2026-2027 Information

Registration opens early-November for sessions in December/January and is complimentary. 

  • Dates:
    • Thu., Dec. 10, 2026 | 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. ET
    • Thu., Jan. 7, 2027 | 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. ET
    • Tue., Jan. 12, 2027 | 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. ET

Select one; IFCs should work together to select Prime for IFC Presidents/IFC Academy dates that best suit their collective availability.

  • Format: Virtual
  • Cost: IFC Academy is a complimentary program for all councils and campuses.

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IFC Academy is the NIC’s training for newly elected IFC officers, equipping them to be successful interfraternal leaders and help the IFC function as a high-functioning council. Program curriculum includes an introduction to the NIC, an overview of better understanding why fraternities matter and advocating for the fraternity experience on your campus, an introduction and review of IFC Standard Operating Procedures (IFC SOP), content tracks related to critical IFC functional areas, exploring principles of self-governance, approaches to collaboration and problem solving, how to be a strategic-thinking IFC, and NIC campus support resources for your IFC community. 

IFC Academy is an institute, not a conference. That means you don’t pick and choose which sessions to attend; instead, curriculum pieces build on each other to create an intentional learning experience. When registering, participants should select a content track. Participants will be assigned to small groups focused on their selected content track: 

  • President: building off of Prime for IFC Presidents — content relevant to an IFC President or Executive Vice President, executive leadership, strategic thinking, managing and supporting the IFC leadership team, working with campus administration, building rapport, trust, and confidence with member chapters and interfraternal leaders. 
  • Administration & Finance: content relevant to finance, budgeting, billing, recordkeeping, internal communications and operations, IFC peer governance. 
  • Standards & Prevention: content relevant to community standards and an IFC Code of Conduct, addressing complaints and alleged violations, conflict mediation and informal resolution, peer accountability, sanctions, how to handle major alleged misconduct, health and safety education and prevention efforts, working with campus conduct and public safety. 
  • Recruitment & Growth: content relevant to dynamic recruitment strategies, marketing the fraternity experience, organized recruitment periods, bidding policies, responsible growth and expansion. 
  • Community Outreach: content relevant to strategic external communications, PR, marketing and media engagement, website, social media, neighborhood relations and local community engagement, promoting fraternity leadership in campus activities (notably student government), nonprofit partnerships, community service projects and philanthropic opportunities. 
  • Member Development: content relevant to educational programming covering leadership development, career connections, men’s health and wellness, healthy masculinity, belonging and inclusion, peer governance and personal responsibility, resources and best practices for new member and member education programs, academic enrichment, awards and recognition. 
  • Advisor: content relevant to campus-based IFC advisors, providing guidance and support to IFCs, appropriately challenging fraternity men to be the best they can be, understanding the NIC / IFC relationship, collaboratively partnering to address critical issues. 

For IFC Presidents, IFC Academy complements Prime for IFC Presidents. IFC Presidents should choose one two-day session that works best for their schedule. Prime for IFC Presidents is hosted on day one of the session, then IFC Academy is hosted day two of the session for the full IFC executive team. 

Throughout each session, participants will engage in large- and small-group discussion with facilitators and other IFC officers from across the country. All participants are expected to be present and actively engage in conversation. 

How to register

Log in to our data portal, FS Central, navigate to Events, and follow prompts. FS Central is the online hub for IFCs to manage their contacts (students and advisors). Users should have a Fraternity-Sorority ID (FSID) that is connected to their personal email. Visit FS Central to sign in or create an account. Note that if you have been an IFC officer or campus professional previously, you may have an existing account. 

When registering, participants will be asked to provide their session date preference. The NIC will make every effort to accommodate each registrant’s preferred session. However, in the interest of balancing total participants across all 3 sessions, please note that registrants may be assigned a session other than their top preference. The sooner you register, the more likely you’re to be placed in your preferred session. 

Questions? Email edprograms@nicfraternity.org.