RECRUITMENT DATES
Fall 2015 Recruitment
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Spirit Day: 09/05/15
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Philanthropy Day: 09/06/15
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Values Day: 09/07/15
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Preference Day 1: 09/08/15
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Preference Day 2: 09/09/15
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Bid Day: 09/10/15
Please contact our recruitment chair with any questions!
Emilee Abraham Abrah137@msu.edu
FORMAL RECRUITMENT
Interested in going through formal fall recruitment? Here is some basic information on how the process works, and what happens on each day of formal recruitment.
Spirit Day
On this first day, potential new members will travel to each sorority houses on campus to learn about each of the organizations. The evening after Spirit Day each girl will attend her first “Post Office” session with her Rho Gammas, to choose which houses she wishes to return to the following day. The dress for Spirit Day is casual.
Philanthropy Day
On this day, the potential new members get the opportunity to talk with more members of each house, and get a better feel for what each house is like. They also get to learn more about each sorority’s philanthropy and are given the opportunity to make some sort of craft or other project that directly benefits that house’s philanthropy. After the second day, the potential new members attend their second “Post Office” to privately rank their decision. The dress for Philanthropy Day is snappy casual.
Values Day
Values Day is a day meant to build strong relationships between potential new members and sorority women. The potential new members will write down three values that they believe they possess and wear it as a nametag. Sharing ones values enables women to create connections with one another based on what is important to them. On this day, potential new members will also receive a tour of each house.
Preference Day
Preference Day is the most sentimental of all the days in formal recruitment. On Preference, each sorority puts together their own special and private ceremony honoring past, present, and future members of their house. Each sorority has very different and meaningful Preference rituals. The new members visit only three houses on Preference, and from there, they rank their top three. The dress for Preference night is a bit more dressy, usually girls where a dress of some sort.
Bid Day
The day after preference is the day all of the potential new members and sorority women meet at The Rock to find out which houses all of the potential new members now belong to. Once everyone is gathered, each potential new member is delivered a bid card by her Rho Gamma. After receiving their bid, all of the potential new members open their cards and run to their house. Bid day is very exciting, and it is the first chance each new member gets to meet all of the girls in her new pledge class.