NPC sororities at the U. of Colorado will be recruiting non-freshman women in fall 2005, according to a recent article (excerpts below). The IFC fraternities, as a different thread points out, will be rushing freshmen in the fall.
Two women from the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) joined CU-Boulder's sorority governing body, the Panhellenic Association (PHA), Tuesday to discuss alternative methods of recruiting during the fall semester.
Betty Quick, NPC secretary, and Barb Probst, Colorado's NPC area advisor, spoke . . . about how to informally recruit non-first-year women through means of continuous open biding, also referred to as COB.
"We're here for a support system for them (sororities), to let them know that they have resources they can call or contact," said Probst.
Last spring sororities agreed to defer recruitment to the spring semester in order to keep university relations. Chapters began to worry about financial strain as a result of recruiting in the spring.
Therefore, the NPC has assisted sororities in finding alternatives to meet membership numbers before spring recruitment.
. . . Beginning Sept. 5 all sorority chapters can informally ask non-freshmen to become a chapter member.
. . .
Together the PHA and NPC are brainstorming ideas to make continuous open biding successful in order to help each chapter meet certain membership numbers prior to formal recruitment of freshmen in the spring.
Currently the PHA is also working on its public relations in order to reach more women off campus through flyers and mass e-mails. . . .
"Our huge goal is to have a successful recruitment, and to come out stronger than when we began, if possible," said Katie Matthews, PHA president.
entire article:
http://www.coloradodaily.com/article...ews/news06.txt
GC thread on Colorado fraternity recruitment:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...threadid=68587
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