What ever happened to APhi at KU?
 

I was a member of Gamma Delta at the U of Kansas. I've been away from the Midwest for a lot of years but recently visited campus and discovered my chapter closed in 1989. Does anyone know what happened? Thanks for any information. I love this site and have enjoyed reading for quite a while.

It was closed due to RFM after an incident in the chapter house in the spring of 1989.

What is an RFM? (Sorry. I'm new to this.) and what happened?

excuse the crash, but i think she meant risk management. you could contact your headquarters if you want specifics on something that happened more than 20 years ago.

Yes, I meant risk management. Agree with the above, you should really contact your hq for the explanation.

I did. They were either clueless or unwilling to tell me. I just want to know what happened to my chapter. It's really sad. Thanks for your help anyway.

Considering that many of the people who work at HQs were born in 1989, I'll go for clueless. Are you not on Facebook? You more than likely would find tons of your chapter alumnae there willing to fill you in.

Just wanted to say thank you to a lovely young woman whose mom was in my chapter. I'll keep her username out of here since she Pm'd me. It was an act of kindness and much appreciated. A sad ending. I hope gamma delta recolonizes some day.

Sorry that your chapter ended on a sour note. It happens too frequently. Luckily, we are in an unprecedented growth pattern and APhi has been doing very well. Maybe your chapter has a chance at recolonization in the future. There are many Greekchatters that watch the colonization thread with baited breath waiting for that to happen for them.

SunflowerState - perhaps you'll volunteer for APhi now! That is a positive step in keeping both active and alumnae chapters healthy and thriving. Often it's a lack of support that contributes to the demise of an organization. The Internet has made it easy to keep involved.

Like me! :)

;) and several GCers have had it happen for them. Fingers crossed for everyone else. Love recolonizations.

Mine's coming back this fall. :)

I'm one .. my chapter returned in the fall of 2011 and is thriving and doing just great.

Volunteering
 

AZTheta, You are right. Hearing all the talk on GC makes me want to get involved again. The nearest active chapter to me is Univ. of IL (UIUC). The nearest alumnae chapter is about an hour's drive away in the other direction. I think I'd prefer at this point to help the active chapter but I haven't a clue what to do. I've emailed the president of the UofI chapter but haven't heard anything (although, cutting her some slack, she did just finish rush!). Does anyone know if there is any kind of organization in Urbana-Champaign, IL? Thanks, AZTheta, for the kick in the b**t!

I suggest that you contact the head advisor of the UIUC chapter if you can find out who she is(maybe listed on their chapter website), or you can contact whatever regional officer APhi has over collegiate chapters in your area of the country. (In ZTA those officers are called province presidents. A province president would have several collegiate chapters that answer to her.) Either of those alumnae should be able to help you. You may have to contact your headquarters to get their contact info. Too many times collegians seem to drop the ball, what with all their time constraints, so I wouldn't rely on the chapter president.

<<<vbg>>> i hope you get involved w/ an active chapter. they keep you young! i adore the members, i want them to have the best possible membership experience. this is my "pay back" for all that Theta has geven to me. Wishing that you are successful, the APhis on GC can help you get involved!!!!

one of my AZ actives transferred to UIUC and she says greek life there is awesome.

http://www.alphaphi.org/Volunteer/PHIForm

Have you checked this link? You need to sign in to see it probably.

Go through your headquarters. I know my sorority has a whole system in place for distance support of chapters. Yours probably does too!

I love the Internet! I went to my headquarters site, filled in my résumé and got a message from the chapter advisor (I think) the next day. They need a financial person and I'm a CPA. I hope we can make it all work because I'm very excited to volunteer. Thank you all for the direction and encouragement.

That's fantastic!

We lost KU due to MANY reasons. The incident referred to early in this thread was a really tragic situation that definitely put the nail in the coffin for the chapter. However, prior to that, they were having multiple issue. In those days, our national leadership did not have the same philosophy or insight in how to help struggling chapters. When it closed it was handled poorly and many alumnae in the surrounding area were beside themselves. It has taken many, many years for people to forget or forgive. Many of us are so hopeful about another opportunity to come back to KU. Nationally, we are equipped to come back strong and face any challenge in a much more strategic and compassionate fashion.