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join other orgs. on campus. you meet other people and it gets the sorority's name out there. people get to know you as "concerned sister", not just a member of abc sorority. membership in other orgs. makes for a more interesting and well rounded member and also looks good on a resume.
attend and support other philanthropy projects on campus. wear your letters when you do. people, in turn, will begin to think what a great bunch of girls you all are, always supporting other greeks events, and you all will be having fun doing so.
if you have a chapter house and dinner is served there, invite a sorority over for an exchange dinner. basically "x" amount of your girls attend dinner at the other sorority, and the same number of the other sorority attend dinner at your house. have your best rushers be the hostesses for the other sorority-they will be able to make your guests feel at home and they will go away with good feelings about your sorority. invite a different sorority the next month. when it is working well with the sororities, invite a fraternity over for dinner.
one day a week wear your letters. sit togther in the student union for lunch or coffee.
does your chapter have a sisterhood chairperson? someone whose role it is to foster good will and plan events just for the chapter? ask her is you could help her plan a sisterhood event-something interactive would be best. play 'the newlywed game", pictionary, cranium, have an olympics day-some event where sisters can be RANDOMLY paired off, so that they are partnered with someone they might not ordinarily gravitate toward, and an event where they have to interact and learn something about their partner. play "abc" bingo-draw a bingo board and fill in different things in each square. for example, in square one, put"someone born out of state", square 2,"someone with the same color car as you",square 3,"someone with the same major as you", etc. print off enough copies for everyone to have a sheet, and let them go. we did this at a recent officers training(we advisors even played) and we had so much fun we did not want to stop. have a small prize for the winner. these games encourage team work, cooperation and you find out things about your sisters you may not have known!
for grade improvement-divide the chapter into several groups, as equally proportioned as you can, and assign each group a name. assign each group a leader(preferably someone with a high gpa) who will keep track of study hours and test scores. the leaders job is to report on a weekly basis to your scholarship officer. each group is trying to achieve the highest gpa amongst the groups at the end of the semester, and the winning group is treated to a pizza party by the other two groups. again, this is encouraging team work, and grade improvement.
finally, do things that are fun and instill sisterhood. if you all look happy and like you are having a good time, people will want to get to know you.
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