Video: Community and friendship are important advantages of Greek life at MSU Denver. But not the only ones

Community. Leadership qualities. Friends you can rely on. A second family.

These are just a few of the advantages that Metropolitan State University of Denver students say that Greek life gives them.

There is also another great advantage: to keep around.

Statistics show that students who are active in fractions and sisterhoods remain more likely to stay in college. Your grades are also better. The grade average of the active members of the MSU Denver Brotherhood and the sisterhood members from spring 2023 to autumn 2024 was 3.08, said Armando Rijo, deputy director of fraternity and sisterhood and student government in the center for multicultural engagement and inclusion. Among the students who left Greek life during this time, the average GPA was 2.89.

The senior journalism Major Shania Rea said members of their sisterhood, the ETA PI chapter by Sigma Sigma Sigma, have different accountability. “We are all here to have sisterhood and go to yoga, but at the end of the day we want them to cross the finish line to graduate,” she said. “So it definitely showed me that I was responsible for accounting and can study and work for it.”

Numerous nationwide studies confirm that participation in extracurricular activities corresponds to higher grades, a greater probability of staying in college, and higher final rates. And students who participate in Greek life will be their end in four or six years.

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The students say that community and family contribute to their success in Greek life. During the examination of getting involved in campus, the transfer student Rajina Caparachini found her way to the Upsilon Zeta chapter of the Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority.

“The sisters were only extremely inviting,” said Caparachini, a psychology major minoring in dance. “Somehow it felt like a family. And so I decided that this was the organization where I wanted to be a part. “

It is more than part of it; She is a manager, now in her third year as a student coordinator for fraternity and sisterhood.

None of this is what Benjamin Chairez, a major of computer science and member of the Alpha Gamma chapter from Nu Alpha Kappa, initially drawn. “The reason why I joined it was that I wanted a community at school,” said Chairez.

He realized that it was found on a so -called commuter campus that the community was particularly important. “I knew it just went to class and then went home,” he said, “and I didn't want my life that way.”

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