Greek organizations helping with move in?

[*winter*]

Is this a thing where you’re from, or advise now? Apparently, it’s a thing now at my former school, but I don’t remember anyone ever helping us with move in.

Probably makes sense since my coworker is moving in tomorrow at her (similar) school and she says they only have so much time allotted to each student. Eek!

[Cookiez17]

Not sure about my previous unis, but I do remember at sacred heart university that each org would get a pair of letters in the school colors (red and white) and wear them to help the freshmen move in.

[Cheerio]

Is there still any national NPC recommendation against the wearing of greek letters by sorority women during the summer prior, and just before, any Fall Formal Recruitment activity? I thought any greek discussions between actives and potentials during that time frame had to be of a general "Go Greek" nature. So how would one even know the greek affiliation of an established student helping a new student move-in?

[*winter*]

The ones I saw just had matching shirts that say GO GREEK. In a neutral color not part of anyone’s specific organization on campus lol

[flirt5721]

Move in day has been a thing at NMSU when I was active and still today as I advise. Panhellenic requires each organization to have a certain percentage of members to participate. All members wear a shirt Panhellenic create. IFC helps too be each or is allowed to wear their letters.

[Titchou]

I don't know if UAB still does it but it was a tradition there.

[Cookiez17]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

Is there still any national NPC recommendation against the wearing of greek letters by sorority women during the summer prior, and just before, any Fall Formal Recruitment activity? I thought any greek discussions between actives and potentials during that time frame had to be of a general "Go Greek" nature. So how would one even know the greek affiliation of an established student helping a new student move-in?

Oh I bet for SHU it’s more to introduce the orgs to the new freshmen. But I bet convos about Greek life lean towards “oh go Greek the interest fair is on X day!” (SHU has a Greek fair before recruitment) rather than go a specific house.

[PKT4LIFE]

Many Phi Tau chapters assist with move in, it’s a great recruitment tool. Some are allowed to wear their letters, others wear a generic go Greek shirt; It depends on the IFC rules at the institution

[Benzgirl]

It's now pretty common at schools in Ohio. But it's not limited to GLOs. Many service orgs and clubs also assist with Freshman move in.

[navane]

I'm not sure if they still do it, but the Greeks at San Diego State University would help with move-ins. Like Flirt5721 mentioned about NMSU, SDSU Panhellenic would have Go Greek tshirts and the IFC guys would wear their fraternity letters.

[TLLK]

In recent years CSU Long Beach's Panhellenic would assist at move in. I don't know if IFC, Pan Hellenic or Multi-Cultural Greek organizations also help out.

[aephi alum]

Back in the day, at MIT, incoming freshmen would be assigned a temporary room in the dorms. We were instructed to bring a minimum amount of items, i.e. clothing for rush week, toothbrush, soap, etc.

If you pledged a fraternity or independent living group (coed local groups - one is all female) you had to move into the house the minute you signed. The brothers would help you move, which wasn't difficult because you'd have pretty much one suitcase. Only one sorority had a house when I rushed, and there wasn't enough room for all the sisters, never mind new members. So we had dorm rush - visit all the dorms and then rank them. Anyone interested in joining a sorority, and anyone who didn't want to go Greek, went through dorm rush.

This was followed by Freshman Parents' Weekend. If your parents didn't live too far away, they'd drive or fly up and bring some more clothes, bed sheets, and things to decorate your room. If they did live far away (we had plenty of international students) they'd ship your things to you.

[chi-o_cat]

Syracuse has the "Goon Squad," which is returning students who help freshmen move into the residence halls. It is open to all students- I signed up sophomore year just so I could get back to school a few days early (summer at home was so boring!). We all got t-shirts to wear. As I recall (from a long long time ago), many of the guys who participated were Greek*, but sorority members probably didn't because they would have been preparing for recruitment/ ("rush week" back then, of course) at that time. I then went through recruitment myself shortly after that. Sorority recruitment has since moved to second semester, so it's possible more sorority members do Goon Squad now.

*I remember them being Greek because they were guys I knew from the previous year, or had seen around campus, etc. I don't remember if they specifically identified themselves as being members of which fraternity. We all had to wear the same t-shirts, but Greek letter hats were very popular back then (maybe still are? I don't know) so I guess they could have been wearing hats.