Agree. Rho chapter probably has a lot of history.
Many years ago I remember at one of our conventions meeting an awesome lady from there. I believe her name was Ida.

There are a few issues that I think are going to hurt our success in reopening this chapter. We have actually recolonized Rho chapter 5 times. It is going to be difficult to prove to the Extension Committee how we will be successful for a 6th time without closing again (not to mention, we didn't necessarily leave on good terms with the University...). Also, Sigma Delta Tau is currently residing in the old Tri Sigma house, with no plans for alternate housing. I don't think the institution is so keen on having to displace one chapter just to bring another on.

So, I'm wary. Still keeping my fingers crossed! I'm hoping I'm wrong!

What does everyone think of the post over on the Expansion thread in the Greek Life Forum of the following campuses being open for presentations?

Boise State University

University of Connecticut - Stamford

University of Tampa

University of Texas-El Paso

Do you think we have our hands full enough with colonizations already or will we perhaps make a stab at these campuses?



Any news on Florida State?

Valdosta State University, Georgia Southern, Augusta State.

We only have 2 chapters in Georgia (Atlanta has Epsilon Theta & Savannah has Eta Rho). Also only 2 alum chapters (Atlanta & Savannah). We need more Sigma love in the Peach state! :D:D

~Megan
Eta Rho chapter 2005 alum
Greater Savannah Alum chapter

FSU news....Sigma will not be persuing the opportunity to present. Executive Council did not find it in the best interest of Sigma to proceed at this moment in time.

Thanks for the update and keeping us in the loop! While part of me is sad we won't be re-colonizing Rho at this time, I totally trust Executive Council and know that not persuing this will open us up for great opportunities at other colleges/universities!

Nice! First Mizzou and now possibly UMKC?! That's fantastic! Do we know who else is presenting?

Sorry for the crash!

I love and adore those campuses! Valdosta is bringing on ASA --maybe this fall?- and Southern is watching quota to see if there's a need, according to my sources. Two groups will need to match quota. There are 3 or 4 groups who used to be there a ways back, one of whom has a lot on Greek Row.

Augusta State--does anyone know how their Greek system is coming along? They now have ADPi, Zeta, and Phi Mu.

I would love to see Sigma at deleware, indiana university, barnard/columbia or boston university. :) i know deleware always considers expanding, it would be nice to look into that since we don't have a chapter in that state yet.. and arizona would be cool, we don't have many chapters out west.

We were not chosen to colonize at University of Missouri-Kansas City. But we still have Boise State and Bridgewater State to present at and TWO charterings this month! :)

Thanks for the update! Keeping my fingers crossed for Boise State and Bridgewater! :)

IU Bloomington is possibly open for extension. This would be a recolonization, but there are heavy housing requirements and we still have not completed construction at Mizzou. I don't know if we will submit but I DESPERATELY hope so...our last recolonization there was not successful, but I really believe that we can handle the effort now.

We've got a BIG presentation in the Spring at Drexel for another recolonization. We've submitted to a few other big schools and some mid-sized schools at well. We've really worked to revamp our materials and our process this semester, so we will see what happens!

Pardon my crash, but (as ASA is in the same boat) the GC member who mentioned the extension said whatever group came in would NOT get a house/there would be no room to build. So in other words...it would be the same deal as last time.

I am SO excited about what our expansion team is doing right now. I feel that they just have such a good vision for where our sorority is going I am so proud of them. The more I learn about Sigma the more I love it.

I really hope we get Drexel

Our expansion team is fantastic. We've been on a roll recently with presentations and such and I can't wait to see what else is to come!

I really hope to see a Tri-Sigma chapter in the state of Maryland. Possibly Salisbury?
sailboats and violets

You know, this thread really led me to think about recolonizations becoming a focus, since we've had so many closures. We have 78 closed chapters on our chapter roll! There are a number that I feel would probably be a priority in the next few years to make happen, if the conditions are all right.

Of course, we would want single letter chapters to reopen, including: Delta (Vanderbilt, if we want to be sneaky ;)), Zeta (Buffalo State), Iota (Northern Colorado), Kappa (Miami-OH), Rho (Florida State), Sigma (Western Colorado), Tau (NM Highlands) and Phi (Ohio).

But there are some prominent institutions that we were not successful at and sad closures that could also be prime for success in present-day Tri Sigma-land. I would argue these because of alumnae strength in most of these areas and/or institutional size/support that we would have the pieces in place to be successful at these institutions if they were open for expansion and we were invited to present: Alpha Delta (Drexel), Alpha Eta (Butler), Alpha Sigma (USM), Gamma Alpha (Illinois), Gamma Eta (Loyola NOLA), Gamma Theta (Bradley), Gamma Omicron (Northern Iowa), Gamma Upsilon (Marquette), Delta Mu (Rutgers), Delta Phi (Kansas State), Zeta Nu (UMBC), Zeta Sigma (Duquesne).

I wish there were more that I could personally argue could be successes at this time. I may be wrong! And there are those dream schools and killer recolonizations that we likely don't have the means to make happen now. I won't bore/depress you with the details, lol. We know who they are. And one day, I believe that we will be able to prepare for them. NHQ has really made strides to be more successful/rebrand our efforts. With time, I think we can slowly start to make these happen. But we need our current chapters and colonies to meet their goals and be stable before those BHAGs can be reached!

/end philosophical Tri Sigma rant...and back to work. :(

This Illinois girl would love to see us back at both Bradley and U of I! We would have to commit a LOT of money to U of I - housing is really expensive there and to be successful on campus, you need a house.

I hope we return to Mississippi soon...and colonize somewhere in Alabama too!!

Purely selfish but Alpha Nu!

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#BringbackAlphaNu :D

I have family in Mississippi and Alabama so I would LOVE to see us in those states.