Colonization A special membership selection process for the introduction of a new national fraternity on the campus. The process typically involves both open house and a series of interviews. Members chosen represent an entirely new organization. Formal Recruitment A one week-period in early August designated by the Panhellenic Association when unaffiliated women may become acquainted with a sorority. Fraternities at Washburn do not have a formal recruitment process.
Men are free to join fraternities at any time during the year.
Fraternity A G reek-letter brotherhood. This term often applies to a sorority as well . Greeks Sorority and fraternity members. In some fraternities, a ritualistic ceremony by which new members receive full membership. Sigma Phi Epsilon has many such ceremonies, and together they are called simply ritual .