While Interfraternity and Panhellenic Council fraternities and sororities ready themselves for new pledge classes, the historically black fraternities and sororities on campus adhere to a different membership intake process.

National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternities and sororities do not participate in formal recruitment. Instead, they invite interested individuals to begin by introducing themselves to the organization.

“NPHC doesn't go through a formal process,” said junior and treasurer of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity Chris Griffin. “People show interest by attending events. They might fill out an information form, go to informational or interest meetings, and basically just show their face to the people in the organization."

If a new addition to the chapter is being made to the fraternity or sorority, interested members must fill out an application, meet the GPA requirements and be asked to join the official membership intake process. NPHC fraternities and sororities typically do not accept new members every semester or year, which explains their smaller size compared to IFC and Panhellenic organizations.

Senior and president of Zeta Phi Beta sorority Whitney Hubbard said the addition of new members is at the discretion of the organization and the new potential members are kept discreet to the campus community until the probate. The probate is the formal presentation of the new members to the campus community.

Hubbard advises potential interests to weigh their options in choosing Greek life, research the history behind the organizations and talk to members for information.  

“I think that people want to be Greek just to be Greek,” said Hubbard. “Or they like the people in that organization and just want to be apart of something. (Potential new members) need to truly want to continue and expand upon the ideals of that specific organization.”

“Many people feel like their work stops once they become Greek, but truly the work doesn’t start until you fully come into the organization,” she said.