starting a sorority
 

I would like some advice. I have been disappointed by the sororities on my campus. I have been seriously considering starting up a sorority. Does anyone have any advice, comments?

Greetings jcolon,

One of the first things I'd suggest doing is deciding what purpose, role and function you would like out of your sisterhood. Then I would begin doing some research into current greek organizations that do exist. Check out some of the directory type pages of greek organizations. And even look to some single chapter organizations. If you find a sisterhood that meets all the needs and desires you outlined, Approach their national organizations and request information and requirments on expansion/colonization or the local sorority to discuss expanding to a National organization. If you find existing greek organizations fall short of you needs, then begin gathering women that you feel would rally behind the purpose and goals that you outlined and go from there.

One thing to remeber before you expend much energy in researching starting a sorority, is you need to verify with your University that bringing or starting a sorority will be acceptable to the administration. Several Universities restrictions on what sororites can be brought to the university. IE. One University, I don't remeber which one, requires that the sorority or fraternity must be part of a larger governing body/council such as NPC, IFC, NPHC.

Best of Luck, and feel free to email me directly.

Jennifer

Hopes of New Sorority
 

Jcolon,

My friends and I are having a hard time starting our new sorority because not all of us are at the 4-yr. univ. I will actually be transferring to the school next fall. Maybe there is someway that you and your girls could possibly hook up w/ me & my girls for a sister sorority type thing!!! I dunno.....the possibilities are unlimited!!!! We have decided to be a multicultural sorority because there are not any in this area...Missouri. I know that it says that you are from NJ (so far away from us), but if there's anything we can do to help...just let us know. We plan to keep our sorority local, and no offense to any national sororities...but we want to keep it totally local. Good luck.

IntricateDesign

New Sorority
 

I was wondering what could i possibly do to start a new sorority. I want to specifically target the females who are currently going to school just to receive a certificate or an associate's degree. I know that most sororities only accepts undergrads and grads. Help please!

I would look at community based sororities. Students who are in school for a certificate program tend to be enrolled for a very limited amount of time. Imagine the turnover in membership and especially officers! It wouldn't make for a very stable organization.

ladies,
definitely take a look at some of the threads already started on GC about beginning a new organization. The threads contain some valuable information from other members who may have already been in your shoes.

I know of women who started their own sorority, and I'm pretty sure they didn't start it just so they'd have "authority". :rolleyes:

^^^seriously, still makes me giggle.

Re-activation.
 

I know that there was a couple sororities on my campus (Northern Arizona University) that deactivated (is that the correct term?) due to low numbers. Is there a way to find out which ones they were? I would be interested in starting over again. Because I know that AEPi (the Jewish Frat) was here but deactivated in 1991, and they brought it back last year. I think it would be easier to reactivate than to start a completely new one.

Also, there is a local on my campus (Gamma Pi Kappa) which no seems to have any record of and no one is responding to my emails about it. It seems to have just disappeared after 2006. I was wondering could I just pick up where they left off, talk to their past advisors, tell them I am interested in reactivating it and just try to pick up the pieces? They weren't NPC, or any affiliation, but they did have an academic advisor, whom of which I tried to contact about it and she still hasn't responded.

I know - me too. (and o/t but I named one of the kittens Butters)

I thought you had found your greek home and were fully immersing yourself with Omega Phi Alpha??

Today:

From 9/15:

???

I'm allowed to do more than 1 group. Plus, I was just fueling my curiosity. I like to be busy.
I am happy with OPhiA, but that doesn't mean I have to stop looking for other organizations to be involved in as well.
Many girls in OPhiA are active in other organizations too including other service sororities, honors societies, religious clubs, and much more.

Just my opinion, but I would wait to see how much time your first commitment will take before undertaking another lifetime commitment.

Yes, there are people who are members of more than one org (I am, but at different schools), but I am guessing that they didn't pursue them both at the same time.

Take a deep breath, enjoy this time in OPA. You need to see how much of a lifestyle it will be. Best of luck.

Here's an option.
 

My sorority was founded just for nontraditional students and graduates like yourself, specifically for the reason you mentioned, among others. We accept women from junior/community colleges, trade or technical colleges, and distance learners - as well as 'nontrads' attending 4-year colleges and universities. Please take a look at our website (it's not fancy, but it does its job).

Whatever you decide (or have decided) to do, best of luck to you. :)

starting a local sorority
 

Hey! I am a sister of Alpha Gamma Delta and we are currently suspended for 4 years (for a situation that completely got blown out of proportion and we were "made an example of" for all other greek organizations). Last semester we initiated 18 new girls but after the incident that occured we were suspended and no longer allowed to do anything...at all. Sisters stopped coming around and barely anyone hangs out anymore as friend or sisters and it is discouraging to all of the new girls and to to the sisters who still want Alpha Gamma Delta to be a part of their life. We were discussing options, ways that we could bring us back together even if the means that we would have to leave AGD and start a local sorority at least we would have each other and all of our same goals for being in a sorority to begin with. We could even incorporate somehow that the history of the local sorority came from the history of AGD. Slight problem is that I've been searching online all day to find some kind of information about starting local sororities and what procedures need to take place and I'm completely left in the dark. Is there anyone who knows exactly what needs to take place for us to start a local sorority? Thanks!

You looked online all day, but couldn't find the link in the post above you?

Yikes.

Don't start a local.

BTW, chapter are you from?

honestly I looked at that link and checked a couple of the entries but it wasn't what i was looking for. We already have everything we need but we don't know how to go about starting it in the community what requirements, etc.

About the chapter that I'm from I'd prefer to keep it anonymous since it's kinda a touchy subject and you don't really know who is reading this thing...sorry!!

Nevermind...the email already told me.

If your campus suspended you, they're not likely to be cool with you starting a new local sorority or a new official group of any sort. If your bonds with each other are true, you'll stay close even without an active, official organization.

Campus administration got involved. I'd wager that there's NWIH they'll be cool with a new (local) group.

I'd bet that even if campus administration hadn't been involved, the panhellenic council wouldn't look to highly on a group of girls that got their charter pulled starting a "new" sorority.

Weeeellll, I think something like that can depend on the campus, and why their charter got pulled. If the majority of Panhel/the Greek community thinks the chapter got screwed for a bogus reason, they might be very supportive of it.

But it doesn't sound like that is the case here.