We understand as a parent, you may have many questions about what it means for your daughter to join a sorority. Sorority life has many benefits that extend beyond the college years. During college, Alpha Omicron Pi offers your daughter personal and professional support within a smaller group of friends in a larger university environment. With this support, your daughter’s individual personal and leadership development is fostered through attending seminars, as well as, holding officer and committee positions within the chapter. Membership in AOII enhances your daughter’s academic achievement by providing several forms of support to assist her. She also is encouraged to participate in community service through philanthropic activities, setting a pattern of lifelong service to others.
What is my role as a parent?
Be supportive and learn as much as you can by asking questions of your daughter prior to and throughout the membership recruitment process.
What is membership recruitment?
Membership in a sorority is voluntary and is the result of mutual selection. Formal recruitment is a time set aside, usually once a year, for sorority members and unaffiliated women to become better acquainted.
Is my daughter guaranteed membership?
Membership recruitment ends with offers of membership to many of those women who have entered the process.
How much does it cost to join a sorority?
Each sorority has certain fixed expenses including dues, new member fees, and initiation fees. An average cost for membership is included in the sorority membership recruitment brochure. During formal recruitment, our chapter provides an overview of our member financial obligations.
What is my daughter’s responsibility as a member?
Each member is expected to maintain the high standards set by their sorority as well as the values established by the founders of the organization. Each member is also expected to contribute her talents to her sorority.
What is the time commitment?
Each member is expected to meet the set policies of the sorority, and AOII follows detailed procedures to ensure balanced chapter and event programming.
How can membership assist my daughter in succeeding academically?
AOII expects every member to strive to fulfill her academic potential. As a commitment to academic achievement, we offer several forms of support to assist members including study resources and quiet study areas. When a member falls below the chapter’s required grade point average, additional study programs are developed to improve her academic performance. Additionally, we have an alumnae adviser whose focus is the scholastic success of each member. We acknowledge improved and high scholastic achievement with various awards and forms of recognition to our members.
My daughter will make friends in her residence hall and classes. What would be different about sorority friends?
Membership in a sorority is a living and learning experience for women with shared values and objectives. Chapter members develop a special bond of sisterhood and these friendships last beyond the college years and are nurtured by alumnae activities and networking programs that provide opportunities for continued camaraderie, service, and personal development.
How can my daughter get involved?
Women wishing to participate in Formal Recruitment may do so by registering with KSU Panhellenic by visiting http://www.ksupanhellenic.com/KSU_Panhellenic_Council/Recruitment/Recruitment.html
