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Originally posted by _Opi_
Why stop there? Do SERVICE for your campus and community. By that I mean, co-sponsor events with other orgs (Greeks and non-Greeks) to show presence on campus.
Service to the community. Go out there and make a name for yourself. You can tell all the recruits that you are doing something positive for your surrounding community, not just for yourselves.
Our colony is fairly new to campus. We had to start from scratch. We do alot of co-sponsorship with Student Council committees and other fraternities/sororities while we are getting on our feet. We don't have a name yet, so we have to do alot of these co-sponsorships to unite with other orgs to gain their support as well get our NAME out there. Eventually, that will start affecting your our numbers in a positive way.
Another way of getting your name out there that has worked for another fraternity this year is, PUBLICITY. Create an image that you are the BEST fraternity on campus through your flyers, banners, etc Get a brother who is good at graphics to do this.
I hope this helps..
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For OPA, we sent postcards to all the female incoming freshmen and stuffed mailboxes like crazy and had our biggest Rush ever - is that allowed for IFC?
ETA: Sorry, need to make this more clear - the big thing that this did was make sure that even if the girls didn't know the name of many other groups when they got to campus, they did know ours, and (hopefully) will remember it and have some clue who we are even though we're not a huge NPC sorority.
ETA: I also want to agree with that it's all about making an identity for yourself and making everyone see what makes you different - it seems like every semester I find out about a new fraternity on campus that I didn't know existed because they really haven't distinguished themselves in any way, lol.