GEORGE WASHINGTON (IOTA IOTA)
MARYLAND (DELTA ZETA)
MONTANA (CHI)
Sisters celebrate their fifth win in a row at Lambda Chi Alpha’s annual Watermelon Fest.
Vicki Rudd, Heather Petrovich and Lucy Sytov enjoy a date party.
Ingrid Cooper and Savanna Thompson escort the Easter bunny during the Easter holiday.
their grade point average by .21 percent to a 3.31 GPA. Beta Zeta now ranks fourth of nine sororities on campus for scholarship. Sisters honored graduating seniors with a surprise letter reading by their mothers during the annual Mother’s Weekend brunch. -Erin Darnell
ILLINOIS Lake Forest (Gamma Epsilon deuteron) The chapter earned the highest cumulative grade point average of all Greeks on campus with a 3.32 GPA. The women are preparing for a new philanthropy event, Phi Fest carnival, which will include games, raffles and other fun activities. Proceeds will benefit the Alpha Phi Foundation. -Lauren Petersen
INDIANA Butler (Epsilon Beta) Sisters participated in the American Heart Association® Heart Walk® in Indianapolis for a second year to increase community awareness about Alpha Phi and the importance of women’s cardiac health. The women invited other local Alpha Phi chapters to help raise money in support of cardiac health research as well.
KANSAS Wichita State (Gamma Xi) Collegians, alumnae and advisers created a new element of fall recruitment, a post-recruitment retention week that included sisterhood events to help new members better transition into college and sorority life. Crista Hutton and Chapter Adviser Kara Weddle Stewart (Gamma Xi-Wichita State) attended Convention. Gamma Xi scheduled its first Red Dress Gala for the fall and is working on a new chapter Web site. -Jennifer Deabler
among all teams that participated in the event. Sisters won second place in the university’s Greek Olympics. They also enjoyed a Mary Kay® cosmetics sale from which a percentage of proceeds were donated to the Alpha Phi Foundation. -Bernadette Trenholm
Tufts (Zeta Theta) The chapter completed a successful spring recruitment that welcomed 21 new members. Sisters won Greek Jam, a university-sponsored all-Greek dance competition. Members also sponsored the first Eat Your Heart Out wing eating contest to benefit the Alpha Phi Foundation. -Ethel Cohen
MAINE Maine (Delta Nu) The fourth annual Move Your Phi’t 5K race/walk in April raised $4,500 for the Alpha Phi Foundation. Members participated in the Susan G. Komen Foundation Race for the Cure.® They earned the highest sorority grade point average on campus for the spring semester. Katelin Urgese was named Sorority Woman of the Year during the university’s annual Greek Awards presentation. -Caroline Seastrom
MASSACHUSETTS
-Emmaly Wilzbacher
MONTANA Montana (Chi) Sisters enjoyed a year of community service that included participating in the American Heart Association® Heart Walk,® transforming the chapter house into a Halloween fun house for local children while collecting canned food or monetary donations to benefit the Missoula Food Bank and hosting a hygiene/toiletry item drive for the Missoula Battered Women’s Shelter. During the Easter holiday, sisters decorated their front yard with plastic eggs, candy and prizes for children from local day care centers. Members also organized an annual blood drive. -Emily Hoover
Bentley (Zeta Rho) The chapter raised the most of all Bentley Greek organizations during the American Cancer Society® Relay for Life.® They placed third for fundraising
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