Rock Chalk! University of Kansas Recruitment

ollie dog · #1 08-18-2013, 09:25 PM

Fall Formal Recruitment starts tomorrow morning at KU. The girls meet with their RCs at 8am, and then 1st round parties run from 9am to 9pm. The PNMs will then enter their rankings at 930pm.

KU has 13 sororities and the schedule is as follows:
Day 1: Open House. PNMs see all 13 chapters on Monday.
Day 2: Philanthropy. PNMs can return to as many as 10 chapters on Tuesday.
Day 3: Skits/House Tours. PNMs can return to as many as 7 chapters on Wednesday.
Day 4: Preference. PNMs can pref up to 3 chapters on Thursday.
Day 5: Bid Day! Friday is Bid Day, and then the kickoff to Hawk Week.

It's a very compact, busy week for these girls! My daughter and her roommate and suitemates will be participating, so I will be posting updates on their recruitments. There aren't a lot of KU threads on here, so I thought it might be nice to have a recent one.

By the way, the chapters at KU are:
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Kappa

ladybug12 · #2 08-18-2013, 10:05 PM

Thanks for your post ollie dog. There have been very few recruitment stories this year. Usually we have some good ones from UGA, Bama, and Auburn. Totally none from them this year (calling Dramadog and Carnation). Miss the days when Bamadad and others posted their stories live.

Katmandu · #3 08-18-2013, 10:23 PM

KU is so beautiful! I had cousins who went there and always thought it was so gorgeous. Old chapters there, too! Good luck to your PNMs.

TriDeltaC · #4 08-18-2013, 10:26 PM

Good luck to your DD! One of my good friends is an active in AXO at KU.... and she is always yelling "rock chalk". Haha. Truly a lovely, lovely girl- however annoying the rocking and chalking may get.

JayhawkAOII · #5 08-18-2013, 10:27 PM

Yeah!! Rock chalk! DH and I were back on campus this spring for a reunion. It's as beautiful now as it was when I first arrived for rush in 1989. Good luck to all the pnm's!

ollie dog · #6 08-19-2013, 08:28 PM

So is it wrong to be kicking myself now, after I told my daughter to leave her phone in her dorm room for the day? I am anxiously awaiting updates! For now, I have to be content in stalking KU Panhel on twitter.

The girls received t-shirts to wear the first two days. Day 1 says "No Matter the Letters We're All Tied Together" and has bows in each sorority color/symbol.

A bit of trivia, 7 of the 13 chapters are single-letter (not counting Pi Phi). KU has a very long, well established tradition of Greek life and I'm excited for these girls to potentially become a part of this. Even if not, they are sure to make good friends throughout the process.

I've decided to make code names representing things around Kansas City! In no way do these line up with the alphabetical listing of the chapters though

Arrowhead Stadium*
Boulevard Brewery
Crown Center
The Fountains*
Hallmark Cards
Liberty Memorial*
Oklahoma Joe's*
The Plaza*
Power & Light*
Sporting KC*
Swope Park
Union Station*
Westport
* = recs my daughter was able to secure. She's also a legacy through me to one of these, but I won't be revealing which one. At least, not yet.

More updates to come!

KKGAlumDGMom · #7 08-19-2013, 09:29 PM

Good luck to your daughter!! Looking forward to reading her story.

SWTXBelle · #8 08-19-2013, 09:46 PM

I have 3 from my rec crew going through at Kansas!

SigKapSweetie · #9 08-19-2013, 09:48 PM

Yay! I especially love stories where I might end up with a new sister at the end! Good luck to your daughter.

nyapbp · #10 08-19-2013, 10:15 PM

[QUOTE=ollie dog;2232478]

A bit of trivia, 7 of the 13 chapters are single-letter (not counting Pi Phi).

The Kansas Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi would be a single letter chapter if we named our chapters in that manner. It was founded in 1873. Three of the chapter's founders had a sister who was a member of the chapter at Lombard College. The Lombard College Pi Phi heard that Beta Theta Pi was trying to start a chapter at KU and she persuaded her sister to get some friends together to start a chapter.

JayhawkAOII · #11 08-19-2013, 10:29 PM

Additionally, three chapters that are not currently represented, Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, and Theta Phi Alpha, are also single letter chapters. I would love for my beloved Phi chapter to return, but I don't think that will ever happen.

wsucalsigmakapp · #12 08-19-2013, 10:36 PM

Oh exciting, multiple girls going through! Good luck to everyone!

gatordeltapgh · #13 08-19-2013, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by JayhawkAOII

Additionally, three chapters that are not currently represented, Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, and Theta Phi Alpha, are also single letter chapters. I would love for my beloved Phi chapter to return, but I don't think that will ever happen.

Interesting, the Alpha Chi Omega chapter is also Phi chapter! I recently rescued a badge from that chapter that is 98 years old. I was thinking about giving it back to them for their centennial next year.

TriDeltaC · #14 08-19-2013, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by gatordeltapgh

Interesting, the Alpha Chi Omega chapter is also Phi chapter! I recently rescued a badge from that chapter that is 98 years old. I was thinking about giving it back to them for their centennial next year.

wow! incredible.

ollie dog · #15 08-20-2013, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I have 3 from my rec crew going through at Kansas!

Good luck to your girls! I hope they're having a blast up here!