Some Advice

[Senusret I]

Can a school administration (or Office of Greek Life specifically) open the campus for expansion in spite of what the local panhellenic says?

And a related question (though maybe it should be anther topic), how would an NPC colonize at a school where it would be the only sorority of it's type, specifically an HBCU?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Can a school administration (or Office of Greek Life specifically) open the campus for expansion in spite of what the local panhellenic says?

And a related question (though maybe it should be anther topic), how would an NPC colonize at a school where it would be the only sorority of it's type, specifically an HBCU?

No, the school admin or GL office cannot do that. They can allow other kinds of sororities (professional, service etc) but not one that wants to be on Panhellenic.

As far as the second question, it would work pretty much like any other expansion, except the Greek Life office or school admin would vote on whether they want a group to come and which group they want, instead of Panhellenic voting on it. They could probably ask the NPHC sororities already there for their input, but that would be strictly unofficial.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by 33girl

No, the school admin or GL office cannot do that. They can allow other kinds of sororities (professional, service etc) but not one that wants to be on Panhellenic.

I find that interesting....it seems like the local Panhellenic has more authority than the university in this case.

Originally Posted by 33girl

As far as the second question, it would work pretty much like any other expansion, except the Greek Life office or school admin would vote on whether they want a group to come and which group they want, instead of Panhellenic voting on it. They could probably ask the NPHC sororities already there for their input, but that would be strictly unofficial.

Thanks!

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I find that interesting....it seems like the local Panhellenic has more authority than the university in this case.

I think since all the individual NPC orgs are bound by what the NPC has established, I don't think any one group is going to fight to come in against the protocols of the PNC. They've established procedures in the mutual interests of all the NPC, so they expect people to follow them.

The university can kick them all off, but I don't think they'd try to subvert the policies of NPC or put pressure on the local groups to do so.

I think NIC is different, but I don't know. While they do have formal campus initiated expansion, I don't think it's considered required, but I'm not sure. (If a group starts up even if the campus IFC doesn't really want to expand, it's usually still in their best interested to make sure the new org. is bound by the same rules as the rest of the groups, so I think they usually get to be campus IFC members pretty quick.)

[adpiucf]

The campus is not open to NPC expansion, so it ends there.

You might want to investigate other types of sororities, like a multicultural GLO or a non-collegiate sorority. These are not NPC organizations.

[KyleMcGuire1983]

our campus has five NPC sororities and nine NIC fraternities (one of which is a colony). As a countermeasure we have decided to stop expansion on our campus until NPC expands. If NPC won't let girls colonize a new NPC sorority I suggest speaking to IFC about suspending fraternity expansion as well...

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983

our campus has five NPC sororities and nine NIC fraternities (one of which is a colony). As a countermeasure we have decided to stop expansion on our campus until NPC expands. If NPC won't let girls colonize a new NPC sorority I suggest speaking to IFC about suspending fraternity expansion as well...

That doesn't make sense. Typically, Fraternities tend to be smaller than sororities, and more numerous. You'd probably have to search for awhile to find a campus with more NPCs than fraternities. Plus, because IFC doesn't deal with quotas, etc like NPC does, you're still going to get the same amount of guys rushing (save for a few that the PR of an extra set of letters would bring), and probably give out the same amount of bids. I know that there are a few more stats that go in there, such as the probability of a guy finding a "fit" amoung more groups, but in general, you're probably not achieving a more even guy/girl ratio, which I'm assuming is your goal.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983

our campus has five NPC sororities and nine NIC fraternities (one of which is a colony). As a countermeasure we have decided to stop expansion on our campus until NPC expands. If NPC won't let girls colonize a new NPC sorority I suggest speaking to IFC about suspending fraternity expansion as well...

Does the NIC have the same type resolutions about expansion that the NPC does? I thought that you all had more autonomy generally.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

And a related question (though maybe it should be anther topic), how would an NPC colonize at a school where it would be the only sorority of it's type, specifically an HBCU?

good question - i'd like to know. would it be similar to how Pike got to Howard? (ok i know APO is there too... and Pike isn't NPC, but that's the first correlation i thought of)

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by tld221

good question - i'd like to know. would it be similar to how Pike got to Howard? (ok i know APO is there too... and Pike isn't NPC, but that's the first correlation i thought of)

APO being rechartered there was more like any other campus organization being rechartered, on the school administration side.

With NIC orgs, I don't think it's nearly as strict. From what I recall, the boys there approached Pike and Pike said yes, rather than a formal procedure from the school to determine which org they wanted. (Which, in that particular case, may have been a better path, but it's none of my business.)