THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
2019 RECRUITMENT DATES
Recruitment registration will close August 21st at 12pm. You must be registered to participate.
PRE-RECRUITMENT
ROUND 1
ROUND 2
ORIENTATION
Date: 8/22 Time: 9am-11am
Potential New Members will have the opportunity to learn about
recruitment, better understand sorority, and meet their recruitment counselors. You must be registered prior to this event. The evening of orientation, potential members will eat dinner in The Fresh Food Company with their Gamma Chis.
OPEN HOUSE
Date: 8/23 Time: 2pm-10pm
During this round you will be able to meet members from all eight of our Panhellenic chapters. This is an opportunity for you to get an understand of what makes each chapter unique.
PHILANTHROPY
Date: 8/24 Time: 12pm-9pm
During the second round you will learn about the philanthropic causes that drive our panhellenic women and the ways they support them. You may visit up to six chapters during this round.
ROUND 3
ROUND 4
FINAL EVENT
SISTERHOOD
Date: 8/25 Time: 12pm-8pm
Here you will have a chance to learn about the unique friendships within each chapter and how sisterhood has shaped each members personal growth. You may visit up to four chapters this round.
PREFERENCE
Date: 8/26 Time: 2pm-6pm
This is the final round of recruitment and intailes more person conversations than the previous rounds. Ideally, you will be joining a chapter you visit this night. You may visit up tp two chapters.
BID DAY
Date: 8/27 Time: 5pm
On this day you will receive your official invitation to join a sisterhood. PNMs and recruitment counselors will run to the Village together to
celebrate. Then each chapter will host their own bid day activities.
MEMBERS OF THE PRIDE OF MISSISSIPPI
We are aware that the Pride's schedule overlaps Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment. The College Panhellenic Council is making accommodations to ensure that members of the Pride are still able to participate in sorority recruitment. We will be taking advantage of breaks in the Pride's practice schedule to allow for women to participate in rounds one (Open House), three (Sisterhood), four (Preference), and Bid Day. Where recruitment events overlap meal times, CPC will provide meals and transportation to and from the event. Members of the Pride will have the opportunity to freshen up, but chapters fully expect all members will be in their practice uniforms/clothes for each round or recruitment.
It is out goal that members have as comfortable of a recruitment experience as possible. The schedule is as follows for pride members is shown to the right. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have questions.
REMINDERS
School
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Recruitment will be happening in the evenings, after GEWW events. When PNMs are not participating in recruitment events
they are expected to be attending their GEWW sessions.
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Classes will begin August 28th, the day after bid day
Recruitment
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Breaks are built in and snacks will be provided during each round
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You will meet with you Gamma Chis 1 hour prior to event start times. End times of recruitment rounds are subject to change depending on the length of selection session.
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During the dinner after orientation, students will have an opportunity to provide information about any schedule conflicts. We will do our best to be accommodating.