Babson Greek Life - fall recruitment cancelled, program analyzed

[sigmagirl2000]

As an advisor on this campus, I can say that this greek system is vastly different from any I have ever seen before. There are 3 sororities and now 3 fraternities I believe (with one having lost its charter this past semester for risk management issues). The sororities are run in a very business-like manner. As a business school, the students are ALL business majors of some form - and they use the opportunities within the chapters to apply business and management skills from their courses to boost their resumes, etc. The sororities are VERY supportive of each other and volunteer for each others philanthropies and events. This is a very isolated campus. There is a very high number of international students. Most women in the chapter I advise have said that their sisters are their family. For many sisters, the sorority provides a support network while they are continents away from their homes.

I'm mostly disappointed at the timing. The sororities have already planned their fall recruitment, made purchases, and have put in countless hours. The risk management issue occurred at the end of the fall semester I believe, at the latest it was the very beginning of the spring semester. There was no indication that any further investigations were going to be happening throughout the semester. This was then announced this past week as students are preparing for finals.

I'm disappointed.