Colonies and intiation
Do NPC/NPHC organizations initiate colony members, or does that not occur until a colony is granted a charter, becoming a chapter? I've heard about colonies that never became chapters, and I'm curious if these colony members were still initiated.
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I can only speak for our organization. I can't tell you about others. |
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NPHC organizations typically don't have colonies (at least not anymore). We get permission to organize from the school, the local graduate/alumni/ae chapter may (or may not) have a few public evens to get to know prospective members, an official rush/smoker/informational is held, and the selection process continues like it would for any regular chapter intake. The only difference is that the local alumni/ae are implementing it. When they are initiated, the chapter is chartered. |
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We had a colonization about 3 years ago that never took off. The other NPC colony who tried before also failed, and the one afterwards, too. |
I would hazard to guess that all NPC sororities are the same or very similar. Since we have the same rule about not joining another NPC sorority, it would be pretty douchy of us to initiate before they're made a chapter since the vast majority of NPC sorority women associate membership only with the college experience.
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Same for us.
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We have some wonderful alumnae in the Atlanta area that really tried with Clayton - as in if anyone could get it cooking they could - but the interest simply wasn't there. |
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Ditto to everyone. Alpha Sigma Tau initiates and charters in the same first semester.
It wasn't always that way though, But has been standard practice for the past 5 years and 10 colonizations. |
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I can't speak for TPA, but I know back when Noah was building the ark and I was pledging, we stopped labeling the colonies with what would be the next chapter name because some weren't coming to fruition and we didn't want to have a gap. At a lot of smaller schools, it takes more time to see if the colony - or Greek life as a whole - is going to pan out, and better to not install and the members not initiate rather than to have them hanging on by their fingernails their whole college career. That's my personal opinion, anyway.
If there are colony members who still want to initiate, then I'm sure they can do so as an AI. As far as AEPhi is concerned, I think it's probably a little different because many of their colonies specifically want a historically Jewish sorority. |
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