Definitions
The intentional or unintentional actions that lead a PNM to perceive she will be receiving a bid to a particular chapter.
Bid Promising
The names of all the rounds
Campus Involvement, Sisterhood & Values, and Preference Rounds
The organization is the governing body over all sororities on a campus.
Panhellenic Council
The Disaffiliation Period
August 1 through Bid day
This chapter's philanthropy is Read, Lead, Achieve
Pi Beta Phi
The available chapter size, determined by College Panhellenic, including new and active members
Campus Total
The different rounds of formal recruitment, hosted by each chapter
Recruitment Party
A neutral sorority woman who helps potential new members through the sorority recruitment process
Recruitment Counselor
The GPA requirement for PNMs
2.5
The 2 chapters who's 2 colors are the same color - just lighter & darker
Gamma Phi Beta & Kappa Kappa Gamma
The number of PNMs to which each chapter can offer bids to during formal recruitment
Chapter Quota
8 30-minute rounds with quick conversations & an introduction to each chapter
Campus Involvement Round
The difference between a PNM and a New Member
A new member has accepted a bid from an organization while a PNM is still learning about organizations.
When a sorority or sorority member breaks a recruitment rule set by the Panhellenic council
An Infraction
This Chapter was founded in 1895
Chi Omega
The period of time between formal recruitment events and before the distribution of bids where no communication between PNMs and sorority women is allowed.
Strict Silence
45 minute rounds where PNMs do not attend every chapter, but spend more time in each room learning about the specific organization
Sisterhood & Values Round
How many chapters make up the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC)?
26
A PNM must wait until this time to join a chapter after signing the MRABA & declining membership
One year (Typically the next primary recruitment)
This chapter is known as the Delta Zeta chapter
Sigma Lambda Gamma
A contract PNMs sign to show they would accept membership to join the sorority/sororities listed
The MRABA
The last & most serious night where PNMS learn about the sorority at a deeper level & experience a glimpse at their ritual before PNMs & chapters make their final decisions.
Preference Round
List all chapters on our campus
Alpha Gamma Delta, Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Lambda Gamma
An opportunity for chapters that did not reach quota during their primary recruitment process to bid in a less formal process
Continuous Open Bidding (COB)
One of this chapters symbols is a dagger
Kappa Delta