"I think I understand what a Professional GLO is - a group with a common professional goal forming a fraternal orginazation with its own rituals and secrets."
That's pretty good. I'm a member of Sigma Alpha Iota Professional Music Fraternity for Women. Basically, you have to at least be minoring in music to be a member. We went through the same type of 'pledge process' as a social organization (I know this becuase I'm a DZ too).
"I hate to ask this (for fear of being flamed) but what is the sister or brotherhood like? I mean - Is it the same kind of sisterhood that you would feel in a social? I can tell from a lot of posts that everyone in one of these GLO's is cery proud, but I wanted to know if these orgs inspire the loyalty that socials do. (Granted, not everyone is as loyal as they should be.)"
Yes. I would say that I often refer mainly to my social sorority experiences more here because most everyone here is in a social and the requirements are different, but the loyalty is the same. I was VERY proud to become a member of SAI--and so were my sisters. Now, on another note, we were one of only 2 professionals on campus that were even KNOWN. But there was a professional greek letter org in just about every major on campus (at least at my school) and many of them were unknown. They didn't get involved on campus, they didn't participate as greeks and basically were more like clubs. You might not realize that there ARE professional or service greek letter orgs on your campus because they might be just like the one's I'm describing. They pretty much just act as a club. I know one of my friends joined an Honors Greek Letter Org. and all she did was apply thru the department head and got a certificate. But there ARE professional, service, honor, etc orgs out there that have the whole shebang like socials do.
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