Greek Life Growth at a Commuter School

[naraht]

I guarantee if the school has IFC and NIC chapters that Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity would be willing to have a chapter there.

Not sure if that variety would help for what you are looking for.

[PersistentDST]

Originally Posted by naraht

I guarantee if the school has IFC and NIC chapters that Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity would be willing to have a chapter there.

Not sure if that variety would help for what you are looking for.

Honestly, I’m sure they would be open to that at some point! We do have quite a few service organizations here, so that’s not a crazy notion. One of my students was trying to start a NALFO Sorority (her sister is in a chapter in Florida) on campus. We have a pretty large Hispanic/Latino population, so I didn’t think that was a bad idea. In general, we just want to see Campus Life be an asset to the university across the board.

Plus I’m tired of my students complaining about nothing to do when there is, in fact, plenty.

[jolene]

I went to Georgia State and it was like that before the dorms came in during the early 00s. I was a transfer and about the only way to get plugged in on campus was to going a Greek org.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by PersistentDST

Honestly, I’m sure they would be open to that at some point! We do have quite a few service organizations here, so that’s not a crazy notion. One of my students was trying to start a NALFO Sorority (her sister is in a chapter in Florida) on campus. We have a pretty large Hispanic/Latino population, so I didn’t think that was a bad idea. In general, we just want to see Campus Life be an asset to the university across the board.

Plus I’m tired of my students complaining about nothing to do when there is, in fact, plenty.

If it is in fact Cleveland State U, there was a chapter there from 1949 to 1972 and for about 5 years in the late 1990s. So returning would mostly be finding the right interested people.

And I think the closest active chapter to Cleveland State is Case-Western.

[*winter*]

The school I graduated from(Point Park in Pittsburgh) went from largely commuter to a mostly residential, traditional aged campus from 2005 (when I graduated) to about 2012. They managed to acquire buildings and space in downtown Pittsburgh- it can be done. Although there is no Greek life currently, I am hopeful that it is on the horizon and will be arriving in the next ten years. I never thought I'd see the school transform so thoroughly, but it's been an amazing process. Perhaps you could read up on it and see what steps were taken in that example.