Alpha Chi Omega at USC!
Recruitment & New Member Program
Alpha Chi Omega participates in formal recruitment through USC's Office of Greek Life. All Alpha Chi sisters are very excited about Recruitment 2010. We would like to welcome all of the potential new members to the University of South Carolina and wish each of you the best of luck throughout the Recruitment process as well as your collegiate career as a Gamecock!
Keep in mind that throughout the week, Recruitment days are long and begin early each morning. Remember to drink plenty of water, eat well, and get lots of rest! Recruitment is always an exciting time for our chapter and we, the sisters of Alpha Chi Omega, look forward to meeting you during Recruitment 2010!
Recruitment is held at the beginning of each fall semester in August.
This year's Recruitment is scheduled for August 17-22, 2010.
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Alpha Chi is so excited about this year's recruitment and can't wait to welcome its newest members on Bid Day!
The Membership Selection Process...
When a young woman accepts a bid for membership in Alpha Chi Omega, she is welcomed and accepted as she is, and she will never be expected to fit a specific mold. Potential new members are selected for membership in Alpha Chi after meeting our five national standards of membership. 
The sisters of Alpha Chi, Theta Upsilon Chapter included, all exemplify to the best of our ability the personal qualities of character, leadership, academic interest, personal development and financial responsibility.
After receiving a bid from Alpha Chi, new members participate in an educational program meant to help them make a smooth transition into college life and a lifetime membership in Alpha Chi Omega. This includes education on the history of Alpha Chi Omega nationally and at the University of South Carolina, as well as sisterhood events and socials.
New members receive a buddy on Bid Day who helps welcome them with a brand new Alpha Chi Omega bag and lots of fun goodies! This sister is one of three buddies a new member will receive during her first three weeks as a new member. Bid Day starts the beginning of the Alpha, Chi, and Omega weeks, with buddies for each week. These buddies are typically sophomores who will be taking a new member as their little sister in the chapter. This allows sisters an opportunity to get to know the new members and the new members an opportunity to get to know the sisters!
Several weeks later, new members and chapter members taking a little sister are matched through a mutually selective process. We then have a Big Sis/ Lil Sis Revealing Week, where new members get Alpha Chi gifts and clues about who their new Big Sis may be. After Revealing Night, the new pair make presents for each other that are given out at the Fall Sisterhood Retreat.
New members are also placed in groups of around eight girls and are given a Lyre Leader, an older chapter member who will serve as their mentor and help them with their transition into Greek Life. This leader reminds them of upcoming Alpha Chi events, takes them to dinner and movies and helps them find their own, unique place in Alpha Chi.
The Vice President Education and the Assistant Vice President Education oversee all new member education. These women are dedicated to showing our new members just how much Alpha Chi means to each of its sisters.
