The reestablishing Kappa Delta chapter at Texas Christian University has 129 members in their founding class!

I saw a post of other sororities within the TCU community welcoming the new members, along with other KD chapters helping out with recruitment. Super happy with the new members of Kappa Delta!

Kappa Alpha Theta has been disestablished at the University of Rochester.

https://www.kappaalphatheta.org/heri...s/theta-lambda

They are also no longer listed as an organization on the University of Rochester's NPC page.

Sounds better than closed

Sigma Chi has closed at Pennsylvania Western University-Clarion. Closure is due to low membership numbers.

This leaves PennWest-Clarion with one IFC chapter.

And trust me when I say, NOBODY involved with PennWest gives a rats ass about greek life. They'd be just fine with them going away.

The remaining IFC chapter has 4 members.

How is it that there are 5 NPC organizations but one IFC chapter? It would be interesting to know the membership# for the NPC organizations.

I don't know exact membership numbers for all the organizations, but the average sorority has around 20 members.

10 years ago, Clarion had over 6,000 undergraduate students. Today, they have around 3,900. Of those 3,900, about 2,600 are full-time students. Over 70% of the students are women. The acceptance rate at Clarion has risen to 99%.

This is why the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education consolidated these smaller schools under umbrella universities. (PennWest, Commonwealth, etc.) The smaller schools don't have the resources to function has a full-on university, but combined, they do. It's a sad situation for PASSHE for sure.

They’re in the 20s or 30s I think. It’s never been the type of campus where the Greek system is contained, ie you don’t have to be Greek to go to Greek parties and vice versa.

When I was a student there in the 80s we had 10 IFC fraternities (not counting the underground group and Pershing Rifles who basically functioned as a fraternity) and 7 NPC sororities. It started going downhill in the 90s with a very unfriendly President who was more concerned with buildings than student life and has basically never recovered. The fact that on campus housing is compulsory for the first two years, and is expensive, pretty much has put a dagger through Greek life.

This closure truly sucks. The alumni who helped the chapter get restarted were in school with me and are some of the best guys in the world, who embody the meaning of fraternity.

Sadly, per the last Greek Life Report in 2021, Sigma Chi had 8 active members and Sig Ep had 4 members.

The sororities are a bit better off:

DPhiE - 32
DZ - 26
Phi Sig - 25
Tri Sig - 22
Zeta - 29

The drops in enrollment don't help an already disconnected Greek system for sure.

Gamma Phi Beta at Southern Methodist University will be closing at the end of the spring semester.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxdGtJTO06R/

:eek::eek::eek: How is that campus going to function with only 6 NPC chapters?

I have no idea, especially since quota was so high during the last formal recruitment.

That is going to put so much pressure on the remaining chapters to take larger new member classes.

Gamma Phi has been on that campus since 1929…going on 100 years. And I just read that in the spring the campus is choosing a NEW SORORITY—either Alpha Phi or Alpha Delta Pi.
That just seems CRUEL and SO UNFAIR. How dare they immediately replace a chapter that old with a new group? They need more competition, but….

I remember when NPC was thinking about expanding in 2015 but they ended up not going through with it.

Not to steer it too far off, but IFC actually is in the final stages of choosing a new fraternity. The 4 potential fraternities that could be selected are Delta Sigma Phi, Kappa Alpha Order, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Theta Chi.

https://blog.smu.edu/studentaffairs/...cil-expansion/

My cousin's wife was an ADPi there. They folded awhile back.

I feel that Greekrank had a lot to do with Gamma Phi closing.

There was a thread "declaring" who would be the new bottom :mad:. This is exactly why Gphi closed and why they haven't had a new chapter come on in ages. I hope this causes everyone to take a long look at themselves and the toxic attitudes they've had.

ADPi and ZTA still own their homes at SMU. They are leased out as "Panhellenic Houses I and II". Maybe one will return if SMU is open to expansion.

"Panhellenic I and II Houses are independently managed by the housing corporations of two national sorority chapters who are not currently operating at SMU. Alpha Delta Pi and Zeta Tau Alpha house corporations lease out their houses to affiliated sorority women through their own independent processes."

I don't believe cruelty and daring necessarily has anything to do with their leaving. They simply saw the handwriting on the wall. According to old greekchat NPC Chapters and Campuses listings (by irishpipes) for SMU, Gamma Phi Beta has had more than a few low-number formal recruitment runs during the past decade. It's likely they knew for awhile the campus was bringing in a new group, making it doubly hard for any struggling group to continue a numbers rebound.

I saw that and was so annoyed because it appears the toxic atmosphere that negatively impacted Gamma Phi Beta is continuing on that campus.:mad:

So with ADPi previously having been established at SMU would that give them priority over another organization?

Some sororities, when they leave, get some kind of written agreement that they have first dibs when a new sorority is wanted. I don't know if ADPi had one.

Thank you carnation. I was always under the impression that chapters that had closed would have a priority if they wished to return, but that doesn't seem to be the case in every situation.

I know some colleges that instead of inviting sororities to present, asked back a group that had left. No presentations from anyone.

Yes, it does seem unfair to GPhiB to bring on another organization, either while they are open or just as they are closing. And trust me, I wish that this chapter (and other low recruiting chapters) would get a group of young ladies to join en masse and revitalize the chapter; but, you cannot force anyone to join a chapter they just refuse to. So, in order to keep numbers down, it becomes necessary to bring on another organization, even with one that is (often severely) below total and not making quota.

I'm sure that the FSL admins did not wish for Gamma Phi Beta to close, but had to make a decision about the growth and health of the local NPC org. It was certainly not a decision taken lightly.

Gamma Phi, for the past five years, has just continued downward, and it gets to a point where it's just not viable to continue anymore. As for the expansion, SMU clearly knows that they have women interested in joining, but they aren't interested in joining Gamma Phi.

The same thing happened to DPhiE at Georgia Southern. We closed one term, and Chi Omega came on the next. It happens more often than you think. It's not out of disrespect for the smaller organization. The vote to expand at Georgia Southern was made when we were still there. We voted against it most likely, but everyone else was for expansion probably.

Sad to say, but no one chapter struggling should hold a system back from growing.

There are a lot of toxic campus cultures where chapters seemingly enjoy beating down on the "bottom rung" chapter to the point that they can't get out from underneath the poor reputation no matter how undeserved it is or how hard they try. They get it from everyone and, worst of all, often from the chapters that are only one or two steps above the "bottom". No worries...GPhi can close and then the next "worst" chapter can be on the bottom. Congrats.

Yes, but I would say it is more a whole campus culture, not exclusively Greek. I have heard disparaging remarks made against chapters by many non-Greeks. And once the campus jumps on the anti-ABC sorority bandwagon, it is so difficult for the sorority to survive, as well as return to campus after closing.

Lehigh University(PA) is open for IFC expansion in Spring '24 and Spring '26. The following groups are presenting:

Alpha Sigma Phi
Beta Theta Pi
Lambda Chi Alpha
Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Lambda Phi

This got lost in the discussion but Southern Methodist University had opened for IFC expansion. There are 4 houses left that IFC will select to join campus.The potential houses are:

Delta Sigma Phi
Kappa Alpha Order
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Theta Chi

https://blog.smu.edu/studentaffairs/...cil-expansion/

It looks like Alpha Gamma Delta at University of Ontario- Institute of Technology has closed - last instagram post is from 2021 and it is not listed on the AGD website.

The Kappa Alpha Psi chapter at Penn State has been suspended for four years. Suspension is due to RMF and hazing allegations.

Our San Diego State University Beta Nu colony has 20 founding fathers. Welcome back Beta Nu!

Colorado University- Boulder has opened for MGLO expansion https://www.instagram.com/p/CyMLaJ9x2p7/

Phi Sigma Rho will be colonizing at Florida International University.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyUSd_1sV6j/?img_index=2

https://www.instagram.com/phisigmarhofiu/

Alpha Delta Pi will be returning to Southern Methodist University.

https://www.instagram.com/smuadpi/

And here's the annoucement from Alpha Delta Pi's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyjgE0iRXKl/

Congratulations to Alpha Delta Pi!

Kappa Beta Gamma will be colonizing at Colorado University-Boulder.

https://www.instagram.com/kbg_boulder/

Our Epsilon Nu chapter At Clemson chartered today. 96 initiates officially joined our brotherhood. Welcome back!