Sister Spotlight: New Member Caroline Fowler

Potential new members have all long since ranked their parties and been corralled back on the bus to campus on that final day of recruitment.  But the excitement doesn’t stop there.  For Kappa Kappa Gamma, new members get to experience a whirlwind 8-week new member period filled with events all leading up to the main event: initiation.  The sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma were so happy to welcome 51 eager new sisters, like Caroline Fowler, to our family.

 Grandbig: Kelsey Heiter, Big: Whitney Powell, and Little:

Caroline Fowler in their family keychain.

The Ladies of Oak Lane: Bid day can be so exciting and little bit overwhelming for new members. What was Bid day like for you? How did you feel when you got your bid?
Caroline Fowler: Bid day was very exciting for me. Walking into a house where hundreds of girls are smiling, hugging you, and telling you that they’re so happy you’re there, is such a great feeling. It really felt like I was where I belonged.

TLOL: Describe the weeks leading up to initiation.  What kinds of things did you participate in to get to know the rest of your sisters?
CF: Leading up to initiation, I went to quite a few dinners with a lot of the sisters to get to know them better. I also attended pledge class sleepovers, game nights, and craft nights.

TLOL: In Kappa we have a whole week leading up to initiation called Inspiration week. Can you talk about what all went on this week?
CF: I loved Inspiration week. The sorority had a lot of different events for the new girls to go to, like movie night, dinner, and sleepovers, all-leading up to initiation. I really felt like I got to know my pledge class a lot better.

TLOL: How were you feeling in the days leading up to initiation?
CF: I was a little nervous, but definitely excited. Everyone kept saying that it wouldn’t be scary, that everything would be all right, but I think that it’s something you just have to experience in order to understand. You have no idea what you’re getting yourself into or what to expect.

TLOL: What kinds of things are you looking forward to now that you are a sister of Kappa Kappa Gamma?
CF: I’m so excited to continue meeting and getting to know all of my sisters. I feel like I joined a giant family, and I can’t wait to make a lot of memories.

TLOL: What is one thing you know now that you wish you knew before going Greek?
CF: I feel like every moment from recruitment until initiation is nerve racking. I really wish that I had known that it wasn’t anything to be scared about, but that I was getting involved in one of the best things in the world.

Love and AOE

 

On Saturday, March 17^th Alpha Phi initiated 52 new sisters into the Eta Omicron chapter. After attending many new member workshops, meetings, and speakers, the Spring 12 class was ready to be initiated. We all woke up early in the morning and headed to the War Memorial Chapel on campus. Every girl was dressed in white, and it was a beautiful, sunny day for Initiation.

After the ceremony, Alpha Phi families went to brunch together and welcomed in their newest (official) sisters. It was like Big/Little Reveal all over again, but better! We are so excited to have these wonderful young women represent Alpha Phi during their time here at Virginia Tech and for the rest of their lives. Congratulations, Spring 12!

ADPi Preppy Olympics

This past Saturday, ADPi hosted our second annual spring philanthropy event, Preppy Olympics, which raises money for the Ronald McDonald House in Roanoke!

The event is held in the Oak Lane fishbowl, with teams competing in Crochet, Bocce Ball, Badminton and Polo. In the polo event, each organization has 2 horse and rider combinations. The two teams compete with polo mallets to hit a soccer ball through the opposing teams goal. It’s by far the most entertaining event!

So much preppy clothing!

Points were given based on placing in the four events, peppiest clothing, attendance and orders of koozies.

We’re thankful that we had beautiful weather on Saturday, and no events had to be cancelled. ADPi would like to congratulate and thank Colleen McNichol, our Lion’s Share Challenge Chair, for planning such a wonderful day of philanthropy.

Sisters pose for a picture at Preppy Olympics

 

Preppy Olympics grew exponentially compared to last year, when we started the event. This year 19 fraternities participated and we hope for it to grow even more next year!

Sisters pose by our letters, which are painted like the Lilly Pulitzer ADPi Print

On another note, we took another pledge class of four phenomenal women last week, and would like to congratulate Mary Daniel, Erin Steva, Natalia Castro and Paige Dulkarian! Welcome to the First and Finest ladies <>

ADPi is looking forward to a busy, yet fun rest of the semester! We’re participating in numerous philanthropy events for other fraternities and sororities. We’re also looking forward to our Black Diamond Ball, Golden Lion alumni celebration, parent’s weekend and sisterhood week! 

Kappa Delta Initiation!

The sisters of Kappa Delta excitedly welcomed the addition of the new girls into the sisterhood on Saturday, March 17th.  


All in white and anxiously awaiting their next step into Kappa Delta sisterhood, the pledge class of 2012 entered the Chapel Saturday afternoon.  Upon emerging from that Chapel they had become full sisters.  


"It's a very exciting day seeing my grand little and everyone else's littles so happy to be a part of the chapter!  I was so happy for her," say Junior Emily Hansen.

Brittany Matthews and her best friend Deborah Yoon celebrating initiation.

After initiation families, and sisters got a chance to bond in celebration on both initiation and St. Patrick's Day!  

Big Sister Reveal

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, big and little reveal was finally here! Just before everyone departed for Spring Break the sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha had their big little sister reveal.  Throughout the weeks after recruitment, girls wishing to take a little sister had crown sisters each week.  Crown sisters were basically just their buddies for the week to show them around ZTA, get lunches, dinners, ice cream and so much more. It is such an exciting time to get to know the newest additions to our chapter! After four weeks of crown sisters, the time came for big and little matching.  Girls’ taking little’s received the much anticipated phone call on Sunday night.  As girls were told who their little was there were cheers and screams in excitement heard all across Blacksburg! The next week could possibly be deemed the longest week of the semester for the newest girls of ZTA waiting to find out who their big sister will be! The week is known by many as “clue week” in which the big sisters give tremendous baskets and gifts with clues to their little’s. Although sometimes the clues can be a little tricky! After a week full of gifts and clues, Friday night is the reveal ceremony.  This is a very special ceremony to the sisters of ZTA and held very close to all of our hearts.  

The bond you share with your big sister is truly one of a kind! 

Pi Beta Phi Just Keeps Swimming

Pi Beta Phi just participated in Delta Gamma's 37th Annual Anchorsplash Talent Show on Wednesday night! We were so pleased to that so many girls from our newest pledge class wanted to step up and perform. Every time we had practice, we had so much fun being able to bond with our sisters no matter what our dance abilities were. Every year, the sisters of Pi Phi love participating because it gives our newest pledge class a chance to spend more time with one another, and with the older sisters who enjoy dancing in Anchorsplash.

Because our main focus for our participation was having fun with our sisters, we chose kind of a goofy fun idea for our routine and incorporated the theme from Pirates of the Caribbean, Maneater by Nelly Furtado, and Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride from Lilo & Stich, all with voice overs and characters from everyone's favorite, Finding Nemo!

We all had so much fun participating in Anchorsplash, and benefiting Delta Gamma's philanthropy, Service for Sight! Everyone's new pledge classes looked amazing and it was great to see the entire Greek community together for such a great cause!