Panhellenic Women's Formal Membership Recruitment

Valparaiso University is a deferred recruitment campus, meaning that in order to rush or become part of a sorority, the potential new member must be at least a second semester freshman and have a cumulative grade point average of a 2.25.

Women's Formal Membership Recruitment is held in January (January 10-15, 2012) and each potential new member must fill out a Formal Membership Recruitment Registration form by January in order to participate. For a copy of this form, please see the Documents section of this website.

Panhellenic Recruitment Events

Sorority Recruitment Event

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Community Room of CLIR

Potential New Member Meetings

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011

NSC 224

Early Bird Applications Due

Friday, November 18, 2011

Panhellenic Recruitment Guidelines:

• A woman becomes a potential new member once she has officially registered for Formal Membership Recruitment. In order to be eligible for Formal Membership Recruitment at Valparaiso University, a woman must:
• Complete the registration form and return it by midnight on January 9, 2012.
• She must pay the registration fee of $30.00.
• She must obtain a 2.25 cumulative grade point average in order to participate in membership recruitment.
• Potential new members must be full-time VU students with at least 12 credits.
• A potential new member shall not be, or ever have been, an initiated member of a National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) group.
• A potential new member shall not have been a new member of an NPC group on campus within one calendar year.
• A potential new member shall consult her Recruitment Guide before withdrawing from membership recruitment and she must sign an official withdrawal form.

Interfraternity Council Men's Recruitment

Valparaiso University is a deferred recruitment campus, meaning that in order to rush or become part of a fraternity, the rushee must be at least a second semester freshman and have a cumulative grade point average of a 2.25.

Men's recruitment for new students is held from January 14-February 3, 2012. The men's rush kickoff will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2012. This is a great opportunity to pick up rush calendars from each men's fraternity and meet many men from all organizations.  Men's informal recruitment will take place during fall semester from September 2-16, 2011.

Rushee's Bill of Rights (per the North American Interfraternity Conference and the National Panhellenic Conference):

• The right to be treated as an individual.
• The right to be fully informed about the recruitment process.
• The right to ask questions and receive true and objective answers.
• The right to be treated with respect.
• The right to be treated as a capable and mature person without being patronized.
• The right to ask how and why and receive answers.
• The right to make informed decisions without undue pressure from others.
• The right to be fully informed about the binding agreements implicit in balloting a fraternity or sorority.
• The right to make one's own choice and decision, and accept full responsibility.
• The right to have a positive, safe, and enriching recruitment experience.