Rush at Georgia Southern!
 

http://students.georgiasouthern.edu/greeklife/sorority_recruit/phaschedule.htm

Orientation at Georgia Southern University was today, rush starts tomorrow! I wrote recs for three girls, one who was a KD legacy (mom). Can't wait to see where they all end up!!

Edited to try to fix link. No luck.

hooray, bbelleadpi!!two of my good zeta friends here in naples graduated from ga. southern please keep us informed.

Try this.

Panhellenic Association 2005 Formal Recruitment Schedule

Maybe Alpha Gam will return one day!!

And to Savannah too! (Cool place to have a chapter!;) )

Thank you very much, kind sir.


AGDLynn: Re: Maybe Alpha Gam will return one day!!
I didn't know AGD was there! When? I do know that, sadly, the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter just closed. I do hope they'll be able to recolonize, their house is so nice! DZ was also here at one time, but I think it was before Greek Row was built.

If I can find out recruitment numbers going through, I'll post it.

Are you sure that AGD was there? I know that Kappa, AZD, and Delta Zeta were but I never heard about AGD!

I don't think there are any local PNMs at Southern. Seems like ASLFRose would've gotten a phone call to write an AOII rec!

I adore that campus.

Gamma Rho opened 1970 at then Armstrong State.

Theta Gamma opened 1980 at Ga. Southern.

Not sure when they closed.

These are the only 2 Ga chapters to close.

The daughter of our local GPhiB alum chapter president is a Zeta there at GA Southern and very excited about rush! I wish them and all the sororities there well!
:)

I think that DZ was one of the first sororities on campus in 1968 (Ithink they left in late 70's early 80's). They came to campus in the 1990-1991 school year and did a presentation and some organizational get togethers, but they never wound up starting a colony. Kappa Kappa Gamma had just come to campus the year before (1989).

I loved the Kappa house. Three of my college roommates were Kappas at GSU.

I wish DG had a chapter at Southern... we only have one chapter in Georgia! Best of luck to everyone going through recruitment at Southern this year.

Chi Omega also had a chapter there, but it was closed in 92 or 93 I think...

As I am an alum from Georgia Southern I would love to read any updates that can be given :D

Actually, I believe Chi Omega closed at Georgia Southern sometime during the 1993-1994 school year. A friend of mine was a member and they were still doing actively recruiting in the Spring of 1993.

Here is what Baird's manual has on Georgia Southern:

DZ was founded in 1968 and was still active when the 1991 version was published.

Chi Omega was founded in 1976 and was still active when the 1991 version was published.

Inactive groups are listed as Alpha Xi Delta (1968-1979) and Alpha Gamma Delta (1980-1984).

Of course now DZ is inactive, Chi O is inactive, and KKG was there from 1990-2005.

Yeah, me too!! My older sister was a member of ADPi's very first pledge class after colonization (1968), and her picture is on the first composite, which now hangs in the foyer of ADPi's very beautiful Southern-style chapter home. I was a member of the third pledge class in 1971. To be in on the beginnings of such a fine chapter is more gratifying than can be put into words. We originally started in lodges built especially for us, which were very beautiful in themselves, but small-had a chapter room and kitchen downstairs, and officers' bedrooms upstairs. All the sorority lodges were in a row at that time-ADPi, ZTA, KD, Panhellenic office in the middle, then Phi Mu, DZ, and AZDelta. So to see the existence of Greek Row now at Southern is especially gratifying. (Fraternity houses were in various places around town, if indeed, the fraternity had one at all.) And, back to rush-bid day is tomorrow, and I can't wait to find out where (hopefully!) three girls pledged!

Geesh! Makes me wonder what the heck happened to cause so many chapters to de-activate? Is it solely lower numbers of female students or something else?

I get the impression now that Greek life is flourishing at GA Southern...is that accurate?

RE KKG: All I know is that they just closed the chapter in May.

I just talked to someone at Georgia Southern and some PNMs were released from recruitment because they walked across the street to some of the fraternity houses and came back saying which sororities were "bad" and "good" according to the fraternities.:eek:

And, no, I don't know how many girls there were, but if I do, I'll post.

The university has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years (from about 10,000 students to almost 17,000).

Recruitment numbers were way up this year. Usually only about 300 register. This year there were more than 400.

It is my understanding that Kappa is coming back. Hopefully they will return or they will consider expanding in the next few years. It would be nice to see some of the closed groups come back strong.

Oh no! Tell me the PNMs didn't do that! And good for Panhellenic releasing them because that can lead to freshman releasing sororities. I hope that pH has the fortitude to stand strong if the parents come screaming to them about the mistreatment of their darling daughters.

I think I know the answer but I'm not sure so I'll ask anyway, lol.

If a pnm is released for breaking a ph rule, does she have to wait until next year to try again?

Pmn's were not released by Panhellenic for this. Panhellenic knew that some pmn's walked over to fraternity house (no conversations with men were known about) and addressed the issue, but did not release them.

Good. Thanks for the correction.

I started my freshman year at Georgia SOuthern in 1990 and I would have to say that Bairds is incorrect. Delta Zeta was not active in the 1990-1991 school year. They were brought to campus in an attempt to recolonize in the Spring of 1991, but they did not. My roomate went to the informational meetings. GSU did not have another sorority come to campus until 1994 when Alpha Xi Delta recolonized (and closed again a few years later).

any news on ga. southern bid day?

The last I heard KKG was planning to reorganize (or whatever the correct term is) basically all of the current members would go Alum and they would start over.

I was a Freshman at Southern in Fall 1994. At that time neither Chi O or DZ was on campus. AZD was participating in their first formal recruitment.

I haven't heard any official numbers yet, but on a personal note, three girls from my town went Phi Mu, one ADPi, and one KD-great sororities all.

BBelleADPi.....

your PM Box is full

I have a friend who was in your pledge class.

Box is clean. PM away! (Can't wait to see who it is!)

Congratulations to BBelleADPi's three New Members in:
Phi Mu
Alpha Delta Pi
Kappa Delta !!!!

I wrote a rec for someone at GSU and would love to find out where she pledged!
If anyone has specific info, please pm me!
Thanks!

Actually, there were THREE girls who went Phi Mu, so a total of 5 in all!

I am waiting on the official results (8/17). Will post when I receive them!

Final stats just came in yesterday.

Number going through rush: 399
Total number released/withdrawn: 133
Total number receiving bids: 265
Percent pledged: 66.42%
Quota: 53
Number of chapters making quota: 4 out of 5

The total number of members in chapters at GSU are now:
lowest 144
highest 154

Good numbers all the way around!!

wow - over a third dropped or released? That's a lot of women? Any idea as to why?

After Ice Breakers (Round 1) 5 Released 4 Withdrawn
After Philanthrophy (Round 2) 27 12
After Theme (Round 3) 37 35
After Preference (Round 4) 0 13

All I have are the numbers.

Do we know who did not make quota? I'm surprised that any of them didn't as unfortunately at Southern "survival of the fittest" applies.

Wow..didn't reallze sororities were that large at GSU.:rolleyes: :)

Sorority Membership as of August 16, 2005
Members before recruitment/ New Members after Matching/ Total number of members
Alpha Delta Pi 101 53 154
Alpha Omicron Pi 82 45 127
Kappa Delta 92 55 147
Phi Mu 98 55 153
Zeta Tau Alpha 88 56 144

That's what I thought. Thanks for the info!