Last week, over 190 students participated in Greek rush on the Hill. This year’s spring rush resulted in bountiful pledge classes for several organizations, with multiple fraternities receiving greater interest than they had seen in recent years.

The week began on Sunday night with Meet the Greeks, where fraternities and sororities introduced themselves to potential new members (PNMs) and outlined the events they would  host in the coming week. As the week progressed, students could attend general events such as Alpha Delta Phi’s Wing Night or the Archon Society’s Cocoa and Chat, before eventually needing an invite to attend later functions.

Archons, the College’s only coed Greek organization, considered their recruitment week to be a resounding success. “I feel like this year we tried to put a big emphasis on having a lot of existing members go to a lot of the events, and we got a really big turnout for people who are already Archons, which is really good and definitely strengthened the recruitment process,” Archon Recruitment Chair Madeline Regnier ’27 said. “We ended up having a pledge class of 18, which is really good for us. I was really happy with the turnout.” 

For Delta Delta Delta, which came to campus last year, careful planning was key to attracting plenty of PNMs. “Recruitment week was amazing for us! We had awesome recruitment events that had a lot of planning, time and energy put into them. We all worked together to make recruitment week successful for our chapter,” Vice President Truly Martin ’26 said. 

Despite having less turnout than sororities (roughly half as much this year, the Greek Council wrote in an email to the Collegian), the various fraternities of Kenyon have declared this year’s rush as a win. Beta Theta Pi President Jared Hancock ’26 was especially pleased with this spring recruitment. “Ending the week off with broomball was amazing and out of all the years I have been here, this year was the best,” he said in an interview with the Collegian. “Having 16 bids to give out is something we haven’t done as a fraternity in a while. I’m very proud of our actives for buying into the growth of our chapter.”

Matthew Ehrenreich ’27, head of Beta’s programming, noted changes in organizational strategy that resulted in a stellar spring rush for the brotherhood. “This was our first year bringing in a fall pledge class, in which we had our first non-football member in about four years. Making that breakthrough allowed us to branch out more in our spring recruitment, and we’re trying to move away from that image of just being a football frat,” he said in an interview with the Collegian. “We’re very excited about what the future holds for Beta.” 

Beta was not the only fraternity to report success. “This year, we saw the greatest amount of interest that has been recorded in recent history,” Delta Tau Delta President Faisal Syed ’27 said in an interview with the Collegian. “We hope to build on this in the future by maintaining and further strengthening the diversity that makes Delt a special place for every young man.”  

Ultimately, spring rush proved that Greek life at Kenyon is as vibrant as ever, with a diverse array of Greek organizations able to expand their ranks.