Guest Blog: Order of Omega

My name is Ali and I am the Vice President of Public Relations for Order of Omega.  You’re probably wondering, what in the world is Order of Omega? You may have been in an honor society at your high school (i.e. National Honor Society, NEHS, NHHS, etc. etc.). If so, then you already know what Order of Omega is. Just as your high school society makes up a small percentage of greatness within it, so does Order of Omega make up a small percentage of the greatness within the Greek community.  We are a premier leadership honor society that represents the top 3% of Greeks.  We are typically juniors and seniors, but we are students who have exemplified scholarship, leadership, involvement, service and a passion for Greek life and our local community. If you decide to go Greek, you should also make the decision to strive for greatness in your time at Clemson and Order of Omega is one of the ways we can recognize that.  We hope to see you in our society in a couple years, but until then keep striving for greatness! 

Order of Omega gets to put on some awesome events throughout the year from awards banquets to competitions to charity events for the community.  We get the distinct honor of recognizing individuals in the Greek community who are changing the world (or our community) through a program called Greek of the Month each month.  Our mentoring program pairs struggling underclassmen with a great upperclassman role model to help with academics and whatever else they need. 

All in all, Order of Omega is so much more than an honor society.  It is an opportunity to not only honor the current excellence at Clemson, but to be a part of the continuing excellence at Clemson through leadership, scholarship, involvement, service, and above all, a passion for our university and the Greek community.

2014 Order of Omega Executive Board

What to Wear

All PNMs ask "What should I wear for recruitment?" Recruitment starts out casual and gets increasingly dressy as the week goes on. 
Clothing requirements vary from round to round, so we've created this post for ideas and inspiration (not as a specific shopping page.) Please use these fashions as a template for the kinds of looks both sorority women and potential new members will be wearing. The following are examples of appropriate apparel to wear for fall formal recruitment!

Round 1: Open House
Your provided PNM t-shirt will serve as your top for this round. Casual shorts, pants, a skirt and comfortable shoes are most appropriate to wear for these events. 

This round will last two days. You will be visiting a whole new set of sororities on the second day, so it is completely fine to wear the same outfit two days in a row. 

 

Round 2: Philanthropy

This round is a bit dressier, but still pretty casual. Dress will include shorts or a skirt with a top, sundresses, and comfortable shoes.

 

Round 3: Sisterhood Round
This round is a more formal than the previous rounds. Sundresses and skirts with comfortable shoes are the most appropriate.

 

Round 4: Preference Round

This is the most formal round of recruitment. Dresses or skirts and dressy shoes are appropriate to wear.

      

Social Media Clean-up

It goes without saying that first impressions matter. Your social media represents who you are and you want to be sure that you're representing yourself in the best light possible.

Take a look at some tips to clean up social media to ensure you're recruitment ready:

1. Change your profile picture to a simple, cute one of only you. Just to be safe, stay away from any pictures of you holding a beverage of any kind.
2. Put your profiles on private. You can allow your profile picture to be seen, but people who are not your friends cannot view. On Twitter you can set your profile to private too. You have to approve all followers on this setting.
3. Put uploaded and tagged pictures on private. We all have those friends that tag us in those not so glamorous pictures.
4. Put only things that show the best you on your information pages. Think of it like your résumé.
5. It’s probably safe to say that we are Pinterest machines! Take a look at your Pinterest boards. Make sure that none of them are dedicated to something that isn’t appropriate.
6. Don't post about recruitment during recruitment. This may seem like common sense, but as they say, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

By rule of thumb, if you wouldn’t want your parents or grandparents to see it, don’t post it.

Google yourself. Would you be proud to see what shows up?  What things have you done to clean up your profile?