What is the UTA Panhellenic Council?
The Panhellenic Council is the coordinating body of the National Panhellenic Conference sororities chapters represented at UT Arlington. The council is comprised of an Executive Board of officers along with three delegates from each member group. Panhellenic provides support and services to the 240 sorority members as well as representing sorority life to the University and the surrounding community.
Which Panhellenic sororities are affiliated with UT Arlington?
Alpha Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Zeta
Zeta Tau Alpha
What do Panhellenic women get out of their sorority membership?
Sisterhood:
Joining a sorority is the beginning of a new experience with new friends and a home away from home. The foundation of each sorority is its sisterhood, a tradition that each chapter shares. These relationships are deeper than going to socials together and more meaningful than wearing the same letters. It is the feeling of knowing you can count on your sisters to help guide you through continual college transitions. It is the silly times during study halls, working side-by-side on service projects, late night movies, and the many special moments that only a sister can fully understand. It is finding lifelong friends that will last well after graduation. By joining a sorority, members become part of a larger national organization and find that they have sisters all over the world.
Leadership:
The University of Texas at Arlington offers many opportunities for Panhellenic women to become involved. Participation in a sorority allows numerous prospects for a member to become a leader on campus and within one's own chapter. Being involved in the Greek community opens many doors for developing skills that will help members become well-rounded college women.
Scholarship:
Traditionally, Greek membership has a higher overall GPA than the all University average at UT Arlington and is more involved in campus organizations and activities. The Greek system provides members with an opportunity to earn academic awards, recognition and scholarships. Each of the sorority requires study hours and offers tutoring sessions with other members. Also study skills/time management workshops are available along with an academic chair to help sisters with their grades throughout the semester.
We are proud at UT Arlington to have many Panhellenic women recognized in our Greek honor society, Order of Omega.
Every chapter understands that its members are students first, and provide recognition to those who excel and improve their academic standing. Studies have shown that more than 70% of Greeks graduate from college while only 50% of non-Greek graduate.
Philanthropy:
In the Greek community at UT Arlington we encourage more than just making new friends within one's chapter. Getting involved on campus and off allows you to help your community and give back to those around you. Each Panhellenic sorority has its own philanthropic signature event, but every chapter help support these events. Each year the Panhellenic Council as a whole raises over $25,000 for philanthropic causes and puts in countless service hours to make it happen. These are life lessons that members take with them when they graduate and make them more socially and civically minded throughout their lives.