It's Recruitment Week!

Adrian College offers a great opportunity for all members of the student body - Greek Life. This year I decided to go through sorority recruitment, and so far this experience has been a blast. I would completely recommend that all girls should go through recruitment. It's an amazing experience even if in the end, you don't end up joining a sorority.

Here's a little bit of background information on each sorority:

Alpha Phi (aka The Phis)
Alpha Phi was founded September 18, 1872. The Delta Eta chapter located on Adrian's campus was founded September 1961. The main objectives of this sorority are to promote growth in character, unity of feeling, sisterly affection, and social communion among all our members. Alpha Phi's main philanthropy is known as The Alpha Phi Foundation. The purpose of the Alpha Phi Foundation is to promote the awareness of women's heart disease. The Delta Eta chapter does this by hosting a Red Dress Gala every year with proceeds going to cardiac care. This is not the only philanthropy the Phis are active in. They have spent a lot of time with the seniors at Lynwood Manor. They have also been active in activities and groups on campus including the annual Party Sober Night, Student Government Association, varsity athletics, intramural athletics, Mortar Board, Order of Omega, and Residence Life.

Alpha Sigma Alpha (aka The ASAs)
Alpha Sigma Alpha was founded November 15, 1901. The chapter located on Adrian's campus was founded March 6, 1965. ASA's motto is "Aspire, Seek, Attain" meaning they consist of women who ASPIRE to career and personal achievement, women who SEEK the most from life and from themselves, women who ATTAIN levels of success beyond what they may have thought possible. Their main philanthropy consists of S. June Smith Center and Special Olympics. Although these are the main organizations, they do a lot of community service apart from their philanthropy. Some of these events including Rake-and-Run, the Humane Society, the HOPE Center, a local elderly group home, and Adopt-A-Road. Members of Alpha Sigma Alpha are in many of other organizations on campus as well consisting of Student Government Association, LINCS, varsity athletics, intramural athletics, Mortar Board, Order of Omega, theater, and many academic honoraries.

Chi Omega (aka The Chi-Os)
Chi Omega was founded April 5, 1895. Adrian College's chapter, the Mu Zeta chapter was founded April 16, 1961. Chi Omega offers members academic excellence, diversity, outstanding social programs and the opportunity to share in a unique sisterhood that extends beyond graduation and promotes friendship, sisterhood, leadership, and personal growth. Chi-Os main philanthropy is the Make a Wish Foundation. The Mu Zeta chapter holds a Make a Wish dinner every year with the proceeds going to a selected child to make their wish come true. The Chi-Os are also active with commuinty service. Places consist of the Hope Center, Bixby Hospital, and the Humane Society. Members of Chi Omega are also involved in many organization on campus including Student Government Association, Mortar Board, Theater, varsity athletics, Civitan, Panhellenic Council, LINCS, Circle K International, Residence Life, Campus Activities Network, and academic honorary societies.

Now that I've mentioned the history of each sorority, I'd like to share my experience so far. Being a junior I went into recruitment having a bit of an idea where I wanted to go. I have friends in all three of the sororities, so I knew a lot of information about each one that most girls learn during recruitment. Well, on Monday night after the first round of parties, I had absolutely no idea where I saw myself going. There were parts I loved about each sorority. I could see myself in any of them. Last night was the second round of parties. I asked some of the girls how they came to their decision when they went through recruitment. Most of them told me that the last night of recruitment, preference party, they finally felt at home with one specific sorority. They all gave me the advice: "listen to your heart." At the end of the night we had to rank our sororities in order of where we saw ourselves or which one we liked the best. It was extremely hard for me to do. On Thursday, we only get to go to two of the three sorority's parties. This is suppose to be in order to help the recruits narrow down to which one they see themselves in. I find it sad that tomorrow I won't get to meet with all the sororities again, but I know it's the only way I'm going to be able to narrow it down to that one place I can call home.