[OleMissGlitter]

At Ole Miss, it is highly ADVISED that each PNM have at least one rec sent to the houses. I know of some sororities at Ole Miss that will not consider a PNM if they do not have a rec for invites after first round.

A rec is important in my view because it usually has transcripts included, a recent picture, and whether or not the PNM is able to be financially responsible to the chapter. They also include a sorority resume.

When I went through recruitment in 1996 at Ole Miss I had at least two recs to every house. I had my mothers' friends write them for me. This year during recruitment there was one girl who had 13 recs for AOII. They were all from different AOIIs in her area. She really went to work and one of them was from a past international president of AOII as well. I found that to be very impressive. And of course, she did pledge AOII!

I know at Ole Miss every sorority makes posters of PNMs that we hang up in our dorm sections of our houses. This way each day when the actives walk by they can look at the pictures and the names and their hometowns to get to know each girl. We would not have had almost 800 pictures this year if it weren't for recs. I find them very useful. And then we send out cards to the alumnae who wrote the recs to thank them and to tell them what house their girl pledged. I would recommend them and if a PNM cannot find a member of a GLO in their area I would recommend contacting that GLO's international headquarters and they can find someone in that area to write the rec. I also recommend the PNM to find their local Panhellenic Office and participate in teas and turn their information into the Panhellenic database for alumnae to write recs for them.