Illinois State University Fraternity & Sorority Life
DECEMBER 2014
“Senior Spotlights: Thank You”
By: Panhellenic Sisters, Fraternity & Sorority Life
Inside this issue:
Brianna Nielsen, CERES Katy Winge, Zeta Tau Alpha
Brianna is the
President of
Ceres Women’s
Fraternity and
is graduating
this December.
She will have a
Bachelors of
Science degree
in Animal
Industry
Management.
She has held
many
leadership
positions within
Ceres before,
including Vice President, Panhellenic Delegate,
and Risk Management, just to name a few.
Brianna is also a member of Rho Lambda, Order of Omega, and Alpha Zeta. She is moving
to Wisconsin after graduating in pursuit of a
career working on a farm. She will either be
working with dairy, cattle, or swine and she is
very excited about graduation.
Katy Winge is the
senior captain of
the women's
basketball team.
She has played all
four years of
college and has
maintained a 3.89
GPA while double
majoring in
marketing and
journalism. She has
been the historian
for ZTA for the
past two years.
You may recognize
her from her
reports for tv-10
news. She is the
event coordinator
on the Student
Athlete Advisory
Council Education
Outreach. We will
miss you!
MGC
2
CPC
4
IFC
6
NPHC
8
Calendar
8
Contact Us:
Fraternity and Sorority Life
(309)-438-2151
Alex Snowden– Coordinator
[email protected]
Alanna Hill– Senior Specialist
[email protected]
Ron Burse– Graduate Assistant
[email protected]
Yesenia Garcia– Graduate Assistant
[email protected]
Next month, Alpha Delta Pi will have quite a few
sisters receive diplomas and begin post-grad life.
Through the years, the women of our organization
have shown their utmost dedication to strengthening our Greek pillars. Though they will be deeply
missed, we are excited to see them transition from Delta members to Pi members, which is the final
stage of ADPi membership, as these women will soon become official ADPi alumnae. We love our
seniors, and will always
remember that diamonds
are forever!
Alpha Delta Pi Seniors
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Caroline Merritt, Allison Leja,
Allison Hornung, Megan Dowling,
Shawna Davis, Becca Zeman, Gina
DeSimone, Emily Meadow, Molly
Feeney, Brittany Lewis, and Michelle
Pastwa, Kimberly Miller, Rachel
Resler, & Marisa Corradetti
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Multicultural Greek Council
“MGC Showcase”
By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant for Fraternity & Sorority Life
All eyes were on the Multicultural Greek Council during their 2nd annual showcase! On November
13th, 280 students gathered in the Brown Ballroom to see special performances from each
organization and learn of their histories and traditions.
The entire Greek Community showed support for this event and were in for some huge
surprises along the way!
Delta Phi Lambda
Showing unity before educating the
community on their mission:
To advocate Asian awareness and
empower women leaders through its
values-based programs and everlasting
sisterhood. (Left)
Did you know?
A member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
helped the founding fathers of
Sigma Lambda Beta start their fraternity from
the ground up? The MGC showcase featured a
Unity Performance between these two “cousin”
organizations. (Right)
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Multicultural Greek Council
Gamma Phi Omega
The Swans set the stage
on fire with their motto:
Unity and Sisterhood,
Now and Forever, One
and Inseparable. (Left)
Sigma Lambda Gamma
Showcased their motto
during the showcase:
Culture is Pride, Pride Is
Success. (Right)
Alpha Psi Lambda
Showing pride in being the first and
largest Latino based coed fraternity
Special thanks to these NPHC fraternities
for attending this event:
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
Women from the College Panhellenic Council also
supported MGC during the event! Special thanks to:
Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta,
Sigma Sigma Sigma, & Pi Beta Phi
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College Panhellenic Council
“A Farewell from Adrian”
By: Adrian Fait, 2014 CPC President
As the end of the semester and my presidency
draws near, a feeling of bitter sweetness is setting in. Looking back at the last year, it seems
so strange that it is all coming to an end. To
my CPC board, old and new, thank you for
everything you do. Your hard work has
changed this community for the better and
you have left behind a great legacy. To my
chapter, thank you for supporting me in everything I do, especially my chapter president,
Abbie. Thank you for pushing me to apply for
president. Your encouragement really meant a
lot to me. To my roommates, past and present, thank you for putting up with my crazy Panhellenic brain and for listening whenever I needed you. To
Ron, thank you for being such a great advisor. Thank you for letting us make major decisions and for helping
us grow and develop, knowing we had your support if we needed it. Thank you for always going to bat
for us. To the entire Greek community, thank you for giving me the privilege of serving you. This experience
certainly has been one of a lifetime. Finally, to the 2015 board, all the best wishes to you. I know you will accomplish great things. After two years, it is going to be strange to have Wednesday nights not filled with Panhellenic meetings, but I'm excited to see what the future holds for our community. “If someone could please
motion to adjourn this meeting…”
Every semester,
Panhellenic
women who
By: Sara Balwierczak, VP of Scholarship
achieved a GPA
of 3.6 or higher for the previous semester are celebrated by
our Scholarship Reception. The Fall 2014 Scholarship
Reception was held Saturday, November 15 at Starplex
Cinema! These women enjoyed a free screening of “She's
the Man” for their academic success of Spring 2014!
“Scholarship Banquet”
“Scholar of the Month”
By: Sara Balwierczak, VP of Scholarship
The Panhellenic
Scholar for September
2014 is Jillian Hickey
from Zeta Tau Alpha!
She has been very involved in her chapter,
having even served as
her chapter president,
and understands that
the extent of your
Greek experience is
based on how much you put into it, and so she
tries to take advantage of as many opportunities
as possible.
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College Panhellenic Council
“Panhellenic Sisterhood Social”
By: Alexa Carr, VP of Community Development
The College Panhellenic Council had a great time cheering on the
Redbird Hockey team as they crushed Eastern Illinois 14-1 at our all
Greek sisterhood social!
COMING
FALL 2016
Fraternity & Sorority
Life and the College
Panhellenic Council
are excited to
announce
Over 100 women came out to spend time with their sisters both inside
and outside their chapters and also loved supporting Toys for Tots,
participating in a hockey shootout, and winning prizes.
Alpha Omicron Pi
has been selected as
the newest addition to
our campus
community.
The sorority is slated
to colonize in Fall
2016 and will offer
something new and
exciting for women
looking to affiliate.
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Interfraternity Council
“Two Terms & Counting”
By: Joseph Laskey, 2014 IFC President
The Interfraternity council has been hard at work this
semester ensuring that our community operates at
nothing short of success. It was a task that all members
took very seriously and collectively resulted in the most
successful term in recent IFC history.
Not only are we seeing exponential growth within the
council, but this election cycle yielded more members
running for executive board positions than ever before.
We are also seeing increased contributions from each
individual fraternity.
This culture shift has come from working collectively to
ensure that we watch out for one another and overcome
obstacles. With leaders throughout different organizations here on campus I am excited to see what the future has in store for Greek life. It has been an honor to
serve, not only my fraternity, but the Interfraternity Council as president. I can’t wait to keep the count going.
“Service from Alpha Sigma Phi”
By: Jonah Samp, President, Alpha Sigma Phi
Alpha Sigma Phi has been actively engaging in Service Activities throughout the semester. This
month, the Fraternity served with Home Sweet Home Ministries at both Cub Foods and Wal-Mart
location. They also participated in St. Jude’s Up Till Dawn program put on by ESA to raise money and
awareness of Childhood Cancer. The picture above shows the brothers of the fraternity cleaning Fell
Ave in their semester Adopt a Highway project.
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Interfraternity Council
“Thank You”
By: Yesenia Garcia, Graduate Assistant Fraternity/Sorority Life
The 2014 IFC Executive Board
Mikey Gerhard, Vice President of Education
Dominic Massa, Vice President of Recruitment
Andrew Dufur, Vice President of Operations
Joe Laskey, President
Freddie Alvarado, Executive VP
Mike Cunningham, Vice President of Accountability
Darien Jacobs, Vice President of Public Affairs
The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life as well as the 2014 Interfraternity Council general body would
like to express its sincerest gratitude to the 2014 IFC Executive Board. In one semester, this IFC Executive Board introduced heavy legislation to reform the governance of the council, created an adjudication process to hold others accountable, and introduced roundtables in order to foster
interfraternal collaborations. In addition, they led their entire council in the most successful recruitment in recent history yielding the highest GPA among new members to date. They worked
tirelessly to change the culture of the entire fraternal community and thus have made a lasting
impression that will carry on for semesters to come. The 2015 Executive Board has big shoes to fill.
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National Pan-Hellenic Council
“A.G.S Unleashed Anarchy”
By: Landon Von Richmond
On HALLOWEEN NIGHT, the Men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Eta Tau Chapter pulled off one
of the most anticipated probates to ever hit the campus of Illinois State University. Packed with
twelve highly influential students, the campus of ISU stood eagerly, as they awaited their revealing. In
order, the following Neophytes were introduced to their fellow friends & family as the new Alphas on
campus.
Captain Kadeem "Deja Vü" Kamal
Quas Jaylon "PrecICE" Joyner
3. Steven "ICEolated" McKinstry
4. Adam "cAPEpacity" Wright
5. Eddine "suICEide" Dalton
6. Robert "ampliPHIed" Warnsley
Jewel Dantrell "APEx" Green
8. Chinelo "primEIGHT" Marshall
9. Jeremy "Glitch" Johnson
10. Keith "inTENsiPHIed" Harris
11. Herbert "aPhliction" Houston
Anchor Brandon "Repulsion" Tucker
Commence "The HT Purge" on the campus of ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY.
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National Pan-Hellenic Council
“Sigma Week”
By: Jarrick White, Vice President Phi Beta Sigma, Fraternity Inc.
Step & Stroll for Good
On Friday, November 14th the men of Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity, Inc. stood in front of Schroeder Plaza, and
did a Step & Stroll for Food/Donations. The Quad was a
buzz with people donating canned goods, clothing and
toys and watching the brothers perform. The event was
very successful and all proceeds have been donated to a
homeless shelter here in the Bloomington-Normal area.
100 Pledges of Consent
On the night of November 14th from 6-8pm the
men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. cosponsored an event with FLAME and Gamma Phi Omega Sorority, Inc. The event was held in the Prairie
Room and brought awareness to sexual
violence, consent, and women’s oppression.
The event was titled '100 Pledges of Consent' and
we were successful in reaching our goal of getting
100 people to take the pledge.
Service for The Baby Fold
On Saturday, November 15 from 3-5, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
held community service at the Babyfold along with Illinois State’s
Black Student Union. The Baby Fold is a non profit organization for
children who don’t do well in home settings because of behavioral
issues due to experiencing or witnessing traumatic events. The
Baby Fold is somewhere they can heal. Service projects included
baking and decorating cookies, drawing, and spending time with kids
reflecting on what they are most thankful for.
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January 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
4
5
11
12
President
Retreat
First Day of Classes!
18
19
Wednesday
6
13
Thursday
7
14
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
8
9
10
4 –Council
Retreat
4-Council
15
16
17
Retreat
Alcohol
Education
Training
20
21
22
23
24
27
28
29
30
31
AFLV
AFLV
AFLV
Martin Luther King
Jr Holiday
25
26
FSL Office Events
9th & 10th—4 Council Retreat
Attended by all council exec-boards
Lake Williamson—OVERNIGHT
University Events
12th—First Day of Classes
19th—Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observed
University Closed
11th —President Retreat
Attended by all council exec-boards
SSB—Illinois State University
14th —Alcohol Education Training
Mandatory attendees: President,
Risk Management Chair, & Social Chair
SSB 375 (7pm-8:45 pm)
SSB 314 (8:45 pm—11 pm)
29 —31st AFLV
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