sorority recruitment booklet 2013

YOUR GUIDE TOSorority Recruitment 2013

www.fau.edu/fslife

Dear Potential New Member,Thank you for your interest in sorority recruitment and congratulations on your decision to go through recruitment here at FAU! Whether you are new to FAU, or a returning Owl, there is a place for you in our greek community. In the Recruitment process alone you will make so many memories and build lifelond friendships. Joining a sorority will improve your leadership skills, academic performance, and allow you to participate in community service activities. This booklet is your guide throughout recruitment week! It gives you information about what to wear each day, facts about each sorority, and introduces you to the Rho Gammas and recruitment staff. If you have any questions about recruitment or sorority membership in general, please do not hesitate to contact us! We are all so excited for recruitment, and hope that you are too. Go Owls. Go Greek. Best regards,

Fransheska PachekoVice President of [email protected] Natasha ChidiacDirector of Recruitment [email protected]

Cora JohnsonDirector of Recruitment [email protected]

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CPA Code of Ethics

We, as undergraduate members of women's fraternities, stand for good scholarship, for guarding of good health, for maintenance of fine standards, and for serving, to the best of our ability, our college community. Cooperation for furthering fraternity life, in harmony with its best possibilities, is the ideal that shall guide our fraternity activities. We, as fraternity women, stand for service through the development of character inspired by the close contact and deep friendship of individual fraternity and Panhellenic life. The opportunity for wide and wise human service, through mutual respect and helpfulness, is the tenet by which we strive to live.

In our effort to achieve excellence, our goal is to uphold the following ideals:

Agree to promote an honestrepresentation of Fraternity & Sorority Life

Abide by all guiding documents including but not limited to the Constitution & Bylaws, Unanimous Agreements, PNM Bill of Rights, Panhellenic Creed, FAU’s goals and missions, MACE requirements and the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life policies

Understand that attendance at official Panhellen-ic events is expected of all member organizations in order to promote unity among the community

Encourage positive actions and values based decisions

Respect one another and work together not only within Panhellenic chapters but the Greek community as a whole

Commit to being Panhellenic women who avoid taking unfair advantages in order to benefit our own chapter

Agree to uphold and demonstrate Panhellenic Spirit in thought, word and action through our chapters as well as individual members

Understand the importance of creating and establishing friendships within our community

Strive to be above the all women’s GPA average

Uphold and educate members on the anti-hazing laws in the state of Florida

Provide a safe environment through programming and by following Risk Management guidelines

Ensure that all members be selected for membership without regard for race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, political beliefs, or economic or geographical background

Strive to address infractions in a timely and professional manner utilizing recruitment bylaws

Foster that all recruitment programs be planned to provide opportunities for the greatest possible number of women to become fraternity members

Maintain exceptional training for our Recruitment Counselors and hold them responsible to the expectations of the Recruitment Counselor Contract

Believe that we should maximize opportunities for women to learn about our community, before making a decision of life long membership

LEADERSHIP

SCHOLARSHIPPHILANTHROPY &THE COMMUNITY

The spirit of our sorority community makes our campus seem smaller and more like home. Regardless of the chapter you join, the friendships that are formed are life long.

Sorority chapters at FAU provide a diverse selection of events that will enrich your social life and take you beyond the daily routine of class, working, studying, formals, date events, and chapter retreats. It supports the goal of bringing members together to develop the bonds of friendship.

One of the most gratifying aspects of fraternity & sorority life at FAU is giving back to the community through philanthropy, social awareness and community services within the sorority community. Chapters plan and sponsor various philanthropy events for national and local community services. Helping people in need and doing things for the community is an integral part of life as a sorority member.

One of the most important concerns of our community is to offer our chapter members a variety of positions to sharpen their leadership skills. Our chapters provide a solid foundation in leadership training and networking that prepares members for the demands and responsibilities needed for our member’s future careers.

Opportunities within our Panhellenic Community:Chapter Executive BoardsChapter Officers or Committee ChairsPanhellenic Council Executive BoardOrder of OmegaFraternal Values SocietyStudent Government

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The FAU Panhellenic community is proud of their level of scholarship achievement. Starting with your new member period all the way to graduation, our Panhellenic community will help you encourage, develop, and maintain the greatest academic progress. Each chapter has a minimum standard to join and remain active.

SISTERHOOD

Signing & Accepting a Bid Mandatory Acceptance PolicyIf you are part of the recruitment process on preference night and you maximize your options (meaning you agree to accept a bid from any organization whose preference round you attended) you are guaranteed to receive a bid.

Recruitment 101

After you attend your preference round(s), you will be offered a Membership Recruitment Acceptance Binding Agreement (MRABA) to sign. The MRABA is a one year binding agreement signed by a potential new member. By signing the MRABA, you are agreeing to accept a bid from any sorority you list on the MRABA. Once this is signed, you cannot participate in sorority recruitment with an organization who is not the organization who offers you a bid for one year.

HOW DOES THE PROCESS WORK? WHAT IS A RECRUITMENT EVENT?

THE MUTUAL SELECTION PROCESS WHAT IS A RECRUITMENT COUNSELOR?

A recruitment event will be a night & day occurrence during the week of recruitment. Each night your recruitment counselor will give you your schedule of events for that night. You will then attend the events. At each event you will have the opportunity to meet some women in each organization. Every round of recruitment will be focused on educating you about something different about the sorority.

The mutual selection process is the process that is used to place you in a sorority. When you go through recruitment, it is inevitable that you will feel a stronger connection with some organizations than you will with others. The organizations will also feel some stronger connections with potential new members than they will with others. This is not meant to be mean or cliquey, it is simply meant to ensure that you are in a sorority that you click with and that clicks with you as well. On some nights of recruitment, you will be ranking the sororities based upon which you would prefer to join. The sororities will also be ranking potential new members based on who they would most like to have join their organization. On Bid Day, you will be matched with a sorority where there is a mutual connection. Ultimately, this sorority is the best fit for you.

Your recruitment counselor is there to serve as your guide throughout the recruitment process. She is an initiated sister in a sorority who will hide her affiliation until Bid Day in order to give you the most unbiased advice possible. She is there to guide you to the sorority that is the best fit for you. Once your recruitment counselor contacts you, you will be in contact with each other regularly. She will send you reminders about recruitment and she will promote friendship among the other women in your group. There will be about twenty potential new members in your recruitment counselor group. Depending on when you register for recruitment, you may have opportunities to get to know your recruitment counselor and the other women in your group before recruitment begins.

Our recruitment is about a week long, beginning Wednesday, August 28th and concluding Monday, September 2nd. You will begin the process by attending an orientation to become acclimated to the process and gain more general knowledge about the process. You will then attend three nights of events with the sororities where you will learn more about their organizations. The next night you will attend a preference round event in which you will participate in an open ritual with the organizaiton(s). On the final day, Bid Day, you will be extended a bid to join a sorority and will spend the day with your new sorority family.

Recruitment Contact

Anti-Hazing PolicyHazing, in any form, is absolutely not allowed at Florida Atlantic University. Hazing is defined as any action or situation, with or without consent, which recklessly, intentionally or unintentionally, endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or creates risk of injury, or causes discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule, or which willfully destroys or removes public or private property for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with or as a condition for continued membership in a chapter or colony of an NPC member fraternity. Hazing is a felony in the state of Florida. Wanting to be hazed is not a defense; this would actually make you guilty of hazing as well. Hazing is against the FAU Student Code of Conduct and is taken extremely seriously. If you ever feel that you are being hazed, or see hazing occur, contact the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life immediately.

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A woman is eligible to participate in recruitment for membership if:...she is a regularly matriculated student on campus....she is not,or has never been, an initiated member of an NPC group...she registers for membership recruitment and pays a $50.00 registration fee....she attends orientation and all events which she has accepted invitations. In the event of an illness or emergency, she should notify the recruitment staff and/or her recruitment counselor if she cannot attend...she provides her own transportation....she contacts her recruitment counselor if she desires to withdrawal from the process....she does not give a promise, either verbal or written to join a certain fraternity before bids are issued through Panhellenic....she will complete the MRABA after her last event she attends. It is a binding contract and once this has been signed, no changes may be made.

As a Potential New Member, you have the right to:...be treated as an individual...be fully informed about the recruitment process...ask questions and receive true and objective answers from recruitment counselors and members...be treated with respect...be treated as a capable and mature person without being patronized...ask how and why and receive straight answers...have and express opinions to recruitment counselors and recruitment staff...have inviolable confidentiality when sharing information with recruitment counselors and recruitment staff...make informed decisions without pressure from others...be fully informed about the binding agreement implicit in the signing of the MRABA...make ones own choices and decisions and to accept full responsibility for the results of that decision....have a positive, safe, and enriching recruitment experience.

Our Expectations

Your Bill of Rights Before recruitment begins, you may be contacted by sorority women. It is encouraged that you talk to them and get to know them. However, there are some things that should not occur when you are in contact with sorority women. They cannot promise you a bid. For example, if you get to know a woman in a sorority and she says something like, “Well, I like you so my sisters are going to. You’ll definitely join our sorority!” or “When you join my sorority I want you to be my little!”. These things are not allowed. These ultimately put you, the potential new member, at a disadvantage because you don’t truly get to view all the organizations with an open mind. Please contact Alicia Keating at the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life (561) 297-1245 if these things happen to you. For general recruitment questions , contact your recruitment counselor. If you need to reach someone for general questions, emergencies, contact Fransheska Pacheko, Cora Johnson, or Natasha Chidiac.

FRANSHESKA PACHEKO- VICE PRESIDENT OF RECRUITMENT

SHARLENE RAGHOONANAN- PRESIDENT

MICHELLE CANCEL- EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

NATASHA CHIDIAC- DIRECTOR OF RECRUITMENT COUNSELORS

HALEY BRUEGGEMANN- VICE PRESIDENT OF ADMINISTRATION

ARIEL DORIS- VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATION

NOT PICTURED:

CORA JOHNSON- DIRECTOR OF RECRUITMENT OPERATIONS

ALEX LEBRON- VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMMING

Your Recruitment Counselors

Your Recruitment Staff!

TOP ROW: KAYLEE REPPEL, NIKKI FARRUGIE, MICHELLE MCCANN,

PAIGE ALLEN, SARAH DUGGEN, HALEY HOLSENBACK, KRISTA

MEEKER, KATHRYN BLOYD, KRISSY ADDEO, LAURA BOBITZ, KELLY

GRIFFITH

BOTTOM ROW: ANGIE PASKOVA, JACI NORMANDIN, KATE

MORGAN, STEPHANIE MARIN, AMANDA TALHAM, SARAH SHORTZ,

STEPHANIE TAMANINI, SKY AMKRAUT

NOT PICTURED: ALLY DAWSON, BROOKE HARDEN, KRISTEN

LEPORE, LINDSEY TEETER, SAMANTHA MARVEL

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ORIENTATION NIGHT

SISTERHOOD NIGHT

LEADERSHIP & SCHOLARSHIP NIGHT

MONDAY, AUGUST 26TH AT 7:00PMGRAND PALM ROOM IN THE BOCA RATON STUDENT UNION

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30TH AT 6:00PMGRAND PALM ROOM IN THE BOCA RATON STUDENT UNION

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH & 29TH AT 6:00PMGRAND PALM ROOM IN THE BOCA RATON STUDENT UNION

WHAT TO WEAR?You should wear a casual dress or nice jeans and a blouse. Dressy sandals or heels are appropriate.

WHAT TO WEAR?

WHAT TO WEAR?

Sisterhood round is to educate you about the sorority’s sisterhood. You will learn about their sisterhood evetns and what is done within the organization to promote sisterhood. Also, you will learn about why this value is important to the organizations.

You should wear business attire. Think along the lines of what you would wear to an interview, but with a fashionable twist. You should not wear an outfit you would wear to go to a club, etc.

You should wear business attire. Think along the lines of what you would wear to an interview, but with a fashionable twist. You should not wear an outfit you would wear to go to a club, etc.

Leadership/scholarship round is to educate you about the leadesrhip opportunities and academic opportunities to be found in the sororities. You will learn about leadership positions, academics requirements, etc.

NOTE: BE AWARE THAT THESE ARE THE TIMES THE EVENTS START.

PLEASE ARRIVE 45 MINUTES EARLY EVERY NIGHT

Orientation is to educate you about recruitment week and CPA. You will learn more about the organizations, meet sorority women, meet other potential new members, and have any questions answered that you have.

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NOTE: BE AWARE THAT THESE ARE THE TIMES THE EVENTS START. PLEASE ARRIVE 45 MINUTES EARLY EVERY NIGHT

Service & Philanthropy Day

Service & Philanthropy round is to educate you about the service and philanthropy opportunities that are found in sororities. You will learn about different charities and events each oranization puts on.WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?You should wear business attire. Think along the lines of what you would wear to an interview, but with a fashionable twist. You should not wear an outfit you wear to the club, etc.

WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?

You should wear shorts or pants, a tank top, and a zip-up jacket.

You should wear a solid balck dress with solid balck heels. Your shoulders should be covered (with at least a wide strap) and your dress should not be too short.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND AT 11:00AMGRAND PALM ROOM IN THE BOCA RATON STUDENT UNIONOn Bid Day, you will find out what sorority has extended you a bid and you will spend the day with your new sorority family.WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?

Preference Day

Bid Day

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST AT 2:00PMGRAND PALM ROOM IN THE BOCA RATON STUDENT UNION

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST AT 2:00PMGRAND PALM ROOM IN THE BOCA RATON STUDENT UNIONReceiving an invitation to preference round is receiving an invitation to participate in an open ritual with the sorority. All sororities have closed rituals that are known only by members, and this night is allowing you to be part of a ritual as a potential sister.

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NicknameFAU Chapter

Founding DateFlower

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PhilanthropyGPA Requirement for membership

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Theta KappaMay 15, 1851Woodland VioletDiamond

“Alphie” the lionAzure Blue and WhiteRonald McDonald House Charities

High School: 3.0College: 2.8

New Members: $645.00Initiated Members: Fall- $465.00 Spring- $365.00

Alpha Xi Delta ΑΞΔ

AXiDTheta Iota

April 17, 1893

Pink Rose

The Quill

BetXi Bear

NicknameFAU Chapter

Founding Date

FlowerSymbol(s)

MascotColors Double Blue and Gold

Autism Speaks


New Members: $530.00 Initiated Members: $430.00


Chapter Dues

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Gamma BetaMarch 17, 1917The Lovely Purple IrisUnicornRoyal Purple and Pure GoldThe Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, The DPHIE Foundation, Pets in Distress

FAU ChapterFounding Date

FlowerMascotColors

Philanthropy

GPA Requirement for membership


Chapter Dues New Members: $600.00Initiated Members: $400.00

Phi Mu Φ

ΜNickname


FlowerSymbol(s)

MascotColors


Chapter Dues

Phi Mu

Kappa Rho

March 4, 1852

The Rose Colored Carnation

Barbed Quatrefoil

"Sir Fidel" the lionRose and White

Children's Miracle Network HospitalsGPA Requirement and Chapter Dues will be determined follow-ing recruitment

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FlowerSymbol(s)

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Beta NuAugust 30, 1912White RoseThe Compass

PenguinSilver, Gold, and BlueThe House that Theta Phi Alpha Built,Glenmary Home MissionersHigh School: 2.5College: 2.5

New Members: $600.00Initiated Members: $500.00

Sigma Kappa ΣΚ

NicknameFAU Chapter

Founding DateFlower

Symbol(s)MascotColors

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Sigma KappaKappa PhiNovember 9, 1874Wild Purple VioletHeartDoveLavendar and MaroonSigma Kappa Foundation, Gerontology with a focus on Alzheimer’s Disease, Maine Sea Coast MissionHigh School: 2.8College: 2.5New Members: $645.00Initiated Members: $450.00

Contact InformationFeel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life(561) 297-1245

Find us on:

Facebook: CPAatFAU

Twitter: CPAATFAU

Fransheska [email protected]

Cora [email protected]

Natasha [email protected]

DO MORE. BE MORE.

TO REGISTER FOR SORORITY RECRUITMENT GO TO WWW.FAU.EDU/FSLIFEIn addition to paying to participate in recruitment, you will be given a recruitment t-shirt and tumbler.

Please have your Z number, home and school address, and a photo ready when you register. You will also be asked to write down any activities & involvement you may have from the past. We will also ask for your current GPA which we double check for accuracy.

If you have any questions about registration contact [email protected]

You have until August 26th at midnight to register although we suggest you do so as soon as possible so that you have time to get to know your recruitment counselor before recruitment begins.

ORIENTATION NIGHTMONDAY, AUGUST 26TH @ 7:00PMGrand Palm Room in the Boca Raton Campus Student Union

ICE CREAM SOCIALTUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH @ 7:00PMGrand Palm Room in the Boca Raton Campus Student Union

SISTERHOOD NIGHTWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH @ 6:00PMTHURSDAY, AUGUST 29TH @ 6:00PMGrand Palm Room in the Boca Raton Campus Student Union

LEADERSHIP NIGHTFRIDAY, AUGUST 30TH @ 6:00PMGrand Palm Room in the Boca Raton Campus Student Union

SERVICE & PHILANTHROPY NIGHTSATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST @ 2:00PMGrand Palm Room in the Boca Raton Campus Student Union

PREFERENCE DAYSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST @ 2:00PMGrand Palm Room in the Boca Raton Campus Student Union

BID DAYMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND @ 11:00AMGrand Palm Room in the Boca Raton Campus Student Union

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