2022/2023 New Chapters/Expansions/Charters/Closures

[GatorGirl04]

Phi Sigma Sigma at Cornell is closing due to low numbers. They're following on the heels of Phi Mu closing.

Cornell had a few closings in the early 2000s, with Chi Omega, Delta Phi Epsilon, and Alpha Omicron Pi all leaving around the same time.

Why do so many groups struggle at Cornell?

[Cookiez17]

Originally Posted by GatorGirl04

Phi Sigma Sigma at Cornell is closing due to low numbers. They're following on the heels of Phi Mu closing.

Cornell had a few closings in the early 2000s, with Chi Omega, Delta Phi Epsilon, and Alpha Omicron Pi all leaving around the same time.

Why do so many groups struggle at Cornell?

Cornell, in some ways, has a similar vibe to what could be found on a competitive campus in the south (and a recent thread here spoke of a recent recruitment experience there).

[SuzyInMD]

Originally Posted by GatorGirl04

Phi Sigma Sigma at Cornell is closing due to low numbers. They're following on the heels of Phi Mu closing.

Cornell had a few closings in the early 2000s, with Chi Omega, Delta Phi Epsilon, and Alpha Omicron Pi all leaving around the same time.

Why do so many groups struggle at Cornell?

I am a Cornell alumna and my daughter is a current undergraduate. When I was an undergraduate in the 1980s, and shortly after, there were several colonizations in a short period of time, approximately one every two years. All of those organizations, including those you mentioned above, have closed. Phi Sigma Sigma and Phi Mu are more recent chapters, I believe both opened sometime in the 2010s. Most of the sororities at Cornell are long established chapters and those are not struggling. I believe only one organization that has opened since 1982 has prospered. It is the new chapters that struggle, they have successful colonies, then the chapters struggle after a short period of time when being the new group is no longer attractive. In my opinion, the question should be why it is difficult to establish a new group at Cornell.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by SuzyInMD

I am a Cornell alumna and my daughter is a current undergraduate. When I was an undergraduate in the 1980s, and shortly after, there were several colonizations in a short period of time, approximately one every two years. All of those organizations, including those you mentioned above, have closed. Phi Sigma Sigma and Phi Mu are more recent chapters, I believe both opened sometime in the 2010s. Most of the sororities at Cornell are long established chapters and those are not struggling. I believe only one organization that has opened since 1982 has prospered. It is the new chapters that struggle, they have successful colonies, then the chapters struggle after a short period of time when being the new group is no longer attractive. In my opinion, the question should be why it is difficult to establish a new group at Cornell.

From the NPC Chapter listing thread, for reference:

Originally Posted by shadokat

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
January 16-29, 2023
Quota=
Campus Total=183
Quota last year=
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Kappa Alpha Theta Iota 1881-1965/1980 (42)
Kappa Kappa Gamma Psi 1883-1969/1977 (44)
Delta Gamma Chi 1885 (42)
Alpha Phi Delta 1889-1998/1998
Alpha Omicron Pi Epsilon 1908-1962/1989-2008
Delta Zeta Beta 1908-1932
Delta Delta Delta Alpha Beta 1913 (40)
Kappa Delta Omega Chi 1917-1969/1975 (42)
Sigma Delta Tau Alpha (Founding Chapter) 1917 (46)
Chi Omega Theta Alpha 1917-1963/1987-2003
Alpha Xi Delta Alpha Beta 1918-1964/2005 (44)
Pi Beta Phi New York Delta 1919 (41)
Alpha Epsilon Phi Kappa 1920 (41)
Sigma Kappa Alpha Zeta 1921-1955
Phi Sigma Sigma Beta Xi 1954-1969/2011 (17)
Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Rho 1960-1988/?-2003
Iota Alpha Pi Beta Delta 1966-1971
Alpha Chi Omega Zeta Phi 1984 (40)
Alpha Gamma Delta Zeta Xi 1985-1990
Phi Mu Phi Xi 2014-2021