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There's a great book called "If" that has open-ended questions you can present to a group. We had this at our PX retreat many moons again.
If you can't do a bonfire, you can still sit in a circle and pass a stuffed animal or sorority symbol around. Each person can say something positive about their experience with the sorority.
If you're doing an event at a farm, you could theme it as "Ranch Retreat" or "Frontier Living." You could have some kind of merit badge system where you earn a reward for every part of the retreat you complete-- maybe this is something members can display in their rooms later as a reminder of retreat and the things they learned.
Side note: Keep the retreat positive and focused on good things. Guys seem to be a lot better at confronting issues and settling them more quickly... girls take a lot too personally. If you're in a sisterhood lockdown, any drama brought out into the open could really ruin the mood you are trying to set. Especially at the beginning of the school year, when you're bonding with new members and helping them reaffirm that they joined a wonderful chapter.
Inter-chapter drama should be dealt with though-- I think any chapter benefits from a semesterly "Town Hall" style meeting where the members can address any issues that have been bubbling under the surface and offering solutions to issues bothering the chapter. Exec moderates, but doesn't jump on the defensive-- just listening and taking notes.
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