Rechartering and Chapter Name

[sherbertlemons]

Originally posted by MysticCat81
I think from what I've seen in materials Ms. MysticCat has that Kappa Kappa Gamma does use deuteron to indicate a rechartered chapter. (I'm sure a Kappa can and will correct me if I'm wrong about that.)

You're right. :-)

[sigmagrrl]

When Tri Sigma recharters a chapter, they are given their original chapter name....For example, we just rechartered our Delta Omicron chapter at Gettysburg College. They are Delta Omicron once again...I feel we are restoring their glory by giving them their original name

[Aphigal]

Alpha Phi uses Deuteron when the chapter is rechartered

This is true for when a chapter's charter is actuallly withdrawn (ie a chapter is closed for some time) However, when Alpha Phi does an immediate re-establishment then no, deuteron is not always added to the chapter's name.

[Kevin]

Chapters don't die in Sigma Nu. They go dormant.

When they recharter, the same designation is given back.

[Betarulz!]

Early on in Beta chapters that were closed had their chapter designations reused, so the designations of chapters does not follow the order in which they were founded in the early chapter names. For example, Chapter at the College of William and Mary was the original Alpha Tau chapter of Beta Theta Pi. When they were closed, the chapter at Nebraska (my chapter) was opened and became the Alpha Tau chapter. This is a designation we have held since 1888. We have always been the Alpha Tau chapter during our existence. The reusing of chapter designations was to hide chapter failures from other fraternities and those outside the Beta pale.

Recently, a colony was formed at the College of William and Mary. As a colony, their designation was Alpha Tau ' (AT') or Alpha Tau Prime. Upon getting their charter, they became the Zeta Upsilon of Beta Theta Pi.

Currently, and I'm not sure when the change came about, closed chapters retain their letters and all new chapters are given their designations in order.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by honeychile
Alpha Delta Pi uses the same chapter designation for a chapter recolonizing, too.

Delta G does this too.

[aephi alum]

Originally posted by ktsnake
Chapters don't die in Sigma Nu. They go dormant.

When they recharter, the same designation is given back.

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There was a big flap about Sigma Nu's Epsilon Theta chapter when they recolonized a few years back.

The original Epsilon Theta chapter had wanted to go coed. They were told they could only go coed if they relinquished their charter - so they did, and became a coed independent living group. They took their Sigma Nu chapter designation, Epsilon Theta, as their new name.

Sigma Nu recolonized in the mid-90s, and Epsilon Theta (the ILG) made a big stink and tried to get Sigma Nu to issue a new chapter designation.

Sigma Nu prevailed, and that chapter is still the Epsilon Theta chapter. Epsilon Theta (the ILG) is also still around.

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[Tom Earp]

Why use a different Designation when the Chapter was there?

They had the designation , been gone for a while! It is the School, where the Chapter was designated. Ergo, when all of the screw ups for what ever reason is gone, then why change the designation!?

[Jill1228]

I stand corrected! I was just thinking about one of the chapters in my home state, University of Virginia

Originally posted by Aphigal


This is true for when a chapter's charter is actuallly withdrawn (ie a chapter is closed for some time) However, when Alpha Phi does an immediate re-establishment then no, deuteron is not always added to the chapter's name.

[hannahgirl]

DG does keep the same chapter name for recolonized chapters. However, our most recent colonization at Case Western Reserve will be known as Theta Beta. DG was at Case Western (known as Adelbert College then) in the late 1800s as the Theta chapter. So...they are naming this chapter Theta Beta because it is the second chapter on this campus and not Theta because Theta existed on a campus with a different name.

I think they would have done the same if my chapter, Eta, had folded when known as Buchtel College, and recolonized at The University of Akron.

Just a little tidbit of information. Its amazing how much you learn when you attend something for a colonization of another chapter.

[Betarulz!]

Originally posted by Tom Earp
Why use a different Designation when the Chapter was there?

They had the designation , been gone for a while! It is the School, where the Chapter was designated. Ergo, when all of the screw ups for what ever reason is gone, then why change the designation!?

Well yeah in these modern times there is little reason not to keep the same designation.

Like I said in my post, early on in many organizations, there was the concern that evidence of a failed chapter was something to be hidden in order to remain "strong" in the eyes of the public and in the ultra competive environment between the various GLO's that existed at the time.

[Greekgrrl]

Recently, a colony was formed at the College of William and Mary. As a colony, their designation was Alpha Tau ' (AT') or Alpha Tau Prime. Upon getting their charter, they became the Zeta Upsilon of Beta Theta Pi.

Question: Is it common for colonies to have chapter designations? I always assumed that a colony would just be "Blah School colony" until they were installed, unless a recolonization were taking place.

What's the trend in your GLO?

[33girl]

We used to give the colony whatever chapter designation would be next until a few of them didn't make it. Now it's Blah School Colony.

[shadokat]

Exactly the same for D Phi E!

Originally posted by ktsnake
Chapters don't die in Sigma Nu. They go dormant.

When they recharter, the same designation is given back.

[Rudey]

In AEPi chapter letter designations are kept.

Funny because our UChicago chapter was founded in 1923 as Lambda, but went dormant in 1932. When it was re-founded in 1948, however, it was refounded at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1990, a colony started again at UChicago so this time they called it Lambda Alpha.

-Rudey
--It was actually refounded once more since then and we have a copy of the 1990 charter with the same LA letters.