Latest announcement per Bulletin 98 – Nov. 15

Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA – A local seeking NPC affiliation.
Clayton State University, Morrow, Georgia – Ground up. Opening to NPC for the first time. Already has six NPHCs, two NPHC colonies and one NIC colony, Sigma Pi.
Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina – Ground up
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire – There is an NPC interest group.
De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois – Ground up
University of LaVerne, LaVerne, California - Ground up
University of Virginia’s College at Wise, Wise, Virginia - Two locals seeking NPC affiliation.
University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin - There is an interest group. Opening to NPC for the first time. Already has several multicultural sororities and fraternities.

Just a question, by ground up - you mean that there are no NPC organizations? There is a Phi Sigma Sigma chapter at LaVerne.

Opening to NPC for the first time? Again does this mean that there is no NPC chapters there? There IS a Phi Sigma Sigma chapter at Wise.

Ground up means no interest group or local sorority - no membership to start off with.

Wise has no Panhellenic - there is 1 NPC and 2 locals.

Denise

I'll be watching with interest as to who presents and ends up at Carnegie Mellon, since it's up the street. It's a great school academicallly, and VERY diverse. I'll have to ask my friend who is a KAT advisor what she knows.

Sorry that's what I get for not proofreading...errors.

Thanks Denise for clarifying.

Would there be any crossover with chapters at Pitt/Duquesne?

Duquesne:
Alpha Phi
AST
DZ
GPhiB
ZTA

Pitt:
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Zeta
Delta Phi Epsilon
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Theta Phi Alpha

Carnegie Mellon:
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Zeta Psi Sigma (the local going NPC)

Suprising that these three schools have some of the smaller organizations...AST, Theta Phi Alpha, SDT, DPhiE. I'm really interested to see who Zeta Psi Sigma brings to CMU...there's a lot of organizations double represented here in Pittsburgh, do you think a third chapter would be too much or will those orgs not even present due to the 2 established chapters? AOPi and ADPi aren't anywhere, Phi Sigma Sigma isn't either (they have a couple other chapters in PA).

(also, 4 sororities and 13 (!) fraternities at CMU? Perhaps it's the gender gap.

I'd love to get involved in helping out greek life at CMU if I get accepted to grad school there!

I would think that it would be a group that has another chapter in the area and an established alumnae group. I would highly doubt KD would present, because our AA is nearly nonexistant.

My friend Lisa heard about this several months ago but hasn't heard anything else yet. There is also rumor of another group wanting to come onto Duquesne's campus.

I clicked on the website for the local that is looking to go national at CMU. They were founded by members of Chi Omega who were initiated and then their chapter was closed. They left Chi O and started the local.

It looks like a lot of NPCs have dormant chapters at these institutions, so maybe they will have a shot at re-opening.

CMU - AEPhi (1944-1971), Chi O (1944-1992), and SK (1945-1967)

Dartmouth - SK(1977-1986), AXO(1980-?), KAT(1982-1992), DPE(1984-1990), DG(1987-?)

DePaul - TPA(1960-1995)

LaVerne - ADPi(1988-1993)

There may be others, and I am not sure that my info is 100% reliable. I like seeing dormant chapters brought back to life.

I have heard not so positive rumors about the local at CMU, but things may have changed since then. I hope so!

CMU used to let their greeks get away with a lot, but have REALLY cracked down in recent years.

Out of curiousity- does Theta Nu Xi have a chapter at CMU?

I heard this as well.

My best friend is a Phi Sig from UVA-Wise. From what I hear, the locals there are very rough and are into a lot of hazing. I'd sure hope whoever opens there has a large enough well-trained staff to make sure the old "traditions" of hazing aren't passed on when/if they become NPC.

Just to clarify, AOII has 6 collegiate chapters in PA. I think you were saying that we don't have any in Pitt, which is true. I think these are mostly (or maybe entirely) in eastern PA.

East Stroudsburg
Lehigh
Penn State
St. Joseph's
Shippensburg
Slippery Rock

:)

woops, right you are. I knew there are chapters in PA, just not at any of the Pgh schools. That'll teach me to make posts post-workout.

Duquesne's opening was actually announced in Bulletin 96 in August. Presentations were for October and November. It will be interesting to see who will colonize.

You might be surprised. Sometimes alumnae pop out of the woodworks to assist a new colony. When we were selected to colonize at USC Aiken, we didn't even have an established AC but more than 25 women volunteered to be advisers.