For NPC sororitiy women

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Well, for that matter, my sophomore year roommate flunked out of school and then came back 2 years later. She didn't formally affiliate because being active in the sorority was part of the reason she flunked out of school. Everyone understood that and respected it and welcomed her presence when she had time - i.e. cheering the chapter on at Greek Week and things like that...

Interesting...I believe our policy in that case is that the returning member is not an affiliate candidate because she is ALREADY a member of that chapter. She would HAVE to return as an active member or resign entirely.
Now...let's say she left school before graduating...never married...and 20 years later returned to the same school to continue her students. Would she be required to rejoin her chapter? Strictly speaking, yes. Can you imagine a 40-year-old woman participating in rush? Probably not...interesting situation...and I'm sure it's happened somewhere sometime!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Interesting...I believe our policy in that case is that the returning member is not an affiliate candidate because she is ALREADY a member of that chapter. She would HAVE to return as an active member or resign entirely.

I guess rather than "affiliate" the term I should have used was "reactivate." When you leave school for any reason you're an alum, so she just stayed an alum. I doubt if national even knew she was back at school.

[Zillini]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Interesting...I believe our policy in that case is that the returning member is not an affiliate candidate because she is ALREADY a member of that chapter. She would HAVE to return as an active member or resign entirely.
Now...let's say she left school before graduating...never married...and 20 years later returned to the same school to continue her students. Would she be required to rejoin her chapter? Strictly speaking, yes. Can you imagine a 40-year-old woman participating in rush? Probably not...interesting situation...and I'm sure it's happened somewhere sometime!

That's ADPi's policy too. If a member takes a semester/year of school off regardless of the reason, they are expected to return to active status if/when they re-enroll on the same campus. It's never been an issue because they all wanted to return anyways. I guess I never thought about how we'd handle it if someone didn't want to.

As you said though, I can't imagine chasing down a woman who re-enrolled 20 years later and forcing her to be an active. That visual is rather funny!