Extension to schools with no dormitories.

[KAPital PHINUst]

Originally Posted by naraht

As best as I can tell, this is something relatively routinely done by NPHC fraternities and sororities and not done by NIC fraternities and NPC sororities. (I'm not saying specifically that we should or shouldn't based on that, I'm just making sure I've got the concept). If this is true, I'd want to understand *much* better how the NPHC groups make it work.

Oddly enough, I think Phi chapter at Syracuse is sort of like this with both brothers from Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF, but as best as I can tell the institutions expect student groups to admit from both.

Randy

Essentially, "swing" chapters are extension chapters that allow students attending schools that would not be conducive for a chapter of its own to exist or survive independently, for whatever reason, to affiliate with a school that does have a chapter, and join and be active with that chapter. The extended chapter would in effect be considered a "swing" chapter. Some swing chapters can and sometimes do become its own independent chapter over time. The key thing is it allows students to join the org through another chapter when forming a chapter is not possible or likely to survive due to campus climate/political issues beyond a student's control.

Citywide chapters are made up of members from several campuses forming one chapter when forming its own individual chapters is not possible for reasons mentioned above. Here in Columbus, a citywide chapter could be made up of students from DeVry, Columbus College of Art & Design, Franklin University, and Columbus State Community College. None of these schools are really conducive to keeping an APO chapter on its own campus, so students from all these schools could form its own citywide chapter (though realistically, these schools would be better served as swing chapters to OSU or Capital Universities).