Chapters in schools that have merged

[Taualumna]

Originally posted by PsychTau
I was just wondering about that....what if A section has lots of interested men/women and want to colonize a chapter, while B section isn't interested in it at all? Guess you answered my question!!

So, Kettering really operates as two seperate schools when it comes to students and student activities? Dorm living, etc. too? What if someone switches from A section to B section?

Man, that's interesting......

PsychTau

Yeah...also, what happens if someone is in a co-op program, but not in a school that is all co-op? (Some of University of Waterloo's programs come to mind. But then again, UW isn't all that Greek, compared to its next door neighbour, Wilfred Laurier University!)

[33girl]

Originally posted by PsychTau
So, Kettering really operates as two seperate schools when it comes to students and student activities? Dorm living, etc. too? What if someone switches from A section to B section?

Man, that's interesting......

PsychTau

I think that once you get a schedule your freshman year, that's where you stay. AOX81 might know more since her school was close to Kettering.

ASA is the only sorority that has chapters in both sections.

[TigerLilly]

Originally posted by Taualumna
Yeah...also, what happens if someone is in a co-op program, but not in a school that is all co-op? (Some of University of Waterloo's programs come to mind. But then again, UW isn't all that Greek, compared to its next door neighbour, Wilfred Laurier University!)

In my chapter, if someone needed to co-op for engineering or whatever other major, she'd just go inactive for the time she was co-op-ing, and then be active again when she was done.

[kappaloo]

Originally posted by Taualumna
Yeah...also, what happens if someone is in a co-op program, but not in a school that is all co-op? (Some of University of Waterloo's programs come to mind. But then again, UW isn't all that Greek, compared to its next door neighbour, Wilfred Laurier University!)

Well, Waterloo is a unique case, because it is definately true that co-op students tend to be far more apathetic and uninvolved that regular students. Thus, we tend to attract non-co-op students just as much as co-op students (even though there are 2 co-ops to every regular).

Kappa at Waterloo runs through the Fall and Winter terms here and is dormant during the Summer. That way co-op students can be active at least once every school year.

I know the Zetes were active last Summer because they had a large co-op pledge class in the fall before that.

[LXAAlum]

LXA has something similar to this at the General Motors Institute (GMI - though I think it's a different name now) - we have TWO chapters at ONE school - part of this is due to how the school schedules their classes (I think GMI has 1/2 students in class, other 1/2 working in basically an internship at any given time)...

But I have also seen a two- campus/two chapter scenario that resulted in ONE chapter after a merger, so I think there are a lot of variables above and beyond just melding two groups together.

When LXA merged with TKN in 1939, all TKN chapters merged into LXA chapters, with only one exception - which is another merger issue, when GLO's merge.

[AGDee]

GMI is now Kettering University that is referenced above!

Dee

[AGDee]

Originally posted by PsychTau
I was just wondering about that....what if A section has lots of interested men/women and want to colonize a chapter, while B section isn't interested in it at all? Guess you answered my question!!

So, Kettering really operates as two seperate schools when it comes to students and student activities? Dorm living, etc. too? What if someone switches from A section to B section?

Man, that's interesting......

PsychTau

I don't think they are allowed to switch sections. Dorm living, everything revolves around the two different sections. It is also completely year round so there are always students there (except like Christmas break and perhaps some other small vacation breaks). It's definitely a different type of situation but it's a very competitive university for admission and the students are highly recognized upon graduation because they've had just as much on the job training as they've had university classes. It used to be called the General Motors Institute. The focus is on engineering and management. The people I know who went there were in the top 5 or 10 of their graduating classes. In the past, students were practically guaranteed a job with the company that sponsored them although I don't know if that is true in this economy.

Dee