Has anyone ever advised a chapter besides their own?

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Originally Posted by 33girl

NPC groups don't always have an alumnae chapter that "corresponds" (for lack of a better word) to each undergrad chapter, so we wouldn't be able to do things in that way. (It would be nice, though.) Even if a group has a housing corporation for that chapter or a chapter association, they don't deal with day to day collegiate advising.

The chapter advisor often has to get involved with issues of standards, recruitment, etc. so he/she pretty much should be someone who's on campus (or really near) and easy for the members to access.

In answer to JI's question, she just has to use the parts of her sorority experience that make her a good advisor, and put aside the things that conflict with the national/local goals of the group she's advising. Maybe Annie ASA Alum is advising a Kappa chapter and she thinks it's ridiculous that (made up example) seniors can't take a little, because that rule doesn't exist in her sorority. It doesn't matter, she has to tell the collegians to follow it. She's not there to advance ASA goals, she's there to help the collegians achieve their goals in Kappa. If she can't do that, she shouldn't accept the advising position.

Yes, this is a major difference. For NPHC groups, there has to be an alumnae chapter nearby to advise the undergrad chapter or the undergrad chapter cannot be active. Also our alumnae chapters do not comprise members of a particular school. Instead they represent cities/areas such as the alumnae chapter of Chicago. Another major difference is that our alumnae chapters are not a part of any alumni association but are actually voting chapters within the sorority and undergrad members are expected to transfer into an alumnae chapter once they graduate. Hence the idea that membership is for life.