What is Panhellenic Recruitment?

Panhellenic Association Recruitment is a weeklong process in which potential new members explore sororities, and each chapter selects its new member class. This year’s recruitment will include videos and opportunities to meet with chapters throughout each round, culminating in Bid Day—the most exciting day of the process! Chi Omega is thrilled to meet the potential new members who will become part of our 2024 new member class. Recruitment will take place from August 25 to September 7, 2025. To learn more about this process and what it entails, visit https://greek.arizona.edu/panhellenic/how-join

Olivia Defreese - recruitment chair

Three years ago when going through formal recruitment, I knew I had found my place. The girls I talked to left me with tears from laughing and a feeling of being at home. I felt understood, supported, and valued with the sisters of Chi Omega. Every woman I spoke to made me feel inspired and hopeful for my life at the University of Arizona. These women told stories of their achievements, opportunities, and bonds that left me feeling in awe of their sisterhood. Since becoming a Chi Omega, my relationship with my sisters has continued to bring me the same sense of amazement. My sisters continue to achieve amazing things, and when I accomplish something, they are always the first to celebrate me.

The Chi Omega symphony says “To work earnestly, to speak kindly, to act sincerely, and to choose thoughtfully” which is a small insight into what the sisterhood of Chi Omega feels like. It is being surrounded by women who strive to be their best, yet are always there when someone needs guidance. It is making tough decisions, but knowing that your sisters will be there for you no matter the outcome.

Choosing to go Chi O my freshman year is truly one of the most amazing choices I’ve made for my collegiate career. Zeta Beta is filled with woman that I’m glad I get to call my friends and run home to everyday. It’s also given me an extended network of girls I can reach out to when I have questions about life after college or even a class I’m currently in.

I can’t wait for all of you to go through the recruitment process. It is a time with many tough decisions, exploration of values, and finding what a sisterhood may mean to you. I know you all will find the sisterhood you’re meant to be in, and I can’t wait for you to experience Chi Omega’s sisterhood for yourself. As the symphony says, “Choose wisely” and don’t take a moment for granted!

Recruitment Team

What are Chi Omega’s values?

Friendship, Personal Integrity, Service to Others, Academic Excellence and Intellectual Pursuits, Community and Campus Involvement, & Personal and Career Development

How does Chi Omega help with academics?

With one of our six purposes being “Academic Excellence and Intellectual Pursuits”, the women of Chi Omega work hard everyday towards their academic pursuits. Being a part of Chi Omega comes with its academic resources. We have tutor hooters, where members of the chapter tutor each other, the Chi Omega library, where girls drop off their gently used books for other members to use, and study parties, where leading up to midterms or finals we have yummy snacks at the house and a quiet living room dedicated to studying.

Can we schedule a zoom call with you before recruitment?

Yes! Email chiomegarecruitment24@gmail.com regarding a zoom call and any other recruitment related questions and we will get back to you as soon as possible!

What are three words you would use to describe Chi Omega?

From our recruitment chair Murphy: Authentic, Supportive, and Passionate!

What’s the best part of greek life?

A big misconception about greek life is that once you accept a bid from a chapter that you’re limited to hanging out with people from just that chapter. Greek life provides an amazing network of women in many amazing chapters!