Industry Update Provided by NPC

University of Maryland

On Friday, March 16, the University of Maryland lifted the unconstitutional cease and desist order on all Panhellenic chapters that had been in effect since March 1. When the ban was lifted, the university levied allegations of hazing and inappropriate conduct against five men's organizations, but not a single Panhellenic chapter incurred any allegations. The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) is continuing to engage in various advocacy strategies to make sure this type of egregious overreach by an administration does not occur on other campuses.
Related reading: University of Maryland unfairly casts a shadow on sororities, March 20, 2024, Letter to the Editor from NPC CEO Dani Weatherford, The Baltimore Sun

Michigan State University

NPC was made aware of new Fraternity and Sorority Life Office policies that may have possible recruitment restrictions. NPC is in conversation with university staff and administration.

Workforce Update

Ali Bennett, alumnae district director (ADD) in Alumnae District XIII and recruitment & Panhellenic district director (RPDD) in College District XIII, is away from her desk until June 17. Alumnae Committee Chair Jennah Jones and Director of Alumnae Engagement Liz Drake will be filling in for her ADD responsibilities during her leave. 

Learning Management System (LMS)

Theta has launched our first-ever learning management system. The LMS will house Theta’s online courses and training modules moving forward. With this exciting new tool, we can use industry-standard technology to build courses, and we can track which members have taken each course. Members can link to the LMS directly in the Chapter Portal, which is where they were already accessing our training webinars.

This month, courses for the Leadership Certificate Program and officer training debuted. Each officer has three courses: (1) Introduction to Holding Office, (2) Leadership 101, and (3) an officer-specific/programming area-specific module about each respective role (the third course is also available to the relevant advisor).

The advisor training program is also being updated and new courses are planned to be released in late spring. The member orientation program is also being updated; a new program and modules will be available for new members this fall. Please contact leadership@kappaalphatheta.org with any questions.

ThetaConnect

If your company is currently hiring, ThetaConnect's Job Board is the exclusive place where Thetas can post jobs for Thetas. The Job Board is a major component of ThetaConnect and is currently one of the most viewed pages on the platform.

Below are the steps to follow to post a job on the Job Board:

• From the main feed, click on Jobs on the left-hand side of the page.
• A drop-down menu will appear. Click Post a Job.
• Fill out all the information pertaining to the job you are posting. Anything marked with an asterisk (*) is required for the job to successfully post. Consider adding a logo, too, so the post can appear in the Recent Jobs bricklet on the main feed page.
• Select Post.

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