Other gender Advisors/Honorary?

[Titchou]

I believe that having "honorary" members or allowing anyone of another gender to participate in initiation in any way would jeopardize the single sex status of any NPHC, NPC or NIC organization. However, for other organizations, this might not be the case.

And Beta Theta Pi also allows female advisers and even gives awards for them. I would not be opposed to a male adviser in some capacity for my GLO though I'm not aware of any currently.

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by Titchou

I believe that having "honorary" members or allowing anyone of another gender to participate in initiation in any way would jeopardize the single sex status of any NPHC, NPC or NIC organization. However, for other organizations, this might not be the case.

Sigma Alpha Iota has a title IX exemption as do the NPHC, NPC, and NIC organizations. However, we allow men who have achieved recognition for their contribution to the arts to be initiated as honorary members. They go through a very different, truncated ceremony--but they still learn our secrets. At the collegiate level, though, we are single-sexed. Men are never allowed to pledge and go through the collegiate initiation ceremony. Our having men as honoraries has never jeopardized our status as a Title IX exempt organization.

Sigma Alpha Iota prefers chapters to have advisors that are initiated members. While I was a collegiate, our entire advisory board were initiated members, but I know there are chapters with non-member advisors. Every chapter has to have at least one faculty advisor and the NEB recognizes that there may not be an initiated sister to serve in this role. But, of the 4 advisors required for each advisory board, the NEB would like each board to have at least one initiated member (to assist with ritual, membership, etc).

[chi-o_cat]

Originally Posted by Titchou

And Beta Theta Pi also allows female advisers and even gives awards for them.

There was just an article in the most recent Chi Omega magazine (The Eleusis) about a member who is an advisor to Beta Theta Pi at Case Western Reserve University. She works at the school, and wanted to be involved with the Greek community even though Chi O does not have a chapter.