As a second year in a young sorority, I applied for Pi Phi executive board. Becoming the Vice President of Communications was a dream come true. The opportunity to run an organization with only a few months experience in Greek Life is one that is hard to compare. I look forward to sharing this opportunity with you.
Pi Beta Phi Exec: Vice President of Communications
Networking. That's the word every student in the College of Business worships. It's what we know will urge our businesses into success, will jump start our careers and will make our professional lives a lot more enjoyable. It's a reason that many students decide to go Greek, a reason students work through college, and a major deciding factor behind what programs students join. For me, I wanted friends. Coming from Northern Kentucky, I knew I would walk onto campus with anywhere between zero and ten familiar faces on campus. So I rushed. Now, I have beyond a family on campus. After a year of actively participating in everything I could, I decided the next step for me was to join our Executive team.
Panhellenic, our council that connects all sororities on campus to each other and to nationals, has always drawn my attention. Our position that is heavily based in Panhellenic work and spirit is Vice President of Communications, and so that is what I went for. It took me only a few conversations to realize that I had made the best choice possible for my sorority and for myself.
My office entails a lot of behind the scenes work, but a few events that I had the opportunity to organize and throw included: our mothers event (a brunch with a basket raffle which kick started our Parents Club), our dads event (a lunch for the dads, which ended with a Cincinnati Red's game, and free tshirts), Homecoming (planning our apparel, pairing with a Fraternity on campus, building our float), and Greek Week (an entire week of Greek Events based around raising money for the Make A Wish Foundation). I also maintain our chapter website and chapter blog which are linked above. Aside from these roles, I attend weekly Panhellenic meetings and run numerous committees within the chapter (apparel, chapter relations, alumni relations, parents club, webmaster, etc.).
This year, I took the opportunity to start a Parents Club. Their main duty is to support the chapter when we need it. For example: exam week is always a hectic time, our parents club decided to host a waffle breakfast in the winter and handed out "survival kits" in the spring. They helped me to plan the brunch for dad's day, and they are planning some very cool events for our parents in the fall. We also were lacking in the newsletter department. I wrote and sent out our first ever Ohio Kappa newsletter to every chapter member, their parents, our alumnae, and the Cincinnati Alum Club.
It is difficult to explain the benefits of Greek Life to someone who is not Greek. Many don't keep an open mind to the idea. For me, this experience is much larger than what most can understand. I can call over 200,000 women across the world my sister, these women know the same ritual as me, believe in the same values as me and have dedicated years to the same mission as me. We share a bond no matter where we travel to and have a friend no matter where we relocate. Dedicating a year of my life to the service of this Fraternity is nothing compared to the benefits that I receive, and I know that if I could, I would give even more.
This position has been a blessing. A headache, but a blessing. The hard work has paid off , and I have expanded this positions role beyond what anyone prior had deemed possible. It's been a great adventure, and I look forward to transitioning the next VPC in.
Panhellenic, our council that connects all sororities on campus to each other and to nationals, has always drawn my attention. Our position that is heavily based in Panhellenic work and spirit is Vice President of Communications, and so that is what I went for. It took me only a few conversations to realize that I had made the best choice possible for my sorority and for myself.
My office entails a lot of behind the scenes work, but a few events that I had the opportunity to organize and throw included: our mothers event (a brunch with a basket raffle which kick started our Parents Club), our dads event (a lunch for the dads, which ended with a Cincinnati Red's game, and free tshirts), Homecoming (planning our apparel, pairing with a Fraternity on campus, building our float), and Greek Week (an entire week of Greek Events based around raising money for the Make A Wish Foundation). I also maintain our chapter website and chapter blog which are linked above. Aside from these roles, I attend weekly Panhellenic meetings and run numerous committees within the chapter (apparel, chapter relations, alumni relations, parents club, webmaster, etc.).
This year, I took the opportunity to start a Parents Club. Their main duty is to support the chapter when we need it. For example: exam week is always a hectic time, our parents club decided to host a waffle breakfast in the winter and handed out "survival kits" in the spring. They helped me to plan the brunch for dad's day, and they are planning some very cool events for our parents in the fall. We also were lacking in the newsletter department. I wrote and sent out our first ever Ohio Kappa newsletter to every chapter member, their parents, our alumnae, and the Cincinnati Alum Club.
It is difficult to explain the benefits of Greek Life to someone who is not Greek. Many don't keep an open mind to the idea. For me, this experience is much larger than what most can understand. I can call over 200,000 women across the world my sister, these women know the same ritual as me, believe in the same values as me and have dedicated years to the same mission as me. We share a bond no matter where we travel to and have a friend no matter where we relocate. Dedicating a year of my life to the service of this Fraternity is nothing compared to the benefits that I receive, and I know that if I could, I would give even more.
This position has been a blessing. A headache, but a blessing. The hard work has paid off , and I have expanded this positions role beyond what anyone prior had deemed possible. It's been a great adventure, and I look forward to transitioning the next VPC in.