NEW MEMBER SELECTION
Undergraduate new members are chosen either annually or semi-annually by each chapter according to the provisions of the chapter’s bylaws. Aspiring members of Order of Omega must be sophomores, juniors, or seniors to be eligible for selection. Each Order of Omega chapter may only initiate up to 5% of the campus’s FSL community size or 20, whichever is greater.
Some chapters may elect to initiate honorary members. Honorary members are faculty and/or staff members at the respective institution who have been great supporters of the fraternity/sorority community in general. Honorary member candidates do not have to be a member of a fraternity or sorority.
NEW MEMBER REGISTRATION
All new Order of Omega members must be registered with the International Headquarters (IHQ) at least three weeks before the initiation ceremony, or no later than 30 days afterward, to ensure timely delivery of membership certificates and pins.
Application and Selection Process
Each semester, the chapter invites applications from all eligible fraternity and sorority members—sophomores, juniors, and seniors—who are in good academic standing with the institution and have been enrolled for at least one academic year.
Note: A sample application template is available if needed.
Applications are reviewed locally by the chapter and its advisor. We have created an applicant score sheet/rubric to help with review and selection. There is no need to submit applications to the International Headquarters (IHQ) for review.
The chapter and advisor will evaluate all submissions and select new members for that semester. The number of new members selected should not exceed 5% of the total campus fraternity/sorority life (FSL) population or 20 individuals, whichever is greater.
The names (first and last) and email addresses of selected members should be compiled in a .CSV (Excel) file for registration purposes.
Once this is complete, the chapter is ready to register new members with IHQ!
New Member Registration and Payment Process
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The chapter advisor will log in to the chapter’s GreekTrack dashboard and create a New Invitation Group.
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Upload the .CSV file containing the new members’ information and select the initiation date—this must be at least three weeks in the future.
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Once submitted, the group will be reviewed by IHQ. After approval, new members will receive an email invitation with a registration link.
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New members must complete their registration and pay the $63 one-time, lifetime international membership fee through the platform. If the chapter doesn’t want them to pay via the platform, select the “Waive Fee” feature by each individual name and they will not be prompted to pay when registering. IHQ will invoice the chapter later.
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Once the invitation group expires (typically 10 days after being created), IHQ will process the official membership certificates and membership pins. These items will be shipped to the chapter advisor’s campus mailing address, ideally in time for the initiation ceremony.
NOTE:
While the $63.00 international membership fee is non-refundable, a refund may be issued depending on the student’s membership status. This is at the discretion of the international headquarters.
Pay Your Chapter's Payment Invoice on Time
We assess late fees to encourage chapters to plan ahead, initiate new members, and collect dues immediately. This is in response to the increasing number of chapters that wait until the end of the spring semester to hold initiations and delay registering their new members until the following fall. These practices cause many issues for the advisors and officers and cause quite a setback when chapter operations resume in the fall.