Senior Apathy?

[RaggedyAnn]

Originally Posted by Faith4Keep

I think my chapter does a relatively good job of keeping seniors involved, although I've noticed the most involved seniors come from the oldest pledge class (right now, '04) since they have been around the longest. Seniors that come from younger pledge classes (right now, those graduating from PC 05 or 06) seem to have less of an attachment to the chapter and therefore care less.

Some things I've seen work in my chapter and other chapters:

Give seniors incentives- we let seniors grab their food 15 mins before anyone else at chapter dinner since the line is always enormous. They also get to leave recruitment workshops early, etc.
Have half semester positions- in a fraternity I know of, in addition to the calendar-year positions, they have additional half-year positions, typically running Greek Week/Homecoming, planning a formal/semi-formal... it's a really great way for seniors to give their last 'horrah'.

This is simply by my chapter's nature, but we have several committees that comprise of one (or two) people from each academic class, meaning we need seniors to be involved. By their senior year, members can see how important it is to be on these committees and will fight to be on them.

These are excellent ideas! I especially like the half year positions.