A potential member must be a regularly
matriculated full-time student (minimum of 12 semester hours) at the University of
Montevallo to be eligible.
A potential member shall not be, or ever
have been, an initiated member of an NPC
group.
No potential member shall visit the
sorority halls except for the designated Open
Houses until recruitment is over
All Potential members shall attend all
formal recruitment parties which she has accepted
invitations. In case of illness or other
emergencies the potential member shall notify Panhellenic.
In the event a potential member feels she
must withdraw from Recruitment she shall
notify Panhellenic immediately.
The penalty for not attending parties is
ineligibility to continue through Recruitment.
No sorority members, including new members
and alumnae, may visit a potential member
anytime or anywhere until the end of formal
recruitment.
No sorority member may accept any gift
(meal, coke, ride, etc.) from any potential
member. No sorority member shall give a gift
to any potential member. This also includes
written notes and letters.
There will be no promising of bids
directly or indirectly by any member, or alumnae of a sorority.
Strict silence is the period in which
there will be no conversations between
potential members and sorority members.
Strict silence is designated as the period
of time from the end of the potential members
last party until she reports to the
fraternity of women from which she accepts a
bid. During this time, sorority members may
not have social contact with potential
members other than through courtesy greetings
(i.e. holding doors, saying hello, etc.)
Preference cards will be filled out
immediately after the last preference party.
Once the cards have been signed, no change may
be made.
Infractions of these rules will result in
action taken by the Judiciary Committee of the
Panhellenic Council.
