PC 12

We recruited the most amazing new plegdge class this Fall. Read all about their new member period from our VP New Member Education, Morgan White:

Through the process of fall recruitment, Alpha Chi Omega was lucky enough to give out 59 bids to 59 beautiful girls. We had a fun time celebrating on bid day with our new additions, playing along with the theme of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and serving breakfast for dinner. We had a fun time having a dance party on our lawn, with music so loud, that one could hear it from four blocks away! We then all piled into our cars to make our rounds to the other sororities and fraternities on campus, then to Autzen Stadium for our famous photo opp.

Over the past couple of weeks, Morgan White, our Vice President of New Member Education, has been able to get to know these girls better and guide them into their new chapter of college at Alpha Chi Omega. All of them have been so eager to learn about the history and traditions of our sorority and meet all of our lifetime members. We also just had our Big/Little reveal, so now the new members have someone close to guide them through our initiation. Everyone cannot wait to initiate all of our new members and officially make them sister of Alpha Chi Omega.

Thank you, Morgan, for all of your work to develop our new members. You embody what it means to be an Alpha Chi, and we are proud to have you as the role model for all of our new members!

LITB,
Chrissy Hardesty

Alpha Chi at Work: Natalie Herndon

Read all about Natalie and Cristina's work with PRSSA!

Cristina Pellizzon and I are members of PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) on campus and for the past few weeks have been working on a Halloween fundraising event. On Tuesday the 30th we had the Halloween event in the EMU open to all students. Both Cristina and I were on the planning committee and worked to put the event together to raise money for PRSSA. The event consisted of Halloween themed games and prizes with a costume contest at the end. We worked in a group with other PRSSA members and used our planning skills to put the event together. Between working together, organization, and communication we used our Alpha Chi Omega skills for this event for our entire school. This is expected to be an annual event & hopefully we will be working on the planning committee next year!

Great job Natalie and Cristina for being ambitious women in the work force!

LITB,

Chrissy Hardesty

Recruitment 2012

Read all about our successful recruitment from your very own VP Recruitment, Evan Goldsmith!

Hello! My name is Evan Goldsmith and I am the VP Recruitment for the Alpha Kappa Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega. When I ran for my position one year ago, I wanted to do it because I felt that it would be a contribution to the future of Alpha Kappa and Alpha Chi Omega nationally. I would be educating and preparing my chapter for Fall Formal Recruitment, and because of my efforts and the efforts of my sisters we would have an amazing new pledge class. This was so appealing to me because these new Alpha Chi Omega women would be the fruition of my hard work and because of that I would have made a small, yet important, impact to Alpha Chi Omega’s future. These new women would not only be my sisters for one short year (wow I’m a senior?!?!) or my potential grand-little, these new women would be the future leaders of our organization, the future spokeswomen for our national philanthropy, Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention, and eventually the 70 year old women receiving 50-year pins as tribute to their years as Alpha Chi Omegas. For these reasons I wanted to be VP Recruitment, but now that my job is done and I must soon transition the next spirited (and lucky) individual into office, there were a few unexpected things I gained from my position that I had no idea I would be walking away with. And I am so thankful for all of them.

Having gone through this exhausting but equally exciting process I have developed such a close-knit bond with my sisters. I am confident that I truly know each and every one of my sisters as well as their interests and needs. I am so unbelievably proud to be associated with these women, and throughout these past few weeks I have been impressed every single day by them. They inspire me and fuel me to be a better person than I was the day before, and for that I am so grateful to each and every one of my sisters. I also did not expect to learn from my sisters as much as I did. The knowledge I gained from them is something that I will be able to use in the real world after I graduate. I learned how to delegate and manage a committee, I learned how to be more patient, and I learned many ways to better communicate with others who are different than I. These are important life skills that I believe will benefit me in the future. Running for this position I wanted to make an impact on Alpha Chi Omega, but walking away from this position I now know that Alpha Chi Omega has made a bigger impact on me, and I am so excited to see what I learn from the new pledge class in the next year.

 

Thank you, Evan, for being such a fantastic leader for Alpha Kappa and running an amazing recruitment!

 

LITB,

 

Chrissy Hardesty