Join Sorority and Fraternity Life at UC San Diego

Through a series of focus groups and reflective activities, student leaders, chapter members and SFL staff identified the following organizational values that serve as the foundation of the student experience in Sorority & Fraternity Life at UC San Diego. 

• Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

• • • Commitment to active practices that celebrate and promote inclusion of members from diverse backgrounds, experiences, cultures, and identities. 

• Academic Excellence

• • • Scholastic achievement through high academic standards, research, internships, and professional development opportunities. 

• Leadership and Character Development

• • • Dedication to individual development, personal integrity, and accountability in alignment with organizational values and purpose. Personal growth through engagement in leadership opportunities, general membership experiences, and critical dialogue. 

• Community Responsibility

• • • Promotion of student wellbeing and safety through shared responsibility, risk management, and accountability. Active community of changemakers engaged in service, education on social justice, and philanthropy benefiting local and global communities.

• Lifelong Friendships

• • Development of meaningful relationships through the ideals of sisterhood, brotherhood, and siblinghood that foster healthy lifelong relationships. 

• SFL Summerfest

  • This annual event brings together our community to welcome all incoming and returning students with free games, food, and entertainment. This is a great opportunity for students to learn more about our organizations in a fun and fair-like atmosphere. 

• Sorority & Fraternity Leaders Conference

  • This fall leadership conference is led by the three council presidents and aims at providing leadership development to the general community members. Campus partners are invited for breakout sessions and along with a keynote speaker. In the past three years the keynote speakers have covered sexual assault, consent, and diversity. 

• SFL-Giving

  • SFL-giving is service event between the three councils, in conjunction with the Homeless Charter student organization. Students who attend can bring your bread, peanut butter, and jelly to be able to make sandwiches to donate to local homeless shelters. In addition, there is a clothing drive to donate clothes to the homeless shelters.

• SFL Retreat

  • Annual winter quarter retreat for council leaders, presidents, and officers that focuses on community building, leadership development, and diversity education. This program is traditionally spearheaded by the graduate assistant and takes a different format every year. 

• SFL Awards

  • Serves as a community wide program planned by leaders of the councils to recognize the sororities and fraternities for their accomplishments as values-based organizations. Sororities and fraternities as groups and individual members are recognized for their outstanding work in Academic Excellence, Leadership Development, Community Service, Philanthropic Efforts, and Commitment to Community. 

• SFL Week

  • This week is a spring event series through a collaboration between the three councils that focuses on supporting a new beneficiary every year. Chapters are paired with chapters across councils to participate in events throughout the week with only minimal competition aspects as the event is geared more towards community building and philanthropy.

• SFL Pride

  • This community wide event focuses on celebrating members that identify with the LGBTQIA+ community! Each year, this week-long event takes on a different form to further inclusion and visibility within the community while also focusing on educational components.