Per press release from Pi Beta Phi Fraternity, the New Mexico Beta Chapter at New Mexico State University has been closed due to low membership.

Chi Phi selected to recolonize at USC (So. Cal) Fall 2016.
Phi Kappa Tau to recolonize Fall 2018.

So sad. I know many great ladies from chapter. Hopefully they will be back one day.

More expansion news here at our convention. We will recolonize our Delta Rho chapter at Eastern Kentucky University in 2017.

Chi Phi is also recolonizing at Clemson this fall.

I'm curious if anyone has any data, stats, or even anecdotes about local organizations that successfully petitioned to affiliate with an NPC organization in recent history (lets say since 2000).

OK, GCers,wasn't there a campus that had 2-3 locals and no NPC groups that did this during the time frame listed? Something is tickling my brain about this....

Kenyon?
Sewanee?

Shorter in Georgia. The ZTA chapter won the academic award for the highest GPA during the biennium two days ago at convention.

Also Tri Delta at FGCU was a local before the affiliated with Tri Delta, becoming the first NPC on campus.

If interest groups count, the Kappa Delta chapter at Vermont was one.

Edit: I think the Delta Phi Epsilon chapter started at Maine a couple of years ago was originally a local.

I'm thinking somewhere mid to far west...had only locals and school made them go NPC....

Pepperdine?

Could be!

Per our website: We will colonize at Columbus State University in Spring 2017.

Are you talking about individual chapters or entire organizations? There are a handful of one-off local chapters that affiliate every year. I'm not going to go back too far, but from LaneSigs' threads:

2015-2016:
University of Pikeville (KY) looking to convert to NPC and IFC
Kenyon College (OH) - Zeta Alpha Pi looking to convert to NPC
Sewanee (TN) - Alpha Delta Theta looking to convert to NPC

2014-2015:
Cleveland State (OH) - Chi Delta Epsilon becomes Delta Zeta
Texas A&M (TX) - Zeta Beta Sigma becomes Alpha Epsilon Phi
Shorter University (GA) - Epsilon Sigma becomes Alpha Delta Pi
Kenyon College(OH)- Kappa Sigma Alpha becomes Alpha Sigma Tau
Sacred Heart University(CT)- Kappa Phi becomes Delta Zeta

2013-2014:
Wichita State University(KS) - Gamma Epsilon becomes Kappa Kappa Gamma
Cleveland State University(OH) - Gamma Delta becomes Phi Mu


The two campuses off the top of my head were slightly before 2000: Pepperdine moved all of their locals to NPC in 1997, and I believe Valparaiso did the same thing in 1998.