![]() In recent years, the following three Latino/Latina fraternal organizations have sprung up at SUNY Cortland: “We feel this is partially due to the welcoming environment and additional cultural opportunities present on our campus.” “This is our way of enhancing the experience for one of our underrepresented populations, Latinos, the size of whose population is growing and whose retention rate is increasing as well,” Wohlleber said. In that same timeframe, Latin American individuals who comprised total graduates rose from 0.7 percent in 2000 to 1.4 percent in 2010. “So I think it’s amazing that Sigma Lambda Upsilon is coming back to campus.”Īt SUNY Cortland, the number and visibility of students who self-identify as ‘Hispanic’ in culture has gradually but steadily increased, with Latino/Latinas making up 16.6 percent of the 2010 freshman class, a sharp spike over prior years and almost five times as many as had become freshmen in 2000. “There is so much more (Greek) unity in Cortland, so much more awareness between all the Greeks of multiculturalism on campus,” she said. A Bronx, N.Y., native, she currently can’t be as active in her sorority because she’s in Tarrytown this spring completing her student teaching before she graduates in May. “Especially because they were on this campus before and now they’re bringing new faces to Cortland,” said Chandoo, a senior childhood education major. “I think it’s a great thing,” that a Sigma Lambda Upsilon chapter will start up here, said Jasmine Chandoo, who has served as president of the other Latina sorority on campus, Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. As the added twist, you have the cultural heritage experience and value.” “You have community service opportunities,” she said. Shown above left are Phi Iota Alpha brothers Brandon Matos, Shavar Evans and Jason Carriero. They are, from the left, Jason Carriero, Phoebe Felix, Gustavo Santiago and David Paulino. Latino and Latina classmates affiliated with Phi Iota Alpha share a hand symbol of international brotherhood at the Sazón Latina dining event at Neubig Hall. “These fraternal organizations speak to both who they are now and where they have come from.” “The expansion of the Latin American-focused groups is very much student driven,” said Sandra Wohlleber, the College’s assistant director of campus activities and Greek affairs. The future sisters will meet soon to formally express their interest in relaunching the chapter here. The renewed Epsilon chapter of the Latina-oriented sorority at SUNY Cortland was recognized on Jan. The opportunity for students of Latino and Latina descent and their friends to find cultural understanding, fellowship and emotional and academic support continues to increase as the number of Latino/a Greek organizations on campus expands from three to four.įour female students will restart a Sigma Lambda Upsilon chapter, dormant on campus since the mid-1990s. ![]() That’s Greek as in fraternities and sororities, not The Acropolis of Athens. The life of Latino students at SUNY Cortland begins to have a decidedly Greek look.
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