{"id":9425,"date":"2026-02-02T12:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/?page_id=9425"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:24:12","slug":"educational-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/programs\/educational-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Educational and Leadership Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-panel-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-panel  \"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1645\/IMG_0137-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"sorority sisters dancing on stage\"><\/figure><article>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get Involved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership in a fraternity or sorority opens the door for a variety of involvement on the URI campus. Here are a few examples of the ways URI Greeks learn about leadership and educational opportunities.<\/p>\n\n<\/article><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>CSV 302 \u2013 Peer Mentors. (3 credits)<\/strong>&nbsp;This course is designed to provide student mentors with the opportunity to learn, understand and apply the following: facilitation and engagement techniques, coaching techniques and confrontation skills, ethical decision making strategies, strategies for inclusive leadership, health and wellness competencies with and emphasis on college student risk issues.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/3yYznn2RkZm14hCLA\">Apply to take CSV 302<\/a>&nbsp;(open to sophomores and higher)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HDF 416 \u2013 Personal and Organizational Leadership. (3 credits)<\/strong>&nbsp;Topics include leadership theory and style, experiential learning, peer mentoring, critical thinking, quality improvement, and organizational development. (Lec. 3) Elective for leadership minors. Prerequisite: HDF 290 or 190 and permission of instructor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Greek 101<\/strong>&nbsp;is a community-wide new member education program that all new members of URI fraternities and sororities attend. The program consists of a weekly series of workshops that address the following areas: team-building, mental health awareness, anti-hazing, substance abuse prevention, sexual assault prevention, scholarship, and leadership. Each workshop consists of a general presentation, followed by small group breakout sessions. During these sessions, trained peer mentors facilitate discussion among the new member about the presentation topic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chapter Leadership<\/strong>&nbsp;positions are available in your organization from freshman-senior year. Contribute to your organization by running for a position, joining a committee or helping out at upcoming events. Some positions require more time commitment than others, so find what you feel most comfortable doing or challenge yourself by taking on a new opportunity&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentinvolvement\/\">Student Involvement<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;provides URI students with over 150 clubs &amp; organizations to get involved in. Nearly 25% of Greek Students are involved at least 1 other organization outside of their chapter. Don\u2019t see an organization that meets your needs? Start your own new organization!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5286,"featured_media":0,"parent":5068,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9425","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9452,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9425\/revisions\/9452"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}