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By Courtney Klemm
Posted: 8/30/05 Section: News
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In previous years, Labor Day weekend meant football, cookouts and thousands of University women beginning the first stages of formal sorority recruitment. This year, however, the Panhellenic Council and the Recruitment Board decided to push the recruitment dates back one weekend this year in hopes of bringing in higher numbers of young women interested in rushing.
Formal sorority recruitment is scheduled to begin Sept. 9., and last through the following weekend. Fraternity recruitment began Aug. 24 and will last until Sept. 17.
"In past years, we've had a lot of girls that have had to miss recruitment because of Labor Day weekend," said Sara Dina, senior in education and Vice President of Recruitment for Panhellenic Council. "This will give women more opportunities to go through formal recruitment. We're hopeful we'll have a lot more women register."
Lauren Denison, senior in ALS and head recruitment counselor, said she feels pushing formal recruitment dates back would have a positive influence on younger women.
"It is the first weekend (freshmen) might be able to go home or the last weekend they can spend at their lake house," Denison said. "A lot of girls will be really excited they don't have to miss those. That could really work to our benefit."
Nikki Venvertloh, sophomore in LAS, said she didn't rush last year, but is looking forward to doing so this year. Venvertloh said she thinks moving recruitment dates would be favorable in terms of keeping numbers up.
"A lot of girls on my floor are going home for Labor Day weekend," she said. "Everyone is talking about rush, though. They all seem pretty excited to see what it's all about."
The formal sorority recruitment process contains multiple stages, including Open House, First Invite, Second Invite, Third Invite and Bid Day. There are twenty recruitment groups, and an invitation back to a certain house is based on a mutual selection process, Dina said.
During the mutual selection process, each potential new member ranks the chapters in order of preference. The chapters then rank the girls and then compare their list to the potential new members' lists in order to determine who is asked back. During Open House, they visit all chapters, and their list of chapters to visit whittles down to ten, five, and three during the First, Second and Third invites respectively.
Formal sorority recruitment is scheduled to begin Sept. 9., and last through the following weekend. Fraternity recruitment began Aug. 24 and will last until Sept. 17.
"In past years, we've had a lot of girls that have had to miss recruitment because of Labor Day weekend," said Sara Dina, senior in education and Vice President of Recruitment for Panhellenic Council. "This will give women more opportunities to go through formal recruitment. We're hopeful we'll have a lot more women register."
Lauren Denison, senior in ALS and head recruitment counselor, said she feels pushing formal recruitment dates back would have a positive influence on younger women.
"It is the first weekend (freshmen) might be able to go home or the last weekend they can spend at their lake house," Denison said. "A lot of girls will be really excited they don't have to miss those. That could really work to our benefit."
Nikki Venvertloh, sophomore in LAS, said she didn't rush last year, but is looking forward to doing so this year. Venvertloh said she thinks moving recruitment dates would be favorable in terms of keeping numbers up.
"A lot of girls on my floor are going home for Labor Day weekend," she said. "Everyone is talking about rush, though. They all seem pretty excited to see what it's all about."
The formal sorority recruitment process contains multiple stages, including Open House, First Invite, Second Invite, Third Invite and Bid Day. There are twenty recruitment groups, and an invitation back to a certain house is based on a mutual selection process, Dina said.
During the mutual selection process, each potential new member ranks the chapters in order of preference. The chapters then rank the girls and then compare their list to the potential new members' lists in order to determine who is asked back. During Open House, they visit all chapters, and their list of chapters to visit whittles down to ten, five, and three during the First, Second and Third invites respectively.
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