Alum Initiates
 

Alumni Initiate Thread.

Is there any links to sites about Alum Int.?

What about links to GC or any other Alum Int. that have become new members of a Greek Org. Say for example what you may have written about your experience.:)

I am sure that what many have seen on the other threads, that there are people still looking. You experience may help them seek more knowledge!:cool:

Any ideas or posts or suggestions, or anything?

I think CutiePie's "advice to Alumnae Initiates" thread should be made a "sticky" thread. There is lots of information there that can be beneficial to anyone who is looking into alumni/alumnae initiation.

My thread is called "New Alumnae Initiation Thread" (I think).

Re: Alum Initiates
 

Yes.
Excerpted from the thread My Advice to Prospective Alumnae Initiates

Where do I find information on alumnae initiation for NPC groups?
(Note: If you know of information below to be different or you have updated information to share, please PM me so that I can update this list and we can all benefit from this sharing of information. This is information that I have gleaned from websites and other GCers. If you have further questions that have not been answered here, please contact the NPC group that you are interested in directly.)

The 26 members of the National Panhellenic Conference:
"Yes, they will under certain circumstances initiate non-collegiate women" or
"No, they do not do this practice"
Where the National websites contain information explicitly addressing alumnae initiation, I have included the link to those webpages.

Alpha Chi Omega - yes

Alpha Delta Pi - yes
IMPORTANT: Alpha Delta Pi does not accept members on their own recommendation. Either three alumnae members, a collegiate chapter, or an alumnae association may choose to approach a woman they know to see if she is interested in alumnae membership. Individuals may not approach the chapters or associations and request that they be proposed for membership. This puts the chapter or association in the awkward position of having to refuse someone if they do not wish to sponsor them. From Alpha Delta Pi's founding, their membership policy has been supportive of this philosophy
http://www.alphadeltapi.org/adelphea...cle4_body.html

Alpha Epsilon Phi - no

Alpha Gamma Delta - yes

Alpha Omicron Pi - yes
http://www.alphaomicronpi.org/conten.../aluminit.html
http://www.alphaomicronpi.org/PDF%20...itiate-F02.pdf With thanks to aopirose for this link....updated on March 16/2003


Alpha Phi - yes
http://www.alphaphi.org/alumnae_info/initiate.html

Alpha Sigma Alpha - yes

Alpha Sigma Tau - yes http://www.alphasigmatau.org/html/al...nitiates.shtml

Alpha Xi Delta - yes

Chi Omega - yes (under specific circumstances)

Delta Delta Delta - yes

Delta Gamma - yes
http://www.deltagamma.org/alumnae_initiates.html
For the Love of DG: Alumnae Initiates - added on March 28/03

Delta Phi Epsilon - yes

Delta Zeta - yes

Gamma Phi Beta - yes
http://www.gammaphibeta.org/services/initiates.html

Kappa Alpha Theta - yes

Kappa Delta - (sort of....under specific circumstances)
Kappa Delta does not have a specific alumnae initiate program although they do, under specific circumstances alumnae initate women. Normally these women are working with one of KD's college chapters as perhaps a faculty advisor or have had contact with an alumnae association who then nominates them for alumnae initiation.)


Kappa Kappa Gamma – Many thanks to KappaKittyCat for this information....
Currently, only alumnae members of a local sorority that has become a chapter of Kappa may be initiated into alumnae membership in the Fraternity.

At Kappa Kappa Gamma's 2002 Convention, a bylaw change was proposed that would allow selective alumnae initiation. The details of this bylaw change can be found in the link which appear immediately following. The proposal was defeated. Instead, a resolution was passed that established a 2-year pilot program allowing four of the chapters with the most need for chapter advisors to initiate women (usually professors or local businesswomen) who were already serving in a mentoring capacity. This would allow them to become full chapter advisors. The results of the pilot program will be presented and the proposed bylaw change reconsidered at the 2004 Convention.

Contact any of the women on the Task Force (contact information provided on the link) for more information about the status of Kappa's alumnae initiation program.
http://64.225.193.138/alum_init_criteria.htm
http://64.225.193.138/alum_init.htm

Phi Mu - yes With thanks to pinkyphimu for this information....

Phi Sigma Sigma - yes

Pi Beta Phi – yes
http://www.pibetaphi.org/pub/focarch2.htm
http://www.pibetaphi.org/alum/alinitiates.htm

Sigma Delta Tau - don't know

Sigma Kappa - yes

Sigma Sigma Sigma - yes

Theta Phi Alpha - yes With thanks to aopirose for this information....updated on March 16/2003
They do initiate alumnae of an absorbed local and also women who have demostrated service to the sorority like a mom or advisor.

Zeta Tau Alpha - yes
"A ZTA alumnae may recommend outstanding women from their communities for membership in ZTA. A four year period must have elapsed between the time she left college and the time she would be initiated. The unanimous vote of National Council is required. It is desirable the woman has attended an institute of higher learning, although not required to be a graduate. She should bring to the membership the attributes hoped for in each new member. Approval of the recommendation is not automatic. If you are interested in becoming an alumnae initiate, it is important to show sincere interest in our organization. Alumnae who do recommend women to become alumna initiates usually do so because the unaffiliated woman becomes involved with a collegiate or alumnae chapter, supports our programs, reflects our values and demonstrated a commitment to lifelong membership. There is a definite relationship formed with the members of ZTA prior to becoming recommended for membership. Women do not generally "seek out" becoming an alumna initiate. It usually happens because the collegiate or alumnae members feel the woman would be an asset to our organization. If you are interested in sorority membership and have no special group attachment, perhaps there are other groups whose programs operates differently than ZTAs. But, if you do have an ongoing relationship with ZTA, you can inform the members that you are interested in becoming an alumna initiate. Again, there are no guarantees they will start the process or that National Council will approve the recommendation. ZTA typically approves under ten women a year for this honor."

I hope that this helps. If you review the various website links given above, each NPC sorority has subtle yet different ways of approaching the Alumnae Initiation process.

Thank you for your kind words, Sistermadly. I think that's a great suggestion. I would also like to see the "Roll Call" up there as well, as a "sticky" thread (i.e. one that does not get lost as others get "bumped up" above it).

articles from newspapers and magazines
 

It would be nice to have a single thread with the web addresses and/or content of all of the magazine and newspaper articles about AI. I think such a thread would highlight the positive impact of AI and the various sororities' support of AI.
AOIISilver

Not to hijack the thread or anything, but......
 

My journey in AI has taken some interesting twists and turns.

I'm meeting a group tomorrow night at their final meeting of the season.

I'm not ready to spill beans yet but stay tuned--that day is hopefully coming.

Adrienne (PNAM-2003)
:)

You go, GIRL!
 

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that it goes well! GOOD LUCK! I know you'll knock their socks off! :D

Hey A, keep us informed okay?:cool:

Re: Not to hijack the thread or anything, but......
 

ooooooo

Update
 

I only have a few moments to post so I'll just give the bare details for the time being.

I met a spectacular group of women last night ranging in age from 25 to 90!. They made me feel very welcome and I didn't feel the slightest bit out-of-place for being interested in AI.

Let me put it this way: if they offered me a bid, I'd take it. If they do NOT offer me a bid, I'd still think they were the best group of people I've met in a long time and have a world of respect for them.

That's how well this first intro went.

Here's to progress!
Have a great holiday weekend, folks!
Adrienne (PNAM-2003)
:D

Hey A!!!!!! Go Girl, the thing I loved was the 25 to 90 gathering!

hell, I am closer to the 90 than the other!:)

Keep us up dated and The Best To Ya!:)

Here's Alpha Sigma Phi's rules on membership, from their constitution and bylaws:

Our one famous M-A-L was Jonathan Burns, the son of the late Grand Secretary Emeritus Ralph Burns. Brother Jon was a grad of WooP (The United States Military Academy at West Point, which does not have fraternities or sororities except their own 4th Class system) and was initiated an M-A-L in 1980, He is now a member of the Grand Council. Recently, we initiated a member who was a former pledge of one chapter and waited something like 25 years to finally pursue initiation.