![]() IFC members instituted risk management roundtable discussions in 2019 to discuss how to mitigate risks like sexual assault and improve mental health awareness. “It’s always going to be continual education, education, education, whether that be workshops, developing a healthy relationship with our Title IX office or being aware of local and national guidelines and policies,” LeJay said. ![]() LeJay said officials and Interfraternity Council leadership should emphasize educating members about sexual assault prevention and instituting anti-hazing protocols to ensure proper risk management is taking place. He said sanctions levied against chapters usually include fulfilling requirements like Title IX training. John LeJay, a coordinator for fraternity and sorority life at California State University Northridge, said officials usually examine whether the chapter has fulfilled conditions to return to campus before deciding to end a fraternity’s suspension. Greek life experts said universities and fraternity national headquarters generally set requirements, like engaging in Title IX training, that chapters must meet prior to being reinstated on campus. Seamus Cullen, the president of the Interfraternity Council, did not return requests for comment. “We strive to create an inclusive, diverse chapter that can be an asset to GW Greek life as well as the community around them,” D’Imperio said. He said Phi Kappa Psi headquarters set “very clear standards” – like GPA, “service initiative,” leadership experience and involvement in other student organizations on campus – for potential new members to be eligible to join. “This is a typical agreement that we come to in these situations, as it allows the members of the previously established chapter to graduate and move on from the university and for our organization to start fresh with an agreed upon vision between the university and the fraternity,” D’Imperio said in an email. He said the national headquarter’s goal is for the chapter to earn its charter within two years of coming back to campus, and officials agreed to allow the chapter to begin its re-establishment process in spring 2020. James D’Imperio, the senior director of chapter operations for Phi Kappa Psi, said officials from the chapter’s national headquarters worked with GW to establish a timeline for its return after the fraternity was originally suspended in 2016. Officials terminated the fraternity’s lease on its 23rd Street townhouse in December 2015 and suspended the chapter from campus in 2016. Phi Kappa Psi’s national headquarters launched an investigation in November 2015 into the chapter’s conduct after officials found cocaine residue, a stun gun, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and alcohol during an administrative search of the fraternity’s townhouse. ![]() “We look forward to working closely with the Phi Kappa Psi organization and all of the new members to ensure a successful return to campus,” Coleman said. Representatives from Phi Kappa Psi’s national organization will work with GW’s fraternity and sorority life staff to lead an informal recruitment process in late February, after IFC’s formal recruitment, Coleman said.
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