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Mission National Panhellenic Conference supports its women’s fraternities by promoting values, education, leadership, friendships, cooperation and citizenship. How NPC Functions The National Panhellenic Conference functions as a conference, not as a convention. In 1988, the twenty-six member groups affirmed the concept that National Panhellenic Conference continues to operate as a Conference. Each fraternity selects one delegate to represent it at NPC meetings. The delegate casts the fraternity vote, serves on standing committees and acts as liaison between her fraternity and the other NPC groups. Each fraternity may name three alternate delegates. Business is conducted at biennial conferences and interim sessions. Between meetings a five-member Executive Committee administers those concerns having the approval of the Conference, directs the work of standing and special committees, and oversees the Central Office staff. The NPC Officers (Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer) are delegates of member groups, holding office for six years, beginning with Treasurer, progressing to Secretary, and then to Chairman. Delegates serve on the executive Committee in the established rotation order. The Chairman of the Alumnae Panhellenics Committee and the Chairman of the College Panhellenics Committee serve as non-voting members of the Executive Committee (p. 5). The 26 member groups of the National Panhellenic Conference are as follows in alphabetical order: Name Site of Founding Date of Founding Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity DePauw University October 15, 1885 Alpha Delta Pi Sorority Wesleyan Female College May 15, 1851 Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority Barnard College October 24, 1909 Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity Syracuse University May 30, 1904 Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity Barnard College January 2, 1897 Alpha Phi Fraternity Syracuse University October 10, 1872 Alpha Sigma Alpha Longwood College November 15, 1901 Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority Eastern Michigan University November 4, 1899 36
Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity Lombard College April 17, 1893 Chi Omega Fraternity University of Arkansas – Fayetteville April 5, 1895 Delta Delta Delta Fraternity Boston University Thanksgiving Eve 1888 Delta Gamma Fraternity Lewis School December 1873 Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority Washington Square College Law, New York University March 17, 1917 Delta Zeta Sorority Miami University October 24, 1902 Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Syracuse University November 11, 1894 Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity DePauw University January 27, 1870 Kappa Delta Sorority Longwood College October 23, 1897 Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Monmouth College October 13, 1870 Phi Mu Fraternity Wesleyan College January 4, 1852 Phi Sigma Sigma Fraternity Hunter College November 26, 1913 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Monmouth College April 28, 1867 Sigma Delta Tau Fraternity Cornell University March 25, 1917 Sigma Kappa Sorority Colby College November 9, 1874 Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority Longwood College April 20, 1898 Theta Phi Alpha Fraternity University of Michigan August 30, 1912 Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity Longwood College October 15, 1898 (NPC Manual of Information, 2000, p. 1 and 100 Years of the National Panhellenic Conference, 2001, p. 14) 37
Page 1 and 2: SORORITY RITUALS: RITES OF PASSAGE
Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am very grateful
Page 5 and 6: for teaching me that a group of peo
Page 7 and 8: TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION ......
Page 9 and 10: CHAPTER V: SUMMARY, DISCUSSION, REC
Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Each year th
Page 13 and 14: The member groups of the National P
Page 15 and 16: hopes of the founders rather than t
Page 17 and 18: ceremony is complete, that person i
Page 19 and 20: 80,000 women join sororities. On mo
Page 21 and 22: issues, and topics …that formerly
Page 23 and 24: when do we use it? How do we use it
Page 25 and 26: the sorority experience has on the
Page 27 and 28: The lack of information concerning
Page 29 and 30: of the NPC member groups, and to co
Page 31 and 32: CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE Thi
Page 33 and 34: Ritual Ceremonies and Symbolism in
Page 35 and 36: Robson writes further: In a world c
Page 37 and 38: strengthened by encountering differ
Page 39 and 40: student initiated and created to au
Page 41 and 42: Gradually, however, they took over
Page 43 and 44: Following the founding of Kappa Alp
Page 45: efer to themselves as "service" org
Page 49 and 50: What Is Ritual? In order to explain
Page 51 and 52: theorist/researcher in the area of
Page 53 and 54: Ritual as a Rite of Passage Underst
Page 55 and 56: we are and giving meaning to us wit
Page 57 and 58: am I? Well, as I see it, I am a per
Page 59 and 60: Value Congruence Research conducted
Page 61 and 62: the majority of authors . . . have
Page 63 and 64: To better understand Gilligan’s F
Page 65 and 66: only women, all with varying opinio
Page 67 and 68: member transitions to a leader/role
Page 69 and 70: development. The isolation period a
Page 71 and 72: Gilligan’s point that sex differe
Page 73 and 74: undergraduate members. Understandin
Page 75 and 76: not an option. Actual observance of
Page 77 and 78: Role of the NPC Research Committee
Page 79 and 80: the chapters were part of large nat
Page 81 and 82: where I was able to travel based up
Page 83 and 84: a whole. I piloted the interview qu
Page 85 and 86: These categories were reflective of
Page 87 and 88: participated in my sorority ritual,
Page 89 and 90: sorority women was a cognitive asse
Page 91 and 92: In addition, only one participant w
Page 93 and 94: school. Sixteen (31%) sophomore par
Page 95 and 96: itual among themselves outside of t
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was founded in 1978. Their average
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chapters ranging in size from 150 t
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participants’ feelings about the
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A few of the participants expressed
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Several of the participants related
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One of the participants explained w
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During new member education, you le
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Women’s Development within the So
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Comments from several of the partic
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When I first joined my sorority, I
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the participants referred to other
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I think that ritual has made me a b
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The reasons that the participants g
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This study included both private an
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internal value system or they know
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sorority women’s length of member
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when an 18-year old woman joins a s
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ehavior of sorority women, it must
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* The level of responsibility and /
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to evaluate sorority women and the
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they are and what role ritual has i
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numbers vary from chapter to chapte
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that those ceremonies can bring to
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Butler, E. R. (1990). Initiations r
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Kuh, G. D., & Arnold, J. C. (1992).
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Pennington, D., Zvonkovic, A. C., W
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Taylor, S.E., Peplau, L.A., C Sears
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APPENDIX A CONSENT FORM 141
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APPENDIX B PROFILE QUESTIONS 143
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APPENDIX C INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 145
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general? What would you say that th
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APPENDIX D (LETTER TO THE GREEK ADV
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APPENDIX E NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CON
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six months doing literature researc
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common knowledge similarities--the
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Correspondence II To: Shelia Barnes
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I truly appreciate your guidance an
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Application for Exemption from IRB
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