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Originally posted by 33girl
If possible, it would be good to get someone who is Greek but not a member of any of the groups on campus. I think it would be so hard for them - they either get accused of being too nice to "their" group or they lean on them too hard to make up for it.
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Actually, the last greek advisor was a member (but not from the university) of a group we had on campus. The one before was from pitt and a member, but strangely enough favored a different group over her own.
I would definitely say that they should have experience with around the same number of groups or a larger system. As a sorority advisor - I hope to God that they'll get someone who knows something about NPC recruitment etc. Someone who believes in the Greek community and what it does, you don't want someone who won't stand up and defend you guys. Unfortunately they are going to be paid peanuts, so we probably won't get any of that. Luckily this person won't be stepping into a big mess, except for the greek review. From what I've seen of the sorority chapters and panhel, things went fairly smooth. Someone I know applied for the job, I hope that she gets it - she'd be very fair.
I also think a lot of people get the mentality that if any other school is mentioned that it's crap. There's a lot to be said for different campus' levels of organization. As long as they aren't trying to change everything to the way it was at their school, but are flexible and making a suggestion, then people really shouldn't be offended. I've sat in on advisors meetings where myself or someone else will suggest stuff from other campus' (not just our own) that we've seen work only to be told that it won't work and we have to do things the way they've always been done, despite decling recruitment numbers, no working panhellenic judicial board, hazing, no greek unity, etc.