Troy University Sorority Recruitment Guide 2020

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TROY UNIVERSITY PANHELLENIC COUNCIL

Welcomes you

CONTACT INFORMATION External Vice President of Recruitment, Bree Davis Bdavis163748@troy.edu Internal Vice President of Recruitment, Allison Estes aestes@troy.edu Panhellenic President, Katie Talley Ktalley158713@troy.edu Panhellenic Advisor, Barbara Patterson bpatters@troy.edu

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What we believe Scholarship

Troy University sororities place high emphasis on scholarship.

Programs such as academic mentoring, tutoring services, time management seminars, proctored study halls, and information on free campus resources encourage our members to strive to achieve their academic goals. Our goal is for our women to walk across the graduation stage and receive their diploma from the Chancellor. Fall 2019 the all sorority GPA was a 3.22 and the all undergraduate women’s GPA was a 3.04.

Service

Sorority members serve the Troy community in endless ways.

Greeks are the first to ring the bells for the Salvation Army each year. You can find our women in the nursing homes, local schools, food banks and churches. We also are the first to respond when there has been a natural disaster. We also serve our national philantrophies by raising money.

Leadership

We believe developing ethical leaders for life. First our women learn the obligations of being a good member of an organization.

When elected to an officer position they receive intense training and learn to lead their peers. Every sorority encourages their members to belong to at least one other campus organization and they become leaders in those. Seven women each year are selected to serve on the Panhellenic Council and lead over 1,000 sorority women.

Sisterhood

Everyone needs a cheerleader, a support group or someone to mentor them. Family, mom and dad are our first cheerleaders.

Leaving home, it is important to find a circle of people who will encourage you to strive to be your best. Sororities are the best transition to college. To offer new friends who will be there for you enjoying lifelong bonds and invaluable experiences that will last long after your collegiate years are over. We call that sisterhood.

Panhellenic Creed

We, as undergraduate members of women’s fraternities, stand for good scholarship, for guarding of good health, for maintenance of fine standards, and for serving, to the best of our ability, our college community.

Cooperation for furthering fraternity life, in harmony with its best possibilities, is the ideal that shall guide our fraternity activities.

We, as fraternity women, stand for service through the development of character inspired by the close contact and deep friendships of individual fraternity and Panhellenic life. The opportunity for wide and human contact, through mutual respect and helpfulness is the tenet by which we strive to live.

SORORITY RECRUITMENT

Registration Registration for formal recruitment 202 opens on May 1. After this date, visit troy.edu/sororityrecruitment.

The cost to register will be $85.00. The $85.00 will be paid in two payments, $45.00 will be paid from May 1 to July 1. On July 1 we will bill you the other $40.00. If you register after July 1 the cost will be the full fee.

Sorority Recruitment covid Statement

Sorority Recruitment is currently scheduled for August 2-8, 2020.

Your safety and the safety of our sorority members is always a primary concern of the Panhellenic Council. We will monitor the pandemic conditions throughout the spring and summer and will move sorority recruitment to another time period if necessary. If we change dates we will notify those registered and if you are not able to participate during the new time period we will give a refund of what has been paid minus $5.00. Please be careful to also monitor conditions and not book flights/hotel rooms too early.

Registration Deadlines May 1

July 13 July 24 July 26 July 27

Registration opens on troy.edu/sororityrecruitment Registration fee raises to $95 Last day for refund of $60 for withdrawing Last to register for recruitment No refund for withdrawal

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Get Prepared! When you go to troy.edu/sororityrecruitment you will see a drop down box called How do I register.

Carefully read over the instructions on this page before you open the recruitment application. This will make the process quick and easy!

Register as soon as you decide. The earlier you register the longer the sororities have to obtain a recommendation for you.

On the registration form it will ask for your activities prior to going through recruitment. This is the time to brag about yourself. Think of the organizations you have belonged to, the offices you held, church, community and volunteer activities and be certain to list them.

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The online registration form is best used in Chrome and Firefox.

If you have any problems registering reach out to greeklife@troy.edu. We are here to help you!

Eligibility To Recruit

High School graduates must have a 2.2 overall average (on a 4.0 scale) & be accepted to Troy University.

Upperclassmen at TROY must have a 2.2 overall average Transfer students must have a 2.2 overall average based on 12 hours; if a transfer student has fewer than 12 hours, her eligibility will be based on her high school grade point average. This eligibility policy for recruitment is designed to help new students become academically oriented at the University, before becoming involved in the sorority aspect of campus life.

The Panhellenic Council’s membership recruitment eligibility policy is a minimum requirement. Each sorority sets their own academic standards for joining. The sorority women will carefully evaluate the grades and high school activities of each individual going through recruitment when making membership decisions.

HOUSING DURING

Recruitment

On-Campus Housing

If you are scheduled to live in a residence hall this year, you will be living in your assigned residence hall room during recruitment.

Residence hall check in for those participating in sorority recruitment will be on Saturday, August 1 from 8 am to 5 pm and Sunday, August 2 from 8 am to 5 pm. When you arrive, check in will take place at your assigned residence hall. The resident assistant staff will be in the lobby area of each dorm to help check you in. Once you check in, you will receive your key and be able to move into your residence hall room. Housing will expect you to check in on Saturday, August 1 or Sunday, August 2 if you are living on campus. Please note that the first two days of sorority recruitment is divided up into two days, Monday, August 3 and Tuesday, August 4 Half of the women will go to events on one of these two days and the other half will have a free day to set up their residence hall room, run errands, etc. On Sunday, August 4, we will notify you whether you will be going through recruitment on August 3 or 4.

Off-Campus Housing

If you will not be living in university housing this fall, you must make your own arrangements for housing off campus during membership recruitment week. Often, apartment complexes will not let them move in early. If that is your case, we recommend staying at a hotel or with a friend.

Meals

The university meal ticket begins on Saturday, May 8 the last day of sorority recruitment. The Dining Hall will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner during recruitment week and you can eat there on your own. The average a meal usually costs $12.00. Trojan Dining offers a special “meal ticket� for the women going through recruitment. You can purchase 6 meals for $48.00 plus tax for recruitment week at https://shop-troydining.sodexomyway.com/dining-events. This is optional.

If you purchase a ticket, please do so under your own name, not under a parent name. This will help us identify who the tickets are for. We also want you to know that most likely each day of recruitment you will be eating one meal off campus with your recruitment group. Everyone usually carpools to these meals. The cost of those meals will be on your own.

SORORITY RECRUITMENT

Check in & Orientation We will have sorority check in on Sunday, August 2 in Smith Hall, Claudia Crosby Theater from 4 to 4:30 pm. You will check in and receive your name tag and T-shirt for Philanthropy Day. We will have a large group orientation meeting in the Claudia Crosby Theater from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. After the large group meeting, you will break into small groups and meet with your Pi Chi’s. In the small group, you will get to know everyone in your group and go over the recruitment schedule. Dress for orientation is T-shirts and shorts.

We know that many of you will move into residence hall rooms and apartments on Saturday, August 1. Our Pi Chi’s will also arrive on July 31. They will be going to many of the churches in our area on Sunday, August 2. If you are here and want to go to church with our Pi Chi’s and other recruits, we will email a schedule out on Friday, August 2. We will have you meet Pi Chi’s at the Trojan center 1st floor food court lobby and go to church from there.

PHILANTROPHY & SERVICE This year we selected to support Backpack for Kids which was started by a sorority woman! This program provides supplemental food items for hungry kids in Pike County. In Pike County 25.3% of families and 34.8% children live below the poverty line. We you come to recruitment check in at Claudia Crosby will you please bring an item or two for Backpack for Kids. The items they need are: ravioli, soups, mac’n cheese, canned chicken or tuna, granola bars, breakfast bars, oatmeal (boxes of individual packets), cereal (boxes of individual packets), crackers (peanut butter, cheese, plain, etc), pudding, jello, dried fruit, fruit cups, sugar-free applesauce. The items you bring will go a long way in feeding children during fall semester.

Our service project for recruitment will be held on Monday, August 3 and Tuesday, August 4. Those of you going through recruitment and your recruitment counselors will be preparing and serving a lunch to our new international students. The new international students will be going through their orientation while you are going through recruitment. This is a great way to welcome them to America and Troy and for you to make some new friends. This was a favorite event of recruitment last year!

Round one Philanthropy Day

Round 1 of formal recruitment is philanthropy day. Service and giving to others are the themes for the day. All potential new members will visit all six sororities over this two-day round. You will be welcomed at the door with a song as you enter the chapter’s house and a sister will greet you at the door.

FAST FACTS: August 3 and 4 parties will be Monday or Tuesday.

Events are 35 minutes.

Your Pi Chis will lead you this day.

TIPS AND TRICKS: You will be given a clear bag to carry your cellphone and makeup.

Cellphone will be kept in bags with your Pi Chi. On free day, you will go to downtown Troy with your recruitment group.

WHAT TO EXPECT: The sororities may have you participate in a craft project.

You might watch a video about their philanthropy.

This is a get-to-know-you round, you will meet lots of people.

Be ready to tell about your involved during high school.

ATTIRE SUGGESTIONS: Recruitment t-shirts are provided by Panhellenic. We suggest you wear casual shorts, skirt, or tennis skirt with tennis shoes, flip flops, or sandals. It will be very hot and you will be doing a lot of walking so we want you to be comfortable. On Sunday, August 2, at Orientation, you will receive your t-shirt you will wear on this day.

Round two Sisterhood and Values Day

Sisterhood and Values Day is designed to help you learn how the sororities live their values throughout the school year and hear about their sisterhood activities. Take a good look at how the women of the sorority interact with one another.

Is the bond of sisterhood strong? On this day you will be scheduled to attend various sororities with a limit to 4 different sororities. You may also be informed by your recruitment counselor that you have not received invitations to Sisterhood and Values Day. FAST FACTS: August 5 and 6 Each party is 45 minutes Maximum of 4 sororities.

Half of the recruits will go on August 5, and the other half will go on August 6.

TIPS AND TRICKS: Think: Where is your home away from home?

Look at how the sorority women interact with one another.

Look to see if your values align with the sororities’ values.

WHAT TO EXPECT: You will have more one-on-one time with the sorority women.

Conversation is longer and more meaningful.

ATTIRE SUGGESTIONS: Remember that August in Alabama is very hot while selecting what to wear during recruitment. Dress for Sisterhood and Values day can be a casual cute dress, or a skirt and top, paired with sandals, wedges, or flats. Always make your selection on what to wear based on what you are comfortable in.

Round three Preference Day

Preference events are the most serious of the events held during recruitment week. Sorority members begin to introduce you to their bonds of sisterhood. By Preference Day, you will be thinking seriously about which sorority is best for you, and you will take part in a special ceremony. You will be scheduled for a maximum of two parties this day. You may also be informed by your recruitment counselor that you have not received invitations to Preference Day. FAST FACTS: August 7.

PNMS can attend a maximum of 2 sororities.

Party rounds are 50 minutes.

TIPS AND TRICKS: Ask any final questions you might have today.

Listen carefully to the ideals of their sorority.

WHAT TO EXPECT: This a serious event.

The atmosphere is serene.

There may be a special ceremony.

ATTIRE SUGGESTIONS: Dress for Preference day is typically more formal than the other days of recruitment.

A church dress with wedges or flats will be most appropriate to wear to Preference Day.

Bid Day

The last event of membership recruitment is Bid Day. You may receive an invitation to join, or your Pi Chi will tell you that you did not receive a bid. If you did not receive a bid you are eligible for continuous open bidding.

FAST FACTS: August 8 at 10:30 a.m.

You must be in the Elm Street Gym by 9:30 a.m.

Friends and family must be on Sorority Hill by 10:15 a.m.

TIPS AND TRICKS: This is a very exciting and long day.

Make sure to get a good night’s rest, as some chapters have a retreat planned immediately after Bid Day. WHAT TO EXPECT: We will gather in the gym by recruitment group, and your Pi Chis will distribute bids to you.

You will gather with your new sisters in the gym and run out together to your new sorority.

Each sorority will host an event for their new members that afternoon and evening.

ATTIRE SUGGESTIONS: Wear a TROY t-shirt with shorts and comfortable shoes. You will receive a TROY t-shirt with your new sorority letters once you reach your new sorority to wear for the day.

Meet our Sororities

Alpha Delta Pi Nickname: ADPi Founding: May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan College

Chapter Symbol: Lion

TROY Founding: April 19, 1966

Philanthropy and Fundraising Events: The Ronald McDonald House, Lions Share

Colors: White and Azure Blue

Flower: Woodland Violet

Alpha Gamma Delta Nickname: Alpha Gam

Chapter Symbol: Squirrel

Founding: May 30, 1904 at Syracuse University

Flower: Red and Buff Roses

TROY Founding: 1971

Philanthropy and Fundraising Events: Hunger

Colors: Red, Buff and Green

Alpha Omicrom Pi Nickname: AOPi Founding: January 2, 1897

Colors: Cardinal

TROY Founding: November 12, 2017

Philanthropy and Fundraising Events: American Juvenile Arthritis Organization

Flower: The Jacqueminot Rose

Chi Omega Nickname: Chi O

Chapter Symbol: Owl

Founding: April 5, 1895 at University of Arkansas

Flower: White Carnation

TROY Founding: February 19, 1977

Philanthropy and Fundraising Events: Make-a-Wish Foundation

Colors: Cardinal and Straw

Kappa Delta Nickname: Kay Dee

Chapter Symbol: Teddy Bear

Founding: 1897 at Longwood University

Flower: White Rose

TROY Founding: January 15, 1966

Philanthropy and Fundraising Events: Prevent Child Abuse America

Colors: Olive Green and Pearl White

Phi Mu Nickname: Phi Mu

Chapter Symbol: Ladybug/Lion

Founding: March 4, 1852 at Wesleyan College

Flower: Pink Carnation

TROY Founding: 1966

Philanthropy and Fundraising Events: Children’s Miracle Network

Colors: Rose and White

Tips for Recruitment Hi, I am Katie Delahunty, your Head Pi Chi. It has been my honor to select and train the women chosen to help you during recruitment – the Pi Chis. A Pi Chi is your counselor and guide through recruitment week. Pi Chis are chosen from a very competitive pool. Pi Chis will work in teams of 2 or 3 and will be assigned around 20 women to counsel. As a member of a Pi Chi group you will have daily meetings, go to meals together, and hang out with your recruitment group, they will be some of your first friends at Troy. It is important for you to know your Pi Chi will not associate with her sorority or be biased towards her sorority the week of recruitment. So, you may freely ask her questions about the process. We all so excited to meet you and several of them had advice to share with you!

Tessa Steverson; Panama City, FL

Madison Brass; Millbrook, AL

“Start recruitment with a positive mindset! Remind yourself that this is a time to grow and have fun, everything is going to work out in the end!”

“Don’t follow your friends or what you have heard, but make your own decision based on your own experience. It’s okay to be selfish and do what’s best for YOU!”

Olivia Kattos; Huntsville, AL “Recruitment is the best way to make friends! Be yourself and don’t rely on reputations.”

Payton Baxter; Brewton, AL “Recruitment week is your first real week of your college experiencemake it the best! Put yourself out there, but don’t forget to stay true to who you are. Everything else will fall right into place!”

Bailey Farran; Tallahassee, FL “Pray! Always remember Jerimiah 29:11, and always know God has a plan for you! So relax, have fun, and let Jesus take the wheel!”

Kimberley Guiler; Dothan AL “Recruitment is a busy time full of new friendships and amazing experiences but don’t forget to take a deep breath and enjoy every second of it before it’s gone!”

Lauren Phillips Alabaster, AL “Go into every single house with an open mindset and be yourself!

Everything else will fall into place.”

Your First Year

If you join a sorority, you will quickly find out that they are involved in all parts of campus life. You will find your sorority will be involved in attending many campus events together. For instance if there is a pep rally – everyone will go! Your first year will be full of new and exciting events introducing you to collegiate life. Below are some things you can expect during your first year of membership in a Panhellenic chapter.

Study Hall Hours

Recruitment Events

completed during the week. Sororities also implement a number of

members prepare for next year’s Formal Recruitment process. These

educational programs to assist new members in the academic transition

workshops help you gain experience in meeting and interviewing

into college. Sororities will also encourage you to attend career fairs to

others, great preparation for the work world.

get the experience of meeting potential employers.

Active Participation

Some chapters require a certain number of study hall hours to be

New Member Meetings and Education

In the Spring, chapters host recruitment workshops to help their new

As a new member, you will be encouraged to participate in campus and

As a new member, you will be required to attend weekly new member

Greek-wide events such Welcome Week, Homecoming, Pep Rallies, on

meetings in addition to weekly chapter meetings. The goals of these

campus speakers, plays, choral events, and Honors Convocation, these

meetings is to teach new members the values, traditions, and rituals

events are not only fun, but provide an opportunity to meet and work

of the organization. You will also find your sorority hosting educational

with students from across campus. Sororities will also encourage you

programs. Some topics that may be presented are on leadership,

to be an active member in another campus organization.

mental health, drugs, alcohol, sexual assault, resume building, budgeting and many more topics.

Philanthropic Work

Each Greek chapter enjoys serving its local and national philanthropy and will host events each semester to raise awareness and donations for the cause. New members are invited to attend these events as a way to socialize within the community while supporting a worthy cause.

Financial Information Financial requirements are an important consideration for students participating in sorority recruitment, so it is important to be as informed as possible with the costs associated with the sorority experience. If you accept an invitation to join a chapter, you will enter into a financial agreement for membership dues and fees during your collegiate years.

Dues and fees vary from chapter to chapter and year to year. It is important to note sorority costs may be more expensive during your first year in the organization due to one-time fees and expenses. It is also important to note that additional costs may arise during the year for items such as pictures, t-shirts, or other miscellaneous items.

FIRST YEAR ONE TIME MEMBERSHIP FEES Average: $660 Range: $455 to $930 Please note the range difference is because in the one time fees is included the membership pin/badge. Each sorority has a variety of pin/badges that vary in cost that you can select from.

SEMESTER DUES Average: $600 Range: $520 to $697

SORORITY LIVING Sorority members have the opportunity to live in sorority houses. You might wonder as a new member will you get to move into a house. Typically, in fall semester less than 10 new members move into the houses. It will depend on if the sorority you join has an open space. If you live in a residence hall, and your sorority has an open space, you can move on over to the sorority house. Typically, sorority members do not move into the chapter facility until their sophomore, junior, or senior years. Upperclassmen may have an obligation to live in the chapter house; however, each chapter regulates membership living in house. The cost of rent for the houses is comparable to the cost of living in Shackelford or Cowart Hall. We have a wonderful video on our sorority website called Scenes from Sorority Hill, please check it out.

Letters of Recommendation

A letter of recommendation, also known as “rec�, is a recruitments information form written by an alumna in order to introduce a potential new member to the sorority chapter. You are encouraged to ask any alumna that you know to write a letter of recommendation for you.

Alpha Delta Pi TROY Box 821104 Troy, AL 36082 alphadeltapi@troy.edu

Alpha Gamma Delta TROY Box 820981 Troy, AL 36082 alphagam@troy.edu

Alpha Omicron Pi www.alphaomicronpi. org/membershipinformation-forms

Chi Omega TROY Box 821769 Troy, AL 36082 chiomega@troy.edu

Kappa Delta TROY Box 821004 Troy, AL 36082 kappadelta@troy.edu

Phi Mu TROY Box 822185 Troy, AL 36082 phimu@troy.edu

Sorority alumnae must get forms from the national website of their organization by logging in. Forms are not available on public websites and from our office. Alumnae may also contact the sorority email above.

Helpful Hint

Pre-address envelopes and attach your resume and a picture of yourself to give to the alumna!

Recruitment Q&A WHAT IS A BID? A bid is an offer to a Potential New Member to join a sorority. At the conclusion of the last preferential event, PNMs must go to a designated area to sign their preference card. After the preference card is signed and turned in, it is a binding agreement and may not be changed. If a PNM receives a bid from one of her preference sororities and decides against joining, she is ineligible to join another sorority for a calendar year. Only the written bids distributed by the NPC are official. Any suggestion of a bid from a sorority member is to be ignored, as no one individual member may speak for her entire sorority.

CAN I GO HOME RIGHT AFTER RECRUITMENT? You may not want to plan on going home before classes start.

Most sororities have formal pledging or other events immediately after recruitment.

WHAT TO BRING TO PARTIES? Only carry a minimum amount of items with you to parties (keys, phone, ID and make-up)

Social Media Etiquette We are very sensitive to our recruits (you!) being contacted by sorority women over the summer. We know that social media is most everyone’s favorite way to communicate and share information. We have rules concerning social media that our sorority women must follow and think it is important for you to know what we expect.

We want you to know that if you have been friends with one of our sorority members before Trojan Day and IMPACT, such as having been high school friends, you can and should continue those contacts and friendships, and may use social media and continue normal activities with them.

But, it is against Panhellenic rules for the sorority women to be adding you on any form of social media including; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc if they are not your close friend. For instance if you meet a sorority woman at IMPACT browse, neither you nor she may add each other. By adding sorority women on social media, you may be hurting your chances to be placed in a sorority. If a sorority woman adds you, she is breaking Panhellenic rules and she as well as her sorority will receive consequences. IMPACT leaders that are also in a sorority are the only exception to this rule.

You may follow the individual sororities’ social media, but they are not allowed to follow you back or comment on your post. An example: you may follow Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, and Phi Mu, but they are not to follow you back. As a side note our sorority woman are to deactivate their individual forms of social media from August 1 through August 8. While you our recruits are not required to deactivate their social media, if you wish to do so we recommend from August 3 - 8.

The social media and no contact Panhellenic rules are set in place for the recruits to go through the recruitment process with an open mind. We want you all to view our sororities equally and to have a fair chance with all sororities. Sorority recruitment week is a time for you to meet and get to know all our sororities and we do not want you to prejudge our groups because of social media.

Check us out Alpha Gamma Delta Twitter – @troyagd

Chi Omega

Twitter – @ChiOmegaTroy

Instagram - @troyagd

Instagram – @chiomegatroy

Facebook – Alpha Gamma Delta at Troy University

Facebook – Chi Omega – Troy University

Phi Mu

Twitter – @PhiMu_Troy

Alpha Omicron Pi Twitter – @AOIItroy

Instagram – @troyphimu

Instagram – AOIItroy

Facebook – Phi Mu at Troy University

Facebook – Alpha Omicron Pi at Troy University

Alpha Delta Pi Twitter – @troyadpi

Instagram – @troyadpi Facebook – Troy University Alpha Delta Pi

Kappa Delta Twitter – @TroyKD

Instagram – @troykd Facebook – KD Troy

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Panhelenic Council Twitter – @TroyPanhellenic

Instagram – @TroyPanhellenic Facebook – Troy University Panhellenic Council

Definitions ALUMNA – A sorority member who no longer attends college, but remains active in her sorority through involvement in alumnae groups across the nation.

ALUMNI – A fraternity member who graduated college, but remains active in his fraternity through involvement in alumni groups across the nation.

BID – A formal invitation to a potential member issued by a Greek organization inviting a potential member to join.

BID DAY – The day that potential members receive a bid.

CHAPTER – A local group of the larger national organization.

CROSSING OVER – An alternate name for initiation FRATERNITY – The name that applies to all Greek letter organizations that are characterized by a ritual, a pin and a strong tie of friendship. The term “fraternity” is also applied to a sorority.

GRADUATE MEMBER – A term used to describe a member of an NPHC organization who has either graduated from college, or completed the “alumni status” process with their organization. Members of Greek chapters possess an exclusive, lifetime membership to their organization.

GREEK WEEK – A series of special events sponsored by the Greek community to promote community service and Greek unity.

INITIATION – The formal ceremony during which a new member takes his or her final vows for full membership in their organization.

INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL (IFC) – The governing body of fraternities on campus.

LEGACY – A sister/brother, son/daughter or grandson/ granddaughter of an initiated member of a sorority or fraternity.

MEMBER – Someone who has been initiated into the chapter.

MEMBERSHIP INTAKE – A process by which interested persons become members of most historically black Greeklettered organizations.

NEOPHYTE – A newly initiated fraternity or sorority member, though this term is not used by all organizations.

OPEN BID – An invitation to membership extended by a sorority after the completion of membership recruitment which may be extended and accepted without preferential or involved procedures.

NATIONAL PANHELLENIC COUNCIL (NPC) – A governing body of the national sororities on campus.

NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL (NPHC) – A governing body of the historically African-American fraternities and sororities on campus.

NEW MEMBER – A woman who has accepted an invitation to membership in a sorority and who is working toward full membership but has not yet been initiated.

NEW MEMBER PRESENTATION – When new members are being presented to the campus community, formally known as a Probate Show PHILANTHROPY – A service project undertaken by Greek chapters on the campus, community or national level.

PLEDGE/ASSOCIATE MEMBER – A person who has accepted a formal bid for membership and who is working toward full membership but has not yet been initiated.

Pi Chi – An active member of a sorority who assists in membership recruitment and counsels potential members who have problems or questions concerning membership recruitment.

POTENTIAL MEMBER – A Greek name for YOU. Any person in good standing at the college who participates in membership recruitment.

RECRUITMENT – Generally refers to the 3-day mutual selection process in which those seeking membership in an IFC or Panhellenic chapter participate.

PANHELLENIC

Leadership Team The Panhellenic Council at Troy University is a student-lead organization, with current students comprising our executive council team. These students are selected by their chapters in November and serve a full term from January-December.

Each Panhellenic Executive Team member is a sorority member at Troy University in a good standing with their chapter.

During Formal Recruitment, you will meet these student leaders at our orientation and on sorority hill during recruitment.

The Panhellenic Executive members are happy to help or answer questions you might have about Formal Recruitment, Continuous Open Bidding, or general Panhellenic information.

Panhellenic Executive Team from left: Katie Talley, President; Bree Davis, External VP of Recruitment; Emily Johnson, VP of Administration and Finance, Allison Estes, Internal VP of Recruitment; Alyssa Skipper, Vice President of Public Relations; Shelby Bevan, Vice President of Service and Greek Affairs; Katie Delahunty; Head Recruitment Counselor