Recruitment

Primary (Formal) Sorority Recruitment

Primary recruitment is the main method of joining a Panhellenic sorority at Illinois State University. Primary recruitment is split between two weekends within the first few weeks of the fall semester. Interested women visit 11 sororities to get to know the chapters, learn about their values, and meet their members in order to determine which chapter is the best fit for them. The process utilizes Rho Gammas (Recruitment Guides), sorority women who serve as mentors for recruitment participants. Prior to participating with Primary Recruitment, we ask that you attend a New Member Orientation Session.

Fall 2019 Primary Recruitment Schedule

Below are the dates for the primary recruitment process. It is in your best interest to ensure you can attend each day of the recruitment process. Please make sure to schedule any outside events accordingly. 

Weekend 1

• Friday, August 30: Meet Your Rho Gamma Night, 7 p.m., Brown Ballroom, Bone Student Center
• Saturday, August 31: Welcome Rounds Day One, 9 a.m.–10 p.m., Brown Ballroom, Bone Student Center
• Sunday, September 1: Welcome Rounds Day Two, 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Brown Ballroom, Bone Student Center 
• Monday, September 2: Philanthropy Rounds, 9 a.m.–11 p.m., Brown Ballroom, Bone Student Center

Weekend 2

• Friday, September 6: Sisterhood Rounds, 4–11 p.m., Brown Ballroom, Bone Student Center 
• Saturday, September 7: Preference Round, 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Brown Ballroom, Bone Student Center 
• Sunday, September 8: Bid Day, 1:30 p.m., Redbird Arena

Depending on the amount of women who will go through recruitment, times are subject to change. Please follow the ISU FSL Facebook page and the ISU CPC Facebook page for more information.

Registration for Sorority Recruitment closes on Thursday, August 29, at noon. All individuals must be registered and paid by that time to go through the sorority recruitment process. Sorority recruitment will also close when a maximum of 1,200 women register due to fire code regulations within organizational facilities, so consider registering early to guarantee yourself a spot.

Please email Fraternity and Sorority Life at FraternitySororityLife@IllinoisState.edu with any questions.

Fall Primary Recruitment Registration

There is a $65 registration fee to register for sorority recruitment. Register at ilstu.mycampusdirector2.com/landing.

After the formal recruitment process is over, eligible sororities who are still looking for members may have open recruitment events, ultimately offering membership on their own schedules. It is important to understand that not every sorority participates in the informal process. The formal recruitment process is the only time that potential members have the opportunity to join any of the 11 chapters affiliated with the National Panhellenic Conference. Please reach out to the sororities directly for Continuous Open Recruitment/Informal Sorority Recruitment Information.

The following sororities will be hosting recruitment in the fall 2019 semester outside of the formal recruitment process. Please reach out to the chapters directly for information and events. 

• Sigma Alpha: Sara Pratt
• Zeta Theta Pi: Brooklyn Vogel

Our IFC fraternities host a formal recruitment period in both fall and spring semesters. The overall schedule of events can be found below. Please look at the chapter websites or contact the individual chapters for more information regarding specific events and recruitment opportunities. Keep in mind that fraternities in the IFC have the ability to recruit 365 days a year and may decide to host recruitment events and distribute bids outside of the formal recruitment period as well.

Fall 2019 Recruitment Schedule 

Info Tables

• Thursday, August 15 at the FSL Info Fair, 3 p.m., Bone Student Center
• Thursday, August 22, 5–7 p.m., Quad (rain location TBA)
• Thursday, August 29, 6–7:30 p.m., Quad (rain location TBA)
• Thursday, September 5, 5–7 p.m., Quad (rain location TBA)

Recruitment Week

• Information Session, Sunday, September 8, 6–8 p.m., Chapter Facilities and Bone Student Center
• Interested men can attend the recruitment information session to meet representatives from the 13 chapters of the Interfraternity Council. At this session, you will find out specific chapter recruitment dates and events. If you have any questions, please email Dallas Hastings (dshasti@IllinoisState.edu) Vice President of Chapter Development for IFC.
• Chapter Open Houses: Monday, September 9–Wednesday, September 11, 5–8:30 p.m.
• From the dates given at the Recruitment Information Session, interested men can attend various chapter open house events.
• Chapter Dinners (by invitation): Thursday, September 12
• Invite Dinners are a step forward in the recruitment process. Men who are invited to a chapter’s invitational dinner should wear business professional attire. This is typically the last event before receiving a bid.
• Friday, September 13, Bid Day

Register for recruitment by going here: Forms.IllinoisState.edu/Forms/DoS_FSL_IFCRecruitment.

Make sure to stay up to date with IFC by following the IFC Instagram @ilstu_ifc for more information.

Please email Fraternity and Sorority Life at FraternitySororityLife@IllinoisState.edu with any questions.

There is no council run intake process for the culturally based organizations that are a part of the Black Greek Leadership Council and United Greek Council. Students interested in joining a culturally based organization must contact individual chapters for information regarding the intake process. If you need assistance in contacting individual organizations or to gain more information, please submit the request for information form.