Question about a Chapter?
 

Hey Girls,
I was just reading a rush thread over on the rush board and one of the girls rushing this spring is at Southern Methodist University. Now she listed 8 sororities. ADPi WAS NOT one of them. I say this because according to my really (emphasis on really) old Alpha book (that I got in 1998) we have a chapter there, Alpha Zeta. Did this chapter close or something? I'm just curious to why we weren't listed as being a chapter that she is rushing this spring. Anyone know the answer to this?

Brianna

We did have a chapter there at one time. It closed but I'm not sure when.

This is what I found on the SMU Greek Panhellenic Website:

National Panhellenic Member Organizations:

*Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Phi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Alpha Xi Delta
*Chi Omega
*Delta Delta Delta
*Delta Gamma
Delta Phi Epsilon
Delta Zeta
*Gamma Phi Beta
*Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
*Kappa Kappa Gamma
Phi Mu
Phi Sigma Sigma
*Pi Beta Phi
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Theta Phi Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha

* Chapters currently active at SMU

I do not know the answer to when they closed though...almost all of the ADPi chapter websites still have them open...I also do not get why SMU lists all those chapters rather than just listing the active ones. Any SMU greeks on here that know the answer??

"Sisters" says that Alpha Zeta closed in 1998. When Mr. honeychile & I were in Dallas 2 years ago, we drove around the campus for something like an hour, looking for the house, but never found. Now I know why!

my boyfriend's sister went there... I can probably find something out from her, considering he said at one point that she was excited to find out that I was an ADPi.

The AZ HC still owns the house but rents it to FCA or some other group like that. I've never seen it but I've heard it's beautiful!

kateshort is the webmaster for the Eta Psi chapter at Valpo, and does an outstanding job of keeping a current list of chapters updated on the website...you can go here:
Eta Psi's Website
Look for the List of All Chapters once you get past the splash page :)

I'm not an SMU greek, but maybe they list the entire NPC so that women interested in going greek know the different NPC organizations out there???

If that indeed is why they do it that way, it's a wonderful idea! How many people who have never been part of the Greek System are shocked to hear about GLOs that aren't on their campus? Kudos to the SMU Panhellenic!!

*bookmarking Kate Short's site*

Just an fyi, since we aren't quite sure on the status of the Alpha Zeta chapter and when (or if) they closed or what the deal is. I emailed EO but because of the holidays they will be out of the office on the 24th thru the 2nd. So who knows when someone will get back to me. As soon as I know anything I'll post it.
I have a feeling that they obviously closed after I was initiated because my book is from 1998.

Brianna

I thought a fraternity either rented it or bought it.......or maybe that's another school where adpi bought a frat house after closing..i odn't know, i'm confused.

According to the List of All Chapters, AZ closed in 1998, as honey found in Sisters

Yes, they are definitely closed. I know many alumnae from that chapter and they are all wonderful women.

Yep, like others have mentioned, the SMU chapter is closed :( I don't know exactly why they closed, but I could probably find out since their chapter was so close to ours. I really wish their chapter wasn't closed :(

I was looking at the chapter list and I noticed that a lot of the chapters that went inactive did so in the '70's-'80's. Is there a specific reason for this trend, like a general decline in sororities at the time? Did sororities in general lose chapters during certain times? It's kind of a bummer to see we've lost chapters at some big schools, too-does anyone know which chapter was the last to be recolonized? It would be awesome to recolonize at SMU eventually, and LSU.

Yes, a lot of sororities and chapters closed during that time. A lot of others recolonized and managed to keep their doors open.

Alpha Iota, who Beth Hamilton referred to as "the little chapter that could", recolonized at least once (I think they also reorganized), then two years ago came back with only 12 sisters. NOW, they're only 5 from Total - and I hear that they have their eye on who they want!

Alpha Zeta chapter of ADPi at SMU is indeed closed. I know two women who were there when the chapter closed, both of whom have been a huge asset to our local LA chapters and the alumnae association!

A chapter closing is an unfortunate thing, but ADPi enjoyed great success in its heyday at SMU and our current Grand President is an alumna of Alpha Zeta chapter!

Let's remember that in spite of chapter closings, there are opportunities in future for rechartering, for new chapter colonies, for alumnae initiates and so many many ways to spread the "Pi Love" across North America!

Happy Holidays to my sisters and friends!

ADPiUCF

To my knowledge, the last ADPi chapter to recolonize (recharter?) was the Gamma Beta chapter at Northwestern University (some of my chapter sisters went to help with their first recruitment for their recolonization).

That's pretty interesting. I was reading in "Sisters" that at my first university there used to be a chapter (at Texas A&M - Kingsville which was formerly Texas A&I) that chartered in the late 50's and closed in the late 70's. Supposedly greek life on that campus used to be a huge deal, and there were chapters of a lot of "big" sororities there.

In the late 70's though, the school suffered from low enrollment, and that (for whatever reason :confused: ) made the school shut down greek life completely.

There have been a string of locals since then, and just recently (1-2 years ago) they are getting NPCs back on that campus. It's a small school, but really nice!

Wouldn't it be nice to see an ADPi chapter come back?? I just LOVE it when a closed chapter makes a strong comeback!!

You hear about this sorority or that one who has had 300-400 chapters, but a vast majority of them are closed! I'd rather see a chapter ressurected than searching for "new territory"!

What an interesting line of discussion for me to come into!!! I live about thirty minutes from TAMU Kingsville (close to Corpus Christi, Texas) and know that there is a DPhiE chapter and one other small NPC org on the campus now. I just joined the Corpus Christi alumnae association a few months ago and I think it would be a great project for us to undertake. The southern most chapter in Texas is currently in San Marcos (Texas State University). I would love to have a chapter in Kingsville. As soon as I have been out for 3 or however many years necessary, I want to be an advisor!!!!

Ok I did some more research, there is a Theta Phi ALpha and an Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter as well as two locals. There is also a Lambda Chi Alpha and a Sigma Chi chapter as well as two local frats. I wonder if they are looking into expansion/recolinization?? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm :D

As far as I know concerning sororities @ TAMUK, Theta Phi Alpha just chartered there I think about a year ago. Delta Phi Epsilon is still a colony, but I heard they are hoping to charter soon (some of my best friends @ TAMUK are DPhiEs there !!! :) ), there is also Kappa Delta Chi which is a multicultural national sorority (although I am unsure if they are a colony or a chapter), Alpha Kappa Alpha, and one remaining local sorority that is looking to go national. I wouldn't want to go into too much details about the local because this is a public board and all, but if you have questions, feel free to pm me b/c I had some not so good experiences concerning that local group while I was on that campus.

From what I've heard from friends that still attend school there, greek life is in fact catching on, but it is happening really slowly. I think total is still set at 35, and from what I understand all the groups are still having trouble getting and staying there. It is a tough campus to be greek on because it's a MAJOR commuter school. When I went to school there I tried to be as involved as possible, but most students don't care about extra-curriculars... they just want to take their classes and leave.... basically a 'drive-thru education' type sentiment.

The fraternities are having better luck with recruitment from what I hear because the Lambda Chi Alpha chapter there went from having 20 members to having pledge classes of 20 in just the couple of years I've been gone, so I think that's really cool.

*blush* thanks! It's actually about 9 months out of date, but I hope to finish re-checking all the sites people have mailed me and posted here by... the end of January, most likely.

Kate, your list is the best source I've found (granted, I haven't looked too much further, but I've used it often for reference to see other chapter's websites!)