How/Why did your chapter begin?

[KSigkid]

To make a long story short, the Greek system was just beginning to build up at my school after an absence. Two Kappa Sigs who had transferred decided the time was right for a chapter at the school - within a few months, a colony was formed, a little over a year after that, the Mu Psi chapter was born.

[agzg]

My chapter was local for about a day. We were the first NPC on campus, although there were several locals and little sister groups around on and off for several years, but in September, 1976 we were born.

There's a super old scrapbook in our house, from the late 70s before any other NPC groups expanded to Gannon, and there's pictures from Greek Week. It's kinda neat to see my Alpha Gam sisters competing by themselves against... all men. Actually, it's pretty hilarious, especially since there was a caption to the effect of "Once again, the TKEs feel like they have to rub it in our faces that they won and we came in dead last." Of course that could just be funny to me because the TKEs have been known to break into our house and steal all our Greek Week trophies... a 30 year old rivalry continues.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

There's a super old scrapbook in our house, from the late 70s...

"Super old?"

[AGPhiBete]

I founded my chapter, with the help of 7 other friends. I was attending a university with virtually no Greek Life except for one or two MCGLO's, a local or two, and APO.

I had wanted to be a part of Greek Life since I can remember, and since my friends and I really didn't feel comfortable in any of the organizations on campus, we decided to charter our chapter of Phi Beta Psi.

We also all really liked what Phi Beta Psi stood for and why they exist. For those of you who don't know, Phi Beta Psi's core mission is to raise money for cancer research, and all of the Founding Sisters of my chapter were touched by cancer in some way.

[RU OX Alum]

The CHPATER got there on 17 November 2001 because we were iniatied the night before and were a colony before that. The people in the colony were succesful I guess in getting us to that point, but they didn't do anything after to ensure the survival or success of the chapter so my pledge class and the one before us are also Founding Fathers.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

The CHPATER got there on 17 November 2001 because we were iniatied the night before and were a colony before that. The people in the colony were succesful I guess in getting us to that point, but they didn't do anything after to ensure the survival or success of the chapter so my pledge class and the one before us are also Founding Fathers.

That happens a lot. Some organizations make it so difficult to obtain that damned charter that oftentimes, founders will get that piece of paper and say to themselves "I'm done."

I will even go so far as to admit that we probably had what I would call a 1 year hangover after getting that charter. It took some new blood to come in and get things moving again.

[Deltazeta4ever]

My chapter was the first sorority at the University of Rochester. We were chartered in 1978, over 75 years after women were admitted to the school. (For those of you who don't know the story... the U of R was an all male institution until Susan B. Anthony cashed in her life insurance policy to pay $10,000 to the school, forcing them to admit women). Even after women were admitted, sororities were still not allowed (fraternities have been there since 1850) because there was some silly codicil in an endowment that said that sororities could not be housed "on campus." After countless years and many complaints, the university finally came up with a plan: sororities were allowed, but they could not be housed on the ground floor of any building. They had to live on the upper floors, so they are not technically "on campus." Sounds silly, but it worked! They kept the endowment, and now there are 6 NPC and 2 NPHC sororities and a few MCGLO's.

[Senusret I]

APhiA:
Long story short.....from 1907 to 1923, alumni of Beta Chapter (Howard University) just kinda hung around the chapter and helped out. Finally, in 1923, they decided it would be better to have their own alumni chapter: Mu Lambda, the 12th alumni chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha.

Among the 19 charter members are two founders (Jewels), noted historian and past General President Charles H. Wesley, and Charles Hamilton Houston, civil rights lawyer and mentor of Thurgood Marshall. Activists Belford Lawson and Rayford Logan, former Mayor of DC Marion Barry, and Ambassador Horace Dawson have all been affiliated with Mu Lambda.

APO:
Mu Alpha Chapter at Georgetown University was founded fifty years ago by John Buckley, a transfer student from Florida State University. That's pretty much it, lol. Brothers include Bill Clinton and Ambassador Maura Harty.