I believe in one episode Julia said she was a Tri-Delta at Chapel Hill but had gotten kicked out for not wearing a girdle or something like that. However, Dixie Carter is really a Tri-Delta. I don't think Delta Burke went to college.

Kate Jackson said something about the "Kappa" house or being a "Kappa" in one episode of "The Scarecrow & Mrs. King," but she never said "Kappa Kappa Gamma." Kate Jackson is a KKG from Ole Miss--I saw her composite picture!

Where has the summer gone? Here at Alabama Recruitment Workshop begins next week with Recruitment the following. :eek:

Sending out my best thoughts and well wishes to all the other Advisors and Alumnae volunteers who give their precious time to help out with Formal Recruitment. Certainly this is a difficult and stressful time for the collegians, but folks often forget how hard it is on the alums who help out. We take time away from our families, stay at the sorority until the wee hours of the morning, go home to get some sleep, get up to get kids off to school and/or get to work, go back and do it all again.

It's difficult physically and emotionally, but we do it because we love our sororities. I for one feel the alum volunteers are the unsung heroines of Recruitment!

Kobe Tai the famous asian pornstar was a theta.


Just lettin you know.

I was invited to mock rush next week at one of the sorority houses at UGA-and I can't go!:( Rats!!!

good luck to you zillini!! please post updates as you can!!!

i head up the road(25 minutes) to fgcu for recruitment workshop tonite and tomorrow-all day. yea for us recruitment advisors!!

I was wondering if anyone has any pointers for first time alumnae volunteering at rush. This will be my first time and I'm really excited about it, but kinda worried at the same time. Thanks!

As an alumna, you'll be in the background. My chapter made the punch and brought the shrimp and chocolate covered strawberries for pref night. We also served the PNMs. Other than that, we were there mostly for moral support.

You may be approached by some PNMs with questions like, "What's the sorority like after graduation? What does you sorority mean to you?" etc.

Just be there for your sisters, and be proud that you'll be representing the lifetime bond of sisterhood. The PNMs will see that sisterhood doesn't end with graduation.

That's interesting that alums actually helped with pref (serving PNMs). At my school, only active sisters were allowed to be out with the PNMs...alums lived in the kitchen ;)

As an alumna, make sure you know the rules of what you can and can't do, say or not say.

We had an alumna say hello to someone she knew, (the pnm spoke first) and we got a rush infraction. I think it was $10 but hey, lol.:p

Alums helping out at recruitment should be ready and willing to help with anything and everything! If that means washing crystal until your hands are waterlogged, clearing trash between rounds, running emergency errands, number crunching, or whatever then do it with a smile. :) Oh, and have fun!

Definately! And find out beforehand too. Let someone know that you're available to come and when so they can schedule things. One year we had a ton of alums show up on the first day of 1st round. There were so many they were bumping into each other and fighting over cleaning up glasses. Then the next day no one showed and we had to pull actives to do the job.

Also, find out if there are restricted times to enter or leave, like between parties. We used to have a rule that alums had to enter the house through the back door or the Chapter would be fined. It was thought that walking past the PNMs to the front door might somehow influence them. (???) But it finally dawned on Panhellenic that where parking was located and where the back doors of some houses were did not make this an easy task. Plus, if an alum has to trudge through mud and zig zag around dumpsters, she might not want to come help. So that rule was fortunately changed.

Zillini, I hope you will tell us about what's going on at the University of Alabama - how many sign up, etc. Good luck!:)
By the way, what happened last year when so many NMs did not show up on Bid Day?

Don't worry folks, I'll be reporting in with regular updates about U of Alabama. As of yesterday 8/9 there were 1,341 PNMs signed up. That's already 129 above last year's total and we're still 6 days away. :eek:

Recently we received notice that Panhellenic has increased the number of parties because of this:

1st round Open House: 22 parties (up from 18), 1st day 12 & 2nd day 10
2nd round Philanthropy Day: 11 parties (up from 10 I believe), long day
3rd round Skit Day: 7 parties (up from 6)
Pref Night: 3 parties (no change)

Hey Zillini,
Thanks SO much for replying. Now that daughter has graduated, I hear very little inside info about Alabama's recruitment.
1,341-OMG!!!! :eek: That's more than Auburn. Unbelievable! If there are 15 sororities, how do you have 22 parties? I wish UA would consider bringing in another group. Where they would put a house, though, I don't know.
And what was the reasoning for all the Bid Day no shows last year?:confused: Did they eventually show up?

There are 15 NPC orgs on Bama's campus, but only 14 are participating in Formal Recruitment. There will be a rest area set up for the PNMs to hang out at during their "off" rounds where they can get a drink, use the bathroom, freshen up and just relax.

Oh my gosh! I know some will drop or get cut, but what will that many PNMs do to quota and/or total? I think alot of the sororities at Bama took in the low 60's last year...will it be in the 70's this year, or does the cut percentage go up??

[QUOTE=Zillini]Don't worry folks, I'll be reporting in with regular updates about U of Alabama. As of yesterday 8/9 there were 1,341 PNMs signed up. [QUOTE]


I just called the UCF Greek Life and they said that the number of pnm's is approaching 700. I'm still thinking OMG!!!! I know this is not as big as an SEC school, but with 10 chapters (there are 11 chapters, but one is not participating in formal recruitment) thats quota of like 70 (without drops, cuts, and such). People can still sign up and you can even sign up at the information meetings so the number can still go up!

It may not have as many Greek chapters, but UCF is one of the 10 largest schools in the country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._by_enrollment

As of Fall 2005:
1. Arizona State 51,712 Pac 10
2. Minnesota - Twin Cities 51,175 Big 10
3. Ohio State 50,504 Big 10
4. Florida (Gainesville) 49,650 SEC
5. Texas - Austin 49,333 Big XII
6. Michigan State 45,166 Big 10
7. UCF 45,090 Conference USA
8. Texas A&M 44,647 Big XII
9. U of South Florida (Tampa) 43,021 Big East (as of 2005)
10. Wisconsin-Madison 41,480 Big 10

I know for sure that the Sigma Kappa house doesn't have central air, but we do still have window air conditioners. :D

It seems as if every school may have record numbers of PNM's this year.
As of 8/8 UK had over 900 registered.

Yes I know this and as of this year, they have become the biggest Florida school with 47,000 students and the largest growing university/college in the southeast. I meant they are not considered a "Southern" school where recruitment numbers are double this.

My understanding is that women may enroll up to the start of rush which is this weekend. But even if the number stayed at 900, UK's quota would be 75! And if 25% drop or are released, quota would be 55.

Not bad. How many sororities?

Arkansas has 950 as of 3 months ago, and 7 sororities...quota will be around 90 a pledge class. WAAAY too big.

Well, Arkansas has lost 4 sororities since I was there.

Theta, DG, Phi Mu, and....not sure on the other one.

We're picking up one more.

UK has 12 that participate in formal recruitment:

Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Sigma Kappa

Alpha Chi Omega

I spent the evening at the Chapter checking on workshop progress. Looking good so far! Everybody's excited and the attitude is positive. Let's hope it lasts. :D

Bama's Panhellenic is speculating quota will be around 75 based on 1,350 PNM's. Higher if more sign up in these last few days.

Is this another deal where if the sorority hasn't been around since Laura Ingalls Wilder they can't succeed?

Didn't you hear? Laura was in my sorority! Then she took her badge to the moon!

/SEC recruitment still sounds scary to me :)

Its so fun & exciting. I can't wait to help out again this year, especially after I missed last year while traveling for work.

We weren't "no frills" except for one night of recruitment, but the "hard core" rush thing is kinda scary. To be fair, I never really recruited myself as I was blessed with computer skills and hung out with the alumnae. (YAY for no workshops)

I hope not because we are in the process of colonizing there.

Sorry to be a buzzkill, LOL. :)

Nope—Phi Mu came to UA in 1923 and DG in 1930, well before some others that are still going strong (ADPi, 1957, and KD, 1989).

I disagree to an extent.

Alpha Delta Pi 1957
Alpha Chi Omega 1961-1977
Delta Gamma 1930-1992
Delta Delta Delta 1913
Zeta Tau Alpha 1903
Kapp Alpha Theta 1966-1989
Kappa Delta 1989
Kappa Kappa Gamma 1925
Pi Beta Phi 1909
Phi Mu 1923-1996 they had a recolonization in there, and I don't know how long they were off campus between. Their recolonization was pretty short-lived I think.
Chi Omega 1895 (founding chapter)

KD is the only chapter that isn't at least 50 years old, and last year was KD's first time to take quota. It seems very similar to Ole Miss in terms of breaking through. And not everyone on campus is "going strong" unfortunately. Obviously AOII believes we can be successful, but it would be misleading to suggest that this won't be very challenging.

I just spit out my coffee on my keyboard!

Thanks!
Denise

No problem! :D

85 girls living in the house? It'll be HUGE! :eek:

It ought to be, they're knocking down my whole old apartment building to build it! (It should've been knocked down over 30 years ago, my bathroom ceiling fell in while I was brushing my hair.)

They'll be really close to campus! The parking lot behind it was where my grandparents' house was--the school couldn't knock that gorgeous old white house down fast enough after my grandmother died.