Per university policy, eligibility for participating in the recruitment or membership intake process is limited to students in good standing.
- All potential new members must be enrolled as full-time, undergraduate students. Full-time is defined as 12 hours for undergraduate students.
- Entering freshmen must have a minimum 2.5 high school grade point average on their high school transcript.
- Transfer students must have at least a 2.5 grade point average on all previous college course work. Transitional classes (also known as developmental courses) do not count toward this GPA requirement.
- Current UCA students must have at least a 2.5 UCA grade point average.
Beyond this minimum standard established by the University, individual fraternity and sorority chapters and/or councils may have higher standards for eligibility.
All fraternity and sorority new members will be required to attend a new member orientation.
Recruitment Processes
There are four National Panhellenic Conference sororities recognized in the Panhellenic Council: Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau, Delta Zeta, and Sigma Kappa. Recruitment is coordinated for the Panhellenic sororities in August. Panhellenic also allows “continuous open bidding” throughout the year for sororities which are not at the total allowable size. Panhellenic recruitment is restricted to students who are regularly matriculated students at UCA. For more specific information visit the Panhellenic website at uca.edu/panhellenic.
There are eight active organizations governed under the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) for historically African-American fraternities and sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Each of these organizations recruit through a “Membership Intake” process. Membership Intake is conducted once per the fall and/or spring semester for each organization. Individual chapters, in conjunction with their state, regional, or national organization, will determine if they will have membership intake . In addition to the University’s eligibility requirements, interested candidates must complete the following for membership intake:
- Must have completed at least twelve (12) UCA credit hours.
- Transitional courses do not count towards the 12 hours.
- Attend a Go Greek Information Night at least once per academic year prior to participating in membership intake.
For more specific information visit the NPHC website at uca.edu/nphc
There are six national fraternities currently recognized in the Interfraternity Council (IFC): Beta Upsilon Chi, Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Sigma Tau Gamma. Recruitment for IFC fraternities is coordinated in September and February. Fraternities are also eligible to extend “open bids” throughout the academic year. For more specific information regarding recruitment dates, visit the IFC Fraternity Recruitment website at uca.edu/ifc
Although the university requirement for eligibility in a fraternity or sorority is a 2.5 GPA, the Interfraternity Council has raised the bar and set a strict requirement of a 2.75 GPA for High School or a 2.5 GPA for those with at least 12 college credit hours.
There is currently one national sorority currently recognized by the United Greek Council (UGC): Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc. Membership intake for UGC. is conducted once per semester during the fall and/or spring semester for each organization. Individual chapters, in conjunction with their state, regional, or national organization, will determine if they will have membership intake. For more specific information regarding dates and details, visit the UGC website at uca.edu/ugc.