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[Kevlar281]

Originally posted by Pi Kapp 142
Pi Kappa Phi has alumni intitiation, which is when a man who was not part of a men's general Fraternity in his undergraduate years, but did graduate from college, goes through the Ritual of Initiation. These people are some of the most treasured resources we have as a fraternity. Yes, they never had the experince and benefit of the undergraduate experience. But, despite that, they saw something wonderful and important in Pi Kappa Phi and wanted to give to this great organization. Some of our National leaders have been alumni initiates. I just got back from our Supreme Chapter and a lot of the volunteers who were donating alot of time and money to the Fraternity were alumni initiates. A lot of times we try to get fathers and older brothers to take advantage of this and we are currently working on finding an adcedemic advisor within the faculty who can become a brother. Please, do yourselves a favor and try to find someone who wants to join your org. who has already graduated from college.

I just got back from Supreme Chapter as well and we actually received “The Added Value Award” for initiating six alumni initiates this past year. Three of them hold high administrative positions within the university.

[FuzzieAlum]

Some orgs have an "honorary" membership where the person is question is mostly recognized for being famous.

Much more common is members who are initiated as alums.

The truth is, most folks initiated as collegians do very little for the organization after graduation. Sure, they say we're "supposed" to, but it's not required, and most of the alums I know don't do anything. To them, membership was a college thing.

Thosee who are initiated as alums are frequently people who already have given very much to the organization - a mother who gets involved in her daughter's sorority or a faculty member who advises a chapter. It's true, they didn't have the undergrad experience, and there's no way to get it at that point, but they are some of the most active, involved alums. I wouldn't wanna piss them off, because our organizations all depend on active, involved, caring alums, and we can't afford to waste the ones we have!