Thanks Andi. :)

Congrats to Epsilon Upsilon!!! And welcome to our forty new baby squirrels! :D

Edited to add: Here is the link for their bulletin board if anyone wants to leave them a message Tarleton AGD Bulletin Board

Hey Girls!

Just to let ya'll know, Epsilon Zeta chapter got 31 New Members on August 30th. We went over quota! Many girls put us First on their pref cards and some even went block/suicide on pref nite! It is so amazing to have the best pledge class on campus. They truly are going to be a wonderful New Member class.


Loyally,
Lindsey

Congrats to our Arkansas State AGD's!!! As our lone Arkansas chapter, there couldn't be any better representation of Alpha Gam!!! You girls rock! :)

Hey Squirrels! News from Delta Omicron at UNLV: they matched to quota, adding 26 Baby Squirrels to the roster this year! :D

News from Alabama schools: New Alabama Alpha Gams!

Gamma Omega Univ. of Alabama Birmingham 23 new members

Theta Epsilon Univ. of South Alabama (Mobile, AL) 19 new members

Psi Univ. of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) 57 new members

Gamma Delta Auburn Univ. (Auburn, AL) 57 new members

Gamma Upsilon Univ. of Montevallo (Montevallo, AL) Just completed recuitment. I don't have totals.

Theta Beta Auburn Univ. at Montgomery Totals unknown. For more info see www.thetabetaagd.org

Gamma Sigma Troy State (Troy, AL) See www.troyst.edu/alphagammadelta/ for more info.

Gamma Psi Univ. of North Ala. (Florence, AL) Unknown totals. YAY ALABAMA Alpha Gams!!!!!

Weeell, I've had some time to cool down about recruitment, so I figured I'd report back to you guys. Here are Zeta Theta's numbers: We got 2 through formal and 4 through COB, for a total of 6. Quota was 17, which was achieved by everyone except us and 1 other house. All 6 chapters had to COB, and after COB, only 1 house is at total (75), because they managed to scrape together a pledge class of 28. There is serious talk about lowering total to 60-65, which, given the current percentages of greeks vs nonaffiliated, would be slightly more achievable for everyone.


Congratulations to all of the other Alpha Gam chapters that are kicking butt at recruitment, though! :D

Congrats to our new baby squirrels at Zeta Theta! :D

And good luck to Zeta Theta throughout the year!

PS. If quota was only 17 this year it is impossible to expect chapters to Total at 75. Having total that much higher than what quota can produce will only hurt the smaller chapters. I hope they do lower that to something reasonable soon.

I will ahead and post
Theta Iota got 12 beautiful new members during recruitment and I believe they have pledged or currently have between 5-7 COBers!!

Thanks! :)

It is especially difficult to keep total at 75 considering recruitment is deferred to sophomore year, so we only have a pool of 3 classes to work with. This total was set when they still had freshman recruitment, and was never changed when they switched to sophomore recruitment about 8 years ago. This wasn't too much of a problem until about 3 years ago, when numbers began declining drastically. When I joined in '98, I believe quota was about 28, but dropped to the mid-to-low-20's the next few years, then was 19 last year and 17 this year. Really, if you look at the numbers, there's no reason to have total above 60. Luckily, there is a new Greek Advisor (this is his second year), and he is working on lowering total, which should help even everyone out and create a more level playing field.

Toronto recruitment
 

Just to let you all know about Tau's recruitment so far... :)

Tonight was Orientation, when the girls met their RCs (one of which I am) and to learn the rules of FR. Rounds 1a and 1b are Thursday the 18th and Friday the 19th; Round 2 is Saturday the 20th (weekend recruitment is a new thing to U of Toronto, wish us luck!), and Pref is Monday the 22nd with Bid Day on the 23rd!

I already have a Rush Crush out of my Rho Gamma group...a couple of the other AGDs met her at the Panhellenic Info Day last Friday and they just ADORE her as well!!

I have a feeling that Tau is poised to do VERY well this year... so keep us in your thoughts next week! I'll definitely keep everyone on here posted with the latest news :)

LiEP,
Lauren

Congratulations everyone!!!

I know that GTau pledged 1 COB. They had a couple events last week but i don't think they will vote until next week..I probably won't know until a few days afterwards, lol!

:D

AWESOME NEWS!
 

I am SO PROUD to announce that Delta Pi at San Francisco State University is welcoming 21 new Baby Squirrels into the fold! That is quota + 2. This is an amazing accomplishment for them.

Red and Buff Roses to Delta Pi from a really proud alumna! :)


edited because my information needed revision!

Theta Upsilon---Georgetown College
 

We have Spring Formal Rush but this year the Panhel opened the informal rush for sororities that didn't reach chapter total last spring. Three out of four didn't, but AGD was the only chapter to participate. With only one week for COBing/Informal, TU welcomed 4 new members, 5 were offered bids but don't know about the 5th.

This means that we're still the smallest but only by 3 with two chapters tied for 2nd.

Cannot wait till the Spring! Last year the chapter kicked butt! And they are doing some really positive things, ie going to Gatlingburg for sisterhood retreat this weekend and just having a positive presents on campus!

Good luck to everyone left to RUSH! May you get the best quality NMs!

Congratulations!!! I'm am soo proud of the collegians and the alumnae who supported them! :D

Congratulations to all!!

I just love all this good news!! :D I really wish I knew how to add dancing smilies. :) :)