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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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 Sorority alumnae (pronounced “uh-lum-nee”), women who are no longer active collegiate sorority members, can be fabulous resources for you right now, even before you set foot on campus.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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Your campus may have one sorority or it may have twenty-something. Fraternities? Now you can double the number of Greek-letter groups. Starting to feel Greek-letter overload? Add the professional, ethnic, religious, service and academic groups with Greek-letter names and keeping them all straight can be a challenge. But there are auxiliary groups you may join in addition to your primary Greek-letter sorority or fraternity and you’ll definitely want to know about them now. Read the rest of this entry »
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One of your jobs during sorority recruitment is to look for women who will inspire you, lift you up, help you grow into the woman you are meant to be. However, you often have just a few minutes to determine if the woman before you will be friend or foe. How do you quickly determine if she could be your future enemy? To rule out potential sisters who are likely to become toxic, look for these five signs. 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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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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Do you wonder what your life might look like as a sorority woman? Here is an example of a sorority member’s typical Monday on a campus where the sororities have chapter houses. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sorority life can be fun, no doubt about it. But before you jump at the sorority recruitment opportunity, take a few minutes to make sure you are prepared for the decisions that lay in front of you.
Remember, sorority recruitment is a mutual selection process. You are also choosing what chapter you feel will be the best fit for you. Be sure to know what is expected of you and how each sorority will enhance your college experience.
Here are two lists of questions you must ask yourself to help you get ready for making the big decision. Read the rest of this entry »
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Have you registered for formal Panhellenic sorority recruitment on your campus? As you embark on a fantastic journey into the world of Greek life, you are probably using a lot of question marks while preparing to become a sorority member. Luckily, there is a group of women known as recruitment counselors (or a variation of Greek letters) available to help you navigate this process.
A recruitment counselor is a sorority woman representing the Greek community who is Read the rest of this entry »
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