Hey, everyone!
I hope you have been able to have a great and relaxing
winter break. Welcome back to school and welcome to the newly named Cultural
Greek Council; CGC for short! Formerly known as the Multicultural Greek
Council, we have decided that the name of “CGC” more accurately represents who
we are and the organizations that are represented on our campus.
In actuality, all of the culturally-based organizations on
our campus do not fall under the National Multicultural Greek Council. The culturally-based Greek organizations on
our campus are as follows: Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., Mu Sigma
Upsilon Multicultural Sorority, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and Lambda Sigma Upsilon Fraternity, Inc. Each of
these organizations are under their own council. Lambda Theta Alpha Latin
Sorority, Inc. is an organization that is not under a council at all. Their
national organization has agreed to not fall under one. Mu Sigma Upsilon
Multicultural Sorority, Inc. is under the National Multicultural Greek Council.
Therefore, they do fit into the MGC. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. both fall under the National Pan-Hellenic Council. Lambda
Sigma Upsilon Fraternity, Inc. falls under NALFO. As you can see, Mu Sigma
Upsilon Multicultural Sorority, Inc. is the only organization that was founded
on multiculturalism on Lehigh’s campus. Therefore, we have agreed to rename
ourselves and create a more inclusive and accurately-named council.
The Cultural Greek Council is one in which we all are able
to be prideful in who we are, what our organizations have helped us become and
what we stand for. We stand and support one another. We celebrate our diversity
and welcome those who want to embrace their own. As such, we also find it
extremely important that we pay attention to our identity. The Cultural Greek
Council is proud of our new name and we will continue to do the great things we
do on our campus and within our own organizations. This is a step forward in a
new direction and we hope that you can adopt this name change as we have!
Again, welcome back to school and have a great semester!
All the best,
Kristen Mejia
Cultural Greek Council President