Expansions for 2006/2007

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by gogators07

Kappa Upsilon Chi, National Christian Fraternity is installing five chapters this year:

Lambda - University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
Mu - Clemson University
Nu - University of Tennessee
Xi - University of Kentucky
Omicron - University of Mississippi

Will UK's be in the fall (2007)?

[gogators07]

UCF is being installed in August. The other four have been in Phase II this last semester and will be moving into their Probationary Colonization Phase this fall 2007.

So, Kentucky will actually have its first rush with the founders Spring 2008.

[Tom Earp]

Sorry if I am wrong, it is in Rome Ga. well as I remember.

canation and help on the school?
Maybe it was Rome College im Troy, Ga?

[SkiingSister]

Tom, I totally agree with you on the growth mode.

However, from what I know, with colonies you start with 50% freshman, 25% sophomores, 20% juniors and then a few seniors.

Recruitment is tricky the first few years, even in colony status; people drop out, etc. Sure you have a good rush, but I do not believe that you can justify another chapter colonizing at the same school until all of that freshman class have graduated, perhaps a year later. Replacing that large class is hard. Having a new group come on any sooner is tough.

Having a lot of friends at Arizona, I have an idea of how bad it was. It was pretty sad in those days. After all the colonizing, rush numbers went down like gravity and chapters, even those successful were doing spring rush.

BTW, anyone know why ADPi went off campus? What happened to their house? I heard somewhere that could recolonize. Why them and not someone else?

[AnchorAlumna]

Berry College in Rome, Ga.
Troy University (they dropped the "state" part last year" in Troy, Ala.

[flirt5721]

Originally Posted by SkiingSister

Tom, I totally agree with you on the growth mode.

However, from what I know, with colonies you start with 50% freshman, 25% sophomores, 20% juniors and then a few seniors.

Recruitment is tricky the first few years, even in colony status; people drop out, etc. Sure you have a good rush, but I do not believe that you can justify another chapter colonizing at the same school until all of that freshman class have graduated, perhaps a year later. Replacing that large class is hard. Having a new group come on any sooner is tough.

Having a lot of friends at Arizona, I have an idea of how bad it was. It was pretty sad in those days. After all the colonizing, rush numbers went down like gravity and chapters, even those successful were doing spring rush.

BTW, anyone know why ADPi went off campus? What happened to their house? I heard somewhere that could recolonize. Why them and not someone else?

ADPi or it might have been AOTT at UofA went off campus because of low numbers. I went to there house a year before they closed for a tour of the sorority houses sponsored by the NPC Alum Association.

[AEPhiSierra]

Just heard AEPhi will be colonizing at Stanford in the Fall. Here is an article in the Stanford Daily:

http://daily.stanford.edu/article/20...pprovedForFall

[PenguinTrax]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Hmmm, I don't believe she's at Troy State. That campus has had national groups for 30+ years.

Trojangal went to Troy State.

[AGDLynn]

Per www.alphagammadelta.org

The announcement states that there are currently 3 NPC groups on campus but I don't know if another group recently colonized because the Panhellenic website only shows Delta Zeta, Zeta Tau Alpha and Theta Omega Chi (local founded in Russellville).

Don't know anything about this campus other than ATech is in the Gulf South Conference with WGa.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Sorry if I am wrong, it is in Rome Ga. well as I remember.

canation and help on the school?
Maybe it was Rome College im Troy, Ga?

Shorter in Rome. My husband is a Berry alum, though there are no Greeks there; however, I've heard that at the end of the school year, there was a big deal going on about several students wanting Greek life! Maybe...

[AGDLynn]

Side note, my Campus Relations Adviser told me today they are moving to Rome. I don't know her specialty. Her hubby got a teaching job somewhere in Floyd Co. She didn't mention what school.

[susan314]

Originally Posted by AGDLynn

Per www.alphagammadelta.org

The announcement states that there are currently 3 NPC groups on campus but I don't know if another group recently colonized because the Panhellenic website only shows Delta Zeta, Zeta Tau Alpha and Theta Omega Chi (local founded in Russellville).

Don't know anything about this campus other than ATech is in the Gulf South Conference with WGa.

That's exciting! I love to hear about new colonies, and trust that the expansion team does a good job evaluating new campuses.

Irishpipes has a pretty good history thread going in the recruitment forum (http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=86934 ), and it appears that there are currently only 2 NPC groups on campus. Looks like 3 NPC groups started in 1977, but Phi Mu has closed somewhere in the meantime. Not sure if the press release thing indicated 3 NPC groups by mistake, when it should have meant 2 NPC + the local, or if they were meaning that we would be the 4th NPC group ever to be on that campus????


ETA: According to the expansion thread in the Alpha Gam forum, the local group will be affiliating with Phi Mu. (Congrats to Phi Mu also!) We will be doing a colonization from the ground up. This explains the whole "4th NPC group thing".

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by SkiingSister

BTW, anyone know why ADPi went off campus? What happened to their house? I heard somewhere that could recolonize. Why them and not someone else?

ADPi will be returning in a couple years. The charter was not revoked, and the University has promised a recolonization in the near future as part of the deal.

[SkiingSister]

Honeychile thanks for the info.

I am surprised that ADPi will get to recolonize so soon? How did they swing that? Especially considering all the chapters that left before them; SDT, ZTA, AOII.

Why did ADPi go off campus? Numbers?

I am curious, now.

After looking at IrishPipes notes on Arizona, it seems like they have been a revolving door with the sororities. There doesn't seem to be one that hasn't been on the campus.

[Jill1228]

Delta Delta Delta will be colonizing at NC State
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