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Advisor Hints
Advising a fraternity or sorority can be a richly rewarding experience. There is no more important position in today's fraternity or sorority than the advisor. You are the sum product of the fraternal experience that the bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood are intended to accomplish. As such, chapter advising is especially challenging but an equally rewarding experience. Our nation's young adults desperately need role models and mentors that are accessible to them. Your time with the chapter is invaluable and directly supports WU's educational mission.
Hints
- An advisor should be present at chapter meetings, new member events, initiation and executive officer meetings.
- Request copies of minutes from chapter meetings, executive board meetings, and judicial hearings. The chapter and anyone associated with it is potentially liable for any item mentioned in these meetings.
- Utilize a full advisory board- follow your national guidelines.
- Review manuals on a yearly basis.
- Keep an eye on the following folks: President, New Member Educator, Treasurer, Social Chair, Recruitment Chair and Council Delegate. The recommended way to do this is to assign a volunteer to help each of these people.
- Review the new member program with new member educator each semester. This is not an area where creativity is advised.
- Officer transition is critical-help them plan and please attend.
- Leadership conferences work. Advise as many chapter members as you attend to attend something every year. The UIFI and Leadershape experiences are exceptional programs with lots of scholarships available. Your national fraternity/sorority often has summer leadership programs as well.
- Utilize the internal judicial process for your chapter. IFC and Panhellenic judicial boards are not meant to deal with internal chapter matters. Accountability must happen at the chapter level.
- Attend any training provided by your headquarters.
- Attend Washington University advisor meetings.
- Don't go it alone-ask for help!
Expect greatness out of your chapter at Washington University. There is no reason your chapter cannot be award winning within your affiliation.
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