Being a member of a fraternity means more than just wearing Greek letters, attending meetings, and going to social events - it's about making friendships and networks that will last far beyond your college years while enhancing your personal development by committing to ideals of scholarship, leadership, justice, and service.

Fraternity recruitment starts at the beginning of each semester, at which time each fraternity chapter will hold their own events with specified times and locations. During these events, potential new members will be able to meet and get to know Brothers.

FRATERNITY RECRUITMENT 

The beginning of the fall semester is one of the best opportunities to get involved in Fraternity & Sorority Life at the University of Vermont!  

Recruitment kicks off during the first week of the fall semester with Meet the Fraternities & Sororities! This community-wide event offers potential new members the chance to meet and connect with every chapter on campus. From there, chapter-specific events will take place throughout early September, allowing you to better get to know each fraternity you’re interested in. Recruitment events will typically be open to all interested participants early in the process. As recruitment continues, some chapter events will become invitation only. 

Recruitment events, schedules, and processes vary by fraternity. To get more details about an individual chapter’s recruitment process, check out their Instagram page: 

• Alpha Gamma Rho (@agr_uvm) 

• Delta Tau Delta (@uvmdelt) 

• Kappa Sigma (@uvmkappasigma) 

• Phi Mu Delta (@uvmpmd) 

• Pi Kappa Alpha (@uvmpike) 

• Pi Kappa Phi (@uvmpikapp) 

• Sigma Phi (@sigmaphi_vermont) 

Interested in joining a fraternity but missed Fall Recruitment? It is possible to join many of UVM's recognized fraternities at any point during the year, especially early in the spring semester. Email the Interfraternity Council (IFC) Vice President of Recruitment and Programming for more information and to get connected with chapters who may be recruiting. 

Terminology

• Bid: a formal invitation given by a fraternity asking a prospective member to join the chapter.
• Big: an older member assigned to assist a new member in their college transition.
• Sibling/Brother: a term used within fraternities when referring to other members.
• Hazing: Any act committed by a person, whether individually or in concert with others, against a student in connection with joining, pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, holding office in, or gaining or maintaining membership in any group, organization, department or unit that is a part of or recognized by the University, and that is intended to have the effect of, or should reasonably be expected to have the effect of, socially or physically isolating, humiliating, intimidating, or demeaning the student(s) or otherwise endangering their mental or physical health.
• Informal Recruitment: the unstructured recruitment process by which chapters bring in new members, sometimes called the "rush" period.
• Interfraternity Council (IFC): The governing body for all UVM fraternities.
• Legacy: a prospective member whose immediate relative(s) were in a recognized fraternity at UVM.
• New Member: a male-identified individual who has accepted a fraternity bid, but has not been initiated.
• NIC: North-American Interfraternity Conference.
• Potential New Member: a person participating in recruitment events.