University of Kentucky Recruitment

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by TSteven

Short Video of the 2009 University of Kentucky Bid Day with lots and lots of white dresses

Go Cats!

1. That was a load of fun. Their excitement was so cool.
2. The fraternity men lining the walkway was really nice. They also looked excited and happy.
3. Some really cute white dresses.
4. Based on the comments in the video: After it's all said and done, I hope they are able to marvel over their sisterhoods beyond the college campus experience and beyond having "a lot of fun."

[sydney bristow]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

1. That was a load of fun. Their excitement was so cool.
2. The fraternity men lining the walkway was really nice. They also looked excited and happy.
3. Some really cute white dresses.
4. Based on the comments in the video: After it's all said and done, I hope they are able to marvel over their sisterhoods beyond the college campus experience and beyond having "a lot of fun."

Bid day is like a holiday for fraternity members...they set up lawn chairs and everything.

[catfan]

I was sorry to learn that Sigma Kappa has closed at UK. Since the early 70's, 5 sororities have closed. Now Alpha Phi has colonized, and I can't help but think that was the final straw for SK. I heard Phi Mu is scheduled to colonize in 2011.
I wish them all success, but wish Panhellenic could help the GLO's that are struggling with membership. Are they using the release figure method in recruitment?

[sydney bristow]

Originally Posted by catfan

I was sorry to learn that Sigma Kappa has closed at UK. Since the early 70's, 5 sororities have closed. Now Alpha Phi has colonized, and I can't help but think that was the final straw for SK. I heard Phi Mu is scheduled to colonize in 2011.
I wish them all success, but wish Panhellenic could help the GLO's that are struggling with membership. Are they using the release figure method in recruitment?

I think the problem with helping a struggling chapter get more members vs bringing on a new group has a lot to do with perceptions. Many of the girls I know who joined Alpha Phi are girls who never considered being in any of the other 12 sororities at UK but wanted the colonization experience. These girls probably had the chance to join Sigma Kappa but didn't feel as if they fit in there. This is not to say that Sigma Kappa was in any way undesirable- I know lots of Sigma Kappas and they are all fun, cute, well-rounded girls. But when it comes down to it, stigma has a way of hurting groups within the greek system as sad as that might be.

Panhellenic did an excellent job marketing informal this spring for the chapters with smaller numbers and Sigma Kappa always did an excellent job marketing themselves for informal. It was a total shock when we heard they were shutting down, the rumors had been around for a while but nobody ever thought it would actually happen.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by catfan

I was sorry to learn that Sigma Kappa has closed at UK. Since the early 70's, 5 sororities have closed. Now Alpha Phi has colonized, and I can't help but think that was the final straw for SK. I heard Phi Mu is scheduled to colonize in 2011.
I wish them all success, but wish Panhellenic could help the GLO's that are struggling with membership. Are they using the release figure method in recruitment?

I think it's unfair to put any of the blame on Alpha Phi colonizing at UK. By the time a decision is made in cases like this, the writing has been on the wall for awhile. They made the best decision for their chapter, and I'm sure that was a very hard decision. I doubt they're putting the blame on extension.

[catfan]

Not blaming A Phi, just bad timing. Obviously A Phi filled a void, I know they had a great colony pledge class.

[sydney bristow]

Originally Posted by catfan

Not blaming A Phi, just bad timing. Obviously A Phi filled a void, I know they had a great colony pledge class.

Agreed! Just found out that the university has given the Sigma Kappa house to Delta Sigma Phi. Correct me if I'm wrong those of you in the know, but isn't that house one of the few in sorority circle owned by the university and not the actual chapter? I seem to remember that Sigma Kappas had to use their student id's to get inside when most people have fobs or punch codes...

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by sydney bristow

Agreed! Just found out that the university has given the Sigma Kappa house to Delta Sigma Phi.

So there are now two fraternities located at Sorority Circle.

And just a point of clarification. You do mean that the University is allowing Delta Sigma Phi to lease the house right? I just doubt that UK would "give" Delta Sigma Phi the house.

In any case, congratulations to Delta Sigma Phi. Seems like a good match. They have been un-housed (officially) for quite a long time and they do have the numbers to support living there.

Originally Posted by sydney bristow

Correct me if I'm wrong those of you in the know, but isn't that house one of the few in sorority circle owned by the university and not the actual chapter? I seem to remember that Sigma Kappas had to use their student id's to get inside when most people have fobs or punch codes...

I am not sure of the current ownership status of the Sigma Kappa house. I believe - but may be wrong here - that all six houses on the Circle are on UK owned land which is leased to the housing corporations. But which houses are owned by the housing corporations and which ones are leased, I am not sure. I would suspect that ThetaPrincess24 might know.

(Paging ThetaPrincess24!)

What I do know is that when the Circle opened, 321 Columbia Terrace (the current Sigma Kappa house) was the Alpha Xi Delta house. So perhaps the Alpha Xi Delta Housing Corporation sold it to the University which then leases it to Sigma Kappa. Or maybe they (Alpha Xi Delta) still own it and lease it directly to Sigma Kappa.

Prior to Sigma Kappa moving into their current house, they were across the lawn at 327 Columbia Terrace - the current Phi Delta Theta house. That house was the Zeta Tau Alpha house when the Circle opened. I seem to recall that not too many years ago, the Zeta Tau Alpha Housing Corporation sold it to UK. But prior to that, they - Zeta - leased it to Sigma Kappa.

[KAPPAtivating]

As a UK Alum...bid day was one of THE BIG things on campus...lol. Shoutout to the PIKES and Sigma Chi's who threw off the chain parties...lol.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by KAPPAtivating

As a UK Alum...bid day was one of THE BIG things on campus...lol. Shoutout to the PIKES and Sigma Chi's who threw off the chain parties...lol.

The PIKES no longer have a house (atleast the house in the quad no longer is standing). I dont know if they are throwing those parties anymore.

I do recall quite a few fraternity members doing drive bys through campus in front of the sorority houses to watch PNM's go from party to party during recruitment.