Recruitment Lingo
A woman going through recruitment
What is a PNM?
The governing council for sororities on campus.
What is Panhellenic Council
A new member who has accepted a bid but is not intiated.
What is a new member?
The final day of recruitment when invitations are given.
What is Bid Day?
A charitable cause supported by a sorority.
What is philanthropy?
An invitation into a sorority
What is a bid?
The national organization for most sororities.
What is NPC? (National Panhellenic Council)
A fully initiated sorority member.
What is an active member?
An invitation to join a sorority.
What is a bid?
The bond and connection between members.
What is sisterhood?
The final round of recruitment
What is Preference Round?
A local branch of a sorority.
What is a chapter?
A graduated sorority member.
What is an alumna?
The plans to attend chapters for a PNM on a given day?
What is recruitment schedule?
A recruitment approach focused on authenticity and fit.
What is values-based recruitment?
A counselor with responsibility of guiding a potential new member through recruitment
What is a Rho Gamma?
The maximum size a chapter can reach each quarter.
What is total?
The ceremony where previously new member become active
What is initiation?
A signed agreement a PNM submits before bid day.
What is the MRABA?
The expectation to support all chapters equally.
What Panhellenic Love? #PLAM
The process where PNMs and chapters rank preference
What is mutual selection/ selection?
The number of PNMS a chapter can invite to join during recruitment
What is quota?
A mentorship pairing made within a chapter
What is Big/Little?
The process used to determine which chapters PNMs return to each round. (rarely addressed by PNMs)
What is RFM (Release Figure Methodology)?
Personal growth, leadership, and friendships gained in sorority life.
What is sorority vallues?