IFC Recruitment
What is IFC Recruitment?
Formal Recruitment or “rush” is the time when chapters intake new members. It happens during the Fall and Winter quarters(October or January). Some chapters will also offer informal recruitment during the Spring Quarter.
Fill out Potential New Member Interest Form
Attend Mandatory Information Session
Attend Recruitment Week Kick-Off BBQ on Dexter Lawn
Attend Fraternities Open Events
Fraternities host Invite Only Events
Fraternities host a Bid Night and give bids to new members
How Recruitment Works:
Commonly Used Terms:
Active: An initiated fraternity man who is still in college.
Alumnus: A fraternity member who has graduated or left college. (plural: Alumni)
Associate | New Member | Pledge: A non-initiated member in a fraternity.
Bid: A formal invitation to join an organization/fraternity.
Brother: A term used by fraternity men in reference to one another.
Chapter: The local group of an international organization.
Charter: A newly organized group working to become a chartered chapter.
Dry-recruitment: The practice of not serving alcoholic beverages at any recruitment event.
Interfraternity Council (IFC): The representative body of all men’s fraternities.
Legacy: A rushee whose grandparents, parents, brother/sister is a member of a particular organization
Potential New Member (PNM): A man who is going through the recruitment process