Daley Scott |
Tell me about a community in which you are a member, excluding your family, and describe the obligations of being in that a community and how those obligations are explained to and reinforced in new community members.
I am in Greek Life at the University of Cincinnati as a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, commonly known as Theta. Every year, during the fall, we go through formal recruitment to gain new members into our sorority. The way Theta recruits is based on our values (intellectual curiosity, leadership potential, commitment to service, and personal excellence), so we look for each of these values in our potential new members. We expect each of our members to exhibit these four qualities while being a member of the sorority. We require everybody in the chapter to maintain at least a 2.8 GPA, so we uphold the value of intellectual curiosity. UC’s chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta had the highest grades in all of Greek Life last semester, and the chapter average made the Dean’s List. Theta upholds the value of leadership potential by being involved in leadership in our chapter as well as on the rest of UC’s campus. Many of our members are involved in ROAR Tour Guides, Student Alumni Council, Student Government, and much more. The commitment to service value is upheld by requiring all members to do at least 5 hours of community service each semester. Lastly, our personal excellence value is upheld by requiring everyone to act appropriately at all times and carry themselves in a good manner. Our new members have a couple of meetings before initiation so they know all the rules and regulations of being a member in Kappa Alpha Theta. Most of the time, it is not hard for new members to uphold our values since we recruit girls based on how they fit our values in the first place. Also, it is not hard to uphold these values because many girls prioritize these values in their everyday lives. School, leadership, service, and personal excellence are all important to me, and my Theta sisters help me to keep these values every day.
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Erin
10/19/2015 07:48:55 am
Thank you for sharing an experience you've had within a community. It sounds like there are structured and unstructured ways for members of Theta to learn the expectations and values of your sorority. What specifically makes you feel like a welcomed member of this community?
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