Fraternity and Sorority Multicultural Intake
The University of San Diego is currently home to three culturally based fraternity and sorority organizations: Alpha Pi Sigma Sorority, Inc. (APS), Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc. (NAK), and Sigma Theta Psi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. (STP). These chapters are part of the Lettered Multicultural Council or LMC, which provides additional community building and leadership opportunities for multicultural fraternities and sororities.
LMC recruitment, commonly referred to as "intake," typically begins in the second month of each semester with a kickoff event hosted by the Council and interest/informational meetings hosted by the chapter.
Learning About LMC Chapters
Culturally-based fraternities and sororities at USD have their own recruitment and intake processes, so it is important for interested students to do their research on each organization ahead of time.
Think about your values, your identities, your culture, and why you might be interested in joining. Culturally-based fraternities and sororities may be historically Latino/a/x, Asian, Native/Indigenous, Black, and/or multicultural. While membership is open to all, these backgrounds significantly shape the membership experience and create lifelong brotherhoods and sisterhoods based on shared values. National organization websites, chapter social media, and talking with active chapter members can be a great way to gain a deeper understanding of each organization.
Other questions to consider might include:
- What are the organizational values?
- What makes them feel like brothers/sisters/family?
- What leadership opportunities are there?
- What is the financial commitment for membership?
- What is the time commitment for membership?
- What does involvement look like as alumni?
- What contributions have members made to the greater organization and community?
Recruitment & Intake
For the Spring 2021 semester, all recruitment and intake is currently planned to be fully virtual in order to prioritize the health and safety of our community.
LMC intake activities typically begin in the second month of each semester, i.e. February in the Spring semester and September in the Fall semester, and follow the below outline:
The best way to stay up to date is to follow the chapter social media or the LMC Instagram. Interested students can also reach out to fsl@sandiego.edu with any questions or for more information.
To learn more specifics about each chapter and their respective intake process, please reach out to the chapter directly.
Alpha Pi Sigma: rhorep@alphapisigma.org
Nu Alpha Kappa: alphadelta@nakinc.org
Sigma Theta Psi: usdstprecruitment@gmail.com