[KSUViolet06]

That's crazy, I thought Kent was a big commuter school (23,000 students, 6,000 on campus). I also thought Greek Life was struggling here. I knew Akron was mostly commuter, but 2,000 on campus?! Out of 20,000?!

It's just so strange to me cuz we're maybe 30 minutes away, but it's like a whole new world. Greek Life is actually growing here (Mrs. McCartney can attest to this) We're a little over 10% greek I think, but I don't think it's always been that way.

I think it has a lot to do w/ the environment. Akron= downtown, city campus, Kent= college town. I think you could increase your on campus visibility w/ t-shirts, buttons, ads in the school's paper.
I know here at Kent we have a Greek Beats section of the paper where groups advertise COB or give each other shout outs.

(i.e. DG congratulates Alpha Phi on winning Derby Darlings! Way to go! OR Thanks Delta Chi for an awesome mixer love Tri-Sigma!!)

It may not seem like much but it definitely makes girls interested. I remember looking at them and thinking of how much fun it must be!

Even if you don't have a special section, taking out classifieds once a week is great PR.

Also WEAR YOUR LETTERS and event T-shirts. I couldn't count the number of times I saw a cute, fun, Greek Week tee and longed to be in on the fun!

When COB starts, you could set up a signup table in a popular area of campus. Have your paddles, scrapbooks, etc out for girls to look at. Girls can stop by, look around and ask questions, and actually see the members.

I'm just trying to share some of the things that made me notice greek life as a PNM, since that was only like a month ago.



Hope I helped,

JocelynC