Now Accepting Applications for Spring Recruitment.
Please contact Rebekah Horney for more information.
Please contact Rebekah Horney for more information.
Cooperative Recruitment
Look at the Recruitment Application for 2010!
Spring Recruitment
What is recruitment?Recruitment is the selection process one must go through in order to be a member of a cooperative house.
Where do I go the day of recruitment?
Students will meet in Armstrong Hall, Room 1010 the morning of rush. Women are to meet at 8:00 a.m. and Men at 10:00 a.m. Armstrong Hall is located on the corner of Stadium St. and Northwestern Avenue, next to the Physics Building. There is a free parking garage located one block north on Northwestern Avenue. Signs will be posted to direct rushees into building and room. On-site registration will begin for those who have not pre-registered. It is strongly recommended to pre-register to avoid long lines at registration. Parents are welcome to attend Recruitment with their student or be placed in a separate group if so desired. Tours of the houses will begin after registration is completed and rushees are expected to tour all houses that day, spending approximately one hour at each house. At the end of the day members of the houses will take the rushees back to Armstrong 1010 or to their residence hall.
Men’s Recruitment
Rushees should meet in Armstrong Hall, Room 1010 the morning of Recruitment. Armstrong Hall is located on the corner of Stadium St. and Northwestern Avenue, next to the Physics Building. There is a free parking garage located one block north on Northwestern Avenue. Signs will be posted to direct rushees into building and room. On-site registration will begin for those who have not pre-registered. It is strongly recommended to pre-register to avoid long lines at registration. Men will then tour each house for 30 minutes, lunch will be provided at one of the houses. The day will conclude with interviews with the houses. The dress for the day will be business casual.Women’s Recruitment
Women will tour the houses and meet the active members of each house, spending approximately one hour at each of the 7 houses. Dress for Formal Recruitment will be business wear. Meals will be provided. Under extenuating circumstances, Recruitment arrangements can be made with Rebekah Horney, Vice Pesident for Recruitment. After Formal Rush, the rushee will receive invitations in the mail inviting them back to the women’s houses for Informal Recruitment. Women may only attend Informal Recruitment for the houses that they receive invitations back to. Dress for Informal Recruitment will be business casual. After Informal Recruitment, the rushee will rank the houses in order of her preference. The houses will contact the rushees they selected to be members within the week following Informal Recruitment. Rushees will only be contacted by one house. At this time she can accept a bid to live in that cooperative house.Eligibility to Participate in Recruitment
Students must be enrolled or considering enrollment for the fall semester of 2010 at Purdue University. There is 2.25 minimum GPA requirement to participate in Cooperative Recruitment and at least a 2.25 Graduate Index or Semester GPA to be initiated. Most houses have their own minimum GPA requirement, higher than what PCC requires. Students must be able to reach the GPA specified by each individual house and classified as a full time student by Purdue University. If currently a senior in high school, please include your high school GPA. It is not necessary for high school students to convert to a 4.0 scale.Contacts
VP of Recruitment:Rebekah Horney
recruitment@purduecooperatives.org
Office of the Dean of Students
(765) 494-1231
sao@purdue.edu
Cooperative Housing Office
(765) 496-2622
Contact the PCC