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Originally posted by 12dn94dst
there's the difference right there.
the only real difference between a collegiate chapter & an alumnae chapter for the nphc sororities is the undergraduates don't have a degree and the alumnae do. the set up is the same on both levels. all chapters on both levels are subject to the same set of rules, regulations & requirements and are expected to be in attendance at the same sets of meetings at the same times. requirements are not lessened because alumnae have husbands/families because there are undergraduates who have the same. there are alumnae & collegiates represented at all levels of leadership (local, regional & national). we look at the collegiate chapters as a training ground, if you will, for the alumnae chapters...you learn how delta, aka, zeta & sgrho operate so you can carry that knowledge over to your alumnae chapter. based on what i've read on gc regarding npc organizations, alumnae are more support of a collegiate chapter than a functioning unit of the organization just like the collegiate chapter. now, if that's not the case then y'all need to do a better job of portraying that so no one will be mistaken.
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Kelli - this is the BEST explanation I've heard yet of this particular difference between NPC and NPHC. As far as being a support of a collegiate chapter, well it depends where you are. We have some alum chapters in the same towns where we have collegiate chapters, and when that is the case there is a lot more of the alums serving as advisors, helping with rush activities, etc. Now where I am (Pittsburgh) we do not have an ASA chapter here in the city, so our alum chapter more focuses on achieving our aims through philanthropic and sisterhood activities that we do on our own - not necessarily in connection with a collegiate chapter.
I think that the communication with email and the net will be changing a lot in the futute with how our alum chapters operate - geography need not be a hindrance any more.
Oh and as far as that girl asking if there would be Christian activities, if it is something that would make you hideously uncomfortable I think it is within your rights to ask - I would not want to be Jewish and end up pledging a sorority where all the rituals said that Jesus is the Messiah. But there are more tactful ways to ask about it. (i.e. "I am Jewish, is there anything about AGD that might conflict with my beliefs?")
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