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Fall 2008
From the Top (page 2)
Creating a Culture of Assessment: The "Top Ten" List (page 6)
Ten-Plus Years: Alcohol-Free Housing within Phi Delta Theta (page 10)
Peak Performance (Page 13)
Using Values Exploration to Rationalize Risk Management Policies (page 14)
To Cultural Competence and Confidence: One Step at a Time (Page 18)
Fraternal Relevance - Be Part of the Movement (Page 20)
Summer 2008
         
From the Top (page 2)
Green Greeks: Incorporating Sustainable Technology in Fraternity and Sorority Chapter
House Construction (page 4)
Living Our Values: Integrating Sustainability into our Daily Lives (page 8)
Sustainability Best Practices (page 12)
Get Involved with AFA! (page 14)
Alcohol and Risk Management Education: Pi Kappa Phi’s Approach(page 16)
Spring 2008
From the Top (page 2)
Using Case Study to Help Educate Practitioners (page 4)
The One Person Show: Challenges of the Lone Fraternity and Sorority Advisor (page 8)
The Intersection of Responsibility and Freedom: Anti-Semitic Incidents on College Campuses and Your Role as an Educator (page 10)
Social Justice: When Diversity Isn't Enough (page 12)
The Native American Fraternal Values Movement: Past, Present, & Future (page 14)
Hazed and Confused: A look at why hazing is so difficult to tackle from both the student and professional viewpoints - and how we can do better (page 16)
2008 AFA Awards Nominations (page 20)
AFA/EBI Fraternity/Sorority Assessment Renewed (page 26) 
Winter 2008
Annual Presidential Remarks (page 2)
Relevant Legal Issues for Fraternity & Sorority Professionals (page 7)
Examining Philanthropy and Community Service in Sororities and Fraternities (page 10)
2007 Annual Meeting Highlights (page 14)
2007 Award Recipients (page 18)
Understanding and Using Developmental Theory: A New Approach to Actualize Values Congruence (page 20)
Violence Prevention Efforts: A Collaborative Approach (page 24)
Fall 2007
Beginning the Dialogue on Socialization (page 4)
Can Women Be Chauvinists? Gender Oppression, Raunch Culture, and Sorority Women Today (page 4)
An Overlooked Opportunity: Addressing Men’s Issues with Fraternity Men and in Fraternal Programming (page 7)
Bringing Your “A” Game, Part II: Varsity Staff Development (page 10)
Ready for Research but Don’t Know Where to Start? 10 Fraternity/Sorority Related Research Topics (summary, page 16)
Ready for Research but Don’t Know Where to Start? 10 Fraternity/Sorority Related Research Topics (full article, web only)
Peers Helping Peers! The Value of Your Gifts to the AFA Foundation (page 18)
Senior Student Affairs Officers' Perspectives: It’s All About the Experience (page 19)
Summer 2007
From the Top: A Conversation with the AFA President and Executive Director (page 2)
Bringing your "A" Game: Your 8-Step Game Plan for Varsity Professional Development, Part 1 (page 4)
A Bystander Framework for Hazing Prevention (page 8)
Give AND Gain: Volunteering for AFA (page 12)
Refresh, Reframe, Refocus: Using Assessment as an Improvement Framework (page 13)
Improving Professional Writing Skills (page 18)
Beyond the Rhetoric and Into the Action of the Values Movement (page 20)
Spring 2007
From the Top: The Interfraternal Defense Mechanism
Why We Should Close More Chapters
National Hazing Prevention Week: Now Is The Time
Exterminating Unrecognized Groups
The Value of Supporting the AFA Foundation
Searching for Common Ground: A Model for Critical Dialogue Between Campus and Inter/national Organization Professionals
2007 AFA Award Nominations
Winter 2007
2006 & 2007 Presidential Remarks
Barriers to Greatness: Using the Concept of Fraternal Relevancy to Create Urgency for Change
Changing Wrong Into Right: Using Assessment Results to Improve your Program
Utilizing the Core Competencies to Affect Positive Change
Starting a Fraternity/Sorority Community-Wide Change Initiative
The Value of the AFA Foundation
2006 Annual Meeting Review
2006 AFA Award Recipients
Maintaining Change through Standards of Excellence
Nominating Know-How: Your Guide to AFA’s Election Process
The Last Taboo: Male-on-Male Sexual Assault
Fall 2006

AFA: The First 30 Years, part 4
Virtual Interfraternalism
Twenty-five Years of AIDS from my Perspective
Technology: The Long View
Easing the Quarterlife Crisis: A Lesson on Programming and Support for Graduating Fraternity and Sorority Students
Meeting Students Where They Are Through Technology
Navigating the New AFA Website
The Impact of Technology on Student Affairs

Summer 2006
Using Organization Values in Decision Making
Building the Human Environment
AFA: The First 30 Years, part 3
Branding + Values = Congruence (A Cure-all for Fraternity/Sorority Life?)
The Challenge of Values Congruence
Hope for Jaded Deans
Values & Action Congruence
Are Fraternities & Sororities Teaching the Value of Community Service?
Good Guys: Eight Steps to Limitless Possibility in Fraternity Recruitment (book review)
Spring 2006
Is Fraternity/Sorority Advising a Career?
Moving the Fraternal Movement Forward: Getting Involved, Staying Involved
Leveraging Assessment to Advance the Profession
AFA: The First 30 Years, part 2
From Fraternity/Sorority Advisor to Senior Student Affairs Officer
Make Every Venture... an Adventure
The First 90 Days: Transitioning into a New Job
Tips for the First 90 Days
Staying in the Game: Longevity in the Fraternity/Sorority Advising Profession
Staying Connected: The Long Term Value of AFA Membership
To Ph.D. or Not To Ph.D.?
Winter 2006
2005 & 2006 Presidential Remarks
2005 Annual Meeting Review
AFA: The First 30 Years, part 1
Form & Function in the College Fraternity: 1776-2006
Nominating Know-How: Your Guide to AFA’s Election Process
Reflections from AFA’s First Executive Director
Reflections from an AFA Past President
The Evolution of the Association of Fraternity Advisors 
Fall 2005   

 

AFA Strategic Framework
Brotherhood: Gay Life in College Fraternities
Creating a Support System for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Fraternity and Sorority Members
Creating a Welcoming Environment for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Members
Effective Communication for the Fraternity/Sorority Professional
Fraternity & Sorority Professionals as Allies for GLBT Fraternity & Sorority Members
Sexual Orientation and Non-Discrimination Policies
The Emergence of GLBT Issues in Fraternities and Sororities
Year in Review - Fiscal Year 2005

Summer 2005

 

Assessment: Evidence for Improvement
Assessment/Program Review and Strategic Planning for Fraternity/Sorority Life: A Partnership for Success
Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End
Fire Safety: Beyond Elementary School
Forward Thinking: Strategic Planning for the Fraternity/Sorority Advisor
Improving the Shelf Life of a Strategic Plan
National Hazing Prevention Week
The Basic Steps of Strategic Planning
The Power of Volunteering
Using Assessment to Guide Strategic Planning

Spring 2005

 

Creating Great Experiences for Those We Serve
Fraternity & Sorority Members Are Different: One Intervention Does Not Fit All
Setting the Research Agenda for African American Fraternities and Sororities
Web-Based Data Collection for Fraternity/Sorority Advisors

Winter 2005

 

Presidential Remarks
From Student to Professional: The Impact of Hazing; An Undergraduate's Plea to Her Peers
Learning Opportunities: Understanding Students' Definitions of Hazing
Overview of the 2004 AFA Annual Meeting
The AFA Nominating Committee
The Effects of Membership in a Social Fraternity or Sorority on the Academic Success of First-Year College Students
Understanding the Differences Between Fraternities & Sororities

Fall 2004

 

AFA Year In Review 
A Fraternity's Impact on Members' Moral Development
Annual Meeting Preview
Breaking the Bank: Is College Pricing Students Out of Affiliating?
Do You Teach White When You Teach Diversity?
Emotional Intelligence
Improving Member's Perception of the Fraternity/Sorority Organization
One Voice on "The Choices We Make"
Technology and Ethics

Summer 2004 

 

Alcohol Use & the Fraternity & Sorority Experience: Recent Research Findings & Suggestions for Advisors
Core Competencies
Leadership
Powerful Partnerships to Combat a Powerful Problem
Reconstructing Shared Governance
The Perspective from Both Sides
The Power of Volunteering! An Invitation to Serve
Turning Assessment Results into Improvement

Spring 2004 

 

Core Competencies for Excellence in the Profession
Crear Honored for Diversity Initiatives
Finding the Right Fit
Perspectives Submission Guidelines
Truth, Dare, or Consequence... Assessing the Fraternity/Sorority Community
Three Perspectives on the Core Competencies
Understanding the Concepts Behind the Assessment and Its Power for Positive Change
Whale Done! The Power of Positive Relationships (book review)

Winter 2004

 

2003 Annual Meeting Overview
Climbing Blind: Charles Schroeder Talks to Mountain Climber Erik Weihenmayer
Installation Speech - AFA President 2004
Nominating Know-How: Your Guide to AFA's Election Process
That's Fratastic! Debating Idiot Fraternity and Sorority Logic

Fall 2003

 

Collaboration: An Essential Ingredient for Learning
One Piece at a Time: Intentionally Building Community
Collaboration on Campus: Doing More with Less
Satisfaction Survey Update: The Membership Has Spoken and the Board Has Heard
Sex Exclusive Organization

Summer 2003

 

Developing Community:  In the Midst of Everything Else
Individual vs. Community
Individuals Supporting the Community
Legal Issues 101
The 21 Irrefutable laws of Leadership:  Follow Them and People Will Follow You

Spring 2003

 

Diversity Without Diversity? Strategies for Increasing Racial/Ethnic Minority Representation in the Profession
Gaining Understanding of Fraternities & Sororities Through Campus Surveys
Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading
Learning & Growing: A Guide to an Institutional Self-Study
Our Responsibility: Knowing How Fraternities & Sororities Help Students Learn
Then There Was Ben...Dangers of Frat Row

March 2003

 

2002 Annual Meeting Highlights
2003 President's Remarks

Fall 2002

 

A Perspective from an Unaffiliated Fraternity/Sorority Advisor
Are We "Built to Last" for the Millennial Generation?
Helping Fraternity and Sorority Members Understand Ritual
Lessons From IFI - Five Maxims to Live By
National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (NPHC)
Powerful Partnerships: Gamma Sigma Alpha, the AFA Foundation and Bowling Green State University
The Hole in the Proverbial Moral Ozone

Summer 2002

 

Balance
Committed to GLB Education: One AFA Pre-Conference Session Trains Trainers for Campus Social Change
Let Your Leadership Speak...A Book Review
North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) Update
Our Role Within the Profession
Shackleton's Principles of Leadership. Making Connections to Fraternity/Sorority Advising
Why We Do What We Do: And How We Keep Going!

Spring 2002

 

2001 Fraternity/Sorority Advising Profession Survey Highlights
Everything I Know About Fraternity & Sorority Advising I Learned From Frankie
Good to Great (book review)
NPC: Celebrating 100 Years of Leadership, Values & Friendship
Total Membership Development: An Update

Winter 2002

 

25 Years of Reflections By AFA Past Presidents (Part 2 of 2)
A Call to the Interfraternal World: Academic Dishonesty. What are We Doing to Address the Concerns?
NALFO Continues to Make History for Latino Fraternity/Sorority Members
Strategies for Working with Fraternities and Sororities in Judicial Matters
The Issue is Fraternity/Sorority Unity, Plain and Simple
The Nielsen Ratings for Fraternities and Sororities: What Are We Watching and Who's Got The Remote?

Fall 2001

 

25 Years of Reflections By AFA Past Presidents (Part 1 of 2)
Fire Safety
It Takes More than a Strong Chapter to Save a Charter
So You Want to Start a Dance-A-Thon

Preview 2001 

 

2001 Annual Meeting Preview
Millennials: The Corrective Generation? (Part 3 of 3 on the next generation of college students)
Progress Report: The Strategic Plan at Work for You

Summer 2001

 

Commonly Asked Questions on Legal Issues with Local Fraternal Organizations
Community: Is it a Local or Inter/National Issue?
I am a Member of a Local Sorority, and Proud of It!
Local vs. National: What Are the Differences and Similarities? Is One Better Than the Other?
Risk Management in Local Fraternity and Sorority Communities: How Hope College Addressed This Vital Issue
Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian and Bisexual in a College Sorority
The Superfriends & Higher Education: Hall of Justice or Legion of Doom?
Theory in Practice: Suggestions on Continually Using Theories in Our Work

Spring 2001

 

Alumni Advisory Team - A Win/Win Situation
Another MIAMI Triad
Chicanos in Higher Education - Issues and Dilemmas for the 21st Century
To Fund or Not to Fund: The Rights of Fraternities and Sororities to Apply for Campus Funding
Millennials Succeeding  (Part 2 of 3 on the next generation of college students)
Praising Hazing:  Why it's O.K. to Make First-Year Players Sing for Their Supper
Should Community Service Be Used as a Judicial Sanction for our Fraternity and Sorority Chapters?

Winter 2001

 

A New Generation of Students (Part 1 of 3 on the next generation of college students)
Change? Who? Me?
NPHC Joint Position Against Hazing
Reflecting on "A Grand Vision" -- Notes from the 2000 NIC/AFA Annual Meeting
The Interfraternity Institute -- A Powerful Partnership that has Shaped Our Field
The PHIrst Partnership (Providing a Holistic Interpretation of Ritual, Service & Tradition)
Withdrawing Official Recognition of Greek Organizations: Is It Legal?

Fall 2000

 

Avoiding Greek Housing Liability: Preventative Maintenance is the Key
Networking for Success: Simple Steps to Becoming a Master Networker
The Academic Standings Report: Helping NPHC Chapters Make the Grade
The Divine Nine -- The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities (book review)
To Build or Not to Build? One Campus' Perspective

Preview 2000

 

2000 Annual Meeting Preview
Helpful Tips for Judicial Programs
Involvement, Accountability & Science -- Transcend Risk Reduction Innovations
Millennium Designer Drugs -- Part One
Modified Models of Recruitment
Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back: The Cathedral Within (book review)

Summer 2000

 

!Adelnte Hacia El Futuro! "Forward to the Future" Latino/Latina Students: Past, Present and Future
Advising Native American and Asian Students
Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Sensitive Fraternities: A House with No Closets
Lambda Delta Lambda: A Lesbian Sorority?
The Legal Ramifications of Moving the Recruitment Period

Spring 2000

 

A Journey Through Service: Helping Students Understanding Philanthropy, Community Service and Service Learning
Assumption of the Risk: The Case of Fraternities Escaping Liability for Hazing Through an Old Legal Defense
Creating a Service Learning Program
It Ain't For the Money!
Job Search 101 - The Do's & Don'ts from a Former Job Hunter
The Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey (book review)

Winter 2000

 

Alumni Initiation into a Fraternity or Sorority
Coghlan V. Beta Theta Pi Fraternity: The Case of Advisors Assuming Liability Through Their Actions
Party with Wolf: "Bailey" on Philanthropy & Service
Reflect the Light

November/December 1999

 

AFA Retrospective
Fraternity Darwinism: Who Will Become Extinct?
How Can I Get Any Work Done If You're Always Bothering Me?
Torn Apart: When Rigid Religious Belief and Campus Lifestyle Collide

September/October 1999

 

A Summer of Learning: Broadening Perspectives of Greek Life - The AFA Internship Program
Colleagues Ideas: Advising NPHC with a Shared Vision
Fraternity and Sorority Judicial Procedures: A Legal Perspective
Influencing Others: A Closer Look
Learning About the NPHC: A Personal Journey
Out of the Ashes, Lessons Learned
Professional Development…On the Hunt
Professional Development Ideas for a staff of 1, 3-5, and 6+
Service Learning - Just a Concept or a Reality for Fraternities and Sororities?
Strengthening Your Skill Set: A Four Step Process
Using an Afro-Centric Approach to Reform Rites of Passage Activities Among Traditional Black Greek-Letter Organizations

Summer 1999

 

Advice from the Field... Eight Lessons for Effective NPHC Advising
Advising the National Pan-Hellenic Chapters: Two NPHC Executive Directors Offer Advice
An Interview with Michael Gordon - NPHC Executive Director
Black Fraternities and Sororities at the Crossroads: An Uncertain Future
Blazing A Trail For the Future: The National Pan-Hellenic Council
Congratulations! You're Our New NPHC Advisor!

Spring 1999

 

An Interview with Dr. Vic Boschini, Named Illinois State University's Sixteenth President
Assessment 101: The Basics
Assessment - How Well Do We Really Know Our Students?
How Do We Legitimize Our Profession... Assessment of Our Responsibility?
The Collective Harms of Homophobia on College Fraternities
The Legal Implications of Party Registration
Using Assessment to Help Students Understand Current Campus Perceptions

Winter 1999

 

A Rear Window Perspective: A Former Board Member's Observation of the Association of Fraternity Advisors
Changes in Greek Life on College Campuses: Counseling Implications for Resident Directors and Advisors
Collaboration... Synergy... Partnering with NPHC
Thoughts on Freedom of Association, Speech and Thought: The Implications of New Legislation on Our Practices, a program presented at the Annual Meeting

November/December 1998

 

Hazing in Fraternities: Recent Court Decision
Philanthropy Parties: How to Implement Them on Your Campus
The Challenge of Alcohol: A Personal Perspective
When Hope and Fear Collide: A Portrait of Today's College Student (book review)
The Gift of Leadership
Values-Based Decision-Making: The Value of the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute - UIFI Research: Students Apply Learned Skills

September/October 1998

 

Advice from the Field...
Alcohol Free Housing - Where Does the Greek Advisor Fit?
Don't Bring Me No Bad News
National Alcohol Symposium: Impact for the Greek Community
Role Modeling the Way for Students Towards Responsible Citizenship: Our Obligation!
Summer 1998

 

A Satirical Last word...Why Alcohol Free Fraternity Houses Won't Work
By the Numbers - Alpha Xi Delta
Chocolate Cake and the Ritual Grant Writing Process
The Commuter School's Panhellenic Experience
The Senior Year Experience: Facilitating Integration, Reflection, Closure, and Transition