SMU’s fist annual Greek Week is to be held in during the fall semester of 2016, and the four Greek councils at SMU have come together to hold a reveal event to cover general information and dates to look foreward to. April 26 in the Hughes-Trigg Forum, students involved in the four Greek councils, Interfraternity Council, Multicultural Greek Council, National Panhellenic Council and National Panhellenic Conference, are invited to attend the Greek Week reveal.

This past semester, the Greek councils formed an “SMU All-Greek Council,” which entails a weekly meeting with a student representative from each of the Greek councils along with an advisor from their respective councils.

“I believe that Greek Week at SMU is going to have a truly positive impact on our community, primarily because it will increase appreciation and cooperation between our four Greek councils,” said Emily Tribble, who serves as the Panhellenic representative to the All-Greek Council, as well as the VP Internal Recruitment of Panhellenic. “The genuine friendships, understanding, and team work that will result from coming together to participate in a week-long series of events will surely strengthen sorority and fraternity life on our campus in a fun and positive way.”

In an attempt to bring the SMU community together, Greek Week will include community service, entertainment and field-day activities, and every Greek organization will be assigned a team “to promote cross-council collaboration and teamwork” in order to establish “genuine friendships and appreciation.”

Greek Week is a popular event at other schools around the nation. The University of Alabama held their annual Greek Week this past March, which included a campus-wide Habitat for Humanity event, bowling, dodgeball and basketball tournaments held at fraternity houses, and a philanthropy gala.

The University of Miami held their Greek Week this past February, and according to their website, the event aimed to “create and promote unity within the Greek Community at the University of Miami through participation and friendly competition.” Greek organizations and the University of Miami worked to raise money for United Cerebral Palsy of South Florida.

“We are incredibly excited to bring this long-standing tradition of other universities to SMU,” Tribble said, “and will be providing the student body with more information as planning continues.”