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Originally posted by oceanphi01
I've seen several people in organizations other than mine post that they do alum initiations. I'm just curious as to who all does do this.
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An excerpt from my thread called
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
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
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
Sigma Delta Tau - don't know
Sigma Kappa - yes
Sigma Sigma Sigma - yes
Theta Phi Alpha - don't know (probably yes, though)
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."
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Thanks to sugar and spice for your kind words....I hope that that thread will help women out!
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Originally posted by pialpha92
I think the biggest obstacle to more alumnae initiations is lack of education. Unless their chapter has happened have one I don't think most members are even aware that it is in option. Which is too bad, I think we would see a lot more of them in all our organizations if more people knew it was possible.
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Yes, I think that is definitely the case. A lot of collegians and alumnae alike think that you can ONLY be initiated while a collegian and I can tell you (as an alumna initiate myself!) that that is just not so!