Wichita State University's Women's Panhellenic Association Sororities

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Greek Terms 101

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ACTIVE MEMBER:Someone who has been initiated into her chapter
ALUMNA:Any initiated member of a sorority who has graduated from college or left college prior to graduation
ALUMNAE:The plural form of alumna
BID:An official, binding invitation extended from a sorority to a potential new member to join the sorority
CHAPTER:Group of collegians, officially chartered and recognized at a given college or university
CONTINUOUS OPEN BIDDING:Process of issuing invitations to join a sorority anytime after formal membership recruitment ends
FORMAL MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT:One weekend in September where the Wichita State sororities recruit new members
FOUNDER:One who originates or establishes a fraternity or sorority
GREEK:Term applied to all sororities and fraternities
INITIATE:A woman who has undergone the initiation ceremony into a sorority
INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL:The governing body of fraternities
LEGACY:A daughter, sister, or granddaughter of an initiated member of a sorority
NEW MEMBER:A woman who accepts a bid from a sorority
PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION:An organization consisting of 4 nationally recognized sororities established to promote the Greek system and maintain relations among the sororities
PHILANTHROPY:Active efforts to promote human welfare in a variety of ways
PREFERENCES:A system by which a potential new member ranks the two sororities as her 1st and 2nd choices
POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER: A woman not affiliated with any sorority participating in formal membership recruitment
QUOTA:The number of new members any chapter may sign during a specific recruitment period
RECRUITMENT:A sorority woman chosen by Panhellenic to be disaffiliated from her group during the formal recruitment process to help potential new member’s.
RITUAL:The ceremonies celebrated and conducted by every chapter; the secret rites to membership
SNAP BID:A 24 hour period after bid matching is completed where sororities who have not reached quota may extend a bid to any woman who has not received a bid from another sorority.

Formal Recruitment

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The Women's Panhellenic Association invites you to participate in Formal Recruitment this September and Go Greek!
Listed below is a schedule of our events and some basic information. If you have any questions about the events, please feel free to contact our recruitment coordinator Samantha Ternes, samantha.ternes@hotmail.com, or our assistant recruitment coordinator Calla Lomax, cnlomax@wichita.edu.
Be sure to keep checking back on this website for updated information and to visit www.wichita.edu/greeklife to register for Formal Recruitment!!

Sorority Informational:
August 25th @ 7pm and August 29th @ 2pm
Location TBA: watch the website for details
A casual setting to learn information on all of the sororities from unbiased representatives. Come prepared with questions and feel free to bring a family member or a friend!

Registered Student Organizations Activities Fair
August 26th from 11am-1pm on the RSC Courtyard
Find out how to get involved on campus and learn about many of the awesome student organizations WSU has to offer. All of the sororities will have their own booth so be sure to check out each one.
Rain Location: RSC First Floor

Greek Activities Floor
September 2nd & 8th, 11am-1pm
RSC First Floor
Just the Greeks will be participating in this activities fair. Stop by each booth to get more information and ask questions about the chapter and formal recruitment. Be sure to visit the WPA booth to register for formal recruitment if you haven't already!

September 9th
Orientation for Formal Recruitment
6pm, 211 Hubbard Hall
All women participating in Formal Recruitment MUST come to this orientation session. Afterwards you'll be invited to attend a quick open house with each sorority where you will receive a house tour and learn some basic information about each chapter.
Dress is casual

September 10th
Fun night!
Meet at 6pm on the RSC Patio for a fun night with your Recruitment Counselors and other women participating in Formal Recruitment. This is an optional, casual evening that will be full of fun. Plan on heading to dinner with your Recruitment Counselor after!

September 11th-14th
Formal Recruitment
Check-in promptly at 6pm each night in Hubbard Hall 211.
The Formal Recruitment adventure begins! You will start by visiting each chapter and then the mutual selection process will begin. More details to come as the summer progresses!
Dress for each night will become more formal until the 14th, which will be casual.

September 18th
Sorority Block Party
Celebrate being a part of the WSU Greek Community with all of the Sororities at a Block Party on Omega Court. BBQ, inflatables and a DJ are sure to provide an evening of memories for everyone.

Women's Panhellenic Association

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Women's Panhellenic Association, WPA, is the governing body for Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Beta, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma and Pi Iota Chi.

While WPA is proud to bring you Sorority Formal Recruitment, we also offer many other activities and leadership positions for the women involved in Greek life. We are looking forward to seeing you at one of our future activities, especially Greek Week where we will take on the men during various events through our Battle of the Sexes themed week. We also hope you will consider serving on WPA in one of our many positions which range from Public Relations to Risk Management to Treasurer to President.

Listed below are the executive officers of WPA. Please feel free to contact them any time before, during or after formal recruitment. We want you to have the best experience possible and hope that you will soon be a member of our amazing Greek community!

President: Allison Ronning, abronning@wichita.edu
Vice President: Sarah Stanton, scstanton@wichita.edu
Secretary & Scholarship: Amber Donohue, aedonohue@wichita.edu
Treasurer: Nicole Fleer, nicole.fleer@gmail.com
Recruitment: Samantha Ternes, samantha.ternes@hotmail.com
Advisor: Gina Stewart, gina.knauff@wichita.edu

Alpha Phi

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Dedicated to promoting sisterhood, cultivating leadership, encouragingintellectual curiosity and advocating service. Alpha Phi develops character for a lifetime.

Motto: Unity Hand in Hand

Founded in 1872 at Syracuse University

Symbol: Ivy Leaf

Colors: Silver and Bordeaux

President: Kelsey Klaver, klklaver@wichita.edu

websites: Local- www.alphaphigammaxi.com National- www.alphaphi.org

Gamma Phi Beta

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Love. Labor. Learning. Loyalty.

Founded in 1874 at Syracuse University

Symbol: Crescent Moon

Colors: Local- Pink & White National- Brown & Mode

President: Anne Crook, amcrook@wichita.edu

websites: Local- www.gphib.com National- www.gammaphibeta.org

Delta Delta Delta

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Perpetual Bond of friendship, stronger and more womanly character, broaden moral and intellectual life, assist members in every way possible

Motto: Let us Steadfastly Love One Another

Founded in 1888 at Boston University

Symbols: Trident, Dolphin

Colors: Silver, Gold, Cerulean Blue

President: Kayla Jones, kxjones@wichita.edu

Websites: Local- http://www.wichitatridelta.com/

National- http://www.tridelta.org/

Delta Gamma

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Foster high ideals of frienship among college women, promote their educational & cultural interests, create a true sense of social responsibility and develop the best quality of character

Motto: Do Good

Founded in 1873 in Oxford, Mississippi at the Lewis School for Girls

Symbol: Anchor

Colors: Bronze, Pink & Blue

President: April Reed, aereed@wichita.edu

websites: Local- http://www.wsudg.org/ National- http://www.deltagamma.org/

Pi Iota Chi

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Unites in one sisterhood to provide its high ideals of Scholarship, Leadership, Service and the cultivation of life-long Friendships.

Founded in 2006 at Wichita State University

Symbols: Dove, Star

Color: Lavender

President: Morgan Goad, piiotachi@gmail.com

website: http://www.piiotachisorority.org/