Sororities & fraternities at Big Ten Universities

[oldu]

For more than a half century chapters & alumni of Big Ten schools were very dominate in the affairs of almost every national F/S. It was the place to be for young fledging nationals on the rise. There are few groups who have not, at one time or another, had chapters at a vast majority of B10 schools, more so than any other conference of schools. Unfortunately, today many have more inactive chapters there than anywhere else. (Except for a bloc of eastern schools with some fraternities.)

[TriDeltaSallie]

I hadn't heard that Alpha Xi Delta was recolonizing at MSU in 2013. I remember reading somewhere they had first rights to come back to MSU so I guess they are exercising it.

I totally get the frown face when it comes to the Big Ten Greek systems as a whole. Yes, there are some really strong Greek systems in the Big Ten. But given the strength of the Big Ten academically and athletically, it's really sad to see the Greek systems not thrive.

The MSU administration was never very friendly and supportive of the Greek system. I'm not surprised it has struggled. IIRC, we didn't even have a full time Greek adviser when I was there in the late 1980's and we had 17 sororities and over a thousand women going through rush (and a zillion fraternities). I remember having conversations with national officers and field reps at the time (we got a LOT of help trying to turn our chapter around) and not fully grasping how bad the campus Greek situation was compared to other big Greek schools. It was all I knew since I did not come from a Greek background and there was nothing like Greek Chat. I thought every Greek system was full of snarky tiers and a campus culture where the administration basically ignored the Greeks.

I sincerely hope it works out well for Alpha Xi Delta. I'm sure some of the other groups that left (DDD, AGD, Phi Mu) will be watching with interest.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by oldu

For more than a half century chapters & alumni of Big Ten schools were very dominant in the affairs of almost every NIC/NPC F/S.

Fixed your post for you.

[oldu]

Thanks. You could probably include the NPHC groups too, as most of them had chapters early at several B10 schols.