After dropping out of the greek scene nearly a decade ago, Acacia fraternity members re-chartered the chapter, making a comeback to the ISU greek community.

Acacia, 138 Gray Ave., was rechartered Saturday night after surrendering its charter in 1992 due to low membership and financial problems.

The fraternity celebrated Homecoming with a barbecue on Friday for members and alumni, said Dan Kline, president of the fraternity.

On Saturday, there was a corporate board meeting and the fraternity attended the ISU-Oklahoma State game together. The fraternity had a banquet Saturday night to celebrate Homecoming and the re-chartering.

For a fraternity to come to campus, it must first become an interest group, then it must get promoted to colony status, said Kline, junior in electrical engineering. The last step is receiving the charter, he said.

“There was no fraternity until the colony was formed,” said Jeremy Davis, who was president of Acacia in 2000.

In the spring of 2000, Acacia recruited members, and the corporate board purchased the property.

Before it was chartered, there was no undergraduate activity within the fraternity, but the cooperate board met four times a year to discuss the future of the organization, Kline said.

The fraternity was shut down from the national headquarters due to financial reasons, said Dalen McVay, chapter adviser. Acacia is now in good standing with headquarters.

The fraternity started the re-chartering process in 1999, when national headquarters hired advisers to help get things off to the right start, Kline said.

“The support of alumni, investments and cooperation made re-chartering possible,” said Davis, graduate student in agricultural education and studies.

Letters of recommendation highlighting the grades and accomplishments of members helped to re-charter the fraternity as well, said McVay, graduate in interdisciplinary graduate studies.

“The cooperate board and national headquarters have been careful to lay the ground for success,” Kline said.