Where would you like to see a new DPhiE chapter?
 

Of course I wish DPhiE could be at every school, but here are some schools in particular I wish DPhiE was at:

- Penn State - they have 20 sororities and a huge Greek system.
- University of Washington - another school with a strong Greek system. We don't have a presence anywhere in the state, and UW is within driving distance of the Delta Gamma chapter at UBC
- University of Southern California, UCLA, or any other California school - wish we had a larger West coast presence.
- Ole Miss, University of Texas, LSU - would be cool if DPhiE was at some of these super competitive schools where sororities average around 200. I think it's cool we already have a really strong chapter at UF.


Where would you like to see new DPhiE chapters?

Of course I'm all over a chapter in Washington state - either UW or Western Washington (which is even closer to Vanc.)

I would love to see our chapters back at McGill and UofT. And it would be cool to see one at the University of Calgary or Alberta, since the Alberta schools seem to have a pretty strong greek system.

And of course some of the big US schools (epescially on the West Coast).

I would be the MDA of a chapter at Penn State...to be honest with our strict non hazing policies I don't know how a chapter at Penn State would do because hazing is a very real problem there. We've talked about this within our Region of volunteers at length, and thusfar this is the general consensus, unless Fire1977 would like to offer her 2cents worth. :)

I'd like to see us at UCLA, Texas A & M, and U. Penn.

Future DPhiE Chapters
 

As Director of Expansion, I can tell you that, from the states, provinces and schools listed, UT would be the first one. We are hoping to have 3 eastern Texas schools by years end. Two are already amongst our ranks. The other is brewing....:)

:D

Denise

Re: Future DPhiE Chapters
 

Sorry, I ment UofT as in University of Toronto ;).

U of T - Toronto
 

Sorry, got Texas on my mind! Toronto is still an option too. We are definitely open to Canadian opportunities. As a matter of fact there is some sort of task force about this right now!

Denise_DPhiE

As a member of the DG chapter at UBC, we would love a chapter at UW...We are the only sorority on our campus without one there!-Same goes for the fraternities on campus, they all have chapters there too! Since we have been trying to plan a road trip for reading break, it becomes more obvious the lack of chapters on the west coast. ONLY TWO!!!! I think it's time to start chartering in the west.

My boyfriend went to undergrad at the University of Arizona and there was no D*Phi*E there. I think we should have a chapter there and anywhere on the West Coast.

Canadian Expansion
 

Hey there everyone!

I agree whole-heartedly that more Canadian chapters would be amazing!! I know a few campuses in Ontario that are ripe for the picking!!!

Hope everyone is well and Happy (belated) Founders Day!

Shelley

Chapters
 

I wish there could be a chapter at Brooklyn College (my alma mater) and also at UW-Madison (Wisconsin)... that way I can be more involved locally as an alumna!

Love & Sisterhood,
Dana

i would LOVE to see a chapter at FSU or UPenn...

but i'd be pleased to see more expansion in the west
(which i know we're working on)


either way, i'm more than willing to help in the efforts as soon as i graduate this December!
:D

What is the process to get a chapter back on campus at a school where there used to be a chapter? One of our members of our AA is an alumna from Hunter and they closed I believe in '98. She has been talking about how she would love to help get a new chapter going there again, I would love to help out getting chapters for any of the schools here in NYC (Hunter, Fordham, even Yeshiva University where I went to grad school, not sure if they have a Greek system there though). In fact, I am not sure which city schools have Greek systems. From what I understand it can be hard to get a lot of *involved* members because city schools are such commuter schools people only go to take classes really and nothing else. As an alumna, what can I do, or better yet, what can our AA do in this area to get more chapters going in NYC?

Expansion is a sticky process, because we can't just say "Let's open a chapter at XYZ school." They have to WANT to expand, and follow through with the NPC process. So in that regard, not much you can do with yourself or your AA but hope that a school near you wants to expand and it's an opportunity the international organization would want to take on.

sorry to crash but i saw winneythepooh7's post and thought i could provide some feedback since I am a member of AEPhi at Brooklyn College.

As far as I know the only commuters schools with NPC Sororities in NYC are Brooklyn, Queens, College of Staten Island, Pratt & Wagner and they also have locals. There are several other NYC campuses that only have local chapters. I don't know if any of them has a functioning Panhel beside Brooklyn.

Expansion on these campuses and other city campuses will never happen with an invitation for expansion. The NYC Greeks aren't familiar enough with Greek culture and NPC Policy to know that's the way it happens and they generally aren't that organized. The only reason there are nationals here now is b/c local sororities and interest groups formed and then sought out national affiliation. (I can think of several locals who at some point wanted to go national but never affiliated with one). National Fraternities have a much greater presence on NYC campuses b/c of their lack of expansion rules.

I know that nationals on my campus would LOVE our locals to affiliate with national organizations but we don't even know how to approach it since the locals aren't associate members of panhel. we just don't know how to go about pushing the subject.

Does anyone know if Panhellenic Expansion ever approaches locals to go national or do they only come in when asked. If there are any nationals out there willing to accept small chapters (I have yet to hear of a commuter chapter in NYC over 30) there are probably a dozen locals that could be approached. If Panhel was more agressive with expansion I think there could be a much greater Panhel presence in NYC.

hope that was helpful, and sorry again for crashing.

Hey all--get in touch with DPhiE_Denise. She'll know the answer!

Expansion happens in several different ways. Formally, its an invitation from the school for expansion. More informally, it could be a local that is looking to go national just collecting information. Certainly alumna interest is a factor. We do look for opportunities with local alumna support. Denise knows all the ins and outs so if there is serious interest, contact Denise.

I don't speak for anyone but NYC seems like an area we might have great interest in for expansion, and certainly re-establishing dormant chapters, if the opportunity is good, is something we should be excited to do.

Heather

We started off as local.

I think if it wasn't for our greek advisor being greek... noone around here would have known what to do. He pretty much lead the way to becoming part of DPhiE.

From what I know, I could be wrong.:cool:

The idea of expansion has definately peaked my interest. I am going to talk with the ladies of MetroDPhiE AA about this and Denise as well. I would love to see our organization expand especially in NYC. I understand about the compliance with National and Panhel guidelines and all that formal stuff but to start the process going can it be as simple as some sisters looking for local orgs or forming an interest group on local campuses to begin the process?

To answer AEPhiSierra's question, the campuses with these local organizations can force their locals to go national, but often times, they may not be successful. I know on my campus, there are 5 locals and 5 nationals. The 5 locals were told in 1996 that it was go national by 2000 or lose your recognition. Nobody went national, and ironically, nobody lost recognition. So if administrations are really commited to it happening, I suppose it can work, but often times their view may be, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I agree with Heather in that speaking with Denise_DPhiE is a good idea, as she is our chief expansion person.

Good luck!
H

I think a chapter at Boston University would be great! The chapter at Northeastern is really big. And since BU is right around the corner from Northeastern and down the road a way from Brandeis and Bentley, I think it would be a welcomed addition to the MA chapters.

only because I happen to be up here at the moment. University of Minnesota (the biggest school in the state I think) would be a great place for DphiE. We have 2 in MN already and I think that to go somewhere that has such a big greek community like that would be awesome.
Brenda*

Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers! How don't we have a chapter at Rutgers? Fordham doesn't have a Greek system.

And, Villanova and Berkeley, my two best friends went there (Pi Phi and Tri-Delt, respectfully). Also, anything like LSU, Alabama, or Vanderbilt down south.

We used to have a chapter at Rutgers, but it closed. It is odd that we haven't gone back, as we're big guns in NJ, but they aren't expanding I guess. We also had a chapter at Berkeley I think, back in the 60s.

lol, Bonti - always looking for the bigger picture. Your profile still says you are in pittsburgh, btw.

If memory serves--and it may be failing me seriously--we only recently left Rutgers. Maybe 2-3 years ago??

I think you are correct Heather, I think I remember looking at their website at one point in time. It might have been longer than that but I think within the last 7 or so years.

Personally I'd like a chapter around Pittsburgh. Region 9 is very tiny!

That was Rutgers Camden...it's a branch of the big Rutgers in New Brunswick, where the main campus is.

Yes it was Rutgers Camden. Rutgers Camden is a commuter school and a very small campus - I think Rutgers Newark is almost double in size. And Rutgers Newark is like 5-10% the size of NB.

Where would it go round Pittsburgh? CMU? Duquesne? Pitt definately has the best system out of the three :p

Rutgers Camden is a commuter school, and their greek system is really bad. Each chapter is lucky to have 5-10 members, and having a chapter of that size is just not workable most times. I remember going there, right before we left, and we had 6 women, Phi Sig had 4, and the fraternities were no better off.

Ultimately, Rutgers in New Brunswick would be ideal! :)

Sorry for the crash, but I think it would be cool to have a DPhiE chapter at my alma mater, Indiana University. There was one at some point in time but I have no idea when or how long it was there.

IU has a very strong Greek system and there are way more PNMs who go through rush then spaces for them...they are desperately needing to expand. However, because of the rule that the sororities need to be able to have housing within a certain amount of time, and the fact that there really isn't much land around campus at all, it's almost impossible to do that. :(

I totally would love to see some of the closed chapters reopened and more West Coast schools.

Coming from the University of Georgia where the Greek system is huge, I wouuld love to see chapters in the South like Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Ole Miss, Arkansas, South Carolina. I love it that we have such huge and thriving chapters in FL. I know that UGA chapter (Psi) will be back to its feet soon and hope that one day DPhiE will be able to flourish down in the southern part of US.

Tammy--Unfortunately every school you mentioned would require us to have a house to be successful and the organization just doesn't have those kind of resources. If you hear of opoprtunities at schools where a house is not a necessity, let the the Dir. of Expansion know!

In terms of the mention of the west coast, I do not believe that is a priority for the organization at this time, given the possiblity of the HQ relocating. I can say, fairly confidently, that rechartering closed chapters, particularly single letter chapters, is something the organization has been interested in over the past few years.

Expansion is fun isn't it?

The expansion ideas sound great!

I'd love to see more chapters in southern NJ. Rutgers-Camden closed their chapter years and years ago. Would love to see a chapter there again but it's not a very big school and there are a lot of commuters.

Temple! Lots of Philadelphia chapters but none there...

Temple has not been open for expansion/extension in many years - there are 3 NPC groups there and things are status quo - same # of pnm's going through and not a need for a 4th group anytime soon but it is a dormant chapter so would love to be there as well!

DC
Former DPhiE Expansion Chair

Temple
 

Heard from an alum there that MAYBE this could be the year they vote to actually expand. Fingers crossed.

We used to have a chapter at Temple, didn't we!? My pledge class went there for our pledge trip.

We did. It went dormant in 1991. I know because I was there for recruitment and got my first flat tire (age 24) and it was in a BAD neighborhood nearby. The campus is not open for extension and when it is, the NPC groups not currently represented on the campus will be eligible to submit for consideration. If you have other questions, please PM me. Thanks.

A certain DC school's Panhel has voted for expansion. Though it's kind of superficial, I really love DPhiE's motto and philanthropy...is there any chance of a new chapter starting up in the Washington area?

I am not sure what the official word is--but I'd love to see that happen. Especially if it would be a re-chatering..