Getting Ready for Sorority Recruitment

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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The summer before your first year of college is an exciting one filled with anticipation for the four-year journey ahead.  While enjoying your summer vacation, be sure to capitalize on the opportunities to learn about your extracurricular choices.

Attending campus tours and welcome sessions inspires students to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the institution. Many campus sorority and fraternity councils plan events such as barbecues, house tours, information booths, and “meet-and-greets” to provide those same students with information about joining a Greek organization.  These are considered “pre-recruitment” events. Read the rest of this entry »

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What terms are used most frequently during sorority recruitment?  We’ve got them for you here, including people, groups, time frames, rules, statistics, and actions. A quick peruse will help familiarize you with some new (and sometimes odd) words and phrases you will likely be hearing more often.

National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) is the conference body of 26 sororities and women’s fraternities established to collaborate with and advocate for it’s members.  Membership recruitment is governed by a College Panhellenic Association at each institution.

College Panhellenic Association (sometimes abbreviated as CPH, PHC, Panhel, CPC, etc.) is the cooperative campus organization of collegiate members of NPC sororities represented on that campus.

Formal Recruitment is a designated membership recruitment period during which each sorority holds a series of organized social activities.

A Chapter is the local group that represents a segment of an Inter/National organization. The term Inter/National describes a sorority’s central organization.

All sororities have chapters in the U.S. These are national sororities. Some sororities have chapters in Canada, making them international sororities. The term Inter/National describes both types organizations and is used widely in the collegiate setting. Read the rest of this entry »

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The term “rush” was coined around the turn of the 20th century when sorority and fraternity students would literally rush train platforms where new students arrived on campus for the school year.

That was the beginning of the disorganized membership recruitment for the sororities and fraternities.  Read the rest of this entry »

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