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Welcome to NASPA's
Fraternity Sorority Knowledge Community (FSKC)


Our membership consists of those interested in and/or those who are or have worked in Sorority and Fraternity Advising.  We range in age and experience from undergraduate and graduate students to campus presidents and vice presidents.

F&S KC MISSION: The Fraternity and Sorority Knowledge Community provides a forum for discussion of issues and dissemination of knowledge related to the fraternity and sorority experience on college and university campuses. The Knowledge Community represents the needs of NASPA member campuses and fosters conversation and collaboration between institutions of higher learning, inter/national fraternities and sororities, and related national organizations that have a shared interest in fraternities and sororities.

F&S KC VISION: Through conversation and collaboration between institutions of higher learning, inter/national fraternities and sororities, and related national organizations that have a shared interest in fraternities and sororities, the Fraternity and Sorority Knowledge Community will promote campus-based ethical and values-based fraternity & sorority communities that support the educational mission of their host institutions by educating the whole student and integrating student life and learning into the fraternity and sorority experience during the undergraduate experience and beyond.

Message from the Chair:

            Greetings, Colleagues!

            The FSKC has been fortunate to have an amazing leadership team that has, individually and collectively, provided superlative leadership and dedication to the KC, to NASPA, to our KC members and to our profession.  I have been honored to work with them and am inspired by their commitment to our students and our work.  If you are not already a member, please join our KC and add your special talents and contribution to the betterment and perpetuation of a strong, positive fraternal experience on our campuses!  I look forward to working with you and adding your special talents and energy to our worthy cause!

Respectfully, 

Dr. Scott H. Reikofski, Chair

NASPA Fraternity Sorority Knowledge Community

Click here for article on: State of Campus Advising by Dr. Scott Reikofski

 KC Accomplishments since March 2010:

  1. Strategic Initiatives
    1. KC Name Change Submitted and Approved
    2. KC Mission and Vision Statements developed and adopted
    3. Preparations for development of a KC Strategic Plan are being made
  2. Knowledge-Research

a.      Partnering with Assessment Knowledge Consortium which is developing an upcoming survey, an element of which will be related to Fraternity Sorority work. 

b.      Relationship with Center for the Study of the College Fraternity and other research resources

C.      Knowledge-Academics

a.      Relevant research bibliography updated from 1995 through 2010, final preparations for appropriate posting and sharing being made

b.      Developing list of potential thesis/dissertation topics for dissemination to Graduate Prep programs

D.     Member Development & Engagement

a.      FSKC name tag ribbons distributed to members at AFA conference

b.      FSKC ad in AFA Program book

c.       KC membership grown by approximately 200+ members

E.      Programming

a.      SSAOs survey

b.      Webinar presented in collaboration with Association of Fraternity Sorority Advisors

c.       Interfraternal Summit set for March 11-12, 2011., co-sponsored by Scott Academy

F.       Interfraternal Partners

a.      Continue to develop these relationships upon which the KC and our members depend both for work as well as financial support of KC programming.  Additional partners being engaged beyond those that have been historical supporters. 

b.      The list of our incredibly supportive Interfraternal Partners continues to grow, including:

    1. National Panhellenic Conference
    2. North American Interfraternity Conference
    3. National Pan-Hellenic Council
    4. National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations
    5. National APIA Panhellenic Association
    6. Fraternity Executives Association
    7. Association for Fraternal Leadership and Values
    8. Center for the Study of the College Fraternity

G.     Communications

a.      Learned website updating protocols and identified the needs

b.      Assembled FSKC Communications team

c.       Developed an electronic newsletter, first edition posted on website in August 2011

d.      Regularly updated website

II. Update on Planning for the 2011 NASPA Annual Conference in Philadelphia

  1. Developed "Navigating the Job Search for Greek Life Positions" for Placement Service
  2. All Conference programming set, (see website tab for "Conference" for details) including 
    1. 3 KC related meetings or socials,
    2. 3 KC sponsored educational programs 
    3. 6 KC supported programs 
  3. Expanded FSKC Leadership Team meeting (including Co-Chair elects and past Chairs)
  4. In process of solidifying General Membership Business meeting, data and materials to be distributed.

III. Examples of Generation of Knowledge since October 2010

As of now, the primary Generation of Knowledge this year has been focused on the research bibliography.  Upcoming initiatives include:

  1. reaching out to graduate prep programs and research related partners with a list of potential research topics
  2. the coordination of research resources (including financial resources)
  3. the NASPA Leadership Exchange that will publish article re: conversations from the Interfraternal Summit
  4. surveying other scholarly journals for fraternity/sorority related articles
  5. the solicitation of KC members for their own work in terms of original research, best practices

Knowledge Community Leadership:

Scott Reikofski, University of Pennsylvania, assumed the Chair position for the Fraternity and Sorority Knowledge Community at the end of the Chicago annual meeting in March 2010.  Scott would like to thank Cathy Scroggs and Jerry Brewer for their outstanding leadership and hard work on behalf of the KC the past two years. We had productive meetings and outstanding KC sponsored or supported programming in Chicago and will continue to update the members of the KC as we begin implementing our new ideas and initiatives for the next year. Look for KC communication soon introducing the entire KC Leadership Team!

Contact National Knowledge Community Chair:

Scott H. Reikofski, Director of Fraternity Sorority Affairs
University of Pennsylvania
3933 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6136 
Tel: 215.898.5263
Fax: 215.573.2406
Email:  reikofsk@upenn.edu