Another Bid Day is in the books and now the University of Alabama is set to begin the 2025 fall semester.
On Aug. 17, thousands of UA freshmen students found out which sorority they would be joining during Bid Day, the culmination of sorority recruitment week, commonly known as Rush Week or #BamaRush on TikTok.
Bids were issued at Bryant-Denny Stadium and the pledges then ran to their new houses on Sorority Row.
After “running home,” the pledges were then greeted by their “big” (their assigned “big sister”/mentor) and new sorority sisters while they were showered with T-shirts, hats and other items bearing the sorority’s Greek letters.
UA has one of the largest Greek systems in the country, with more than 12,000 members as of last spring, including 40 fraternities and 24 sororities.
While Rush Week was taking place, thousands of students were also moving into UA’s on-campus housing. Last fall, UA’s Tuscaloosa campus had an enrollment of 40,846 students.
The fall semester classes are scheduled to begin Aug. 20 at UA.
Meanwhile, the University of Alabama football team is set to kick off the season at Florida State on Aug. 30 as coach Kalen DeBoer begins his second year at the helm of the Crimson Tide. Kickoff will be at 2:30 p.m. on ABC.
UA’s first home football game is set to kick off at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 6 at Bryant-Denny Stadium against Louisiana-Monroe.
This year’s homecoming game is scheduled for Nov. 15 against Oklahoma. Homecoming festivities will include a bonfire on the Quad on Nov. 14 and a parade before the Alabama-Oklahoma game.
Other home games include Wisconsin on Sept. 13, Vanderbilt on Oct. 4, Tennessee on Oct. 18, LSU on Nov. 8 and Eastern Illinois on Nov. 22.
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