Students rush out of the Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center to their new sorority sisters during Bid Day on Aug. 21. Photo: Miguel Rios
More than 100 women participated in sorority rush during Formal Recruitment this year.
“It went really, really well,” Panhellenic President Chandler Hardy said. “Every girl was placed pretty much where she wanted to go.”
Recruitment ended with Bid Day on Sunday on the quad outside Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. New sorority members ran out of the Great Hall onto the quad where their new sisters waited.
“We started with 120 girls, so we only lost a few along the way, but we’re happy that today worked out just as planned,” Hardy said Sunday.
During the recruitment process, some women end up deciding not to join a sorority.
Bids were extended and accepted by all 98 potential new sorority members.
“Everyone felt completely at home and that’s one of the greatest feelings,” said Madelaine Heigele, vocal performance junior and Alpha Phi.
This is the first year the women ran out of the Great Hall instead of Watson Lounge in Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel.
“I was a little scared of running down the steps, but it worked out fine,” Hardy said.
A couple of women tripped as they ran down the stairs, but no one was hurt seriously.
“It was a blast and I met so many new people,” said Bella Granato, acting sophomore and new Gamma Phi Beta. “I couldn’t be happier about my new home.”
Members of Alpha Phi sorority welcome home new members on Bid Day Aug. 21. Photo: Miguel Rios
Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Phi and Gamma Phi Beta welcomed 25 new members each, while Phi Mu gained 23 new members.
“It’s been such a great experience, being a Rho Gamma and the Panhellenic president,” Hardy said. “I had the time of my life being able to contribute to my sorority, Gamma Phi Beta.”
The Interfraternity Council will not begin their rush until next week.
“We wanted to give a bit of an ease on the early year schedule of everyone in the Fraternity community on campus,” IFC President Billy Speed said. “It allows the new students wishing to rush and the on-campus houses to have a little more time to get to know each other.”
Fraternity rush is Sept. 1-3, ending with Bid Day at 11 a.m.
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