2022/2023 New Chapters/Expansions/Charters/Closures

[33girl]

Originally Posted by shadokat

In Fall 2018, Northwestern looked like this:

Tri Delta 75
Alpha Phi 59
Gamma Phi Beta 57
Kappa Alpha Theta 90
Delta Gamma 88
Kappa Delta 99
Kappa Kappa Gamma 72
Chi Omega 90
Alpha Chi Omega 81
Pi Beta Phi 100
Zeta Tau Alpha 95
Delta Zeta 87

In Fall 2019, Northwestern looked like this:

Tri Delta 75
Alpha Phi 55
Gamma Phi Beta 50
Kappa Alpha Theta 78
Delta Gamma 79
Kappa Delta 72
Kappa Kappa Gamma 71
Chi Omega 87
Alpha Chi Omega 76
Pi Beta Phi 80
Zeta Tau Alpha 68
Delta Zeta 79

In Fall 2020, Northwestern looked like this:
Tri Delta 11
Alpha Phi 15
Gamma Phi Beta - closed
Kappa Alpha Theta 35
Delta Gamma 31
Kappa Delta 33
Kappa Kappa Gamma 49
Chi Omega 21
Alpha Chi Omega 47
Pi Beta Phi 8
Zeta Tau Alpha 4
Delta Zeta 22

The Greek Life office hasn't posted a grade report since then, but in Fall of 2022, here were the chapters that were left:

Tri Delta
Alpha Phi
Kappa Alpha Theta
Delta Gamma
Kappa Delta
Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega

Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Delta Zeta and now Zeta Tau Alpha are all gone.

It's sad.

An earlier article from the link above (2019) said that many of the chapters required the members to live in house for two years. Is that a factor in what killed them over the pandemic or was it all the abolish Greek life nonsense? I mean it sounds like people patting themselves on the back for something that had nothing to do with their “cause.”

[Low D Flat]

The live-in requirement has been a point of tension for a long time. It didn't cause the collapse.

[33girl]

I mean if people were dropping out of school because of covid they could hardly fill or even have housing requirements which probably sent dues through the roof.

[fmanning]

Are there many small national fraternities and sororities? I am an alumnus of the Phi Mu Delta fraternity-a small, but strong national organization. Currently, there are 14 active chapters and 2 provisional chapters. Even though Phi Mu Delta is a small organization, most chapters are very active on their respective campuses. Not all chapters have chapter houses. What is the situation elsewhere?:

[Cookiez17]

It really comes down to the school's rules. Like yes you have places like Bama with the huge chapter houses, but you also have schools where houses aren't permitted. Members would either dorm together or live in an informal off campus house.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by fmanning

Are there many small national fraternities and sororities? I am an alumnus of the Phi Mu Delta fraternity-a small, but strong national organization. Currently, there are 14 active chapters and 2 provisional chapters. Even though Phi Mu Delta is a small organization, most chapters are very active on their respective campuses. Not all chapters have chapter houses. What is the situation elsewhere?:

Since PMD is a member of the NIC, I stuck exclusively with fraternities that fall under that organization:

Alpha Delta Gamma - 12 active chapters
Delta Phi - 11 active chapters
Kappa Delta Phi - 10 active chapters
Phi Lambda Chi - 9 active chapters
Phi Sigma Phi - 8 active chapters
Sigma Phi - 7 active chapters
Tau Phi Sigma - 7 active chapters
Kappa Alpha Society - 5 active chapters
Tau Delta Phi - 5 active chapters

[SMUSweetheart]

Delta Gamma at Grand Valley State University has closed.

[SMUSweetheart]

Delta Sigma Phi at the University of Arizona has paused chapter operations until the 2023-24 academic year.

https://greek.arizona.edu/sites/gree...2022.12.08.pdf

[PKT4LIFE]

Originally Posted by SMUSweetheart

Delta Sigma Phi at the University of Arizona has paused chapter operations until the 2023-24 academic year.

https://greek.arizona.edu/sites/gree...2022.12.08.pdf

Our UA chapter is also in the process of pausing, no confirmation yet if our request was approved. I was on the review committee for this chapter operations. I mentioned this a few responses above.

[PKT4LIFE]

Per our monthly national newsletter, we have been invited to colonize at the University of Dayton. Colonization date TBD.

[SquirrelyDays]

Originally Posted by SMUSweetheart

Delta Sigma Phi at the University of Arizona has paused chapter operations until the 2023-24 academic year.

https://greek.arizona.edu/sites/gree...2022.12.08.pdf

The letter says current members will be released and able to join other fraternities. Would those be initiated members or pledges/NMs/neophytes?

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by SquirrelyDays

The letter says current members will be released and able to join other fraternities. Would those be initiated members or pledges/NMs/neophytes?

Hoping that it is a typo and that the writer of the letter meant to say "unitiated members" or "new members"; i.e., pledges.

[LaneSig]

Grand Valley State University(MI) and Rollins College(FL) are open for IFC expansion.

[SquirrelyDays]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Hoping that it is a typo and that the writer of the letter meant to say "unitiated members" or "new members"; i.e., pledges.

Apologies LaneSig, I’m not as familiar with official correct terms for men’s orgs. I tried to do a google search and I listed the three that popped up the most often. So it wasn’t a typo on my part, just trying to learn. Did the letter mean that initiated members could also choose a new org?

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by SquirrelyDays

Apologies LaneSig, I’m not as familiar with official correct terms for men’s orgs. I tried to do a google search and I listed the three that popped up the most often. So it wasn’t a typo, just trying to learn. Did the letter mean that initiated members could also choose a new org?

Sorry, wasn't saying that you had made the typo. What I perceive to be the mistake is in the original letter from Delta Sig offices. I believe that their letter should have said "uninitiated members" or "new members". Delta Sig knows that their initiated members cannot join other organizations (as a standard rule).