Section II - Eligibility for Recognition

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Fraternities and sororities eligible for recognition share the following characteristics:

1. Affiliation with an inter/national fraternity or sorority organization at all times.

2. Participation in self-governance through a governing council (e.g., the Lehigh Cultural Greek Council (CGC), the Lehigh Interfraternity Council (IFC), the Lehigh Panhellenic Council (Panhel)) as defined by Fraternity and Sorority Life (“FSL”).

3. Selectivity in their membership within the limits of the University’s Policy on Harassment and Non-Discrimination.

4. Single-sex fraternal organizations shall be entitled to single-sex membership consistent with regulations promulgated pursuant to Title IX of the U.S. Education Act Amendments of 1972 and such other applicable laws or regulations.

Chapters that have been dissolved or terminated by the University, but continue to exist as an unrecognized organization, or were started without participating in a University-sanctioned expansion/extension process, shall not be eligible for recognition.