The University of Wyoming’s Panhellenic community is preparing for fall recruitment with advertising and training.
“Since I assumed the position as Vice president of external recruitment back in December of last year, the University of Wyoming College Panhellenic Council (CPH) and I have been working very hard to kick off our formal recruitment process.” Carrie Faaberg said.
Recruitment is a four-day process where potential new members go to each house and talk to their members to see which place is for them.
“We started by making plans for the process. We thought about supporting our sorority chapters here at UW and helping them prepare for success,” Faaberg said.
“We selected a handful of hardworking and dedicated community members to guide potential new members through the process as recruitment counselors. Their job in partnership with the CPH team is to keep our process equitable, safe, and fun.”
The Panhellenic community consists of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, and Alpha Phi. They also have Phi Sigma Rho and Alpha Sigma, but those two chapters have a separate recruitment process.
“I never pictured myself joining a sorority, but I decided to give recruitment a shot. I was shocked at how much I could see myself being in a sorority,” Maya DeLauro said.
“Each chapter has amazing local and national philanthropies that I loved learning about. And meeting all the girls was so nice.”
Recruitment starts on August 24 and ends on August 28. It is open to any undergraduate student who identifies as a woman.
“Likewise, thanks to our inaugural vice president of diversity equity and inclusion, we are working more than ever to support potential new members of various backgrounds, identities, and abilities. As a council, we work tirelessly to help our community in various aspects, including formal recruitment.” Faaberg said.
Recruitment is a values-based process, and they are working to expand their community during this four-day period.
“We hope to help our potential new members understand their values and ours and what we might have in common in those areas,” Faaberg said.
