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Thank you for your interest in joining the Panhellenic community at Gettysburg!  Sororities have been a positive influence on the Gettysburg community since 1904.  The information below provides important dates and guidelines for successful participation in the Panhellenic recruitment process.  If you have any additional questions, please contact the Vice President for Recruitment, Emma Wells at wellem02@gettysburg.edu or by visiting the Office of Greek Organizations in CUB 220.

Find the appropriate information you are looking for by clicking one of the links below:

FORMAL RECRUITMENT

RECRUITMENT COUNSELORS

UPPER-CLASS SPRING INFORMAL RECRUITMENT

COMPARING ORGANIZATIONS

RECRUITMENT WITHDRAWAL INFORMATION

 

PANHELLENIC FORMAL RECRUITMENT INFORMATION

Gettysburg College uses a deferred fully-structured Panhellenic recruitment process that includes a weekend-long formal recruitment for sophomore, junior and senior women early in the fall semester each year.  No first-year women are ever permitted to participate in formal recruitment.  The earliest that a first-year woman should begin any recruitment-related activities is with the start of the all-women’s period in the spring semester.  First-year women should not participate in any informal recruitment activities (i.e. pre-games, lunches, coffees, etc.) prior to the all-women’s period date listed below.  Participation in such activities is considered a recruitment violation and could have negative consequences for the participating chapters and their members.

 

Important Dates

PNM Pre-Recruitment Meeting: Thursday, August 29, 2013

Formal Recruitment Display Round: Friday, August 30, 2013

Formal Recruitment Philanthropy Round: Saturday, August 31, 2013

Formal Recruitment Preference Round: Sunday, September 1, 2013

Bid Night: Sunday, September 1, 2013

 

Recruitment Registration

Registration for formal recruitment will be available to interested women, called potential new members (PNM’s), with the start of the all-women’s period.  The earlier that a women registers for recruitment, the earlier that she will be assigned a Recruitment Counselor and receive information provided by the Panhellenic council.  There is a fee to participate in recruitment.  This year’s fee is $20.  This fee helps to offset the costs associated with recruitment and will include a recruitment t-shirt that is provided to all potential new members.  In order to complete the recruitment registration process, an interested women must complete the online registration, pay the registration fee and complete the grade and conduct release waivers.    A link to recruitment registration is listed below.

Register Here

Pay for Registration Here

 

Recruitment Recommendations

Recommendations are a good way to introduce interested women to sororities prior to the recruitment process.  It is not a Panhellenic requirement for PNM’s to submit recommendations, but they are helpful.  If alumnae members of the organizations represented on campus wish to submit a recommendation on behalf of a current student, they should do so by mailing them to the Office of Greek Organizations at the address below.  Recommendation forms are chapter-specific and can usually be found on the inter/national organization’s website.

Office of Greek Organizations

Attn: (Insert Chapter Name Here)

Box 399

300 N. Washington St.

Gettysburg, PA 17325

 

RECRUITMENT COUNSELOR APPLICATIONS

Every year during the formal recruitment process, the Panhellenic Council selects members of sororities to become Recruitment Counselors.  Recruitment Counselors assist the potential new members starting after Spring Break in the spring semester through the formal recruitment weekend in the fall semester.  Women serving as Recruitment Counselors are asked to disaffiliate during this period and do not participate in any of their chapter’s recruitment activities or conversations.  If you are interested in becoming a recruitment counselor for fall 2013, you can print the application below.

2013 Recruitment Counselor Application

 

PANHELLENIC UPPER-CLASS WOMEN CONTINUOUS OPEN BIDDING (COB)

Continuous Open Bidding is the informal process by which sophomore, junior and senior women who did not join a Panhellenic sorority through the formal recruitment process may do so.  Not all sororities will participate in COB, but a few chapters that have available spots will be able to fill them during this timeframe.  First-year women are not eligible to participate in COB.  Bids may be extended on a rolling basis during the COB period.  Participation in COB does not impact a woman’s ability to participate in formal recruitment the following fall semester.  Women interested in participating in COB must register at the link provided below:

Panhellenic New Member Education must begin within 3 days of bids being extended to potential new members. New Member Education must end 4 weeks after a bid is accepted.

 

COMPARING ORGANIZATIONS

It is important to fully consider the decision to join a sorority.  All of Gettysburg’s sororities are part of national or international organizations whose chapters all share the same values, philanthropic partners and form an invaluable membership network.  Please be sure to learn more about both the local chapters and inter/national organizations prior to formal recruitment.  The Reports and Statistics link above contains comparison information, GPA information, and basic information on all of Gettysburg's Fraternities and Sororities.

 

FORMAL RECRUITMENT WITHDRAWAL INFORMATION

To withdraw prior to formal recruitment, please stop by the Office of Greek Organizations during business hours.

To withdraw during formal recruitment, please stop by the Women's Center to talk to a Panhellenic representative and complete the online withdrawal form:  Withdraw

PLEASE NOTE: The completion of this withdraw form is required to be removed from recruitment.  Recruitment Counselors will attempt to contact you throughout recruitment if this process is not completed.