<p>“Greek Alumni
Welcome back to the Capstone. 2010 has been a tremendous one for our University. We saw exciting additions to our campus and welcomed the largest, best and brightest class of freshmen in the history of The University of Alabama. Last year was also one of tremendous growth and accomplishment for our Greek community. Fall 2010 saw the largest new member classes our fraternities and sororities have ever seen, including the largest sorority recruitment in the United States. The size of our Greek community has more than doubled in the last 10 years, and this growth shows no sign of slowing.The University of Alabama is committed to the success and well being of our Greek community. We realize that our success as a university is dependent upon positive undergraduate learning experiences transforming into positive relationships with our alumni. To this end, we have committed a vast amount of resources to our Greek community in recent years. To date, we have made over $40 million in loans available to fraternities and sororities for house construction and renovation projects. We have more than doubled the size of the Greek Affairs staff. We are developing partnerships with a variety of constituents to ensure the long term health and sustainability of our Greek community. Our goal is simple – to build the biggest and best Greek community in the United States.” [Link</a> to UA Greek Life](<a href=“http://greeklife.ua.edu/alumni.html]Link”>http://greeklife.ua.edu/alumni.html)</p>
<p>Dr Witt made donations to the Greek housing tax deductible, by routing the funds through the University, and drummed up 15 million dollars in donations for Greek housing as a result.
[Greek Awards Speech](<a href=“http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=1k85drp7fValzuZQamlHz-QchOQlSF2oksWBg-3VrajLS1hbhsUK2XQa2ivRd&hl=en_US&authkey=CK7OiucM”>http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=1k85drp7fValzuZQamlHz-QchOQlSF2oksWBg-3VrajLS1hbhsUK2XQa2ivRd&hl=en_US&authkey=CK7OiucM</a>)</p>