{"id":67,"date":"2016-11-30T18:56:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gogreek.utdev3.wpengine.com\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:28:11","slug":"interfraternity-council-ifc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/interfraternity-council-ifc\/","title":{"rendered":"IFC Recruitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p class=\"lead\">The Interfraternity Council (IFC) at UT is composed of 23 active men\u2019s fraternities. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The IFC community is over 150 years old and is proud of its strong tradition of having quality men\u2019s fraternities. Many of the IFC fraternities receive annual awards from their national or international organizations for being among the best in the nation with their programming, academics, philanthropy, and leadership development.<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the IFC is to develop men who lead with integrity, encourage a high level of scholarship, support the development of each chapter, promote a sense of community, and strive to set a standard of excellence for us and others at UT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div class=\"half \">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/utkifc.mycampusdirector2.com\/\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-orange btn-lg btn-block\"><span class=\"ui-provider vb b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Register for IFC Recruitment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div class=\"half \">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/councils-organizations\/interfraternity-council\/\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-orange btn-lg btn-block\">View All IFC Chapters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"clearshortcode\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"orange-mark\">2026 Important IFC Dates and What to Wear<\/h2>\n<p>To stay up to date on IFC information, be sure to check their website and follow IFC on Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/utkifc\">@utkifc<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"half \">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;height: 336px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">May 1:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Recruitment Registration Opens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">May 1 &#8211; 31:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Early-Bird* Registration ($100)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">June 1 &#8211; 30:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Priority* Registration ($110)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">July 1 &#8211; August 9:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Late Registration ($120)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">August 9:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Registration Closes at Midnight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">August 10 &#8211; 11:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">On-Campus Move-In*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">August 11:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Meet Your Captain &amp; Tabling<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; T-shirts and comfortable clothes<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">August 12:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Round 1<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; T-shirts and comfortable clothes<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">August 13:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Orientation<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; T-shirts and comfortable clothes<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">August 13-14:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Rounds 2 and 3<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Polos and pants or shorts<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">August 15:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Preference Round<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Polos and pants or shorts<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px\">\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">August 16:<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 28px\">Bid Day<br \/>\n9 a.m. \u2013 noon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Attire themes are determined by chapter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"half \">\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-67 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/interfraternity-council-ifc\/tshits\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/tshits-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A group of three students wearing cotton shorts, t-shirts, and tennis shoes.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/tshits-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/tshits.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6089'>\n\t\t\t\tT-shirts or comfortable clothing\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/interfraternity-council-ifc\/polos\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/polos-195x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Two students wearing black shorts, polo shirts, and tennis shoes.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/polos-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/polos.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6088'>\n\t\t\t\tPolos and shorts or pants\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/interfraternity-council-ifc\/business-attire\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/business-attire-195x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Two students in business attire. One student wears a navy blue suit jacket and pants with a white collared shirt and tan leather shoes. The other wears navy dress pants, a light blue button down shirt, and an orange and white striped tie.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/business-attire-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/business-attire.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6087'>\n\t\t\t\tBusiness attire\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"clearshortcode\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"orange-mark\">IFC Year-Round Recruitment Philosophy<\/h2>\n<p>Year-Round Recruitment is a philosophy around the idea that recruitment happens year-round. 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 chapter chooses to do.<\/p>\n<p>Bids can be distributed starting on Bid Day and continuing throughout 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.<\/p>\n<h3>Fall IFC Recruitment<\/h3>\n<p>This 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.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" img-circle alignright wp-image-5343\" src=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/329235_20210429_Sorority_Fraternity_Lifestyle_250.jpg\" alt=\"One fraternity member of Sigma Chi playing pool within his fraternity house during the IFC recruitment. Members of Sigma Chi are looking on in the background.\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/329235_20210429_Sorority_Fraternity_Lifestyle_250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studentlife.utk.edu\/gogreek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/329235_20210429_Sorority_Fraternity_Lifestyle_250-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Spring IFC Recruitment<\/h3>\n<p>This 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 its own bid day.<\/p>\n<h3>365 Recruitment<\/h3>\n<p>365 Recruitment is a practice in which chapters can actively recruit members outside of a formal\/informal IFC-sponsored recruitment period. This is ongoing. 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IFC community is over 150 years old and is proud of its strong tradition of having quality men\u2019s fraternities. 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