Panhellenic Recruitment

Panhellenic recruitment offers an opportunity to meet chapter members while learning about each sorority. Participating in the recruitment process does not require a person to join a chapter, but enables her to explore and learn more about the campus and Fraternity and Sorority community. Recruitment is meant to be a positive, fun, and enriching experience for everyone who participates.

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If you choose to join a Panhellenic sorority, you will not only join an individual chapter, but also an entire community of women who are dedicated to academic excellence, sisterhood, and philanthropic service. All students that would like to join a Panhellenic Sorority at Missouri State must participant in formal or informal recruitment process. Formal recruitment is the main process the National Panhellenic Conference sororities at the Missouri State University use to recruit new members. Formal recruitment is conducted before the start of fall semester.

It is important to recognize that formal recruitment is a mutual selection process. All students will visit every sorority during the first round (Open House), but the remaining rounds are by invitation only. Just as the sororities are narrowing down the number of women attending each round of events, potential members may only accept a certain number of invitations to each round. The Panhellenic Adviser and Recruitment Guides (Pi Chis) will explain the process in detail throughout the week.

Fall Recruitment

Registration will begin Friday, May 16th, 2025. 

There is a $50.00 registration fee, which must be paid in full in order to participate. 

You must be registered by Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 at 11:59 pm to participate in Panhellenic recruitment.

Register for Fall Recruitment

Continuous Open Bidding

Continuous Open Bidding (COB) is an informal recruitment process that Panhellenic sororities use to recruit new members outside of the designated primary recruitment period to reach quota and/or Panhellenic Total (I.e. Median Chapter size). All female Missouri State students are eligible to participate in COB provided that (1) they are enrolled as a full-time student, (2) they have never been initiated into one of the 26 National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities at Missouri State or on another campus, and (3) they have not received a bid during the most recent primary membership recruitment and declined the bid or have broken their pledge. 

Letter from the Panhellenic Vice President of Recruitment

Hi Bears!

Let me be the first to say WELCOME to Missouri State! I am so excited for you to begin this new chapter of your life! I’m even more excited that you are considering joining our Panhellenic community by going through recruitment!

No matter who you are or where you come from, please be reassured that you can find a home in our community! Being a member of a sorority provides so many opportunities for growth, leadership experience, and memories that will last you a lifetime. I can speak from personal experience! The girl that went through recruitment two years ago is completely different from the woman planning recruitment for the Panhellenic community today. I owe it all to my chapter, who has taught me what it means to be supported and loved unconditionally, and to my Panhellenic community, who has pushed me to step outside my comfort zone and learn new things. I want each of you to have the same positive experiences.

If you have any questions about recruitment or need a cheerleader to encourage you, please reach out to the Panhellenic Instagram, and we would love to chat with you! Being vulnerable is scary, but great risk equals an even greater reward. I am confident that all the people, skills, leadership, service, and unique experiences Panhellenic provides will impact your life in wonderful ways.

Wishing you all the best,

- Samantha Buehler, VP of Panhellenic Recruitment

Values Based Recruitment

The Panhellenic community helps motivate and encourage women in the recruitment process to reflect on their own values by using a Values-Based Recruitment process.

The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) and its 26 member sororities are values-based organizations. This means that their purposes and missions are rooted in a set of core values. Missouri State University's individual chapters and Panhellenic women ensure that recruitment events are values-based and reflective of the NPC sorority experience.

What do you mean by values?

The Josephson Institute for Ethics says values are the core beliefs or desires that guide or motivate attitudes and actions. Values are central beliefs that determine how we will behave in certain situations. Potential New Members should make recruitment choices based on their personal values.

What is the purpose of values based recruitment?

  • To ensure the future of chapters.
  • To make connections and build relationships between chapter members and potential new members (PNMs).
  • To discover shared interests and values among chapter members and PNMs.
  • To display the high standards held by all NPC member organizations.

How can I prepare for a values based recruitment?

  • To become more aware of your personal values, consider taking an online quiz made to help you identify which are most important to you.
  • Do some research on each sororities’ core values and see how they fit in to your own.