February 8, 2012
To Lafayette alumni and members of the on-campus community:
Greetings from unseasonably warm College Hill. I am writing to provide an update on the work of the Implementation and Assessment Group on Greek Life (IAGGL) and to invite alumni and the on-campus community to the first of our Virtual Town Hall meetings on Friday, February 17, from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern time. This event will provide a rich opportunity to be briefed on our work and to ask us questions.
In accordance with our charge from the Board of Trustees, the members of IAGGL have been working to establish clear metrics for evaluating the progress of our Greek organizations toward the objectives that were outlined by the board in October. We expect to have these metrics, including interim benchmarks, established by mid-March. Following that, the remainder of the spring semester will be devoted to planning the implementation of recommendations designed to improve Greek life that were proposed by the Working Group on Greek Life and Campus Community and endorsed by the board. At the second Virtual Town Hall meeting, on Friday, April 13, I expect to spend time discussing the metrics that will be used to evaluate the chapters’ progress.
We will host Virtual Town Hall meetings twice a semester, giving alumni and the campus community the opportunity to interact with three or four IAGGL members and to ask questions about our efforts. The meetings will be broadcast from the campus via the internet in a webinar format. First, group members will discuss our progress during a slide presentation. Then there will be plenty of time for questions, and we will answer as many we can during the meeting.
To participate in the meeting, simply click on the Virtual Town Hall link, found on this page, while the meeting is in progress. Our software will allow up to 100 people to participate in this way. To allow for broader involvement in the dialogue, we invite you to submit questions for the meeting in advance. You may do so from now through Monday, Feb. 13, via a link also found on this page. If you can’t join the meeting in real time, the entire program will be recorded and will be available for viewing at your convenience via a link on this page.
I sincerely appreciate and thank you for your support of the work we are doing through the IAGGL, and for your interest in our current students and the College. We will host the Virtual Town Hall meetings this spring on February 17 and April 13 from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern time. I hope you can join us for these events.
Best regards,
Celestino Limas, Ph.D.
Vice President for Campus Life & Senior Diversity Officer
Chair, IAGGL