Women's Rush

Posted on behalf of Teresa Bowyer and Roberto Restrepo, the rush/orientation co-chairs:
Being a part of Greek Life at Trinity is one of the best decisions we've made in college. Even if you end up not joining a sorority or a fraternity, it's a great way to meet friends in your own class year, too. What does it mean to be Greek at Trinity though? To start off, there are no national (Panhellenic) sororities at Trinity, although there is one national (IFC) fraternity. We also have a longer rush process than most other schools do - rush officially starts October 9th and lasts through Bid Day in February. Greek Council had a rush kick-off pizza party on the day rush started, but it’s not too late to put your name on the master rush list! Just email Teresa Bowyer (tbowyer@trinity.edu) or Roberto Restrepo (rrestrep@trinity.edu). If your name is on the list, the sororities and fraternities will all get a master copy and will be able to contact you throughout rush. Then they will probably be contacting you to go to informal events, which are a great way to get to know members one-on-one, as well as their formal parties. Each sorority hosts two formal parties in the fall, a first round and a date party. Each fraternity has one formal rush event in the fall. Look at the calendar on the Greek Council webpage to see these dates! All of these events (formal and informal) are totally optional, so you can go to whatever fits into your schedule and you are most interested in. Don't stress about making it to everything because we've all been in your position before and understand that you have homework and other things to take care of, too. Next semester there will be an all-sorority dessert party when school starts and it will explain the remainder of the women’s process like RSVP and Pref. The men will each have one additional formal rush event in the spring. To take a bid in the spring there is a minimum GPA (2.0, 2.5 for athletes), so be sure to keep your grades up this semester so you can join a sorority or fraternity if you decide you want to. If this doesn’t answer all of your questions, feel free to email us about anything else now or in the future. We hope to meet you soon!