RECRUITMENT

Panhellenic Primary Recruitment is the formal process through which potential new members (PNMs) consider sororities and sororities choose new sisters. The Primary Recruitment period is comprised of multiple rounds where potential new members visit each of the nine chapters on Villanova's campus. Through a process of mutual selection, students narrow their choices until they are matched with a sorority following the last round. Panhellenic Recruitment typically starts just before the spring semester.

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There are two major periods in which Panhellenic recruits new members to its sororities; Continuous Open Bidding (COB) in the fall semester, and Primary Recruitment in the spring semester. All second-semester freshmen, as well as sophomores, juniors and seniors, including sophomore transfers, are eligible to participate in Primary Recruitment if they meet the eligibility recruitments outlined by OFSL. Fall COB is only open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Remember that individual chapters may have different academic standards for membership.

Villanova Panhellenic is dedicated to ensuring that everyone who identifies as a woman is given full opportunity to take advantage of the benefits of sorority life, regardless of her race, religion, background, socioeconomic status, disability, sexual orientation, etc.