What aspect of Greek life do you wish was better?

[AnchorAlumna]

In sororities, they often show back up when it's time for the daughter to go off to college and go through sorority recruitment.
"I wish I could have been involved earlier, I promise I'll come more regularly, blah blah blah." Recruitment's over and you never see them again.
Some state, "I USED to be a _____" and honestly believe that it was all over at graduation.
And occasionally someone will claim to be a _____________ and Snowflake is a legacy, and when you check with HQ, they resigned their junior year! If you confront them, they claim to not remember!

[AOIILisa]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

In sororities, they often show back up when it's time for the daughter to go off to college and go through sorority recruitment.
"I wish I could have been involved earlier, I promise I'll come more regularly, blah blah blah." Recruitment's over and you never see them again.
Some state, "I USED to be a _____" and honestly believe that it was all over at graduation.
And occasionally someone will claim to be a _____________ and Snowflake is a legacy, and when you check with HQ, they resigned their junior! If you confront them, they claim to not remember!

I've often wondered if alumnae involvement was more of a thing in the South - because it sure doesn't seem to be in the Mid-Atlantic. I was in a work meeting last month where it turned out that four other women there were sorority alums and none were involved - in fact, it seems that few talk about their affiliation after graduation.

I am involved now, but it's taken a while. I joined an alum chapter right after graduation and quickly quit since no one was under the age of 60. I am pretty sure I was served a casserole from the Betty Crocker 1970 cookbook at that meeting! Years later and a new city, I joined the alum chapter there and (being in my 40's) the fact that the alums were older wasn't a problem, LOL! Being an adviser has helped me stay connected and I don't think now that I could just join an alum chapter and leave it at that.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by AOIILisa

I joined an alum chapter right after graduation and quickly quit since no one was under the age of 60. I am pretty sure I was served a casserole from the Betty Crocker 1970 cookbook at that meeting!

Hey, I have that cookbook and learned to cook from it!!
Age 21 newlywed, at my first alumnae meeting I was sandwiched among a group of late 20- and 30-something alums who fervently discussed potty training.
Glad I came back to another meeting!

It's not just a Southern thing. I would estimate that only about 5% of alumnae in any given city EVER even come to a meeting, much less get active. I wonder if we had more older alumnae working with a chapter, would that encourage involvement in later years? As a collegiate, I can remember being told over and over that being a DG mean a lifetime, not just 4 years. We actually had very few alums that worked with us....mostly because there just weren't that many in town.

[AOIILisa]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Hey, I have that cookbook and learned to cook from it!!

Ha...me too, (it was my Mom's) which is how I recognized that casserole!

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

It's not just a Southern thing. I would estimate that only about 5% of alumnae in any given city EVER even come to a meeting, much less get active. I wonder if we had more older alumnae working with a chapter, would that encourage involvement in later years? As a collegiate, I can remember being told over and over that being a DG mean a lifetime, not just 4 years. We actually had very few alums that worked with us....mostly because there just weren't that many in town.

Agreed - our collegiate chapter had no one, I think I remember seeing one adviser. Now I advise my old chapter from 8 states away - because there are so few local alums in the area - plus another local chapter where I live! We try to impress upon everyone that it's for life, and have been semi successful at picking up new grads.