Involved sorority collegiate turns invisible alumna

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Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

A mention on another thread made me wonder: do you have members who were super-involved as collegiates, but don't participate as alumnae?

I know of at least 2 past college chapter presidents who have never ever been involved as an alum, even to the point of never having attended an alum group meeting.

In once case, I can kind of understand - her year as president of a struggling chapter was highly stressful. But the other had a successful presidency, with her chapter pledging quota, scoring high academically and earning many honors and awards.

You'd think she'd at least be curious enough to attend ONE meeting!

Yes. We have those.

It's mostly due to burnout.

Whether your chapter struggles or is typically very successful in recruitment, there is STILL burnout because every chapter has its own issues that can be very stressful. Recruitment success doesn't always = no one gets burned out.

Example: Her chapter could have matched quota all the time, but had say, a serious participation issue that left 10% of the chapter doing all the work. Or no problem with recruitment, but a problem with absent juniors and seniors that places a heavy burden on everyone else.

Also, a lot of the all-around Suzy Sigmas have been Suzy Sigma since freshman year and they just need a year or 2 break. It happens.