Meet The Greeks

On Wednesday September 10, 2015, many students gathered together to the Meet the Greeks event. It was held in the Event Room in the Campus Center. It started at 8:00 PM and went on until about 9:30 PM. The room was set up with many stations a student could rotate about at their leisure. The set up was designed for optimal comfort and interaction for both the sororities/fraternities and the possible pledges. All sororities and fraternities that are recognized by the university had a table set up to encourage potential pledges to join. There was also a table for all Panhellenic sororities together to collect the information of potential new members. Each also had representatives to explain the key points of their sororities/fraternities and share their personal experience with their sisters/brothers. The representatives were very professional, exceptionally friendly, and very interested in new members. For new chapters here at Stockton, members form other chapters nearby came to represent nationals, who will be holding the recruitment. The environment was very comforting, especially for freshman whom may not have met a lot of people yet. The sororities/fraternities all had colorful displays to present themselves. Their letters were displayed in a huge way. Many of them had letters set up that were three feet tall and everyone had some form of their letters present. The sororities/fraternities colors were also clearly present at each booth as well. The members also eagerly talked about their colors and some of their traditions. They also had information on the charity they support, as well as pictures form the many social events they offer and do together. All representatives of sororities/fraternities were wearing their letters and often their colors as well. One sorority had a scrapbook with all of one pledge class in it. Another had a picture book with different events they did in the past years. All sororities’/fraternities’ offer formals once per year. These take place in the spring. Some sororities’/fraternities’ offer other dances and other various social events throughout the year. The Panhellenic sororities/fraternities offer a formal rush in the spring and create a pledge class to become part of their chapter. Each chapter here at Stockton has approximately 75 sisters/brothers, depending on the chapter.