Fall Formal Recruitment Is Coming Up!

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Rules of Formal Recruitment (Fall)

• Always show up on time! 10 minutes early is on time!

• Keep a positive attitude and an open mind the entire weekend

• There is to be no talking in between rounds

• You should not be discussing your choices with other women going through recruitment (it is not your job to persuade your friends)

• All potential new members must attend ALL recruitment rounds in order to be invited to the subsequent invitational and receive a bid

• If you are going to miss any part of recruitment, an excuse form should be filled out. 

• At the end of each night, you must turn in your lookbook to your recruitment counselor

• Wear the appropriate attire for each night

• If you have any questions or concerns, reach out to your recruitment counselor or the Panhellenic exec board

• If you thinking about dropping out of recruitment, you have to reach out to your recruitment counselor first

• No potential new member should invite a sorority member to interact outside of recruitment events during recruitment week or vice versa

• A potential new member shall not give a promise (oral or written) to join a certain organization before formal bids are given through the National Panhellenic Conference or vice versa

• A potential new member shall fill out the preferential bid card. By receiving a bid at the end of recruitment, she shall be bound for one calendar year while attending UNCP and cannot pledge to any other Panhellenic sorority unless she is formally released from her bid

Words to Know

• AGC: All Greek Council

• Bid: A formal invitation to become a new member of a sorority

• Chapter: Refers to an individual fraternity or sorority house; chapter names are different on all college campuses

• CPA: College Panhellenic Association

• FSL: Fraternity and Sorority Life

• Hazing: Any activity that is required of an Associate or New Member that is not required of an Active Member

• Hok Nosai: First and only Native American Council in the nation. Historically Native based organizations

• IFC: Interfraternity Council

• Initiation: The traditional Ritual that brings New Members into full membership

• Legacy: A potential member of a sorority who is a daughter, granddaughter, or sister of a member of a Greek organization

• Diversified Greek Council (DGC): Strives to promote positive multicultural relations and positive awareness on the campus

• National: A term referring to the central organization of a given sorority or fraternity

• NPC (National Panhellenic Conference): A conference comprised of 26 National sororities

• NPHC (National Pan-Hellenic Conference): An organization composed of 9 men's and women's fraternities/sororities, all of which are historically African Americans

• PNM: Potential New Member