Has anyone ever advised a chapter besides their own?

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Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Why would the campus advisor have to deal with the national organization? Probably NPHC and NPC orgs handle this differently since with us the campus advisor is just that, the campus advisor. They only exist because the campus requires that we have them and this person (usually a faculty member or administrator) doesn't have to be a member of our organization or any organization for that matter. The real advisement comes from the alumnae chapter responsible for advising a particular undergrad chapter. This advisor is the one that has to deal with Nationals and since she is a member of the sorority, there is no issue.

NPC groups don't always have an alumnae chapter that "corresponds" (for lack of a better word) to each undergrad chapter, so we wouldn't be able to do things in that way. (It would be nice, though.) Even if a group has a housing corporation for that chapter or a chapter association, they don't deal with day to day collegiate advising.

The chapter advisor often has to get involved with issues of standards, recruitment, etc. so he/she pretty much should be someone who's on campus (or really near) and easy for the members to access.

In answer to JI's question, she just has to use the parts of her sorority experience that make her a good advisor, and put aside the things that conflict with the national/local goals of the group she's advising. Maybe Annie ASA Alum is advising a Kappa chapter and she thinks it's ridiculous that (made up example) seniors can't take a little, because that rule doesn't exist in her sorority. It doesn't matter, she has to tell the collegians to follow it. She's not there to advance ASA goals, she's there to help the collegians achieve their goals in Kappa. If she can't do that, she shouldn't accept the advising position.