Fall Formal Recruitment Schedule Thursday, September 10 – Orientation 5:00 Potential New Members (PNMs) arrive at Doc Bryan Lecture Hall for check-in 6:00 Recruitment Orientation Friday, September 11 – Open House Round 5:30 PNM/Rho Sigma Group Meeting at Doc Bryan Lecture Hall 6:30-10:00 Open House Parties (Duration: 30 minutes) 1: 6:30-7:00 3: 8:00-8:30 5: 9:30-10:00 2: 7:15-7:45 4: 8:45-9:15 10:00 PNMs meet to make selections for Philanthropy at Doc Bryan, Student Services Office Saturday, September 12 – Philanthropy Round 5:30 PNM/Rho Sigma Group Meeting at Doc Bryan Rotunda 6:00-9:20 Philanthropy Parties (Duration: 35 minutes) 1: 6:00-6:35 3: 7:50-8:25 2: 6:55-7:30 4: 8:45-9:20 9:20 PNMs meet to make selections for Preference at Doc Bryan, Student Services Office Sunday, September 13 – Preference Round 4:30 PNM/Rho Sigma Group Meeting at Doc Bryan Lecture Hall 5:00-8:40 Preference Parties (duration: 60 minutes) 1: 5:00-6:00 2: 6:20-7:20 3: 7:40-8:40 8:40 PNMs meet to make selections for Bid Day Monday, September 14 – Bid Day 5:15 PNMs report to Caraway Hall 5:30 Bid Day Celebration Table Of Contents Greek Terms – 3 Advice From Your Recruitment Team – 4 Recruitment Rules & Policies – 5 PNM Bill of Rights – 7 Financial Obligations – 8 Statement On Alcohol & Hazing – 9 What To Expect As A New Member – 10 Values – 11 What Do You Value? – 13 Recruitment Team – 15 Rho Sigmas – 17 Week At a Glance – 21 What To Wear – 22 Caraway Hall – 23 Alpha Sigma Tau – 24 Delta Zeta – 25 Phi Mu – 26 Zeta Tau Alpha – 27 Packing List – 28 Notes – 29 Letter From The Vice President Of Recruitment Dear Potential New Members, I hope you are enjoying your adventures into college thus far. At this point in your college career you have made a lot of exceptional choices. These choices will quickly turn into the stepping stones of your future. You will soon be creating bonds and friendships with people you have never met and may only have a few things in common with, such as your roommate, lab partner, coffee house barista, fellow classmates, professors, and the list goes on and on. I look back at my first year of college in awe of the relationships I have built; most of them have only one common factor – Arkansas Tech. I hope you all grow to love and appreciate our university the way I do, and take advantage of the opportunities you are given here. One of these opportunities you have already taken a hold of! Sorority recruitment is like nothing else, and the opportunities do not stop even after bid day. You will be given the opportunity to make best friends, to maintain our community, to aid in a philanthropy, to achieve your own academic goals and career goals, to lead, and most importantly, to find love in university life while creating a new home for yourself away from home. These opportunities are what bring each and every member of sorority life together at Arkansas Tech – so get excited! The next few days of fun are headed your way, and soon you will start to see what all the fuss is really about. As the President of the College Panhellenic Council I wish you luck, and I pray for your encouragement to be endless over these next four years. As for our council in general, we all want to help and be there for you throughout this journey, so don’t feel shy! Ask questions! Get involved! Be you, and be proud! Sincerely, Tatum Holt College Panhellenic Council President 1 Letter From The Panhellenic President Welcome To Arkansas Tech University! We are so thrilled that you have chosen to make Tech your new home, and better yet participate in sorority recruitment! As vp of recruitment, I’d like to challenge each and every one of you to keep an open mind, positive attitude, and most of all, listen to your heart! With these things, you will have the best experience while making one of the greatest decisions of your life. I would also like to challenge you to understand the commitment of sorority membership and discover what you are looking to gain from going greek. Participating in sorority recruitment parallels with deciding what university to attend; because both decisions affect the next four years of your life. Keep in mind that the more time and commitment you put into sorority life, the more benefits you will gain from being a member of the greek community. At Tech, we are committed to the positive development of each member of the greek community through the planning and participation of enriching programs. We put academics first and give back to the community on a continuous basis. Greek Life is merely a stepping stone to getting involved in other aspects of campus life. ATU offers more than 100 student organizations, and students in the greek community play a large part in the leadership in many of these organizations. It is our hope that you find a home within a greek chapters as well as in other student organizations. As you begin this new adventure of sorority recruitment, you are going to make phenomenal friendships, learn about each individual sorority and discover what they do; whether it be about their philanthropy, awards, community service projects, or their amazing sisterhood. So get ready, listen closely, and cherish these upcoming days because it’s going to be amazing! Best Of Luck, Caitlyn Beasley Vice President Of Recruitment 2 Greek Terms ACTIVE: A sorority member currently in college who has been formally initiated by her chapter. ALUMNA (SINGULAR) OR ALUMNAE (PLURAL): An initiated sorority member who is no longer active in a collegiate chapter. BID: A formal invitation to join a sorority or fraternity. CAMPUS TOTAL: The desirable chapter size, as determined by the College Panhellenic Council. COLLEGE PANHELLENIC COUNCIL (CPC): The governing council of all sororities on campus. CONTINUOUS OPEN BIDDING (COB): The period in which a sorority below the Campus Total is able to recruit members following Formal Recruitment. FORMAL RECRUITMENT: A designated membership recruitment period during which a series of organized events are held for the purpose of selecting new members. INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL (IFC): The governing council of all fraternities on campus. LEGACY: A PNM whose mother or sister is an alumna of, or active member in, a particular sorority. NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE (NPC): Founded in 1902, NPC provides support and guidance for its 26 member inter/national sororities/ women’s fraternities and serves as the national voice on contemporary issues of sorority life. Arkansas Tech has four affiliated sororities. NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL (NPHC): A council composed of the nine historically black Greek-letter organizations which includes four sororities and five fraternities. PHILANTHROPY: A national and/or local charity that a sorority sponsors, by donating time and money through service in order to promote human welfare. POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER (PNM): Any woman who is eligible to participate in formal or informal recruitment. QUOTA: The number of women a sorority may pledge during formal or informal recruitment. RECOMMENDATION/REFERENCE: A written letter or statement from an alumna on the sorority’s official recommendation form introducing and recommending a Potential New Member for pledging. Also called a “rec.” SINGLE INTENTIONAL PREFERENCE: When a PNM attends more than one preference event, but limits her membership selections by not listing all her sorority options on her Membership Recruitment Acceptance Binding Agreement. 3 Advice From Your Recruitment Team TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS EAT WELL. YOU WILL NEED LOTS OF ENERGY FOLLOW YOUR HEART UMBRELLAS MAY BE NECESSARY MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS VALUES ARE IMPORTANT NAP WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE GREAT WOMEN GO GREEK HAVE FUN DON’T LISTEN TO RUMORS OR STEREOTYPES ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU LIKE & DIDN’T LIKE BE FRIENDLY TO EVERYONE PUNCTUALITY IS CRUCIAL GOSSIP HURTS FEELINGS SMILE YOUR RHO SIGMA IS HERE TO HELP LISTEN, LEARN, AND LAUGH 4 Recruitment Rules & Policies § A woman planning on going through Formal Recruitment must be enrolled as a full-time student (12 hours) at Arkansas Tech University. § All PNMs shall attend all Recruitment meetings, Orientation, and Formal Recruitment Parties to which they have been assigned invitations. In case of illness or emergency, the PNM shall notify her Rho Sigma or the Panhellenic Recruitment Team. § Members and/or recent college graduates are not permitted to invite or take a PNM to parties or events. § No sorority member or alumnae may buy anything for a PNM. No PNM may buy anything for a sorority member. § A PNM is not allowed in the sorority living spaces for any reason once classes begin until recruitment is over. § No favors, gifts, or preference letters/notes may be given or stated that they will be given in the future to a PNM from the sorority and/or individual members or new members. § Panhellenic will provide nametags for the PNMs. This nametag is to be worn to all parties and to all meetings. § Preference cards will be filled out directly following the last preference party. A PNM may decide to “Intentional Single Preference” (putting only one sorority name on a preference card), but it is strongly discouraged. § Members cannot speak on behalf of their chapter; therefore, any statement by an individual which indicates that a sorority wishes to, or intends to keep, a PNM is considered oral bidding.