Greek house shuffle

• Sigma Nu left campus in fall 2002.
• Phi Delta Theta left campus in spring 2004.
• Kappa Sigma left campus in fall 2006. They also had a decline in membership.
• Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Kappa Psi left campus in spring 2009.
• Phi Kappa Sigma left in spring 2010.
• Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) and Kappa Alpha both left in spring 2012.

However, some chapters left campus for other reasons.

• Lambda Theta Phi left campus in fall 2009 due to a decline in membership.
• Delta Gamma left in fall 2010 after chapter members voted to relinquish their charter due to declining membership numbers.
• Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) left in fall 2010 after chapter members voted to relinquish their charter after losing their chapter facility for failure to pay back significant debt. Pike merged with Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Greek life has had a continual pattern of expansion throughout the years. Colonization and recolonization have helped alter the Greek community.

• Kappa Alpha Psi recolonized in fall 2004, while Beta Chi Theta colonized.
• Sigma Phi Epsilon joined campus in spring 2005.
• Sigma Nu recolonized in fall 2006 after removal in 2002.
• Sigma Lambda Gamma colonized in fall 2007.
• Following their leave in 2006, Kappa Sigma recolonized in 2008.
• Sigma Gamma Rho was added to campus in fall 2009.
• After recolonizing in spring 2007, Phi Delta Theta reorganized in 2009.
• Delta Lambda Phi colonized in spring 2010, and Phi Gamma Delta recolonized in fall 2010.
• Phi Kappa Psi recolonized in fall 2011.
• Zeta Tau Alpha arrived on campus in spring 2012.
• Delta Tau Delta is currently colonizing this fall.

Most moves on Greek Row have been temporary with the exception of Pi Beta Phi and Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA).

• Pi Phi lives in the old Pike house, while ZTA lives in the old Pi Phi house.
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) is currently living in the ZBT house while ZBT is suspended and the SAE house is undergoing renovation. ZBT will move back into this house when they recolonize.
• Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) is currently living in the Kappa Alpha house while Kappa Alpha is suspended. Kappa Alpha will move back into the house when they recolonize.
• The NPHC men lived at Kappa Alpha, Sigma Nu and Kappa Sigma while these chapters were suspended, but they now live permanently on West Side Row.

Over the past ten years, Greek life has positively evolved with the addition of new policies and standards.

• The Greek community now has a VU Fraternity and Sorority Standards program, providing explicit minimum expectations in campus involvement, chapter operations, community service/philanthropy, educational programming, intellectual development, risk management and values integration.
• The Greek Facility Management Program has been implemented. This program drastically reduces debt from the fraternities to the university and provides necessary funding for improvements to chapter facilities.
• There has been a shift towards increased diversity in individual chapter membership and the overall Greek community.
• There is higher collaboration between councils and chapters.
• The alcohol policy was revised to limit the amount of alcohol that can be brought into registered parties. Third party bartenders are now used.
• Greek life has taken advantage of social media.

The most noticeable change in Greek life this semester has been the addition of ZTA last spring and the colonization of Delta Tau Delta this fall.

• Delta Tau Delta is brand new fraternity option for men at Vanderbilt. More than 55 men have become founders, and more than four hundred men have expressed interest.
• ZTA colonized in the spring and had a successful fall recruitment. ZTA hosted their inaugural Panhellenic benefit, RaiZing Hope, and worked with the Tennessee Titans in support of their national organization’s partnership with the NFL. Their house was renovated, and ZTA will celebrate with a house dedication ceremony in November.