One component of sorority and fraternity life at Emory is the Phoenix Plan,
a strategic program created to renovate and maintain Greek facilities on
campus. Chapters are managed by staff in the offices of Sorority & Fraternity
Life and Residence Life & Housing under the auspices of the Plan, or
are maintained independently on a level consistent with the University's
high
standard.
In addition, the University employs a House Director for each fraternity
house
on campus, who is responsible for providing a safe, clean, and positive living
and learning environment for chapter members and visitors. Sororities have
lodges that not only provide housing for a few members of each organization,
but a gathering space for meetings, programs and activities.
In 2005, the Offices of Campus Life and Campus Planning approved the design
of a 92,000-square foot sorority village. A consistent increase in sorority
membership during the past several years has made the new village a necessity.
Emory believes the new addition to the campus will be an excellent opportunity
to provide a real living-learning environment for sorority women.
The Sorority Village is located next to the Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity house. Construction on the Village began summer 2005, and was
completed in August 2006. The Village is built in a townhouse style,
with each
lodge connected to the next.