Recruitment Workshops

January 7-10, 2010

Recruitment workshop is a time we when our chapter finally reunites back in New Orleans after a long winter break apart. We dedicate an entire week before the start of school to spend going over the ins and outs of recruitment. We would begin every morning learning and rehearsing our Pi Beta Phi songs to the point where these catchy tunes would actually fill our heads for the rest of the day whether we wanted them to or not. Pi Phi spirit and pride hit an all time high during this week. Despite the mundane yet imperative lessons on recruitment regulations, our moral remained high as we got to bond with every single girl in our sorority. During workshop our sisterhood was cemented as we all had to work together and prepare to act as a unit for recruitment. Every sister had the same goal of carrying out our Pi Phi values the best we could in order to recruit a new group of equally-valued girls. It was up to each of us to uphold our virtues for we would now be responsible for the future members of Pi Phi. Bearing such a huge weight on our shoulders did not frighten us, however, as it actually brought us together like nothing ever could. All week we sported our Pi Phi shirts as a symbol of our pride. Every day we took lunch breaks together discussing the day's events. At night we went out together to enjoy our time with one another even further. Most sororities may have resented all the stress and drama during recruitment workshop but Pi Phi thrived on this time for us to grow as a chapter and prepare for our incoming class. It was this high-spirited attitude that allowed us to take on recruitment itself with enthusiasm that in the end reflected itself in our amazing new pledge class.