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Originally posted by LaneSig
Current Update

Formal invitations have been sent out to 2 sororities and 2 fraternities to colonize. The Greek Life Office is waiting for acceptance by the groups. They hope to make an announcement soon.

The groups that presented were:
Sororities
Alpha Sigma Tau
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Zeta Tau Alpha

Fraternities
Kappa Alpha
Kappa Sigma
Sigma Nu

Have any members of these groups heard anything?

I haven't heard anything, but I'll keep an eye out for info.

I thought that too, Tom. It will be interesting to see who ends up there.

Alpha Sigma Tau has two chapters active in the state: Uni. of Central Arkansas and Henderson State University.
Delta Gamma had a chapter at Arkansas, but it closed in the 90's. (I dated a DG from there.)
Gamma Phi Beta to my knowledge has never had a chapter in Arkansas. SmartBlonde would know more about that than me.
Zeta Tau Alpha currently has chapters at Arkansas and Arkansas Tech. They had a chapter at Arkansas State that closed in '91. I was a good friend of many of the girls at the ASU chapter. The Greek Life office screwed them over in many different ways, that's what hurt them. Don't get me started. :mad:

Kappa Alpha has chapters at Arkansas and Arkansas State.
Sigma Nu has chapters at Arkansas and Univ. of Central Arkansas.
Kappa Sigma has had a chapter at Arkansas for years and has new chapters at Arkansas Tech and Univ. of Central Arkansas. They tried to colonize at Arkansas State, but the colony folded after one semester. I'm not sure why.

Whoever ends up there, I wish them the best of luck.

KA got kicked off at Arkansas before rush started this year. To my knowledge Kappa Sigma at UCA is still around, they took in terms of numbers and not people.

LaneSig, DITTO that.

It is always nice to see Greeks expand!:cool:

We as Greek Organizations always have to pick and choose where we will expand for many reasons.

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Originally posted by LaneSig
I thought that too, Tom. It will be interesting to see who ends up there.

Alpha Sigma Tau has two chapters active in the state: Uni. of Central Arkansas and Henderson State University.
Delta Gamma had a chapter at Arkansas, but it closed in the 90's. (I dated a DG from there.)
Gamma Phi Beta to my knowledge has never had a chapter in Arkansas. SmartBlonde would know more about that than me.
Zeta Tau Alpha currently has chapters at Arkansas and Arkansas Tech. They had a chapter at Arkansas State that closed in '91. I was a good friend of many of the girls at the ASU chapter. The Greek Life office screwed them over in many different ways, that's what hurt them. Don't get me started. :mad:

Whoever ends up there, I wish them the best of luck.

As far as I know we haven't either.

According to the latest NPC Bulletin, Gamma Phi Beta and Delta Gamma will be colonizing in 2007.

2007? Was that a misprint? Or does that mean that AST and ZTA will colonize in Fall on 2006 and then DG and Gamma Phi will come on to the campus the next year? Or maybe UAFS is going to wait and colonize in Spring '07 like UT Tyler did this past year. There are way too many questions going on in my head. I have checked the UAFS website, but they haven't made any announcements yet. Likewise, KA and Sigma Nu websites aren't saying anything. Kappa Sig website has had an announcement of a colony up since March or April, before UAFS said they would be sending out invites to colonize. Is the Kappa Sig colony a fact or wishful thinking? Will I stop asking rhetorical questions and ask questions that we know can be answered?:)

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Originally posted by LaneSig
2007? Was that a misprint? Or does that mean that AST and ZTA will colonize in Fall on 2006 and then DG and Gamma Phi will come on to the campus the next year? Or maybe UAFS is going to wait and colonize in Spring '07 like UT Tyler did this past year. There are way too many questions going on in my head. I have checked the UAFS website, but they haven't made any announcements yet. Likewise, KA and Sigma Nu websites aren't saying anything. Kappa Sig website has had an announcement of a colony up since March or April, before UAFS said they would be sending out invites to colonize. Is the Kappa Sig colony a fact or wishful thinking? Will I stop asking rhetorical questions and ask questions that we know can be answered?:)

What is amazing for Me and I am sure to all, Most IHQs dont post anything about expansion and We have to find all of this out on GC!

Funny, many HQs. also find out a lot on GC!:cool:

So, I guess many on here are more in the know than Most of our Brothers and Sisters are!:)

It would be nice if the supposition card is not played, but let Us know what the heck is going on I Our Own Greek Organizations.:confused:

Is any body Out there with ears on, 10-04?

Congratulations on the new colonies!

The SN website not saying anything is meaningless. The chapter listing/expansion parts of the site are not anywhere close to up-to-the-second. They're not too bad though.

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I assume it means they are waiting until Spring 2007 which tells me they will be doing deferred recruitment since Spring 2007 is spring recruitment for next school year. That allows the organizations to spend Fall semester getting the word out about the groups, and sorority life in general and makes much more sense to me than having it all of a sudden when school starts back up in the Fall.

The same Bulletin says nothing about any other group colonizing at any time.

Spring 2007 is only a year from now and is the next school year....

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Originally posted by SmartBlondeGPhB
I assume it means they are waiting until Spring 2007 which tells me they will be doing deferred recruitment since Spring 2007 is spring recruitment for next school year. That allows the organizations to spend Fall semester getting the word out about the groups, and sorority life in general and makes much more sense to me than having it all of a sudden when school starts back up in the Fall.

Perhaps the 2 groups will colonize & install in the spring & then do a Fall Recruitment in the following semester with their 2 brand new chapters.

SmartBlonde- In my haste to post all of the questions I forgot to thank you for supplying the info about which groups were colonizing. Thank you for being on top of it and getting us the information.

I also forgot to say congratulations to Delta Gamma and Gamma Phi Beta. Both are fantastic groups and will make a great start for Greek Life at UAFS. Double congrats to Gamma Phi Beta for establishing their first chapter in the state of Arkansas. Congrats to Delta Gamma for re-establishing their presence in Arkansas. ;)

Okay, it's my conference period, so instead of grading papers I looked up the GLOs for the 8 current public universities in Arkansas and the 1 private college that has GLOs. UA - Fort Smith will be the 9th university when Delta Gamma and Gamma Phi Beta colonizes in 2007.

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

Panhellenic
Alpha Delta Pi
Chi Omega (Psi Chapter - founding chapter)
Delta Delta Delta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Zeta Tau Alpha
Alpha Omicron Pi -
colonizing in Fall 2006 (?)

IFC
Alpha Gamma Rho
FarmHouse
Kappa Sigma
Lambda Chi Alpha
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI)
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Zeta Beta Tau

Inactive: Phi Mu, Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha, Sigma Tau Gamma, Phi Kappa Tau, Alpha Tau Omega

Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Panhellenic
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Chi Omega
Delta Zeta
Phi Mu

IFC
Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha Tau Omega
Kappa Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Chi (my chapter)
Sigma Pi
Tau Kappa Epsilon

Inactive: Kappa Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Sigma colony

University of Central Arkansas - Conway

Panhellenic
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Delta Zeta
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Sigma Sigma

IFC
Pi Kappa Alpha
Phi Sigma Kappa
Sigma Nu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Tau Gamma
Kappa Sigma

Inactive: Phi Lambda Chi (Alpha chapter), Theta Xi

Arkansas Tech University - Russellville

Panhellenic
Delta Zeta
Zeta Tau Alpha

IFC
Alpha Gamma Sigma
Kappa Sigma
Phi Lambda Chi
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Zeta Beta Tau

Inactive: I thought at one time there was either a Kappa Delta or a Phi Mu chapter at Tech. Anyone, anyone?

University of Arkansas - Little Rock

Panhellenic
Chi Omega
Pi Beta Phi

IFC
Kappa Sigma
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Nu

Inactive: Delta Delta Delta

Henderson State University - Arkadelphia

Panhellenic
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Alpha Xi Delta

IFC
Phi Sigma Kappa
Phi Lambda Chi
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Tau Gamma
Theta Xi

Inactive: Sigma Sigma Sigma, Delta Zeta

Southern Arkansas University

Panhellenic
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Phi Mu
Sigma Sigma Sigma

IFC
Phi Lambda Chi
Sigma Pi

Inactive: Sigma Tau Gamma

University of Arkansas - Monticello

Panhellenic
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Sigma Sigma Sigma

IFC
Kappa Alpha
Phi Lambda Chi
Sigma Tau Gamma
Tau Kappa Epsilon

Inactive: Theta Xi. I also thought that there was a Kappa Delta Rho chapter at one time. Anyone, anyone?

Lyon College - Batesville (private)

Panhellenic
Alpha Xi Delta
Phi Mu

IFC
Kappa Sigma
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Zeta Beta Tau

And coming in 2007

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Panhellenic
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta

IFC
Kappa Alpha
Sigma Nu

If you can't tell, I am very proud to have went to school in Arkansas and to have been a part of the Greek community. The GLOs in Arkansas have a very strong tradition.

There was a Phi Mu chapter chartered in 1977 at Tech. I don't know when it closed.