Greek life at the University celebrates all campus-wide traditions, and Moms Weekend is no different. 

Every year, moms come to the Champaign-Urbana area to have fun with their children during the warmer month of April. 

Fraternities and sororities always exceed the parents’ expectations and plan big events. Colorful matching shirts, hoodies and many other accessories are gifted and shown off by the mothers and their children in Greek life. 

Before they go to the bars for a night of fun, the houses hold more private events for the mothers. 

The brothers of Phi Sigma Kappa are excited to open up their home to their mothers and host a weekend full of events. Similar to last year, to start off the weekend, they will be hosting a private mixer for the mothers to meet each other and the other members of the fraternity.

Ryan Moore, sophomore in Business and president of Phi Sigma Kappa, is very excited to welcome the mothers, especially his own.

“My mom is my role model,” Moore said when asked about his mother. “She treats everyone with a kindness that I aspire to achieve.” 

The brothers are also planning on hosting a personal brunch for their mothers on Saturday. 

“Last year, we celebrated our moms with brunch,” Moore said. “We gifted them with T-shirts and plan to do the same this year.”

Sororities never shy away from the Moms Weekend traditions that are always Instagram-worthy.

Kappa Delta has filled their Moms Weekend schedule with fun mother-daughter bonding activities.

“We show appreciation to the moms of our house by really making their weekend a time that they can spend with their daughters and having a great time with them,” said Ella Summerlin, sophomore in FAA and the president of Kappa Delta, when asked about the weekend’s plans. 

The sisters of Kappa Delta took Moms Weekend as an opportunity to give back to the community last year. 

“We had a Kendra Scott pop-up shop come into our house and we were able to purchase some pieces,” Summerlin said. “Ten percent of the proceeds went to our philanthropy, Crisis Nursery Champaign and Prevent Child Abuse America.”

Greek organizations on campus are known to embrace the opportunity to make their events both fun and charitable. Houses have the opportunity to have a good time while giving back to the community, making it an all-around feel-good day. 

Kappa Delta will be hosting the pop-up shop and their annual mother-daughter brunch once again this year.

Chi Omega is also planning a Kendra Scott pop-up shop this year as well as an arts and crafts event for sisters and their mothers.

“This year we are having a tote bag painting event,” said Audrey Mazur, freshman in AHS and member of Chi Omega. “We are super excited to be celebrating this time and spending it with our moms.”

During an academically difficult part of the semester, many students are likely to experience homesickness even more than usual. The campus tradition of Moms Weekend allows Greek and unaffiliated students alike to show their moms what makes our university special while spending quality time with family and friends.

So, during the week leading up to Moms Weekend, Greek life knows that when the mamas come to town, they should plan to be cherished, have some fun and join the families that their children have become a part of in college. 

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