Recruitment Overview
We have two opportunities for women to join one of our 13 National Panhellenic Conference sororities at Oklahoma State University. Fall Recruitment takes place one week prior to the first week of school, and all 13 chapters participate. The in person dates for 2022 can be found below. Continuous Open Bidding is an informal recruitment process that begins on the last day of Fall Recruitment and concludes with first day of Pre-Finals Week in the Spring. Not every chapter participates in Continuous Open Bidding. Please click on the links to the left to learn more about each of these processes.
Primary Fall Recruitment
What is Primary Fall Recruitment?
Primary fall recruitment is a formalized mutual selection process by which a student is guaranteed to see all 13 NPC chapters. It is the main process the National Panhellenic Conference sororities use to recruit new members. The students begin by seeing all 13 chapters during the first round, this year on zoom, but the remaining in-person rounds are by invitation only.
Participation in formal recruitment does not guarantee an invitiation to join a sorority, nor does it obligate a student to join. However, approximately 80% - 85% of the students participating in formal recruitment over the last 5 years have years have joined a NPC sorority at the weeks conclusion. Of the joining group, 90% received their first choice on bid day.
Formal Recruitment 2022 Dates
Thursday August 11th - First Round, Virtually on ZOOM
Monday August 15th - PNMs Move-In to On Campus Housing if Living on Campus
Tuesday August 16th - Second Round, Day 1 In Person
Wednesday August 17th - Second Round, Day 2 In Person
Thursday August 18th - Third Round, In Person
Friday August 19th - Fourth Round, In Person
Saturday August 20th - Bid Day!
Registration for Primary Fall Recruitment is OPEN!
Registration is currently open for primary Fall Recruitment. It will close on Monday August 1st at 5:00 p.m.
To participate in the recruitment process, you must be a full-time, undergraduate woman enrolled at the University of Oklahoma State University. There is $120 registration fee as well as a $5 administrative fee. Students who attended Admitted Students Day through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will be able to move in for free on Monday August 15th. Students who did not attend Admitted Students day will be charged a $35 early move in fee which will be billed to your bursar by the Office of Housing and Residential Life.
Registration for COB Spring 2022 is Closed.
COB will open again after formal fall recruitment in August is completed.
What is COB?
Continuous Open Bidding or COB is a way for sororities to extend bids during the school year should spaces become available. It's very casual and unstructured and, since not every sorority participates, it's not easy to tell which sororities will participate in a given semester. It doesn't operate on a schedule, so some sororities will complete their COB process before another begins it. COB is a great way to join a Panhellenic sorority if you are interested!
Recruitment Resources:
2022 booklet coming soon!