Anyone know of any other current Kappa Sigma expansionary activity?

[chicostateksig]

Originally Posted by stufield

KSigkid posted

"Good luck to the Santa Cruz colony ..."

Good luck indeed IF a colony there materializes. Note that Lucy KKG simply posted that she had just heard a rumour ... not even that, "whispers" ... of a possible Kappa Sig colony. Whispers of a possible colony is far short of a colony actually getting off the ground. Over a year ago, chicostateksig advised that he had heard rumours of new Kappa Sig colonies at the University of the Pacific and the University of California at Merced, and a recolonization of presently inactive/dormant Beta-Phi Chapter at UC Dsvis. To date, none of those colonies have been established. So a UC Santa Cruz colony may not be in the works at all.

Davis is in fact going to recolonize soon our recruitment manager has told us that work is already being under way. of course this can take a while. They have to start an interest group a couple guys have already been recruited. one of the brothers has a blood brother in Davis that is going to re-colonize the Beta-Phi chapter. As for UoP nothing yet, Merced nothing as well. On a final note the Academy of the Art Colony is going to get its charter. It has not acquired 50 men however since they are the only fraternity on their campus they can get chartered. We may be one of the teams that initiates them.

[stufield]

Thanks for the update ChicoState.

I am very pleased to hear that the recolonization of Beta-Phi Chapter at UC Davis is still planned to proceed in the near future. Hopefully the colony will be in place by the end of the school year, otherwise that it is established early next Fall.

I am disappointed that you have no word on UoP and UC Merced, especially the former. Did your ARM say anything at all about UoP? It is a quality school with a beautiful campus, just the sort of institution at which Kappa Sigma SHOULD have a chapter but all too often does not .... and in many cases probably never will, because the Fraternity did not take a proactive role in seeking to expand there while other fraternities did, a few years pass, and lo and behold the school is saturated with fraternities, has the maximum number of chapters that its student body will support, perhaps even two or three too many, meaning that there will be some closures, and all the while Kappa Sigma remains on the proverbial 'outside looking in'. I can name three or four dozen, perhaps more, schools throughout the continent where that has happened, where Kappa Sigma has been, remains, and likely will continue to remain conspicuously absent. I sure hope that UoP will not become one of them. We should have been there decades ago. But its Greek system is still slowly expanding. So perhaps a Kappa Sigma chapter there is still a viable possibility if the Fraternity does not delay too long in attempting to colonize there. The problem, of course, is the Fraternity's current passive policy towards expansion. It does not target desirable schools, and proactively attempt to expand there. Instead, it sits back and waits for groups from various schools to contact it ... without regard to how prominent the school might be, whether or not it already has a Greek system, how strong that system is if it does exist, and so on. The result: all sorts of colonies at minor schools that do little to enhance the Fraternity's position and image as a leading fraternity, and many of which are doomed to failure from the outset (35 colonies closed in the last four years, an astounding number), and still no presence at a large number of major and mid-major schools with Greek systems where the Fraternity has never been represented. To date, UoP is one of them. Farther south in California, Pepperdine is another, although a couple of years ago we did have very short-lived colony there. UCSD was another; we should have been there 20 to 30 years ago; at least we finally do have a colony there; hopefully it will succeed. But UoP reamins the major expansionary target school in California.

I am one of those who is very sceptical about the long-term prospect of success of a chapter at the Academy of Art University. I just do not see an art school as the type of institution that is conducive to Greek life or that would be conducive to it for any length of time. I am also generally sceptical about the prospects of ongoing success of any fraternity or sorority at any school where it is the only Greek organization on campus ... where there is, in effect, no Greek system. Kappa Sigma has colonized at a number of such schools in the past three to four years, and most of those colonies have closed. The colony at Bellarmine University, a small Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky, which had/has no other fraternities, is the most recent of those closures. It was just removed from the lists of active chapters and colonies on the Fraternity Website this week. But some other such Kappa Sig colonies have progressed to chartering, such as those at Thompson Rivers University (Omicron-Theta), the University of Lethbridge (Omicron-Xi), LSU-Alexandria (Pi-Alpha), Johnson & Wales - Miami (Pi-Gamma), and Johnson & Wales - Charlotte (Pi-Zeta), to name just a few. Time will tell whether or not they continue to survive. The crisis period is usually four or five years after chartering, when the founding fathers, with all their enthusiasm, dedication, and determination, have all graduated; the challenge is continuing to recruit new members who have the same zeal and commitment. Many fraternity chapters just wither away and eventually close just a few years after the founding fathers graduate. They initiate and pledge eight or ten fellows for a year or two, then just five or six, then just a couple, and membership shrinks to unsustainably low numbers; meanwhile, of course, the chapter's presence and influence on campus diminishes accordingly. The best thing that can happen with chapters that begin as the only fraternity on campus is that the chapter stimulates a wider interest in Greek life on its campus, and one or more other fraternities and/or sororities then also establish interest groups-colonies-chapters there, so that a Greek system emerges and Greek life becomes an entrenched part of campus life. I, for one, just do not see that happening at a school like Academy of Art University, in a city like San Francisco. I would love to be proven wrong, but if our colony there does indeed receive a charter, I will be very surprised if it is still an active chapter five or six years thereafter. The fraternity should have a chapter in San Francisco; I just think that a chapter at San Francisco State, which has other fraternities and thus and established Greek system, even if it is a small one, has a better chance of long-term success than does a chapter at AAU.

Now to contradict myself somewhat. There ARE some fraternity chapters that survive, even flourish, as the only fraternity chapter on their respective campuses. Every fraternity has a chapter or two like this. Our Nu-Gamma Chapter at Pratt Institute in NYC is one. I gave it virtually no chance of long-term success. But it was chartered in January, 1990, and thus has survived for 19 years now ... in fact, it has thrived for much of that time. So what do I know? But if a chapter at Academy of Art University on the other side of the continent can do likewise, I will be truly amazed.

[chicostateksig]

Our ARM has created a few facebook groups for Kappa Sigma in UoP as well as Cal Poly (Which may start this spring as well, one of our members who was in it our colony will re-colonize at cal poly). but i also agree, i doubt AAU chapter will flourish or any greek life there at all. In California we should have been in Chico years ago (1980') as all the biggest chapters in our campus were started in the 80's. UCSD should have had a chapter by now. Personally i think santa clare university, Uof SF, Pepperdine ( they however have strict control on allowing expansion) and CSU San Marcos which has potential to become or have a great greek system should have chapters. Unfortuanatly UCSB soon after the founders re-established the chapter closed down its doors. I hope that our chapter shall not suffer the same fate. Many fraternities on our campus have sat still and have let us slowly take over. Delta Chi unfortuantly is struggling and is reorganizing its chapter, Beta Theta Pi has closed its doors in chico. Both of these chapters were top houses when we were freshman 3 years ago. I would honestly rank our fraternity in the top 3, we really just need to get a house. Our expansion has also caught interest in Pi Kappa Alpha which is said to start a colony at the Chico State Campus this month. So if the members of our chapter decided to mess around after we the founders leave its going to be hard to come back. However i have faith that this chapter will still be here 50 plus years from now.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by stufield

KSigkid posted

"Good luck to the Santa Cruz colony ..."

Good luck indeed IF a colony there materializes. Note that Lucy KKG simply posted that she had just heard a rumour ... not even that, "whispers" ... of a possible Kappa Sig colony. Whispers of a possible colony is far short of a colony actually getting off the ground. Over a year ago, chicostateksig advised that he had heard rumours of new Kappa Sig colonies at the University of the Pacific and the University of California at Merced, and a recolonization of presently inactive/dormant Beta-Phi Chapter at UC Dsvis. To date, none of those colonies have been established. So a UC Santa Cruz colony may not be in the works at all.

As a former GM, GS and AAA of my collegiate chapter, I'm quite aware of the colonization process, having talked extensively with the Founding Fathers of the chapter. Thanks for the clarification, but I understood Lucy KKG's post quite clearly, and was merely wishing luck to those who were contemplating starting a chapter.

ETA: As I noted before, if you have some issue with my posting, etc., I'd appreciate it if you PMd me.

[stufield]

Nobody was suggesting that you are or are not "aware of the colonization process" and I don't think that anybody has any issues with your postings. But wishing good luck to a colony [which does not even yet exist and may never exist] is much different than wishing good luck to those who are or might be contemplating trying to start one. The latter clearly comes before the former. But thank you for clarifying the intention of your initial posting.

As for my posting, I just wanted to be sure that anybody who read your posting ,perhaps without having read the prior postings or without having read them carefully, did not form the mistaken idea that Kappa Sigma now has a colony at UC Santa Cruz.

[stufield]

More colony and chapter losses:

As stated in my February 18th posting, the colony at Bellarmine University was recently closed.

Also, the SEC has also recently closed Gamma-Kappa Chapter at the University of Oklahoma for unspecified "rules violations". Gamma-Kappa had been in continuous existence since receiving its charter in June, 1906, and is the chapter of former Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens.

In its customary 'head in the sand', 'we never post anything negative', 'even though you are fraternity members we don't think you have the right to know' modus operandi, IMH has not announced the Oklahoma closure or explained what rules were violated. Gamma-Kappa has just quietly been removed from the lists of active chapters and colonies on the Fraternity Website, as were Epsilon-Nu at Southern Mississippi and Epsilon-Theta at UCSB earlier in the school year. Likewise, of course, no announcement of the Bellarmine colony closure or reasons given; it, too, simply vanished from the lists.

In the last decade or so, the SEC has closed a number of chapters at the flagship universities of their respective States, including Gamma at LSU, Tau at Texas, Beta at Alabama/Tuscaloosa, Lambda at Tennessee/Knoxville, Alpha-Alpha at Maryland/College Park, Alpha-Delta at Penn State, Alpha-Lambda at Vermont, Alpha-Upsilon at Nebraska/Lincoln, Beta-Kappa at New Hampshire, Beta-Rho at Iowa, Delta-Gamma at Wyoming, Delta-Delta at Florida, Delta-Zeta at New Mexico, Delta-Xi at Ole Miss, Delta-Sigma at Utah, Gamma-Alpha at Oregon, Gamma-Phi at West Virgina, Gamma-Tau at Colorado, and Gamma-Upsilon at Rutgers ... an amazing number of closures of the foremost public universities in their respective States ... and I may even have missed one or two!

LSU, Texas, Alabama/Tuscaloosa, Tennessee/Knoxville, Vermont, Florida, Ole Miss, West Virgina, and Colorado have since been recolonized and rechartered, and all are apparently thriving.

Hopefully, Gamma-Kappa will spend a minimum amount of time in SEC-imposed Kappa Sig purgatory and return a stronger chapter.

Maryland/College Park, Penn State, Nebraska/Lincoln, Wyoming, Utah, and Rutgers have been recolonized and still are present colonies. Penn State and Utah have been colonies for some time now, and I would have expected them to have been rechartered by now. So they may be struggling with low membership. I sure hope not, and hope to see them rechartered before the end of the present school year.

We remain conspicuously absent at New Hampshire and Iowa. UNH is especially sad because Kappa Sigma was the first fraternity to charter there, and for many decades was one of the dominant fraternities on campus. Kappa Sig is seriously underrepresented in both New England and the Midwest, so the return of Beta-Kappa and Beta-Rho Chapters would be significant expansionary accomplishments.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by stufield

More colony and chapter losses:

As stated in my February 18th posting, the colony at Bellarmine University was recently closed.

Also, the SEC has also recently closed Gamma-Kappa Chapter at the University of Oklahoma for unspecified "rules violations". Gamma-Kappa had been in continuous existence since receiving its charter in June, 1906, and is the chapter of former Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens.

In its customary 'head in the sand', 'we never post anything negative', 'even though you are fraternity members we don't think you have the right to know' modus operandi, IMH has not announced the Oklahoma closure or explained what rules were violated. Gamma-Kappa has just quietly been removed from the lists of active chapters and colonies on the Fraternity Website, as were Epsilon-Nu at Southern Mississippi and Epsilon-Theta at UCSB earlier in the school year. Likewise, of course, no announcement of the Bellarmine colony closure or reasons given; it, too, simply vanished from the lists.

In the last decade or so, the SEC has closed a number of chapters at the flagship universities of their respective States, including Gamma at LSU, Tau at Texas, Beta at Alabama/Tuscaloosa, Lambda at Tennessee/Knoxville, Alpha-Alpha at Maryland/College Park, Alpha-Delta at Penn State, Alpha-Lambda at Vermont, Alpha-Upsilon at Nebraska/Lincoln, Beta-Kappa at New Hampshire, Beta-Rho at Iowa, Delta-Gamma at Wyoming, Delta-Delta at Florida, Delta-Zeta at New Mexico, Delta-Xi at Ole Miss, Delta-Sigma at Utah, Gamma-Alpha at Oregon, Gamma-Phi at West Virgina, Gamma-Tau at Colorado, and Gamma-Upsilon at Rutgers ... an amazing number of closures of the foremost public universities in their respective States ... and I may even have missed one or two!

LSU, Texas, Alabama/Tuscaloosa, Tennessee/Knoxville, Vermont, Florida, Ole Miss, West Virgina, and Colorado have since been recolonized and rechartered, and all are apparently thriving.

Hopefully, Gamma-Kappa will spend a minimum amount of time in SEC-imposed Kappa Sig purgatory and return a stronger chapter.

Maryland/College Park, Penn State, Nebraska/Lincoln, Wyoming, Utah, and Rutgers have been recolonized and still are present colonies. Penn State and Utah have been colonies for some time now, and I would have expected them to have been rechartered by now. So they may be struggling with low membership. I sure hope not, and hope to see them rechartered before the end of the present school year.

We remain conspicuously absent at New Hampshire and Iowa. UNH is especially sad because Kappa Sigma was the first fraternity to charter there, and for many decades was one of the dominant fraternities on campus. Kappa Sig is seriously underrepresented in both New England and the Midwest, so the return of Beta-Kappa and Beta-Rho Chapters would be significant expansionary accomplishments.

There was a presence in New Hampshire when I was an undergrad (New Hampshire College, later Southern New Hampshire); I'm unsure when the chapter closed. There are some good stories coming out of New England; the UConn and MIT chapters have been gaining strength over the years, Northeastern has been doing well for quite a while, and my old chapter (Mu-Psi at Boston U.) had its biggest fall class ever this past fall.

That said, New England is a weird area; there are a lot of colleges (especially in Boston), but a number of them have anti-Greek administrations. Maybe that will change in time; my alma mater has become more open to Greeks over the past few years.

[Don03]

Originally Posted by chicostateksig

Our ARM has created a few facebook groups for Kappa Sigma in UoP as well as Cal Poly (Which may start this spring as well, one of our members who was in it our colony will re-colonize at cal poly). but i also agree, i doubt AAU chapter will flourish or any greek life there at all. In California we should have been in Chico years ago (1980') as all the biggest chapters in our campus were started in the 80's. UCSD should have had a chapter by now. Personally i think santa clare university, Uof SF, Pepperdine ( they however have strict control on allowing expansion) and CSU San Marcos which has potential to become or have a great greek system should have chapters. Unfortuanatly UCSB soon after the founders re-established the chapter closed down its doors. I hope that our chapter shall not suffer the same fate. Many fraternities on our campus have sat still and have let us slowly take over. Delta Chi unfortuantly is struggling and is reorganizing its chapter, Beta Theta Pi has closed its doors in chico. Both of these chapters were top houses when we were freshman 3 years ago. I would honestly rank our fraternity in the top 3, we really just need to get a house. Our expansion has also caught interest in Pi Kappa Alpha which is said to start a colony at the Chico State Campus this month. So if the members of our chapter decided to mess around after we the founders leave its going to be hard to come back. However i have faith that this chapter will still be here 50 plus years from now.

We're closing in on becoming a chapter down here at UCSD and hoping to bring in at least twenty in the spring so we can hit fifty total.
We're excited especially because we want to do so before our current GM graduates.

[stufield]

"There are some good stories coming out of New England; the UConn and MIT chapters have been gaining strength over the years, Northeastern has been doing well for quite a while, and my old chapter (Mu-Psi at Boston U.) had its biggest fall class ever this past fall."

Yes, the few chapters that we do have in New England all seem to be doing quite well. The three older Boston-area chapters (MIT, BU, and Northeastern) are all very strong (Northeastern is on of the entire Fraternity's strongest chapter, and easily the most dominant fraternity chapter at NU). Epsilon-Zeta at UConn has also been a strong chapter in recent years. The new Pi-Kappa Chapter apparently is also very strong on the Bentley College campus even though it lacks formal recognition from the school's administration and/or its IFC. Psi Chapter at the University of Maine is not as strong a chapter, but does seem to hold its own at Orono. All of which makes me wonder why the Fraternity does not have more New England chapters.

We did recently have another Boston area chapter, Omicron-Delta, at Suffolk University. It was chartered in April, 2005. But it survived for just a few months before being closed ... I heard a rumour that it was for hazing ... and I have not heard anything about any move to recolonize there. KSigkid do you know anything about the Suffolk situation?

On the positive side, Alpha-Kappa Chapter at Vermont was recently rechartered, and we now have a colony at Sacred Heart University, which is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut ... I understand it is a local fraternity, and the SHU Greek system is going [inter]national. There are other, more prominent schools in Connecticut with well-established Greek systems that would probably be preferable expansionary objectives ... the University of Hartford, Central Connecticut State, the University of New Haven [we had a short-lived colony there about15 years ago] ... but given that we presently have just the one chapter in Connecticut and so few chapters elsewhere in New England, any expansion in Connecticut is welcome. Still, only one active colony in all of New England is pretty lame.

There certainly are a number of other schools in New England with well-established Greek systems. But the Fraternity is not being proactive about expanding to any of them, and instead passively awaits inquiries from interested individuals or groups at whatever schools they happen to attend. At the very least, the Fraternity SHOULD be PROACTIVELY attempting to restore the dormant Beta-Kappa and Gamma-Delta Chapters at UNH and UMass, respectively. Kappa Sigma once had strong chapters at both those flagship schools of their respective States. Ex-NFLers Greg Landry and Milt Morin were UMass Kappa Sigs.

[stufield]

Originally Posted by Don03

We're closing in on becoming a chapter down here at UCSD and hoping to bring in at least twenty in the spring so we can hit fifty total.
We're excited especially because we want to do so before our current GM graduates.

Good to see you join this forum Don03. We're glad to read positive news about the UCSD colony.

What can you advise us about your competition in the fraternity system at UCSD at this time? What other fraternities presently have chapters there (I know that several have chartered and closed, some of which have then rechartered, over the past 20 years), and which of them are strong, which are struggling? Any accurate information you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by stufield

"There are some good stories coming out of New England; the UConn and MIT chapters have been gaining strength over the years, Northeastern has been doing well for quite a while, and my old chapter (Mu-Psi at Boston U.) had its biggest fall class ever this past fall."

Yes, the few chapters that we do have in New England all seem to be doing quite well. The three older Boston-area chapters (MIT, BU, and Northeastern) are all very strong (Northeastern is on of the entire Fraternity's strongest chapter, and easily the most dominant fraternity chapter at NU). Epsilon-Zeta at UConn has also been a strong chapter in recent years. The new Pi-Kappa Chapter apparently is also very strong on the Bentley College campus even though it lacks formal recognition from the school's administration and/or its IFC. Psi Chapter at the University of Maine is not as strong a chapter, but does seem to hold its own at Orono. All of which makes me wonder why the Fraternity does not have more New England chapters.

We did recently have another Boston area chapter, Omicron-Delta, at Suffolk University. It was chartered in April, 2005. But it survived for just a few months before being closed ... I heard a rumour that it was for hazing ... and I have not heard anything about any move to recolonize there. KSigkid do you know anything about the Suffolk situation?

I don't know what happened to the Suffolk colony. I heard lots of good things, as I had friends and chapter brothers who were heavily involved with the colony. Then, all of a sudden, I stopped hearing updates.

Originally Posted by stufield

On the positive side, Alpha-Kappa Chapter at Vermont was recently rechartered, and we now have a colony at Sacred Heart University, which is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut ... I understand it is a local fraternity, and the SHU Greek system is going [inter]national. There are other, more prominent schools in Connecticut with well-established Greek systems that would probably be preferable expansionary objectives ... the University of Hartford, Central Connecticut State, the University of New Haven [we had a short-lived colony there about15 years ago] ... but given that we presently have just the one chapter in Connecticut and so few chapters elsewhere in New England, any expansion in Connecticut is welcome. Still, only one active colony in all of New England is pretty lame.

There certainly are a number of other schools in New England with well-established Greek systems. But the Fraternity is not being proactive about expanding to any of them, and instead passively awaits inquiries from interested individuals or groups at whatever schools they happen to attend. At the very least, the Fraternity SHOULD be PROACTIVELY attempting to restore the dormant Beta-Kappa and Gamma-Delta Chapters at UNH and UMass, respectively. Kappa Sigma once had strong chapters at both those flagship schools of their respective States. Ex-NFLers Greg Landry and Milt Morin were UMass Kappa Sigs.

Actually Sacred Heart is in Fairfield, not Bridgeport. It's a fairly large school, over 5000 people, although I'm not sure of the strength of the Greek system. I grew up in CT (and am back here for law school), but I only knew one person who ended up at Sacred Heart (he played football and didn't rush a Greek org). Central Connecticut is mostly a commuter school, so I'm not sure it's the right environment to colonize. Same thing with the University of New Haven, despite the history with the school.

Wasn't there a UMass colony recently, or at least talk of a UMass colony?

[stufield]

Thanks for the correction on the SHU location. I looked ion my Rand-McNAlly Road atlas and it appeared to me to be in Bridgeport. In fact, when I look again, it still does. But since I received your e-mail, I checked the school's website and it is indeed located in Fairfield. Interesting fact, tied in to you statement that it is a fairly large school: according to its website, SHU is the second largest Catholic university in New England. I assume that Boston College is the largest. It seems like a good school to be at. So hopefully our colony there will succeed.

CCSU may be a commuter school, but I know that Phi Delta Theta has an active chapter there. The Phi Delts are also one of several fraternities with active chapters at the University of Hartford. However, I also know that the Tekes had a chapter at CCSU,a and it closed. So the Phi Delt chapter there may or may not survive.

New Haven may also be a commute school, but Delta Chi has had a chapter there since 1981 and Sigma Chi has a chapter there as well. There are also a couple of locals.

We did have an interest group at Quinnipiac University at the beginning of the current school year (I believe it started late in the 2007-2008 school year), and I was informed by two different IMH sources that both it and Sacred Heart would be colonies before the end of 2008. Neither made it by then, but at least SHU is now a colony. I have made follow-up inquiries about the Quinnipiac group, but have not received a reply. So I don't know what is happening there.

No, unfortunately, there has been no UMass colony. There has been some talk of one in the past year or two, as the UMass administration is now actively supportive of fraternities and looking to expand the school's Greek system back to what it once was. Several fraternities closed their chapters there in the last couple of decades, but several have also returned. Unfortunately, Kappa Sigma is not one of them ... I would like to add a "yet" to that, but as I have stated on several other posts, the Fraternity is not proactive in targeting desirable schools and attempting to establish colonies there. So who knows when we might return there. I did hear that we had a small interest group there last school year. But it obviously did not develop into anything substantive.

Where are you going to law school?

[stufield]

I don't know when it happened or anything about the circumstances of it, but I see that Epsilon-Phi Chapter at Texas Tech University is also no longer included in the lists of active chapters and colonies on the Fraternity Website. Epsilon-Phi has long been one of our largest and strongest chapters. The SEC keeps closing chapters, and never announcing or reporting anything about those closures. The chapters just disappear from the lists, and if one is not paying attention, one would never even know. There are, of course, many good things about Kappa Sigma. But communication from the SEC and IMH to membership is not one of them. Kappa Sigs are among the most poorly informed of all fraternity memberships. It has been that way for years ... decades ... and is very frustrating.

If anyone happens to know anything about the TTU or Oklahoma closures, or any other recent chapter or colony closures, or about any current interest groups or imminent colonies, please post, because IMH certainly isn't going to provide any information.

[UCSDKSIG]

Hi Everyone,
The colony at UCSD is currently 30 something strong in membership. We are very close in getting our charter, and we hope this coming Spring Rush we can get at least 20 more people interested. Our colony was started last spring by some of the original members so its been a great year for our colony. UCSD lacks a frat row like other schools and recruitment is sort of tough especially for colonies like us that are simply trying to meet the 50 member total. On campus we have most of the major fraternities, Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, TKE, Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Alpha Mu, Lambda Chi Alpha, and FIJI. Colonies that are present besides these established frats are Triangle and ZBT. The last fraternity to turn from colony into chartered member was FIJI. Most of the established frats have excellent turnouts and aren't struggling.

[KsigAkron]

Our colony here at the University of Akron will be getting installed on April 4th. We have around 40 members. Currently we are assisting the Epsilon-Rho colony at Kent State, hopfully they can become a chapter in late spring or early fall.