RECRUITMENT GUIDE

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Contact Information Vice President of External Recruitment, Morgan McMillan mmcmillan212177@troy.edu

@troypanhellenic

Vice President of Internal Recruitment, Grace Hatchell ghatchell@troy.edu

Troy.edusororityregistration Panhellenic President, Allie Gallion agallion195116@troy.edu Panhellenic Advisor, Dr. Korrie Lynn Williamson klwilliamson@troy.edu

Troy University sororities place high emphasis on scholarship. Programs such as academic mentor, tutoring services, time management seminars, proctored study halls, and information on free campus resources are provided to 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. In the fall of 2024 the all sorority GPA was a 3.27 and the all undergraduate women's GPA was a 3.28.

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. Additionally, we serve our national philanthropies by raising money.

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. Nine women each year are selected to serve on the Panhellenic Council and lead over 700 Sorority women.

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.

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.

Registration for primary recruitment 2025 opens on May 1.

After this date, visit troy.edu/sororityrecruitment.

The cost to register: $60.

Check out troy.edu/sororityrecruitment for all our registration information. 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.

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!

May 1 : Registration opens on troy.edu/sororityrecruitment July 25: Last day of registration July 25: No refund for withdrawal

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.

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 2nd from 8 am to 5 p.m. and Sunday, August 3rd from 8 am to 5 p.m.

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 2nd or Sunday, August 3rd if you are living on campus. Please note that the first two days of sorority recruitment is divided up into two days. Monday, August 4th and Tuesday, August 5th 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 3, we will notify you whether you will be going through recruitment on August 4th or 5th.

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 Trojan Dining offers a special "meal ticket" for the women going through recruitment. You can purchase 6 meals for $57 ($62.42 after tax) for recruitment week at https://shop-troydining.sodexomyway.com/. Tickets are available for purchase July 1-31, 2025. The university meal ticket begins on Sunday, August 3 and will last until Friday, August 8. The Dining Hall will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner during recruitment week and you can eat there on your own.

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 vary and you will be expected to pay on your own.

We will have sorority recruitment check-in on Sunday, August 3 in the Trojan Center Theater from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. 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 Trojan Center Theater from 4:30 p.m to 5:30 p.m. 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 2, Our Pi Chis will be going to many of the churches in our area on Sunday, August 3, 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 1st. We will have you meet Pi Chis at the Trojan center 1ª floor food court lobby and go to church from there.

ROUND ONE

FAST FACTS: August 4th and 5th parties will be Monday or Tuesday.

Events are 30 minutes.

Your Pl Chis will lead you this day.

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 he comfortable on Sunday.

August 3, at Orientation, you will receive your t-shirt you will wear on this 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.

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-knowyou round, you will meet lots of people. Be ready to tell about your involvement during high school.

ROUND TWO

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 thet you have not received invitations to Sisterhood and Values Day.

FAST FACTS: August 6th and 7th Each party is 45 minutes PNMs will visit a maximum of 4 sororities WHAT TO EXPECT: You will have more one-on-one time with the sorority women. Conversation is longer and more meaningful.

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.

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 most comfortable.

ROUND THREE

Preference events are the most serious of the events held during recruitment week. Sororty members begin to introduce you to their bonds of sisterhood. By Preference Day, you will ine thinking seriously about which sorority is best for you, and you will take part in a special ceremony. You will be scheduled fore maximum af 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 8th PNMS can attend a maximum of 2 sororities= Party rounds are 50 minutes.

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, WHAT TO EXPECT: This is a serious event.

The atmosphere is serene There may be a special ceremony.

FAST FACTS: August 9th at 10:00 a.m.

Bid Day will be at Elm Street Gym 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,

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.

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

ALPHA DELTA PI AΔΠ Nickname: ADPi Chapter Symbol: Lion Founding: May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan College Flower: Woodland Violet

Philanthropy and Fundraising Events: The Ronald McDonald House, the Max Gruver Foundation, and The Alpha Delta Pi Foundation TROY Founding: April 19, 1966 Colors: White and Azure Blue

ALPHA GAMMA DELTA AΓΔ Nickname: Alpha Gam

Chapter Symbol: Squirrel

Founding: May 30, 1904

Flower: Red and Buff Roses and

at Syracuse University

Green Asparagus Fern

TROY Founding: 1971

Philanthropy and Fundraising

Colors: Red, Buff and Green

Events: Fighting Hunger

ALPHA OMICRON PI AOII Nickname: AOPi

Flower: The Jacqueminot Rose

Founding: January 2, 1897

Philanthropy and Fundraising

TROY Founding: November

Events: The Arthritis Foundation

12, 2017 Colors: Cardinal

CHI OMEGA ΧΩ Nickname: Chi O Founding: April 5, 1895 at The University of Arkansas TROY Founding: February 19, 1977

Colors: Cardinal and Straw Chapter Symbol: Owl Flower: White Carnation Philanthropy and Fundraising Events: Make-a-Wish Alabama

KAPPA DELTA ΚΔ Nickname: Kay Dee Founding: 1897 at Longwood University TROY Founding: January 15, 1966 Colors: Olive Green and Pearl White

Chapter Symbol: Teddy Bear Flower: White Rose Philanthropy and Fundraising Events: Prevent Child Abuse America & Girl Scouts of the USA

PHI MU ΦΜ Nickname: Phi Mu Founding: January 4, 1852 at Wesleyan College TROY Founding: 1966 Colors: Rose and White

Chapter Symbol: Ladybug/Lion Flower: Pink Carnation Philanthropy and Fundraising Events: Children's Miracle Network Hospital

PI CHI TIPS FOR YOUR RECRUITMENT Hello all! My name is Cat Glaze and I am the Head Pi Chi for Troy Panhellenic 2025! I am absolutely thrilled to of been chosen for this position, and blessed with the opportunity to train your 2025 Fall Pi Chis! During recruitment, you will be placed in a Pi Chi Group! Your Pi Chis will be your guide and mentors throughout the week, and will be disaffiliated from their personal sorority. This means they are completely unbiased and will not speak on what sorority they are a member of. These girls are leaders, and are there for you for anything! Please feel free to ask them any questions throughout the week, as well as confide in them about your experience during the recruitment process!

We are so excited to see you in August!

Even if you run home somewhere you didn't think you'd be, remember the chapter saw something in you!

Go through the entire week with a positive attitude and an open mind!

Recruitment can be a lot but it is honestly all so worth it in the end!

Recruitment is so much fun so truly embrace it and have fun

Follow your heart! Go into

Make the decisions that will be best for

houses with an open mind and

you in the long run. These girls will be

find the place that matches YOU! Everything will end up just fine so relax and have fun!

your sister's for life not just your years at Troy! Create personal values for yourself and look farther in each house you go in. See if the girls inside the house exemplify those values!

This week is your week! You are discovering your values and how you want to take on the world, so be yourself, and you will make the most out of this week. You will never have another week like this, and if you stay true to yourself and make this week about you — you will have the best time ever!

Don't compare your recruitment to someone else's because everyone has their own experience Just be yourself and everything will fall into place

PHILANTHROPIC WORK Each Greek chapter enjoys serving its local and If you join a sorority, you will quickly find out that they are

national philanthropy and will host events

involved in all parts of campus life. You will find your sorority

each semester to raise awareness and

will be involved in attending many campus events together.

donations for the cause. New members are

For instance if there is a pep rally - everyone will go! Your first

invited to attend these events as a way to

year will be full of new and exciting events introducing you to

socialize within the community while

collegiate life. Below are some things you can expect during your

supporting a worthy cause.

first year of membership in a Panhellenic chapter.

STUDY HALL HOURS

RECRUITMENT EVENTS

Some chapters require a certain number of study hall

SOCIAL EVENTS

In the Spring, chapters host recruitment

hours to be completed during the week. Sororities also

• Swaps • Semiformal

workshops to help their new members

implement a number of educational programs to assist

• Date Parties • Sisterhood ・ Formal • Sisterhood Swaps

prepare for next year's Formal Recruitment

new members in the academic transition into college.

process. These workshops help you gain

Sororities will also encourage you to attend career fairs to

experience in meeting and interviewing

get the experience of meeting potential employers.

others, great preparation for the work world.

NEW MEMBER MEETINGS & EDUCATION

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

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

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

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

campus an Greek-wide events such Welcome Week,

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

Homecoming, Pep Rallies, or campus speakers, plays, choral

organization. You will also find your sorority hosting educational

events, and Honors Convocation, these events are not only fun,

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

but provide an opportunity to meet and work with students

health, drugs, alcohol, sexual assault, resume building, budgeting and

from across campus. Sororities will also encourage you to be an

many more topics.

active member in another campus organization.

FIRST TIME NEW MEMBERSHIP FEES

Sorority members have the opportunity to live in sotority houses. You might wonder as a new member will you get to move into a house.

Average: $700

Typically, in fall semester less than 19 new members move into the

Range from $600-$900

houses. It will depend on if the sorority you join has an open space. If

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

you live in a res dence half and your sorority nas an open space, you can move on over to the sorority house. Typically sorority members do not move into the chapter facility untl their sophomore, junior, or

that vary in cost that you can select from.

senior years, Upperclassmen may have an obligation to live in the

SEMESTER DUES

chapter house, however. each chapter regulates membership living in

Average: $700

house. The cost of rent for the houses is comparable to the cost of

Range from $575 to $900

living in Shackelford or Cowart Hall.

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.

A letter of recommendation, also known as

Alpha Delta Pi

Alpha Gamma Delta

"rec", is a recruitment information form

alphadeltapi@troy.edu

alphagam@troy.edu

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

Alpha Omicron Pi

Chi Omega

www.alphaomicronpi.org/membership-

chiomega@troy.edu

information-forms Kappa Delta kappadelta@troy.edu

Phi Mu Does not accept recommendations.

for you.

RECRUITMENT Q&A Sorority alumnae must get forms

WHAT IS A BID?

from the national website of their

A bid is an offer to a Potential New Member to join a sorority. At the conclusion of the last

organization by logging in. Forms

preferential event, PNMs must go to a designated area to sign their preference card. After

are not available on public websites

the preference card is signed and turned in, it is a binding agreement and may not be

and from our office

changed. If a PNM receives a bid from one of her preference sororities and decides against

Alumnae may also contact the

joining, she is ineligible to join another sorority for a calendar year. Only the written bids

sorority email above.

HELPFUL HINT

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?

If you are asking an alumna to

You may not want to plan on going home before classes start. Most sororities

write your letter of

have formal pledging or other events immediately after recruitment.

recommendation, you may want to send them an electronic file of your resume and a picture of yourself.

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

We want you to have positive Panhellenic contact with our sorority women over the summer. This positive contact means not being overwhelmed by us through social media We are very sensitive to our recruits (you!) about being contacted by our sorority women.

While we love for you to learn about us, we don't want you to worry about why or why not you are being contacted by a sorority or sorority women. We encourage normal contact.

• If you are not previous friends with a sorority woman: Our women are allowed to follow you and like your posts, but they can not comment on your posts or direct message you on social media.

If you already have a friendship with one of our sorority women, such as having been high school friends, you can and should continue those contacts and friendships, and they may comment on your posts and direct message you, as you would normally do.

We encourage you to follow Panhellenic and the individual sororities' social media. You will notice that the sororities will not follow you back or interact with your account at all. We encourage you to DM Panhellenic if you have any questions. If you DM a sorority they will ask you to DM Panhellenic.

These considerations are in place so that you can go through the recruitment process with normal positive contact. 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.

ALPHA GAMMA DELTA

PHI MU

TikTok - @troyagd

TikTok - @troyphimu

Instagram - @troyagd

Instagram - @troyphimu

Facebook - Alpha Gamma Delta Facebook - Phi Mu at Troy at Troy University

University

CHI OMEGA

ALPHA OMICRON PI TikTok - @aoiitroy

TikTok - @ChiOmegaTroy Instagram - @chomegatroy

Instagram - AOlltroy Facebook - Alpha Omicron Pi

Facebook - Chi Omega - Troy

at Troy University

University

teamaoil.com

ALPHA DELTA PI TikTok - @adpitroy Instagram - @troyadpi

KAPPA DELTA TikTok - @kappadeltatroy

Facebook - Troy University Alpha Delta Pi

Instagram - @troykd Facebook - KD Troy

ALUMNA - A sorority member who no longer attends college, but remains

OPEN BID - An invitation to membership extended by a sorority after the

active in her sorority through involvement in alumnae groups across the

completion of membership recruitment which may be extended and accepted

nation.

without preferential or involved procedures.

ALUMNI - A fraternity member who graduated college, but remains active

NATIONAL PANHELLENIC COUNCIL (NPC) - A governing body of the national

in his fraternity through involvement in alumni groups across the nation.

sororities on campus.

BID - A formal invitation to a potential member issued by a Greek

NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL (NPHC) - A governing body of the

organization inviting a potential member to join.

historically African-American fraternities and sororities on campus.

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

NEW MEMBER - A woman who has accepted an invitation to membership in a

CHAPTER - A local group of the larger national organization.

sorority and who is working toward full membership but has not yet been

CROSSING OVER - An alternate name for initiation

initiated.

FRATERNITY - The name that applies to all Greek letter organizations

NEW MEMBER PRESENTATION - When new members are being presented to the

that are characterized by a ritual, a pin and a strong tie of friendship. The

campus community, formally known as a Probate Show

term "fraternity" is also applied to a sorority.

PHILANTHROPY - A service project undertaken by Greek chapters on the

GRADUATE MEMBER - A term used to describe a member of an NPHC

campus, community or national level.

organization who has either graduated from college, or completed the

PLEDGE/ASSOCIATE MEMBER - A person who has accepted a formal bid for

"alumni status" process with their organization. Members of Greek chapters

membership and who is working toward full membership but has not yet been

possess an exclusive, lifetime membership to their organization.

initiated

GREEK WEEK - A series of special events sponsored by the Greek

PI CHI - An active member of a sorority who assists in membership recruitment

community to promote community service and Greek unity.

and counsels potential members who have problems or questions concerning

INITIATION - The formal ceremony during which a new member takes his

membership recruitment.

or her final vows for full membership in their organization.

POTENTIAL MEMBER - A Greek name for YOU, Any person in good standing at

INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL (IFC) - The governing body of fraternities

the college who participates in membership recruitment

on campus.

RECRUITMENT - Generally refers to the 3-day mutual selection process in which

LEGACY - A sister/brother, son/daughter or grandson/ granddaughter of

those seeking membership in an IFC or Panhellenic chapter participate.

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 becorhe members of most historically black Greek-lettered organizations NEOPHYTE- A newly initiated fraternity or sorority member, though this term is not used by all organizations.

The Panhellenic Council at Troy University is a student-lead organization,

Allie Gallion

with current students comprising our

President

executive council team. These students

Morgan McMillan

Vice President of External Recruitment

Grace Hatchell Vice President of Internal Recruitment

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

Catherine Glaze

Addison Howell

Millie Hall

Vice President of Administration and Finance

Vice President of Public Relations

Savannah Stapp

Emma Khamken

Vice President of Service and Greek Affairs

Annsley Wallace

Director of Diversity,Equity, Inclusion, and Education

Director of Spiritual Life

Head Recruitment Counselor

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