Classification v. "Years Left"

[lillady85]

I wanted to pop in and say that I completely agree with you, 33girl. It feels as if thought they expect seniors to be busy and not want to go to chapter, events, etc. I know that my last two quarters at school, I had so much more time due to fluff classes. I wish chapters (and I saw this at all chapters at my school) would do senior retention activities because honestly, it felt like sometimes they were just waiting for us to be done and the only activities that were scheduled, etc, were ones geared toward the freshman.

Seniors want to be active too! Just in different ways than our freshmen sisters.

[AGDee]

Alpha Gam is piloting a new program directed toward keeping seniors involved and beginning to expose them to life as an alumna to work on encouraging lifelong active membership. I'm very hopeful that it will make a big difference. We've got to recognize that the needs of our seniors are different than the needs of our freshmen and start addressing those differences. We're looking at the collegiate experience in stages: Alpha: New member program, Gamma: Middle years and Delta: Senior year, with different programs and activities geared toward each. Alpha and Delta will be rolled out soon and Gamma is still being developed.

[lillady85]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Alpha Gam is piloting a new program directed toward keeping seniors involved and beginning to expose them to life as an alumna to work on encouraging lifelong active membership. I'm very hopeful that it will make a big difference. We've got to recognize that the needs of our seniors are different than the needs of our freshmen and start addressing those differences. We're looking at the collegiate experience in stages: Alpha: New member program, Gamma: Middle years and Delta: Senior year, with different programs and activities geared toward each. Alpha and Delta will be rolled out soon and Gamma is still being developed.

This is the kind of thing that I would love for NPC sororities to do if they don't do them already. I think it would really help with alumnae wanting to participate once they are done with college (and not solely in assisting the collegiate chapters). It leads to not thinking "I was" a XYZ and thinking "I am and always will be" an XYZ. But these activities are different and need to be tailored.