Recruitment!

One crazy annual process to those who are not familiar with greek life (sororities and fraternities) is Panhellenic Formal Recruitment. This is a weeklong mutual selection process of socializing, having conversations with multiple women in every sorority and visiting all of the chapter houses. The sorority women come to school two weeks early to prepare for Recruitment, then essentially put on a show the next week.

Phi Mu had a great recruitment and has 83 new wonderful women in our chapter! Here are some pictures that describe our crazy, hectic and sleepless week!

Some of our chapter at one of Columbia's local pools for a

sisterhood event during "Work Week!"

Since I'm graduating this year, I've been partially participating

in "senior events" and all they do is make me feel really old.

Here's all the seniors/2012 graduates!

Day 1 of Formal Recruitment- Jen and I modeling off our outfits!

Pink shorts, flowers in our hair, brown belts and our recruitment shirts!

Don't forget the multicolor Sperrys :) #totalsororitymove

Jordin and I brought a taste back of Argentina to recruitment...literally.

I made mate in my pink mate calabaza two mornings, and have never been more awake.

We shared it with some girls in the chapter and they had mixed feelings, but acknowledged our obsession. As tedious as it is to make, if I continue my less than 5 hour of sleep routine, I really WILL be making mate often this semester!

Black dresses for Preference Day! Some of the 2009 pledge class

with graduates holding the senior presents!
Seniors and Executive Board members get to go on the quad and welcome all of our new Phis (new members) on Bid Day! We got a column and here's some of our members getting ready to watch the big ceremony!
Seeing other friends at the quad and doing our sorority symbols!
me, Lauren, Laura and Kathryn!

REUNITED with Emily and Alex after their two weeks of being disaffiliated as Panhellenic counselors (Pi Chis)! It was so nice to have my friends back, since Phi Mu had 6 Pi Chis and my pledge mom "big" Shelley was also gone!

me, Stephanie and Shelley in the quatrefoil, one of our symbols! Welcome back to the disaffiliated!

It was a great recruitment and I'm glad to be back in the swing of things at school! Look forward to more photos and adventures with an already booked semester!