Another new Greek system
 

I don't remember seeing anything about this but I found out from our IH today that we are presenting so I looked them up.

http://www.uafortsmith.edu/Life/GreekLife

Always glad to hear about new systems.

Sounds like a lot of bureaucracy (of course, it is a MAJOR IMPORTANT campus). They must be ticked off that two GLOs wouldn't even make a presentation.

Hmm Expansion Closed!:(

Good luck to all involved!

Another campus opening to Greek Life for the first time is LSU - Alexandria. Kappa Sigma has already established a colony there.

i'm surprised they are not allowing general students to attend the presentations. when my campus expanded, i believe they gave each organization a short time to talk about their org with the general campus population.

Yay! Zeta is presenting.

I'm guessing you were being sarcastic when you said it was a major important campus....10 years ago (less than that I think) it was a 2 year community college.

Interesting development...next time I'm home I think I'll have to go check it out.

PsychTau

Good luck to Delta Gamma, and all other groups that will be presenting!

Has anyone heard anything? Their website says the announcement is going to be made this month. Kappa Sigma web site is already showing that they have placed a colony on campus.

P.S. This is my first post! Yeah!

LaneSig,

Welcome to GC!

Any New Updates. Only want Greek Growth!:cool:

Schools Need Us!:)

Thanks, Tom. I appreciate it.

I have been interested in what's going to happen at UA-Fort Smith. I graduated from Arkansas State. Arkansas is actually a fairly strong Greek state. UA of course, but Arkansas State and University of Central Arkansas both have fairly strong Greek systems.

Great news! Good luck to everyone! The hope of another Gamma Phi chapter makes me smile.:)

Current Update

Formal invitations have been sent out to 2 sororities and 2 fraternities to colonize. The Greek Life Office is waiting for acceptance by the groups. They hope to make an announcement soon.

The groups that presented were:
Sororities
Alpha Sigma Tau
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Zeta Tau Alpha

Fraternities
Kappa Alpha
Kappa Sigma
Sigma Nu


Have any members of these groups heard anything?

Hm, funny that the Fraternitys that are being asked are all Southern Founded Grreks.

Nope

I haven't heard anything, but I'll keep an eye out for info.

I thought that too, Tom. It will be interesting to see who ends up there.

Alpha Sigma Tau has two chapters active in the state: Uni. of Central Arkansas and Henderson State University.
Delta Gamma had a chapter at Arkansas, but it closed in the 90's. (I dated a DG from there.)
Gamma Phi Beta to my knowledge has never had a chapter in Arkansas. SmartBlonde would know more about that than me.
Zeta Tau Alpha currently has chapters at Arkansas and Arkansas Tech. They had a chapter at Arkansas State that closed in '91. I was a good friend of many of the girls at the ASU chapter. The Greek Life office screwed them over in many different ways, that's what hurt them. Don't get me started. :mad:

Kappa Alpha has chapters at Arkansas and Arkansas State.
Sigma Nu has chapters at Arkansas and Univ. of Central Arkansas.
Kappa Sigma has had a chapter at Arkansas for years and has new chapters at Arkansas Tech and Univ. of Central Arkansas. They tried to colonize at Arkansas State, but the colony folded after one semester. I'm not sure why.

Whoever ends up there, I wish them the best of luck.

KA got kicked off at Arkansas before rush started this year. To my knowledge Kappa Sigma at UCA is still around, they took in terms of numbers and not people.

LaneSig, DITTO that.

It is always nice to see Greeks expand!:cool:

We as Greek Organizations always have to pick and choose where we will expand for many reasons.

As far as I know we haven't either.

According to the latest NPC Bulletin, Gamma Phi Beta and Delta Gamma will be colonizing in 2007.

2007? Was that a misprint? Or does that mean that AST and ZTA will colonize in Fall on 2006 and then DG and Gamma Phi will come on to the campus the next year? Or maybe UAFS is going to wait and colonize in Spring '07 like UT Tyler did this past year. There are way too many questions going on in my head. I have checked the UAFS website, but they haven't made any announcements yet. Likewise, KA and Sigma Nu websites aren't saying anything. Kappa Sig website has had an announcement of a colony up since March or April, before UAFS said they would be sending out invites to colonize. Is the Kappa Sig colony a fact or wishful thinking? Will I stop asking rhetorical questions and ask questions that we know can be answered?:)

What is amazing for Me and I am sure to all, Most IHQs dont post anything about expansion and We have to find all of this out on GC!

Funny, many HQs. also find out a lot on GC!:cool:

So, I guess many on here are more in the know than Most of our Brothers and Sisters are!:)

It would be nice if the supposition card is not played, but let Us know what the heck is going on I Our Own Greek Organizations.:confused:

Is any body Out there with ears on, 10-04?

Congratulations on the new colonies!

The SN website not saying anything is meaningless. The chapter listing/expansion parts of the site are not anywhere close to up-to-the-second. They're not too bad though.

I assume it means they are waiting until Spring 2007 which tells me they will be doing deferred recruitment since Spring 2007 is spring recruitment for next school year. That allows the organizations to spend Fall semester getting the word out about the groups, and sorority life in general and makes much more sense to me than having it all of a sudden when school starts back up in the Fall.

The same Bulletin says nothing about any other group colonizing at any time.

Spring 2007 is only a year from now and is the next school year....

Perhaps the 2 groups will colonize & install in the spring & then do a Fall Recruitment in the following semester with their 2 brand new chapters.

SmartBlonde- In my haste to post all of the questions I forgot to thank you for supplying the info about which groups were colonizing. Thank you for being on top of it and getting us the information.

I also forgot to say congratulations to Delta Gamma and Gamma Phi Beta. Both are fantastic groups and will make a great start for Greek Life at UAFS. Double congrats to Gamma Phi Beta for establishing their first chapter in the state of Arkansas. Congrats to Delta Gamma for re-establishing their presence in Arkansas. ;)

Okay, it's my conference period, so instead of grading papers I looked up the GLOs for the 8 current public universities in Arkansas and the 1 private college that has GLOs. UA - Fort Smith will be the 9th university when Delta Gamma and Gamma Phi Beta colonizes in 2007.

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

Panhellenic
Alpha Delta Pi
Chi Omega (Psi Chapter - founding chapter)
Delta Delta Delta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Zeta Tau Alpha
Alpha Omicron Pi -
colonizing in Fall 2006 (?)

IFC
Alpha Gamma Rho
FarmHouse
Kappa Sigma
Lambda Chi Alpha
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI)
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Zeta Beta Tau

Inactive: Phi Mu, Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha, Sigma Tau Gamma, Phi Kappa Tau, Alpha Tau Omega

Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Panhellenic
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Chi Omega
Delta Zeta
Phi Mu

IFC
Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha Tau Omega
Kappa Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Chi (my chapter)
Sigma Pi
Tau Kappa Epsilon

Inactive: Kappa Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Sigma colony

University of Central Arkansas - Conway

Panhellenic
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Delta Zeta
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Sigma Sigma

IFC
Pi Kappa Alpha
Phi Sigma Kappa
Sigma Nu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Tau Gamma
Kappa Sigma

Inactive: Phi Lambda Chi (Alpha chapter), Theta Xi

Arkansas Tech University - Russellville

Panhellenic
Delta Zeta
Zeta Tau Alpha

IFC
Alpha Gamma Sigma
Kappa Sigma
Phi Lambda Chi
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Zeta Beta Tau

Inactive: I thought at one time there was either a Kappa Delta or a Phi Mu chapter at Tech. Anyone, anyone?

University of Arkansas - Little Rock

Panhellenic
Chi Omega
Pi Beta Phi

IFC
Kappa Sigma
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Nu

Inactive: Delta Delta Delta


Henderson State University - Arkadelphia

Panhellenic
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Alpha Xi Delta

IFC
Phi Sigma Kappa
Phi Lambda Chi
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Tau Gamma
Theta Xi

Inactive: Sigma Sigma Sigma, Delta Zeta


Southern Arkansas University

Panhellenic
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Phi Mu
Sigma Sigma Sigma

IFC
Phi Lambda Chi
Sigma Pi

Inactive: Sigma Tau Gamma


University of Arkansas - Monticello

Panhellenic
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Sigma Sigma Sigma

IFC
Kappa Alpha
Phi Lambda Chi
Sigma Tau Gamma
Tau Kappa Epsilon

Inactive: Theta Xi. I also thought that there was a Kappa Delta Rho chapter at one time. Anyone, anyone?


Lyon College - Batesville (private)

Panhellenic
Alpha Xi Delta
Phi Mu

IFC
Kappa Sigma
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Zeta Beta Tau

And coming in 2007

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Panhellenic
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta

IFC
Kappa Alpha
Sigma Nu



If you can't tell, I am very proud to have went to school in Arkansas and to have been a part of the Greek community. The GLOs in Arkansas have a very strong tradition.

There was a Phi Mu chapter chartered in 1977 at Tech. I don't know when it closed.

Yes, AOII is colonizing at the University of Arkansas this fall.

The Delta Zeta Chapter at HSU closed in Fall 2003 (late October I think).

The Phi Mu chapter at Tech has closed within the last 5-6 years I believe. Seems like it was still open when I lived in AR (I moved in 2004).

When did the Tri Delta chapter close at UALR????? I didn't know that. It was open in 2004 when I left.

Where did you go to school? I was a Reddie at HSU, and then got my Master's at UCA.

It's kinda wierd to see that so few schools in AR have NPC and IFC groups. For some reason, I thought there were more, but I couldn't name them for you (outside of HBCUs).

PsychTau

I got my BA from Arkansas State University. Go Tribe! I listed Delta Zeta at HSU because their Greek Life website still had it listed. I guess I tapped into an old site. Tri Delt at UALR closed at the end of the 2004-2005 school year.

Absolutely nothing against DG and Gamma Phis, but I was surprised that AST and ZTA weren't selected. You would think that since AST already has 3 chapters in the state and ZTA has 2, UAFS would want groups that have some chapters close by to assist the new chapters.

LaneSig, You made a great point in that GLOs may try to Colonize where there is activity by them in closer areas.

Many GLOs still have the idea that they Have To Be at Large Named Schools too.

I know that LXA did return to Un Ark last year.

Say for instance at My Chapter, there are many Chapters with in 2-2 1/2 hour drives. That does help in relationships with each other. "Road Trips":D Ks., Mo., Ok., and Ark.

Impressive list, LaneSig...good research!

Point of information...the "Alpha" (read: first) Chapter of Chi Omega at Univ. of Arkansas is the Psi Chapter. We are very proud of our association with this campus. I made the pilgrimage to the "Motherland" in 1995 and loved every minute of my visit.

Thanks! I remembered that the UA chapter isn't "Alpha" after I made the list, but forgot to go back and change it. What is the story behind the first chapter being named "Psi"?

PS - The Chi O's at Arkansas State rock! I hung out with a couple of the sisters. Very nice, down to earth, and funny.

our IH told us this today-

"Gamma Phi Beta has accepted an invitation to colonize at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith in early 2007. We will be creating a brand new Greek system along with Delta Gamma and two fraternities: Sigma Nu and Kappa Alpha Order."

Yea for us! And yea for UAFS for getting a greek community!

That's what was said a page or so ago...............

Well, when naming chapters they began at the end of the Greek alphabet -- Omega was reserved for deceased Sisters and Psi became the first chapter. We went through the single letter chapters (Alpha is Univ. of Washington a.k.a. U Dub!) and then we started over with Psi Alpha, Chi Alpha, etc. -- More than you wanted to know?!!!

Thanks for your good comments about the Arkansas State Chapter -- great to hear!

NutBrnHair - My friends will tell you that I can never get enough of trivia almost about every subject. I always enjoy finding out historical/trivia points about Greeks.

Congratulations to Kappa Alpha Order and Sigma Nu on their upcoming colonies at UAFS. I hope everything goes successfully for them.