2019/2020 Colonies/Expansions/Charters/Closures

[ChioLu]

Originally Posted by oncegreek

At least one other chapter has had struggles with numbers.

But not by much. AXO is much closer to total at USC than AGD was.
I talked to the Prez of a SRC last week and suggested that ALL of Panhellenic should help get all chapters to total. Make it a group effort to make ALL strong!
(And my chapter isn’t even on this campus!)

[PGD-GRAD]

Kappa Kappa Gamma colony at Seton Hall pledged 66. (Per Instagram IF I counted correctly! I’m within 1 or 2: some turned sideways, leaning, etc.)

[LaneSig]

Delta Sigma Phi has been closed at Eureka College(IL). No reason has been given for the closure.

[Cookiez17]

Phi Mu got 39 new pledges at their colony at Stevenson University via Instagram.

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

But not by much. AXO is much closer to total at USC than AGD was.
I talked to the Prez of a SRC last week and suggested that ALL of Panhellenic should help get all chapters to total. Make it a group effort to make ALL strong!
(And my chapter isn’t even on this campus!)

Wouldn't that be lovely if they did?

[ChioLu]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

Wouldn't that be lovely if they did?

That would be truly Panhellenic!

When AGD colonized at UCLA, Chi O made squirrel cookies (I found the cookie cutter at World Market) for their 1st initiation, plus included the cookie cutter.

Before Tri Delta at UCLA closed, I talked to their regional consultant (who was living on site) and their head advisor, to see if Panhellenic could do anything to help them. We discussed things like:
* having members from all sororities on their lawns in their recruitment T-shirts to chant and clap as PNM‘s walked down to the DDD house. (Tri Delta is the last house on the row from campus.) Even if it was chanting “go Greek, go Greek” to increase PNM excitement.
* Sisterhood events, like ice cream socials, between other sororities and DDD (helps practice conversation skills) or partner on philanthropy events
* “block pledging” - when you get groups of non-affiliated women who are already friends, to join as a group or a block (how our Stanford chapter went from almost shutting down to getting close to total about 15 years ago — increased from about 30 members to over 75).

At universities in Oklahoma, a strong chapter from a different school will help a weaker recruiting chapter, if the recruitment schedules do not conflict. A few years ago, the Oklahoma State Thetas assisted the Tulsa University Thetas and got that chapter back to total. Any other schools do this (and not just for colonization)?

Since (SoCal) USC’s formal recruitment is in January, I think Alpha Chi and only a couple others groups (that have so many graduating seniors where they go under total), will be doing fall recruitment for sophomores.

[oncegreek]

My son attends UCLA. At the time of Tri-Delts closing, members went around to different fraternities asking if any of the guys knew any girls who were interested in Tri-Delt. That move made them look desperate, according to my son. (He was in a fraternity) My own alma mater, UCSB, was not at all pan hellenic in the eighties. Given that so many chapters have come and gone there, it appears to still not be. AZ Theta, what do you think?

[oncegreek]

Chi Lou,
That was very kind of chi- o to welcome AGD!

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by oncegreek

Chi Lou,
That was very kind of chi- o to welcome AGD!

Yes it was.

There was a story on here years ago about how the Zeta chapter at Jacksonville State in Alabama teamed with Delta Zeta to help them with a COB event.

[thetalady]

Very very sad for these girls.

Delta Gamma at Univ of Delaware closes due to low membership

[Iota_JWH]

I am afraid we may see more of these closings due to low numbers on campuses with a strong greek system. NPC changed their rules for determining Total, and the new rules will make it much tougher for chapters not near total to get there. (NPC now does not mandate that total be re-set each school term. and if a school does re-set total it cannot be less than 95% of the previous total.)

[Cookiez17]

According to a post on their instagram they didn't even participate in formal recruitment with the rest of the PHC. It's always sad to see a situation like this.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Iota_JWH

I am afraid we may see more of these closings due to low numbers on campuses with a strong greek system. NPC changed their rules for determining Total, and the new rules will make it much tougher for chapters not near total to get there. (NPC now does not mandate that total be re-set each school term. and if a school does re-set total it cannot be less than 95% of the previous total.)

When did that happen?? They finally got something right, why on earth would they change it back to the old crappy way?

ETA: they were on low numbers probation since March 2019 and then they closed the chapter for two months in December? What? This is confusing. (Side note, formal rush there is in February.) If they decided to sit out formal, why didn’t they just say that?

[Stellarose33]

I went to UD. My chapter closed Fall 1995. Delaware is NOT Greek friendly. Other sororities were telling PNM during rush not to go XYZ ( our last rush- not mentioning my chapter, y’all can guess), they are going to close soon. If DG was hurting why bring on tri delta. Since my chapter closed they brought on 4 new groups. Math people.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by 33girl

they were on low numbers probation since March 2019 and then they closed the chapter for two months in December? What? This is confusing. (Side note, formal rush there is in February.) If they decided to sit out formal, why didn’t they just say that?

No. When Delta Gamma is in the last stage of a potential closing, Council sets a 60 day period when members can write to Council stating opposition to or support of the closing. The chapter is still open during this time. At the end of that period, Council reviews the correspondence and votes. Only then is a date set to close the chapter.