[AnchorGal]

I read in our history that in the old days, for us to consider colonizing on a campus it had to have a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. I think WAY back then that is what "gave the impression" that this was a serious school. Anyway, a lot of the state schools that you mentioned started out as agricultural and mining and didn't have Phi Beta Kappa so we didn't consider them. We certainly would now, if it was a good match.

The whole thing about "having to be asked" is an NPC rule, not DG. NPC has pretty strict rules prohibiting any of the groups from directly contacting a collegiate panhellenic, local sorority or collegians in general.

I've heard that we've turned down invitations to colonize because the university climate was VERY anti-Greek or we felt like the local group would not be a good match for us and would not be able to compete with the established groups. Just like in recruitment, we have to be selective when expanding!

I don't think the location of expansion is as important as the campus being a good match for DG plus lots of alumnae support in the area.