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Dear Potential New Members,
My name is Anna Clayton Dameron, and I have the honor of serving as the Membership Vice President for the Zeta Xi chapter of Alpha Xi Delta! My goal is to ensure every potential new member has an amazing experience during recruitment. I’m so excited to introduce you to the incredible home I’ve found in Alpha Xi Delta!
I can’t wait to meet each and every one of you! Recruitment at Auburn is an exciting time, full of opportunities to discover where you belong. These next four years will be some of the best of your life, and recruitment is the perfect way to start this journey. While we’re eager to share our love for Alpha Xi Delta with you, recruitment is truly all about you. By staying true to yourself and keeping an open mind, you’ll be able to fully embrace everything this experience has to offer. We’re looking forward to learning what makes each of you so special!
Alpha Xi Delta has been a blessing beyond words for me. From the moment I stepped through its doors, I was met with genuine kindness and a deep sense of belonging. This sisterhood has brought amazing women into my life—friends who inspire me, challenge me, and love me unconditionally. These women have become my family and have made Auburn truly feel like home. It’s my hope that you’ll experience the same sense of love and acceptance that we’ve all found here. In times of uncertainty and transition, one thing is certain—there’s a place for you at Auburn, and we hope that place is with Alpha Xi Delta.
I am so excited to welcome you and to discover what makes you unique. I can’t wait for you to meet my sisters and for them to get to know you as well!
TFJ,
Anna Clayton Dameron
Meet Our Membership Vice President
What to expect during Recruitment...
Potential New Member Orientation
After you get settled into your new home away from home, you will meet your Pi Chi and the girls in your recruitment group. You will meet with these girls each morning before you start your day! This group is so special and you will be able to lean on them throughout the week.
Ice Water Tea Parties
Ice Water Tea parties are the first round of Recruitment where you get an introduction to every sorority. You will get to watch videos made by each sorority with your Pi Chi. This round is the perfect start to such an exciting week!
Philanthropy
Following Ice Water Teas, Philanthropy parties take place over a three-day period. Each chapter will explain their philanthropy and tell you how they get involved throughout the year. What better way to learn more about your potential sisters?
Sisterhood
Sisterhood parties may be the most exciting and fun round of recruitment! Each chapter room is decorated to show the chapter's personality. The sisters get to show you their favorite things about their chapter! By this point in the week, you should begin to have an idea of where you will call home for the next four years!
Preference Day
Preference parties are the last parties before bid day. They are more serious than the other parties throughout the week. Each chapter will express how their sisterhood has changed their lives and what it means to belong to their sisterhood, so don’t be surprised if you see tears! Although emotions may be running high, everyone will be waiting with smiling faces and open arms to greet you on Bid Day!
My name is Ivey Davis, and I am so incredibly blessed to be serving as this year's New Member Orientation Chair, or "Mama Bear." I am overjoyed to welcome home our new member class and help guide them through the ups and downs that freshman year entails. As Mama Bear, I have the privilege of being beside each new member as they learn more about themselves and fall in love with the Auburn experience. I ensure that all new members will feel loved, welcomed, and valued as a sister of Alpha Xi Delta and as individuals. I promise to always be a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen, and your biggest cheerleader. While freshman year is fun and consists of several exciting things, the season of transition can be challenging and hard. My job is to be a Mama Bear to all new members during the difficult and exciting times to ensure that each girl feels secure in Alpha Xi Delta and the Auburn community. To the potential new members about to go through recruitment, one piece of advice I can give you is that no person or process is perfect, so just be yourself. Keep on smiling and push through the disappointments because you will end up where you are meant to be. This week may be overwhelming and full of emotions, but don't lose heart or let your smile dull, for the Lord will give you strength. You are beautiful, talented, and unique in your own way, so give yourself grace and be proud of yourself. Celebrate the little things and remember that everything works out for a reason. I am so proud of each of you and cannot wait to meet and lead Alpha Xi Delta's new members.
XOXI,
Ivey Davis
Meet Our New Member Educator
Legacy Policy
Effective July 29, 2020, Alpha Xi Delta has eliminated all preferential treatment given to legacies during the recruitment process. The previous policy stated that legacies must be invited through the first round of invitational events. In addition, any legacy who attended the chapter's Preference event had to be placed at the top of the bid list. All chapters will now treat legacies equally to all potential new members during recruitment. Legacies are still defined as any granddaughter, daughter, sister, or niece of an Alpha Xi Delta member in good standing, as well as step- or half-relations resulting from blended or other non-traditional family structures. Potential new members who meet our legacy definition will still be considered a legacy and celebrated after a bid is extended. However, chapters will no longer be permitted to give them preferential treatment throughout the recruitment process.
Recommendation Policy
Auburn Alpha Xi Delta welcomes recommendations, but they are not required.
Alumna can forward all letters of recommendation to the following email address:
Auburn University Fall Formal Recruitment Dates
June 1: Recruitment registration begins online
July 14: Registration deadline
August 9: Kickoff & Virtual Ice Water Teas Round
August 10-12: In-Person Philanthropy Round
August 13-15: In-Person Sisterhood Round
August 16: In-Person Preference Round
August 17: Bid Day!