Panhellenic Recruitment FAQs

Panhellenic Primary Recruitment is the process of a potential new member (PNM) meeting all Panhellenic chapters at USD, and finding the right sorority for her based on mutual values and interests. Primary Recruitment is a unique opportunity to learn about each chapter, meet the women involved in sorority life, as well as provide space for them to get to know the potential new members. Recruitment is based on mutual selection. Each day PNMs select the chapters that they feel align with their values best and the chapters select PNMs as well. Each day PNMs will attend fewer events than the day before, becoming steps closer to the best fit, new sisters, and a new home here at USD.

At the University of San Diego, Informal Recruitment or Continuous Open Bidding (COB) is an opportunity for chapters to who have the space to recruit women outside of the formal recruitment process. Informal recruitment or COB can take place during the fall semester or directly after spring primary recruitment. The informal recruitment is a less formal process than Spring Primary Recruitment, typically not all chapters participate in informal recruitment.


All students that participate must have completed 12 units at USD or 24 transfer units, must have at least a 2.70 GPA or higher.

Panhellenic Formal Recruitment will be held in January 2021. Dates will be announced in Fall 2020.

 

Recruitment events are held on campus in various locations including the UC Forums, Maher Hall, Serra Hall and Shiley Theatre. You will receive a booklet with location details during Recruitment Orientation.

 

**If you have any questions or concerns about accessibility to Recruitment spaces, please contact the Associate Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, DJ Mahoney at djmahoney@sandiego.edu.

There are currently nine sororities at the University of San Diego. There are seven Panhellenic sororities. Explore their local or national website's.

Each woman will receive a booklet at orientation with additional information about each chapter.

Also follow @usdpanhellenic on Instagram to keep with information about our seven Panhellenic chapters, our community and recruitment information.

The Spring 2021 Panhellenic Primary Recruitment registration will go live in October 2020 and will close beginning of January 2021.

Early Bird registration starts in October and end on the last day of classes during the fall semester and costs $50.00. Registration after until it closes is $65.00.

Your student account will be charged in late January/early February. All women who register and are eligible for primary recruitment will be charged the recruitment fee based upon when they registered.

The registration fee covers all costs associated with putting on primary recruitment including but not limited to printing and copying costs, training supplies for recruitment counselors, name tags, a t-shirt for all participants on day one, snacks, and the orientation speaker.

Payment for registration takes place through your USD Student account. You will see this bill sometime in late January/early February. Pay this promptly similar to any other charges billed to your student account (Tuition, meal plan, etc.)

After you finish your Primary Recruitment registration, if you live on campus, you will want to apply for Intercession housing through Residential Life.  

Also, make sure you have completed all components of the MyStudentBody course through the AlcoholEdu & Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduates.

Once that is all done, you are set to go! Look out for e-mails from the Panhellenic Recruitment Team in early January. 

Recruitment orientation dates will be announced in Fall 2020. We suggest that students move back into the residence halls and settle in before the mandatory orientation and keynote speaker.

Yes! You can register for Intercession Housing by visiting the Residential Life Portal. There is a flat rate fee of $100 for Potential New Members staying in the residence halls for recruitment. Please register for housing via Residential Life.

Students who live in Continuous Year Round Housing (Manchester Village, University Terrace Apartments, Presidio Terrace Apartment) do not need to apply for Intercession Housing, but will need to notify their Community Director that they will be returning to campus early.

Yes. Intersession hours are posted at the end of the Fall semester on the Auxiliary Services Website. 

To participate in primary recruitment:

• All students must complete the recruitment registration form. 

• All student must have completed 12 units at USD prior to the beginning of recruitment or 24 transfer units, must have at least a 2.70 GPA or higher.

• Complete the New Student Wellness Course:

  • Any new first-year and transfer students enrolled after Spring 2018 need to complete AlcoholEdu & Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduates prior to start of recruitment week. 
  • Any new first-year and transfer students enrolled at USD before Fall 2018, is required that you have completed and passed the My Student Body Essentials Course. If you did not complete this in the past, please contact the Center for Health and Wellness Promotion at chwp@sandiego.edu for access to the newly updated wellness courses that you will be required to complete.

A student must be a University of San Diego full time student (12 units) with a cumulative USD GPA of 2.70 or higher to be eligible for recruitment. Students must also have completed 12 units at the University of San Diego prior to the beginning of recruitment or 24 transfer units to be eligible for recruitment.

Note that each chapter has their own GPA requirement that may be above 2.70.

***We check grades and units based on a report from the Registrar before recruitment registration closes. All grade changes or issues regarding grades must be discussed/reported to the Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, DJ Mahoney at djmahoney@sandiego.edu no later than December 30, 2020 11:59:59pm. 

We do not take any Grade Exceptions.

Yes, you may still participate in recruitment. Please contact Kristen Reynolds, Panhellenic Advisor at kristenreynolds@sandiego.edu with any conflicts or concerns about attendance for recruitment.    

If you are participating in a Second-Year Experience (SYE) trip, please contact Panhellenic Advisor, Kristen Reynolds (kristenreynolds@sandiego.edu) with your return dates.

Yes, you may still participate in recruitment. The recruitment counselors will collect intersession conflicts, and women will be excused for Athletics during potential new member orientation.

Please contact Kristen Reynolds, Panhellenic Advisor at kristenreynolds@sandiego.edu with any conflicts or concerns about attendance for recruitment.

Please visit the chapter's national website for information regarding letters of recommendation. Our USD Panhellenic team does not process these requests.

New Member dues per chapter range. After the initial semester, active dues are less expensive and vary per chapter.

All potential new members will be provided a booklets with a range of the cost for each chapter.

If you have been through the recruitment process at your previous institution and did not initiate into a National Panhellenic Conference sorority then you are eligible to take part in recruitment at USD and join another sorority.

If you went through recruitment at another school and were initiated into a National Panhellenic Conference sorority, then you are not eligible to go through recruitment and join another NPC sorority. For more information, you can read through the National Panhellenic Conference Unanimous Agreements online.