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As an alum of the Chi-O chapter at WIU, I know that spring rush in Macomb isn't very easy. While Western is a very pretty campus in the spring and fall, it's just plain gloomy in January and February. Getting PNMs out of the dorms is hard, but it can be done. I do know that your VP of Recruitment (DH - who happends to be a very good friend of mine) has some good ideas and spent her Christmas break thinking about rush and picking the brains of the sorority girls she knows.
Here's a few ideas -
1) Try getting a group of sisters to go to dinner in different residence halls. When I pledged, I was one of only 2 Chi-O's who lived in the north quad. My pledge sisters and I would meet for dinner at a different dorm before every meeting to increase visibility.
2) Consider having a recruitment event in the Union. The houses tend to be a bit far from the dorms (and, really, who wants to walk across Q-lot in the winter?!) It's centrally located, and you may attract drop-ins that wouldn't have gone to the house.
3) Wearing letters all the time is a great p.r. device - as long as they are clean. Nothing says "Ick" more than old dirty shirts. Personally, I don't like seeing letters on the rear of sweats, but that's my personal bias.
4) You've got a great resource in your housemom. Ask her about any ideas she may have. WIU hasn't had a ZTA chapter since the late 70's early 80's, so she won't be competing against her sisters.
5) Continue to ask your Panhellenic sisters for help. I think it's great that the Delta Zeta chapter came over for a rush workshop. They have always been great at recruitment, and I think it's nice that they were willing to help out.
6) You've got a great national office. I'm sure they will be willing to help out in any way.
7) Once you guys can get them there, you have a lot of things going for you. ASA was the first sorority at WIU and they have always been involved, classy women.
Good luck with spring rush...
---Sue
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