IFC Recruitment

To stay up to date on IFC Information be sure to check their website and follow IFC on Instagram (@utkifc).

• Fall Recruitment is a formal recruitment. Registered potential new members (PNMs) will spend a week getting to know every chapter in the Interfraternity Community. Throughout the week at the beginning of the semester, you will spend time with the chapters you want to get to know more about. At the end of the week, formal bids will be given out. All active chapters participate in this recruitment.
• Spring Recruitment is an informal, or less structured, style of recruitment. Registration is still required, but not all chapters will participate. Similarly to fall, there will be an IFC sponsored week of activities at the beginning of the semester, but there will be an extended period of time after the sponsored events where PNMs and chapters will have the ability to get to know each other outside of recruitment events. Each chapter sets their own bid day.
• 365 Recruitment is on-going. Every chapter in the IFC believes in continuous recruitment throughout the year. Chapters can take 1-2 classes a semester or 1-4 classes of new members a year. This means that chapters can recruit new members throughout the semester without someone going through fall or spring recruitment. Not all chapters will extend bids throughout the year, but a majority of chapters will create relationships with PNMs before they sign up for recruitment. Relationship building is the best way to determine which chapter is the best fit for someone going through recruitment.

Fall 2024 Important Dates:

• Registration opens: May 1
• *Early-Bird Registration ($100): May 1 – May 31
• *Priority Registration ($110): June 1 – June 30
• Late Registration ($120): July 1 – August 12
• *Move-in: August 12-13
• Orientation: August 13
• Bid Day: August 18 at 9:00 AM
• Beginning of 365 Recruitment: August 18 at Noon
• IFC 101: August 26 at 7:00 PM
• New Member Orientation Health and Safety Module: Due September 30
• Spring 2025 Recruitment Registration Opens: December 2

*Early Bird & Priority registration guarantees early move-in for PNMs living on campus. Late registration will not have guaranteed early move-in for University Housing. 

IFC operates on a yearly recruitment schedule, so opportunities focus on Spring and Fall recruitments hosted by IFC for all chapters. Informal recruitment takes place after bid day and before finals each semester and is something that each individual chapters chooses to do.

Bids can be distributed starting on Bid Day and continuing through out the semester; however, any new member given a bid during the semester must have adequate time to complete a new member program and initiation within that same semester. Bids cannot be distributed or promised after classes end until the next IFC sponsored Bid Day.

2024 Move-In Information

Moving into University Housing requires students to make an appointment to move in. Those that registered by June 30 are guaranteed an early move-in appointment from Monday, August 12 – Tuesday, August 13. Those registered after June 30 may still be eligible for early move-in appointments as they are available, however spots will not be guaranteed. For more information about Move In, please visit University Housing’s website and be sure to check your Volmail account regularly!

This is for on-campus housing only.