Each of these two councils are composed of elected student leaders whose responsibilities include setting standards of excellence, developing educational programs and holding campus-wide Greek community service projects for our chapters. The Greek community prides itself on scholarship, leadership and service. In order to join a Greek organization potential members will participate in Recruitment, a semester-long orientation process where potential members learn more about the different organizations and meet their members. Hanover participates in deferred recruitment, meaning membership invitations for first-year students are not extended until the beginning of Winter term. For men, the pre-recruitment process involves three different events by our four fraternities throughout first term and concludes with Formal Recruitment during the first week of Winter term.
Recruitment is a mutual selection process between potential members and chapters.
Not only do the organizations select new members, but potential members also select a chapter with which they would like to be affiliated. Individual chapters, however, may have higher requirements. Membership Education and Scholarship Hanover's fraternitites and sororities each have their own membership education program involving a series of educational programs on topics including wellness, time management, study skills and career development. Many of our Greek cahpters have incentive programs that pair members with study partners and award high achievement in scholarship. Community Service Ech of our eight chapters has a national charity or philanthropy to which their organization regularly contributes time and funds.