Wesleyan

[ADPiShannan]

I dont know about anyone else but I wonder if Wesleyan College today is still against any Greek chapters on their campus. I think it would mean the world to so many ADPi's if they would change their minds and let ADPi back on their campus. I know I would love to know it was back there at all places. I agree its been 90 years time to change and time to get it back, but I doubt itll happen. Just a thought Id love to see happen oneday.

[ASUADPi]

I too would love to know if they are agianst Greeks still. I just don't understand how they could be against the first two sororities. What did we do to them? LOL.

[NutBrnHair]

I think I mentioned somewhere earlier that Wesleyan really plays up their student's class loyalty, i.e., Freshman, Sophomore, etc. The classes pick colors and mascots and have "competitions" much like our Greek Games.

Another point...I can't think of any all women's colleges who have sororities today. Can you?

[ADPiShannan]

Nope, not one that I can think of either, but you actually would think there would be sororities for all girls colleges. Its a way for people to get to know each other better I think. I really think sororities help a campus.

[jhujenn]

Brenau in GA does as well as a school in Nebraska I think. Also the women at Barnard can join sororities at Columbia.

As far as class loyalty is concerned it was the same thing at my women's college. We had sisters from the other classes sort of like big and little sisters.

[Adelphean]

ADPi has a chapter at Brenau, Lambda. They are an AWESOME group of sisters!

[skerbow]

Originally posted by NutBrnHair
I think I mentioned somewhere earlier that Wesleyan really plays up their student's class loyalty, i.e., Freshman, Sophomore, etc. The classes pick colors and mascots and have "competitions" much like our Greek Games.

Another point...I can't think of any all women's colleges who have sororities today. Can you?

Texas Woman's University has sororities. I believe AOTT, DG & TriSigma are on campus there.

[jhujenn]

I thought TWU was co-ed, they just didn't change their name to reflect it.

[lyrica9]

Originally posted by jhujenn
I thought TWU was co-ed, they just didn't change their name to reflect it.

they do admit guys, but the percent of male students is like 0.5%.
most "all female" colleges/universities admit men now, especially if they are public, because it's hard for them to make a case for why they should be able to not accept men.

most of the guys at TWU are older undergrads, or grad students from what i can tell.

[skerbow]

That is correct. They have been letting men in for about 5 years now. But as Katy said, they are predominately grad students and most are seeking Nursing certifications. TWU will probably never change their name. I don't think they were real happy about being co-ed to begin with. But there aren't any fraternities on campus. Only sororities.

[adpiucf]

With the sisterhood found within the classes (First Year, Second Year, etc.), there is not a need for sororities at the women's colleges, as the classes are fulfilling that need. A sorority would not be successful at a school like this, most likely.

[ADPiShannan]

Is it that involved?

I know we had a sisterhood of a sort in the dorms. There were always ways for the classes to get to know each other and become close, but many still joined sororities to get to know even more people. I know I was involved in all my clubs and in the dorms but I still loved my sorority most. Though we had 25,000 students, its so much better to be involved in many things so you can get to know diff people on campus with the big number of students.

[jhujenn]

I don't honestly feel that the "sisterhood" at women's colleges is that overpowering. I attended a women's college and I'm pursuing AI because I think the sisterhood aspect is in a much larger presence than being an alumnae of a women's college.

Most women's colleges don't have sororities because it's tradition not to. I attempted to open my campus up, but I was informed the president and board would have to agree, since we are still wearing stocks at graduation, I really didn't see that happening.

As far as most women's colleges admitting men they do at the graduate level. I know that mine does, but all of the grad classes were at night so it wasn't like there were men on campus during the day. Also housing isn't offered to grad students.

[NutBrnHair]

Interesting insights, jhujenn.

An additional note about Wesleyan today...they have just over 650 undergraduate students, so that gives you an idea of the "class" size.

[jhujenn]

I think the size is pretty typical of women's colleges. We had graduation on the front lawn and this included all of the grad students and I still don't think it was more than 1000 graduates.