Expanding

[killlove532]

we are not a muticultural fraternity, but we are very diverse. what I ment by longest standing co-ed frat, is that we are the longest standing co-ed frat that is a social fraternity. as far as I know most other co-eds are community service based, or multicultural. but any info on co-ed would be great! we dont have a house unfortunately. our mission is to provide men and women with a place to nurture their own virtues, especially those of charity scholarship and unity, in a social aspect.

[33girl]

There have been social co-eds at Dartmouth for around 30 years.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by killlove532

we are not a muticultural fraternity, but we are very diverse. what I ment by longest standing co-ed frat, is that we are the longest standing co-ed frat that is a social fraternity.

Delta Psi, more commonly known as "Saint Anthony Hall" or simply "The Hall," was founded at Columbia in 1847 and went co-ed in the 1960s. It is a member of the North American Interfraternity Conference.

Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, founded at Hamilton College in 1832, dealt with whether or not to go co-ed for quite a few years from the early 70s on, with some chapters initiating women and others resisting the idea. In 1992, when it became clear that the co-ed chapters and the all-male chapters simply were not going to be able to co-exist, four co-ed chapters, by mutual consent of all concerned, withdrew from the fraternity and formed the Alpha Delta Phi Society, retaining much of the tradition of the fraternity.

[killlove532]

thanks for all the info, i really appreciate it.

[tallgreekalum]

Originally Posted by killlove532

thanks for all the info, i really appreciate it.

The ADPhi Society is limited to New England and NYC, at least if they want to use the AD name. BTW, it was five chapters, but Bowdoin closed, and the chapter they founded at Middlebury had closed as well.

[gphiangel624]

My advice to you on expansion (and this is in addition to Senusret's response below):

- Once you have looked at potential campuses that you are interested in expanding to, talk to the Greek Life/Student Orgs office. Just because you are interested in expanding to that campus, there may be a variety of reasons why the campus is not ready to expand.
- Talk to members of various orgs at the campus(es) you want to expand to- though you may see a need for an organization like yours on that campus, it may not be the first org to be there and there may not be an actual need (or desire) for the org to be on the campus at that time
- Once you do begin the expansion process, look into working with a council of similar orgs on that campus, or if you can't find a council with similar orgs, again, talk to the Greek Life/Student Orgs staff about finding other orgs to help support you during and after the expansion.
- Be sure that all of your members are interested in expanding and are all willing to help with the process. I've seen a few chapters on my campus where one or two people were interested in expanding, but the rest of the chapter wasn't interested at all, and the new colonies ended up failing.

Good luck