Interfraternity Recruitment Process

Hanover College observes a deferred recruitment process. First-year students are not eligible to accept an invitation of membership until after completing one term of study at Hanover
College. This allows incoming students to
adjust to life at Hanover, get involved in the community, and learn about what Greek life
has to offer them. Pre-recruitment events
during the Fall term are held by each chapter.
A list of some of these event dates are below.

Men's Formal recruitment (the first opportunity first-year students have to accept an invitation of membership to a Fraternity) will take place the first week of Winter Term.

IFC Pre-Recruitment Event Schedule*

September 22, 2008 @ 5:00 pm: Greek houses open to first-year students
September 29, 2008: Pre-Recruitment Event, FIJI
September 30, 2008: Pre-Recruitment Event, Sig
October 1, 2008: Pre-Recruitment Event, LCA
October 2, 2008: Pre-Recruitment Event, Phi Delt

*This is not a comprehensive list of all pre-recruitment events.

IFC 2009 Formal Recruitment Schedule

January 12, 2009: Formal Recruitment Event, FIJI
January 13, 2009: Formal Recruitment Event, LCA
January 14, 2009: Formal Recruitment Event, Sig
January 15, 2009: Formal Recruitment Event, Phi Delt
January 16, 2009: IFC Dead Day, All houses are closed to Potential Members from close of the event on the 15th until the Run
January 17, 2009: Preferencing and the Run  

During the Formal Recruitment Week, chapter facilities, other than the hosting chapter's facility are closed to potential new members.

IFC Recruitment Rules 2009-2010

Important Notes:

· All IFC recruitment events are dry functions-alcohol is not permitted.
· In order to participate in IFC Recruitment, men must sign a grade release form and have earned a 2.25 cumulative GPA. Individual chapters may have higher GPA requirements for membership.

Panhellenic Recruitment

Hanover College observes a deferred recruitment process. First-year students are not eligible to accept an invitation of membership until after completing one term of study at Hanover College. This allows incoming students to adjust to life at Hanover, get involved in the community, and learn about what Greek life has to offer them.

During Fall term Panhellenic Council and sorority chapters will hold events for first-year students to help them get acquainted with the Sorority community here at Hanover. Each first-year student will be assigned a Recruitment Counselor (also called a Gamma Chi), an affiliated women whose job is to provide information and assist first-year students through the recruitment process. Recruitment counselors have regular meetings with those women assigned to them and organize activities with the chapters for the group. Recruitment counselors disaffiliate from their chapters during the Fall term and through the formal recruitment process.

The Panhellenic recruitment process is a mutual selection process. The last two events of the formal process, chapters will invite women to their events. After the third event, women will rank the chapters in order of their preference. The women's preferences and the chapter's preferences will be matched. These matches will result in a formal invitation of membership (bid) to be issued.

Panhellenic recruitment rules 2009-2010

Important Notes:

· In order to participate in Sorority Recruitment, women must complete the online registration form and have earned a 2.5 cumulative GPA. Individual chapters may have higher GPA requirements for membership.

· If you have conflicts with the formal recruitment schedule, please notify your Gamma Chi or Deanne Walters, Assistant Director of Greek Life, at x 7081 or at walters@hanover.edu as soon as possible, so special arrangements maybe made.

Last Updated: September 7, 2009
Expiration Date: May 2010
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