2023/2024 New Chapters/Expansions/Charters/Closures

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by PKT4LIFE

UC Santa Barbara is currently open to fraternity and sorority establishment proposals with the exception of National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) organizations.

https://seal.sa.ucsb.edu/fraternity-...shment-process

I read the asterisked statement in the original post from UCSB which was at the bottom of the detailed post about expansion. It says that NPC expansion is pursuant to NPC regulations, not what the Greek Life office is requiring. I am interpreting this to indicate that the campus IS open for another NPC chapter. Paging TLLK for her knowledge about the campus. Thanks(Go Gauchos!).

Personally I’d like to see Chi Omega and Tri Delta return. I have great memories of Chi O as their facility was right next door to ours on El Colegio. So many fun things happened during recruitment. I think Tri Delta may have used that same facility; they were after my time on campus.

[oncegreek]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

I read the asterisked statement in the original post from UCSB which was at the bottom of the detailed post about expansion. It says that NPC expansion is pursuant to NPC regulations, not what the Greek Life office is requiring. I am interpreting this to indicate that the campus IS open for another NPC chapter. Paging TLLK for her knowledge about the campus. Thanks(Go Gauchos!).

Personally I’d like to see Chi Omega and Tri Delta return. I have great memories of Chi O as their facility was right next door to ours on El Colegio. So many fun things happened during recruitment. I think Tri Delta may have used that same facility; they were after my time on campus.

So many sororities have closed at UCSB; when I was there, in the eighties, girls would drop out if they did not get their first choice. Housing is so expensive in IV, it would be difficult for a new chapter to get established.

[Cookiez17]

Originally Posted by oncegreek

So many sororities have closed at UCSB; when I was there, in the eighties, girls would drop out if they did not get their first choice. Housing is so expensive in IV, it would be difficult for a new chapter to get established.

Man that stinks. I hate when PNMs have the mentality of "oh if I don't get ABC, then I'll drop."

On the other hand, I wrote in the off topic thread that schools that I never thought would expand did, so maybe if any of the sororities still own their houses/land (which I have no idea,)it could maybe lead to something.

[Low D Flat]

Originally Posted by oncegreek

Housing is so expensive in IV, it would be difficult for a new chapter to get established.

This is part of what's surprising to me. When housing is expensive and hard to find, and has to be signed a year in advance, I would expect PNMs to join sororities just to know they'll have somewhere convenient to live as sophomores. I've known students who joined at Michigan in part for this reason.

[ChioLu]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

I read the asterisked statement in the original post from UCSB which was at the bottom of the detailed post about expansion. It says that NPC expansion is pursuant to NPC regulations, not what the Greek Life office is requiring. I am interpreting this to indicate that the campus IS open for another NPC chapter. Paging TLLK for her knowledge about the campus. Thanks(Go Gauchos!).

Personally I’d like to see Chi Omega and Tri Delta return. I have great memories of Chi O as their facility was right next door to ours on El Colegio. So many fun things happened during recruitment. I think Tri Delta may have used that same facility; they were after my time on campus.

Sadly, Chi Omega sold our chapter house at UCSB several years ago. Pretty sure Tri Delta was leasing the Chi O House until they closed.

If Chi O is going to recolonize a chapter on the west coast, where it would be a substantial cost, they may have more interest in when USC expands. I was there last weekend (subbing for 1 of the house directors) and all chapters are doing good except one is lower in numbers. Chi O would not want to come back unless all chapters are healthy.

[TLLK]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

I read the asterisked statement in the original post from UCSB which was at the bottom of the detailed post about expansion. It says that NPC expansion is pursuant to NPC regulations, not what the Greek Life office is requiring. I am interpreting this to indicate that the campus IS open for another NPC chapter. Paging TLLK for her knowledge about the campus. Thanks(Go Gauchos!).

Personally I’d like to see Chi Omega and Tri Delta return. I have great memories of Chi O as their facility was right next door to ours on El Colegio. So many fun things happened during recruitment. I think Tri Delta may have used that same facility; they were after my time on campus.

Unfortunately I don't have much information regarding sororities the at UCSB. My daughter who was not involved in Greek Life graduated in 2022. Any information that I was receiving was through the Gaucho Parents Facebook group that I no longer belong to. Sorry.

[TLLK]

Delta Gamma will be returning to the University of Miami in the spring of 2025. The Beta Tau chapter will be reestablished on campus.


Announcement from Executive Offices.


https://www.instagram.com/p/C6L8OBUO...en&img_index=1

[shadokat]

DG was closed at Miami in 2018 for hazing and alcohol violations.

Originally Posted by TLLK

Delta Gamma will be returning to the University of Miami in the spring of 2025. The Beta Tau chapter will be reestablished on campus.


Announcement from Executive Offices.


https://www.instagram.com/p/C6L8OBUO...en&img_index=1

[Cookiez17]

Originally Posted by shadokat

DG was closed at Miami in 2018 for hazing and alcohol violations.

I also remember the extremely ritzy recruitment video they put out back in 2016.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/univ...ruitment-video

I hope the colony is successful, as the University of Miami despite recently adding Pi Phi does need more houses, as quota was in the 90's this past recruitment.