Recruitment Methods

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Originally Posted by kaitapoul

Oh, wow. I go on vacation and come back to such a lively thread.



We're a Big East School for athletics. Our men's basketball previously coached at an SEC school, in state.

Hmm. Cool Puzzle, only two schools in the Big East are in the same state as an SEC school and it looks like the University of South Florida basketball coach has never coached at any other Florida college. See below for commentary specific to your school.

Originally Posted by kaitapoul

We currently have around 22 actives, but like I said, 10 or 12 of us graduate this year. We are trying to rebuild, essentially because our previous leadership didn't have the best reputation (simply put).



I designed our shirts for rush this semester (which is the first time in a while that we've even had shirts). On the front is says "Be a Bro. Rush A-Phi-O" with a fleur de lis on the front. On the back it says "Alpha Phi Omega: Be a Leader, Be a Friend, Be of Service. Ask me about rush or check us out on Facebook Alpha Phi Omega - Chapter Chapter."

Our PR person is really trying to stress our values, so I agree with this, however we are trying to find a happy medium with our letters and the values. Obviously we are service fraternity and that is what we do, so it's important for us to stress that.

I really like the idea that Senusret I had about emailing the socials...I'll have to look into that. We do have a few people that are in socials as well as with us, and we are hoping to maybe team up with those fraternities/sororities to do service projects.

Another issue we have is reaching our to our minority peers on campus. Do you have any suggestions on how to recruit a more diverse population? We are an extremely urban campus, and our lack of diversity is disheartening.

Unfortunately, there is nothing to indicate that a woman should be checking it out. A woman may see it on the back of a man and think it is only a fraternity.

I've found that some socials have their service programs organized enough that they can really partner with APO, but others are just happy to find someone organized enough in service for them to be able to use to get the required service. I'm not sure how to find that out in advance, but something to keep in mind with flexibility in how to contact them...

As for minority issues, if you are where I *think* you are, there is an extension effort at the Primary HBCU for your state which is *most* of the way from your campus to the campus that your basketball coach used to coach at. Perhaps you can invite them to campus for rush events?

There are some chapters that have turned school rivalries into service projects, I *definitely* think you could pull it off with the school where your coach used to be.


Speaking of which, for "safety"'s sake I'd make sure that you have Gold be the primary color of the t-shirt. Wouldn't want people on campus to think you are wearing Wildcat blue.