“A.C.T. because you care” is based on the premise that micro-influencers who are easily recognized and relevant to the student population are able to encourage others to engage in well-being behaviors. The project strategy is based on identifying and engaging student influencers to prioritize health and well-being and act accordingly. The core foundation of this project is to build upon the natural influence that peers can have on each other. Thus, the curriculum teaches influencers well-being skills and intervention methods for emergency situations. Influencers can develop the skills to prevent harmful substance use behaviors and learn communication skills to foster supportive communities. Furthermore, the influencer training provides information on substance misuse and intervention strategies for substance misuse.
This training is going to be offered throughout the Fall 2024 semester in the Fraternity and Sorority Life's (FSL) Multi-purpose room (MPR). The audience for these Fall semester trainings should be initiated members. Chapters under 50 members will send 2 members, and Chapters over 50 will send 4 members. It is preferred that 1 officer attend one session.
In-person sessions have a maximum attendance (approx. 25 attendees) therefore, attendees must RSVP for their preferred session. Although walk-ins are accepted, priority will be given to those who RSVP'd.
You can find the upcoming A.C.T. - Harm Reduction Training dates for Fall 2024 below:
Remaining Dates:
Click here to register for an A.C.T. - Harm Reduction Training session for Fall 2024.
This training is going to be offered throughout the Spring 2025 semester in the Fraternity and Sorority Life's (FSL) Multi-purpose room (MPR). In-person sessions have a maximum attendance (approx. 25 attendees) therefore, attendees must RSVP for their preferred session. Although walk-ins are accepted, priority will be given to those who RSVP'd.
The following dates are for Spring 2025:
Click HERE to register for an A.C.T. - Harm Reduction Training session for Spring 2025 (Registration will open on January 1st, 2025).
Safe Event and Sober Monitor Training is facilitated multiple times a semester by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. The training reviews and teaches UCF and FSL event guidelines and policies, best practices for events (with and without alcohol), and how to be an effective sober monitor.
Chapter leadership and members are both required to attend these trainings in order to host events with alcohol. Beginning Fall 2024, in order for ANY event (dry or wet) to be approved, 25% of ALL organizations must complete Safe Event and Sober Monitor Training. If you completed this training during the Fall 2023 semester, you will need to complete this training during the Fall 2024 semester.
The Safe Event and Sober Monitor Trainings are facilitated over Zoom. The Zoom limit is 300 attendees per session, so we encourage your entire chapter to be SE&SM trained in hopes to reach 100% of our members. The Zoom link is accessible on the FSL Fall 2024 Calendar (in the Office Calendars section) and below.
You can find the upcoming Safe Event and Sober Monitor Training dates below for Fall 2024:
You can find the upcoming Safe Event and Sober Monitor Training dates below for Spring 2025:
Please keep in mind: If you completed this training during the Spring 2024 semester, you will need to complete this training during the Spring 2025 semester.
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life partners with Wellness & Health Promotion Services (WHPS) to provide our students with various education topics on wellness and safety.
Register for a WHPS training here!(Registration will open on January 1, 2025)
Chapter Requirement for Spring 2025: 30% of Chapter (SP24, FA24, & SP25 initiates preferred) has to attend ONE of these 4 trainings.
The education session topics for Spring 2025 are:
UTalk is a semesterly professional development event hosted by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life where alumni return to campus and present on topics of career readiness, professional development, diversity, equity, and inclusion. OFSL also partners with other university offices to facilitate hands-on activities to support the alumni's topic.
Fall 2024: October 17th from 6 pm - 8 pm. Location: Health Sciences 1 (HS1) O112
This Fall semester, OFSL is working with Career Services to provide a resume-building presentation with a specific focus on how to utilize Greek Life experiences in resumes and/or interviews. Then, our presenters will facilitate actual resume review sessions with the student attendees. At this time, the first 30 people who sign up will be given priority to these one-on-one resume review opportunities at the end of the presentation.
Chapters are expected to send 2 Juniors/Seniors to this workshop.
Register for UTalk Today!
All roster changes (potential new member, eliminated member, inactive member, etc.) that occur within the chapter should be made within 48 hours on Greek Roll. However, chapters should not move graduated members to graduated status until Roster Edit 1 the semester following graduation and New Members will automatically become Members once the new semester begins.
Failure to update roster can result in a chapter hold on all operations and/or result in being placed on bad standings.
Instructions on how to access GreekRoll
Packet 1 is to be submitted in FSL Officer Resource Wecourse under the assignments tab. Packet 1 includes:
In addition, a Tailgating Risk Management Plan should be submitted in the Officer Webcourse as a part of Packet 1 if your chapter plans to Tailgate this semester.
Packet 2 is to be submitted in FSL Officer Resource Webcourse under the assignments tab. Packet 2 includes:
The Standards of Excellence (SOE) is a set of guidelines and achievements that establishes minimum operating standards for social fraternities and sororities at the University of Central Florida as well as opportunities for demonstrating success above and beyond the minimum expectations.
Based on a new framework developed by Student Success and Wellbeing, BEAM: A Framework for Student Thriving, this program is designed to identify, incorporate, and encourage high ideals, principles, and standards that are critical to the success of each organization and its members. The four interconnected guiding domains of the framework are: Belonging, Engaging, Achieving, and Meaning.
In addition to complying with all applicable University rules, regulations, policies, and procedures, social fraternities and sororities at UCF are expected to maintain a level of Good Standing by achieving the necessary requirements contained in the Standards of Excellence.
Chapters who participate in the Standards of Excellence program will be able to:
If an organization chooses to not participate in the outlined activities the following accountability measures may be put in place:
This year, a webcourse is dedicated to SOE submissions. Chapters may add submissions to the webcourse as they meet requirements or bonus opportunities. For a link to the SOE webcourse for your chapter or any additional questions, please email OFSL at ucfgreek@ucf.edu. The last day to submit all Standards of Excellence Items (BEAM) is December 12th, 2024, by 5 pm.
Standards of Excellence will be based on a point system this year. Each item completed by the chapter will earn a certain number of points. At the end of the 2024 year, the amount of earned points will equal the star rating for the chapter.
Before planning any events, your organization needs to be a Registered Student Organization (RSO) through the Office of Student Involvement (OSI). You can view your organization’s registration status via KnightConnect.
If your organization is not registered through OSI, your organization’s president can register here. Note that two (2) designated officers need to score an 80 or above on OSI’s RSO Authorized Officer Orientation before re-registration takes place.
When planning an event for your organization, it’s important to start by answering a few short questions to know what forms/requirements will be needed to host your event within the event guidelines established by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
After determining what forms you might need for your event, please read the procedures surrounding each of the forms below.
For full event guidelines, policies, and procedures click here.
Event Approval Flow Chart
A moratorium is a temporary prohibition of an activity. The moratorium periods used by Fraternity and Sorority Life are implemented during time in the academic term/year when student members’ primary focus should be their academics, in between terms, throughout the summer terms, during University closures, etc. Moratorium dates will be listed on the OFSL calendar.
There are three levels of moratorium:
Level 1: Chapters cannot host/co-host any events during Level I moratorium.
Level 2: Chapters can only host/co-host educational/academic and/or service events that do not involve alcohol during Level 2 moratorium. Other “dry” events that don’t not fall into the above categories would need to get written approval from OFSL.
Level 3: Chapters can only host/co-host events that do not involve alcohol during Level 3 moratorium.
Any fraternity and sorority event with alcohol must be registered and reviewed by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (OFSL). All events must be registered through the SERF, Sup SERF, and/or SAFE systems.
Sober Monitors are required for all events with alcohol. Sober Monitors must complete Sober Monitor Training and your host/co-host event must have at least a 20:1 guest-to-member ratio (adding an additional monitor for every 25 attendees after 50). Sober monitors should be a cross-section of membership.
Full details and procedures on registering an event with alcohol can be found in "FSL Event Guidelines- Fall 2024" under "Event Forms and Policies" below.
If you need to reserve the FSL Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) for any of your events, please email our main email account Jax Rogero (Jillian.Rogero@ucf.edu) and "cc" (ucfgreek@ucf.edu) AND your assigned Chapter Coach with your request. In your email, please add the following information:
If your meeting is after 5 PM on weekdays or during the weekends, make sure you make arrangements to sign out and collect the key card from the front desk to enter the building during the OSFL scheduled hours of operation. Please return key card within 24 hours of the conclusion of your event or the next business day (if your reservation falls on the weekend).
To submit a reservation request please click here to generate a reservation email.
Multi-purpose Room Policies
Failure to adhere to these policies may result in the removal of reservation privileges or fines.
SERF Forms, or Social Event Registration Forms, notify OFSL and Advisors that an organization is holding an event. SERFs must be submitted no less than 15 calendar days in advance. In order for a SERF to be approved, it will need a virtual signature/approval from your organization’s Chapter/Alumni Advisor, President, Social Chair, and Faculty Advisor no less than 10 calendar days before the event. Failure to complete these steps by the deadlines could result in a late fee or event denial. SERF submissions will not be deemed submitted in their entirety until both the SERF and the Supplemental SERF are submitted (when applicable).
SAFE Forms, or Safety Action For Event, are designed to keep the university SAFE. SAFE Forms must be submitted online no less than 15 days prior to the on-campus event. There are no exceptions to this deadline. SAFE forms are approved by OSI and several other university offices, so it can take longer than 15 days to approve. For more SAFE Form policies and guidelines, please click here.
The Supplemental SERF Form is designed to build an organization’s risk management plan for events that include potential high-risk elements. Supplemental SERF Forms are required for events involving alcohol, taking place at a venue that serves alcohol, any overnight event, any event further than 40 miles from main campus, and/or has any other associated heightened risk. Supplemental SERF Forms can also be required at the discretion of OFSL for event approval. The Supplemental SERF must be submitted by the respective deadlines as well; which is no less than 15 calendar days before the event.
** As outlined in the FSL handbook, any organization that sponsors an unregistered event may be assessed a fine and may be placed on a “Prohibitive Standing” by FSL for an amount of time that is to be determined. Additional disciplinary actions may be taken by the Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity (SCAI). **
Questions?
If you have any additional questions or would like clarification please contact us via ucfgreek@ucf.edu.
It’s important to be aware of all the requirements your inter/national organization has for you prior to beginning, as well. These things might include:
*Please note that if your inter/national organization has stricter rules or policies than UCF, you must follow those. It’s a good general rule that if there are ever conflicting policies, you should follow the more conservative rules.
General New Member Education Policies
In order for a chapter to take in new members, all new member paperwork must be complete; risk prevention programming must be complete; and the Greek Roll roster must reflect they are new members EACH CHAPTER IS REQUIRED TO HAVE NO LESS THAN 12 ACTIVE MEMBERS IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED A REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATION. (Please refer to OSI policies)
Overnight Events/Retreats
All organizations must adhere to the following guidelines when presenting new members to the campus community:
Presentation of new members must take place no more than 15 calendar days after the members have been initiated into the organization, and/or prior to “Study Day(s)”, whichever comes first, unless approved in writing by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
Guidelines for those who host New Member Presentations or “Shows”
Violation(s)
Violations of guidelines can result in consequences including fines, cancellation of show, probation, and/or suspension.
Please submit all New Member Education Documents in the Officer Webcourse.
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