Very sweet short recruitment story

[33girl]

LT - where are you getting 22? Are there some non NPCs that do Panhel rush?

[Benzgirl]

Great story

[LionTamer]

33girl -

Sorry, it's actually 23 - 20 National sororities + 3 "Associate Chapters", whatever they are.

From the Penn State Panhel website: "Below is a list of Panhellenic Members. There are currently 23 chapters at Penn State."

AChiO
ADPi
AOPi
Alpha Phi
ASA
AZD
ChiO
TriDelt
DG
DZ
GPhiB
Theta
KD
KKG
PhiMu
PiPhi
SDT
SK
TriSig
Zeta
---

"Associate Chapters"

Omega Phi Alpha
Phi Sigma Rho
Sigma Alpha

Recruitment started yesterday, and it's not a pretty time, either for the sororities or the PNMs. No recs, no pics, no resumes. 23 places to visit. Ugh.

[33girl]

I looked in the rush guide - they're (the 3 associates) not included in recruitment rounds. I don't understand why they're in Panhel at all.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Some groups need to belong to a governing body and just have no where else to go. At my school we have cultural orgs on the council and just now are they trying to get a multi-cultural council going, but that won't happen until they get approval.

[TigerOwl]

Many chapters at Penn State do welcome and LOVE to have pictures and resumes on the PNM's. Recruitment Teams and volunteer Recruitment Advisors at many NPC chapters on the PSU campus really look forward to receiving them ---as few as they might be---not in the hundreds---like some other campuses. Many chapters have been receiving them for years!

From the recruitment handbook for PSU:
Recommendation: A written letter sent by an alumna recommending a woman
for membership in a sorority. This is not a requirement for Penn State
Formal Recruitment, but recommendations are always welcomed!

[LionTamer]

Well, we didn't see a single one when I was rush chairman for ASA. I'm not saying no picture or resume ever shows up in a sorority's mailbox - I'm sure some do - but no one I knew had them, and my friends got bids from good national sororities without them.

Penn State runs rush LARGELY without reccs and I say "thank God" It's so great that girls like me who weren't raised with the idea of joining a sorority have an equal chance at recruitment, and aren't penalized just because Mom didn't join a sorority - or even attend college -- and doesn't know the ropes or have influential friends to write letters for her daughter.