Upperclassmen & Transfer Student Fall Panhellenic Recruitment Information

Each fall a few of our sororities will have limited opportunities available for upperclassmen women (defined as sophomore, junior, and senior women) and transfer students to gain membership in their chapter. This joining process is called Continuous Open Bidding (COB) or informal recruitment. During the fall, our community typically hosts an Information Session to discuss what is important to know in seeking to join the Panhellenic community. Following that information session, only those organizations that have openings will continue to host events or meetings with potential new members at their discretion. Due to its informal nature, COB looks very different from the formal recruitment process that you may be more familiar with and each participating chapter gets to schedule and host the events/meetings of their choosing. Some organizations may choose to host small events with multiple potential new members and active members while others may choose to meet potential new members for lunches or coffee. Potential New Members will be given the contact information for participating organizations and are encouraged to contact any groups who have open spots that they are interested in joining.

As a caveat, even though a group may be eligible to participate in COB, they may choose to not do so.

As an upperclassman or transfer student you still have the opportunity to go through the primary joining process that happens at the beginning of the spring semester. If you are offered a bid in the fall you are not obligated to take the invitation but instead can wait to experience the formal recruitment process and have a chance at exploring membership in all of our chapters. If you accept a bid in the fall then you are ineligible for formal recruitment in January.

First-year students may not seek Panhellenic sorority membership until their second semester.

The Panhellenic Council is hosting a Continuous Open Bidding Information Session on August 28th at 5:00 PM in the Sarratt Student Center Cinema.