FSL Delayed Recruitment Policy

Joining fraternities and sororities will be delayed the first 3 weeks of the fall semester each academic year for first-year students. 

Beginning the Monday of the fourth week of classes in the fall semester, fraternities and sororities will be eligible to recruit or conduct intake for first-year students as part of the joining process designed by their council, chapter, and/or inter/national organization. 

Beginning the first day of the fall semester, fraternities and sororities are eligible to recruit or conduct intake for the following classifications of University of Iowa students as part of the joining process designated by their council, chapter, and/or inter/National organization:

• Students in their second semester or beyond
• Transfer students 

Council Specific Considerations

Interfraternity Council (IFC)

Formal recruitment dates will be established after the 3-week delayed window during a timeframe that considers campus traditions, events, and spiritual holidays. IFC organizations are eligible to host recruitment events and extend bids to any students beyond their first semester at the University of Iowa or transfer students before the formal recruitment process hosted by the Council. 

Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)

If MGC organizations plan to recruit first-year students, they must delay chapter recruitment activities until the Monday of the fourth week of the fall semester. If MGC organizations plan to recruit only students beyond their first semester or transfer students, they may begin recruitment activities on the first day of the first week of the fall semester.

National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)

NPHC organizations will be able to conduct intake any time throughout the academic year due to their individual chapter eligibility requirements (i.e. credits earned).

Panhellenic Council (PHC)

Primary recruitment dates will be established after the 3-week delayed window during a timeframe that considers campus traditions, events, and spiritual holidays. PHC organizations are not able to conduct continuous open bidding (COB) when registration for primary recruitment is open, so chapters are unable to extend bids to students beyond their first semester at the University of Iowa or transfer students before primary recruitment. In the fall semester, students beyond their first semester at the University of Iowa or transfer students can participate in either primary recruitment or COB after primary recruitment has concluded.