There was an inactive ESA who used to post but I haven't seen her around lately. She was very involved with her NPC chapter. So, I contacted Annie Greengrass, ESA's Circle of Life/Collegiate Advisor, and she asked me to post the following because she was having trouble.
"ESA is not part of the Pan-Hellenic council but rather a 'club' a the collegiate level. ESA is classified as a women's service organization and has 22 collegiate chapters across the US. The members of these chapters meet, have social and fundraising activities but do not have a house where some or all of them live.
Thanks! Please visit
www.esaintl.com to learn more about us!
- Annie"
I would like to add the term "club" is used, in this instance only, to differentiate it from a particular council like NPC or NPHC. They hold their Ritual and sisterhood as closely as we hold ours.
From speaking with Annie about ESA membership a while ago, I know that they are VERY interested in establishing new chapters, particularly at the collegiate level! She sent me some materials on traditional membership and I must say how impressed I was with the resources. In addition to outstanding programming ideas, there was also a reimbursement of up to $200, I think, for new chapter organizers. This reimbursement would cover general start-up costs such as mailings, advertisements and the like. I am not sure if they still have that but I thought that it was a great idea.
Here is a list of collegiate chapters. Since we have GCers from some of these schools, maybe they can tell us what relations they have with ESA if any. I do know that ESA chapters have recruitment separate from the other groups.
Angelo State University (San Angelo, TX)
Augustana College (Rock Island, IL)
Ball State (Muncie, IN)
Bradley University (Peoria, IL)
East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL)
Elon College (Elon, NC)
George Washinton University, (Washigton, DC)
Illinois State University (Normal, IL)
Louisiana Technical University (Ruston, LA)
Millsaps College (Jackson, MS)
Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio, TX)
Parkland College (Champaign, IL)
Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)
Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, AL)
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
University of Alabama (Huntsville, AL)
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
University of Illinois(Champaign-Urbana, IL)
University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
University of Maine (Machias, ME)
University South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
University of Texas (San Antonio, TX)
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