We, as undergraduate members, 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, as fraternity [members], stand for service through the development of character inspired by the 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.
Purpose and Mission of the National Panhellenic Council
The purpose of the National Panhellenic Conference is to promote and advance the common interest, and experience of sororities. [At Knox, the Council] achieves this through interfraternal cooperation and strong partnerships with college and representatives to support high academic and social standards for [members].
We are committed to relationships built on trust through transparency, accountability, and mutual respect. Innovation and our core values of friendship, leadership, service, knowledge, integrity, and community guide us in fulfilling our mission.
*(Paraphrased from the NPC Manual 2019)
NPC imposes various Unanimous Agreements that member chapters voted to put in place and that help guide chapter operations. You may read these agreements for more information, or check out this document that summarizes them!
Provide lifelong value through national and international Alumnae networks, connections and friendships.
Create, through ideals, an ever-widening circle of service beyond membership.
Develop an individual’s potential through leadership opportunities and group effort.
Fill the need of belonging.
Recruitment
The Knox College Panhellenic Association and Panhellenic Council (CPA) hosts primary recruitment using the Continuous Recruitment style at the beginning of winter term. Sorority recruitment is value-based and doesn’t require participants to do anything but be themselves while visiting houses and interacting with current members, and respecting each other’s space, time, and commitments to the community. Prior to primary recruitment, we invite you to attend our primary recruitment information meetings, which will be advertised during the fall and winter terms. Interested students may request more information using the Interest Form.
What each organization provides to its members and the Knox community is powered in part by their financial capabilities. Membership dues go to the Knox Panhellenic Council and National Panhellenic Council, your own organization, house bills, collegiate executive officer budgets, chapter events, and philanthropy events. All sororities at Knox have payment plans or scholarships for which members can apply to help make being in a sorority possible. For new members, initial dues are at their highest as they cover a member pin and initiation fees as well. Dues for each term may differ in price due to certain events that happen in each term, depending on the sorority.
Inclusivity and Stigma
We are actively striving to gain an understanding of how we can support potential new members of varying backgrounds and identities. Our goal is to build an equitable environment that is diverse and inclusive for all. Currently, we are working towards our goal by providing a value-based recruitment process, which allows potential new members to connect with current members sharing core values and genuine conversations. We understand that historically sorority life has been extremely exclusionary. Therefore, we are committed to dismantling the systems that perpetuate those beliefs. For example, we do not favor participants with sorority alumnae connections and don’t require or seek recommendations for recruitment. In the end, we understand that this process is not simple and we are consistently learning how to better our strategies and processes.
Knox College Panhellenic Council meets weekly to discuss upcoming chapter events, programs, and community concerns. The council is made up of one delegate from each of our Panhellenic chapters, which together compose the Knox Panhellenic Association. The council is responsible for the selection and training of our Recruitment Counselors, planning formal recruitment, and building community among the three sororities on campus: Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Pi Beta Phi. Knox College Panhellenic Council partners with the Interfraternity Council to plan events that promote interfraternal unity.
