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<p>STATE COLLEGE (AP) &#8212; Penn State has developed an advisory group that includes students, faculty and university trustees to address issues within its Greek system following the February death of a pledge.</p><p>The Centre Daily Times reports university President Eric Barron announced Monday the 17-member advisory group will provide input to the school&#8217;s Greek-life Response Team, which includes university administrators.</p><p>Three members of the university&#8217;s board of trustees are included in the advisory group, as well as representatives of the student Greek-life governing bodies, the University Park Undergraduate Association and a community representative.</p><p>The group is the school&#8217;s latest step in taking control of the previously self-governing fraternities and sororities following the death of 19-year-old Timothy Piazza, a sophomore engineering student from Lebanon, New Jersey.</p><p>Eighteen members of the now-shuttered Beta Theta Pi fraternity face charges in connection with Piazza&#8217;s death, including two from Scranton. Gary DiBileo is facing involuntary manslaughter and felony aggravated assault charges while Edward Gilmartin III is facing a tampering with evidence count.</p><style>
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Penn State forms Greek advisory group on heels of pledge’s death