21 (4) After the expansion submission deadline, the Fraternity and Sorority Life Office will review all packets submitted and will then forward expansion packets to the appropriate council expansion committee for review. (5) Each council-specific expansion committee will review packets and move forward with one of the following options (based on council specific governance policies): a. Decide a predetermined number of interested inter/national fraternities or sororities to make presentations on-campus, that would then lead to a decision on inter/national fraternities or sororities to colonize at Nova Southeastern University, under the Fraternity and Sorority Life Office. b. Decide a predetermined number of interested inter/national fraternities or sororities to colonize at Nova Southeastern University, under the Fraternity and Sorority Life Office, not to exceed one (1) organization, per council, per academic year. c. Decide that no interested inter/national fraternities or sororities meet the criteria to move forward with the process. (6) Each council-specific expansion committee will then recommend a course of action to their undergraduate governing Council for an official vote, as per the council’s constitution and bylaws. (7) Once an official vote is reached, the undergraduate governing Council must provide their decision in writing to the Fraternity and Sorority Life Office, who will then affirm or overrule the decision and communicate it to all applicants inter/national organizations. Process for Petitioning Creating an interest group is a unique course in starting social fraternities and sororities. In most instances of expansion in a fraternity and sorority community, representatives from the inter/national organizations come to campus and seek out students to become members of their organization. When starting an “interest group”, the students take the initiative to find an inter/national organization that they would like to join and then they must meet the following standards toward becoming an active Greek organization within the NSU fraternity and sorority community. (1) Interest groups must first secure written support from the inter/national organization that they are looking to affiliate to ensure that they are interested in establishing a fraternity/ sorority at Nova Southeastern University. They must also secure the written policies that outline the process for interest groups to form within the inter/national organization. (2) Once the documentation referenced above is secured, the interest group should schedule a meeting with the Fraternity and Sorority Life Office to provide and discuss the documentation. (3) Following this initial meeting, the “interest group” may begin work to meet the standards outlined by the inter/national organization and by the Fraternity and Sorority Life Office. The standards outlined by the Fraternity and Sorority Life Office are: a. Establishment of a group of 15 students, in good standing at Nova Southeastern University and as defined by the inter/national organization, who have committed to starting this organization. b. Completion of the policies, governing a petitioning process, as outlined by the inter/national organization to which they are attempting to affiliate with.
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