National Fraternity Research Articles

Educating future leaders in fraternities: Outcomes from participation in a national fraternity emerging leaders program

Campus engagement opportunities such as leadership development have potential for students to strengthen their personal skills. As such, fraternities and sororities can play an influential role in strengthening students' leadership skills. The present study examines the efficacy of a fraternity emerging leaders program, which is an educational opportunity focused on the development of new leaders. Data were collected from participants at three time intervals. Findings suggest students develop across several leadership domains, creating a stronger appreciation of their organizational values and fraternity ritual compared to non-participants. Recommendations for practice are included to address the transfer problem of leadership application and provide future directions for emerging leader program development.

The CRO Laudato Si’ Project: Goals, Activities, and Social Outcomes

On the eve of 2020, and the fifth anniversary of the publication of the Encyclical Letter - Laudato Si’. On the care for the common home at the Catholic University of Croatia, the scientific-professional project CRO Laudato Si’ was launched. The project team was composed of scientists from different disciplines, and the project partners were the National Fraternity of the Franciscan Secular Order and the Franciscan Youth. As part of the project, scientific and practical activities were carried out. One of the main scientific activities was empirical scientific research, which was conducted, using a survey method over several months in 2020. The paper will present the results of the research, related to the role of the project in the knowledge of the encyclical Laudato Si’ and the awakening of interest in the encyclical, according to the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents. The results show that men have heard of the encyclical Laudato Si’ to a somewhat greater extent than women. The largest number of respondents, who heard about the encyclical for the first time through the project, are those who belong to the youngest age group, followed by those with high school education. Arousing interest in Encyclical Letter topics is more encouraged among women, those over 65 years old, respondents with completed primary school, and those who are self-employed or retired.

El imaginario de la nación desde el exilio en la obra y en la correspondencia de Clorinda Matto de Turner

Clorinda Matto de Turner parte al exilio desde Lima, Perú el día 25 de abril de 1895. La autora de la novela indigenista Aves sin nido llega y se instala en Buenos Aires, Argentina, ciudad en la que reside hasta el año de su muerte en 1909. A pesar de haber sido separada de la “fraternidad nacional”, Matto de Turner sigue imaginando la nación y dando testimonio sobre ella tanto en su obra paraliteraria como en su correspondencia epistolar. En este artículo analizaremos la nación imaginada por Clorinda Matto de Turner en sus libros Boreales, miniaturas y porcelanas, Viaje de recreo y en las cartas de la escritora a Ricardo Palma.***O imaginário da nação do exílio na obra e correspondência de Clorinda Matto de Turner***Clorinda Matto de Turner deixa Lima, Peru, em 25 de abril de 1895 para o exílio. A autora do romance indígena Aves sin nido chega e se muda para Buenos Aires, Argentina, onde vive até o ano de sua morte em 1909. Apesar de ter sido separada da “fraternidade nacional”, Matto de Turner continua imaginando a nação e testemunhando sobre ela tanto em seu trabalho paraliterário quanto em sua correspondência. Neste artigo, analisaremos a nação imaginada por Clorinda Matto de Turner em seus livros, Boreales, miniaturas y porcelanas, Viaje de recreo e nas cartas do escritor a Ricardo Palma.

National fraternity's authority makes it responsible for assault

Case name: Brown v. Delta Tau Delta, et al., No. Pen‐14‐139 (Maine 06/18/15).

National fraternity's authority over local chapter makes it responsible for assault

National fraternity's authority over local chapter makes it responsible for assault

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Abstract Cover Story Start building ongoing communication with national fraternity officials Collaborate with national headquarters to help keep fraternity/soriority chapters in good standing Be prepared for alumni reactions Briefs Online food orders cut waiting time College juniors prep highschoolers Staff, students learn shooter response Yale bans kegs at university events Assessment Advice Provide staff members with assessment training Campus Safety Try community policing approach to reduce crime Off‐campus policing proves successful Substance Abuse Reduce misconduct, increase success with ‘OneLess’ Change alcohol culture Veterans Improve student‐veterans' success by meeting their needs Promote environment, policies to support student‐veterans Resources/Managing Your Office Develop staffers via self‐coaching Resources See interactive site on student‐vet programs Get some tips on boosting retention Free resource offers ‘green’ ideas You Be The Judge Did excessive force cause officer's death at game? Law & Campus MENTAL HEALTH University may be liable for student's suicide FRATERNITY/SORORITY LIFE Chapter must wait before suing over policy Understand recent OCR rulings involving athletic facilities Leaders & Innovators CAROL THOMPSON, DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH & ALUMNI RELATIONS, DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS, THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Gain support by reconnecting with student‐leader alumni Word of Advice Reach out to alumni

Competitive Nationalism: State, Class, and the Forms of Capital in Devolved Scotland

Devolved government in Scotland actively reconstitutes the unequal conditions of social class reproduction. Recognition of state-led class reconstitution draws upon the social theory of Bourdieu. Our analysis of social class in devolved Scotland revisits theories that examine the state as a ‘power container’. A range of state-enabling powers regulate the legal, economic, social, and cultural containers of class relations as specific forms of what Bourdieu called economic, social, and cultural ‘capital’. The preconditions of class reproduction are structured in direct ways by the Scottish state as a wealth container but also, more indirectly, as a cultural container and a social container. Competitive nationalism in the devolved Scottish state enacts neoliberal policies as a class-specific worldview but, at the same time, discursively frames society as a panclass national fraternity in terms of distinctive Scottish values of welfare nationalism. Nationalism is able to express this ambiguity in symbolic ways in which the partisan language of social class cannot.

Alcohol Risk-Reduction Skills Training in a National Fraternity: A Randomized Intervention Trial With Longitudinal Intent-to-Treat Analysis

The potential effectiveness of two group-administered social-skills training interventions for reducing high-risk drinking behavior was evaluated through a prospective randomized intervention trial with 3,406 members of a national college fraternity. Ninety eight of 99 chapters of a national fraternity were randomly assigned, within three strata, to receive (1) a 3-hour baseline intervention, (2) the same baseline intervention plus two booster sessions, or (3) assessments only. The current article emphasizes a rigorous intent-to-treat analysis model that compares outcomes among members assigned to receive study interventions (vs assessment-only sites) regardless of whether they actually did receive them; it also includes individuals at intervention sites even if they did not participate. This model allows us to address a social policy issue regarding the effect that introducing such an intervention may have in changing the high-risk normative drinking environment of the fraternity itself. Frequent heavy drinkers (64.2% of members) assigned to either intervention showed significant reductions at a 6-month follow-up in their frequency of drinking, heavy drinking, and drinking to intoxication; plus, they reported consuming fewer drinks overall. At 12 and 18 months postbaseline, these positive outcomes had largely dissipated. Additionally, there was an increase in drinking among lower-risk members 18 months postbaseline, which may be the result of factors other than differential attrition. Findings suggest that introducing such a brief intervention can effectively reduce risky drinking behavior on a short-term basis in high-risk members of a national fraternity. Future studies may wish to focus on strategies for sustaining positive outcomes for longer, plus would benefit, in general, from learning more about mechanisms of change.

Inclusive Masculinity in a Fraternal Setting

This ethnographic research uses thirty-two in-depth interviews and two years of participant observation on a large chapter of a national fraternity to examine the construction of masculinity among heterosexual men. Whereas previous studies of masculine construction maintain that most men in fraternities attempt to bolster their masculinity through the approximation of requisites of hegemonic masculinity, this research shows that there also exists a more inclusive form of masculinity institutionalized in the fraternal system: one based on social equality for gay men, respect for women, and racial parity and one in which fraternity men bond over emotional intimacy.

Examining the Effects of a National Alcohol-Free Fraternity Housing Policy

This investigation examined the effectiveness of an alcohol-free fraternity housing policy on the risky alcohol use of members of a national fraternity (N=718). Comparisons of members in chapters with fraternity housing (FH) and those in chapters without housing (NFH) over time revealed no policy-related effects on measures of alcohol use. Among FH members, comparisons of those who lived in fraternity housing and those who lived in other housing also found no effects. FH members reported that the policy was implemented moderately well; however, it may have shifted alcohol use from fraternity housing to other settings.

PRERETIREMENT PLANNING AND PERCEPTIONS OF SATISFACTION AMONG RETIREES

This study investigates the impact of preretirement planning on life satisfaction during retirement. It addresses the question of which manner of preretirement planning is most effective in enhancing life during retirement. The sample consisted of 322 retired subjects who were affiliated with either a community church or an alumni chapter of a national fraternity or who retired from a large private corporation. The findings indicate that retirement preparatory programs are most useful if they are performed or provided in a timely manner and effectively address, among other topics, health and financial matters pertinent to retirees. Further findings indicate that there were significant differences in the life satisfaction expressed by retirees who planned on their own as compared with those who participated in structured company‐sponsored preretirement planning programs and those who did not plan for retirement. Such findings suggest that gerontology educators, researchers, and professionals should continue to develop more effective retirement preparatory programs.

Nunc Dimittis

George John Cottier, professor emeritus, Department of Poultry Science, Auburn University, died April 25, 1989, at the age of 81. Cottier was born March 30, 1908, in Holt County, MO. He received a B.S. in agriculture from Auburn University in 1929, an M.S. from the University of Missouri in 1930, and a D.V.M. from Auburn University in 1943. In 1930 he was appointed instructor in animal husbandry at Auburn University. He transferred to poultry science in 1934 and was raised to the rank of assistant professor, becoming an associate professor in 1940 and professor in 1949. He retired in 1977.Cottier organized the Poultry Science Club and served many years as its advisor. He was very active with students and served as faculty advisor to the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity from 1938 to 1989. In 1969 he received the order of the Golden Heart from the national fraternity for outstanding .

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<h3>THE ATLANTIC CITY SESSION</h3><h3>University of Louisville Alumni Dinner</h3> There will be an informal dinner of the Alumni of the University of Louisville at the Hotel Ambassador, Wednesday evening, May 27, at 7 o'clock. For reservation write Dr. C. Coulter Charlton, 124 South Illinois Avenue, Atlantic City. <h3>Alpha Epsilon Iota Luncheon</h3> The Alpha Epsilon Iota National Fraternity for Medical Women will have a luncheon at the Hotel Ambassador, Wednesday, May 27, at 1 o'clock. For reservation write Miss Mary Noble, 2023 North College Street, Philadelphia. <h3>University of Pennsylvania Alumni</h3> Announcement is made of a smoker for alumni of the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, to be held in Atlantic City, Wednesday, May 27. The place and time of the smoker will be announced in the<i>Daily Bulletin</i>. <h3>Annual Banquet of Alpha Omega Alpha</h3> The annual banquet of the Alpha Omega Alpha will be held at the Ambassador Hotel,