Ever since I've been in Sigma Alpha we've pretty much followed the same kind of schedule of events. I have to say that this past year's rush chair did an awesome job and added some really great events to our schedule. We brought in some really great girls both semesters. We usually will go out to intro ag classes the first or second week of school and let all the girls know the dates for our rush functions. We also will post flyers around campus especially in areas that we know ag students frequent. Something we tried this year was passing out information in front of our student union to girls that walked past. Another new idea we tried this year was sending out an email inviting all of the women in the college of ag to come to our first rush event. From what I was told we got a number of girls by doing this. You might check with someone in your college of ag about doing this.
When it comes to actual events we usually have about 4 nights of actual events. The first event is our info night. All of the actives dress up nice (we wore nice black pants and solid color button down shirts this past semester) and we let the rushees know a little bit about us. We usually do a cute skit and then the rush chair and several other sisters talk about Sigma Alpha. Then we have Mingle Night. It was held at a sister's apt. This year we had a Hawaiian theme for our rush so we all dressed up in hula skirts, wore leis, and played Hawaiian music. Mingle Night is basically where you "mingle" with the rushees. We actually paired two or three actives up to each rushee. Then they took about 10 or 15 minutes to learn things about each other and then told the rest of the girls what they had learned about each other. We then played silly games and had a great time. The next event was our Dinner Date. We all went to a restaurant with a really fun atmosphere and just had a good time. Unfortunately this fall our Dinner Date fell on Sept. 11 so no one was very interested in having too much fun but we still ended up having a good time. The final event is Formal Questions. That's where each rushee sits down with the executive committee and they ask her questions. Then the entire chapter votes on each girl.
Since I'm getting longwinded I'll go ahead and wrap this up. I hope what I've said helps a little bit.
Sisters,
Allison
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