Membership Intake or Recruitment

Primary Recruitment for fall 2021

Registration for primary recruitment is available. Additional information for College Panhellenic Council's (CPC) primary recruitment may be found on the CPC Instgram. Primary recruitment is the main selection process of all of the housed sororities on campus. The cost of registering is $50.  

Schedule

Thursday, September 9, 7–10 p.m.
Recruitment Overview followed by Meet your Rho Gamma in the Brown Ballroom. 

Friday, September 10, Virtual Session
Welcome Rounds will take place virtually. Chapter selction for PNMs will take place in person in the Brown Ballroom at 5–8 p.m.

Saturday, September 11, 9 a.m.–8:30 p.m.
Philanthropy Rounds will begin in the Braden Auditorium of the Bone Student Center. Rounds will take place in the Bone Student Center and Uptown Marriott. 

Sunday, September 12, 9:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Sisterhood Rounds will begin in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center. Rounds will take place in the chapter facilities located in Normal. 

Saturday, September 18, 9:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Preference Round will begin in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center. Rounds will take place in the chapter facilities located in Normal. 

Sunday, September 19, 1 p.m.
Bid Day will begin in Schroeder Hall. Celebration will take place in Redbird Arena. 

Formal Recruitment for fall 2021

The application for Interfraternity Council (IFC) recruitment is now live. You can also find out more information about IFC by following the IFC webpage and IFC Instagram.  We strongly suggest that incoming first-year students and transfer students go through formal recruitment and experience the entire IFC community. The cost of IFC Recruitment is $25 if you sign up prior to September 1 and $30 if you sign up after September 1. 

Three Ways of Joining IFC Fraternities in the Fall

1. Go through the formal recruitment process: This is the recommended methodologically for all incoming first-year and transfer students.
2. Accept a pre-formal recruitment bid from a chapter: If you accept a snap or early bid prior to formal recruitment from one specific chapter, you will still have to pay the formal recruitment fee, and you will miss out on most of the benefits of recruitment. 
3. Engage in informal 365 recruitment after the formal recruitment period is over. 

Schedule

Labor Day, Monday, September 6, 5–7 p.m.
IFC Fest
South Campus Lot (corner of South University Street and Hale Street)
This kickoff to recruitment is optional, but is a great way to informally meet men from different chapters in an outdoor event catered by Flingers Pizza and with music by visiting DJs. Rain location TBD. 

Thursday, September 9, 7:30–8:30 p.m.
Recruitment Overview and Meet Your Rho Alpha
Branden Auditorium
This is a required event for Potential New Members (PNMs). Learn about how recruitment works, be prepared to go through recruitment properly, and meet your Rho Alpha (Recruitment Assistant). The Recruitment Overview is not a substitute for the Potential New Member Orientation which you are required to attend separately on your own.

Friday, September 10, 5:30–10 p.m.
Welcome Round
Start in 208 Moulton Hall
PNMs will see all chapters, learn a brief overview of each chapter's history nationally and locally, and meet the members of each chapter.  

Saturday, September 11, 10 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
Welcome Round
Start in 208 Moulton Hall
PNMs will see all chapters, learn a brief overview of each chapter's history nationally and locally, and meet the members of each chapter. 

Sunday, September 12, 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
Philanthropy Round
Start in 208 Moulton Hall
Each chapter will talk about their philanthropy and community service and the organizations they interact with on campus and off campus to do philanthropy and community service. PNMs will have selected less chapters to return to than the full set of chapters from the previous day. 

Activities with chapters between formal recruitment weekends:

• IFC Cookout on the Quad on Tuesday, September 14, at 5 p.m., with IFC fraternity members and PNMs
• Free Roam on Tuesday, September 14, at 7:30 p.m., with Rho Alphas at various locations following the IFC Cookout

Friday, September 17, 4–10:15 p.m.
Brotherhood Round
Start in 208 Moulton Hall
Members of each fraternity will talk about what makes their fraternity experience unique on campus. PNMs will have selected less chapters to go to then the round before.  

Saturday, September 18, 4–8 p.m.
Invite-Only Events
University Street, Bone Student Center
PNMs will be invited to three invite-only events from three different chapters. Typically, these are dinners with the chapters. 

Sunday, September 19, noon
Bid Day
Quad 
Bid Day will be a public, celebratory event including members of the entire sorority and fraternity community and potential new members as they make their way across the stage and accept their bid into their new chapter.

There is no council-run intake process for the culturally based organizations that are a part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and United Greek Council (UGC). 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 email the Sorority and Fraternity Life unit. You can also follow the SFL Instagram for more details.

Saturday, August 28, 6–10 p.m.
Meet the Greeks with NPHC and UGC
Lot M47
Come out to the parking lot by Hovey Hall and Watterson Commons to enjoy music from our DJ and some good food truck eats for free while meeting the members of our United Greek Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council.

More information will be made available at RedbirdLife.IllinoisState.edu.