Our Ambassador Mary Kate Lobough recently attended the 2011 Annual Meeting of Fraternity and Sorority Advisors (AFA). Although SureSister staff members did not deliver an educational session this year, we are happy to provide you with this update written by Mary Kate: Read the rest of this entry »
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Like most new high school graduates, I was excited to matriculate at Eastern Illinois University in peaceful Charleston, Illinois. But in June 2001, tragedy struck the EIU campus. The murder of Shannon McNamara, a promising student and member of Alpha Phi, stunned the Charleston, Illinois community. Read the rest of this entry »
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As the sunny days of summer trips, employment, summer school, or lounging around begin, you may be getting excited about your first year at college and your chance to participate in sorority recruitment. Orientations, emails and snail mail packets help you prepare for your arrival on campus. But how should you get ready for sorority recruitment? Here are five day-to-day examples of ways you can practice your conversation skills before sorority recruitment without taking away from your jam packed summer schedule. Read the rest of this entry »
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So you are packing your bags and heading off to college? Surely you are excited to attend orientation events, learn about your new campus and make new friends. As you plan for your arrival on campus, who else can you befriend to help you plan?
Alumni in general are great resources for information about preparing for college. Sorority alumnae (pronounced “uh-lum-nee”), women who are no longer active collegiate sorority members, can be fabulous resources for you right now, even before you set foot on campus. This article explains what Panhellenic alumnae are, both in terms of individuals and organizations, and how they can help you. Read the rest of this entry »
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As summer vacation is weeks or even just days away now, you are probably envisioning yourself with tons of free time, catching up on your reading. We are here to help! Check our staff recommendations of almost a dozen great books. To make it an even dozen, we need your help. Comment below with YOUR favorite book recommendation for the summer too! Read the rest of this entry »
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Admittedly, many of the emails we receive are from prospective sorority members seeking advice on preparation for recruitment. However, the majorityof our emails are from women who went into recruitment with the highest hopes… and were left heartbroken after being dismissed by all chapters. While “dismissed” is not the approved or technically correct term for receiving no invitations or bids, it is most certainly the feeling these women report.
Instead of writing to you, they write to us. They find us in web searches, often with words like “sorority recruitment help.” In their lengthy emails, women rarely complain about the “process.” Read the rest of this entry »
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College students often to want to be part of a sisterhood, but have concerns about participating in the recruitment process. Some miss out completely on a positive experience for all the wrong reasons. Is it possible you are seeing sorority life–or yourself–through tainted eyes?
Here are three common concerns and tips to help you get through any misconceptions that might prevent you from enjoying a rewarding collegiate sorority experience. Read the rest of this entry »
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Recruitment counselors are an integral part of the formal recruitment process. Their influence is strong and they often contribute to important decisions by PNMs. How are your recruitment counselors impacting your PNMs? Your retention in recruitment? Could their impact be improved? Let’s look at two descriptions of recruitment counselor programs. Do you see your campus here? Read the rest of this entry »
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Like most college women, I joined a sorority for the new friends I would meet and the lifelong relationships I would form. But my experience with my sorority, Sigma Delta Tau, was different from that of many sorority women. During my year and a half as an initiated and active sister within my chapter, my status rapidly changed from new member to Executive Board Secretary to Chapter President to an alumna. My chapter was experiencing some judicial trouble, and for a while, I lost my sense of what a sorority could actually offer me. Read the rest of this entry »
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Remember when “selective listening” was a bad thing? This skill, which is often highly developed during the teen years, can be of great use during your sorority recruitment experience. How so? By knowing which information is relevant and “selecting” out of the noise.
Let’s look at three factors that may seem important, but only serve to make your recruitment experience complicated and stressful. Read the rest of this entry »
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