» GC Stats |
Members: 326,159
Threads: 115,591
Posts: 2,200,670
|
Welcome to our newest member, jantro |
|
|
12-11-2007, 03:48 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1
|
|
HOW TO START GREEK LIFE???
I attend a smaller school in St. Louis, MO called Webster University. It does not have Greek Life. I have always wanted to be in a sorority but Webster lacks giving me this opportunity. We had an organization meeting today and someone brought up Greek Life. They told me I should try and get it started. I have no idea where to start though. How would I even begin?
|
12-11-2007, 03:51 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 2,017
|
|
Hit the search button before this thread gets ugly...
__________________
zeta tau alpha "My crown is in my heart, not on my head."
|
12-11-2007, 04:25 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: here and there
Posts: 2,643
|
|
depends on what kind of sorority you want to start ... if NPC then start here
http://www.npcwomen.org/extension-info.aspx
as said above the search button is your friend
good luck!
__________________
AXD helping women realize their potential since 1893
|
12-11-2007, 11:51 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,985
|
|
Besides seeing if there is enough student interest, you should talk to an administrator in your Student Life or Student Activities department. There's no use in contacting the NPC if your college administration isn't open to the idea of adding a whole new dimension to the student life on your campus.
|
12-11-2007, 11:54 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 18,137
|
|
I would imagine that you need the university's approval to start any new student group (sorority or otherwise).
__________________
"Remember that apathy has no place in our Sorority." - Kelly Jo Karnes, Pi
Lakers Nation.
|
12-12-2007, 12:06 AM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13,578
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bball22mmm
I attend a smaller school in St. Louis, MO called Webster University. It does not have Greek Life. I have always wanted to be in a sorority but Webster lacks giving me this opportunity. We had an organization meeting today and someone brought up Greek Life. They told me I should try and get it started. I have no idea where to start though. How would I even begin?
|
If you were encouraged by the school then you should look into contacting some other resources. There are several other schools in Saint Louis with Greeks so their Greek Life people may be able to help you out. If you weren't encouraged by the school (I can't tell who was at this meeting) you need to talk to them first.
__________________
From the SigmaTo the K!
Polyamorous, Pansexual and Proud of it!
It Gets Better
|
12-24-2007, 11:55 AM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Clairton, PA
Posts: 122
|
|
Does the school allow Greek life (some don't). Looking at the website, it looks as if the resident undergraduate population is small and the school has invested a lot into online/distance learning. It may be hard to get the NPC to want to colonize there unless the think membership numbers can be maintained. I don't know what their criteria are though. I went to a sort-of-similar school that was predominantly male and had lots of students on campus but they still had a few (3) NPC sororities.
First, I would check with the Office of Student Life and find out exactly where they stand with Greek student organizations.
Then I would research....thoroughly NPC policies and procedures and independent, non-NPC groups.
Good luck.
|
12-24-2007, 12:31 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In the heart of Texas
Posts: 1,433
|
|
grab some letters not in use. start calling yourself the "XYZ" sorority. recruit 1 other person. and you are done.
__________________
ΣΝ God give us men of honor ΣΝ
|
12-24-2007, 12:51 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Clairton, PA
Posts: 122
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by banditone
grab some letters not in use. start calling yourself the "XYZ" sorority. recruit 1 other person. and you are done.
|
LOL...if only it were that easy!
|
12-24-2007, 02:24 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Kansas City, Kansas USA
Posts: 23,584
|
|
A lot will depend on the size of the school, if they are interested in starting a grrek life there, if there is enough interest by the students.
If the answer is yes then this is a start.
But as someone mentioned is the answer to the above items enough that a Greek Organization will want to come there.
Good luck.
__________________
LCA
LX Z # 1
Alumni
|
12-24-2007, 02:30 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Location: In a house.
Posts: 9,564
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bball22mmm
I attend a smaller school in St. Louis, MO called Webster University. It does not have Greek Life. I have always wanted to be in a sorority but Webster lacks giving me this opportunity. We had an organization meeting today and someone brought up Greek Life. They told me I should try and get it started. I have no idea where to start though. How would I even begin?
|
Read the Book of Genesis?
Church if I can ask you to turn to the Book of Greek Genesis chapter 1 verses 1 thru 4 and read along silently as I read aloud:
1:1 In the beginning God created the colleges and the universities.
1:2 And they were without form, no great parties, no community service, no leadership and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the students. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the campus.
1:3 And God said, Let there be Greek Life: and there was Greek Life.
1:4 And God saw the Greek Life, that it was good: and God divided the Greek Life from everything else.
Thank you Lord for the reading and the hearing of this scripture....
Let the church say Amen....
__________________
Law and Order: Gotham - “In the Criminal Justice System of Gotham City the people are represented by three separate, yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, the District Attorneys who prosecute the offenders, and the Batman. These are their stories.”
Last edited by DaemonSeid; 12-25-2007 at 06:51 PM.
|
12-24-2007, 02:57 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 12,783
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Thank you Lord for the reading and the hearing of this scripture....
Let the church say Amen....
|
*dead*
|
12-24-2007, 03:24 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: La vie boheme
Posts: 1,360
|
|
Harry is a fool
that is all
__________________
...and yet I rise from crushed dreams and broken promises, armed with self love, self preservation and self balance to achieve the impossible... learning to be ME... ©
ZΦB
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|