PHC SORORITY RECRUITMENT
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN
Sorority Provides Community
Finding a community at college matters a lot – perhaps more than ever. Sorority can provide that sense of belonging in a new place. It’s about laughter, lifelong friendships and a family that has your back no matter what.
Sorority is Accessible
Sorority life welcomes women based on what they want to contribute to the world around them. Your values, what you stand for and what you want to do in life matters far more than where you come from or your socioeconomic status.
Sorority Lets You Make a Difference in the Lives of Others
Being in a sorority is an invitation to help be an agent of change – in your community and in yourself. It’s an opportunity to embrace perspectives and experiences different from your own, while making an impact on campus and developing the leadership skills that can help you change the world – or at least your piece of it.
Sorority is Worth It
Joining a sorority also pays off where it counts – with your future and your career. Sorority sisters not only provide a network you can draw from for internships and jobs, but they also can help push you out of you comfort zone and encourage you to take advantage of opportunities you might never have considered without their support.
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) has 26 NPC member organizations with nearly 400,000 undergraduate members across the U.S. and Canada.
Finding a community at college matters a lot – perhaps more than ever. Sorority can provide that sense of belonging in a new place. It’s about laughter, lifelong friendships and a family that has your back no matter what.
Sorority is Accessible
Sorority life welcomes women based on what they want to contribute to the world around them. Your values, what you stand for and what you want to do in life matters far more than where you come from or your socioeconomic status.
Sorority Lets You Make a Difference in the Lives of Others
Being in a sorority is an invitation to help be an agent of change – in your community and in yourself. It’s an opportunity to embrace perspectives and experiences different from your own, while making an impact on campus and developing the leadership skills that can help you change the world – or at least your piece of it.
Sorority is Worth It
Joining a sorority also pays off where it counts – with your future and your career. Sorority sisters not only provide a network you can draw from for internships and jobs, but they also can help push you out of you comfort zone and encourage you to take advantage of opportunities you might never have considered without their support.
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) has 26 NPC member organizations with nearly 400,000 undergraduate members across the U.S. and Canada.
- More than 580 campuses have a chartered College Panhellenic Association (Panhellenic Council) and nearly 670 campuses have at least one established NPC sorority chapter (Alpha Sigma Tau and Phi Sigma Sigma).
- On many campuses, the College Panhellenic is the largest student organization representing women and women’s issues.
- More than $4.6 million in scholarships were awarded to sorority members in 2018-19 (16 member organizations reporting).
- In 2018-19, collegiate and alumnae members together donated more than $17 million for inter/national philanthropy activity (13 member organizations reporting) and volunteered nearly 1.9 million hours for inter/national volunteer activities (14 member organizations reporting).
HOW TO JOIN
Primary recruitment for Panhellenic Council sororities (Alpha Sigma Tau, Beta Lambda Psi, Kappa Xi Delta, and Phi Sigma Sigma) at the University of Minnesota Duluth is a multiple day process that begins on September 15, 2020 with Potential New Member (PNM) Orientation and ends on September 20th with Bid Day! Due to COVID-19 some recruitment events will be offered virtually. Any in person events will follow University and state guidelines.
Primary recruitment registration is opened until September 14, 2020 at umnduluth.mycampusdirector2.com. Recruitment is a values based, mutually selective process aimed to maximize the opportunity that both potential new members and chapters have in selecting a sorority experience that matches their values.
Gamma Sigma Sigma National Sorority can issue membership invitations to both men and women. At UMD, Gamma Sigma Sigma is a member of the Interfraternity Council (IFC) and does not participate in primary recruitment.
For more information about Panhellenic Primary Recruitment please contact Annabelle Paquin at paqui052@d.umn.edu.
Check out The Sorority Life for more information about what it means to be a sorority women.
Primary recruitment registration is opened until September 14, 2020 at umnduluth.mycampusdirector2.com. Recruitment is a values based, mutually selective process aimed to maximize the opportunity that both potential new members and chapters have in selecting a sorority experience that matches their values.
Gamma Sigma Sigma National Sorority can issue membership invitations to both men and women. At UMD, Gamma Sigma Sigma is a member of the Interfraternity Council (IFC) and does not participate in primary recruitment.
For more information about Panhellenic Primary Recruitment please contact Annabelle Paquin at paqui052@d.umn.edu.
Check out The Sorority Life for more information about what it means to be a sorority women.
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PHC Primary Recruitment Orientation Night
September 13th & September 15th The Primary Recruitment Orientation will provide an overview of the process, along with how to prepare for the week. This is an opportunity to ask questions. PNMs will meet with their recruitment guide, as well as the group of women who will be going through the recruitment process |
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Open House
September 16-17th - Online Open House is the first round of primary recruitment. To follow safety regulations this year, PNMs will be given 48 hours to review a video and information provided by each organization. Chapters will meet PNMs through the information they provided during recruitment registration. PNMs will have the opportunity to meet with their Recruitment Counselor virtually. |
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Philanthropy
September 18th - Online Philanthropy is the second round of primary recruitment which is the beginning of the invitational rounds. PNMs have the opportunity to visit up to three chapters virtually through zoom. Each party will last 45 minutes and will focus on philanthropy and community service. Chapters will give a brief presentation about their philanthropic cause/organization. They may ask you to participate in a short philanthropy project. |
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Preference
September 19th Preference is the final round of primary recruitment. PNMs will visit a maximum of two chapters. Chapters will hold a Preference Ceremony that often offers insight into the chapter and their purpose. At the end of the night PNMs will complete the Membership Recruitment Acceptance Binding Agreement (MRABA). This is when PNMs rank the chapters they visited in order of her preferences. |
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Bid Day
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