WHAT IS PANHELLENIC?
The Panhellenic Council at USM is the governing body for the twelve sororities on campus. Being the governing body, they are responsible for setting all policies and regulations that concern the sorority system. The council is made up of eight executive members, chapter presidents, and one representative from each sorority. Panhellenic coordinates several events on campus, educational programs, and many community service projects.

THE PANHELLENIC CREED
We, the undergraduate members of women's fraternities, stand for good scholarship, for guarding of good health, for maintenance of fine standards, and for serving, to the best of our ability, our college community. Cooperation for furthering fraternity life, in harmony with its best possibilities, is the ideal that shall guide our fraternity activities.

We, fraternity women, stand for service through the development of character inspired by close contact and deep friendship of individual fraternity and Panhellenic life. The opportunity for wide and wise human service, through mutual respect and helpfulness, is the tenet by which we strive to live.

PANHELLENIC CODE OF ETHICS
Whereas membership in Greek letter organizations should be based on the highest moral and scholastic standards, we as a Panhellenic Council seek to pursue the growth of our minds by upholding honorable ideals attainable through the common experiences of sisterhood. We pledge our support to the betterment of college women through education and leadership training so they may be a benefit to the greater community and their alma mater. We are a group of individual women with a variety of personalities striving to live up to our ideals on the individual, chapter, and Panhellenic levels. With this common goal, we respect each other and all sororities who want to operate in an environment in which we can become educated, upstanding women of virtue.

WHAT IS A "REC"?
A "Rec" is a recommendation or reference made by an alumna or collegiate member of a sorority that a recruit should be a future member. You might be asked to provide a picture and information about yourself along with your high school/college activities so a rec/reference may be written. Do not worry if you are not contacted. Each sorority has its own process for collecting this information. Any reference may be sent to the Office of Greek Life and then forwarded to the appropriate sorority. (Office of Greek Life, Box 5008, Hattiesburg, MS 39406)

WHAT SORORITY IS BEST FOR YOU?
In making this decision, the most important thing to do is to keep an open mind through the entire week of recruitment. You may come to recruitment with an idea of what sorority you would like to belong to, but the things you learn at recruitment may lead you to change your mind. So remember, the chapter you choose will be the girls you live with, share your most private thoughts with and the people who will see you through the most important years of your life. Joining a chapter is a life long commitment; make sure you take everything that you have learned and experienced into consideration and choose the one where you see yourself the most.