It is our pleasure to officially notify you that Lehigh University's fraternity community is open for expansion. Per the 2010-11 System-Wide Assessment Committee Recommendations, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs is notifying you via memo of the call for expansion applications. We will also be sharing the below memo with the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) and the Inter/national Headquarters and alumni contacts for all formerly recognized chapters at Lehigh. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Jessi McPherrin or Tim Wilkinson.
June 4, 2012
Dear NIC Member
Fraternities,
On behalf of
the Interfraternity Council (IFC) we would like to announce that Lehigh
University, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, will be moving forward with the
expansion of our fraternity community. The purpose of this expansion effort is
to continue the goal of providing a myriad of options within the community to
meet the ever changing needs of our undergraduate student population.
Lehigh
University was founded in 1865 and enrolls nearly 5,000 undergraduate students
in four colleges. Currently, there are 1,019
fraternity members within 18 recognized NIC fraternities on campus. The average
IFC chapter size is 56 members. The all Fraternity men’s cumulative GPA is 3.0.
The University
will be giving priority to those organizations that have had active chapters on
campus in the past. The relationship
with those groups is a valued part of the future of the fraternity community at
Lehigh. However, this will not
automatically “disqualify” any organization which submits materials. Additionally, any fraternity expansion at
Lehigh will not include a residential facility, and there will be no plans or
timeline in place to convert any newly recognized non-residential chapters to
residential chapters.
To view the
Expansion Policy, packet requirements, and timeline, go directly to the Lehigh
University Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs’ website at: www.lehigh.edu/ofsa and click on “Policies
& Forms”. Please make note that our Accreditation process has been edited
and developed since the last IFC expansion at Lehigh University. The
Accreditation metrics can be found under the “Reports and Statistics” page of
the website.
All interested
organizations should send materials to the address below by August 17, 2012. Submissions will be
reviewed and invitations to campus will go out in September. Questions about
this process may be directed to Jessi McPherrin, Assistant Director of
Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, at jlm811@lehigh.edu or 610.758.4157.
Fraternally,
The Office of
Fraternity and Sorority Affairs at Lehigh University
Office of
Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
Attn: IFC
Expansion
Lehigh
University
227-229 Warren
Square
Bethlehem,
PA18015
P: 610.758.4157