My Live Spring Rush Story

[FSUZeta]

i return with incomplete information. on the national website of the engineering sorority i looked up, there is no information about what "type"(npc,honor, professional,etc.) of sorority they are. on two collegiate websites of the same sorority, they were listed as associate members of the collegiate panhellenic. however, i don't think that they could ever be anything but associate members, because there are restrictions on their membership(only eligible for membership if you are an engineering or science major). they may have to come up with a different catagory for them, as they expand to more campuses.

[OHNOITSJESS]

I was wondering what Engineering organization[s] you looked up? Here is the basic rundown i gleaned off the national homepages.

Phi Sigma Rho- Phi Sigma Rho is a social sorority for women in engineering and engineering technology.

Alpha Omega Epsilon- Alpha Omega Epsilon is a professional and social sorority composed of female engineering students and alumnae.

Alpha Sigma Kappa- Alpha Sigma Kappa is unique because it is a social sorority for technical majors.

i don't know if this helped or is even relevant.

I contacted panhellenic a while back, [i started this journey Fall semester - before spring rush] about what it would take to be an associate memeber [ 11 NPC sororities, and 0 associate members on campus] and i was told it would be a long process and the chances of it happening are slim. i then informed the Panhellenic Advisor i would just be a national engineering sorority affiliated with the College of Engineering. i don't know why she came back to tell me that i HAD to affiliate with PHC. We have 3 local orgs that are independent, but i assume that since they are local [vs. national] the don't need to be part of the PHC.

Whatever the case, i'm going back to campus tomm., starting my mentoring [i get to help freshman in the College of Engineering, its also a great recruitment opp!] and on monday i will go pay a visit to the Student Life office.

Whatever the case i'm not giving up... I've met some really awesome girls {now one is my future roommate} so honestly i think i have found a bond that i can count on. I've put a lot of time and energy into seeing this grow, and it has [i'm "president/founder"] and i'm not going to go chopping my work down.

thats my rant.... i finished linear algebra, got a frappachino, and am having a family PS3 night/send off party.... YAAY FOR BIG CLOSE-KNIT FAMILIES! caffeine maybe thats why i'm so hyper [more so than usual]

[OHNOITSJESS]

so heres an update...
I went in and talked to the Panhellenic advisor and we straightened things out....
we also are in the process of registering our local org.... we got to make a name, colors, and blah blah blah.... its so exciting.... and picking out a name was exhausting.... we would look up certain combinations to find out they already existed... then keep going... it took us 4 hours with the help of the internet... i am also trying to find ways to get funding from the campus/state/college of engineering...

i just read RUSH at UCSC i feel motivated [more so] and i got some really good ideas... i think i am only posting here to hear my own voice and have a written history of the process [b.c i suck at keeping journals and the written stuff i have only has the name, motto colors... blah blah blah...]

[AGDee]

Congrats! That's all very exciting! The best of luck to you in your endeavor!

[couggirl]

So, have you decided then to form your own local instead of pursuing membership with the engineering sorority? Or is the local a "fill in" until things get moving with the national engineering sorority?

[OHNOITSJESS]

well things are pretty much at a standstill with the national engineering sorority and the members here are getting impatient... i've contacted several people in the Organization [nationally and not] and i haven't heard anything since April. While pursuing national affiliation is still an option, the members and i believe we should build up funds and new members while working on building a climate [like getting our name out there, community service... etc] that is more receptive to an engineering sorority for the local and potentially a national organization...

[FSUZeta]

congratulations on all your news and thank you for being so mindful to have colors, motto, etc. of your own which are unique and original. if you want to eventually affiliate with the national engineering sorority, i hope that it works out for you.

what decisions do you and the greek advisor come to?

also, i apologize for not answering your question about which sorority i had researched, but i did not revisit this thread until today. honestly, i cannot remember with organization it was, but i think it may have been AOE.

i still think that an engineering sorority deserves its own distinct greek council, since it is more specialized in its membership selection.

[OHNOITSJESS]

thanks on the congrats!

i have a question for NPC'ers. THe assistant dean of the college of engineering [from here on out reffered to as COE] is our advisor. He is only a temporary advisor. There is this Eng. Undecided advsior that we were interested in contacting. I came to know that she was a member/is an alumna [still a little iffy on that] of an NPC sorority. I was wondering if she is an Alumna, is there any restrictions of her serving in an advisor position for us?

as for symbols and colors and motto...
.... well we tried to be as unique as possible. while i won't reveal the name yet, our colors are indigo [a bright purple-y blue, that is hard to find so we have to settle for royal blue on shirts.. ] yellow [like a lemony shade] and powder/sky blue. our symbols are A compass [the navigational one not the drafting one] with a fleur de lis [like this one] and a gear [go figure...]
our flower is the cornflower [tenative] and our jewel is the sapphire.

i know it sounds like were ripping off of kappa but we aren't. we tried to use the symbols we like in a way that isn't copying them. we have a kappa here and in no way are trying to emulate them. Conflict with any NPC org is the last thing i want here.... well conflict with any org period.

[MaggieXi]

Do you have Alpha Xi Delta on your campus? Your colors would probably get confused. AXiD's colors are double blue (dark and light blue) and gold.

[EEKappa]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

Do you have Alpha Xi Delta on your campus? Your colors would probably get confused. AXiD's colors are double blue (dark and light blue) and gold.

Looks like we posted at the same time!

[EEKappa]

Though I know from reading your posts that your intentions are completely good and you are not imitating any group, others will likely not be so understanding when they see the coincidence of the blue and blue, sapphire, and compass with fleur de lis. You won't have the opportunity to explain to them your rationale before they jump to the conclusion that you've taken inspiration from the symbols of another GLO on your campus. As a new group starting out, it would be really unfortunate if you were viewed as posers, even though you aren't. Just my .02.

Also, as you may know, Alpha Xi Delta's colors are light blue, dark blue, and gold. (One of my Kappa friends has an A Xi D daughter, and they think it's cool that their colors are so similar.)

Wishing you the best with your new group!

[33girl]

Well, Theta Phi Alpha has the compass too, and their colors are silver, blue and gold.

Like I said in that Kappa Gamma thread - unless you want to go w/ orange and puce and have your mascot be the horny armadillo, there's going to be some overlap.

[RaggedyAnn]

Usually the university requires you to have a faculty member as an advisor-so they can sign out equipment, sign off for rooms, etc. As far as other advisors, you are coming up with your own rules, so there really isn't a procedure for you to follow. I know all of our advisors are recommended to be out of school for at least 3 years to be approved.

[pbear19]

Your faculty advisor should be ok regardless of any other greek affiliation. A faculty advisor is different from a chapter advisor. In my local organization we did not have a chapter advisor (largely because as a local it wasn't as necessary, nor did we have anyone really to fill the spot), and our faculty advisor for all but one year was a guy. He would sign off on docs for us, and sometimes host us in his house after initiation. But he didn't come to meetings, nor did he participate in ritual, so his greek affiliations and the fact that he was a guy didn't factor.

[OHNOITSJESS]

also on the A Xi D and TPA note : there are only 5 [maybe 6] AZD chapters and 1 TPA in my state...
Ironically if i did use an armadillo, it wouldn't be super strange [at least not where i am... which will be revealed when everything is finalized]
as for orange.... not happening... i like the color but..... be it the campus i am i would get dirty looks.... at the least.