Panhel Recruitment

[KSUViolet06]

Some info about my school:

*Kent State- Main Campus
25,000 undegrads
like 3% Greek (fraternities included)
not competitive
total: 70 or 80


*6 NPC chapters and 1 local
Fall formal recruitment (mid-Sept)
Formal recruitment quota: usually anywhere from 15-20

*Some informal recruitment occurs in the fall for those sororities not at total after FMR.

*All sororities usually do some spring informal to fill openings left by December grads, transfers, etc.

A.) What does\did (if you graduated) Panhel do to help recruit more ladies to sign up for formal recruitment that you think is unique to your university?

We have a Panhellenic Brunch in August for girls to attend that are interested in sororities. The Greek Life Advisor and all the PXs are there and the girls get a chance to meet them and talk to them about life as sorority women. Every sorority has a table at the brunch and afterward, the girls can walk around and ask questions. Panhel Exec members are also on hand to register girls and give them schedules if they decide that day that they definitely want to go through.


B.) What is the one thing that is done at your university that helps get the most ladies to sign up for formal recruitment?

It sounds silly, but every sorority does "XYZ says Go Greek" chalking in different areas o campus an I can't tell you how many PNMS have told me that they decided to rush because they saw al the chalking and wanted to see what it was all about.

[luv n tpa]

THANK YOU a million times over for beginning this thread! These ideas are exactly what our Panhellenic needs. Our chapters have consistently had trouble meeting total, and national offices keep breathing down our necks that PNM numbers should be much higher. Our FMR total is usually around 13, and they want it to be at least 20.

We are having a consultation team come in about a month to "inspect" whats wrong with how the campus handles Greek Life and find solutions to help us get more women interested. Keep posting more things that I can bring to a leadership retreat we're having this weekend!

[FSUZeta]

the chapter i advised did the water bottle hand out for several years until panhellenic decided that that shouldn't be allowed. they also wore t-shirts that one of the sisters had designed that had a cute phrase about helping students move in. can't remember that tho. it seemed to be worth the effort.
i think that it impressed the parents and everyone appreciated the cold water on a hot day.

for those who think they might try this idea, you might want to directly contact some water companies, or pepsi or cocacola and see if you could buy the water bottles without the label(they did that one year and it made putting on the zta labels that much easier).