Formal Recruitment Schedule

The Schedule of Recruitment below is the schedule for the week of Panhellenic Recruitment 2019. Specific schedules, event timing, and locations will be provided at the mandatory PNM orientation meeting. However, rounds are generally day-long events, so PNMs should not plan other activities from morning to early evening during the week of recruitment. PNMs must participate in all recruitment events.

Move-in day

Potential New Members (PNM) Move In to Main Campus housing Saturday August 17th . The office of Housing and Residence Life will send out housing assignments and move in specifics for first year students via email later in the summer.

 (5:00pm- 5:45pm) Recruitment Parent Orientation- BLUU Ballroom  (8:00pm- 11:00pm) Mandatory PNM Recruitment Orientation- Schollmaier Arena

Formal Recruitment Breakdown

Round One

“Open House” - (Sunday, August 18th and Monday, August 19th) - Potential New Members will visit all 13 of our chapters over this round. Focus is on scholarship. Events last for approximately 20 minutes.

Attire- Panhellenic provided t-shirt and their own choice of shorts or pants with comfortable shoes. Closed toed shoes will be required to travel to and from recruitment and in between chapter facilities. 

Round Two

“Philanthropy” - (Tuesday, August 20th and Wednesday August 21st) - Potential new members may visit up to 10 chapters, though visiting less is common. Focus is on service and philanthropy.

Attire- it is still casual; women will wear a Panhellenic provided t-shirt, with their choice of shorts or a skirt and comfortable shoes. Closed toed shoes will be required to travel to and from recruitment and in between chapter facilities.  

Round Three

“Leadership” - (Thursday, August 22nd) – Potential new members may visit up to 6 chapters, though visiting less is common. Focus is on leadership.

Attire- Due to the construction, women are still encouraged to dress casual. Cute shorts or skirt and a nice top is appropriate with  comfortable shoes- flats or sandals are also appropriate.  Closed toed shoes will be required to travel to and from recruitment and in between chapter facilities.  

Round Four (Preference Round)

“Preference/Sisterhood” - (Friday, August 23rd) - Potential new members may visit up to 2 chapters, though visiting less is common. Focus is on sisterhood.

  

Attire - it is a bit dressy (brunch attire). A cocktail dress and heels, flats, or wedges would be appropriate. Women might consider bringing comfortable shoes to wear between events. Closed toed shoes will be required to travel to and from recruitment and in between chapter facilities.  

***To participate in recruitment, Potential New Members (PNMs) must have a 2.0 GPA and be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours. However, chapters are usually looking for strong grades, so keep that in mind!***

Outfit Examples

Rounds 1 and 2

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 Panhellenic provided t-shirt and their own shorts or choice of skirt with comfortable shoes. Closed toed shoes will be required to travel to and from recruitment and in between chapter facilities.  

Round 3

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Cute shorts or skirt and a nice top is appropriate with  comfortable shoes- flats or sandals are also appropriate.  Closed toed shoes will be required to travel to and from recruitment and in between chapter  facilities. 

Round 4

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 It is a bit dressy (brunch attire). A cocktail dress and heels, flats, or wedges would be appropriate. Women might consider bringing comfortable shoes to wear between events. Closed toed shoes will be required to travel to and from recruitment and in between chapter  facilities.  

For more examples visit our Pinterest page!

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Scheduling Conflicts

Orientation

If you are participating in Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment, it is strongly encouraged that you attend Orientation in June. All first-year women participating in formal recruitment in August must attend sessions 1-10 and are highly encouraged to attend a June session. Women registering for session 11 will not be able to participate in formal recruitment.

For transfer students, you may attend either June or August Orientation sessions as they do not overlap with Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment. 

Frog Camp

Frog Camp Summit occurs at the same time as Sorority Recruitment, so please register for a different Frog Camp. 

Special Schedules

For PNMs who have a conflict with recruitment due to conflicts with a TCU athletic schedule, ROTC, or other TCU activity, we are usually able to arrange a special schedule. 

Please email TCUpanhellVPRO@gmail.com if you believe you qualify and need to arrange a special schedule. Please note that special schedules are not made until immediately before the recruitment start date, August 18th. You will not receive your schedule until that time. Please email TCUpanhellVPRO@gmail.com prior to registering to confirm your university activity will qualify for a special schedule.  

For more information, please call Fraternity and Sorority Life at 817-257-7281 or visit www.greeks.tcu.edu.