Rechartering and Chapter Name

[cuaphi]

Originally posted by Aphigal


This is true for when a chapter's charter is actuallly withdrawn (ie a chapter is closed for some time) However, when Alpha Phi does an immediate re-establishment then no, deuteron is not always added to the chapter's name.

Thank you for explaining that because I had wondered why some recolonized chapters use it and some, like Omicron, don't. Officially my chapter is Beta Gamma deuteron but it seems like they don't always list the deuteron because it's cumbersome (i.e - it was dropped off the chapter webpage logo.)

[Janerz222]

Early in Kappa Alpha Theta, some chapter names were transferred to other schools. If that was the case, and the original chapter came back, a deuteron was added.

For instance, I believe our Phi chapter was originally chartered at the University of the Pacific when it was in San Jose. Then, that chapter closed and Phi was transferred to Stanford when the Stanford chapter was chartered. Then, Stanford forbid all sororities, so that chapter closed. Phi was later reopened at the new University of the Pacific in Stockton. In '79, when Theta came back to Stanford, the new chapter was given the designation Phi deuteron (Phi the second).

At some point in our history, we decided not to reassign chapter names to other campuses, so they stay "saved" should a closed chapter ever reopen. As someone else said, Gamma deuteron is the only other "deuteron" I know of in Theta currently.

[Betarulz!]

Originally posted by Greekgrrl
Question: Is it common for colonies to have chapter designations? I always assumed that a colony would just be "Blah School colony" until they were installed, unless a recolonization were taking place.

What's the trend in your GLO?

It depends on the situation. A re-colonization effort means that they will get their chapter designation back. So our colony at East Carolina is the Epsilon Alpha Colony. New colonizations are only referred to as their school colony.