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Originally posted by 33girl
Make sure that you are doing programming that EVERYONE can enjoy. Mixers and homecoming floats are a blast when you're a freshman - but if you join your first year, by the time you get to be a senior sometimes it's a little old. (This is one of the reasons I am for deferred rush, but I digress)
The schedule should have time for the oldest members to get to know the newest, just among the sisterhood. Everything shouldn't be tied to fraternity socializing. If people commonly live in their soph and/or junior year and move out senior year, that can be another factor. If seniors want to stay in the house, encourage that - don't make them move out just because seniors don't traditionally live in the house. Plus make it a point to hold some events off site - not everything should focus around the house.
EVERYONE is a little burned out when they graduate, but if people are saying they don't feel like they are part of things anymore and they want to get out, that's a problem.
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I so agree. I went to a school where a lot of the girls were education majors. Senior year, most went inactive to do student teaching and were not involved in the sorority as much obviously. If you can do things to reach out to these sisters on a regular basis that would be great. It doesn't have to be a mixer or party either, since they are so busy they probably won't go. Just stopping by to visit them goes a long way. Just because you go inactive doesn't mean you aren't still a sister. I know that when I was in undergrad (and I know things have changed a lot since then, 1998) new members were not required to visit the inactives really due to their hectic schedules, but I don't really agree with this because I know some of them felt hurt as seniors, like no one cared about them anymore. So don't leave them out of the loop. Try to get some programming where you can really involve the Seniors/inactives so they feel important and also they can get to know the new members. As I said, it doesn't have to be a party (it actually shouldn't be a party really).