Recruiting While Reminiscing

The Brothers of Zeta Chapter at Cornell University have always enjoyed the benefits of the vast alumni network that has been cultivated for us and that we continue to grow. Ranging from internship opportunities to long-term employment and surprising friendships, our members have no shortage of opportunities to engage with alumni, both recent and long graduated. In our experience this network is too often not conveyed or represented properly to potential new members through the lens of recruitment. We have attempted to increase this exposure recently by bringing alumni into the campus setting by hosting continuous series of alumni speakers welcomed to the house to discuss with us their time in the chapter and the impact that it has had on their life and career as it has unfolded. It also offers them time to reminisce about the good times, the traditions, and the friendships that were formed during their stay in Zeta Chapter in a fireside-chat setting.

While we encourage alumni to visit us as much as possible, we put great effort into visiting them and touring the businesses that they have helped to thrive. Although we have always maintained this tradition of visiting alumni, we took it to new heights during the 2022-2023 academic year. Zeta Chapter traveled from New York to Colorado and back, going through 16 states, stopping in Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, and Illinois to visit brothers of all ages and walks of life along the way.

— Collin MacDonald, Noble Ruler