The CSU-East Bay chapter of Alpha Phi was founded in 1987.

Thanks, ep. I actually have the dates unless there is an * after the sorority name. I just haven't input all the dates yet. There are so many that I have to do it in phases, and I am going in a random order that keeps it interesting to me.

Why are some of the sororities listed in gray?

irishpipes did that to show a sorority that used to have a chapter on campus. If it is in gray, it means the chapter is closed.

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ASA also had a chapter at Ball State. (The Chi Chi chapter!!)

Also, to the best of my knowledge we were never at IU South Bend - just the main IU.

I'll email you sometime this week as I think I have founding dates for most of these.

Oh and U of Southern Indiana & Southern Indiana U are the same thing, at least I thought they were...

Thank you! ASA is one of the NPCs that I have limited info for.

My bad. That makes sense. I understand now. I just missed it before. :)

Spring2007 Results Chico State ( Northern California)
 

Chico State Formal Recruitment Spring '07
Results from Formal Recruitment at Chico State in Northern California.

Bid day is today- Sororities; Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, Sigma Kappa

All houses reached quota 28!, two houses were over quota Gamma Phi Beta was 3 over total ( 31) and one house was 8 over quota for a total of 36. It was either AGD or ADPi, the information was not clear earlier today. I will post later.
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Hey irishpipes!

Great thread! However, one minor correction. My AGD chapter is actually the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, HI. UH-Hilo is part of the UH system, but they're on a different island and (so far) have no Greek Life.

Fall recruitment is still TBD as we're still the only NPC presence on that campus.

Thanks again for that comprehensive list!

Just out of curiosity, why is it that practically none of the NPC orgs. care about establishing chapters in Hawaii?

I would wager the expense of travel has something to do with it. OTW can fill you in as to any other reasons, I'm sure.

33girl's right on the money.

Also being a commuter campus doesn't help at all. Greek life is very weak on campus...as far as sororities go, anyway. For some reason lots of guys want to go Greek (we have Kappa Sigma, TKE, and a local) but girls haven't been so enthusiastic. While the # of girls my chapter brings in each NM class remains steady, there simply isn't enough interest for an NPC to say "hey -- we want to invest $$$ and alumnae time so that we can colonize at UHM!"

The Hawaii Alumnae Chapter was established in 1936. AGD-Delta Sigma was finally established in 1992 (it's our 15th anniversary year!). Almost 60 years of hard work and persistence from the alums made my chapter a reality. Till 1992, there were only locals on campus. These locals remain dormant for the most part, and according to some of my friends in these orgs, only rush when they feel like it.

A few semesters ago a saw flyers for an NPC interest group around campus. I was curious why they chose XYZ because a) XYZ doesn't even have a Hawaii APH representative in Hawaii b) they're one of the newer NPCs not so much represented out West. Don't think it ever got off the ground because there hasn't been word about them ever since.

Don't get me wrong, it would be wonderful to have another NPC on campus to revive Greek Life...but unless there's a strong enough alumnae support...I just don't see it happening in the near future.

Holy cow that's impressive.

A few minor changes:

Monmouth College: Kappa Kappa Gamma 1870-? (I think it's 1878--same as Pi Phi, but would have to check my history book to be certain)/1934-

Iowa State: Zeta Tau Alpha 1926-1939/1970-1998; Alpha Phi 1977-1998; the ISU Greek website has Kappa Delta as being reestablished in 1905 and Pi Beta Phi as being reestablished in 1906. Also going by the timeline on that site, I'd guess Delta Delta Delta closed around 1894.

Simpson College: Kappa Kappa Gamma 1880-1890/1990-

This is an awesome list...

The Theta Phi Alpha chapter at Wisconsin-Platteville has been dormant at least since 2001.

Corrections for University of Arizona, Tucson

Alpha Chi Omega - 1930 - 1969; 1980 -
Delta Zeta - 1930 - 1935; 1966 - 1978
Delta Delta Delta - 1946 - 1984; 1989 -
Sigma Delta Tau - 1959 - 1974; 1987 - 1998

Thanks for your help! Just to clarify about KD at ISU - I don't have them chartered until 1908, do you think they were chartered before that and then recolonized in 1905? KD is another one that I have pretty sketchy info on, so if you can clarify, I would appreciate it!

I think you have the right information; I just checked the Iowa State KD chapter website and they state they were chartered in 1908. The Greek Affairs history page must be incorrect.

Just an FYI...There is no longer a Chi Omega chapter at UTEP...i believe it went dormant in the 80's....or early 90's.

FYI: the Tri-Delta chapter at Dickinson closed in during 2001-2002 school year I believe. That was the last year they participated in recruitment anyway. This is a neat list, there are some sororities that were listed for my school that I didn't even know we had!

Great job with this Irishpipes! One quick correction for you...

Delta Gamma at Washington University in St. Louis (MO) was definitely re-colonized in 1990, not 1993 as you have it.

Awesome list, Irishpipes!

I just have a small correction regarding Pepperdine: Gamma Phi Beta was installed in 1997 (I was at the ceremony :) ). All of the NPC groups colonized in 1996, with Alpha Phi, DDD, DG, Gamma Phi, Kappa, Pi Phi and Sigma Kappa doing formal recruitment for the first time in fall 1996. Theta didn't participate in the first formal recruitment, but installed in early 1997. I thought all groups installed in Jan. or Feb. 1997, but I guess it's possible some squeezed it in before 1996 winter break.

wow, crazy long list.

i too have corrections:

-Chi Omega is no longer at sam houston state
-ADPi at UNT was chartered in 1953, not 1958.
-I believe Delta Gamma at UNT was originally chartered in 1954, not 1953

Just to help you out:)

Texas A&M:
DZ (first one on campus), ADpi, KKG, XO, AGD (closed), and I think Aphi(closed) -1975
Theta-1976
tri delt, AXO in 1981
Pi Phi in 1985
DG in 1997
KD in 1999
GphiB-2003

No sororities existed before 1975

also, Southwestern University in Georgetown currently has DDD, ZTA, AxiD and ADpi, the rest are closed

Alpha Sigma Alpha at Christopher Newport University was chartered in 2004.

Hi irishpipes. U. of Georgia Fall 2007 recruitment dates & other stuff:

http://www.uga.edu/panhellenic/recruitment.htm

Recruitment 2007 Schedule of Events

Friday, August 10: Move-in and Orientation
Saturday, August 11: Round One Events
Sunday, August 12: Round One Events
Monday, August 13: Round Two Events
Tuesday, August 14: Round Three Events
Wednesday, August 15: Preference Round Events
Thursday, August 16: Bid Day, UGA Classes begin

Recruitment 2007 Deadlines:

Early Registration: by May 30th, $100
Regular Registration: by July 11th, $110
LATE Registration: after July 11st, $120

Minor Correction - U of West Georgia
Delta Delta Delta was founded in 1971 not 1970.
Rec. dates will be Aug. 30-Sept. 3 unless it is decided to do 1 day of Round 1 instead of 2 days.

Interestingly, the sororities founded in 1971 were on Feb. 27, 2 on April 3, April 17 and May 29. Exciting times.

There could be a 7th NPC added in 2008 if we get the new housing.

If you know the order in which the 1971 NPCs were founded, I'll put them in that order. (Otherwise I just put them in alphabetical order if founded in the same year.)

It's not so much a mistake in the listing as it is breaking news:

San Diego State University should have a correction:

Sigma Kappa 1950 - 2007

Sigma Kappa closed on February 13, 2007. :(


.....Kelly :)

Wow, I know that they were going to try re-organization this semester. How sad. :(

I know. The current sisters took alumnae status in December. From what I understand, Sigma Kappa was going to hold a reorganization this spring.

I work on campus and I had seen a few of their flyers and newspaper advertisements encouraging women to go out for recruitment. Around the beginning of February, I had tried to dial up the myspace site they were advertising and it didn't exist.

Classes began on 1/18. No sooner had the flyers gone up than the decision was made to close on 2/13, less than one month (only 19 school days later).

I was a little confused to see such a short turnaround. I'm not a Sigma Kappa, so I guess I'll never really know what happened. :(

.....Kelly

The Delta Gamma chapter at Emory University is no longer open.

Wow, what happened at LSU during the '80s?

closed
1980 - Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi

1983 - Phi Sigma Sigma

1984 - Alpha Epsilon Phi

1985 - Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta

1988 - Alpha Xi Delta

Seven closed chapters in an eight year period?

It was a combination of things but all of them closed due to low numbers.

Phi Sigma Sigma Omicron Chapter chartered in 1927 and closed in 1933.

Northwestern State University of Louisiana - Tri Sigma is still open.

University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Chi Omega closed in 1991 or 1992.

Tulane University - Phi Mu closed ~1992. DZ closed in 1961.

Couple of notes on TAMU:

As I recall A Phi was chartered 1989 / 1990 (my junior year at A&M), but must have closed a few years after that. I do remember that they did not have a house on sorority row, they had a lodge.

There was one sorority at A&M right before 1975 and that was Phi Mu. They were not on campus for very long.

So with AOPiRose's correction that Phi Sig closed in 1933, that leaves us with the "alpha curse" of LSU.

Impressive thread, irishpipes! So, when do you plan to be THE NPC President? ;) Or at least, Historian?

A bit of trivia to add: on many campuses, you see when a chapter was founded, but not that it was ever dormant. At Pitt, the entire ADPi chapter closed in 1942 to support the War Effort, and came back right after the war. One of the alumnae who was involved in the recolonization was just in my office today, telling me how impressed all the freshmen were to see such total commitment, both to the War Effort AND to bringing the chapter back on campus! So, while a local became ADPi in 1920, there were 4 years when the chapter was dormant.

On your first question, the answer would be NEVER! I am just your run-of-the-mill history buff.

I know that AOII also closed chapters during the war, as some members felt that it was inappropriate to engage in a "triviality" like Greek life during that time. (I believe our chapter at SMU was one, and then never reopened.) Other chapters took the position that they could support the war better by staying together. It is interesting, and I added a note to your chapter at Pitt.

hmmm, my freshman year was 1990 and though I did not go through rush that year I knew several people that did-I don't remember Aphi just colonizing (I think my rush book said they colonized in 75 but I will have to dig it out or maybe some lovely APhi member can answer the question on when the chapter was colonized?). They had a house on Athens (I went to their house during rush for the first couple of days so I know it was there-it is now the pi kappa phi house). They tried to reorganize in 1995 or 96-they sold or leased their house to Pi Kappa Phi (I am not sure if they still own this house TechAphi was a member of this chapter-she may know). They had a lodge for a couple of years and then closed all together. I can't answer the Phi Mu question except that during pledgeship we had to know every sorority that was on campus and there was no mention of Phi Mu ever being there. I know my rush book says that Delta Zeta was the first sorority but I will dig out to double check.

edit to say: found rush book-DZ was the first sorority est at A&M. The book did not say when Aphi was established.

Great list!
Just a couple pieces of info- University of Southern Indiana and Southern Indiana University are one in the same. The school changed it's name to University of Southern Indiana in the 1980s when it became a fully independent state school (when it was SIU, Indiana State still had some control over it).

Also, the Phi Sigma Sigma chapter at Ohio University went dormant in 1994.