After pinning brothers and pledges took a photo on the stairs to the porch

This spring rush ran a little differently, Vice President of Member Recruitment Jagat Sachdeva and Rush Chair Spencer Hopkins spearheaded a shift in how the brotherhood connects with potential new members. Rather than traditional rush the brothers got involved with potential new members in more casual settings–watching football games or sitting around a fire. Associate Member Educator Ricky Pham appreciated the new dynamic saying, “I feel like rush stations were a big success, it was a lot nicer to get to know someone in a more casual setting.” This new approach garnered a great response from pledges as well, the brotherhood managed a 100% conversion rate of bids to pledges. The chapter’s 9 new pledges are excited to become involved with the brotherhood. They are involved in a wide breadth of campus activities, including but not limited to the MILL, YJSP, ANS, and RoboJackets. As they prepare for their pledge semester one brother shared, “I’m really happy with the guys we recruited, I think they’re exactly the type of people we want in DU.” Ricky Pham is also looking to modify the pledge experience and improve the thought that goes behind big/little pairings, “My approach to pledge ed is to let these guys shine and encourage them to come around more because I think they’ll initiate no problem as long as they put in the time and effort.” This semester’s big/little pairings were an exciting affair, associate member CJ Bonner was very excited to learn who his big was saying that he wanted to get to know his new big and have someone to serve as a connection to the brotherhood. After Big/Little reveal the associate members received many gifts and advice from their new bigs about how to handle the pledge process.