‘Nu’ fraternity welcomed to Greek community
By Whitney Yount, Organizations Editor //
As High Point University continues to expand in population, the number of social and academic clubs and organizations on campus expands as well. In an upcoming semester, HPU will be welcoming a new fraternity, Sigma Nu.
Last semester, the Interfraternity Council voted to open for expansion. Shortly thereafter, the Office of Greek Life relayed this decision to the North American Interfraternity Conference, the trade association for men’s social fraternities.
According to Taylor Symons, the assistant director of Greek life for HPU, the NIC then notified various fraternity headquarters that HPU was open for expansion, and the fraternities that were interested in having a chapter at HPU sent applications with details about their organization.
From the applications that were received, the Greek Life staff chose six finalists to present to the IFC Expansion Committee.
The committee, which was chaired by the IFC president and contained a member from each fraternity represented on the HPU campus, reviewed the application materials from each of the six finalist fraternities, and narrowed the options down to three.
Each of the remaining three fraternities – Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI), Sigma Nu, and Sigma Pi – were offered on-campus presentation days, where representatives were given the opportunity to meet Student Life staff members and student leaders and receive a tour of campus.
Each of the fraternities also gave a presentation about their organization, which was open to the entire HPU community. After all three of the finalists had their presentation day, the IFC Expansion Committee met once again to decide which organization would be the best addition to HPU.
“The committee decided on Sigma Nu due to their strong alumni presence in the Piedmont Triad, their depth and breadth of leadership and educational programming available to members, the organization’s stance against hazing and commitment to the host institution should anything ever occur, and finally, an impressive track record of colonizing successfully at institutions similar to HPU,” Symons said. “We’re excited to welcome Sigma Nu to HPU and think they’ll be a wonderful addition to our Greek life community.”
Sigma Nu joins the likes of Kappa Alpha and Beta Theta Pi, who also joined HPU Greek Life within the last two years. Alpha Chi Omega was the last sorority to join campus in 2011.