UF Panhellenic and UF Interfraternity Council announced a record-breaking Fall recruitment season on Instagram, with 1,761 and over 1,300 registrations, respectively.
Recruitment for the Panhellenic Council was from Aug. 15 to Aug. 23, and those involved had the opportunity to visit and speak with all the chapters in rounds to mutually match with one. The Interfraternity Council recruitment began Aug. 24 and ended Aug. 30. Interfraternity chapters hosted house tours and individual events.
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Andy Brantmeyer, a 20-year-old UF agricultural operations management junior, is a member of Alpha Gamma Rho, a social and professional agricultural fraternity. Currently, he helps manage AGR’s finances, but he served as rush president last spring semester.
“When I was rush president, pretty much what I served as was a liaison between the proposed executive team for the president and vice president and coordinated to make sure people were comfortable and happy with everything going on,” Brantmeyer said. “In Alpha Gamma Rho, we have eliminated pledging. Essentially you come to a week of events, and following that you’re initiated.”
Brantmeyer said he thinks it is great for the record number of individuals to be interested in Greek life this semester.
“For us, that’s good because it’s just a bigger pool we can pull from. It gives us more options for guys that we might want to bring in,” he said. “But the process is pretty much the same, we look for the same qualities. [We want] guys who we think represent our organization well, and for guys to exhibit strong character.”
