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The DGs at Akron definately felt the snowball effect recently. We have always been considered one of the top three sororities on campus, but in the Fall of 2000 we did not make quota which didn't bother us too much until Spring of 2001. We thought that we did an awesome job during the progressive dinner that we do for informal recruitment so every PNM gets to visit every house. So when we decided on bids and invites back, we could not get anyone to sign. by the end of our scheduled COB events, we had signed one girl and she was the only initiate for that semester. Our nationals had decided that they were going to come help us out because they did not want our chapter dying out since it is the oldest existing DG chapter. This fall we worked really hard on recruitment and we pledged quota (which was 11) and then went on to the fraternity assisted COB and doubled our chapter of 23 with a total of 36 new women. We have bounced back and now have a young chapter but are confident in them.....this spring we have recruited another group of 8 women to hold up our standards and we are still looking for more because we are only 4 away from house total!!!!
to those chapters that are experiencing what i went through with my chapter, just remember to KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!! people will see your strength if you show it.....it doesn't matter how small you are.
The KKG chapter at Akron is now going through the same thing too and since we've been through it all, we have offered to support them in any way we can because they have that strength that a good chapter possesses.
Good luck to all of you!
Eta Chapter
Delta Gamma
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