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KU sororities add 567 new members

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LAWRENCE — Sororities at the University of Kansas pledged 567 women during fall formal recruitment, the KU Panhellenic Association has announced.

The number represents an increase from 2006 fall recruitment when 550 students affiliated with sororities.

More than 750 women took part in recruitment, and all 13 of KU’s Panhellenic Association sororities added new members, said Laura Bauer, program director for Fraternity and Sorority Life. Membership bids were extended to women who completed the recruitment process.

Bauer said this year the Panhellenic Association implemented an online recruitment tool, Campus Director, which allowed women to create an account and register online for recruitment. The new system also allowed the recruitment counselors and sorority chapters to perform all of their data entry and new member updates online.

In addition to the 13 groups with Panhellenic Association affiliation, two sororities with student chapters at KU are members of National Pan-Hellenic Council. They hold invitational activities throughout the fall semester, and their new members’ names are announced in the spring. These sororities are Alpha Kappa Alpha and Zeta Phi Beta. Sigma Lambda Gamma is a member of the National Association for Latino Fraternal Organizations and also will hold informational meetings throughout the fall semester.

Sororities that are part of KU’s Panhellenic Association are Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Delta Tau and Sigma Kappa.

New members are listed below by home county or state.

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