2011/2012 Colonies/Expansions/Charters/Closures

[Sciencewoman]

Michigan Tech. is a great engineering school...glad to see that the Triangle chapter is recolonizing there! I'm sure the re-installing MTU alums/officers are thrilled!

We partnered with Triangle for homecoming my sophomore year at Michigan, and we had the BEST float ever...those guys came up with cool mechanical moving parts, etc. It was great!

[modorney]

> Michigan Tech. is a great engineering school

Here's a great Greek Map they have done. I like how they have pictures of all the houses.
http://www.greek.mtu.edu/map/GreekMapfall2011.pdf

Alumni support and oversight is tough when most of your alums live at least four hours away. I went to RPI, which is in the same situation. We've talked about a "Fellowship of Remote Chapters" - an informal alumni intergreek group that helps each other's chapters and works on mentoring all greeks when in the area.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by modorney

Theta Tau is coed, and not in the NAIC, but has chapter houses.

Theta Tau is a member of the Professional Fraternity Association.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Theta Tau is a member of the Professional Fraternity Association.

If I remember correctly, before Theta Tau went co-ed (sometime in the late 1970s), they had been a member of the NIC.

I am not sure of the time line, but I recall Theta Tau being listed as a member of the NIC on - I think - an on-line copy of a "Baird's Manual". However, it could have been some other list.

Again, not sure of the dates, but I want to say they joined the NIC in the 1910s maybe, and withdrew in the 1950s or 1960s - or possibly before then. Again, the timeline is fuzzy, but I do remember wondering why Theta Tau withdrew when they did - especially since it seemed well before they voted to go co-ed.

[LaneSig]

Theta Phi Alpha has been invited to colonize at Lynn University(FL) this coming fall. Good luck for a successful colony.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by modorney

Triangle Fraternity:

Congratulations to the Michigan Tech Colony who will be re-installed as a Chapter this Saturday, April 14th.
Current National President, Jeff Cottrell mtu94, and Senior Education & Leadership Consultant,
Chad Girard mtu09, will be on hand for the festivities in Houghton, Michigan.

Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity:

Installation of Kappa Delta Chapter at Cornell University
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Installation of Lambda Delta Chapter at the University of the Pacific
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Theta Tau is coed, and not in the NAIC, but has chapter houses.

Ditto Triangle Mtech congratulations! My brother-in-law enjoys attending the yearly Houghton Winter Fest; I'll let him know to look for an additional group's sculpture in 2013.

[modorney]

Sigma Alpha Sorority (an agricultural sorority)

Western Kentucky University Approved as a SID Chapter
Congratulations to Western Kentucky University! They were just approved as a SID Chapter! We can't wait to announce your chartering date!

[A SID chapter is a "Sorority in Development" - much like a colony]

[HONKY660]

Three fraternities are petitioning to join the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Greek community, they are Delta Upsilon, Pi Kappa Phi and Beta Theta Pi.

Article below;
http://towers.wpi.edu/read/3709/new-...omes-to-campus

[jazing]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Theta Phi Alpha has been invited to colonize at Lynn University(FL) this coming fall. Good luck for a successful colony.

Very interesting. There are currently only 3 chapters in Florida, the largest being at FAU, within a 5 mile radius.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Theta Phi Alpha has been invited to colonize at Lynn University(FL) this coming fall. Good luck for a successful colony.

Is this ground-up, or absorbing a local?

[glittergal1985]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Theta Phi Alpha has been invited to colonize at Lynn University(FL) this coming fall. Good luck for a successful colony.

Awesome!! I can't even keep up with all the new colonies, our expansion rate is OVERWHELMING!!!

[DEVODUDE]

LaneSig;Theta Phi Alpha has been invited to colonize at Lynn University(FL) this coming fall. Good luck for a successful colony.

Best of Luck to Theta Phi Alpha at Lynn University!!!! You will soon be joining the already 3 established GLO's on campus.....Sigma Simga Sigma, Alpha Phi Delta and Zeta Beta Tau.

ZBT:"Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present & Impacting the Future."

[KSUViolet06]

Our Drexel colony was installed as Alpha Delta chapter this weekend!

[TPAGirlie]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Is this ground-up, or absorbing a local?

Affliating with an interest group.

[AOII Angel]

AOII installed our 191st chapter, Beta Upsilon at Bryant University yesterday as well as a new Alumnae Chapter in Chattanooga. Congratulations to my new sisters in Rhode Island! Glad to have some new Betas around in RI!