Recruitment Lingo
The name given to any woman participating in formal recruitment.
Potential New Member (PNM)
The name of the fineable offense that can result from saying "I'll see you tomorrow!"
Bid Promising
The name and goal of Pi Phi's philanthropy.
Read>Lead>Achieve
Improve children's literacy.
The name given to the second round of recruitment.
Philanthropy Round
The typical bumping order.
5-->4, 4-->3, 3-->2, 2-->1, 1-->5
Mentors who choose to unaffiliate from their sorority to provide guidance to PNMs during their recruitment process.
Rho Gammas
True or false: PNMs can leave with cups of water!
False.
The event that takes place every Friday of one month during the semester, that includes traveling to a local Denton elementary school.
Champions Are Readers (CAR)
The number of parties on the last round of recruitment (preference).
3
The topic of our conversation workshop.
The Art of Asking Questions (open-ended questions)
A PNM who has a mother, grandmother, or other family member that has been initiated into a sorority.
Legacy
This is the only scenario where you should physically touch a PNM (hug, high five, handshake).
If they initiate it first!
One unique thing about the Pi Phi house, that other houses do not have.
We have an upstairs living room in addition to our main one!
The length of parties on day one and day two of recruitment.
45 Minutes
The theme of our first spirit week day.
Stitched by Sisterhood.
The national and international association for 26 member organizations that are autonomous, women's-only social sororities. There are eight of these sororities here on UNT's campus.
National Panhellenic Conference (NPC)
If overwhelmed and struggling in conversation, use this hand motion to signal that help is needed from hospitality.
Palms open facing the ceiling.
List our six values.
Integrity, Lifelong Commitment, Honor and Respect, Personal and Intellectual Growth, Philanthropic Service to Others, and Sincere Friendship
True or False: Lunch is provided during the last round of recruitment (Pref)
False. Only day one and day two will have provided lunches.
True or False: Good open-ended questions often start with "what" or "how".
True!
A recruitment style that focuses on meaningful conversations with the goal of recruiting women that will have a positive impact on the chapter.
Values-based Recruitment
The name of the mindset that includes not talking poorly about other houses, encouraging intrahouse friendships, etc.
Pan Love
Pi Phi's sister sorority, often nicknamed the 'Monmouth Duo'. Both Pi Phi and this sorority were founded at Monmouth College.
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Membership Selection takes place after these rounds.
Round one (open house) and round two (philanthropy).
Our Day One entering and exiting songs.
Hello North Texas and Pi, Pi Beta Phi