{"id":1911,"date":"2026-09-18T12:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1911"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:54:08","slug":"fraternity-and-sorority-life-information-session","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/event\/fraternity-and-sorority-life-information-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraternity and Sorority Life Information Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Furman, we practice deferred recruitment. Students have an entire first semester to excel in classes, build friendships across campus, and discover what matters most to them before exploring Greek membership. This approach puts student success first.<\/p>\n<p>For parents and families whose student may be considering joining Greek Life, this information session will help you learn more about fraternity and sorority recruitment, membership opportunities, leadership development, and the experiences of current members.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/09\/FSL-1280-x-720-px.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1912\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1912 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/09\/FSL-1280-x-720-px-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Two students sit together (woman on the left, man on the right). There is chicken wire between them and the camera lens and they are in the process of &quot;pomping&quot; which is to add tissue paper into the holes of the chicken wire, from which parade or Homecoming floats are built.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/09\/FSL-1280-x-720-px-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/09\/FSL-1280-x-720-px-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/09\/FSL-1280-x-720-px-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/09\/FSL-1280-x-720-px.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions to the Fraternity &amp; Sorority Life Info Session from Trone Student Center atrium:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #582c83\">If entering the Trone Student Center on the 2nd level<\/span><\/strong> (from the direction of Daniel Chapel and the James B. Duke Library), you will proceed through the atrium and then turn left, passing the fire place and lounge area.\u00a0 Proceed up a small flight of stairs (handicap access ramp also available to the right) and then veer to the right.\u00a0 Proceed down a short hall before taking another right down a longer hallway lined with locked cabinets.\u00a0 Room 208 will be the last door on the left.\u00a0 There will be signage and personnel within the building to help guide you.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #582c83\">If entering the Trone Student Center from the ground level<\/span><\/strong> (by the bookstore and P2X mail center), you will proceed upstairs. At the top of the stairs take an immediate right. Proceed up a small flight of stairs (handicap access ramp also available to the right) and then veer to the right.\u00a0 Proceed down a short hall before taking another right down a longer hallway lined with locked cabinets.\u00a0 Room 208 will be the last door on the left.\u00a0 There will be signage and personnel within the building to help guide you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Furman, we practice deferred recruitment. Students have an entire first semester to excel in classes, build friendships across campus, and discover what matters most to them before exploring Greek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[1101],"tribe_events_cat":[1102,1090],"class_list":["post-1911","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-family-weekend","tribe_events_cat-family-weekend","tribe_events_cat-student-involvement","cat_family-weekend","cat_student-involvement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/433"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1929,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1911\/revisions\/1929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}