University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign Recruitment

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

what is the rationale for including 4-H house in formal NPC recruitment?

4-H is a longstanding member of the CPH, will full rights to vote and hold office. I think this is because they have been there so long, and have a house. They didn't "participate" in the full thing, PNM's just visited their house and learned about them during open houses. They actually recruit graduating high school seniors in the spring and summer before they come to campus, and they are all women who participated in 4-H growing up.

As for the rationale? I think it was largely out of respect for the group, so that women joining the panhellenic community understood what and who they were, but it also had the benefit of making parties slightly smaller. Having more than 50 PNM's at a 25-minute party is really problematic; there is barely enough time to get them through the door before you are escorting them out again.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

As for the rationale? I think it was largely out of respect for the group, so that women joining the panhellenic community understood what and who they were

This is a really nice idea.

It might have been different back when there were more agriculture students (as at any flagship state school) but I'm sure that a lot of women entering the university nowadays have never heard of 4-H, let alone know that it has a sorority.