Recruitment

The National Panhellenic Conference does not hold a GPA requirement for an individual to participate in the recruitment process at UO. It is a goal for each organization to strive to uphold our FSL value of Scholarship & Learning and maintain a high chapter GPA- one that is higher than the average UO Women’s GPA. Therefore, each chapter must consider an individual’s academic ability to adhere to their own scholastic standards in addition to the University’s. It is highly recommended that women participating in formal recruitment have at or above a 3.0 cumulative high school or college GPA at the time they are seeking membership. It is important to note that meeting the stated minimum requirement does not guarantee membership in an organization, that each chapter’s scholastic standards are unique to their membership, and that grades are only one of the many factors that chapters consider during membership selection. Additionally, failing to meet this minimum does not automatically disqualify you in the process.

o   Green Zone = Your options are not likely limited based on your GPA. (3.2+)

o   Yellow Zone = Your options are more likely to be limited by your GPA. (2.6-3.19).

o   Red Zone = Your options are very likely to be limited based on your GPA. (0-2.59)

Unfortunately, Panhellenic will not refund your payment once your registration fee has been submitted. Only in very specific cases can circumstances be met (Example: you are a student wanting to participate in IFC Recruitment but register for Panhellenic Recruitment instead). If you believe you may have an applicable situation, please contact our office at [email protected].

NO! As a student at the University of Oregon and a potential member of the Panhellenic community, you are held to high scholastic standards. Therefore, please do not under any circumstances skip class in order to participate in recruitment. Class schedules will be established well before recruitment begins and any foreseeable conflicts can be discussed with Panhellenic and your Recruitment Counselors before and during Recruitment Orientation on October 7. If the conflicts are a result of work or other activities, we encourage you to do your best to avoid any predictable schedule conflicts and request to work at different times if possible so that you are able to fully participate in the process.

Panhellenic sororities are undergraduate-only organizations.

Yes! Any female registered as a student in Fall 2019 and has not already been initiated into a NPC organization at UO/any other institution is eligible to participate in Fall Formal Recruitment.

If you are already a member of a NPC organization that has a chapter on our campus that you are wishing to join, please refer to your organization’s inter/national website for their specific process of how to do so.

If you are unable to participate in Fall Formal Recruitment but are interested in joining a sorority, you may be elligible to participate in Informal Recruitment, otherwise known as Continuous Open Bidding (COB). The number of chapters participating in Fall, Winter, and/or Spring Informal Recruitment varies year by year and is based on the chapter’s total.

If you participate in Fall Formal Recruitment and remove yourself from the process before signing the MRABA, the binding agreement set forth by the National Panhellenic Conference, then you are able to participate in COB at any time. If you participate in Fall Formal Recruitment, sign the MRABA, and then remove yourself from the process, you are not able to participate in COB nor Formal Recruitment until the following Fall Term (Fall 2020).

Please contact [email protected] to be added to the Interest List. Please provide us with your name, email, phone number, class standing, GPA and legacy info (see “What is a legacy?” below).

The University of Oregon requires all first-year students to live on-campus in a residence hall during their first year of college unless any extenuating circumstances have been previously approved by University Housing. It is a University of Oregon Panhellenic Council Requirement that members of every organization live in their chapter’s facility for two years. It is common for women to live in both their second and third years of college, but many choose to continue into their fourth year.

If you are second, third, or fourth year student going through recruitment and join one of our chapters, it is possible that you may have the opportunity to move into your chapter’s facility immediately depending on your current housing situation and if there is availability for you.

Living with your sisters in your chapter’s facility provides an unforgettable experience and is often cheaper than living in on- or off-campus housing. Each chapter has different requirements for their live-ins, so please reference housing coordinators and ask questions during Fall Formal Recruitment for more details.

A legacy is a woman who has an immediate relative that is a member of a sorority. Every chapter’s standard of a legacy differs but usually, it includes mothers, sisters, grandmas, and sometimes great grandmothers and aunts. Please reference the appropriate organization’s inter/national website for specific information and contact the relevant UO chapter for information regarding possible letters of recommendation/references for legacies.

There is a zero-tolerance hazing policy at the University of Oregon. Any activity that constitutes as hazing is illegal in the state of Oregon and violates the University of Oregon Student Conduct Code, Panhellenic Council Bylaws, and Inter/National Fraternity and Sorority Governing Documents.

The Panhellenic community condemns hazing, as it in no way upholds our values of Scholarship & Learning, Community Service and Philanthropy, Brotherhood & Sisterhood, Leadership Engagement, and Community Awareness.

Recommendation letters are a nice bonus, but not required. UO’s recruitment process does not rely on recommendation letters the way some other recruitment processes may – our chapters see them as great information, but ultimately their personal interactions with the potential are what chapters utilize most.

If you have an alumnae friend writing letters of recommendation for you, they should check with their inter/national organization about how to submit these letters. Letters won’t be mailed to the sorority houses or to the UO Fraternity and Sorority Life office, but are only accepted via the process that each sorority has created for their own members.