Anyone know of any other current Kappa Sigma expansionary activity?
 

Does anyone out there know of any other current Kappa Sigma expansionary activity - interest groups, negotiations with local fraternites regarding affiliating with KS, attempts to revive presently dormant chapters, etc. - in addition to the recent colonizations at Arkansas State, Arkansas Tech, Southwest Oklahome State, RIT, North Florida, and Idaho State, all of which are now shown on the list ofactive chapters and colonies uner Current Locations subpage of the Join a Chapter page of the IMH website? The Idaho State colony was never first listed as an interest group on the Website; it jwas ust suddenly listed out of nowhere as a colony. So perhaps there are some other such groups that have not yet received offical status from IMH, but are working to become part of our fine Order. If anybody knows of any such group, I for one would enjoy reading about it.

Umm...from what I heard at our Colonization weekend...In Utah there are 3 possible colonies. University of Utah is in the process of recolonizing after losing their charter last year, Weber State, and Utah State all have interest groups at them. I'm sure there are more than we even know about.

I believe some guys are trying to reactivate a chapter at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah GA!

recently, we had mike olivas come help us with rush. while he was here, he let it slip that it looks like a chapter is restarting at UC - Santa Barbara and he mentioned one other southern california school, but i cannot remember for the life of me what it was.

AEKDB

Josh

HollisterDXiChi:

Thanks for responding to my enquiry.

Kappa Sigma has never had a chapter, or even a colony, at Armstrong Atlantic, or Armstrong State as it was previously called. So whatever interest group we might have there would be attempting to establish an altogether new chapter, not reactivate a dormant one.

Personally, I don't give that interest group much chance of succeeding. Armsrong has never had a strong Greek system and other fraternites have established chapters there which had short-lived existences before folding. But Kappa Sigma is definitely the strongest fraternity in Georgia (despite the fact that we are the only major fraternity that does not have a chapter at Emory University, one of the best private universities in the entire South, and a glaring omission from our activer chapter roll). So if any fraternity CAN establish a successful chapter at Armstrong, it could well be Kappa Sigma.

Please post again if you learn anything more about that group, or about any other Kappa Sig expansionary activity.

jggnoedig / Josh:

Thanks for responding to my enquiry.

I was very pleased to read your advisement that Mike Olivas had mentioned Kappa Sigma possibly returning to UCSB. It is long overdue. Epsilon-Theta Chapter at UCSB was once a prominent Kappa Sigma chapter, whose membership included future NFLer Johnny Morris. But it has been inactive since 1970. Since then, several other fraternities have chartered or rechartered at UCSB [and some have closed]. But Kappa Sigma has never yet returned. So if and when Epsilon-Theta is indeed revived, it will be a most welcome addition to our active chapter roll ... especially since we are SERIOUSLY underepresented in Southern California, with only three active chapters (at USC, Cal State Long Beach, UC Irvine) [or four, if one regards Cal Poly SLO as being in Southern California] and one colony (San Diego State). Several of our major rivals, like SAE and Sigma Chi, have over 10 Southern California chapters!!!. If we were able to restore our presently inactive chapters at UCLA, UCSB, Cal State Fullerton, and Occidental College, that would at least double our representation to eight chapters.

The other school that Brother Olivas mentioned may well have been any of those other four inactve chapters, or Pepperdine, to which we have been trying unsuccessfully to expand ever since its local Greek system 'went national' about ten years ago.

On another topic, congratulations on your chapter's successful rush this year. I hope it is the start of a new period of prominence for Theta-Delta Chapter.

Hey :) All I've really heard from the guy thats organizing it is that it is a reactivation thing. I havn't really gotten into details with that but I will find out more for ya. I don't even know if they keep year books here so there is no way for me to check out how the greeks and what greeks were on campus. I know they had like a bunch of two letter frats...
They had a meeting on Wed. and had about 10-11 guys show up-which is pretty good. Im pullin for them and helping them out in any way I and my sorority can. From checkin' out KappaSig chapter websites and pages, there are a lot of guys, in my opinon, on this campus that would fit the bill.
I'll ask the guy more questions about the the fraternity and I'll be sure ta get back with ya! Who knows, they just may be trying ta bring a whole new chapter ta Armstrong. I'll will get back with you all though when the information becomes available!

They've met thier quota with over 26 guys so they'll be colonizing(?) in the Fall. For more info contact Chris at newaasufraternity@yahoo.com.

Congratulations:)

:) I'll send Chris your congrats :)

There's a colony currently under development at Suffolk University in Boston.

Re-Colonization at LaGrange College
 

The Kappa-Omincron Colony is in the process of re-colonization at LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia. I played baseball for one year with these guys before I joined Kappa Sigma at the Lambda-Xi Chapter at Georgia College & State University. I know most of the guys and Kappa Sigma should know that they have a great bunch of guys helping to get Kappa Sigma back on the map at LaGrange College!


A.E.K.D.B

Very nice :)

I'm at the Delta-Eta Chapter (USC), and it's really great to hear about UC Santa Barbara's possibility of colonizing in the near future. It is a great school with a rapidly growing greek system.

I agree it would also be nice to have a chapter at ucla again, although we generally hate those guys ;)...well, maybe I'd like a few people over there if they were Kappa Sigs

Kirk Chewning, the Fraternity's Expansion Commissioner, informed me that there was an interest group at UCSB several months ago, but that it collpased.

If anyone knows of a renewed attempt to return Epsilon-Theta chapter to UCSB, I'd sure like to hear about it.

Equally unfortunately, the Fraternity does not seem to be doing much of anything about, or at least making any progress towards, returning to UCLA.

With only nine active chapters (at Sac State, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Stanford, San Jose State, Cal Poly SLO, USC, Long Beach State, and UC Irvine) and two colonies (Fresno State, which has been recolonized seemingly forever and apparently can't seem to build up sufficient strength numbers to meet SEC rechartering requirements and is probably doomed to close altogether; and San Diego State, which I had expected to have rechartered before the end of the school year, but hopefully will recharter soon) in all of California, KappaSigma remains very weakly represented in the Golden State. A return of inactive chapters at UCSB, UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, and Occidental College, all in Southern California, and expansion to at least one new Southern California school (Pepperdine, Cal State Northridge, Cal Poly Pomona, Loyola Marymount, Chapman, UC Riverside, UC San Diego ... there's certainly lots of schools whre we are presently unrepresented) and one new Northern California school - Chico State, which has a strong Greek system at which we are conspicuously absent, and the Univeristy of the Pacific, a really fine school with a slowly expanding Greek system - would be the most obvious choices. But given the second-rate schools at which the Fraternity presently has so many colonies (CW Post, Suffolk, Armstrong Atlantic, Nova Southeastern, SW Oklahoma, York College, etc., none of which enhance the Fraternity's prestige at all), our next California expasnion will probably be at some similar second-tier school like Cal State Hayward, Cal State San Bernadino, or Cal State Bakersfield. I suppose that any expansion in California would be welcome. But some schools obviously would be more preferable than others.

Anyway, a return to UCSB and/or UCLA certainly WOULD be GREAT. But, unfortunately, nothing seems to be happening for us at either school at present.:( :(

Hey KSigIdahoState.

How is your colony progressing? How many members did you finish the school year with? How do your group's numbers compare with the other fraternites at ISU? Any idea on when you might be receiving your charter? Have you petitioned for a charter yet?

Or any of the other expansion activity. From my understanding things are going well with the Suffolk colony here in Boston.

Hola Kappa Sigmas! I am the president of a local sorority at Armstrong Atlantic State University (Theta Xi Alpha). We will be colonizing next month to become Sigma Sigma Sigma....

All of the sisters and I are SO excited that KE is colonizing at AASU. Most of us are really close with the guys who are so it has been great supporting each other's group throughout the process(es).

My uncle was (is) a KE and now I am dating one myself here at AASU. There ain't nothin' better than a KE! :D :D :D So far the guys have done so much on campus through service and socially. Let's hope greek life can make a huge comeback here. :-)

Take Care,
Megan
TZA/EEE @ AASU in Savannah, Georgia

Hey thanks for posting AASUBeachchic. . . and congrats on going Sigma. :)

Thanks for the post; it always feels good to read stuff like that in here.

Hey, just an update from the Idaho State colony! Our colony is very strong and we are nearing sending in our petition to charter. We just returned from leadership conference with a couple of awards and I had a long meeting with Kevin Kaplan about my colony. If everything stays on track we are looking at the start of november to charter!! We are ready. Our size is at 31 and we expect to pick up at least 20 this fall. We are already the largest on campus, so that is good too.

Thanks for the support,

Tyler Applonie
GM Idaho State Colony

Does anyone have any information on new colonizations or interest groups this Fall, and/or about chartering dates forany of the 22 colonies that we have carried over from the last academic year?

22 colonies sounds good, but it's just window dressing until those groups progress to chartering or rechartering, as the case may be. Hopefully, at least SOME of those colonies (San Diego State, Ohio State, North Florida, College of Charleston, RIT, Arkansas State, Arkansas Tech, and Idaho State would seem the most likely) will receive their charters this Fall.

Hopefully, we will also establish at least one new colony for each of the present colonies that does receive its charter, thus maintaining or even increasing the Fraternity's present rate of growth in schools at which we are represented by an active chapter or colony.

So does anybody have any updated news?

Hey...just have an update from the Idaho State Colony. We just finished rush week and we have pledging tomorrow night. It looks like we will be pledging in 27 new guys! Which is huge for my campus and a big boost for the colony. This number will put us well over 50 guys. As I said in an earlier post...plans are for us to charter on November 12th. That is still the plan...which will work out great because that is the same time that this new pledge class will finish its 60 day pledge ed. We are excited to be so close. Also from what I heard at leadership in denver...the san diego state colony is on the schedule to charter as well. But I do not know a date or anything like that.

Hyethere, Ksigkid.

Thanks for providing updated inforamtion regarding your colony, and congratulations on the colony's continued success.

Actually, you did not state in your previous e-amil that "plans [were for you] to charter on November 12th". You simply said that "we are looking at the start of november to charter!!" But I am pleased to read not only that you are still on track in that regard, but also that an actual chartering date has now been set. November 12th will be a big day for ISU and every chartering member of your new chapter.

It will be a big day for Kappa Sigma as well. Not only will we be making a new addition to our active chapter roll, which is, of course, significant in itself, but also thechartering of your colony will give Idaho the disticntion of being only the third State in which Kappa Sigma has an active chapter at every college or university in that State with a national, or international, Greek system as opposed to just a local Greek system.

In your most recent previous posting you stated that you then had 31 members. Is that still the case, not counting, of course, your Fall pledges? If so, and if you do in fact pledge 27 and all of them complete their pledge education and want to join the Order, you would have a very healthy founding fathers class of almost 60. That would be terrific.

So if you don't mind, please do confirm the colony's present size, and how it ranks with the other fraternities at ISU. What other groups are there (I think Delta Sigma Phi is one). How large are those other fraternities and how did they do in Fall rush?

We'd apprecaite reading whatever else you care to psot, because Idaho State, having no previous Kap Sig history, is not a school whose Greek system we know much about.

anyone hear anything about colonization activities starting up at eastern oregon university? i went to the kappa sig site and found a section talking about colonization coming soon and eou was on the list. anyone with any new info would be cool.

Actually, I'm not the one with the colony - I am an alumni from the Mu-Psi chaper at Boston University (past GM, GS and AAA). Any results I give are only those I receive over the listserve. I think you meant KSigIdahoState

KSigkid.

You are correct. My careless, inattentive error.

Hopefully, however, KSigIdahoState will see the posting and reply to it.

Do you know anything about the progress of the Suffolk University colony, and/or how it, and the MIT, Northeastern, and BU chapters fared or are faring in Fall rush?

Don't worry about the mistake...with so many Ksig_____ names, it's easy to get confused.

As far as I knew, the Suffolk colony is doing well; I'm unsure of exact progress. I know Boston U. is just starting up school again, so they're getting right into the nitty gritty of rush (although, as we know rush is 365 days a year, they've been doing much work over the summer).

I'll see if I can get any info on how NU and MIT are doing...now that I'm no long an AAA the flow of info has slowed considerably.

New Kappa Sigma Colonies starting up...
 

I'm undergoing pledge ritual this weeken, tomm. to be exact and can't wait to become a founding father of Kappa Sigma's newest colony, Kappa Lambda at Shippensburg University. Any tips on helping us with fundraising, in addition to acquiring a house would be great. The only way, the one way, Kappa Sigma all the way.

Hit me up at my im: TheSorgeman...

Hi Kappa Sigs! Sorry to crash your board but I heard that there is a group of guys at my school, Adelphi University, that are trying to start up a Kappa Sigma interest group. I believe they sent in a petiton last week and are hoping to be recognized sometime this month. I really hope all goes well for them. They are a great bunch of guys and Adelphi is in desperate need for another Fraternity on campus. Kappa Sig would be a great addition.

Ask away:)

I am a founding father of the Idaho State Colony, as of today we have submitted everything required by the SEC to charter. We are waiting to hear back now and we should know if we are approved in the next week or two. I will keep everyone updated. Exciting times here at Idaho State. As for help with you, bluebeacon, I would recommend not trying to rush things, it just stresses people out and makes it not very much fun. Another tip would be to not lose focus on the brotherhood side of things. Make sure to plan out regular brotherhood events to go and have fun and forget about the stresses of being a colony. Keep current on your finances. Don't carry dead weight, if a guy is not pulling his weight, it may be time to review his membership in the colony, sounds mean, but chartering requires the help of everyone! To get all of the workshops done, we've found that it is easiest to do them all in one intense weekend, we just call it our BIA weekend. If you are on the EC, make sure to keep the other EC members fired up and excited, it helps keep every other guy motivated!! Good luck!!

There is always help with recruitment. That is the reason for our Area Recruitment Managers. You can ask to have the one for your area come out and help you recruit, it costs some money, but it is well worth it. That is the kind of help from nationals you will probably get. Have you guys already fundraised all of the money needed to charter?

kappa lambda of kappa sigma
 

Yes we have everything done, including workshops, we're just needing ten men right now, to obtain our charter. The SEC has just voted on our re-instatement as a chapter here at Shippensburg University, so we are all ready to go, I have a good feeling that on April 16th we will be undergoing our initiation ritual at the Zembo Shriner Mosque in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania...I literally cannot wait, neither can the rest of my fellow founding fathers to enter the order as full-fledged brothers, long live Kappa Lambda! Long Live Kappa Sigma!

Re: kappa lambda of kappa sigma
 

Good luck in getting the last few guys needed for charter status. I've always said I'm impressed by founding fathers who are able to start a chapter; I can't imagine how much work it must take to establish something like a fraternity chapter.

Good luck, and hopefully your hard work will bring another chapter to the Fraternity.

Expansion Activity
 

Hey guys, to give you all a heads-up there are colonies in the works in District 47 for the University of Alaska in Anchorage and the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada (Quite close to Montana)...

Also the colony in Kamloops, British Columbia, is now 8 months old and getting close to seeking installation approval.

That will bring Canadian chapters/colonies to 7, including UWO colony, UCC colony, and UL colony. I have heard a couple other colonies in Ontario and Manitoba are also not far off.

Keep the good news rollin...

AEKDB
Mike

kappa lambda of kappa sigma
 

Guess what everyone, we did it! Kappa Lambda of Kappa Sigma is officially back, I'm still overwhelmed by it all, in one week, we signed on 11 great men as pledges and fellow founding fathers! We fundraised the $2500 chartering fee! We completed all workshops and are on our way to April 16th 2005 initiation into the order. I can't wait, we can't wait, long live kappa sigma, long live kappa lambda forever!

Not a KappaSig but....
 

I'm not a Kappa Sig as they were kicked off of our campus here at ULM before I started here... I do know that their time table has elapsed and there are several, several guys interested and attempting to revive the ULM chapter....Any in Louisiana or close by they could use all the help and support possible becauase it will be very hard for them to get back on campus here

HQ
 

If you speak to any of them, tell them to get in contact with Kappa Sigma HQ, I am sure they will help them to the best of their ability.

Mike

Return of Kappa-Lambda at Shippensberg
 

bluebeacon:

Congratulations on your colony's success in attracting the necessary number of members and raising the sufficient funds to enable the colony to progress to the rechartering of Kappa-Lambda chapter.

It will be terrific to see Kappa-Lambda restored to the roll of active chapters, especially since Kappa Sigma currently does not have a particluarly strong presence in eastern Pennsylvania. Hopefully reinstallation of Kappa-Lambda will be soon followed by similar returns to our chapters at Bucknell and Dicksinson which have closed over the alst couple of years, thechartering of our present colony at York College, and new expansion to some other Pennyslvania schools.

Please note that in Kappa Sigma, chapter designations with two Greek letters are hyphenated. So the correct designation of your chapter is Kappa-Lambda, thus making it one word, not Kappa Lambda, which is two words.

What other fraternities are presently at Shippensberg, and how would you rate them comparative to one another and your own group?