Today we're talking about one of the biggest questions potential new members have prior to recruitment:

What are the expectations of chapter membership?

The time commitment, financial aspects, housing experience, behavioral expectations, and so much more that contributes to a meaningful commitment to your organization. Today, Cassie breaks down these expectations, both the myths and reality of them to give potential new members a better idea of what their chapter membership experience may look like.

Whether your a potential new member or a current member looking to prepare your chapter for recruitment, today's episode offers guidance, clarity, and a fresh perspective on the expectations of membership.

So what's the difference between joining a sorority or joining another campus organization?

We're led to believe that joining a sorority prohibits us from joining any other campus organizations, but in reality, being a part of a chapter only empowers us further to be leaders in all kinds of communities on our campuses. What a sorority does is give us lifelong friendships, leadership experiences, and a sisterhood built on values we share rather than interests. Today's episode features a perfect example of the blend between both types of involvement with our guest, Ashley Beers.

Throughout Ashley's time in college, she served as the vice president of recruitment and later chapter president, while also being a leader in ROTC, mock trial, and multiple other campus organizations. Ashley tells the story of her sorority journey and how valuable it's been not only in her chapter president role, but in her involvement all across campus. Ashley helps us understand the importance of being involved with both values-based sorority chapters and interest-based campus organizations.

So you think you want to join a sorority?

This month, we're exploring all the Greek life topics that may have you on the fence about registering for recruitment this fall. This week we're diving into the stereotypes surrounding Greek life, and helping you understand what a sorority is and what it's not.

Today we talk myth vs. fact with Alyssa Ciango, the Associate Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Miami University of Ohio. Alyssa shares her wealth of knowledge on the recruitment experience, the myths she's seen, and how to approach the sorority experience well before the first day of recruitment. Alyssa also has advice for current members and chapter leaders to know as we head into the season of recruitment.

Whether you're on the fence about registering for recruitment, or even a current chapter leader looking to redefine what the sorority experience looks like for PNMs, today's episode is for you.

Serving on a committee or in a leadership role within your chapter helps you develop all kinds of life skills within your sorority. Whether you serve on a recruitment committee, secretary, or even chapter president, the skills you learn through your sorority experience can translate to a professional workplace setting after your collegiate experience.

How can we use the skills we've learned in our chapters to land our dream jobs? Today, we hear from Maddy Hine on how she found her dream job using skills she learned from leadership roles in her chapter. Maddy explains what skills have been the most crucial in the workplace, how to articulate those skills in an interview, and why her sorority experience was so impactful within her career.

Whether your navigating what to do after graduation, or weighing the professional development benefits of a sorority experience, today we'll dive into the impact of your sorority journey on your future career.

Hot Girl Summer is right around the corner! The transition into the summer months can be a great time to begin new habits and lifestyle changes, especially surrounding your personal health.

Our social media platforms are flooded with fear-based marketing, unrealistic body standards, and unhealthy habits related to personal health . Today, we sit down with Katy Saltsman to talk all about these myths and how we can create positive health cultures for ourselves and those around us.

We can be the ones to create supportive communities that celebrate women beyond their physical appearance and offers practical tips for tracking health indicators that go beyond the scale.

Whether it's in your chapter or your circle of friends at home this summer, learn how you can be the one to create this positive healthy community for those around you.

Your sisterhood is meant to be a lifelong commitment, but what does it look like to actually be active in our sorority after graduation?

The alumni experience gives women the opportunity to not just meet sisters from other universities, but build new meaningful relationships with sisters they never knew in college to give back to the collegiate experience and support philanthropic efforts. Today, Erin Donegan gives us an inside look into the alumni experience and how valuable it's been to her sorority journey. Erin's sorority experience didn't stop after graduation; her alumni chapter has brought her sincere friendships and valuable experiences she's excited to share, along with her advice for recent college graduates.

If you're graduating wondering how your sorority experience could possible continue or in the middle of your journey looking for inspiration for the future, this episode is for you.

Are you tired yet? After the past three weeks of awards ceremonies, Greek Week events, scholarship banquets, and senior send offs, do you feel like your celebrating the community or competing for your place in it?

As we end the academic year, I hope you find a breath of fresh air in this week's episode. Let's exchange our goals to be the best in our community (and consequently communicating to our members that our worth has to be earned) for a lived reality of a chapter who enjoys the company of its members and values the experiences enough to hope to share it with new sisters this fall.

ICYMI: Our 2025 Summer Internship application is open! We are looking for two ambitious sorority leaders to drive Her Sorority Journey's social media strategy & educational resource development over the next few months.

When one door opens, another closes. It's a bittersweet season to dream about our next intern team while celebrating the amazing work, investment, and personal growth of our interns coming to the end of the terms and collegiate sorority journeys.

If you're at all curious about what it might look like to be a Her Sorority Journey intern, you have to tune in to hear Aubrey + Taylor's greatest takeaways from their past year and their hope for those who step into their roles next!

Apply here! Application closes 4/25/25.