Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Mu schedule for colonization:
Aug 12-13 Phi Mu and Alpha Chi participate in Open House, both then withdraw from recruitment
Aug 14-19 All other houses complete formal recruitment and bid process
Aug 19 Marketing begins
Aug 22 Joint Info Sessions, 2 one hour parties
Aug 28 Alpha Chi Events, 2 one hour parties
Aug 29 Phi Mu Events, 2 one hour parties
Sept 4 Phi Mu Events, 2 one hour parties
Sept 5 Alpha Chi Events, 2 one hour parties
Sept 7 PNM Decision Day
Sept 9 Bid Day
Important: PNMs are not required to go to all of the parties, they are required to have an interview.
Here are some articles about the colonizations:
http://www.uatrav.com/2012/new-soror...-ua-officials/
http://www.uatrav.com/2012/a-team-pr...ew-sororities/
And, an article about Beta Theta Pi and Kappa Alpha Order colonizations:
http://newswire.uark.edu/article.aspx?id=18340