Alpha Omicron Pi Invited to Colonize at University of Waterloo
 

VERY exciting news!

For Immediate Release
July 31, 2006

Alpha Omicron Pi Invited to Colonize at University of Waterloo

Alpha Omicron Pi is pleased to announce that the Fraternity has been invited to colonize a new chapter at the University of Waterloo. AOII’s Vice President of Development Allison Allgier and Rebecca Myers, AOII Extension and Colonization Administrator visited the university in mid-July to meet with women of the local interest group, representatives from Kappa Kappa Gamma, as well the President of the Fraternity and Sorority Awareness group.

Founded in 1957, the University of Waterloo is the fifth largest university in Ontario, Canada. The school boasts an enrollment of approximately 20,000 full-time undergraduate students, of which approximately 49% are female. There are over 2,500 graduate students. For 13 of the past 14 years, the UW has been ranked most innovative among 47 universities across the country. In 2005, for the second year in a row, the school also ranked best overall. The University of Waterloo also leads other comprehensive universities in the areas of student retention, percentage of students who win national academic awards, classes taught by tenured faculty, awards per full-time faculty, as well as alumni support. For more information, you are encouraged to visit the University’s website at: www.uwaterloo.ca

The campus currently has five Greek organizations, including three fraternities – Sigma Chi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, and Zeta Psi; one NPC organization – Kappa Kappa Gamma; and one local sorority – Sigma Lambda Gamma. Colonization of the chapter is slated for late January or February 2007. More information regarding the colonization process is forthcoming.

Yay extension! I'm assuming that AOPi is not absorbing Sigma Lambda Gamma and is forming its own colony?

That's really exciting! Out of curiosity, is forming from an interest group more common when there isn't a panhel on campus already (ie not 2 or more NPC groups) ?

This is very exciting news! I also want to know whether they are actually colonizing-colonizing or if they're absorbing the local.

Hey, that's cool! And also, just a stone's throw away (at Wilfrid Laurier is Delta G, Alpha Phi and Alpha Omega [local]) so that is great news to hear.
:D

Alpha Epsilon Phi is an NPC sorority - Alpha Epsilon Pi is a fraternity. :)

Not absorbing the local - they are working with an interest group.

Congratulations to AOII on their colonization! Many happy returns. :)

Congratulations and best wishes to AOII!

Why do I have that Abba song stuck in my head?

Congratulation

From the Waterloo Website:

Notice:
There are currently 3 interest groups forming which are seeking the creation of three new sorority chapters at UW. To find out more about these interest groups enter your e-mail address below.

Interesting, how fast are they going to expand!?

Or are they looking non-NPC for expansion as well?

They very well might be looking for non-NPC. Waterloo has a very big Asian student population, so I wouldn't be surprised if an Asian interest group colonizes there.

Is this really a local, or is it Sigma Lambda Gamma the MCGLO??

that was my thought when I read it

Very cool then. It's nice to see the chapters starting up around the same time if that's the case. It should bring some equity to the whole recruiting process.

Anyone know if the local there now recruits/will recruit with the NPC chapter(s)

It's a local established in 2004. They have no affiliation with the national SLG.

WOW. congrats to AOII! It has been a long time (or at least it seems like it) since anyone (sorority wise) has colonized in Ontario.
any word on what other NPC sororities may colonize there?
good work AOII, best wishes for a successful colonization. keep us updated on how things go at u of w.

This is the group that I discussed previously on the board... They decided that they didn't want to follow Sigma Lambda Gamma's (the National (historically latina) Sorority) membership requirements and just kept our name...