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ENRICHED COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE
Plans and Volunteer Opportunities
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To volunteer for any of these opportunities, please e-mail
CollegiateExperience at sinfonia.org with the following information:
- Your complete name
- Your chapter / school and year of initiation
- The committee(s) on which you’d be interested in serving
- Relevant experience and skills from outside the Fraternity (if applicable)
- Relevant experience in the Fraternity
- The amount of time you feel you can devote to committee work in an average week
You should expect a confirmation from a leadership team representative within a few days. Final selection of volunteers will occur in the weeks following your notification of interest in volunteering.
Recruitment Programs & Strategies Committee
Working on Objective 1: Provide guidance, support and resources to chapters in the development of dynamic recruitment programs and strategies.
Committee members needed: 7
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- Develop a recruitment referral program to aid chapters in the identification of potential new members exhibiting Sinfonian character.
- Perform service in local school music programs, with the secondary benefit of increased visibility to aid in future recruitment.
- Develop public relations/marketing materials (brochures, posters, online, etc.) for use by chapters and colonies.
- Develop multimedia resources that will assist chapters in their recruitment efforts.
- Develop standardized presentations for province workshops on recruitment strategies and inter-chapter idea-sharing.
- Encourage and guide collegiate members’ grassroots expansion efforts to establish new/reactivating collegiate chapters.
- Provide written guidance to chapters on effective membership selection.
Probationary Membership Education Committees (2)
Working on Objective 2: Provide guidance to chapters for designing high-quality probationary member education programs.
PM Education Committee 1
Committee members needed: 6
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- Provide a bank of high-quality probationary member education activities, indexed by the experiential education objectives they fulfill.
- Require comprehensive documentation of each chapter’s probationary membership programs.
- Develop an annual training retreat for chapter Fraternity Education Officers (FEOs).
- Develop a curriculum handbook (outline of expected lessons week-by-week) for probationary members that follows the nationally suggested program.
PM Education Committee 2
Committee members needed: 4
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- Develop suggested presentations on the ideals of the Fraternity.
- Prepare province and local volunteers to educate and support chapters on probationary membership program development.
Risk Management Committee
Working on Objective 3: Develop educational programs designed to prevent negative or dangerous behaviors common among collegiate men.
Committee members needed: 5
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- Implement and achieve the initiatives identified in the 2006 National Assembly’s Resolution Concerning Opposition to Hazing.
- Develop educational initiatives for awareness of abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs and guidance for responsible and lawful consumption of alcohol.
- Develop educational initiatives for awareness of sexual misconduct.
- Guide members on the preservation of personal image.
Leadership Development Committees (2)
Working on Objective 4: Develop programs designed to impart lessons of leadership and real-life skills to collegiate members.
Leadership Development Committee 1
Committee members needed: 5
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- Develop a comprehensive member development program to provide advanced life-skills, academic performance and Fraternity knowledge.
Leadership Development Committee 2
Committee members needed: 5
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- Incorporate character and social development into probationary member education (manhood, etiquette, wellness, etc.).
- Develop guidance to chapters for conflict resolution.
- Provide educational initiatives on personal finance.
- Provide educational initiatives on personal and organizational diplomacy.
- Utilize the Ossian Everett Mills Music Mission as an opportunity to teach leadership skills, event planning and program development.
Chapter Operations Committees (3)
Working on Objective 5: Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of routine chapter operations in all chapters.
Chapter Operations Committee 1
Committee members needed: 5
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- Increase personal consultation and guidance for struggling chapters.
- Develop transition initiatives to ensure that graduating members convey their operational experience and knowledge to rising chapter leaders.
- Provide practical guidance to chapters in selecting qualified candidates for chapter offices.
- Provide an accessible, quick reference primer on chapter operations.
- Institute standards and guidance to prevent theft/fraud of chapter resources.
- Provide resources to instruct and guide chapters’ time management and goal-setting.
- Evaluate and consider overhaul of chapter and officer awards programs.
- Provide an online repository of articles and advice resources for chapters.
- Provide publication templates to chapters (e.g. rush posters, press releases).
Chapter Operations Committee 2
Committee members needed: 2
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- Provide user-friendly, online systems for submission of routine chapter reports.
Chapter Operations Committee 3
Committee members needed: 3
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- Evaluate current chapter officer structure as outlined in national regulatory documents, comparing it to other similar organizations, and recommending what changes, if any, should be made to the current system.
Advisorship Committee
Working on Objective 6: Strengthen advisorship of collegiate chapters.
Committee members needed: 3
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- Review and clarify definition of the roles/responsibilities of faculty advisor.
- Explore the creation of alumni advisor(s) for collegiate chapters.
- Provide national and/or province training for advisors.
- Expand and enhance print and online resources for advisors.
- Expand communication with and among advisors.
- Encourage direct communication between province governors and advisors.
Lifelong Commitment Committees (2)
Working on Objective 7: Instill in probationary and collegiate members an understanding of the lifelong commitment and loyalty expected of a Sinfonian.
Lifelong Commitment Committee 1
Committee members needed: 5
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- Incorporate lifelong commitment into probationary member education.
- Encourage chapter discussions on alumni loyalty and role of alumni in the Fraternity’s advancement.
- Enhance the transition experience from collegian to alumnus.
- Develop in probationary members a clear understanding the role of the SEF in support of the Fraternity.
Lifelong Committment Committee 2
Committee members needed: 5
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- Devise an educational campaign to make members more consciously aware of the specific ways in which they are developing as men because of their association with Sinfonia.
