History of Greek Letter Organizations at UCSC
| 1965 | UC Santa Cruz was founded. |
| 1989 | The SOAR office was founded to support student-initiated programming from student organizations. |
| 1990 | Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was founded as the first Greek-Letter Organization at UC Santa Cruz. |
| 2008 | Unsustainable growth of Greek Life occurs at UC Santa Cruz. This includes GLOs being founded without a strong foundation in risk management. Additionally, two GLOs are banned from the campus. |
| 2010 | Greek Life & Student Agency. SOAR office puts a hold in allowing any new GLOs to be founded. Several student leaders in Greek Life were concerned about the safety of the community. SOAR Office worked with these student leaders to establish councils to mitigate risk. |
| 2013 | Governing Councils are formed. The Expansion Policy is created. |
| 2014 | The Reactivation Policy is created. |
| 2016 | GLO Leaders present at the University of California, Office of the President RISK Summit. |
| 2018 | GLO Leaders present to Chancellor Blumenthal, Associate Vice Chancellor of Risk & Safety Service and Dean of Students about Greek Life. |
| 2019 - 2020 | New Member Education Trainings are now required for all new members joining Greek Life. Additionally, all GLO's are now required to host 2 Preventative and Educational workshops with a minimum of 60% active membership in attendance. |
| 2022 | In recognizing the chapters that have been recently dismissed, the SOAR office in collaboration with Greek Life student leaders, establishes the Slug Greek Excellence Program. |
| 2023 | The Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) Transparency Act is passed into California Law: Link |
Recent Expansion History
| 2012 - 2013 | Offered to expand Sigma Mu Delta Fraternity. |
| 2013 - 2014 | Expansion for Sigma Mu Delta Fraternity: Successful. |
| 2014 - 2015 |
Offered to reactivate (re-charater) Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Re-Charting of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.: Not Sucessful due to National Headquarters evaluation of interest group. |
| 2015 - 2016 |
Offered to expand Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Offered to expand Kappa Alpha Theta. |
| 2016 - 2017 |
Expansion for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.: Successful. Expansion for Kappa Alpha Theta: Successful. Offered to re-charter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Re-Chartering of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: Successful. |
| 2017 - 2018 |
Offered to expand Alpha Kappa Psi Co-Ed Business Fraternity. Offered to expand Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. |
| 2018 - 2019 |
Expansion for Alpha Kappa Psi Co-Ed Business Fraternity: Sucessful. Expansion for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: In Progress. |
| 2019 - 2020 |
Expansion was closed. Re-Chartering of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.: Not Successful due to membership interest numbers. |
| 2020 - 2021 |
Expansion was closed: COVID-19 Pandemic. |
| 2021 - 2022 |
Expansion was closed: COVID-19 Pandemic. |
| 2022 - 2023 |
Expansion was closed: Supporting all current recognized chapters due to COVID-19 impact. |
| 2023 - 2024 |
Expansion was closed: Establishing governing councils. Re-Chartering of Delta Sigma Theta: On hold due to National Headquarters guidance. Re-Chartering of Zeta Phi Beta: On hold due to National Headquarters guidance. |
| 2024 - 2025 |
Expansion is closed: Supporting all current recognized chapters. |
