The best thing for them really now is to shut down and come back once everyone who is currently here has graduated. Sigma Kappa honestly seemed to try everything and they worked so hard, but it just wasn't possible. As long as you are over 100 girls though it seems possible for a house to survive here. The numbers are always fluctuating and sometimes houses are losing 70+ members per year, and then in some cases they don't lose any at all. a fraternity won't want to partner with only 40 girls, no matter how much they like them, b/c they need enough manpower to win. Every year we team up with a fraternity and do Homecoming and Greek week.these are practically month-long events with tons of service, fundraising, points, etc. size is about 180 (wouldn't you say, Kiki?) I think they were in a position that even if they just kicked ass during Rush (which I heard they did a great job).a house of 40 just can't compete, especially when Mizzou greek life is so competitive in other areas.
When did I post that? LOL.Sigma Kappa actually did better than they had in recent years for 2003 Recruitment.but on our campus the avg. * AOPi and DPhiE colonized in the 1980's and closed shortly thereafter * AGD closed in 1975 recolonized in 1981 closed in ca. * SK was chartered in 1968 closed in 1973 recolonized 1990 * ZTA closed for a few years during/after the Depression, but recolonized successfully (early 50's) new house 1964 * Phi Mu closed in the late 30's? (Depression) and recolonized recently (2001?) Let's see if I can reconstruct (I don't have Baird's handy) : It was an effort to appeal to the idea that members wouldn't have to live in the sorority house. In 1973 SK tried something novel: renting adjacent modern apartments in a complex north of campus (White Gate, for those of you familiar with Columbia). That did not compete with the grand, white-columned houses in the rest of Greektown. 1900 and added onto and subdivided to accommodate students). SK's house from 1968-72 was one of those three story house-houses (y'know the kind: probably single-family ca. MU Greeks have extremely competitive housing. I do (I was panhellenic president that year). The newspaper article said the people interviewed did not know what the SK chapter closed in 1973. I stopped by to see it when I was in Columbia in 1995. That's my house! Sigma Kappa bought the Alpha Gam house. "They brought a lot of great things, just like every organization brings to campus," Hansen said. The sorority officially informed the Panhellenic Council of its decision last night. The chapter is still deciding what to do with the sorority’s privately owned house at 908 Curtis Ave., Hansen said. Neither Hansen nor Kozicki knew why the chapter closed in 1973. According to the national office, the local chapter closed in 1973 and reopened in 1990. This isn’t the first time the MU chapter of Sigma Kappa has closed since it was organized on campus in 1968. "Actually our recruitment numbers are going up," she said. "While saddened by the closure, we look forward to welcoming the collegiate members to alumnae membership."ĭeclining membership has not been a problem for other MU sororities, said Brook Hansen, MU Panhellenic Council adviser. "This chapter has a proud history at the University of Missouri and has produced great leaders in our organization," Barbara Wilmer, Sigma Kappa’s national vice president for alumnae, said in the news release.
Members will be treated as college graduates and granted alumnae status in the organization, the sorority said. The chapter is classified dormant until its official closing. "I know that compared to other chapters, … Epsilon Mu felt that their numbers were inadequate," said Julie Kozicki, executive assistant at Sigma Kappa Sorority National Headquarters in Indianapolis.Ī news release from Kozicki said the chapter voted to close last Wednesday. The sorority’s president, Erica White, declined to comment.
Citing a decline in membership, the Epsilon Mu chapter of Sigma Kappa Sorority at the University of Missouri-Columbia will officially close at the end of the school year on May 17.
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