Since last semester greek life has gone through a number of changes, including a move under a different department, and as of late, the loss of one of its primary liaisons with the administration.
Jack Causseaux, formerly the head of greek life at Binghamton University, will not be resuming his position at BU this semester. According to officials, there is no replacement as of right now.
Causseaux’s role focused on overseeing all of the social fraternities and sororities, in addition to making sure the different groups followed the rules and regulations. He left this year to take a position with greek affairs at the University of Florida.
Director of Campus Life David Hagerbaumer said this was a great opportunity for Casseaux, because “there aren’t many jobs in greek affairs.”
Originally from Florida, Causseaux will be able to be closer to family and friends thanks to his new job, Hagerbaumer added.
“Causseaux was a young professional and a very, very good one,” Hagerbaumer said.
In May, Vice President for Student Affairs Brian Rose re-organized the social fraternities and sororities at BU to fall under the jurisdiction of Off Campus College. They had previously dealt with Campus Life, the department in which Causseaux’s position was housed.
David Husch, director of OCC, said there is currently no replacement, but that he hopes the position will be filled by the end of the semester. In the meantime, Husch will be overseeing greek life until a replacement is found.
“Everything is falling into my lap,” Husch said.
There are a number of people he can call who are familiar with greek affairs, Husch said, but he does have some experience as well.
“I have been on the Fraternity/Sorority Leadership Board for a couple of years,” Husch said.
Assistant Director of Judicial Affairs Gabe Reif is also coming in for 20 hours a week to offset the responsibility, according to Husch. He will also be getting help from the greek life graduate assistants, Ariana Axelrod and Matt Elms, who would have worked directly under Causseaux, as assistants did in the past.
“I don’t think people realize how much work Jack did,” Axelrod said.
Husch said he is still trying to get everything organized and under way in the greek community, as some adjustments are still being made in light of the move to OCC. The fraternity and sorority board is still being tweaked, and has yet to have a meeting, though it is expected to get together soon, he added.
Still, with all of the changes taking place, Husch is not concerned with greek life’s prevalence on campus.
“I hope to see that it [greek life] gets stronger and make it better than it can be,” he said.