New to the site - looking to start a local and need help!

[xxstardust]

I wasn't sure if the forums had a policy about disclosing university names or not, which is why I worded my post the way I did, not out of any personal desire to keep it a secret. Is it okay to post school names? I just didn't want to step on anyone's toes, being new ...

In terms of the administration - we've had a lot of turnover in our administrators in the last year or so, and a lot of attitudes towards things the school's generally not been fond of in the past are starting to change. We actually had an information session about the traditionally African American fraternities and sororities, with representatives from nearby chapters, here in the spring semester last year, so things are looking more open then they have in the past. That new openness is something I'd like to push and keep going, so I was hoping for advice in that arena. I've looked through quite a few posts but the few that addressed schools without Greek life in place don't seem to have much resolution .. they seem to just end without any details as to their success or failure.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by xxstardust

I wasn't sure if the forums had a policy about disclosing university names or not, which is why I worded my post the way I did, not out of any personal desire to keep it a secret. Is it okay to post school names? I just didn't want to step on anyone's toes, being new ...

You can reveal as much or as little information that you want. That was more for you -- not sure how much info you want floating around the net.

In terms of the administration - we've had a lot of turnover in our administrators in the last year or so, and a lot of attitudes towards things the school's generally not been fond of in the past are starting to change. We actually had an information session about the traditionally African American fraternities and sororities, with representatives from nearby chapters, here in the spring semester last year, so things are looking more open then they have in the past. That new openness is something I'd like to push and keep going, so I was hoping for advice in that arena. I've looked through quite a few posts but the few that addressed schools without Greek life in place don't seem to have much resolution .. they seem to just end without any details as to their success or failure.

The NPHC organizations don't operate the same way as the NPC ones. Many (maybe all?) of the NPHC organizations have city-wide chapters. This is not the case with NPC.

[xxstardust]

Thanks, knight_shadow .. I appreciate the help, I really was just anxious not to offend anyone =]

We've been advertising via facebook and have been in touch with quite a few girls who are interested in starting a local sorority at our school. We're looking to get together for an informal planning meeting some time this week. We've also thought about presenting ourselves to our administration foremost as a service sorority, since we already have an approved service fraternity on campus. Working with a philanthropy is one of our biggest goals, so this isn't something we're we doing just for approval - we're really like to do some good for local organizations.

I don't know much about NPHC - my friends from home, who have been assisting me, are all involved with NPC sororities so that's where a good deal of my knowledge base comes from. I'm doing some research on NPHC right now but if anyone has an insider's knowledge that can let me know a little more about it, I'd really appreciate it! =]

[xxstardust]

I doubt anyone's really following this, but if anyone's interested -

Things seems to be going really well! We've been advertising around campus and have 65 girls who say they're interested in BGT .. of course, not all will actually follow through, but that's so many more then we thought would want to get involved! We only need 16 to demonstrate interest to the student activities board =]

Our Student Activities director also is interested in giving us a table at the Activities Fair this Friday, even though we aren't an approved group yet, which is awesome!

I'm feeling very optimistic right now and just wanted to share =]