Photo by: Michael Furman

What has become a favorite spring quarter tradition for the Greeks on campus saw a few changes this year, according to Melissa Yurash, co-chair of the Greek Week committee.

Greek Week was held on campus last week from Tuesday, April 13 through Saturday, April 17. Establishing a new tradition this year, the activities of each day of the week reflected one of the Pillars of Greek life; scholarship, leadership, friendship and service.

“Greek Week went really well this year,” Yurash said. “The weather was awesome, which was great because we had a lot of events outside. We got campus to recognize us in our bright shirts having friendly competition and representing our Greek affiliations.”

On Tuesday, in recognition of the pillar of scholarship the Greeks invited Sam Centellas, an alumni of Sigma Lambda Beta and a history professor at Indiana University to speak about the legacy that members of Greek Life will leave to their houses and their campus.

On Wednesday, there was a campus golf tournament to celebrate the friendship pillar, followed by a sports day and advisor appreciation on Thursday to honor the Greek pillar of leadership.

On Friday, the Greeks built castles out of canned food items which were later donated to the Food Bank of the Rockies in recognition of the Greek pillar of service.  More than 1,400 pounds of food were donated.

The week finished off with a tailgate at the lacrosse game on Saturday.

Another new tradition this year was the awards. In the past the team with the strongest showing throughout the week has won. This year however, the committee gave out three overall awards. The green team, made up of Sigma Chi, Delta Gama and Chi Phi took home the award for best participation. Most spirited went to Tri Delta, Kappa Sigma and Sigma Lambda Beta and the award for sportsmanship was given to the team made up of Delta Zeta, Sigma Lambda Gamma, Zeta Beta Tau and Theta Chi. Awards also were given to winners of each day.

Yurash said the Greek Week committee saw the event as an opportunity draw the Greek houses on campus together and help new members feel like part of a larger community.

“Greek Week is a great opportunity for new members to meet Greek people from all the different chapters and come together as one huge organization,” she said, “Often we get caught u p in our own chapters and Greek week is a great opportunity for us to all come together and just have fun.”