We have concluded our Rush for Fall 2008. All the brothers who participated did a great job of involving recruits and making a great impression. We had a short week this semester because of the Labor Day holiday; therefore we only held four events.
The first event was Meet the Chapter. Meet the Chapter is our informational meeting. We had free pizza and Deltasig officers spoke about themselves and their position. Our second event was our professional event. We tried a new approach this semester and went with a more hands on event. Professor Maynard from the Management Department facilitated team building activities. It was great interaction between the recruits and brothers. The third event was an ice cream social at Cold Stone. This event went really well. It is always a good time for brothers get to know recruits on a more personal level. We have an ongoing relationship with Cold Stone for these events so they give us a discount! The last event we put on was what we called our “Main Event”. The event was invitation only. We had wings and a ton of food; this was another great event for getting to know recruits on a personal level.
Our new Distrcit Director, Brian, has been helping and guiding us this semester. He has pointed out some areas that we differ from other chapters in a positive and potentially negative way. He pointed out that our Meet the Chapter event is much different than other chapters. Other chapters conduct a more informal and casual event. This is something we will need to consider as a chapter. He also said that other chapters do a 2 week recruitment which tends to be successful for them. If our goal for next semester is to grow numbers we might want to consider lengthening recruitment.
As Senior VP coordinating and planning recruitment it was very exciting to see the event unfold with such success. It is a very rewarding experience knowing that you have such a vital part in the future of our organization. It is a very stressful time since you are coordinating multiple events back to back, but the reward greatly out ways one week of no rest or personal time.
By Kristyn Childress
The first event was Meet the Chapter. Meet the Chapter is our informational meeting. We had free pizza and Deltasig officers spoke about themselves and their position. Our second event was our professional event. We tried a new approach this semester and went with a more hands on event. Professor Maynard from the Management Department facilitated team building activities. It was great interaction between the recruits and brothers. The third event was an ice cream social at Cold Stone. This event went really well. It is always a good time for brothers get to know recruits on a more personal level. We have an ongoing relationship with Cold Stone for these events so they give us a discount! The last event we put on was what we called our “Main Event”. The event was invitation only. We had wings and a ton of food; this was another great event for getting to know recruits on a personal level.
Our new Distrcit Director, Brian, has been helping and guiding us this semester. He has pointed out some areas that we differ from other chapters in a positive and potentially negative way. He pointed out that our Meet the Chapter event is much different than other chapters. Other chapters conduct a more informal and casual event. This is something we will need to consider as a chapter. He also said that other chapters do a 2 week recruitment which tends to be successful for them. If our goal for next semester is to grow numbers we might want to consider lengthening recruitment.
As Senior VP coordinating and planning recruitment it was very exciting to see the event unfold with such success. It is a very rewarding experience knowing that you have such a vital part in the future of our organization. It is a very stressful time since you are coordinating multiple events back to back, but the reward greatly out ways one week of no rest or personal time.
By Kristyn Childress
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Great job with all the hard work you have put in Kristyn! Lets keep the momentum going in the recruitment committee this semester.
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