University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) 2012 Recruitment

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Congrats to ADPi. How exciting for you!

So, question for those who know Ole Miss:

Is a new colonization a good chance to go after some real diversity in an NPC group, or would that doom the group from the start?

There are already women of color in our NPC community at Ole Miss.

As someone who attended all 4 presentations I am pleased to say I'm very happy to see ADPi and Alpha Phi joining our wonderful Panhellenic Community. I hope to see some AOII loves ADPi and AOII loves Alpha Phi buttons soon!

[sigmadiva]

Whether or not women of color want to join, or actually join NPC is their choice. After all, there are persons of non-color who are members of NPHC orgs.

I just did not understand the implication KSUViolet made in saying that when people of color have access to college and move into the middle class, then they will want to join historically White orgs. That is how I interpreted her statement.

My issue is that people of color have had access to college, and are members of the middle class. Just because those AfAm have reached that level does not mean that all of us have a desire to join historically White orgs, like NPC.

It is not my intent to derail this thread. Its that what she said left me and .

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

There are already women of color in our NPC community at Ole Miss.

As someone who attended all 4 presentations I am pleased to say I'm very happy to see ADPi and Alpha Phi joining our wonderful Panhellenic Community. I hope to see some AOII loves ADPi and AOII loves Alpha Phi buttons soon!

How lovely! OleMissGlitter, you are the perfect example of panhellenic class and hospitality!

[fascination]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

As someone who attended all 4 presentations I am pleased to say I'm very happy to see ADPi and Alpha Phi joining our wonderful Panhellenic Community. I hope to see some AOII loves ADPi and AOII loves Alpha Phi buttons soon!

Has Alpha Phi been selected to colonize, too?

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

There are already women of color in our NPC community at Ole Miss.

As someone who attended all 4 presentations I am pleased to say I'm very happy to see ADPi and Alpha Phi joining our wonderful Panhellenic Community. I hope to see some AOII loves ADPi and AOII loves Alpha Phi buttons soon!

Are there black women in NPC groups at Ole Miss? Or other women of color? I honestly thought I remembered a thread as recently as last year saying that there were still no black women in the NPC groups.

Obviously, the way I posed the question, women of color could be Asian, Latina, etc., too, and I have no idea how those groups are represented. I also recall, though, that Ole Miss is the only school I know of that doesn't arrange its recruitment to accomodate the Jewish High Holidays.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Are there black women in NPC groups at Ole Miss? Or other women of color? I honestly thought I remembered a thread as recently as last year saying that there were still no black women in the NPC groups.

This is absolutely incorrect.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by thetalady

This is absolutely incorrect.

Mea culpa.

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Are there black women in NPC groups at Ole Miss? Or other women of color?

If I recall, the student body president is black...and a Phi Mu at Ole Miss. But if I recall from the photos, yes there are black women in quite a few of the NPC sororities on campus...
Correct me if I am wrong

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Jill1228

If I recall, the student body president is black...and a Phi Mu at Ole Miss

No, that's at Bama. In a thread where she was mentioned, I was corrected for thinking that they were interchangeable :-)

[violetgeek]

http://zing.olemiss.edu/tag/kim-dandridge/

She's a Phi Mu

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by violetgeek

http://zing.olemiss.edu/tag/kim-dandridge/

She's a Phi Mu

Oh, man, I am clearly quite confused.

[fascination]

Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Mu both currently have AA members at Ole Miss. Possibly other chapters, too. In the 70's, I clearly remember NPC chapters at Ole Miss that had members of Chinese, Hispanic, and Middle Eastern parentage.

[violetgeek]

Originally Posted by fascination

Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Mu both currently have AA members at Ole Miss. Possibly other chapters, too. In the 70's, I clearly remember NPC chapters at Ole Miss that had members of Chinese, Hispanic, and Middle Eastern parentage.

Mississippi has an interesting ethnic mix -- not all blonde, blue eyed WASPs! There are many Chinese and Lebanese residents, especially in "The Delta" area. Not huge numbers, but the population of Mississippi is just shy of 3 million, so everyone stands out.