Rho Chi Suggestion

[AZChiO]

Im a Chi O from Arizona and was wondering if anyone had suggestions about what to do for Rho Chi shirts. Were allowed to order 2 different ones and just thought you guys may have done some cute ones in the past

[NutBrnHair]

Your campus still uses the term "Rho Chi?"

[NutBrnHair]

Here's an earlier thread on the topic:

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[AZChiO]

What do you guys use? Recruitment Counselors?

[NutBrnHair]

Say 'Goodbye' to Rho Chi


NPC requests Panhellenic colleges use term Recruitment Counselor

The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) is asking colleges that use the term Rho Chi during recruitment to use the title Recruitment Counselor in its place.


Executive Vice President of the Rho Chi Society national office Wayne Pittman contacted the National Panhellenic with his concern about the use of the term Rho Chi.


The Rho Chi Society, established in 1922, is an academic honor society for pharmacy students.


NPC said Pittman called to their attention the fact that confusion has developed between Panhellenic Rho Chis and Rho Chi Society members.


"Out of respect for the Rho Chi Society and in order to eliminate any potential confusion between Panhellenic Rho Chis and the Rho Chi Society, if you currently use the term Rho Chi to describe our recruitment counselors, NPC is requesting that you stop this practice," NPC requested in a memo sent to college Panhellenics on November 6.


NPC Area Advisor for Arizona and New Mexico, Barbara Probst, said she thinks it is "perfectly acceptable" for the Rho Chi Society to request the term Rho Chi be removed from recruitment.


Probst said it has become convenient to use the term Rho Chi, but "we are in fact Recruitment Counselors."


The Rho Chi Society national office is located at the University of North Carolina and currently has 77 active Rho Chi chapters.


NPC said they understand the title change may require time to phase out the use of the term, but asks that each college Panhellenic "demonstrate their best efforts to ensure that this phase out will happen as soon as possible."

[honeychile]

Please excuse me for crashing, but I've always wondered why the pharmacudical Rho Chi hasn't made a fuss before this! I think that's why some campuses use Gamma Chi for Greek Counselor.

[xo_kathy]

Honey - I agree. Seems a dumb thing for them to get up in arms about.

In terms of shirts, our Rho Chis always just used the same "Go Greek" type shirt that the houses wore for first round of rush. Instead of the chapter letters it said PX.

[chitownxo]

I don't really remember what we did at Western Illinois when I was an undergrad; I know all the sororities had to wear the panhellenic shirt with our letters on it for the first round parties, and I think the rush counselors got shirts with "PX" on them.

At Eastern Illinois, the big thing is sorority windbreakers. Every sorority has their own color schemes (i.e., Tri Delta has black jackets with hot pink letters, Alpha Phi has purple jackets with white letters, Delta Zeta has navy jackets with white letters, etc). If it's too hot to wear them, they tie them around their waists so their letters are across their rears. The Rho Gammas get white jackets with pink letters Rho and Gamma, and also get a white tee shirt with pink letters Rho and Gamma as well. They're really cute, and help promote recruitment.

[XOMichelle]

One year the Rho Chi's had t-shirts with a "hello my name is" sticker printed on the front. They actually wrote their names on with a sharpie. Elimnating the need for stickers. Somewhat cute, I thought.