday, September 1.Order of Omega is a leadership society for members of Fraternity and Sorority organizations.This honor societyrecognizes juniors and seniors who have exemplified high standards in the areas of scholarship, leadership andinvolvement in their respective organization within Fraternity and Sorority Life, campus and the local community.Members are selected from the top 3% of students at each institution.Congratulations to the following 2016 Order of Omega Initiates:Kassandra Baeza, Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc.Ali Bontrager, Delta GammaDomanique Cary, Lambda Chi AlphaJoshua Chase, Delta UpsilonRachel Embrey, Alpha PhiBailey Hansen, Gamma Phi BetaNolan Jones, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.Guerrero Lopez, Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity, Inc.Kyle Martin, Phi Delta ThetaBach Nguyen, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.Julie Nolte, Delta Delta DeltaAnne Perez, Kappa Kappa GammaAmy Pham, Kappa Kappa GammaJamillah Sleiman, Delta Delta DeltaSamantha Stinson, Delta Delta DeltaMarcy Urban, Gamma Phi Beta

WALK-A-MILEWalk-a-MileThe annual Walk-A-Mile event was held on Wednesday, August 31. Hosted by IFC and SAC and includedcollege students from all walks of life. Samantha Reyes, a spokeswoman for the Wichita Area Sexual AssaultCenter (WASAC), read a chillingly powerful excerpt from the letter of the Stanford rapist survivor as part ofher impactful speech. The walk was led by tottering police officers, Hess Albert (WSU PD), Chad Agnew(WSU PD) and Nate Schwiethale (WPD). Many college students followed in their wake, walking the entire mileas it rained; stopping in introspection at way points with sexual assault statistics posted. “We have survivors inour community, but people think, ‘we’re Wichita, we’re a small place in the world, it doesn’t happen here,’ but itdoes. It happens everywhere,” said Luke Mohr, an organizer for the event. Every step down the road topreventing sexual violence is a necessary one, and Walk-A-Mile is a step WSU students take every fall.