Freshmen recruitment increases within Alpha Chi Omega Sorority

By Sawyer Hemsley

JCOM 1130/Section 2

The Alpha Chi Omega Sorority at Utah State University recently recruited the largest spring class the chapter has seen in years. Sixteen freshmen women have shown interest in involvement and forming new friendships within the sisterhood.

“I am looking for character, leadership ability, personality, responsibility and academic interest,” said Kenzy Nigel, vice president of recruitment. “If girls are interested and make an effort they will love the process of recruitment and joining a sorority. We as a chapter try to make it the best experience but it is what the girls put into it.”

Nigel said she feels it’s important to recruit freshmen “because they have so much potential.”

“Many girls we give our bids to are very involved throughout high school and want to be involved on campus,” Nigel added.

Sorority members were encouraged by Nigel to reach out to as many women as possible.

“I tried to get a lot of advertising on social media,” Nigel said. “I had the members in our chapter also reach out personally to girls in their classes and to invite at least one each to recruitment activities.”

Nigel also believes that because the focus within the sorority was to make the new young women feel welcomed and wanted they saw a larger amount of girls return and participate in the recruitment process.

“Alpha Chi Omega was able to recruit such a large class because the stereotype about ‘being Greek’ at Utah State University is morphing into something a bit more positive,” said Hailey Ransley, an experienced member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority.

Ransley said within the past five years the recruitment process has changed as an organization and “the sorority has been able to see what works be able to create a better system of recruitment.”

“This growth will continue if and only the current members uphold what Alpha Chi Omega’s stand for,” Ransley said.

For more information about Alpha Chi Omega recruitment opportunities, visit usu.edu/ususa/greeks.