Ummm....DST in Princess Anne, MD...UMES

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by naraht

I'm a little confused about this posting, but can anyone provide information on any NPHC activity in the Salisbury/Princess Anne area? I'm making a reasonable guess that any NPHC undergrad chapter would cover both schools (Salisbury & UMES) if that is allowed, they are about 30 minutes apart and I'm not sure Salisbury would have a chapter of its own.

The only NPHC fraternity mentioned on the Salisbury University website is DST, but there is no information on a president, just to contact the director of student activities...

I can't find *anything* current on the UMES site that talks about any of the NPHC fraternities or sororities other than the fact that Homecoming will have get togethers for the NPHC groups as well as others and one seminar cosponsored by the Delta Sigma Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha (which is the grad chapter in Salisbury).

I'm still finding a reasonable number of people in the UMES administration who are alumni of NPHC fraternities though...

What happened?

If you google you can find out about one incident within the past 20 years, and hints that the administration is/was against the return of the inactive/suspended/whatever chapters. However it's clear there are other issues as well that non-members may not be privy to.

[ladygreek]

As mentioned, the Delta collegiate chapter is a city-wide chapter that encompasses UMES and Salisbury. Three members were suspended in 2006, but the chapter was not. (Public info from our natioinal website.) However, it is possible that UMES has disallowed the chapter's presence on its campus due to what ever caused the suspensions in 2006.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

If you google you can find out about one incident within the past 20 years, and hints that the administration is/was against the return of the inactive/suspended/whatever chapters. However it's clear there are other issues as well that non-members may not be privy to.

Yup, that one incident was significant, but even if that fraternity chapter isn't on the campus, that still doesn't mesh with all of them being gone...

I did find a link from the UMES to http://www.nphcatumes.org , but most of the links from there were either to the same place or broken, except the Qs, whose website http://www.piepsilonques.org/ does show a line as recent as 2008. Whether that line was known by the administration, who knows...

[KittyD7]

Hello,
I might be attending University of Maryland of Eastern Shore this fall and I wanted to show you ladies what I found on Youtube. The video showed UMES Spring Fest 2011 and if you go to 12:54 Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated appeared. If anyone knows, what chapter that is because I am interested on joining Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOXiH...el_video_title
Thank you

[KittyD7]

I forgot about this one too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X27RL5vaW_4

[knight_shadow]

If you can't figure out the chapter designation at the school you attend, that's a huge fail.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by KittyD7

Hello,
I might be attending University of Maryland of Eastern Shore this fall and I wanted to show you ladies what I found on Youtube. The video showed UMES Spring Fest 2011 and if you go to 12:54 Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated appeared. If anyone knows, what chapter that is because I am interested on joining Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOXiH...el_video_title
Thank you

Originally Posted by KittyD7

I forgot about this one too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X27RL5vaW_4

Kitty, that could literally be any chapter in the first video, or even a group of women who are grad students or on staff.

In the second video, one of the comments says "crimson and cream all stars" -- you might not know this, but sometimes an "all star" team made up of multiple chapters or alumnae members will assemble to compete in step shows. In homecoming shows,the goal is often to have 100 percent ORGANIZATION participation, even if the chapter is not recognized.

I don't think the existence of either video suggests that there is an active chapter at UMES.

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

If you can't figure out the chapter designation at the school you attend, that's a huge fail.

She didn't ask about chapter designation -- she asked what chapter THAT is. I interpreted that as "If this isn't the UMES chapter, then who are they."

[KittyD7]

Thanks for clearing that up. I appreciate it very much because the last thing I want to do it make a mistake.

[naraht]

Well, it really looks like UMES is more in favor of having NPHC fraternities on campus than the last time I looked. See http://www.umes.edu/StudentActivitie...009%20UMES.pdf for starters (which includes the letters for each of the fraternities and sororities) as well as http://www.umes.edu/StudentActivitie...ek%20Life.html and http://www.umes.edu/StudentActivitie...n%20Names.html


And BTW, in terms of contacting local sisters, Start at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NuRho/...sec=dir&slk=46 and go through the setup for trying to join, my guess is the moderator on the list is a possibility on who might know what's going on...

or perhaps one of the people/emails at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi...5957779&v=wall might be useful

Randy

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by naraht

And BTW, in terms of contacting local sisters, Start at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NuRho/...sec=dir&slk=46 and go through the setup for trying to join, my guess is the moderator on the list is a possibility on who might know what's going on...

or perhaps one of the people/emails at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi...5957779&v=wall might be useful

I would not advise this.

[DrPhil]

LOL. Woooooo...as always, if the members of a particular council/conference or GLO have not recommended something, that means that it should not be recommended.

KittyD7 can figure out the places to go and people to contact if she wants to find out stuff.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

KittyD7 can figure out the places to go and people to contact if she wants to find out stuff.

True, that didn't work so well when I tried to join Delta Sigma Theta. But I'm sure they were impressed when they saw that I was in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest Elephant figurine collection.