Iowa State??

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by bluefish81

It is, and there also used to be a few more NPC chapters! The two associate chapters do not participate in Formal Recruitment. I think the largest group that I can recall going through Formal Recruitment (in the past decade) was around 430 or so and that was in 2000.

Yep. Zeta Tau Alpha left in 1996, Alpha Phi left in 1998 and Alpha Xi Delta left in 2003. I was on CPC in 2000 and the VPs of Recruitment really worked hard at promoting the Greek Community, especially to incoming freshman during their senior year of HS.

Even though it seems like a lot of chapters for a few PNMs, I think the system works well for Iowa State. Many of the chapters are strong, older chapters within their respective organizations. Even those that are significantly under total seem to be financially viable, even with a chapter house to maintain, and have strong sisterhoods to offer those who possibly want to belong to a somewhat smaller chapter.

[PeppyGPhiB]

I wasn't criticizing the Iowa State system, that's great if it works for them. I was just surprised.

[NUBlue&Blue]

When I was a freshman in 1980, I remember the Iowa State ZTA's came to help with rush, but unfortunately did not have a successful rush and the Nebraska ZTA chapter closed that year. The only thing I remember about them is that they were all really pretty! That's sad to see that their chapter closed, too.