Some Call It Love- DG song

CDCs Aundrea and Paige singing a shared favorite song.

Gamma Iota Recruitment and Snow Days

Ready to door-chant.

Also known as the "DePaucalypse" or "Depapocalypse", the winter storm this week closed school and the town surrounding DePauw.  It did not put a freeze on the Gamma Iota's fun.  In between recruitment rounds the Delta Gammas celebrated their two snow-days with a dance party, big screen movies, sledding, baking party, and even a few in-chapter hair cuts.  As one of few chapters not to run out of power, they even offered their home for other sorority women to stay in if needed.  As the storm rolls out and Bid Day becomes closer, this chapter is ready to have one of their best recruiting years.  On a campus with a 70% Greek population, Delta Gamma stands out by having the most sincere sisterhood.  They truly care about each other, are known for being involved, but aren't too busy to have fun!  DePauw's motto is "Uncommon Success", and may be the best way to describe this chapter, because their dedication to friendship and fun is hard to come by.

DGs newly erected sign stands strong in the winter storm.

No school tomorrow!

Four Birthdays in one week? Better get baking.

Getting glamorous at Gamma Iota.

Eta Rho - UC Merced

I was able to join the women of Eta Rho for recruitment! Since they do not have a chapter house, we recruited in rooms on campus. The campus and chapter are young, but the women had a fabulous recruitment! Courntey Miller (CRC) and Lauren Arquilla (CAC) joined me, the advisers, the alumnae, and the chapter women and we all put on a fabulous recruitment! Delta Gamma took 26 new members, six over Quota!! Although EVC was a little sleep deprived, they did an excellent job :)


Lauren and I in the anthropology room... the room we recruited in on day one of recruitment!



The chapter and new members on Bid Night!

Delta Rho - Virginia Tech for Recruitment!

We had a fabulous week at Virginia Tech for recruitment! Their new Sisterhood Round them was "Sweet Home Delta Gamma"! They decorated with cowboy boots and other fun pieces thinking "outside, country wedding". Although we had to post-pone one day of recruitment due to bad weather, everything turned out wonderfully.

As always, EVC was a little sleep deprived... During a regular conversation the dir: recruitment records, Julia, brought us back a few years and raised the roof. That led to our saying of the week - "Raise the Roof". When in doubt...

Recruitment with Beta Pi - Willamette!

The women of Beta Pi welcomed home 18 new members and four recruitment counselors on Bid Day today! I am so proud of the women and all their effort to make this recruitment successful. The vp: membership, president, and director of recruitment records put lots hard work into this recruitment and it paid off! The chapter celebrated Bid Day with cheering, dancing, crafting, lunch, and other fun games!



Conversation games!



Meet and Greet - Round 1



Members and new members on Bid Day!

Back to the West with Alpha Delta - Oregon!

After spending some time in the East, I was able to revisit the women from Alpha Delta - Oregon right before our break. We had a very busy few days, but much was accomplished. I was able to celebrate Inspiration and Initiation with the chapter. I was also able to meet some amazing alumnae who came to celebrate with us as well. The chapter had held already held elections when I arrived, so I got to meet with all the new officers. The incoming CMT and Honor Board are very excited for their positions and ready to get to work! We had a CMT retreat and an Honor Board retreat where we reviewed some important things and played some fun games.

The regional team coordinated an All-Oregon training which included the women of Alpha Delta - Oregon, Beta Pi - Willamette, and Beta Upsilon - Oregon State, Melissa Cavanaugh: Regional Director, Kari Brown: RCS, Liz Fernbach: CDS, Jackie Gow: RFS, Trish Gow: RCRS, Krista Nelson-Marciano: RHS, and many advisers and alumnae. The training was at Oregon State and it was very successful. The incoming officers seemed to really enjoy the training and found it beneficial. I am so happy I was able to attend!



Some members of the regional team stopped by to see the AD house!



Incoming officers at the training at OSU



Initiation!

Epsilon Eta- Indiana University of Pennsyvania

It was weird being in Indiana, PA for the week because when I think of Indiana, I think of home! These women were great hostesses and have made a lot of progress over the past year. I stayed in "The Bungalow", an apartment with five Delta Gammas. A chapter member gave up her room for me so I could have my own space!

The highlight of my visit was helping facilitate a Regional Training with Lisa Gregory, RCS Leslie, RCS Melissa, RCS Alex, RCRS Jane! Epsilon Eta- IUP, Beta Lambda- Gettysburg, Epsilon Beta- Bucknell, and Epsilon Delta- Washington and Jefferson College attended and Alpha Chi- Penn State hosted everyone. It was so great to see so many people come together to learn about Delta Gamma.

I also was able to celebrate Inspiration with Epsilon Eta. They are working with their alumnae to plan an event to celebrate their 30 year anniversary!

DG Chapter of the Year - Delta Lambda, Mississippi State University!

I had the opportunity to visit Delta Gamma's Chapter of the Year: Delta Lambda, Mississippi State University! The chapter has 247 members and they are absolutely amazing young women! Members of the chapter are involved in various activities on campus, including: Roadrunners, Alumnae Delegates, Senate and Cabinet, Choir, Pom Squad, Cheerleading, Fashion Board, Campus Activities Board, and various Honor Societies (during my visit, multiple women of the chapter were initiated into Phi Kappa Phi). They recently participated in Chi Omega's Philanthropy event, Limlight, from which the chapter took home the title of 'Crowd Favorite' for their reinactment of Michael Jackson songs and dances!

During my visit, we had the chance to see DG Fenly Akers pass on her title as Miss MSU - she will be competing in the Miss Mississippi pageant later this year! We also went to the basketball team's exhibition game, met alumnae in town for their member class reunion (which included a narrated tour of their beautiful campus by two Delta Gammas, Martha Crowder and Mary Page Billingsley, who are both Roadrunners for the university), and watched as Delta Gamma's entrant in the Zeta Tau Alpha Big Man on Campus competition was 'crowned' the winner!

Mary Page and Luke, ZTA's Big Man on Campus!

I also had the chance to travel to Oxford, Mississippi with three amazing and inspiring alumnae - Eleanor Slaughter, Maureen Hollmeyer and Carol Nunnally! CDC Vanessa was visiting the chapter :)

Delta Lambda's beautiful chapter house! Chapter members' mothers came to decorate the house for the holidays :)









At the Miss MSU pageant!










Mrs. Slaughter and I visiting Vanessa at Alpha Psi! We took pictures in the Founder's Room and took a tour of the Square with a new member of Alpha Psi!








Emma and Alex, both juniors, showing their DG spirit!















Delta Lambda chapter members were names Homecoming Queen, Senior Maid (Erica is chapter president!), Junior Maid, Sophomore Maid and Freshman Maid! Congrats!

Epsilon Pi- UCONN

I was able to celebrate Inspiration and Initiation with Epsilon Pi! They did a wonderful job and it was neat to see another Initiation. The women were super welcoming and excited to have me. I found a few gym buddies, Rachel (president) and Jen (incoming president)! I was also there during elections, and their slate passed with no challenges! They have a wonderful new group of women coming in to continue to lead the chapter well. Check out some pictures!


Nomination Committee!



Celebrating Inspiration!

Layover in Long Beach

After I visited Riverside I spent two quick days with Gamma Chi - Cal State Long Beach. It was great to get to see such great recruiters in action, even if it was only for a little while. What I loved most about the Gamma Chi women was their enthusiasm. They had a ton of cheers and songs and a high-energy slideshow and they pushed through event after event without losing any of their charisma. Such a treat!

I didn't get too many pictures during my short visit, but I though this was too cool...it's the basketball stadium!

Recruitment in Riverside!

I had the pleasure of visiting Zeta Lambda - UC Riverside for their pre-recruitment workshops in September and later in October for formal recruitment. We spent our first week together preparing for recruitment which was an awesome time to bond and talk about all of the reasons that we love Delta Gamma. I was very impressed...the women come back for this week about three weeks before school starts and then go home before starting classes. Talk about dedication! My first visit also fell upon my 23rd birthday and a huge group took me out to The Old Spaghetti Factory, which is housed in a beautiful old train station, to celebrate; I was so touched!

Upon my return I showed up on a rainy day right in the middle of Round 1! There was a little bit of drama picking up my bag as The United States of Tara was being filmed in the baggage claim of the Ontario airport. I made it eventually (better late than never, right?). Zeta Lambda had a very cute "DG is my cup of tea" theme. They also hung up their anchor and sailboat shaped paddles that big and little sisters make for each other. They were fantastic, the most detailed I have ever seen. We definitely have some artists in the chapter. I got to stay through recruitment and celebrate Bid Day at UC Riverside. The chapter made their own balloon arch (a skill that I am really hoping to pick up sometime soon) and camped out all day to get a prime spot for the members and new members to join for pictures. Then we went to The Citrus Center (so California!) for 5-foot burrito dinner and some get-to-know-you games.

It was so nice getting to see all of Zeta Lambda's hard work pay off during a great recruitment week! They are a wonderful group of Delta Gammas who I'm proud to call my sisters!

Moving Coasts!

For those who don't know, I have been doing most of my traveling in Region 7. About a week ago, I got to fly across the country (literally) to join the women on Eta Beta- Hartford. CDC Sammy (two years ago) and CDC Kelly (last year) are from our Eta Beta chapter. I learned when I arrived that I just missed CDC Paige who visited Eta Beta on her last break.

The women were wonderful! I got to participate in trick-or-treat for eyeglasses, where the chapter travels to neighborhoods, eye doctors, eyeglasses stores, etc. and gather unwanted eyeglasses. The vp: Foundation collects the eyeglasses, packages them, and sends them to the Lion's Club. What a great idea!

The women took me to see the movie "Life As We Know It" which was a cute romantic comedy. They also took me to get sushi which I loved! They do not have Greek housing, so I stayed in the president's apartment. It was a little change of scenery, but I enjoyed learning about chapters without housing. They are a wonderful chapter and were super hospitable. I loved having the opportunity to visit!