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Executive board members from the Interfraternity, Multicultural Greek Letter and Panhellenic Councils traveled to Hartford, CT in February for the annual Northeast Greek Leadership Association (NGLA) Conference. 

Hosted at the Hartford Convention Center, the Tri-council travels to the event every year for a series of helpful seminars and presentations on improving Greek communities. 

The keynote speaker for the event was Mike Dilbeck, who presented his nationally-recognized presentation, “Response Ability,” a discourse on bystander intervention.  Other keynote speakers included CAMPUSPEAK founder TJ Sullivan and Professional Chill-Out Guru™, hypnotist and photographer Haiji Otto. 

In the near future, the Tri-council would like to bring several of these presenters to campus to enlighten the whole Greek community.  Also serving as faculty for the event included the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs very own Jarrod Cruz and Kara Miller; Kara served on the programming planning board for the event, while Jarrod was a presenter for some of the weekend’s breakout session. 

By the end of the weekend, the Cornell Greek Community took home two awards; the Amy Voijta Impact Award for Multicultural Initiatives for went to Sigma Lambda Upsilon Sorority, Inc. and a Greek Leader of Distinction Award for former IFC President Eddie Rooker.  The Tri-council would like to continue its tradition of attending this event next year with their new respective executive boards.