How/Why did your chapter begin?

[Kevin]

An alum on our national foundation had a son attending my school, there was no Sigma Nu chapter. I can't speak for everyone else, but I saw it as a heck of an opportunity. My fraternity is probably one of the larger/better ones in the state. The alumni network is unreal. It also offered something that I didn't find in any of the other houses -- they guaranteed no hazing, and unlike the other chapters at the time, the claim was plausible since I'd be initiated and on the same level as the other colony members within 2 weeks or so of joining.

The national programming was excellent (the LEAD program), and the brotherhood was great. It took us 3 years to get our charter (3 years is a long time to basically be a pledge). Completely worth it though. The chapter's doing really well. It just took home Rock Chapter Honorable Mention meaning that we're on track to essentially being a top-10, chapter.

[Mooch279]

We were the first fraternity at UMBC. Young campus, it was only about 12 or 13 years old when we got colonized ('79). At the time our chapter was the fastest to charter in our fraternity history, a year and a week.

[SAEalumnus]

My chapter's founding fathers were actually the second group of men from our university to petition SAE for a charter. The first group was unsuccessful, though a record of their attempt is still filed in our national archives at HQ. Since over half of our chapter's founders were already connected in some way to SAE, they applied, were recognized as a colony of SAE within 6 months of the local founding date, and got the charter about two and a half years later.

[DeltAlum]

My chapter was chartered in 1862.

I forgot to ask and it's too late now.

I think Tom Earp had something to do with it.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

My chapter was chartered in 1862.

I forgot to ask and it's too late now.

I think Tom Earp had something to do with it.

Oh DeltAlum!

I did the same as many did.

I knew about all of the GLOs at The Pitt. and didnt feel that I fit with them even though I was a Pledge of one. So, I started one, a local.

We were a bunch of mis-fits as one of Our early members wife stated at His Celebration of life at His Death. Yes We were and damn proud of it, We worked harder as mis-fits to prove them wrong. We did!

We are not all the same and our Chapters or not the same even though we follow (?) the same rules.

That is what makes us different!

Just a thought, was there a Greek Organization that was not a local so to speak and expanded?

Yes there was and I know of only one.

Give me for ifs if You can!!!!

[KatieKate1244]

My school had had local GLOs for a long time, but about the mid-60's they all started becoming national. My chapter was formerly Delta Theta Pi, a local sorority that was founded back in 1926.

I should mention here there is/was an education sorority with the same or similar name, but it wasn't part of it.

[AOIIalum]

http://www.louisville.edu/ur/ucomm/m...reek/greek.htm (our story is toward the middle of the article.)

[KSUViolet06]

The story comes from our "Path from Farmville" history book:

The Alpha Beta chapter of Tri Sigma was originally Tri Beta local sorority (not to be confused with the bio honor society of the same name). We decided to go national, became a colony of Tri Sigma, and were chartered in 1925.

All went well for us until Vietnam and the subsequent politcal protests and such on campus. After the riots and May 4th shootings here, 90% of the chapters here closed, including ours.

We were closed for 20 years. Then in 1989, a local sorority (Pi Delta) was looking to go national, and decided on Tri Sigma (since we had history there). We were recolonized in 1990 and have been going strong ever since.

[TSteven]

Very short version. The Lambda Lambda Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity was the first chapter (fraternity or sorority) at The University of Kentucky. Founded in 1893.

For more on the chapter history, please click on the link above, then History then Founding of Lambda Lambda Chapter.