Delta Zeta | Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania By Michelle Kupugi Tri Sigma has always made it point to not only welcome everyone but also make people feel at home. It is clear that the bond among Sisters in Tri Sigma is strong. Everyone is always there for each other and always willing to help in any way they can. Even when we’re not all together, we still keep in touch and talk daily. After joining Tri Sigma I not only consider all of these girls Sisters, but I look at the sorority as a family, a home away from home.
Delta Upsilon | Widener University
BETA EPSILON | Western Illinois University By Michelle Kapugi As my second year as a Tri Sigma of the Beta Epsilon chapter at Western Illinois University began to wrap up, I gazed upon all of the memories that my Sisters and I had made inside our big, white house on the hill. Packing up all of my things and seeing the room become barer and barer greatly saddened me. It was hard to believe that another year had already passed me by and even harder to believe that I only had one year left. It was unbearable to imagine leaving the place that has been my home for the past two years. Then I realized, our memories did not happen because we were in that big, white house on the hill. They happened because we were together. I also realized that our bonds have become so strong, that no matter where our lives may take us, Tri Sigma will always keep us together. I realized that this house may be our home for four years, but home will always be where Tri Sigma is. Thank you, Tri Sigma, for giving me a house I will always love, memories I will never forget, and Sisters that have changed my life.
BETA PI | University of Wisonsin-Stout By Randi Hirte
College was never a choice for me. Life seemed to be saying, “Go to college and succeed. Don’t and fail.” So I did what I knew was best and started college at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in the fall of 2010. From the beginning I hated it. My home became a sanctuary for me, a place to escape; even though it was three hours away I’d jump at the chance to go back there. Going home for Christmas break was a huge tease, tempting me with the delights and safety of my shelter. After brushing the tears away and ignoring the inevitable pain, I returned to college for the spring semester. This semester was different, however, because this semester something saved me: Tri Sigma. I was welcomed into the beautiful, powerful embrace of nearly 50 Sisters, all unique, all talented, and all with fears and dreams like mine. This group of amazing girls became my new sanctuary, my home at college. Because of Tri Sigma, I now had friends for the first time at college, and even better, they were Sisters, family. We are forever linked because of love and passion for Tri Sigma. Home is where I feel safe, where feel I belong, and because of these girls, home truly is where Tri Sigma is.
At Widener University, the Delta Upsilon chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma has been, and continues to be, home to more than 100 Sisters. Whether they lived in the house for a semester, year, two years, or not at all, the “SigMansion” is considered a safety net and a home away from home for every Sister. Each room in the house is decorated to each Sister’s personality. One year a bedroom may be a deep red, and the next it is sporting a blue beach theme. Living in the house has a different meaning to each Sister. To Justine Levchak, living in the house is “…a great experience with tons of closets to go to if you need an outfit, beds to run to for comfort and advice, and Sisters everywhere to hang out and joke around with. It’s my home away from home.” The physical structure of our house is not what makes it a home, but rather the people in it. Tri Sigma has offered each Sister the support that they may not have had, family that they can call on regardless of the time of day, and Sisters bounded together by love instead of blood. Living in the house may be a great experience, but it is being a piece of that house that makes the experience even better. If the structure were to ever be knocked down, we would all still be able to find our home away from home because we build our home within our hearts.
DELTA CHI | University of Virginia By Denise Wagner The Delta Chi chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville provides a true home to its women. Sure, the beautiful Victorian-style house that serves as the sorority quarters is an added bonus, but is what’s inside that structure that provides a supportive and motivating home to the women of Delta Chi. This past semester I lived in the Delta Chi chapter house. Going into the school year, I was admittedly nervous about living under the same roof as 15 other women. As it turns out, my experience living in the sorority house was nothing short of fantastic! But it was the women and experiences within the walls of that house that made the house a home. For example, our Founders Day celebration this year was held on our front lawn and included plenty of Sisterhood bonding time, a delicious catered meal and a speech by our president, Meredith Sloan. One of our outstanding Sisters, Kim Rogers, was even honored with the Margaret Freeman Everett Outstanding Senior Award for 2010-2011! Tri Sigma became even more of a home for me, not because I lived in the physical sorority house, but because I became so much closer to my Sisters and realized that each one of them is consistently there for me with a supportive comment, an empathetic experience, or just a shoulder to lean on.
Epsilon Epsilon | The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey By Sara Young Although some women define “home” as the house they grew up in or surrounded by their immediate family members, the Sisters of the Epsilon Epsilon Chapter have found that blood doesn’t always define family; these women have created a new home in their Sisterhood. Throughout the struggles of class, work, and life, these diverse women
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