Three Sororities Selected to Present at Northwestern

[33girl]

Originally Posted by OTW

The truth, maybe...but for what purpose? Convincing NU's PHC to select ZTA? If PHC did select ZTA, I seriously doubt that it'd solely be because of the fact ZTA's stronger nationally than the other two.

If anything that comment probably raised many eyebrows, especially coming from a national president.

But we all know that inter/national presidents aren't perfect.

I would really like to know if that was the whole quote, because it seems like something that could very easily be taken out of context and make them look very unpanhellenic. Depending on the culture of the campus, it could mess w/ their chances for this expansion oppportunity. You'd think a national president would avoid saying things that could bite them in the butt and make them or their group look bad.



stop laughing, Sandy.

[SigKapSweetie]

This has very, very little to do with this thread, but I thought it was interesting. At Wittenberg, there is one chapter with a one-letter designation (ADPi's Chi chapter), but there are two sororities (GPhiB and KD) whose Alpha Nu chapters are on that campus. Funny coincidence!

[alum]

Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie

This has very, very little to do with this thread, but I thought it was interesting. At Wittenberg, there is one chapter with a one-letter designation (ADPi's Chi chapter), but there are two sororities (GPhiB and KD) whose Alpha Nu chapters are on that campus. Funny coincidence!

Could that be because the 2 groups were founded at the same time or that all the sororities were colonized or chartered at the same time? I remember at a couple of schools that we researched that the schools had long histories of local sororities but the university forced the locals to affiliate nationally in order to remain recognized. I think 2 glos happened to have the same chapter designation.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by alum

Could that be because the 2 groups were founded at the same time or that all the sororities were colonized or chartered at the same time? I remember at a couple of schools that we researched that the schools had long histories of local sororities but the university forced the locals to affiliate nationally in order to remain recognized. I think 2 glos happened to have the same chapter designation.

The University of Nebraska not only has many single letter chapter designations, but different chapters with the same letter.

Note: Eleven out of fourteen active chapters have a single letter and three out five inactive. However, not all were chartered before 1900.

Z = AOP and DZ (inactive)
K = DG, DDD and CW
P = GFB and KD
R = AXD and KAQ

FYI: Other chapters with sign letter designation:

Q = SDT (inactive)
M = QFA (inactive)
N = AF
X = ACW
S = KKG

[FSUZeta]

to explain npc expansion in a nutshell:

1. campus panhellenic and administration decide that campus needs another sorority

2. they notify national panhellenic conference hdqtrs. that they are looking to expand

3. npc sends out notification to all npc sororities headquarters

4. all interested npc sororities send an information packet to the school

5. administration and panhellenic officers go thru packets and choose a certain number to make presentations on campus.

6. sororities make presentations

7. campus greek life officers (and perhaps admin.) take a vote on which group they want and extend an invitation to that sorority to colonize.

those voting may vary from campus to campus, but i believe that it usually happens this way.

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

to explain npc expansion in a nutshell:

1. campus panhellenic and administration decide that campus needs another sorority

2. they notify national panhellenic conference hdqtrs. that they are looking to expand

3. npc sends out notification to all npc sororities headquarters

4. all interested npc sororities send an information packet to the school

5. administration and panhellenic officers go thru packets and choose a certain number to make presentations on campus.

6. sororities make presentations

7. campus greek life officers (and perhaps admin.) take a vote on which group they want to and extend an invitation to that sorority to colonize.

those voting may vary from campus to campus, but i believe that it usually happens this way.

This doesnt take into consideration that there might be an interest group of women who might want another sorority on campus. I wasn't a part of the original interest group, but I AM a colony member of my chapter, and the reason Alpha Xi Delta was chosen on my campus was because it's the organization that the interest group wanted.

[LPIDelta]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

to explain npc expansion in a nutshell:

1. campus panhellenic and administration decide that campus needs another sorority

2. they notify national panhellenic conference hdqtrs. that they are looking to expand

3. npc sends out notification to all npc sororities headquarters

4. all interested npc sororities send an information packet to the school

5. administration and panhellenic officers go thru packets and choose a certain number to make presentations on campus.

6. sororities make presentations

7. campus greek life officers (and perhaps admin.) take a vote on which group they want to and extend an invitation to that sorority to colonize.

those voting may vary from campus to campus, but i believe that it usually happens this way.

Excellent outline--and I would add that NPC orgs make their decision at different times. Some may only present or send packets to schools where they are willing to establish a chapter, while others may wait to make a decision final decision after presentation etc. As with membership selection, its a different process for each organization and different factors are taken into account.

Originally Posted by 33girl

stop laughing, Sandy.

Sorry, I can't help it! Thank you for giving me the haha I needed this morning.

[FSUZeta]

the scenario we have been discussing was not an interest group contacting one sorority directly, but a college contacting npc to say that are opening their campus for expansion.

however, as you noted, interest groups may form, and with the consent of their campus administrators and panhellenic, contact a sorority for possible colonization.

[amanda6035]

They still went through the process of contacting npc of the desire to expand. Three orgs were interested, and came to present. I think the biggest difference (at least from what I can tell) is that out of those orgs, the interest group picked the one they wanted, rather than the university picking for them.

[ZTAngel]

Has anyone heard anything? Have all the groups made their presentations?

[SmoochyGirl]

OK.....my mom's best friend knows the ZTA national president.....she was totally misquoted....a reporter called her and asked her what zeta would share with the northwestern panhellenic about why they should pick zeta to come on campus....and she told them that they have a house corp, a foundation and the regular sorority part of the organization....and that all three of these groups working together is what makes them strong.....she never said they are the strongest of the three groups presenting.....just goes to show how the media can twist things!!!

i heard she is a really nice lady, and is very proud of her sorority, but not arrogant or cocky at all.....zeta wants to be chosen but would never diss the other groups.....we have zeta on my campus and they are pretty cool......

has anyone heard who got selected?

[Denise_DPhiE]

I didn't see it mentioned (but I may have missed it) but I thought it was great that the dormant groups rose like cream to the top of the selection process (all three are dormant). I know that at least 8 groups submitted materials to be considered and only half were dormant and for good reason, these dormant groups all have a wonderful chance to re-establish their sisterhoods at NU. Best of luck to all.

Denise