Sorority members and recruits met in Leo Lounge for rush week events.
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Andrew Mannion, Sports Editor
This past week, the Sigma Delta Tau sorority (SDT) kicked off spring recruitment. The organization’s recruitment, also referred to as “rush week,” is meant to draw in potential members and connect them to the sisters of SDT.
The week spanned from Monday, Feb. 3 through Friday, Feb. 7, and included three events. These included philanthropy on night one, scholarship on night two and a sisterhood event for night three. The events were focused on creating bonds between the sisters and potential members. With rush happening in both the spring and fall semesters, the sorority is constantly recruiting potential new members throughout the year.
Recruitment is the life of the sorority, as that is how all members are brought into SDT. Without new recruits, the sorority would not exist. Maggie Shediac, the president of SDT, spoke about how recruitment helps the sorority.
“Rush is extremely important to our sorority specifically because we are a smaller chapter compared to many of larger schools with SDT chapters,” Shediac said. “For us, recruitment is integral in terms of expanding our sisterhood and ensuring we have dedicated sisters that will continue the SDT legacy. Rush this semester went extremely well with our newly elected E-board, and I am very hopeful that the rest of the semester will continue to go just as well with our new members.”
SDT also has a new executive board for this calendar year. This is the E-Board’s first recruitment since taking charge and planning the events. There are plenty of new ideas that have come to the sorority with the new executive board. Brooke Hill, the recruitment chair of SDT, spoke on how the new board has worked together to make rush week special.
“I enjoy finding our groove, as we have a whole new E-board this semester,” Hill said. “This is my first recruitment that I’m putting on. It comes with planning everything and seeing everything come into a full picture. The first few days have just been meeting all the girls and it’s been great.”
With the new position, Hill is able to shake things up a bit. Like many, Hill came into her new position with ideas of how to make positive changes for the group.
“I’ve been trying to make it fun for all of the active sisters,” Hill said. “There’s 66 of us right now, I can imagine that’s intimidating to walk into (as a PNM), but also making sure all of us get to participate in something. That’s vital for me and growing our sorority is really important to me as well. Rush week is essentially five days of us all being together, and I know that can be a lot for all the girls. My main goal this time is to make it fun for the active sisters.”
The first event of rush week, scholarship night, was held to show the scholarly and professional values the sorority focuses on. The scholarship chair, Scarlett Demasi, wrote to The Quadrangle explaining the event.
“For our second day of rush, I had the honor to speak in front of the active sisters and potential new members,” Demasi wrote. “Scholarship is a significant part of the sorority and is valued for our accomplishments and the academic help we have to offer. I am so proud of the hard work the girls put into rush, and I look forward to the rest of the events we have this semester!”
With rush week coming to an end and the potential new members selected, SDT is looking forward to another successful semester of sisterhood.