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I am with you on campus problems. I went to the University of Akron in Ohio. We have about 25,000 to 30,000 students go to school there, not including law school and the other campuses I think. We are HUGE commuter. I mean only 2000 live on campus last I heard. They are doing major changes to campus, like 1 billion worth of additons and rennovations so that is always a plus, but youd think with the campus size we haev, wed get more interested in greek life. We have 5 NPC chapters, as well as 12 frats, 6 of the Divine Nine and some Latino sororities. The fraternities actually are allowed to take as many members they want during recruitment, they have no formal recruitment and they vary majorally with numbers. I know of one house that is at 80 or more and one that is at like 12, so it definately varies.
As for sororities, we have a house total of 65. 3 are at 65, one is at 55, and one at 30 or so. So we definately can use improvement. Some things our Panhellenic has done is send mass freshman mailings. We were allowed to get with Student Orientation and get all of the incoming freshmans names and addresses and we sent mass mailings about sorority life. We actually made a book all about the houses and the process. We also had booths during their orientations on the campus talking to them about it, we advertised in the newspaper when school started and we advertised on the campus radio all the time. We had sign ups in big places where everyone is, we helped with freshman move in and attended all freshman events the weekend they moved in. We were out there all the time. Everyone wears letters all the time, flyers all over campus, I mean we have done so much, its like I dont know what else we could have done, except go to each of their houses to talk to them about it. Still we get about 300 who sign up, then when recruitment comes around, so many have forgotten they signed up they dont show. We get maybe 200, but thats stretching it. Fall 03 I was a Rho Chi and we had 150 go through. So I feel you pain. I want so bad to see my sorority soar and we make total, but I want to see all of Greek Life get stronger and stronger so we can add more chapters and we can get higher totals and we can really be known on campus.
I will say if you find a way to make it work, let me know so I can pass some info onto my Panhell, but until then, I keep my fingers crossed for your campus and for mine and hope somehow we can reach people and get them interested. Its so frustrating to see it go on and not know what else to do to make it right..... Keep trying though, sooner or later itll work.
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