The identity between Barnard College and Columbia College has become increasingly blurred over time. Barnard does not issue diplomas, if you graduate from Barnard, you get Columbia University parchment.

As was stated in this thread, Columbia University NPC chapters have Barnard students as members, and I believe that some of these are more than 50% Barnard. When it comes to NPC chapters, there really is no practical distinction between Barnard and Columbia.

I thought there were more Alpha chapters closed. Hmmm. Although it's always good to hear how many are still going strong! :D

Theta's Alpha chapter, founded at Indiana Asbury college in 1870 is still open, although the college is now called DePauw University! I believe it has been open continously, although I don't know this for a fact.

And, as sairose mentioned earlier, SAI's Alpha chapter is still running as well, and has been open since 1903.

It would be awesome to be a part of an Alpha chapter...to have that much history! My chapters are 41 (Theta) and 56 (SAI) years old.

Sarah

alpha xi delta's alpha chapter closed a while ago. i believe lombard/knox college did away with all greek life at that time. if i'm wrong, please correct me. i really would like to see our alpha chapter restarted.... you lose so much history/tradition when your first chapter closes.

Alpha Phi Omega's Alpha chapter at Lafayette College closed sometime in the mid-90s.

DG's Alpha chapter was located at Mount Union College in Alliance, OH. It'd be nice to see it come back sometime in the near future.

Yes, indeed... Theta's Alpha chapter at DePauw has been open continuously since our founding Jan 27, 1870.

Theta smiles!

As sherbertlemons mentioned, Monmouth College in Monmouth Illinois banned secret organizations for a period of time, closing both the founding chapters of Kappa and Pi Phi. Today, both Kappa's Alpha Deuteron and Pi Beta Phi's Illinois Alpha chapter are alive and well! I believe there is a GCer from Illinois Alpha as well... I believe the chapters were recolonized sometime in the 20s or 30s... At least Pi Phi's was.. :)

i am not a member but i know Alpha Chi Omega's alpha chapter is till open at DePauw:)

Our Alpha chapter is inactive. It originally closed in 1977. It was reactivated in 1991, but the chapter didn't stay active long. There may have been another attempt at reactivation since then, but I am not sure. Apparently, the school (New England Conservatory in Boston) is not as supportive as it once was. Once upon a time, there were quite a few GLOs there, including our Alpha chapter, SAI and Alpha Chi Omega.

AOII's Alpha Chapter was founded at Barnard College of Columbia University on January 2, 1897. The chapter closed shortly because Barnard banned sororities. I have to look in the history book, which is at home, to see the exact dates. However, Pi Chapter (Newcomb College in New Orleans, LA) and Omicron Chapter, (U of TN Knoxville), were up and running and going strong. Omicron is still opened and it is the oldest running AOII chapter.

huh???

I thought DG was founded someplace down South.

This thread has the wrong title. Alpha chapters are not always the first chapters. Delta Gamma, like Chi Omega, named their single letter chapters in reverse. Their mother chapter, at the Lewis School, was called the Psi chapter.

Kappa Delta's Alpha Chapter (Longwood University) voluntarily gave up their charter when KD was seeking admission into the NPC. Since one of the NPC rules was that schools with chapters must be 4-year degree granting schools (or however it's worded), and Longwood at the time was a teacher's college (I think only 2 years), the Alpha chapter ( and another chapter who also voluntarily gave up their charter) was preventing us from being able to enter the NPC.

After we entered the NPC, Longwood eventually became a 4 year institution and we welcomed back our Alpha Chapter.

Sigma Kappa's alpha chapter is no longer in existence as Colby College banned all greek life, and I don't think there is much hope in rechartering, because Colby administration is still anti-greek. Although I have heard that there are some fraternities running underground.