This has very, very little to do with this thread, but I thought it was interesting. At Wittenberg, there is one chapter with a one-letter designation (ADPi's Chi chapter), but there are two sororities (GPhiB and KD) whose Alpha Nu chapters are on that campus. Funny coincidence! :p

Could that be because the 2 groups were founded at the same time or that all the sororities were colonized or chartered at the same time? I remember at a couple of schools that we researched that the schools had long histories of local sororities but the university forced the locals to affiliate nationally in order to remain recognized. I think 2 glos happened to have the same chapter designation.

The University of Nebraska not only has many single letter chapter designations, but different chapters with the same letter.

Note: Eleven out of fourteen active chapters have a single letter and three out five inactive. However, not all were chartered before 1900.

Z = AOP and DZ (inactive)
K = DG, DDD and CW
P = GFB and KD
R = AXD and KAQ

FYI: Other chapters with sign letter designation:

Q = SDT (inactive)
M = QFA (inactive)
N = AF
X = ACW
S = KKG

to explain npc expansion in a nutshell:

1. campus panhellenic and administration decide that campus needs another sorority

2. they notify national panhellenic conference hdqtrs. that they are looking to expand

3. npc sends out notification to all npc sororities headquarters

4. all interested npc sororities send an information packet to the school

5. administration and panhellenic officers go thru packets and choose a certain number to make presentations on campus.

6. sororities make presentations

7. campus greek life officers (and perhaps admin.) take a vote on which group they want and extend an invitation to that sorority to colonize.

those voting may vary from campus to campus, but i believe that it usually happens this way.

This doesnt take into consideration that there might be an interest group of women who might want another sorority on campus. I wasn't a part of the original interest group, but I AM a colony member of my chapter, and the reason Alpha Xi Delta was chosen on my campus was because it's the organization that the interest group wanted.

Excellent outline--and I would add that NPC orgs make their decision at different times. Some may only present or send packets to schools where they are willing to establish a chapter, while others may wait to make a decision final decision after presentation etc. As with membership selection, its a different process for each organization and different factors are taken into account.

the scenario we have been discussing was not an interest group contacting one sorority directly, but a college contacting npc to say that are opening their campus for expansion.

however, as you noted, interest groups may form, and with the consent of their campus administrators and panhellenic, contact a sorority for possible colonization.

They still went through the process of contacting npc of the desire to expand. Three orgs were interested, and came to present. I think the biggest difference (at least from what I can tell) is that out of those orgs, the interest group picked the one they wanted, rather than the university picking for them.

Has anyone heard anything? Have all the groups made their presentations?

About what the ZTA National President Said
 

OK.....my mom's best friend knows the ZTA national president.....she was totally misquoted....a reporter called her and asked her what zeta would share with the northwestern panhellenic about why they should pick zeta to come on campus....and she told them that they have a house corp, a foundation and the regular sorority part of the organization....and that all three of these groups working together is what makes them strong.....she never said they are the strongest of the three groups presenting.....just goes to show how the media can twist things!!!

i heard she is a really nice lady, and is very proud of her sorority, but not arrogant or cocky at all.....zeta wants to be chosen but would never diss the other groups.....we have zeta on my campus and they are pretty cool......

has anyone heard who got selected?

I didn't see it mentioned (but I may have missed it) but I thought it was great that the dormant groups rose like cream to the top of the selection process (all three are dormant). I know that at least 8 groups submitted materials to be considered and only half were dormant and for good reason, these dormant groups all have a wonderful chance to re-establish their sisterhoods at NU. Best of luck to all.

Denise

That's awesome...but it could make it very hard for whoever is chosen.

Just because Zeta has more chapters doesn't make them stronger....AXiD or SDT would do much better at a small Northern school then Zeta for example, because more alumnae support and they are used to smaller, Northern schools.

I wonder if there is any word yet....best of luck to all three groups

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Just because Zeta has more chapters doesn't make them stronger....AXiD or SDT would do much better at a small Northern school then Zeta for example, because more alumnae support and they are used to smaller, Northern schools.

I'm not sure which alumnae chapter is closest to Northwestern, but ZTA has 12 Alumane Chapters in the state of Illinois, 4 in the Chicago area. While it's true we have many southern chapters, we have chapters all over the country. So please don't say we're better suited in one area. My small northern chapter had fabulous alumnae from big schools & smaller schools and it was a great match. We were happy to have local support. Zeta is continuing select girls to be Traveling Leadership Consultants from all different sized chapters and locations. I realize that our image may be one way but I just would like to point out another side.

As an undergrad, I attended Illinois State (where the ZTA chapter is doing well, BTW); I serve on the Lambda Chi alumni boards at my alma mater and Northwestern. This provides me w/a unique perspective.

Our NU chapter was under "voluntary suspension" in the late 1990's due to reasons similar to ADPi's. We only had 12 men living in a house that holds 32. As a result, we had boarders, including some football players.

Since the University leases the chapter houses to each GLO, we always have to pay our rent each quarter. When you do the math, it's obvious: lower numbers = lack of $$$ for rent.

Because of the financial straits & the chapter's problems w/recruiting, the alumni board (the landlord for the chapter) decided to "go dark" for 2 years.

When we came back to campus, LCA's expansion team did an outstanding job of recruiting a great group of guys. They achieved all of the standards needed for re-chartering (40+ men, meet/surpass All-Men's GPA, etc.) in 18 months--a record @ that point for Lambda Chi.

Earlier this year, they even achieved LCA's highest chapter honor, the Grand High Alpha Award. Quite a turnaround from having 12 men & no good prospects.

So, why didn't ADPi make it in Evanston while Lambda Chi did? It's hard to say, but there are a myriad of reasons for GLOs making it or failing.

In my work (creating fraternity/sorority newsletters), I've observed a variety of GLOs as a vendor. One thing that strikes me is how some groups choose where they'll "plant their flag".

Some GLOs seem to focus solely on schools with 20,000+ populations, while others are represented on smaller campuses (less than 6,000 students). One way isn't better than another--they're just different.