quick question-transfer

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by guardgirl88

ok thanks, thats all I needed to know.
i'm actually an alumnae right now since the school that I am at is not at this campus so I would like to get back into my sorority. I am getting a good education, and this school has what I need, but so does the other school and its closer to home.

Can alum members become active again?

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Can alum members become active again?

Not in our sorority.

Case in point...when a recolonization occurs, the former actives go alum. The sorority recolonizes, and the pledges become the only actives. Now, alum can be invited to social events, such as formals, but can't actively participate in recruitment, greek week functions, etc.

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Not in our sorority.

Case in point...when a recolonization occurs, the former actives go alum. The sorority recolonizes, and the pledges become the only actives. Now, alum can be invited to social events, such as formals, but can't actively participate in recruitment, greek week functions, etc.

Exactly. I requested alum status 2 semesters before I actually graduated. One of the things EC told me was "once you change your membership status to alum, you can't go back to being a collegian."

I know of at least two girls from my chapter who transferred to a school without an AGD chapter, only to transfer again to a school that has one. For reasons unknown, they wanted to be collegians again (they were still undergrads), only to be told that they couldn't because they were already granted alum status.

[lilzetakitten]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Can alum members become active again?

They can in ZTA, but you have to go through A LOT of paperwork. There's actually a girl in my chapter right now who was initiated into our chapter, transferred to another school without Zeta, making her an alum, then she came back. She had to fill out a whole lot of paperwork with IO, but she was able to get collegiate status back.

[lauralaylin]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Can alum members become active again?

In Alpha Phi they can. For example, we are colonizing at UConn right now, and there are two sisters from other chapters that have transfered there. They are a part of the new chapter now.

We also allow our members to become alums if they transfer before graduating. A sister from my chapter transfered to another school after her freshman year and immediately joined the local alum chapter and took a position in it.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by guardgirl88

im only an alum because the school I am at now doesnt have my GLO. I'm not sure if i am really one, i've just heard that if you transfer to a school that doesnt have your org you automatically hold alum status.

I think this is true for AOII. I wonder if every NPC has the same rule. If you are at a campus with an active chapter and you have not graduated, you can join the chapter.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by guardgirl88

im only an alum because the school I am at now doesnt have my GLO. I'm not sure if i am really one, i've just heard that if you transfer to a school that doesnt have your org you automatically hold alum status.

Gotcha. Yea, if you were initiated at Uni#1, and transferred to Uni#2 that didn't have your GLO, I'm pretty sure most all NPC sororities would make you alum.

However, I could be wrong on this, and it may vary from GLO to GLO, I don't know if the alum status can be "reversed" if you transfer to Uni#3 and that school has your GLO.

That might be something to ask your Exec Board or HQ of your GLO.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Gotcha. Yea, if you were initiated at Uni#1, and transferred to Uni#2 that didn't have your GLO, I'm pretty sure most all NPC sororities would make you alum.

However, I could be wrong on this, and it may vary from GLO to GLO, I don't know if the alum status can be "reversed" if you transfer to Uni#3 and that school has your GLO.

That might be something to ask your Exec Board or HQ of your GLO.

One of my daughters transferred to a school that had a chapter of her sorority. She didn't want to affiliate because she was in such a time-intensive major and assumed she'd be considered an alum. She was told, though, that she wouldn't be until the class she'd pledged with had graduated; that was 2 years later.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Gotcha. Yea, if you were initiated at Uni#1, and transferred to Uni#2 that didn't have your GLO, I'm pretty sure most all NPC sororities would make you alum.

For Kappa, if an undergraduate member transfers to a campus without a Kappa chapter, she is considered an Associate member, not an alumna. If she then decides to transfer again to a campus that does have a Kappa chapter, I believe she is able to affiliate and become an active member of that chapter.

Members don't become alumna (whether they are active or Associate members) until they either graduate, leave school completely, or finish their fourth year of school.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

Members don't become alumna (whether they are active or Associate members) until they either graduate or finish their fourth year of school.

Question...although I understand if you can't say or just don't know...if a member drops out of school after initiating Kappa, is she still an associate member, or is she an Alum?

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Question...although I understand if you can't say or just don't know...if a member drops out of school after initiating Kappa, is she still an associate member, or is she an Alum?

Sorry, I edited my post to reflect this; if she leaves school completely prior to graduation she is considered an alumna.