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 Sorority alumnae (pronounced “uh-lum-nee”), women who are no longer active collegiate sorority members, can be fabulous resources for you right now, even before you set foot on campus.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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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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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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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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When registering for recruitment, students on many campuses are required to attach a picture of themselves. Whoa, what? It’s true. So why does it matter? With dozens or hundreds of students going through the recruitment process at your school, sorority women need help connecting your face – and your conversation – to your name.
Imagine a sorority recruitment event has just ended. If your submitted picture looks like the person a sorority woman just met, even if she cannot remember your name, she can convey to her chapter and to the Panhellenic Council that she likes you. How can she issue you an invitation to return if she isn’t sure who you really are? You might as well have been absent from recruitment that day.
If you plan to be present and clearly remembered, make sure your picture meets these six criteria to avoid choosing the wrong picture for your sorority recruitment registration. Read the rest of this entry »
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