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[jflynn]

Hi all. Figured I'd post an actual thread instead of just slapping a post in the "skip intro" topic

Anyway, I'm a proud Phi Delt from a little-known school in Michigan called Kettering. I probably won't be super-active around here, but a little interfraternalism never hurt anyone and I tend to register to all the forums I lurk anyway :P

Look forward to meeting you all.

[33girl]

I'm an ASA so I have definitely heard of Kettering before - I think every ASA does who can't figure out why one school has two chapters, lol. Welcome to GC!!

[jflynn]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I'm an ASA so I have definitely heard of Kettering before - I think every ASA does who can't figure out why one school has two chapters, lol. Welcome to GC!!

Haha, thanks. Having two completely different student bodies definitely throws people off, and it's interesting to see how different organizations handle it. Both Phi Delt sections share a charter, but I know a good chunk separate them.

(And we have a mixer with ASA later this month )

[DrPhil]

I am now interested in learning about Kettering. I had never heard of this school.

[jflynn]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I am now interested in learning about Kettering. I had never heard of this school.

http://www.kettering.edu/

It's a small, private engineering school. The college has very strong ties to the automotive industry; before it was renamed, it was called General Motors Institute and was used to train GM techs. They've since diversified and moved away from the auto industry somewhat, but it's still the #1 place to go if you want a career working for the Big Three. The main thing that sets Kettering apart from other schools is their co-op program. I know of several that require internships and the like, but Kettering's the only one I know of that has students start their jobs as freshmen. The real-life work experience you get is invaluable, and the pay doesn't hurt either

Our schedule works on rotating three-month terms. We're at school for three months, at work for three months, back at school, and so on. While my section is at school, there's another section of roughly equal size that is on work term. When we start co-op again, they come back to school. That creates some interesting issues for Greeks in particular: each section has their own IFC and separate IFC constitutions, houses have to deal with another group of people using their house for three months at a time, and the aforementioned issue of whether to treat the different sections as one chapter or two. There's even a difference between sections as to what chapters are represented, particularly on the sorority side; both have an ASA chapter, but Alpha Gamma Delta is B-Section only and Alpha Phi only exists on A-Section.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by jflynn

http://www.kettering.edu/

It's a small, private engineering school. The college has very strong ties to the automotive industry; before it was renamed, it was called General Motors Institute and was used to train GM techs. They've since diversified and moved away from the auto industry somewhat, but it's still the #1 place to go if you want a career working for the Big Three. The main thing that sets Kettering apart from other schools is their co-op program. I know of several that require internships and the like, but Kettering's the only one I know of that has students start their jobs as freshmen. The real-life work experience you get is invaluable, and the pay doesn't hurt either

Our schedule works on rotating three-month terms. We're at school for three months, at work for three months, back at school, and so on. While my section is at school, there's another section of roughly equal size that is on work term. When we start co-op again, they come back to school. That creates some interesting issues for Greeks in particular: each section has their own IFC and separate IFC constitutions, houses have to deal with another group of people using their house for three months at a time, and the aforementioned issue of whether to treat the different sections as one chapter or two. There's even a difference between sections as to what chapters are represented, particularly on the sorority side; both have an ASA chapter, but Alpha Gamma Delta is B-Section only and Alpha Phi only exists on A-Section.

This is all very intriguing. I was looking at the website earlier and saw the Section A and Section B categories under Greek Life with a chapter president for each section for some GLOs. I was utterly confused. Thanks for explaining.

[sigtau305]

Originally Posted by jflynn

Hi all. Figured I'd post an actual thread instead of just slapping a post in the "skip intro" topic

Anyway, I'm a proud Phi Delt from a little-known school in Michigan called Kettering. I probably won't be super-active around here, but a little interfraternalism never hurt anyone and I tend to register to all the forums I lurk anyway :P

Look forward to meeting you all.

Welcome to GC

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by jflynn

There's even a difference between sections as to what chapters are represented, particularly on the sorority side; both have an ASA chapter, but Alpha Gamma Delta is B-Section only and Alpha Phi only exists on A-Section.

Is it this way by design? Or are there other factors involved?

[jflynn]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

Is it this way by design? Or are there other factors involved?

To make a long story short, I don't think Kettering can support more sororities than that. Our heavy concentration on STEM majors means that we're sitting at about a 5:1 guy/girl ratio, which doesn't help things at all.

[ClaXiLady]

I'm new, and not sure how to work this.