UCF’s chapter of Kappa Delta sorority sparked outrage with students when a video surfaced on Twitter on Saturday.
Maribeth Ehasz, vice president for Student Development and Enrollment Services, answered Knight News’ questions about the situation on Monday.
Ehasz confirmed the women in the video are sisters of Kappa Delta sorority at UCF and live together in the sorority’s privately owned on-campus house.
She said the sisters had just concluded a week of virtual recruitment and were celebrating in ways that did not abide by university guidelines.
“That night was the night preferences were being made, where the the sororities were communicating their preferences,” Ehasz said. “It was an exciting moment and they ran out.”
Ehasz describes the video as showing the sisters running out to celebrate their success and not wearing facial coverings — she prided the Panhellenic Council for calling an emergency meeting to discuss the situation.
“It was a mistake,” Ehasz said. “They did not have facial coverings [on] and we have definitely communicated with them.”
Knight News asked Ehasz if the sorority would be given an educational opportunity or face immediate consequences, and Ehasz said there would be a chance to learn from this situation.
Ehasz said the sorority was able to continue with recruitment and she said they understood the consequences.
Knight News made several attempts to contact the sorority, but Kappa Delta did not respond in time of publication.
“They made a mistake,” Ehasz said. “We have to look at that and go forward.”
