33Girl, sorry I didn't find this thread sooner. Miss checking Greekchat for one day and everything goes to heck in a handbasket.
I think the other APO brothers on here have well covered it. Only question I have is whether being on the IFC (and or IGC) means that people are not allowed to be both APO brothers and brothers of a social fraternity at Rowan.
Were I working to extend to a campus, I would definitely have staffers help the Colonists (Petitioners) convince the Dean of Students that APO doesn't belong on the IFC, but if Dean of Students insist, then you live with it.
Some of the larger state schools have a plethora of greek councils. I've seen IFC, NPC, NPHC, ethnic non-NPHC (which includes both black that aren't NPHC, hispanic and asian) and in some cases a complete *other* category that takes APO, GSS, KKY, TBS (Band Fraternity and Sorority) and anyone else that doesn't fit into one of the earlier categories.
Personally, I'm most comfortable with APO on a service council with Habitat, Circle K , Alternative Spring Break and similar groups. However YMMV for your APO chapter.
Randy