THE THE LEADERSHIP AND IMPACT ISSUE you Our Next Headquarters Seeking Board Member Recommendations Shannan Moynihan SEEKING THE HEIGHTS WITH HEALTH CARE IN SPACE Alpha Chi Omega WINTER 2021 VOLUME 124. ISSUE 2. REAL. STRONG. WOMEN. Training Our Leaders PROVINCE PRESIDENTS AT THE 1975 TRAINING WHILE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES HAVE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE LOOKED DIFFERENT OVER THE YEARS, ALPHA CHI OMEGA HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING REAL, STRONG LEADERS. Ipha Chi Omega is bound by an unshakable A belief that the world can always be made better and that we can be a leading force in that change. The Real. Strong. Women. Experience prepares our members to evolve with the world and COLLEGIANS AT THE 1986 TRAINING continue to lead change in it. LEADERSHIP SEMINAR One way we do this is by hosting training events for our members. Whether they're collegiate AXQ o women stepping into their first leadership role or alumnae continuing their leadership development as AXQ AXQ volunteers, our sisters receive quality programming and opportunities to connect with others. Through AX strength in sisterhood and a commitment to the a values we share, generations of real, strong Alpha Chi COLLEGIANS AT THE 2020 LEADERSHIP Omega women have become leaders who effect ACADEMY change on our campuses, in our communities and around the world. a Pecchi - C... Bridgit Riley Ad... Marykay Gillam,.. Michele Donner... Amanda Stoerm. The formats of our training events have changed over the years, but the commitment to building Joelle Johnson Tamara Elyse Perez / Ad... Jennifer Healy Amy Mustafa leaders has never wavered. Today's members are learning how to grow their confidence, develop Brooke Stites Alarie Ornburn Schmidt-BI... Lisa Roane Jen Patterson networks of support, adapt to change and build inclusive communities. Between Leadership Academy, Megan Screen % Michele Mattoon Corinne Wolffe % Paula Barnes % Ann DiAntonio Collegiate Growth Academy and the 2022 National Convention, we're looking forward to all the leadership training ahead for Alpha Chi Omegas in VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF AT THE FOUNDATION the coming year. SISTERHOOD SOCIAL DURING THE 2021 VOLUNTEER SUMMIT, HOSTED VIRTUALLY FIND MORE UNTOLD STORIES ON THE ALPHA CHI OMEGA HISTORY WEBSITE. VISIT: #AXOuntold ALPHACHIOMEGA.HISTORYIT.CO WINTER 2021 VOLUME 124. ISSUE 2. THE LEADERSHIP AND IMPACT ISSUE REAL. STRONG. WOMAN. IN THIS ISSUE 2 LETTERS AND LYRES 4 CORNER OFFICE 5 PERSPECTIVES 6 AXO NEWS Headquarters building update, DVAM recap, Epsilon Upsilon installation 12 INDUSTRY INFO 13 CONVENTION 18 FOUNDATION 26 HOUSING 28 COLLEGIATE CORNER 30 ON CAMPUS What is continuous open bidding? 36 CAREER OUTLOOK 38 MAKING A DIFFERENCE 46 ALUMNA INITIATE SPOTLIGHT 40 48 ACCOMPLISHED ALUMNAE Shannan Moynihan is keeping astronauts healthy on 50 LIFE Earth and on orbit as the deputy chief medical officer 54 ARCHIVES for the NASA Johnson Space Center. 56 VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT In the picture above, Shannan is standing in front of 57 BUSINESS the rocket for a Soyuz launch in Kazakhstan. On the Seeking recommendations cover, Shannan is at the Kennedy Space Center for a for board members! launch day test run for the STS-128 mission. 65 AXO CONNECTION AND IN MEMORIAM THE LYRE 1 EDITOR'S DESK Leadership from Contributors Every Seat ANJALI DHAWAN LAMBDA NU A S part of MyJourney, the exclusive member (NORTHEASTERN development program for Alpha Chi Omega's UNIVERSITY) collegiate chapters, sisters can participate in a When several suicides left her session called "Leadership from Every Seat." In that session, hometown in shock, Anjali members learn "you don't need a title began work with Project to lead - just the right skills to make it Silence No More, later serving as president. happen." She shares about the organization and the importance of ending the stigma around This session sticks out to me for its mental health on page 28. powerful idea that we can all lead change no matter what our formal YVETTE DEANNA role or title is. And it calls to mind MARTINEZ an experience from my collegiate ZETA NU (TEXAS A&M experience. Our executive board, of which I was a member UNIVERSITY) at the time, had come to the chapter having made a After two decades in business difficult decision; we believed it was the right one, but we also knew it wouldn't make everyone happy. After and rising to the position of explaining the decision and our rationale, the floor was CEO of North Texas Imaging opened for comments - and, WOW, did we hear from all perspectives. Finally, one sister raised her hand and shared, "We all have JEFF BROWN emotions, but we voted in this executive board to make big decisions like this, and we should trust that they have our chapter's best interests in mind." This sister had never served as an executive board officer; she rarely shared opinions at chapter meetings. But her quiet leadership, confidence and compassion spoke volumes to the chapter that day. Some of us are CEOs and chapter presidents and volunteer supervisors. Others are entry-level employees and new members and volunteers assigned to sweep the storerooms. We all have the potential to lead and to make an impact. And you never know - that choice to speak up, to lead LYRE SPOTTING even when it's not part of your official title - may stick with others for years to come, just like my sister's moment Medora Deason (Gamma Nu, San Diego State of leadership has for me. University) brought her Lyre from Chicago to San Diego for a get-together with sisters. The LAUREN FILIPPINI women, from five different chapters, gather (ALPHA CHI, BUTLER UNIVERSITY), EDITOR monthly in person or on Zoom! 2 ALPHA CHI OMEGA Hampton Center, Yvette has numerous Alpha Chi Omega or through request at your local professional accolades. She is a 2018 bookstore or library. Read how she recipient of the Real. Strong. Women. of started her journey as an author on National President Lynne Herndon Distinction award and enjoys spending page 5. time with friends and family, traveling National Vice Presidents and reading. Learn why she gives back to Jari Askins STAFF Alpha Chi Omega on page 20. Mikelle Holt Brady CONTRIBUTORS Cassie Gerhardt Jill Sabatino Lacy VICKY WEBER Mari-jean Oswald Siehl UPSILON (MILLIKIN GRACE GARDNER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND Chief Executive Officer UNIVERSITY) LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES Katie Lampinen Gaffin Vicky is a musician LAURA KNOBEL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Senior Director of Education and and an elementary OF LIFETIME ENGAGEMENT Engagement educator with a ELIZA PAYNE, HOUSING OPERATIONS Amy Colvin Mustafa love for children's COORDINATOR Director of Marketing and literature. As a Puerto Rican author MADISON SMITH, ASSISTANT Communications of Taíno descent, she strives to create DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND Amanda Spice picture books that are fun, engaging LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES Editor and educational. It has long been JEN WALLACH, DIRECTOR OF Lauren Filippini a dream of hers to teach children EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES through the magic of books; Vicky's The Lyre is published quartlerly. books can be found at online retailers POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Lyre 5939 Castle Creek Parkway N. Dr. Indianapolis, IN 46250-4343 FALL 2021 COVER STORY president Lucy, ALL my Alpha Chi Submission Deadlines roommates and sisters, because Fall issue July 1 "Never in my lifetime did I think I am not me without y'all. Winter issue - October 1 I would ever be on a cover of a Tlazocamati (thank you)." Spring issue - January 1 magazine, but here I am. I am grateful Summer issue - April 1 beyond words for my experience ~ CHEYENNE PEREZ-BAILEY 317-579-5050 working with The Lyre, and I want to (EPSILON LAMBDA, THE UNIVERSITY alphachiomega.org OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON) VIA acknowledge the privilege I have to editor@alphachiomega.org INSTAGRAM not only pursue higher education, but Our Mission to be part of the sorority Alpha Chi "We are SO proud and excited for Through the Real. Strong. Women. Omega while attending school. I our sister Cheyenne Perez-Bailey Experience, Alpha Chi Omega want to thank my parents and family for being on the cover of our cultivates impactful communities where women are inspired to for always supporting me and my national magazine, The Lyre. She connect, lead, grow and serve. grandmother for lighting a fire in talks about her culture and what me to embrace my culture. A special she does to end violence against FRATERNITY thank you to Lauren Filippini and Indigenous women. Cheyenne COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION everyone at The Lyre magazine, and is an inspiration to us all and a the amazing photographer Vanessa reminder of what it means to be a Velazquez who was a joy to work real, strong woman." NPC with! I want to thank my best friends national panhellenic conference Natalie and Jenny, my big Tori, my ~ EPSILON LAMBDA CHAPTER VIA INSTAGRAM THE LYRE 3 LUNIEN rL Delivering on Our Promise BY DONNA MCGRATH KLINGE (EPSILON KAPPA, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON), NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION PRESIDENT T he impact of housing on our collegiate sisters remain competitive - in safety, technology and amenities can't be understated. And today, the necessary - significant renovations and remodels/additions with business decisions and financial implications a multi-million-dollar price tag are sometimes needed. around housing have multiplied in complexity and This requires financial forecasting, securing loans and significance. The National Housing Corporation (NHC) negotiating with our university partners. We do this has been leading the way through it all for 25 years, because the safety of our facilities is critical to the well- always focused on our mission while keeping our being of those who live there. We do this SO that the collegiate sisters' needs at quality and condition of our chapter facilities positively the forefront of our mind. represent Alpha Chi Omega on campus. Bottom line, we want our facilities to be a source of great pride and The 1994-96 National enhance the college experience. Council faced financial challenges created in part From the onset, the NHC mission has focused on by chapter housing. At safe and competitive facilities to serve our collegiate that time, four facilities members. As we celebrated 25 years this past summer, had transferred title to we are proud of how far we've come. Today there are the Fraternity and our 117 facilities, suites, lodges or residence hall spaces that leaders recognized the collegians call home. The NHC is working with 13,000 magnitude, complexity of our 19,000 collegians in 105 chapters through the and responsibility of management of 73 spaces, of which we own 26 and DONNA MCGRATH KLINGE facility ownership and lease 14. We also anticipate ownership of four more management. A need facilities as we plan for future establishments and LHC to create a consistent approach to housing led to the transitions. There are 33 custodial properties, which are formation of the National Housing Corporation (NHC) chapter-assigned spaces within the campus such as a in 1996, the third entity of the Alpha Chi Omega suite or residence hall floor. We also support unhoused Enterprise. The charge: manage the properties owned chapters, serving as a contact with the college/university by Alpha Chi Omega; support local housing boards; and on potential housing. assist in negotiations with university administrators, lease review and renovations/remodels. The mission was As we move forward in the years ahead, with all the and continues to be to provide safe and competitive complexity that is and will be, we remain guided by the housing for all Alpha Chi Omega collegians. words of Nancy Leonard from the 1997-98 Report of the Executive Director: "Alpha Chi Omega does not exist Our leaders knew it then, and it remains true today: the for itself, it exists for our members." Your NHC Board landscape of housing is high stakes with significant levels of Directors and housing staff are very clear on our of monetary investments. Federal, state, local and college/ mission. It is critical to deliver on the promise of safe university regulations related to student housing have and competitive housing regardless of who owns, leases become more complex. COVID-19 exacerbated that this or manages the facilities. We owe this to our collegiate past year and shone a light on this reality. Today, we also members and to the experience they have as they begin face aging facilities, many built in the 1950s and 1960s. To their lifelong journey as Alpha Chi Omegas. 4 ALPHA CHI OMEGA PERSPECTIVES Take the First Step BY VICKY WEBER (UPSILON, MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY) I n 2019, my husband asked me what I would do I'm of Puerto Rican descent, and growing up, it was if there were no limitations. I said, "I've always a struggle to find characters that looked like me or wanted to write a children's book." But I never reflected my culture or heritage. I know that others out thought that dream could become a reality. He said, there can relate. And while representation in children's "Let's figure out how to make it happen." I started literature is on the rise, now isn't the time to slow researching and learning everything I could. Mark down - it's more important than ever to keep moving would text me YouTube videos or blog posts on his forward. That's exactly why now is the best time to lunch breaks to empower one another. There are stories that need to help. I must have be told and people who need to tell them. We just invested hundreds need to pass along the tools to do so! if not thousands of hours, but At Upsilon chapter at Millikin University, I met the I knew that if most incredible sisters, some of whom I'm still close 3 others could do it, with to this day. Even now, I have never met a more I could too. honest and supportive community. To me, being a real, ENCANTO strong woman means striving to make the world a Since then, I better place, whenever possible. To believe in yourself have published and break down barriers, for yourself and for other 10 picture books, women, and to always support others because even the and I have many smallest actions can have a huge impact on someone more on the else's life. VICKY WITH HER NEW BOOK, way. Parents and MIRABEL'S DISCOVERY, FOR DISNEY teachers regularly Which is why I can't stress this enough: don't just find AND PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE get in touch your dream, chase it. There are people out there who to share how will help you and support you, but YOU have to take my stories have inspired their children. And then, in the first step. No one can do that part for you. December of 2020, Disney reached out to me to write ONE OF VICKY'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS one of their Step into Reading books, based on their new movie Encanto. That book, Mirabel's Discovery, was just released this fall! My whole life completely changed The in less than two years in ways I never imagined. Can you help But here's the thing. If my husband never asked me that question if I didn't get a gentle nudge in the direction that I wanted to go...I wouldn't have done it. I wouldn't Gingerstock be a bestselling author today. Which is why now, I try to be that push for other women. THE LYRE 5 Alpha Chi Omega A RENDERING OF THE NEXT ALPHA CHI OMEGA HEADQUARTERS BUILDING Headquarters On the Move T he sisterhood of Alpha Chi Omega reaches renovated to incorporate workspaces and meeting across locations and time zones, linking women rooms, as well as our history and archives. It will feel like together wherever they are through our shared home with thoughtful donor recognition and branding bond. Since 1922, we have had six physical homes for our elements. sisterhood in central office or headquarters buildings - places that have housed our history and heritage, provided Staff will vacate the current building in January 2022, and work and meeting space for staff and volunteers, and plans for renovations to the new building are in progress welcomed us to gather as sisters. No matter the location, to allow it to be opened to staff and members in early our sisterhood has remained steadfast. spring. In the interim months, there will not be a building for gathering; mail can continue to be sent to 5939 Castle For the past three years, the National Council and our Creek Parkway N. Dr. during that time. Members will CEO have evaluated and discussed the effectiveness receive communication of the new building's address and of our current headquarters. After an assessment of the date that we'll begin welcoming visitors as soon as it is usage, technological capabilities and future needs of the available to share. building compared to costs for renovation, the building at 5939 Castle Creek Parkway was listed for sale or partial As then-National President Adele Drew shared at sublease. In September 2021, a contract was signed to the dedication of our 1974 headquarters: "This is far sell the building. This decision came after thorough more than a building. It is the operational heart for all evaluation and discussion, not due to COVID-19 or a members, collegiate and alumnae, wherever they may financial need to sell the building; the Alpha Chi Omega be." These words hold true for our next building. We Enterprise continues to enjoy a strong financial position. look forward to welcoming sisters back to the heart and home of Alpha Chi Omega in 2022 and to continuing Shortly after the sale, the National Council selected the our vision of shaping the future through the powerful, next home for Alpha Chi Omega. This new Indianapolis transformative and everlasting connections of real, strong building will be owned by Alpha Chi Omega and women. 6 ALPHA CHI OMEGA Welcome Back, Epsilon Upsilon! MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY IN STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI n November 13, the founding class of the O reestablished Epsilon Upsilon chapter participated in the Initiation Ceremony on Mississippi State's campus. Due to ongoing COVID-19 2 concerns, the chapter will be having a larger installation banquet including family, friends, local alumnae and advisors in the spring. The chapter was able to be formally reinstalled at a smaller event attended by the newly initiated member class, advisory board members, some local volunteers, staff members and National President Lynne Herndon. Lynne congratulated the new chapter, saying, "You will forever be part of a sisterhood that counts not just the 3 women you were initiated with this morning, but the more than 300,000 women that have been initiated into the Bond of Alpha Chi Omega. You are an outstanding group of young women, and you bring true distinction to our sisterhood." Congratulations to the founding sisters of the reestablished Epsilon Upsilon chapter! [1] SISTERS CELEBRATING INITIATION ON CAMPUS Check your spring Lyre for an update on our Gamma Sigma [2] SISTERS ON INITIATION DAY (University of Rhode Island) chapter's reinstallation in [3] THE EPSILON UPSILON EXECUTIVE BOARD December 2021! [4] BID DAY 4 XO A Century of Sisterhood 1921 - 2021 OMEGA City Happy 100 YEARS ALPHA LAMBDA CHAPTER UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDED SEPTEMBER 30,1921 Centennial Celebrations SAVE THE DATES FOR RECENT AND UPCOMING CENTENNIAL CHAPTER PLANS! ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA LAMBDA ALPHA MU (INDIANA ALPHA NU (UNIVERSITY (UNIVERSITY OF (UNIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY) OF MISSOURI) OREGON) MINNESOTA) Scheduled for fall 2022 Scheduled for April Rescheduled for June Scheduled for Email lisa.t.deinlein@ 22-24, 2022 Visit 17-19, 2022 | Visit November 5, 2022 Visit gmail.com or jsdowney@ alphachimizzou.com/ alphakappa100.com for alphalambdacentennial. indiana.edu to get centennial-celebration information com for information involved for information or email or email axoalphanucentennial@ alphalambdacentennial@ gmail.com to get involved gmail.com to get involved Read With Us in 2022! The Alpha Chi Omega Alumnae Book Club is an online club created specifically for our literature-loving alumnae! As a member, you can connect with alumnae all over the world about the books we're reading. The online group hosts vibrant discussions about our books and fosters new connections between sisters. To learn how to join, visit the Alumnae page on alphachiomega.org. We're excited to share our first three books of 2022! JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH THE AUTHENTICITY PROJECT THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER: BY CLARE POOLEY OF LENNI AND MARGOT A MEMOIR BY ASHLEY C. FORD BY MARIANNE CRONIN We will begin the year with a story In this powerful story of childhood about a solitary green notebook, Two terminally ill patients - defined by the absence of an which will tie together the lives one 17 and the other 83 - will incarcerated father, Ashley takes us of six strangers. This novel teaches show us the gift of life and the on her journey through the push us that being your true self is the importance of friendship as we and pull of the circumstances she brave road that leads to happiness. recognize Healthy Relationships was born into, the person she is Week this month. and the familial love that often sits between the two. charming."-PEOPLE EXTRAORDINARY THE The One SOMEBODY'S AUTHENTICITY Hundred DAUGHTER PROJECT Years A MEMOIR (i) A NOVEL Lenni CLARE POOLEY NOVEL ard.Margot ASHLEY C. FORD MARIANNE CRONIN THE LYRE 9 AXO NEWS Turning #1Thing Into Collective Action BY GRACE GARDNER (THETA UPSILON, With hundreds of UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA), thousands of living THE #1THING THAT WILL END DOMESTIC ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND members of Alpha Chi VIOLENCE IS OUR LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES Omega, when we each COLLECTIVE POWER. commit to do one thing ince 1992, Alpha Chi Omega has worked to to honor our own story, FROM THE DOMESTIC S raise awareness about domestic violence and educate others or support VIOLENCE AWARENESS a survivor, our individual PROJECT provide education and support to those affected by intimate partner violence, sexual assault and other actions transform into forms of domestic violence. In that time, our efforts powerful collective action. Through Alpha Chi Omega, have adapted to meet the needs of our members, local our small contributions have a lasting impact. We have and national domestic violence organizations and, most a unique opportunity and responsibility to break down importantly, the survivors in our communities. This the barriers that exist to ending domestic violence need to adapt has never been more pressing than in the through the collective action made possible by the size past two years when we have also been forced to adapt of our organization. We aren't asking any one person to life in a pandemic. IOTA PHI (QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY) HELD FRISBEE FEST We all feel the compounding effects of the pandemic: FOR ITS FALL PHILANTHROPY EVENT. burnout is high, people are mentally exhausted and many of us have yet to return to something that feels "normal." Even the simplest routines and responsibilities can feel overwhelming, let alone finding the time to volunteer, the financial resources to donate and the energy to educate our communities about domestic violence. According to studies published in the Journal of Criminal Justice, this high level of burnout is occurring while rates of domestic violence in the United States are increasing, exacerbated by stay-at-home orders, financial instability and housing insecurity. As we are all facing our own individual COLLECTIVE ACTION: challenges, Alpha Chi ACTION TAKEN Omega's philanthropic TOGETHER BY A GROUP mission is more OF PEOPLE TO ENHANCE important than ever. THEIR CONDITION AND ACHIEVE A COMMON OBJECTIVE 10 ALPHA CHI OMEGA to do everything, but we are asking everyone to do something. The Domestic Violence Awareness Project, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, developed a unified campaign called #1Thing, which inspired Alpha Chi Omega's 2021 Domestic Violence Awareness Month messaging. This October, we launched a new Program with Purpose, "Awareness Into Action," which helps our collegiate and alumnae chapters explore how collective action relates to the issue of domestic violence and helps participants identify what they can contribute to this cause. We also hosted webinars with our national partners at the One Love Foundation and through our Women & Wisdom series to educate not only about the signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships, but also how members can transform our philanthropy into a career. And through the Foundation's Community Impact program, 72 chapters raised more than $280,000! As we look back at Domestic Violence Awareness Month and look forward to a new year, we can all commit to doing #1Thing to end domestic violence in our communities. Your contribution may vary based on your connection to the cause, but we invite you to consider the following opportunities and share your ALPHA UPSILON (THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA) HOSTED #1Thing with others. ITS ANNUAL DASH FOR DVA 5K. HONOR YOUR STORY EDUCATE OTHERS SUPPORT SURVIVORS Use the following prompts to Learn more about DVA and share Take action to make a tangible share your own connection with others: difference in your community: to Alpha Chi Omega's philanthropic mission: Take a community pledge. Host a donation drive. Host a social media campaign. Pack "go bags" for victims and #1Thing I want to share about Research and share statistics survivors. my story is about domestic violence. Volunteer at a local shelter. #1Thing I need you to know Understand and talk about the Advocate to policy makers and about domestic violence is. difference between healthy community leaders. #1Thing that inspires me to and unhealthy love and Host a trauma-informed care keep working to end domestic relationships. training. violence is... Share resources from the One #1Thing I do to take care of Love Foundation. myself is... THE LYRE 11 INDUSTRY INFO They'd Do It All Again BY LAUREN FILIPPINI (ALPHA CHI, BUTLER UNIVERSITY), EDITOR T his year, the National Panhellenic Conference Gallup found that alumni who had joined were more (NPC) and North American Interfraternity likely to say they felt supported by faculty and were Conference (NIC) teamed up with Gallup engaged in experiential learning. Affiliated alumni are to study the experiences that alumni members of also significantly more likely than their nonaffiliated fraternities and sororities had during and after college. peers to recommend their alma mater to others. The report - "Fraternities and Sororities: Experiences and Outcomes in College, Work and Life" - showed Our collegiate members are students first, preparing hugely positive results to support the value of the for whatever life after college looks like for them. The fraternal experience on both retention during college study found that 51% of affiliated alumni had a job and success after graduating. Namely, Gallup found within the first two months of graduation, compared that affiliated alumni had great college experiences, felt to 36% of nonaffiliated alumni. Many of those surveyed more prepared for life after college and are more likely attribute this success to the help of fraternal sisters and to be thriving in their well-being than nonaffiliated brothers. Additionally, sorority and fraternity members graduates. are more likely to be engaged in their current jobs and committed to their work. Alpha Chi Omega alumnae have countless positive memories of college, from extracurricular activities Career success isn't everything; well-being and feeling to academic and personal development. Compared to content with post-grad life is important. Gallup those who did not join a sorority or fraternity in college, reported that affiliated alumni are more likely than nonaffiliated alumni to be satisfied with their lives - nearly five times as likely, in fact, to rate their present lives a 10 on a scale of worst to best possible life. Within all well-being measurements of career, social, financial, community and physical aspects, those who joined a sorority or fraternity responded that they are thriving more those who were not members of fraternal groups. And one final data point, perhaps the most powerful of all: 84% of affiliated alumni say if they had to do it all again, they would still join their fraternity or sorority. Alpha Chi Omega is proud to provide a collegiate experience that fosters connection, builds leadership skills and creates a network of sisters as part of the lifelong Real. Strong. Women. Experience. Visit npcwomen.org for the full report and more ALUMNAE OF KAPPA OMEGA (INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE information about the sorority experience. UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS) 12 ALPHA CHI OMEGA together LET US SEEK THE HEIGHTS 61st NATIONAL CONVENTION JULY 8-10, 2022 BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON Join us to seek the heights together at our 61st National Convention as we reconnect with our sisters and Alpha Chi Omega. Convention will be held at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue on Seattle's Eastside. Enjoy spending time together, including additional time and opportunities for networking, sisterhood and making once-in-a-lifetime memories with friends new and old. We cannot wait to see you in Bellevue! Look for registration to open in February 2022! Insider's Guide to Bellevue Our 2022 National Convention local volunteer chair, Jill Kinison (Theta Tau, Rutgers University), shares about her journey to the Pacific Northwest and some of her favorite parts of Bellevue and neighboring Seattle that she doesn't want you to miss! JILL KINISON so, YOU'RE FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST? No, admittedly, I'm not, but I've lived here for over 10 years. I grew up in New Jersey and came out here for a family vacation when I was 19. Walking the Seattle streets, I fell in love and instinctively knew I was meant to return. Three years later I signed a lease for my First Hill neighborhood apartment, started graduate school at Seattle University and began a one-year practicum with University of Washington's Greek Life Office. After graduation, I moved to Texas briefly (and picked up a southern gentleman of a husband) and returned in 2013 to a new place in the Fremont neighborhood. We've been here ever since. In 2016, we purchased a home just north of Seattle proper. Safe to say, we're not leaving anytime soon. ISN'T IT RAINY ALL THE TIME? October through May it does rain here. a lot. But New York City gets more cumulative rainfall than we do. It's just spread out over more days in the Pacific Northwest. It's not typical that we experience lightning, thunderstorms or downpours. Here, it's more likely to be cloudy, gray and overcast accompanied by anything from a mist to light rain. Invest in a Vitamin D supplement and a solid rain jacket, and you're good to go. Activities don't stop here just because of the rain. In fact, it's a sure sign you're a tourist if you're carrying an umbrella. WINTERS ARE TOUGH, BUT WE'RE REWARDED IN THE SUMMER. JILL AND EMILY ANCINEC (IOTA ALPHA, Little known fact: summers (June-September) here are absolutely ALUMNAE INITIATES) AT THE FREMONT TROLL stunning. Endless humidity-free, sunny days and mild 75-degree temperatures, with orca pod sightings and mountain views everywhere you turn. The days are long during those months with sunsets after 9 p.m. PDT, and most everyone takes advantage of being outside. CREDIT MICHAEL WALMSLEY COURTESY OF VISIT BELLEVUE 14 ALPHA CHI OMEGA "THE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING, AND I MUST GO." In Bellevue, you are surrounded by wilderness and water. You have the Olympic Mountains to the west, the Cascades to the east and Mount Rainier holds court on clear days over all of it to the south. The Puget Sound glistens east of the Emerald City, and Lake Washington connects the East Siders from those living in city. Regardless of where you live, there are opportunities to play in all of it: camping, sailing, kayaking, hiking, snow shoeing, sea planes, skiing/snowboarding, paragliding, mountain biking, city walking trails, geocaching there's SO much to do and see outside. WHAT ELSE DOES THE AREA OFFER? Proximity. Bellevue is less than 15 minutes from Seattle by car, and a train ride away from Portland to the south and Vancouver, British JILL AND HER HUSBAND, LUKE, HIKING Columbia to the north. If you're itching to explore the mountains but SUMMERLAND TRAIL ON MOUNT RAINER don't have a car, there are plenty of organizations that can help you get out of town. (Hint hint: More information about Alpha Chi Omega-led excursions coming soon!) Water travel. From Seattle, you can take a passenger/car ferry to Bainbridge Island, Bremerton, Poulsbo and Kingston. From downtown, you can take a 20-minute water taxi (foot passengers only) to West Seattle - home of Alki Beach. Pro sports. I come from a hockey-loving family, SO we're all thrilled that we just kicked off our first pro NHL season with the Seattle Kraken team. If sports are your thing but hockey isn't, we also have Seattle Seahawks (NFL), Seattle Sounders (MLS) and Seattle Mariners (MLB). INSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM JILL AND ALPHA CHI OMEGA THE BELLEVUE COLLECTION AND OLD BELLEVUE: FROM ANY STORE YOU CAN IMAGINE, TO UNIQUE BOUTIQUES YOU WON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE. FREMONT TROLL: CLIMB ATOP A LARGER-THAN-LIFE STREET ART TROLL WITH A VW BUG HIDDEN UNDER A BRIDGE. PIKE PLACE MARKET: $5-10 FLOWER BOUQUETS, FRESH FRUIT AND VEGGIES, LOCAL ART AND FISH THROWERS. COLUMBIA CENTER OBSERVATION DECK: TALLER THAN THE SPACE NEEDLE AND WITH BETTER VIEWS. DIM SUM: THERE ARE SO MANY DROOL-WORTHY AUTHENTIC DIM SUM LOCATIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. GET IN LINE EARLY. IN BELLEVUE, CHECK OUT OUR LOCAL CHAIN DOUGH ZONE FOR DUMPLINGS. EQUES: THE BEST BRUNCH SPOT IN BELLEVUE - LOCATED RIGHT INSIDE OUR CONVENTION HOTEL COMPLEX! BELLEVUE DOWNTOWN PARK: A 21-ACRE OASIS WITH A WATERFALL, MOUNTAIN VIEWS, SHADE TREES AND A WALKING PATH, LOCATED LESS THAN A MILE FROM OUR HOTEL! THINGS TO BRING BACK FROM YOUR VISIT: GLASSYBABY VOTIVES AND DRINKWARE LOCAL COFFEE FROM VICTROLA OR FONTE ARTISAN GIFTS FROM THE BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM OR VENUE BALLARD VISIT ALPHACHIOMEGA.ORG/CONVENTION FOR AN INTERACTIVE MAP TO EXPLORE WHILE YOU'RE IN BELLEVUE! THE LYRE 15 CONVENTION COLLEGIAN OPPORTUNITY: CONVENTION PAGES Interested in a behind-the-scenes experience at convention? Serving as a convention page is a fun and exciting opportunity available exclusively to collegiate members. As a convention page, you will meet, work and network with alumnae, other collegians, staff and board members from across the country. You'll also work behind the scenes with event and meeting preparations, help during the election process and assist with a number of other convention activities. "Serving as a convention page was one of my favorite experiences from my collegiate career," says 2018 page Allie Cantalupo (Kappa Chi, Florida Gulf Coast 2018 CONVENTION PAGES University). "Being able to work closely with the headquarters staff and meet sisters from around the country was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Interested? Please contact Gina Fox, director of chapter operations, at gfox@alphachiomega.org. CONVENTION CHOIR Calling all musical Alpha Chi Omegas! We need your voices as part of the 2022 National Convention Choir! The choir will lead songs selected for chapter meetings and meals. Alumnae, collegians and volunteers are all welcome to join. More information to come on our website, alphachiomega.org/convention. 2018 CONVENTION CHOIR MEMBERS STAR CHALLENGE VOLUNTEERS WANTED! Star Challenge goes live June 2022! Be on the lookout We need a team of volunteers to help pull off for more information to come on how you can honor an incredible convention. Are you interested in sisters and friends with a star during convention! volunteering on-site helping our team with logistics such as greeting attendees, setting up behind the scenes and more? Email volunteer@alphachiomega.org. 16 Let's Get Social! We're SO excited to be #AXOtogether, SO we took to social media and asked you to share some of your favorite convention memories! With our 61st National Convention quickly approaching, check out some memories below as we prepare to make even more in July 2022 TOGETHER! AM "EPSILON KAPPA Trinity WINNING THE 2018 NATIONAL 2017 COUNCIL TROPHY IN AUSTIN ! " "UNC SISTERS WITH A COUPLE PHOTOBOMBS." " . "VOTING TO ADOPT DVA AS 'BEING A OUR NATIONAL CONVENTION PHILANTHROPY PAGE!" IN 1992 " REUNITING WITH LONGTIME FRIENDS AND MAKING NEW ONES " '2000 IN INDY. HANGING WITH THE BAND AND SISTERS I WILL LOVE ETERNALLY." " THE LYRE 17 FOUNDATION Chi Omega Cindy Chesler, Gamma Kathleen Graves, Gamma Psi Omicron Carrie Gray, Alpha Mu Zohra Choudhry, Zeta Theta Sue Greathouse, Delta Psi Elise Christopher, Gamma lota Denise Griffey, Mu Suzanne Cobb, Epsilon* Leslie Griffith, Kappa Heather Coleman, Delta Psi** Betsy Grodhaus, Beta 2020-21 Kathy Connelly, Delta Zeta Mary Kay Gropper, Omega Lorraine Conoley, Tau* Martha Gschneidner, Delta Nu June Cook, Alpha Mu Cathy Habib, Rho Jenn Cornell, Zeta Lambda Sherrie Hald, Theta Nu** Julie Crawford, Kappa Liza Hallsten, Alpha Omega Ashlee Cribb Woliver, Epsilon Jane Hamilton-Merritt, Gamma Phi Mu Leadership Victoria Crow, Epsilon Kappa Stephanie Hansen, Pi Nancy Crowther, Alpha Sigma Chelsea Hardy, Gamma lota Jan Culver, Beta Tau Nancy Harman, Gamma Rho Jan Curschman, Beta Phi Melissa Harrell, Iota Lambda Jennifer Daurora, Delta Angela Costley Harris, Alpha Julie Davis, Alpha Mu Beta* Circle Ann Dean, Gamma Mu Julia Harris, Delta Rho** Kitty deKieffer, Epsilon Kappa** Miek Hart, Sigma* Sandra Denhart, Delta Psi Michelle Hawes, Beta Xi Polly Dobbs, Gamma Mu Alice Hawk, Omicron Elizabeth Donaldson, Alpha Susan Hayes, Beta Chi Shawn Donnelley, Zeta Psi* Jennifer Healy, Alpha Omicron THE ALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION Jean Durling, Beta Tau Maureen Heekin, Alpha Barbara Eaton, Beta Epsilon Omicron IS PLEASED TO HONOR LEADERSHIP Ronda Eckhardt, Nu Annamarie Hellebusch, Zeta CIRCLE DONORS WHO SUPPORTED THE Kristin Edwards, Beta Epsilon* Omicron* Susan Eich, Zeta Upsilon Anne Helliwell, Gamma Iota** REAL. STRONG. WOMEN. FUND WITH JoAnn Eisenberg, lota Betty Hemmeter, Beta Theta GIFTS OF $1,000 OR MORE DURING THE Marjorie Elden, Delta Pi Amanda Hene, Beta Sigma Tracy Embree, Theta Omicron Lynne Herndon, Alpha 2020-21 FISCAL YEAR. Diane Erdman, Kappa Upsilon* Kaye Evleth, Delta Psi Lindsay Hicks, Alpha Chi DONOR LISTING AS OF AUGUST 2021 Rosie Fairhead, Delta Rho Deirdre Hill, Epsilon Zeta Judy Fecel, Alpha Beta** Kristin Himsel, Alpha *LEADERSHIP CIRCLE SILVER ($2,500+) Kori Fellows, Alpha Phi** Lisa Hoegerman, Epsilon Psi **LEADERSHIP CIRCLE GOLD ($5,000+) Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh, Sharon Holbrook, lota Delta Sigma* Rachael Hood, Alpha Gamma Lauryn Ackley, Gamma Nu* Leslie Block, Theta Tau* Joyce Fleming, Omicron Emma Horn, Alpha Susie Adams, Alpha Phi Diane Boone, Beta Tau Sherry Forsee, Delta Epsilon Megan Houghton, Alpha Beta Judy Anderson, Alpha Lambda Cathy Boragno, Delta Sigma Sylvia Foster, Beta Eta Gail Howell, Gamma lota Kristen Anderson, Gamma lota Kami Borden, Epsilon Zeta Allison J. Foster, Gamma Chi Janis Rose Hurter, Zeta Tabitha Arias, Psi Christine Bornand, Zeta Nu Ellie Fox, Psi Omicron* Tina Artman, Delta Kappa Maya Botvinick, Epsilon Kappa Lorna Fox, Alpha Lambda* Carol Hutcheson, Epsilon Zeta Jari Askins, Psi Jen Bradway, Mu* Angela Freeland, Zeta Eta Molly Ironmonger, Theta Alli Badgero, Delta Zeta Mikelle Brady, Alpha* Amy Jo Gabel Lambda Mary Baker, Delta Mu Bonnie Brooks, Alpha Psi Katie Gaffin, Delta Zeta Eileen Ishizue, Delta Sigma Sheri Baldwin, Phi Diane Bryant, Delta Rho Holly Galbraith, Beta Xi Lisa Jeran, Zeta Upsilon Julie Balk, Beta Nu Julie Burkhard, Beta Sigma* Shannon Gallagher-Bolton, Pi Margaret Johnson, Omicron Cindy Ballard, Zeta Rho Christine Bush, Theta Phyllis Gambill, Alpha Chi Alice Johnson, Beta Rho Paula Barnes, Delta Rho* Kathy Butkiewicz, Alpha Chi* Mary Gendry, Upsilon Patricia Joiner Constance Barsky, Delta Xi Cheryl Buxton, Gamma Xi Traci Gerdes, Gamma Chi Judy Judson, Gamma LaVone Bartine, Alpha Lambda Pamela Callahan, Alpha Phi Cassie Gerhardt, Alpha Pi Eve Kampmeinert, Alpha Zeta Ruth Bartlett, Beta Sigma Tanya Case, Alpha Gamma Anne Gerhart, Alpha Nu Amy Kates, Zeta Phi Emilie Beagle, Upsilon** Kathleen Castro, Alpha Psi* Laura Glenn, Beta Epsilon Krista Kauper, Zeta Omicron Marjorie Beardsley, Rho** Monica Cepero, Beta Eta Katie Glick, Alpha Beta Karen Kay, Delta Chi Caryn Beck-Dudley, Beta Xi Dorothy Chambers, Alpha Kathy Gore, Beta Lambda Melanie Kilgore, Delta Upsilon* Judy Benning, Epsilon Zeta Omega Marilyn Grace, Psi Kelly Kilgour, Kappa Nu* Bonnie Biggs, Epsilon Chi Jenny Champlin, Psi Marsha Grady, Alpha Upsilon** Elizabeth Kinder, Zeta Eta Lindsey Bishop, Gamma Chi Susan Eso Chandler, Psi** Pam Graham, Alpha Phi* Natasha King, Delta Lambda Diane Blackwelder, Omicron Donna Chereck, Alpha Phi Suzanne Grant, Alpha Phi Stephanie King, Theta Tau Erin Bley, Psi Leigh Grantham, Epsilon Zeta Donna Klinge, Epsilon Kappa 18 ALPHA CHI OMEGA Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Julie Kolman, Delta Kappa Judy Meador, Gamma Kristin Koppen, Delta Chi** Michelle Merrick, Epsilon Xi "Giving back or giving forward is crucial. Suzanne Kuch, Nu** Karen Miley, Alpha Lambda It's one of the most important things we Angie Kucharski, Gamma Mendy Mitchell, Phi Jill Lacy, Gamma Mu* Ruth Moeller, Alpha can do to help one another as it nourishes Jessica Lahey, Gamma Zeta** Valerie Morrison, Theta Sigma* Mary Beth Lake, Epsilon Phi Leslie Moss, Gamma Rho life and society. I am grateful to Alpha Chi Mary Pat Lambke, Beta Epsilon* Adrienne Murphrey, Alpha Phi Diane Murphy, Epsilon Psi Omega for building my foundation which Jennifer Lane, Zeta Pi Bobbi Larsen, Xi* Deborah Musa, Alpha Chi has allowed me to serve others." Debbie Law, Alpha Chi Amy Mustafa, Beta Phi Lisa Lawless, Theta Omega Jolie Napier-Vea, lota Tau Esther Lawson, Alpha Delta Meg Nelson, Gamma Mu Sharon Lease, Gamma Tau** Bev Nichols, Alpha Nu SHARON LEASE Carolyn Lee, Delta Rho Dena Norrod, Delta Zeta (GAMMA TAU, OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY) Shirley LeForge, Delta Theta* Laura Noteware, Beta Psi Yvonne Lentz-Kelley, Nu** Joyce Oliver, Beta Sigma Ellen Lewis, Omicron Janet Olsen, Gamma Eta Molly Lindner, Delta Chi Rebecca Olson, Theta Helen Lockhart, Alpha Lambda Ann Olson, Alpha Pi* Carol Lutz, Epsilon Chi Sandy Oltz, Tau Bridget Riordan, Gamma Mu Karen Stewart, Beta Epsilon** Barbara Lynch, Alpha Beta Alarie Ornburn, Delta Chi Anna Ritchie, Phi Lynne Strasser, Alpha Eta Chris MacLaughlin, Alpha Psi Esther Ousborne, Epsilon Rho Lisa Roane, Delta Julie Stufft, Zeta Upsilon Thomasina Madden, Zeta Eta Frances Pastuszenski, Epsilon Shirley Rogers, Gamma Theta Suzie Symcox, Psi Katy Madsen, Psi Psi Sandra Rosen, Omicron Tonya Tatum, Beta Lambda* Maree Magliocchetti, Alpha Melissa Patterson, Gamma Xi Danielle Russell, Alpha Chi Kathy Taylor, Alpha Chi Tau* Jen Patterson, Beta Phi Jane Salter, Delta Pi Melissa Taylor, Alpha Upsilon Audra Mahnke, Delta Joan Perry, Zeta Lambda Babs Sandeen, Epsilon Psi Anne Teaford-Cantor, Alpha Yvette Martinez, Zeta Nu Judy Phillips, Gamma Lambda Vicky Sauer-Lamb, Epsilon Xi Psi** Suzanne Masters, Delta Pi Kim Phillips, Alpha Beta Courtney Schmidt, Alpha Christi Tennyson, Delta Chi Lynn Mathis, Beta Sigma Suzanne Pierce, Alpha Omicron Judy Schmuck, Delta Chi Jennifer Terry, Zeta Lambda Patricia Mattingley, Beta Zeta** MerLynn Pitcher, Beta Judy Schubert, Alpha Mu* Sharon Theodore, Beta Epsilon Michele Mattoon, Rho* Peggy Putnam Alexander, Alpha Christina Sechrest, Theta Jane Thessin, Beta Theta** Carla Mattson, Alpha Nu* Upsilon Omicron Jan Thomson, Alpha Gamma Margaret Maxwell, Beta Lambda* Susan Pyke, Gamma Xi Donna Seegers, Epsilon Eta Adrienne Torre, Beta Lambda Maxine Mazur, Alpha Tau** Melissa Ramirez, Beta Omega Willie Shafer, Xi Janice Townsend, Beta Sigma Kim McClure, Gamma Omicron Karen Rayburn, Zeta Lambda Jeannie Shahnasarian, Alpha Tori Trobak, Alpha Lambda Jane McGeehan, Alpha Beta Susan Rehorn, Zeta Pi* Beta Suzi Turner, Zeta Chi Anne McInnis, Delta Psi* Carmen Rene, Gamma Delta Jane Shannahan, Gamma Virginia Ueberroth, Gamma Eta Susan McLendon, Gamma Phi Jensy Richards, Sigma** Betsy Shannon, Beta Janice Van Ekeren, Delta Nu Kara Sheets, Gamma Epsilon Carmen Vance, Alpha Nu Ann Shepard, Mu Lindsay Vise, Omicron Jane Shoppell, Delta Upsilon Nancy Waiss, Omega Margi Shostedt, Alpha Lambda Maggie Ward, Epsilon Theta Sheri Shoup, Alpha Phi* Teresa Warner, Psi "They say you get back what you put Kara Shuror, Epsilon Lambda Erin Weesner, Gamma Mu Stephanie Sibley, Gamma Nu Lee Welborn, Epsilon Phi into an organization, and I always feel Sherri Sides, Delta Kappa Mary Welch, Alpha Beta I receive more than I give. Giving back Mari-jean Siehl, Alpha Omicron Jan Whitlow, Alpha Nu Karen Siladi, Delta Zeta Margaret Wilcox, Delta Chi to Alpha Chi Omega ensures that the Sherry Simpson, Gamma Nu Lark Will, Delta lota Sandy Singleton, Gamma Rho Susan Wilson, Beta Lambda* college experiences we all share continue Leslie Sinyard, Beta Sigma Mary Winkler, Epsilon Zeta Susan Smith, Gamma Sigma Gaia Winter, Gamma Nu SO we can promote the ideals and Ritual Bonnie Smith, Epsilon Zeta Julie Wisbrock, Phi* of Alpha Chi Omega in the future." Mary Smith, Delta Rho Sheila Marie Wishek, Pi Alice Snedeker, Epsilon Phi Corinne Wolffe, Zeta Eta Carolynn Snyder, Beta Zeta Kathie Woolard, Delta Sigma Joyce St. Clair, Alpha Mu Diane Young, Epsilon Tau DEIRDRE HILL Aggie Steiner, Beta Eta Penny Zamkov, Lambda (EPSILON ZETA, AUBURN UNIVERSITY) Joan Stephans, Alpha lota Dina Zemke, Zeta Phi Darlene Stevenson, Gamma Anonymous Delta* THE LYRE 19 FOUNDATION Love (alpha chi ) Alph Selfless Rachi ) Omega FOUNDATION Sisterhood one (alpha BY YVETTE DEANNA MARTINEZ (ZETA NU, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY) elove GENE term that comes to mind when I think of A real, strong women is "selfless." I think of achi) Alpha Chi On the sisters who have inspired me to work hard, be kind and help others who have been silenced or don't have a voice. As an active member of Beta Kappa Beta (Dallas, YVETTE Texas), I've had many opportunities to give back to DEANNA my sisters and my community. I started volunteering MARTINEZ with Genesis Women's Shelter years ago, which connects back to our national philanthropy, domestic It is never too late or too soon to get involved with violence awareness. On a chapter level, I've served Alpha Chi Omega. To a collegiate sister, I recommend as an alumnae chapter leader and an advisor at lota serving on your chapter's board as an officer or on Sigma (Southern Methodist University). Currently, I a committee and visiting the local women's shelter serve as a Ritual specialist for South Texas. for volunteer opportunities. To an alumna sister, I recommend reaching out to your local alumnae Through my involvement with Alpha Chi Omega, chapter if you're not already a member and join. If I have truly come to know the importance of our you are willing to mentor a collegiate sister, I strongly values of wisdom, devotion and achievement. The recommend serving on the advisory board of the local greatest gifts I have received from our sisterhood are collegiate chapter. It is fun and rewarding to support the real, strong women who have graced me with our collegiate officers as they take on their roles. their love, support and loyalty. Whether giving back as a volunteer or investing It is important for me to give back to Alpha Chi financially in the future of Alpha Chi Omega, your Omega. I support the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation return is immeasurable. Each day in my practice of as a Leadership Circle donor, which supports the these virtues, especially in selfless service, I aspire to seek greatest needs of our sisterhood through the Real. the heights. Strong. Women. Fund; I am a sponsor of Alpha Chi Couture, Iota Sigma's signature philanthropy event that supports the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation, Genesis Women's Shelter and the One Love "Through my involvement with Foundation; and I recently gave to the housing Alpha Chi Omega, I have truly come to renovation project at lota Sigma which is now know the importance of our values of complete and in line with our future at SMU. wisdom, devotion and achievement." 20 ALPHA CHI OMEGA Krista Muldoon (Epsilon Kappa, California State University, Fullerton) Scholarship Julia Peterson (Epsilon Nu, Boise State University) Maddy Portilla (Iota Chi, Middle Tennessee State University) Gianna Rispoli (Beta Sigma, University of Georgia) Lucy Robinson (Epsilon Lambda, The University of Texas at Arlington) Recipients Maeve Salm (Zeta Upsilon, Case Western Reserve University) Sarah Schreiber (Delta Omega, University of Kentucky) Sarah Whitmore Stucky (Rho, University of Washington) Abby Varricchio (Beta Delta, College of William & Mary) Sydney Vie (Alpha Upsilon, The University of Alabama) Lauren Wasisco (Beta Lambda, University of Arizona) THANKS TO GENEROUS GIFTS Hannah Wehl (Omega, Washington State University) Megan Weston (Alpha Gamma, The University of New Mexico) FROM SISTERS AND FRIENDS Makenna Woods (Zeta Omicron, Vanderbilt University) OF ALPHA CHI OMEGA, THE ALPHA DELTA CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOUNDATION AWARDED MORE Hannah Leszcz (Beta Tau, Miami University) THAN 200 SCHOLARSHIPS ALPHA GAMMA ALPHA GEORGIA SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO MEMBERS FOR USE IN Gianna Rispoli (Beta Sigma, University of Georgia) THE 2021-22 ACADEMIC YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE ANGELS OF PI CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP Kaitlyn Scadina Mansfield (Pi, University of California, Berkeley) SISTERS WHO CONTINUE SEEKING THE HEIGHTS! ANNABELLE GRANT PARSONS SCHOLARSHIP FUND Ellen Conway (Chi, Oregon State University) Rose McFarland (Chi, Oregon State University) ALICE LOHRMAN ANDREWS MICHIGAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND Sierra Hazard (Beta, Albion College) ANNE PEEL HOPKINS FUND Sophie Richards (Delta Epsilon, Southeast Missouri State University) ALPHA CHI CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND Laura Allaben (Alpha Chi, Butler University) BARBARA EGERTON BRADY TILLERY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Jacey Cornett (Alpha Chi, Butler University) Virginia Tanner (Epsilon Chi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) ALPHA CHI SCHOLARS FUND Anonymous Sister Laura Allaben (Alpha Chi, Butler University) "I WANT TO SEND THE Lainey Bentz (Gamma Mu, Ball State University) MOST GRACIOUS THANKS Ryan Brown-Ezell (Alpha Omega, Birmingham-Southern College) TO THE ALPHA CHI OMEGA Leah Cantrelle (Kappa Sigma, University of Southern Mississippi) FOUNDATION FOR BEING SO Elisha Chu (Iota Nu, University of California San Diego) WILLING AND ABLE TO HELP Jacey Cornett (Alpha Chi, Butler University) STUDENTS SUCH AS MYSELF. Melanie D'Angelo (Kappa Pi, University of North Carolina at THIS AWARD IS SO MUCH Wilmington) MORE THAN A SCHOLARSHIP. Kaleigh DeGeldere (Alpha Pi, University of North Dakota) TO ME, IT IS AN INVESTMENT Lauren Floyd (Gamma Epsilon, Oklahoma State University) IN MY FUTURE SUCCESSES Ashley Gomoluch (Theta, University of Michigan) AND THE FUTURE LEADERS Abigail Interrante (Kappa Tau, University of Connecticut) THAT WILL REPRESENT AND Hannah Leszcz (Beta Tau, Miami University) UPHOLD THE STANDARDS OF Briley Lewis (Theta Psi, Columbia University) ALPHA CHI OMEGA WOMEN." Kellee Matheny (Beta Eta, Florida State University) Morgan Metcalf (Alpha Nu, University of Missouri) ~ ANYSSA MUJICA (ALPHA Lindsay Moesta (Alpha Nu, University of Missouri) Tatum Mowery (Delta Omega, University of Kentucky) BETA, PURDUE UNIVERSITY) THE LYRE 21 FOUNDATION "THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND BEL LARUE NEAL FUND SUPPORT! I AM SO OVERJOYED Kelsey Moisan (Alpha, DePauw University) TO BE PART OF OUR SISTERHOOD AND LOVE THAT I BETA CHI SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF KATHERINE AM STILL ABLE TO TAKE PART IN IONE REDMOND AXO ALUMNAE ACTIVITIES AND Lucy Cort (Beta Chi, Willamette University) RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS AS A Dana Hamilton (Beta Chi, Willamette University) GRADUATE STUDENT. THANK Cede Hamilton (Beta Chi, Willamette University) YOU AGAIN." Rebecca May (Beta Chi, Willamette University) Avery Mickelsen (Beta Chi, Willamette University) ~ BRIANNA MA (EPSILON PSI, Robin Pashek (Beta Chi, Willamette University) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Quinna Sypher (Beta Chi, Willamette University) AT IRVINE) BONNIE HOUSE ANDREWS FUND Anyssa Mujica (Alpha Beta, Purdue University) DARLINE REILEY COOLEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND BRANDOLYN DICKEY HENDERSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Bailey Davis (Beta Chi, Willamette University) FUND Dana Hamilton (Beta Chi, Willamette University) Lauren Floyd (Gamma Epsilon, Oklahoma State University) Cede Hamilton (Beta Chi, Willamette University) Avery Mickelsen (Beta Chi, Willamette University) BROOKE FESSLER GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR Quinna Sypher (Beta Chi, Willamette University) EPSILON KAPPA Krista Muldoon (Epsilon Kappa, California State University, Fullerton) DEE DEE BYCHAK STOLSHEK MEMORIAL FUND Tina Bidgoli (Epsilon Kappa, California State University, Fullerton) BURNETTE GRIMES JONES SCHOLARSHIP FUND Aliza Ortiz (Epsilon Kappa, California State University, Fullerton) Hannah Wehl (Omega, Washington State University) DELTA EPSILON 50TH ANNIVERSARY SCHOLARSHIP FUND CATHY SMITH BORAGNO SCHOLARSHIP FUND Sophie Richards (Delta Epsilon, Southeast Missouri State University) Brianna Ma (Epsilon Psi, University of California, Irvine) DENSLOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND CLAUDIA STEELE BAKER FELLOWSHIP Ryleigh Gagen (Zeta Sigma, Missouri State University) Kellee Matheny (Beta Eta, Florida State University) DONNA SMITH CHERECK SCHOLARSHIP FUND COURTNEY STEWART ASHLEY KNIGHT NELSON MEMORIAL Katie Primrose (Psi, The University of Oklahoma) SCHOLARSHIP FUND Tina Bidgoli (Epsilon Kappa, California State University, Fullerton) DOROTHEA DEKAY SCHICK SCHOLARSHIP FUND Kalen Samples (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln) "I'M SINCERELY HONORED EDNA HOFFMAN BOWMAN FUND TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS Lauren Floyd (Gamma Epsilon, Oklahoma State University) A SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT FROM THE ALPHA CHI OMEGA ELLEN SCHALK-FEILD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOUNDATION. PURSUING A Tanya Garrison Chiariello (Psi, The University of Oklahoma) COLLEGE EDUCATION HAS Armina Khwaja Macmillan (Epsilon Phi, Georgia Institute of ALWAYS BEEN OF THE UTMOST Technology) Holly Langbein (Theta Pi, University of California, Davis) IMPORTANCE TO ME, AND Christine Licata-Hoang (Alpha Omicron, The Ohio State University) SCHOLARSHIPS HELP TO Leslie Jensen Prideaux (Sigma, University of Iowa) ALLEVIATE THE FINANCIAL Kendall Scarlett (Beta Eta, Florida State University) BURDEN ASSOCIATED WITH A DEGREE. THANK YOU EPSILON KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF CHRISTIAN FOR SUPPORTING ME IN MY NEIL BEHLE EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS!" Tina Bidgoli (Epsilon Kappa, California State University, Fullerton) Krista Muldoon (Epsilon Kappa, California State University, Fullerton) HANNAH WEHL (OMEGA, WASHINGTON STATE Aliza Ortiz (Epsilon Kappa, California State University, Fullerton) UNIVERSITY) 22 ALPHA CHI OMEGA "THIS SCHOLARSHIP WILL EMPOWER ME TO FURTHER EPSILON OMICRON LOVE AND LOYALTY FUND PURSUE MY UNDERGRADUATE Mackenzie Smith (Epsilon Omicron, Indiana State University) EDUCATION WITH MUCH LESS STRESS! I AM SO THANKFUL EPSILON PSI CHAPTER 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE SUPPORT OF Ashley Tran (Epsilon Psi, University of California, Irvine) ALPHA CHI OMEGA IN MY JOURNEY. I WOULD NOT BE ERICA LYN BOWDEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND THE WOMAN I AM WITHOUT Jaedyn Maher (Beta Lambda, University of Arizona) THIS ORGANIZATION." FLORENCE ARMSTRONG SCHOLARSHIP FUND ~ ABBY VARRICCHIO (BETA Abby Varricchio (Beta Delta, College of William & Mary) DELTA, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY) FLORIDA SCHOLARSHIP FUND Carly Cisson (Kappa Upsilon, Florida International University) Kaelyn Yarbrough (Delta Zeta, Central Michigan University) FOUNDERS' FELLOWSHIP FUND Ryleigh Gagen (Zeta Sigma, Missouri State University) HELEN LEYTZE RADCLIFFE SCHOLARSHIP FUND Lindsay Moesta (Alpha Nu, University of Missouri) Annie Forte (Nu, University of Colorado Boulder) Chelsey Nguyen (Epsilon, University of Southern California) Mackenzie Smith (Epsilon Omicron, Indiana State University) HONORABLE HARRISON W. EWING FELLOWSHIP Dayna Mathew (lota Rho, Loyola University Chicago) FRANCES PATTON WILSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND Grace Palcic (Gamma Zeta, Kansas State University) Hamayl Afzal (Alpha, DePauw University) Maria Esposito (Alpha, DePauw University) HORTENSE OSMUN MILLER-HORTENSE MILLER ADAMS Grace Kinsey (Alpha, DePauw University) SCHOLARSHIP FUND Ashley Gomoluch (Theta, University of Michigan) FRANCES TUTTLE CASBARIAN ALPHA TAU SCHOLARSHIP FUND Rita Vega (Theta, University of Michigan) Emma DaRocha (Alpha Tau, University of New Hampshire) Mackenna Lord (Alpha Tau, University of New Hampshire) IOTA IOTA ALUMNAE CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND Sarah Stucky (Rho, University of Washington) GAMMA MU FUND IN MEMORY OF KATHLEEN ROWLAND Lainey Bentz (Gamma Mu, Ball State University) IOTA LAMBDA CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND Vivian Noyd (lota Lambda, Texas Christian University) GENEVIEVE M. RASCO SCHOLARSHIP FUND Alexa Hitchko (Beta, Albion College) JAN CRANDALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Rebekah Nelson (Omicron, Baker University) GERTRUDE GALBRAITH WIEGMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND Kaleigh DeGeldere (Alpha Pi, University of North Dakota) JANE BIRD LOHSE SCHOLARSHIP Jenna Johnston (Phi, University of Kansas) GLORIA MAE NELSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR Kalen Samples (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln) ALPHA LAMBDA Sydney Hansen (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota) JANET MARIE BRADLEY BROWN BALL BREECE MEMORIAL Jenny Lawal (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota) SCHOLARSHIP FUND Flora Pollack (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota) Sammy Hansen (Theta Upsilon, University of South Carolina) Sunny Shands (Zeta Psi, Loyola University New Orleans) Julia Harig (Delta Zeta, Central Michigan University) Rebekah Nelson (Omicron, Baker University) HANNAH KEENAN SCHOLARSHIP Kenzie Neves (Epsilon Theta, California State University, Sacramento) Sabrina Chan (lota Nu, University of California San Diego) Skylar Samples (Delta Tau, Minnesota State University, Mankato) Ally Owens (Zeta Pi, Arizona State University) JEANNE SCHARNBERG STAFF SCHOLARSHIP FUND HARRIET THWING HOLDEN SCHOLARSHIP FUND Mary Conrad (Alpha Mu, Indiana University) Skylar Samples (Delta Tau, Minnesota State University, Mankato) Belle DeCastro (Alpha Mu, Indiana University) Lydia Lange (Alpha Mu, Indiana University) HELEN B. STEG SCHOLARSHIP FUND Sarah Maddy (Alpha Mu, Indiana University) Julia Harig (Delta Zeta, Central Michigan University) Molly Sheridan (Alpha Mu, Indiana University) THE LYRE 23 FOUNDATION "THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING SCHOLARSHIP. JEANNETTA LAND FUND I FEEL SO GRATEFUL FOR Phoebe Bunting (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University) THIS AWARD, AS IT WILL Arielle Fay (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University) HELP ME GET THROUGH MY Jessica Shaw (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University) SENIOR YEAR OF COLLEGE. I Madison Stephens (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University) HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SERVE AS ZETA PI'S JESSIE FANYO PAYNE FUND PRESIDENT THIS PAST TERM Eliza Kramer (Theta Iota, Baylor University) AND CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL JODY BAYER MARTINDILL SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT IS TO COME. I LOVE Maria Esposito (Alpha, DePauw University) ALPHA CHI OMEGA WITH MY Grace Kinsey (Alpha, DePauw University) WHOLE HEART!" JOHN EDWARD HURLEY, JR. SCHOLARSHIP ~ ALLY OWENS (ZETA PI, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY) Jenna Johnston (Phi, University of Kansas) Kaitlyn Scadina Mansfield (Pi, University of California, Berkeley) KUERGELEIS SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR DELTA CHI AT WILLIAM JONES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP WOODS Grace Kinsey (Alpha, DePauw University) Cassidy Cray (Delta Chi, William Woods University) JUDITH THOMAS VIGOR SCHOLARSHIP LARETTA MATTHEWS GARLAND SCHOLARSHIP FUND Julia Harig (Delta Zeta, Central Michigan University) Brooke Weaver (Delta Rho, University of Arkansas) Lindsay Moesta (Alpha Nu, University of Missouri) Isabelle Schweiger (Theta Upsilon, University of South Carolina) LAUREN SNOW MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR CHI Rita Vega (Theta, University of Michigan) CHAPTER Rose McFarland (Chi, Oregon State University) JULIE ANN TAMBORINO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Sammy Hansen (Theta Upsilon, University of South Carolina) LAVONE WOHLBIER BARTINE/LISA BARTINE FERGUSON Isabelle Schweiger (Theta Upsilon, University of South Carolina) SCHOLARSHIP FUND Sydney Hansen (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota) JULIE CAIN BURKHARD BETA SIGMA SCHOLARSHIP FUND Flora Pollack (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota) Gianna Rispoli (Beta Sigma, University of Georgia) LILLIAN POLLACK CAWLEY FUND IN HONOR OF GAMMA KAREN E. WEIR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND LAMBDA Hannah Wehl (Omega, Washington State University) Sylvia Skinner (Epsilon Eta, Stephen F. Austin State University) LINA BAUM VAN ROY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Claire Nickerson (Beta, Albion College) "I AM SO INCREDIBLY THANKFUL MARGARET COATES SAWYER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR EVERYTHING THAT ALPHA CHI Taylor Maxwell (Chi, Oregon State University) OMEGA HAS INSTILLED IN ME. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH, AND I MARIAN MCKEE SMITH-ROSALIE MCKINNEY JACKSON WILL TAKE THOSE LESSONS WITH SCHOLARSHIP FUND ME THROUGH THE REST OF MY Sabrina Chan (lota Nu, University of California San Diego) LIFE. ALPHA CHI OMEGA HAS Rachel Fredericks (Alpha Kappa, University of Oregon) TURNED ME INTO THE WOMAN I'VE Sarah Kamp (Epsilon Omega, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo) ALWAYS DREAMED OF BECOMING: Chelsey Nguyen (Epsilon, University of Southern California) A STRONG, CONFIDENT, DRIVEN, Claire Nickerson (Beta, Albion College) SUCCESSFUL, WELL-ROUNDED Ally Owens (Zeta Pi, Arizona State University) PERSON." Julia Peterson (Epsilon Nu, Boise State University) Eden Roberson (Zeta Omicron, Vanderbilt University) ~ MACKENZIE SMITH (EPSILON Mackenzie Smith (Epsilon Omicron, Indiana State University) OMICRON, INDIANA STATE SaraGrace Travis (Delta Pi, University of Tennessee, Knoxville) UNIVERSITY) Brooke Weaver (Delta Rho, University of Arkansas) Makenna Woods (Zeta Omicron, Vanderbilt University) 24 ALPHA CHI OMEGA MARION MORITZ FUND OMICRON CHAPTER CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Kalen Samples (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln) Rebekah Nelson (Omicron, Baker University) MARJORIE CARTER BRECKNER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PATRICIA O'BRIEN FRECHETTE SCHOLARSHIP FOR KAPPA Sophie Haynes (Alpha Eta, University of Mount Union) CHAPTER Maggie End (Theta Omega, Marquette University) MARSHA KING GRADY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Lexi Harwick (Theta Omega, Marquette University) Anna Hall (Alpha Upsilon, The University of Alabama) Miranda Keller (Theta Omega, Marquette University) MARY EMMA GRIFFITH MARSHALL FELLOWSHIP FUND PATRICIA O'BRIEN FRECHETTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR Eliza Kramer (Theta Iota, Baylor University) GAMMA CHAPTER Anonymous Sister MARY MCMURTRY WINKLER FUND FOR EPSILON ZETA Carly Cisson (Kappa Upsilon, Florida International University) CHAPTER Ryleigh Gagen (Zeta Sigma, Missouri State University) Phoebe Bunting (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University) Vivian Noyd (Iota Lambda, Texas Christian University) Jessica Shaw (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University) Ashley Pendleton (Delta Chi, William Woods University) Katie Primrose (Psi, The University of Oklahoma) MARY STARKWEATHER FAUST SCHOLARSHIP FUND Ashley Streitmatter (Zeta Eta, Bradley University) Ryan Brown-Ezell (Alpha Omega, Birmingham-Southern College) Karly Zrake (Iota Sigma, Southern Methodist University) MERLYNN HARRIS PITCHER BETA NU/BETA XI FUND ROBINETTE FAMILY LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Shannon Curristan (Beta Nu, University of Utah) Julia Peterson (Epsilon Nu, Boise State University) Alexis Fischer (Beta Xi, Utah State University) Celia Peterson (Beta Nu, University of Utah) RUTH PADDOCK MAUGER FUND Sierra Shapiro (Beta Nu, University of Utah) Molly Sheridan (Alpha Mu, Indiana University) MIRIAM DECKER SCHOLARSHIP FUND SALLY CALLAHAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND Jessi Bonadurer (Beta Eta, Florida State University) Jenny Lawal (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota) Kaytlyn Carlson (Alpha Upsilon, The University of Alabama) Sunny Shands (Zeta Psi, Loyola University New Orleans) Brianna Ma (Epsilon Psi, University of California, Irvine) Grace Palcic (Gamma Zeta, Kansas State University) SHAWN MARGARET DONNELLEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Kaitlyn Manning (Zeta Psi, Loyola University New Orleans) NU NU ALUMNAE CHAPTER FUND Sarah Schreiber (Delta Omega, University of Kentucky) Sydney Vie (Alpha Upsilon, The University of Alabama) TEXAS SCHOLARSHIP FUND Amy Miller (Iota Sigma, Southern Methodist University) "I WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE THETA PSI CHAPTER FUND IN MEMORY OF RACHEL SWETT ALPHA CHI OMEGA Briley Lewis (Theta Psi, Columbia University) FOUNDATION AND ALL OF ITS DONORS THETA UPSILON CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR MAKING THIS Sammy Hansen (Theta Upsilon, University of South Carolina) CONTRIBUTION TO Isabelle Schweiger (Theta Upsilon, University of South Carolina) MY EDUCATION AND SUPPORTING ME IN ALL VIRGINIA KELLY KARNES SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF MY ENDEAVORS! I Emma Halicki (Alpha Beta, Purdue University) WOULD NOT BE WHERE Anyssa Mujica (Alpha Beta, Purdue University) I AM TODAY WITHOUT ALPHA CHI OMEGA, WESCHE STRASSER SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND I AM THANKFUL Emily Ina (Alpha Eta, University of Mount Union) EVERY DAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY." ZETA NU CHAPTER 25TH ANNIVERSARY LOVE & LOYALTY FUND Cameron Hartnett (Zeta Nu, Texas A&M University) ~ SYDNEY HANSEN Haley Skinner (Zeta Nu, Texas A&M University) (ALPHA LAMBDA, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA) THE LYRE 25 Incorporating Real the Brand Into Our Facilities 1 2 BY ELIZA PAYNE (DELTA CHI, WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY), HOUSING OPERATIONS COORDINATOR chapter facility is often the central location for A our members to gather on campus. It is where sisters get together for study sessions, chapter meetings, Netflix marathons and meeting up before heading to an event together. Our collegiate members share meals with each other in the dining room, design banners in the craft room and create big/little gifts in their rooms. A chapter facility is where memories are made, and 3 our members have a place that is like home to them. After campuses closed in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 Appreciate pandemic, we've been SO excited to welcome our sisters (hords alan Service back home to their facilities throughout the last few terms. Rendert While health and safety is our top priority, the National Housing Corporation (NHC) has also focused on creating warmth and welcome in our spaces. So how do we create that environment and also showcase and translate TO 4 5 that shared Alpha Chi Omega experience in a physical expression? The answer is through branding. [1] OUR GREEK MARK STANDS OUT ON A PILLOW AT BETA DELTA (COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY). It's been almost two years since Alpha Chi Omega [2] THE DINING ROOM AT BETA SIGMA (UNIVERSITY OF launched our refreshed brand, and the NHC has been hard GEORGIA) IS A GREAT PLACE TO SHOWCASE OUR BRAND SINCE MEMBERS SPEND SO MUCH TIME HERE! at work bringing brand elements into our spaces for our collegiate members to enjoy. Branding sets our chapter [3] USING THE ALPHA CHI OMEGA PATTERNS IS A FUN WAY TO INCORPORATE OUR BRAND, AS SEEN HERE houses apart from other organizations on campus and ON A COLORFUL RUG AT THE IOTA SIGMA (SOUTHERN creates that sense of home for our members. It allows us to METHODIST UNIVERSITY) CHAPTER FACILITY. customize each space SO that you immediately identify it [4] THE COAT OF ARMS, A GIFT FROM THE NHC, IS as an Alpha Chi Omega facility. Here are some of the ways DISPLAYED AT ALPHA PI (UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA). that the National Housing Corporation has incorporated [5] LINES FROM THE SYMPHONY ARE FEATURED AS A our brand into our facilities! FOCAL POINT AT ALPHA (DEPAUW UNIVERSITY). 26 ALPHA CHI OMEGA Facility Focus BETA DELTA (COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY) In August 2021, the NHC made updates to our Beta Delta facility at the College of William & Mary. New furniture, paint and accessories were upgraded in the common area rooms on the first floor. Members utilize these spaces for hosting meetings, recruitment, studying, hanging out together and relaxing! BEFORE AFTER 000000 000000 ONA 0000 000000 00000 THE LYRE 27 COLLEGIATE CORNER Changing the Conversation BY ANJALI DHAWAN (LAMBDA NU, INORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY) simply didn't talk about these things. Teachers didn't Content warning: This article discusses suicide. Should you know their students need to talk to someone, text "START" to 741-741 or call 800- personally. Parents 273-TALK (8255) to reach the National Suicide Prevention weren't comfortable Hotline for emotional support. having difficult conversations about mental health. A S an Alpha Chi, I believe in always being real and strong, as our tagline encourages us to Students didn't even be. I carry this through my everyday life and understand mental always try to uphold this value. However, sometimes illness, let alone want being strong and being real are difficult to balance, to bring it up with ANJALI DHAWAN especially when struggling with mental health. their friends. Recently, the conversation around mental health has Thus, Project Silence No More (or, as we call it, PSNM) grown, but it still faces a significant barrier. Despite a was born, a small nonprofit in my hometown in Iowa better clinical and social understanding of depression, "dedicated to normalizing the conversation around anxiety and mental health in general, the stigma mental health, depression and suicide." Knowing the around mental health and mental illness can be tough organization and the cause from a personal perspective, to break. Today's culture is SO rooted in finding value I decided I had to join the team and interned for several in productivity, achievements and individual success months. We secured community funding for a number that dealing with mental health is easy to see as a of projects to begin making a change, including a weakness, rather than a normal part of life. In addition, scholarship, a social media campaign and an awareness when you are close to someone struggling with mental concert. As PSNM's momentum within the community health, sometimes the "easy" option can be brushing off grew, SO did my role in the organization, and I became a symptoms or warning signs as negative qualities, instead member of the executive board. of acknowledging them, embracing them and helping a person. At the end of the day, these attitudes are With this position, I started to oversee the direction of unhelpful at best and destructive at worst, leading to all PSNM and determine how we could best support those kinds of negative outcomes. in our community. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we worried about our ability to effectively help our Without help, these struggles can quickly spiral into community but quickly realized that our community destructive - and fatal - outcomes, such as suicide. At needed support more now than ever. We found creative my high school, a pattern of suicides left my community ways to support mental health, including providing in shock. People were distressed, uncomfortable and food security to families in need and doubling our confused. How could SO many kids from a seemingly scholarship funding to help more students pursuing strong community feel SO helpless and desperate that the mental health field. We ended last summer with a they took their own lives? How could nobody have virtual edition of our annual concert, featuring local noticed? It all boiled down to one simple answer: we speakers and performers, and an LGBTQ+ mental 28 ALPHA CHI OMEGA health panel discussion with One Iowa, a statewide One of the most important parts of this whole organization to support equality for LGBTQ+ Iowans. experience is that my Alpha Chi sisters are always there to support me in my work. Whether it's tuning into Now, PSNM is at a point where we have a lot of virtual events, helping out with fundraising or even just potential to grow our mission and impact. As the starting conversations about mental health itself, their current president, I plan to lead the organization in dedication to leadership and advocacy is truly inspiring. expanding into more communities within our state and find ways to help groups with more specific For all of my sisters out there struggling with their needs. Barriers to mental health and well-being vary mental health, know that there are other Alpha Chis greatly - whether it's access to healthcare, cultural on a similar journey. If anyone is passionate about this pressures or the added burden of discrimination - SO cause, I encourage you to search for local organizations we plan to partner with local cultural groups, LGBTQ+ or student advocacy groups to learn more about how organizations, disability resource groups, food pantries you can help. And to the Alpha Chis in Iowa, it would and other organizations to more effectively target issues be a privilege for PSNM to welcome you to our team. faced by these different communities. In doing so, PSNM will use its resources and mission to normalize This article was originally shared on Alpha Chi Omega's blog. the conversation around mental health on a much Visit alphachiomegablog.org to read more stories of impact greater scale. and sisterhood. You can also learn more about Project Silence No More at projectsilencenomore.org. JECT PR JECT silence no more WWW.PROJECTSILENCENOMORE.ORG @PRJCTSNM PSNM EXECUTIVE BOARD THE LYRE 29 is ON CAMPUS National Programming Updates BY JEN WALLACH (IOTA CHI, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY), DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES; GRACE GARDNER (THETA UPSILON, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA), ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES; AND MADISON SMITH (IOTA PSI, ELON UNIVERSITY), ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES A Ipha Chi Omega is committed to providing The participant guide helps new members keep track of national programming that encourages important chapter information, events, meetings, who sisterhood and personal development at they've met SO far, key information they should know all stages of the collegiate experience. If there's one from each of the 18 trainings in The Heights and more. thing we've learned throughout the pandemic, it's the necessity for our sisters' time together to be focused on The facilitation guide gives vice presidents new member each other - on the relationships with and affinity to education a place to plan ahead for the new member one another. experience and to keep track of important dates, meeting reminders and more. It also includes weekly Our national programming is structured to provide facilitation guides for the new member meetings that those intentional opportunities for members to help VPs new member education lead each meeting. connect, lead, grow and serve. Read on to learn With the Alpha Chi Omega education happening about updates to the new member education and online, the focus during the new member meetings membership experience programs, as well as our new is on building relationships and getting to know the diversity, equity and inclusion rotational program as sisters in the member class. These relationships are part of the Real. Strong. Women. Experience! critical when it comes to retaining our sisters and ensuring they have an affinity for Alpha Chi Omega for THE DEDICATION years to come. The Dedication is Alpha Chi Omega's new member MYJOURNEY education program. This year, to enhance the new member experience, we refreshed the content and MyJourney is design of the Alpha Chi Omega's participant THE member experience and facilitation guides for the Dedication program, designed to create an intentional Dedication! connection to MY These guides our core values of JOURNEY have been wisdom, devotion Faulitation Guid created to be used alongside the Dedication online and achievement trainings in The Heights Learning Center and during while also relating 8: new member meetings to help streamline the new directly to the life member education experience. experiences our members face during 30 ALPHA CHI OMEGA their collegiate careers. The program was launched in and inclusion and what 2012 after extensive work to research, write and pilot those mean for members the program at various chapters across the country; of Alpha Chi. Chapters since then, we have seen consistently positive feedback scheduled to receive the about the program and many of our peer groups Kaleidoscope program have followed our lead in creating member education will have a trained programs of their own from our model. The program volunteer facilitator guide was significantly reworked in 2019 to meet the evolving conversations focused needs of our members, but with the launch of the around microaggressions, new Alpha Chi Omega brand in 2020, it was time to unconscious bias, privilege, update MyJourney once again. power and how those apply to the sorority Released in September 2021, the latest version experience. of the MyJourney facilitation guide includes new content additions like a full table of contents, new The name "Kaleidoscope" was chosen for this program learning paths, inclusive facilitation tips and tricks, to connect to the ever-changing lens through which and additional sessions. These new session topics range each sister of Alpha Chi Omega views the world. When from art appreciation, emotional intelligence and self- looking through a kaleidoscope, we see a beautiful love to time management, planning and advocating design created by overlapping pieces of glass; when we for equal pay. The most apparent change, however, turn the kaleidoscope even just a degree, the pieces is visual: a refreshed look to match Alpha Chi Omega's rearrange to form a new work of art. Each piece remains updated brand. The new look for MyJourney includes itself during the turning, but the way each piece relates bright florals and our updated brand that boldly to the others around it is always changing. represent Alpha Chi Omega. The work of diversity, equity and inclusion invites all One of the best parts of the MyJourney program is sisters to continually shape and shift their views as we each chapter's ability to customize it to meet the learn more through conversations, education and lived needs of their members. Vice presidents membership experiences. As we understand more about the pieces programming and their facilitation teams can of our sisters' identities - and how those pieces come choose from more than 25 different sessions to promote together to form the real, strong women they are - we self-discovery and bonding through conversations embrace our changing perspectives. We also learn more with sisters facilitated by their peers. As with all things about ourselves and our own identities as we connect, we do at Alpha Chi Omega, MyJourney is constantly lead, grow and serve in our lifelong Alpha Chi Omega evolving. From the first iteration of this program back journeys. in 2012 to today, we are still SO proud to offer a premier education and relationship-building experience for our members through MyJourney. We are SO excited to continue offering these educational ALPHA CHI OMEGA'S NEWEST experiences and others to our members each year as we PROGRAM, KALEIDOSCOPE! shape the future through the powerful, transformative and everlasting connections of real, strong women. While our existing programming was getting refreshed, Alpha Chi Omega is always seeking the heights as we've also been hard at work crafting Alpha Chi we provide programming that is relevant, timely and Omega's newest rotational program, Kaleidoscope! important to our members today. Developed with our partners at Tran Arrowsmith, Kaleidoscope's focus is on the areas of diversity, equity THE LYRE 31 ON CAMPUS WHY DO WE COB? COB During the COVID-19 pandemic, when the number of Explained women attending college and signing up for primary recruitment was declining, Alpha Chi Omega still recruited more new members in 2020-21 than the previous year - thanks in huge part of COB. It doesn't LEARN HOW WE WELCOME matter how a sister came to Alpha Chi Omega; she MORE REAL, STRONG wears the lyre badge all the same. WOMEN INTO OUR Alpha Chi Omega wants to provide a home and support SISTERHOOD OUTSIDE OF system to real, strong women on each campus; COB allows PRIMARY RECRUITMENT - us to do that for even more future sisters! Our chapters COB to find quality members, who hold all the same THROUGH CONTINUOUS membership standards as the rest of the organization but OPEN BIDDING! came to our sisterhood in a different way. In addition, COB is essential to sustaining the sorority F or many Alpha Chi Omegas, primary experience at large. It allows each chapter under total recruitment is how they arrived at a bid - a the opportunity to recruit more women to their week of recruitment events to meet members membership and thus helps to create parity among of all chapters, evenings of ranking their preferences, all the groups on campus. Over time, if chapters on a mornings of getting their narrowed-down lists, campus don't engage in COB, total will decrease. And preference parties and finally the chance to run home when total is too low, the Panhellenic community on Bid Day. cannot grow because there aren't enough spaces to accommodate all the women who are interested in But when an Alpha Chi Omega chapter does not reach joining a chapter. This causes the smaller chapters on a quota or campus total through primary recruitment campus to also stay small; when chapters can be around or at any point in the academic year, continuous open the same size, a community can thrive. bidding, or COB, kicks off. This informal recruitment process is used by all Panhellenic organizations to give chapters the opportunity to invite more women to our HOW DOES COB WORK? sisterhoods. Year-round recruiting is an important part of all chapters' recruitment efforts. Each chapter should be DEFINITIONS FROM THE NPC MANUAL OF INFORMATION promoting the sorority experience and building its reputation and name recognition on campus even QUOTA: THE NUMBER OF WOMEN EACH SORORITY outside the primary recruitment season. Whether our MAY PLEDGE DURING THE PRIMARY RECRUITMENT members are recruiting for an active COB effort or PROCESS encouraging women to register for the next primary recruitment, we are always recruiting! Year-round CAMPUS TOTAL: THE ALLOWABLE CHAPTER SIZE AS DETERMINED BY THE COLLEGE PANHELLENIC, recruiting allows a chapter to build a list of names of INCLUDING BOTH NEW MEMBERS AND INITIATED potential new members (PNMs) to reach out to for MEMBERS any opportunities to join the chapter; these names are gathered through social media, finding out who campus leaders are, connecting with transfer students and more. 32 ALPHA CHI OMEGA HOW CAN MEMBERS SUPPORT COB? As was mentioned before, year-round recruiting is essential - for both our collegiate chapters and all our alumnae. At the college level, COB is the responsibility of all members. They should always be meeting PNMs on campus, consciously PACEing (Promoting Alpha Chi Everyday) and sharing about the positive experience of Alpha Chi Omega membership. The whole chapter should be contributing to a names list SO that the officers in charge can reach out when it's time to COB. Don't be afraid to send a message on social media to an unaffiliated woman or ask a woman in your class to attend an event. And Alpha Chi Omega needs the support of sisters of all ages as well! Promoting the sorority experience and sharing LAMBDA XI (AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY) CHAPTER MEMBERS your favorite Alpha Chi Omega memories with a PNM is SET UP A TABLE TO SHARE ABOUT ALPHA CHI OMEGA a great way to pique her interest or convince her to sign (PHOTO TAKEN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC). up for a recruitment process. Recommendations continue to be important; not only do they help the chapter match The COB process officially begins when a chapter falls members with PNMs during primary recruitment, they below campus total or doesn't reach quota during also help chapters build their names list for those women primary recruitment. The VP recruitment information who don't attend or don't join a chapter during primary manages the overall process, with involvement from the recruitment. VP recruitment, COB chair and COB committee. YOU are Alpha Chi Omega's best resource for finding COB events look different on each campus, with some the real, strong women who belong in our sisterhood. chapters hosting events like an ice cream social to meet Thank you for supporting year-round recruitment. potential new members and other chapters setting up coffee dates or casual meet-ups. Regardless of the format, a PNM gets one-on-one time with a member, and the two can build strong connections. Unlike primary recruitment, there is no set timeline in which a chapter needs to extend a bid during COB. When a chapter feels confident a PNM meets Alpha Chi Omega's membership standards, it can invite her to join our sisterhood. Once she is welcomed into the chapter, she jumps right into the new member experience. The VP new member education has tools and resources to adapt the new member timeline and experience SO that she is receiving a similar experience as those who joined via primary recruitment. Although the timeline DELTA EPSILON (SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY) SISTERS MADE SURE TO PACE WITH THEIR may be shorter, this new sister still gets to experience all "REAL. STRONG. WOMEN." SHIRTS, PROMOTING THEIR the excitement of the new member journey before she CHAPTER AT THE ALL-CAMPUS MOVE-IN BASH AS PART OF officially joins the chapter at initiation! YEAR-ROUND RECRUITING EFFORTS. THE LYRE 33 ON CAMPUS HEAR FROM A SISTER ABOUT COB! We asked Madi Vitug about her experience joining The year I lived in the house, my roommate and I were the Epsilon Psi chapter at VP recruitment and VP recruitment information. We University of California, would constantly hang out, whether it was getting Irvine in 2016 through ready together and walking downstairs for chapter continuous open bidding. meetings or grabbing dinner off campus; there weren't many times we were actually apart. Needless to say, she WHY DID YOU and I became extremely close friends - we still hang CHOOSE TO out all the time to this day and currently serve as the PARTICIPATE IN recruitment advisors for the chapter. COB? HOW HAS ALPHA CHI OMEGA I transferred to UC Irvine MADI VITUG CONTINUED TO BE PART OF YOUR LIFE spring of 2016. My first AFTER GRADUATION? week on campus, I knew immediately I wanted to join a sorority and make new friends but wasn't sure when I'd Alpha Chi Omega continues to be a tremendous part go through the recruitment process. Initially I planned of my life even after graduating from college a few years on going through primary recruitment in fall, but I had ago. I have been referred to new job opportunities met a few sisters on campus while they were tabling for through the relationships I made while being in the COB and remember immediately falling in love with chapter, have made many lifelong friendships and am everything they shared about Alpha Chi Omega. They still involved in an advisor role for the recruitment invited me to join their open COB event the next week, team and our diversity, equity and inclusion team. and I ended up receiving a bid soon after. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO A WHAT WAS YOUR COB PROCESS LIKE? POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER CONSIDERING COB? Epsilon Psi had an open house night where PNMs could come to the house. That night I got to meet with four COB is such a unique experience because you get to or five of the chapter members. choose which sororities you want to spend time with. My advice is WHY DID YOU CHOOSE to talk to as ALPHA CHI OMEGA? many people as possible when I chose Alpha Chi Omega because of the authenticity going through of the sisters I had met with during COB. I remember COB, ask a lot of speaking with a few other chapters at the time, and questions about thinking how genuine and kind the sisters at Alpha Chi the sorority and felt as compared to other chapters. their values, and have fun! WHAT WERE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MADI (LEFT) COLLEGIATE MEMORIES? WITH HAILEY MAXWELL My favorite memories include living in the sorority RECRUITING house with many of my closest friends during college. ON CAMPUS 34 ALPHA CHI OMEGA Women & Wisdom ALPHA CHI OMEGA'S NETWORK OF REAL, STRONG WOMEN YOUR ONE-STOP PLATFORM FOR PERSONAL GROWTH, REQUEST HELP PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT, MENTORSHIP AND COMMUNITY Getting support from Are you a sister is just a click away! 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Find past SERIES recordings and more at SERIES WOMENANDWISDOM.ORG/RESOURCES CAREER OUTLOOK Grow Your Leadership Skills LEARN FROM BETH RASHLEIGH, A PROFESSIONAI COACH AND LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT, ABOUT HOW TO GROW YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AT ANY STAGE IN LIFE. BETH RASHLEIGH BY LAUREN FILIPPINI (ALPHA CHI, BUTLER UNIVERSITY), EDITOR T throughout her career journey in talent and job because you like the title or want the letters after organizational development, including roles your name or the pay raise that goes with it, chances in the health care field and the CIA, Beth are really good you'll be on that 'bad' or 'sub-par' level." Rashleigh (Gamma Mu, Ball State University) was Leading for the right reasons is instrumental to success. drawn to leadership development. Two years ago, she made the "absolutely terrifying and exciting" leap to START LEADING EVEN begin her own business and publish her first book. "As I WITHOUT A TITLE. look back, there were SO many signs along the road," she says. "I know for sure I'm doing the work I'm supposed "Leadership is a set of behaviors; it's not a title. If you to be doing." are interested in leadership, my advice would be to lead from where you are," Beth says. You can lead by helping Beth shares tips and tricks for developing your a struggling teammate, mentoring younger employees leadership potential, improving your skills and leading or stepping up for new projects. "If leadership is a through a crisis. calling for you, it doesn't have to be your position." UNDERSTAND WHY BE SELF-AWARE. YOU WANT TO BE A LEADER. Beth points out that the higher you climb up the Leadership requires a particular mindset. Beth explains, professional ladder, the less honest feedback you'll "The biggest difference I see between really great leaders receive, contributing to a decrease in self-awareness. and sub-par or bad leaders is the reason they do the job. "You have to do the work to avoid blind spots," Beth If you get into leadership because you have a calling to advises. Consider your communication preferences, help other people and want to serve the people on your work habits, strengths and weaknesses. Try out Beth's team and help them grow, chances are really good you'll quick, daily exercise to increase your self-awareness, fall into that 'excellent' category. If you get into the shared in the sidebar on the next page. 36 ALPHA CHI OMEGA Ris DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS BEFORE A CRISIS. BETH'S SIMPLE PRACTICE "Part of being a good crisis leader is having a solid TO BUILD SELF- leadership foundation when a crisis hits," Beth explains. AWARENESS: "One of the best pieces of advice I'd give is to develop your skill set before it's a problem." Continuous SCHEDULE 5 MINUTES AT THE development of leadership skills during "normal" times END OF EACH DAY TO WRITE positions you to lead a team through crisis when it hits. DOWN THREE THINGS THAT WENT REALLY WELL AND ONE DURING A CRISIS, OR TWO THINGS THAT WENT POORLY AND WISH YOU COMMUNICATE AND BUILD TRUST. COULD DO OVER AGAIN. Being a good leader requires you to consider "how you're sharing information with your team and how COMPLETE THIS WRITING transparent you're being," Beth says. She suggests clear REFLECTION EVERY DAY FOR and honest communication, which will help your team 30 DAYS. trust that you are looking out for them. AFTER 30 DAYS, REVIEW WHAT REMEMBER THE LESSONS YOU'VE WRITTEN AND LOOK FOR TRENDS - OF AREAS YOU FROM ALPHA CHI OMEGA. EXCEL IN AND AREAS YOU "The number one gift Alpha Chi gave me was the COULD IMPROVE. opportunity to be around people who weren't all like me," Beth says. "It was those early opportunities to see TAKE TANGIBLE STEPS something from someone else's perspective because that TO ADDRESS YOUR person on the other side of the table is family, it's your OPPORTUNITIES FOR sister." Recognize the opportunities you had in college IMPROVEMENT AND LEAN and still have as an alumna to empathize with others INTO YOUR STRENGTH AREAS. and work through conflict in healthy ways. Beth Rashleigh is the president and founder of Rashleigh Consulting and the author of Crisis Proof Leadership, available wherever you buy books. You can find her on Instagram @beth_rashleigh_author or via her website rasbleighconsulting.com. MAKING A DIFFERENCE A Calling to End Homelessness BY LAUREN FILIPPINI "I've always felt called to ending homelessness," she says. (ALPHA CHI, BUTLER UNIVERSITY), EDITOR "You can't exist in our country without an address. You can't get benefits. You can't get food stamps. You can't eather Bradley-Geary (Gamma Xi, Western H work. I really believe that housing is the crux of ending Michigan University) has built her life around poverty." ending homelessness. She's the director of supportive housing for the Vecino Group, "a company With Vecino Group and in her volunteer roles, Heather devoted to housing for the greater good"; the board has a housing-first mindset as part of her mission. That chair of SAVE Inc., which helps to permanently house means her goal is to reduce barriers and regulations those with mental illness, substance abuse and HIV/ to getting people into housing (such as being sober or AIDS; the board chair of the Missouri chapter of the needing a job). "It's still kind of radical," Heather shares. National Association of Social Workers; a member "Let's get people in housing and then we'll bring in all of the executive committee of the Greater Kansas the services to keep this person housed." City Coalition to End Homelessness; and an adjunct professor at University of Kansas in social welfare. In the last seven years, Vecino Group has developed 23 supportive housing communities in nine states, serving populations that include veterans, people aging out of foster care and people with mental illnesses such as substance abuse. Heather's role in this work includes seeking funding, working with service providers to best serve those in the communities, and educating others about the realities of homelessness. "They're just folks like us, and we have to get past the judgement. These aren't choices people are making," Heather explains, pointing to job loss, medical bills and mental illness as just a few reasons why someone might become homeless. "Lots of us are only one paycheck away from being homeless without a support system." Heather has seen the impact that housing has to break the cycle. In one community, she talked to a veteran who, because of his new stable housing, wanted to HEATHER WITH HER SON MICAH AT EILEEN'S PLACE, A 60-UNIT COMMUNITY IN KANSAS CITY; MICAH ORGANIZED HIS FOOTBALL TEAM TO FURNISH ALL 60 UNITS IN ONE DAY she transferred to the University of Kansas. She saw that her sisters were in impactful leadership roles across campus and recalls, "Being around these women and seeing other women doing that as examples really did shape my leadership." While Heather has made ending homelessness her life's work, she's hopeful that each sister can work to make a difference in whatever area of social justice their passion lies. HEATHER (LEFT) WITH HER TEAM OF "As Alpha Chis, as women, as role models, as leaders, ADVOCATES MEETING WITH CONGRESSWOMAN we're really called to make the world a better place, in SHARICE DAVIDS (CENTER) whatever you think that is," she says. "It's our rent here on Earth, just to do good." reconnect with his family for the first time since becoming homeless 13 years prior. At another, she HEATHER SPEAKING AT THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR helped a woman who aged out of foster care get into INTRADA SARATOGA SPRINGS, A 153-UNIT COMMUNITY housing; Heather recently heard from this woman that FOR TRANSITION-AGE YOUTH WHO ARE HOMELESS IN she had gotten her degree and was now working at a NEW YORK nonprofit to help other people who are homeless. There are small steps we can take to contribute to ending homelessness. Heather's family keeps "blessing bags" in their cars filled with money, food and hygiene products to hand out to people who are homeless. "That's coming from a place of mercy. [which] isn't OPEN 2019 a bad thing, but we also have to come from a place of justice," Heather shares. It's why she wants to change the system; she suggests that we can all contribute to that mission by educating people in our communities about homelessness. Heather is leading the way by connecting with elected officials and working on policy changes. Heather credits Alpha Chi Omega for her leadership ability. She joined the sisterhood at the Gamma Xi chapter and later affiliated with the Phi chapter when THE LYRE 39 REAL. STRONG. . WOMAN. SHANNAN IN FRONT OF THE ROCKET FOR A SOYUZ LAUNCH IN KAZAKHSTAN M 40 ALPHA CHI OMEGA Health Care OO at the Highest Heights BY LAUREN FILIPPINI (ALPHA CHI, BUTLER UNIVERSITY), EDITOR T alk about seeking the heights! Shannan Moynihan, MD, MPH is the deputy chief medical officer for the NASA Johnson Space Center. Astronauts in training on Earth or on orbit aboard the International Space Station follow the requirements, standards and policies managed by this Theta Omicron (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) alumna. Before this critical management role and before her time as one of the few female flight surgeons working in the International Space Station program, Shannan was simply a girl fascinated by space, not knowing the twists and turns she'd take to arrive at her dream role at NASA. THE LYRE 41 REAL. STRONG. WOMAN. ONE DREAM, This medical event didn't only show Shannan the support she had in her sisters; it also changed her MANY PATHS career path, as she was inspired by the doctors who cared for her. So in addition to her Bachelor of Science A dedicated mentor, Shannan is often asked what the in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, she "perfect path" is to have a career like hers. also earned a Bachelor of Science in biology and then applied to medical school, putting her interest in space "I say, 'There is no perfect path," she explains. "You just to the side for a time. have to experience life, and you'll end up where you're supposed to. It's more about the journey than the But her journey came full circle during an emergency destination." medicine residency at the University of Florida, Jacksonville, when Shannan served on the medical It's advice based in her own experience. Shannan knew support team for NASA shuttle launches. from an early age that she wanted to work in the aerospace industry; in fact, when she was 4 years old, she "It just reenergized my interest in all things aerospace, wrote a letter to her hero, Dr. Shannon Lucid, one of SO I literally went online and googled, 'What can I do the first women to become a NASA astronaut in 1979. with an aerospace engineering degree and a medical When it was time for college, Shannan decided to study degree?''' she says. aeronautical and astronautical engineering at MIT. Shannan learned of the field of aerospace medicine, It was also at MIT that she joined Alpha Chi Omega. entered an aerospace medicine residency program and Though she hadn't planned to join a sorority when was hired right out of her residency as a flight surgeon she started college, she met her future sisters playing for NASA. She explains, "It was the perfect fit for me, volleyball and in the Course 16 aerospace engineering but it was a very long and circuitous and strange trip to program. These women provided her incredible get there." support, especially in a degree program comprised of mostly men. KEEPING "We had a lot of fun, too, don't get me wrong, but ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY Alpha Chi Omega was, for me, about the support," Shannan says. Shannan spent more than a decade as a flight This support showed itself during a pivotal moment in surgeon for the astronauts heading to and from the Shannan's life and career path. During a cross-country International Space Station (ISS), taking care of their road trip to her NASA internship after sophomore year, health from years before their launch, through the Shannan had a major medical event that kept her in the mission, all the way to about six months after their ICU for months. Sisters drove from miles to visit her in return to Earth. the hospital, and when she returned to campus, they supported her through her rehabilitation and in the "You're their doc," Shannan explains of her role. "You little things like helping her get to class. get assigned to them about two years before they fly, and you're taking care of their health and well-being, "Alpha Chi Omega was there for me every step of the building a relationship, supporting their training during way," Shannan says. "I can't say enough positive things. that time. You go out for their launches, and you're For something I wasn't planning on doing, I reaped a there for their landings." lot of benefits." 42 ALPHA CHI OMEGA SHANNAN WITH DR. KJELL LINDGREN IN BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN; SHANNAN WAS HIS CREW SURGEON FOR HIS SIX-MONTH MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 26 SHANNAN (SIXTH FROM RIGHT) WITH HER RUSSIAN MEDICAL COLLEAGUES AT A LAUNCH IN KAZAKHSTAN; BEHIND HER IS AN MI-8 HELICOPTER, ON WHICH SHE TRAVELED TO AND FROM THE LANDING SITES P P It will come as no surprise that NASA has medical care Of course, the role of a flight surgeon comes with some down to a science. Amid the packed schedules of the exciting moments. Shannan spent much of her time in astronauts in the two years prior to launch, they receive Russia supporting NASA astronauts training, launching only about 40 hours of medical training - learning how and landing there. At her first landing as a crew their bodies might behave in space and what sorts of surgeon, Shannan was assigned to fly in a helicopter to procedures they might do. They're also trained on the the ballistic site, where the astronauts would land only ultrasound as a key diagnostic tool, but with an ingenious if something went off plan and they couldn't reach the twist: training alongside them are remote guiders who, prime landing site. Unexpectedly during her helicopter when the astronauts are on orbit, will walk them through flight to the ballistic site, her Russian interpreter told the steps to perform a procedure, using simplified medical her she needed to start looking for the capsule. terminology and color-coded keyboards and controls. "Eventually I started seeing these plumes of smoke," she "We've done ultrasounds on orbit that the crew has recalls. "I couldn't even comprehend that we may have never trained for, and we've gotten excellent data back," had some sort of issue, and communication was really Shannan says. "The preparation is key because if they challenging. I have no idea what's going on except I've didn't know the terminology, didn't know the people, been told to look for the crew, and I see fire and smoke." didn't know what to expect, we wouldn't get the results we need." Her helicopter landed first at the site, followed by another with Russian specialists. Shannan saw the Everything from diagnoses to regular health check-ins are capsule and then the astronauts, safely outside. Relieved, done via telemedicine, which Shannan explains is a lot like she ran over to her astronaut, Dr. Peggy Whitson, who what many of us have experienced here on Earth recently. was enjoying the cool air and the fresh smell of the When the astronauts are on orbit, communication is Earth. Shannan and Peggy were the only NASA staff almost instantaneous. They can call their crew surgeon via on site for about two hours, SO Shannan stepped in to phone or set up a secure video call. help Peggy change, check on her and get word to her husband that she had safely landed. SHANNAN PRACTICING CPR IN ZERO GRAVITY "They had landed ballistically because part of the capsule didn't separate in time," Shannan explains. "They came in very fast, very steep and very short of where they were supposed to land." Her adventures as a flight surgeon continued for 12 years before Shannan was promoted to management roles at the Johnson Space Center, first as deputy branch chief of space and occupational medicine and currently as the deputy chief medical officer. She helps manage all medical aspects for the crew programs, while the astronauts are on the ground and in space. "There are definitely days when I'd rather be jumping out of a helicopter in the deserts of Kazakhstan and running to the space capsule like I used to do, because that was a lot of fun," Shannan says. "But I also get to make some broader impacts with some of the more strategic work of where we're going as an organization, which is a unique challenge that I've really learned to enjoy." As the manager of her team at NASA, Shannan has a unique view of leadership. "Being a leader is more of a service position Most of us here have the technical knowledge and are really, really smart. But what makes a good leader is someone who is willing to listen, can engender trust with the team and wants the team to be SHANNAN WORKING ON THE SURGEON CONSOLE AT successful." MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON THE FUTURE future? How do we mitigate for that risk?" she explains. "It's a whole new world - in a good way. It's an exciting OF MEDICINE IN SPACE time for the industry." One of the most surprising and rewarding parts of Shannan is excited to see what the next 10 to 20 years the job for Shannan is the international aspect of look like for space flight and the medical considerations space travel. She works with colleagues from around inherent in it. She's excited about the access to space the world, supporting crews miles over the Earth. It's that commercialization will bring and the different unifying. minds that will come together to make it happen. "Most people can get behind what we're doing," she says. "There's SO many ways to do what's being done, and "It's for humanity and person-kind." from my perspective, that's all good," she says. "As long as everyone is healthy and safe, I'm all for it." And with NASA pushing the boundaries of science, Shannan will too with her team's medical practices. Commercialization will also open new job She explains, "Looking at future missions down the opportunities, and it's Shannan's hope to see more road, they're not going to be landing here on Earth. women involved in aerospace. They're going to microgravity for transit, and then they might be going to Mars or the moon where you can "I've been in traditionally male careers most of my have partial gravity. These are some of the interesting life. I've never considered that a detriment to me," she questions in my field, which I really enjoy." says. "I'm sure there have been people who have been unhappy, but honestly, to me that's just noise. I'm just Another new aspect of Shannan's job is working with there to do what I know in my heart I can do very well. the Commercial Crew program - with companies That's the mentality that's helped me be successful like SpaceX, Boeing and Blue Origin working to bring along the way." "everyday" people to space. Instead of professional astronauts who must be in peak physical condition and It's advice she gives to the younger physicians she go through rigorous training, commercial space flight mentors, along with the following: "Find your joy, find will include people of all sorts of backgrounds and your passion and pursue it. Don't let people tell you it's preexisting conditions. not for you. There are SO many ways to be successful and pursue your goal. I've definitely had doors shut in "As a medical physician, it's going to be interesting my face along the way, and I'm happy to have turned because we're not going to be flying these super healthy around and found a different route. Have strength and humans anymore. So what is microgravity going to do confidence in yourself." with these other conditions that are going to fly in the THE LYRE 45 ALUMNA INITIATE SPOTLIGHT The Ultimate Secret Sister BY LAURA KNOBEL While Kellie prepared to become an alumna initiate (IOTA ALPHA, ALUMNAE INITIATES), ASSISTANT with Alpha Chi Omega, her daughter Caroline was DIRECTOR OF LIFETIME ENGAGEMENT preparing for her own sorority journey as primary recruitment neared on campus. Caroline knew that t's been said that "secrets don't make friends," but she didn't want to miss out on the opportunity to join I sometimes, they do make sisters. a sisterhood. "I knew that if [my mom] had chosen a sorority, it meant a lot to her and would probably mean Kellie Heidt (Iota Alpha, Alumnae Initiates) a lot to me," she says. attended Auburn University in the early 1990s as the daughter of a single mom making ends meet; her focus But Kellie wasn't about to influence her daughter's was on working and studying to get her degree. After decisions. "I told her about my experience of learning graduation, her journey around the globe as a military about NAIP and joining a sorority, but I never told her wife and mom became her focus for 25 years. which one [I was joining]," Kellie shares. In 2021, settled in Alabama as a math and English Caroline was curious but kept her heart open to the teacher, with her husband retired from the Navy and possibilities. "I kept in the back of my mind that I the last of her two children headed off to college (both would love for us to be sisters," she admits. "However, also at Auburn), she was ready to focus on herself. [my mom] had been very supportive of me finding my own place where I felt like I belonged, SO I had to wait "Even though I wished I could have been a part of until Bid Day to find out. This was a fun way to test my a sorority," Kellie shares, "it was something I just patience!" assumed was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, SO I moved forward with life at Auburn. Earlier this year, Kellie adds, "I knew that Alpha Chi Omega was the as we were preparing for my daughter to go through only one for me, but it was SO important to me that she recruitment at Auburn, I learned of [Alpha Chi Omega's go and experience every sorority for herself and trust National Alumna Initiate Program]. I had no idea a that she would find the one that was best for her." And program like this existed, and I was very excited and find that, she did - of the 18 Panhellenic organizations surprised to learn that it did." at Auburn, Caroline found her home with Alpha Chi Omega, just like her mom, and joined the Epsilon Zeta Kellie reached out to the chair of the NAIP panel, chapter. Michelle Hawes (Beta Xi, Utah State University), to learn more. "It was truly stunning to think that my For Kellie, keeping the secret was worth the wait. desire to be in a sorority after all this time might really "I had complete peace that whatever decisions were be possible," Kellie says. After deciding to apply and made were going to be what was best for her, and I was participating in an interview, Kellie was impressed by extremely happy for her and proud of her no matter the "streamlined and enjoyable" NAIP process and what. However, the day of Bid Day when she told me spent her time as a potential member excited about the possibilities to come. "[The volunteers] were SO kind, IS THERE A SPECIAL WOMAN IN YOUR FAMILY OR helpful and encouraging and made me feel welcome COMMUNITY YOU THINK WOULD MAKE A GREAT from the beginning." ALPHA CHI OMEGA? LEARN MORE AND SPONSOR HER FOR MEMBERSHIP THROUGH THE NATIONAL ALUMNA INITIATE PROGRAM AT ALPHACHIOMEGA ORG/NAIP. 46 ALPHA CHI OMEGA she had been offered and had accepted a bid from Alpha Chi Omega, it was SO surreal." Caroline agrees. "[Recruitment] is a long week full of emotions, hope, expectations, and constantly PARENT going and doing. But the process is SO rewarding in the end It made Bid Day all the more special to find out that [my mom and I] had both found a home in Alpha Chi." Now, as both Kellie and Caroline are settling into their own member experiences, the reality of everything that had to fall into place for this to happen is finally sinking in. Kellie shares, "The fact that {Caroline] did not know that Alpha Chi CAROLINE AND KELLIE AT EPSILON ZETA'S 2021 PARENT'S Omega is the [sorority] I had joined through NAIP WEEKEND until after Bid Day was over, and the joy we both felt knowing how special the whole scenario was, is "It was truly one of those surreal, don't-miss-this, something she and I will always share between us as take-it-all-in kind of moments," Kellie says of Caroline's mother and daughter. It truly is SO unique." initiation. "It has been SO enjoyable and fun getting to know more about Alpha Chi Omega through my Caroline is embracing all that comes with being a daughter." new Alpha Chi Omega. "Being a new member has kept me busy, but with all fun things," she says. "I have Given the strong bond these two had before Alpha Chi thoroughly enjoyed deepening friendships within my Omega, it's not surprising that sisterhood has only class and spending time with the older girls as well. I brought them even closer together. "My mom and I have felt welcomed and wanted from the first day." have always been very close, and our unique way of becoming sorority sisters only proved our similarities," As Caroline enjoys her new member experience as a Caroline says. "I am SO grateful I get to share this collegian, Kellie is carving her own path in alumna life, experience with her and hear about NAIP as well. I am already serving as a volunteer for the program that SO blessed to have a special connection with my mom brought her to our sisterhood. through Alpha Chi Omega." "I am SO enjoying being a part of Alpha Chi Omega, and A special connection made even more special by how it I am honored to be part of the NAIP panel," Kellie says. came about. Kellie says it perfectly when she adds, "Even "I am [also] looking forward to being a part of the local if [our dreams] don't look exactly like we thought they alumnae chapter in Auburn and serving in other ways." would or originally hoped for, when it all becomes a reality, we realize that this is how it was supposed to be It's clear that each new sister has much to learn from all along and it is even better than we could ever have the other, and when Caroline was initiated on October expected." 17 with her mom in attendance, there were no more secrets between this mother-daughter pair. THE LYRE 47 ACCOMPLISHED ALUMNAE A Woman's Place. ...IS ANYWHERE SHE patients and providers need quick access to a lifetime of WANTS IT TO BE! READ data to better treat and predict health conditions. For Vivian, who originally pursued a career as a doctor before ABOUT TWO SISTERS shifting to research and consulting, this work is her way to MAKING AN IMPACT IN make a broad impact. TRADITIONALLY MALE- "What I wanted to do was help health care as a system. It's DOMINATED FIELDS. always about the patient, but I wanted to help as many BY LAUREN FILIPPINI people as possible," she says. "The way that we're going to change everything across the board is going to be through (ALPHA CHI, BUTLER UNIVERSITY), EDITOR technology. That's how we're going to reach the most patients. That's how we're going to change the industry." This year, Vivian was named one of the 30 leaders under 40 changing health care by Business Insider. But her path to engineering almost never began. When the clinical consulting startup she was working at after college was purchased by IBM, she was slotted into an extremely technical role as an architect. Vivian, who had a biology degree with no engineering experience, recalls, "When something broke on my computer, I restarted it. And SO 23-year-old me couldn't believe she was working for a corporation and was SO scared that I didn't tell them they VIVIAN NEILLEY made a mistake. I just showed up to work and said I'd INTEROPERABILITY LEAD AT GOOGLE figure it out." CLOUD HEALTHCARE She spent her nights learning to code and grew her Over the course of your life, you might see a pediatrician, skills to the point where she was able to pass a technical a general practitioner, an obstetrician, a specialist, an interview at Google, leading to her role today. Vivian says emergency room physician and a pharmacist - all from she constantly has imposter syndrome, as both a female in different practices and all with different places to store tech and someone who doesn't have a formal computer your medical records. There is no comprehensive way science degree. "I use it as motivation," she explains. "I to access your medical data - but Vivian Neilley (Theta need to continually prove myself and be better and show Lambda, Clemson University) wants to change that. up every day the best I can be. Use it to your advantage." "I focus on connecting data in healthcare, whether it be Vivian credits her journey to leadership opportunities different hospitals or patients to devices or insurance," that she found through Alpha Chi Omega. And the power Vivian explains of her role as interoperability lead at of women supporting women is something she sees Google Cloud Healthcare. "I work on making sure that professionally. "The one thing especially about women in data can talk better in healthcare." engineering is we really try to look out for each other," she says. "My advice is to shoot your shot. There are SO many It's important work for the future of healthcare, as people who are willing to help." 48 ALPHA CHI OMEGA up. Every stop you make - in athletics and life - make sure you enjoy the moments." From her athletic and professional career, Jennifer recognizes the importance of sports for women. From a young age, girls can learn confidence, empowerment, leadership and work ethic by playing a sport. She adds, "It helps you be comfortable in your own skin." Teamwork is something Jennifer learned from both sports and Alpha Chi Omega. "You're part of something bigger than yourself. You come together for a common goal. Both of those experiences have helped shape me being able to work with different people and work as a team." JENNIFER DOMINGUEZ The support of her sisters was also invaluable during ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE her transition to being a student-athlete and during her AT THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE college career. "Joining Alpha Chi, I was able to surround myself with strong women and women who shared the When Jennifer Dominguez (Delta Nu, Iowa State same values. That was great to have as a base in college University) started college, she never would have and on this strange student-athlete journey and to imagined her career would end up in college sports continue carrying that after graduating." compliance. But after joining Alpha Chi Omega her first semester, she walked on to the Division I women's soccer Jennifer adds that her parents, who lived in Texas, weren't team, became a student-athlete and began her journey. able to make it to every college game in Iowa - but her sisters provided a cheering section. "Something I really "I wanted to work in this college athletics space because cherish was having Alpha Chis in the stands. I had a I had such a great undergraduate experience," says family there at every game." Jennifer, who learned about the field from an advisor and completed several internships and jobs before becoming associate director of compliance at the Big Ten DELTA NU SISTERS CHEERING JENNIFER ON AT A GAME Conference. "An opportunity at the Big 10 opened up, and DURING COLLEGE that's somewhere you don't pass up on applying." Jennifer explains that compliance focuses on all the rules and regulations of college athletics - everything from financial aid to eligibility, practice rules to recruiting requirements. At the Big 10, she helps campus compliance offices interpret the regulations. Her journey recently came full circle when she served as the Big 10 women's soccer administrator, which came with the opportunity to hand over the trophy to the winning collegiate team. "Don't be afraid to go looking for what you want," Jennifer says as advice for young professionals. "Once you get there, don't just focus on taking the ladder and going THE LYRE 49 LIFE Keeping Sisterhood Strong SISTERS BY LAUREN FILIPPINI VISITING (ALPHA CHI, BUTLER UNIVERSITY), EDITOR THEIR OLD CHAPTER HOUSE AT I t started with a phone call," recalls Bonnie Salay THEIR 2005 Shay. She had received a call in 2003 from her REUNION Gamma Lambda (Kent State University) chapter sister Susan Walsh Knieriem, asking if she wanted to join a reunion of sisters initiated in the 1960s that was in the works. "My college roomie and longtime friend, Carol, and I talked about it. Why would we want to go to meet with women we hadn't seen in 40 years? But we did. We got on our planes with our red carnations and held formal meetings to reconnect with our Ritual and headed to Vegas. Oh my! It was as if we had seen each hosted the 50-year membership milestone ceremony. other the day before. Lots of laughs, lots of hugs and lots Each sister has different memories that stand out. of memories." Judith Ziegler Phillips remembers buying crowns at a Although their collegiate chapter is no longer active, Las Vegas gift shop that were reminiscent of initiation Alpha Chi Omegas from Gamma Lambda are proving attire. "We ran around the hotel with these floral that sisterhood is for life - and that it gets stronger over headpieces that we had tied red and green ribbons to," time! What started with an ask from Susan has grown she says. Joyce Ziegler Robinson still reminisces about to reunions every other year, bringing sisters together driving through the "hills and hollers" of Tennessee that coast to coast (and even to Canada) for days of joy, were like nothing she had seen before, and Suzanne laughter and reminiscing. recalls the emotional visit to Kent State to see the memorials of the 1970 shootings. "After the initial shock of "Who are these old people?' when I walked through the door for the 2005 reunion, I The reunions are always adapting. After years of sharing found that we were still all young at heart," says Suzanne a large rental house, in 2019, sisters took a Road Scholar Gearinger Burley. "We were not all at Kent State at the same time, but we had Alpha Chi in common." "What stands out to me is just being able to be with sisters from all over the country that I hadn't seen for "We celebrate the good and years," recalls Kathy Berghian Watts. "And because I was one of the older sisters, I got to meet some of the mourn the bad. We are a good younger gals who weren't at Kent when I was there." group of women who just love For every reunion, a planning committee picks the each other very much." location and lodging, plans meals and suggests activities. Over the years, the sisters have completed craft projects, like Zentangle art and decorating wine glasses. They have 50 ALPHA CHI OMEGA trip to Quebec to help with travel, organization and mobility. In 2021, the reunion happened on Zoom, as the COVID-19 pandemic required a virtual get-together. They've lost sisters, including their fearless leader Susan. "The last 20 years would have been much different for us [without Susan planning the first reunion]," Judith says. "She's the big sister of us all." "We celebrate the good and mourn the bad," Joyce adds. "We are a good group of women who just love each VISITING LAKE ERIE AT THE 2007 REUNION, other very much." COMPLETE WITH MATCHING T-SHIRTS! The reunions have strengthened bonds that reach far beyond the biennial meetups. When her husband passed away in 2012, Bonnie remembers sisters reaching out to invite her to their homes or on vacations. Aside from two of those women she knew in college, "I had met the other sisters during the reunions," she says. UNIVERSA "Talk about a support system - once an Alpha Chi Omega, always an Alpha Chi Omega!" Now 50+ years from their college days, these women have found that their connections as sisters continue to grow. "Meeting some of the gals again was like time never passed," Kathy says. And Suzanne adds, "We have more in common now than those four short years in college. I want to be with these women when we celebrate and cry together. We talk about everything. They are the A TRIP TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS sisters I never had." DURING THE 2017 REUNION THE GROUP'S FEARLESS LEADER SUSAN WALSH G KNIERIEM AT THE FIRST REUNION IN LAS VEGAS IN 2003, WHICH SHE ORGANIZED EXPLORING QUEBEC AT THE 2019 REUNION THE LYRE 51 LIFE RECONNECTING WITH SISTERS FIND A SISTER One of the most special parts of our Alpha Chi Omega sisterhood is getting to keep up the connections with friends, many who have become family, year after year. ON THE ALPHACHIOMEGA.ORG HOME PAGE, No matter how much time has passed, reuniting with VISIT THE MEMBER DIRECTORY BY CLICKING our sisters allows us to reminisce and catch up, all while "FIND A MEMBER" UNDER "ALUMNAE sharing stories, memories and laughter. MEMBERS." Inspired by our Gamma Lambda sisters, here are a few USE THE OPEN FIELD TO SEARCH A SISTER'S suggestions from the lifetime engagement team at NAME, CHAPTER OF INITIATION OR headquarters to get your reunion planning started! LOCATION. SEARCHING BY CHAPTER AND THEN FILTERING BASED ON INITIATION YEAR Compile or request a list of sisters from your class, CAN HELP YOU EASILY FIND WOMEN FROM in your city or from your chapter. Use the tips in YOUR MEMBER CLASS. the sidebar for the online Find a Member search. BE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR INFORMATION Consider planning a reunion around another UPDATED AT MEMBERS.ALPHACHIOMEGA celebration such as a chapter anniversary, ORG SO YOUR SISTERS CAN FIND YOU! homecoming or member milestone. Are you celebrating 40 years of membership next year? Why not gather your chapter sisters to reunite for the occasion! Start small. Get together with your close group of sister friends. Make it an annual affair! In a few Plan in advance. Coordinating a reunion among years, you might just find that your reunion has busy schedules may feel overwhelming. Get grown and reconnected you to other sisters you started by connecting with a few of your sisters haven't seen in a while. to decide who to invite, best date and time, and how to send out an invitation. Once you have a Need help getting started? Email lifetimeengagement@ date, you can then spread the word to even more alphachiomega.org. We would love to support you in members you hope to join! planning a reunion with your sisters! Choose an activity. Whether you are planning a And don't forget to take lots of pictures and share them reunion with a small group of your Alpha Chi with us at photos.alphachiomega.org. We can't wait to best friends or gathering a larger group from your hear about your next reunion! chapter or new member class, make plans that will be fun for your group. Some friends love reuniting over a trip or lake weekend while others prefer to bring families along, get together for a meal, host a party at their home, or Zoom or FaceTime when sisters may be unable to leave their homes. Remember that reconnecting with sisters doesn't have to be extravagant! Pick something that is fun for you to commemorate your Alpha Chi roots. 52 ALPHA CHI OMEGA Who Do You Know? Our members are the best resource for helping recruit real, strong women into the Alpha Chi Omega sisterhood. If you know a remarkable young woman who plans to participate in recruitment on her campus, our online recommendation form is the best way to let the chapter know! ALPHACHIOMEGA.ORG/RECOMMEND THEN AND NOW Gamma Epsilon 1978 FROM THE SUMMER 1978 LYRE Have you ever thought about what Alpha Chi Omega was doing 10, Oklahoma State University 20, 50 years ago? How The members of Gamma Epsilon have things changed for at Oklahoma State University are our members and our proud to be represented by Jamie organization? How have Tillotson as President of Panhel- they stayed the same? lenic. Terri Oberle and Jan Ni- chols were selected to be student Taken from previous members of the National Associa- Lyre magazines, the tion of Accountants. Both are "Then and Now" series members of Beta Alpha Psi. Terri offers a glimpse into what was tapped by Omicron Delta Jamie Tillotson Terri Oberle life was like for Alpha Chi Kappa National Honorary for Omegas throughout our scholarship, leadership, and sports- history. manship while Jan teamed with Mea Bridge to win the Sorority Alpha Chi Omegas are Doubles Tennis Championship for the second year. confident leaders who Erin McCoy was part of the chase their passions OSU Homecoming Court, Mis- and make an impact chelle Dickerson was a finalist in in their chapters, on the Miss OSU pageant and first their campuses and runner-up Miss Sorority Pledge, in their communities. and Jamie Tillotson was Engineer- Leadership ing Queen. Charlotte Forman, Susan Butler, and development has Five Alpha Chis, Kristin Ford Kristin Ford, Diamond Doll bat girls. been a key part of our Charlotte Forman, Susan Butler Cherise Huffines, and Mischelle experience since 1885, Dickerson, were chosen as Dia- and every issue of The mond Doll bat girls. Kristin was Lyre is packed with president of the group. Football stories of leaders. Take recruiting hostesses were Nancy a look at how Gamma Asklund, Liz Keys, Suzy Taylor, Epsilon chapter has Jackie Henson, and Karla Salling- continued to lead on er. Pom pon girls were Karen Kil- the Oklahoma State lam and Sherry Brandt, and var- Jan Nichols and Mea Bridge Sorority Doubles Tennis University campus sity cheerleaders were Terri Miller, Champions. and in the Stillwater Terri Noonan, and Debbie Snider. community over the Pam Crews and Becky Pitts played varsity tennis and volleyball respec- years. tively. (pom squad) and Caton Cabbiness 2021 (cheer). They work hard to lead their teams to success and bring their leadership knowledge back to the chapter. There are also members BY HANNAH MILLER, who are working CHAPTER PRESIDENT on developing their leadership abilities The women of the Gamma Epsilon chapter at for future success. Oklahoma State University are proud to be represented Madison Yosten across campus. Our members are working to improve and I are part of the the Panhellenic community, Stillwater community McKnight Scholars CARLEE METCALF and the communities they find themselves in after Leadership Program, graduation. which works to build great leaders who will have a great impact on their communities. We currently have a Members Carlee Metcalf and Haley Hammons are member, Elizabeth serving as ambassadors for the College of Education Burks, who is serving and Human Sciences where they mentor incoming on the Panhellenic freshmen and help them navigate college. Executive Council as the vice president At Gamma of programming; Epsilon, we she works with recognize all of the Panhellenic our leaders and community as well as are proud to HANNAH MILLER the city of Stillwater be represented to oversee and execute across SO many several different philanthropy events. different There are also members of our chapter who serve on areas of the steering committees for our shows, such as Freshmen university and Follies and Varsity Review. Carla Ritter represents our city. As Alpha chapter as a Greek 100 presenter as she works to spread Chi women, awareness about various topics such as, alcohol and we strive to drug abuse, hazing, and sexual live out the assault. standard of We are proud to leadership ability ELIZABETH BURKS be represented with hopes of making in athletics by the community around members Averie us a better place. Sims (softball), Meredyth Morris AVERIE SIMS THE LYRE 55 VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT Meredith Blaine BETA OMEGA (THE UNIVERSITY OF necessary to support a sister, friend or family member TOLEDO) during a difficult time. Volunteer Role: Let's Talk Love facilitator How have you experienced the core competency of resiliency in your role? e spotlight With domestic violence incidents spiking during the W one of pandemic, the information in Let's Talk Love is more Alpha Chi relevant than ever. Last fall I facilitated seven sessions, Omega's volunteers far more than I had done any other semester, because in each edition of The our collegians deserved to get the tools they were Lyre. Our volunteers promised in a time when they are desperately needed. communicate well, are resilient, build What is your favorite Alpha Chi Omega memory as relationships and a collegian? practice integrity in Alpha Chi Omega is SO interwoven into my collegiate their volunteer roles experience, that it's honestly part of all my college every day! Those are memories. During our junior year, my roommate, a few of our volunteer core competencies - skills that Michelle (Kaminski) Poeppelmeier, and I used to have help our volunteer leaders grow within their roles and sleepovers with our younger (biological) sisters. Those beyond - that are part of the lifelong Real. Strong. sleepovers laid the foundation for friendships that Women. Experience! continue over 20 years later. What do you do in your volunteer role? Why do you choose to remain involved? As a Let's Talk Love facilitator, I travel (both physically Alpha Chi Omega, and the leadership positions and virtually) to collegiate chapters and present a I held within Beta Omega, were my jumping off workshop about sexual assault, domestic violence and points for getting involved in other campus activities healthy relationships. Collegiate members examine how and ultimately led to a career in higher education popular culture influences their ideas of love and sex, administration. One small decision to go to informal learn about how they can assist and support survivors recruitment set SO many amazing things in motion for of relationship abuse, and ultimately learn what healthy me that giving back seems like the least I can do! relationships look like. The support I have witnessed members provide each other during Let's Talk Love is Why should alumnae become volunteers? the embodiment of our Symphony. Joining Alpha Chi Omega is a lifelong commitment, and there are SO many ways to stay connected after your Why is volunteering important to you? college years come to a close. Volunteering doesn't have I believe that the information provided to our collegiate to be a long tenure position; it can be a few hours a year members during Let's Talk Love can save someone's life. reviewing collegiate award applications! No matter the Many of the women who have participated share that role or how long it takes, the time spent is worthwhile. they know someone who has been in an unhealthy or abusive relationship, but they do not know how to help Visit the Alumnae page on alphachiomega.org to learn about or what resources are available to them. Through Let's volunteering and opportunities, and visit the Resource Center Talk Love, our collegians learn the language and skills to learn about the volunteer core competencies. 56 ALPHA CHI OMEGA BUSINESS Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Chi Omega Have You Considered Board Service? hether you have long hoped to serve on There are many paths to board service. While having W an Alpha Chi Omega national board volunteered with Alpha Chi Omega before is certainly or you are just learning about the a benefit, your expertise gained from professional opportunity now, we invite our sisters to explore board roles, leadership in other organizations and other service as a way to give back to Alpha Chi Omega. lived experiences is valuable. We are looking for Recommendations are now being accepted! candidates who are passionate about Alpha Chi Omega, experienced in board governance and strategic The Alpha Chi Omega Enterprise is led by four boards planning, and dedicated to the Real. Strong. Women. of alumnae volunteers - the Fraternity National Experience. Alpha Chi Omega is seeking more alumnae Council, the National Housing Corporation Board of members to aspire for board service with the pool of Directors, the Pearl Stone Partners Board of Managers candidates representing the diversity of our members and the Foundation Board of Trustees. Each year, some and our campuses. of the boards (or all of them, as is the case this year!) request recommendations for new volunteers. While If you know an alumna sister who can make a each board governs a different business entity with a difference as a national board leader, please continue specific focus area, all the boards share the need for reading over the following pages to learn more strategic thinkers and fiduciary stewards. about the specific duties of each board and how to recommend her for consideration. We also accept For the upcoming year, the following number of board self-recommendations! Thank you for considering this positions are open at this time: impactful volunteer opportunity. Six National Council members (including one National President and five national vice presidents) Three National Housing Corporation (NHC) ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY: NNC directors Two Pearl Stone Partners (PSP) managers AHEAD, YOU WILL ALSO FIND AN OPPORTUNITY One Foundation trustee TO RECOMMEND YOURSELF OR A SISTER FOR SERVICE ON THE NATIONAL NOMINATING COMMITTEE (NNC). WHILE NOT A NATIONAL BOARD, THE NNC IS AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL- LEVEL VOLUNTEER GROUP, CHARGED WITH IDENTIFYING WOMEN TO SERVE ON THE NEXT NATIONAL COUNCIL. FOR THE 2022-24 TERM, ALPHA CHI OMEGA IS SEEKING TO FILL FIVE NNC ROLES. THE CALL FOR NNC RECOMMENDATIONS IS INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROCESS OF SELECTING ALPHA CHI OMEGA'S FUTURE LEADERS! THE LYRE 57 BUSINESS NOW SEEKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR 2022-24 National Council T he National Nominating Committee (NNC) mission of the Fraternity and representative of our seeks your help in identifying Alpha Chi diverse membership. Omegas who have the vision, skills and dedication to lead our Fraternity into the future WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS? through service on Alpha Chi Omega's 2022-24 National Council. Submitting recommendations for the National To be qualified as a national vice president, an Council is each member's privilege and responsibility. individual must be an alumna in good standing who We invite you to participate in the process by sharing has demonstrated leadership and possesses expertise the names of prospective leaders with the NNC. that will be of benefit to the Fraternity (such as but not limited to strategic planning, organizational WHO WILL LEAD ALPHA CHI OMEGA? development, enterprise models, financial strategies, nonprofit management and higher education Six women will be elected to the National Council at administration). Although having Alpha Chi Omega the 2022 National Convention. These women will serve volunteer experience at the local, regional or national as the board of directors for the 2022-24 term. Those level is a plus, it is not a requirement. Experience elected will be the visionaries, leaders and ambassadors gained within Alpha Chi Omega or through service on of Alpha Chi Omega's past, present and future. They governing boards of other corporations, through the should also be constantly mindful of the vision and pursuit of a career or through community involvement is highly desirable. With the organization's commitment to developing a DATES TO REMEMBER membership experience that is increasingly equitable and inclusive, candidates should be representative of March 1, 2022: Recommendations due to the NNC our diverse membership in culture, age, ethnicity, race, via form on www.alphachiomega.org/become-a- sexual orientation and/or lived experience. The success volunteer of the National Council and the Enterprise requires varied perspectives and a collaborative spirit. March 31, 2022: Potential candidate questionnaire (PCQ) deadline In addition, the alumna must have a solid financial strategy acumen, an ability to support the Alpha Chi May 9, 2022: Slated candidates announced to Omega Foundation, time to serve, and no conflicts of membership interest or potential for personal financial gain from National Council service. Reviewing the strategic plan, May 29, 2022: Petition deadline governing documents and National Council position description located on alphachiomega.org will provide June 8, 2022: One distribution of all candidates (slated more insight about the skills and leadership qualities and petitioners) to voting delegates beneficial to Alpha Chi Omega. July 8, 2022: 2022 National Convention begins In addition to these qualifications, the National President must have previously served on the National Council. August 1, 2022: Term of service begins 58 ALPHA CHI OMEGA WHAT IS THE NOMINATION PROCESS? Each recommended individual will receive a prospective candidate questionnaire (PCQ) to be completed and returned to the NNC. After careful consideration, the NNC will develop a slate of candidates that will include one National President candidate and five national vice president candidates, which will be announced to the membership by May 9, 2022. The proposed slate of candidates will be selected from 2020-22 the list of individuals that you recommend. Only women who have NATIONAL completed a PCQ are eligible to be a candidate, which includes any NOMINATING member who chooses to petition the slate. COMMITTEE The Articles of Incorporation provides a petition process for those candidates not slated. A petition for nomination to the National Leslie Schacht Drey (Xi, University Council, signed by the petitioner, shall be filed with the NNC chair in of Nebraska - Lincoln), Chair accordance with Fraternity policies no later than May 29, 2022. Voting delegates will receive one distribution of information and biographies Viancca Burger Williams, PhD of all candidates, which includes the slate and any petitioners, no later (Gamma Pi, University of than June 8, 2022. Tampa), Chair-Elect Nominations may not be made from the floor at convention except Joan Browning Ketterman in the event that a vacancy occurs in the slate during the election. (Gamma Xi, Western Michigan National Council members will be elected by a majority of the votes. University), Alumna Member WHO RECOMMENDS OUR FUTURE LEADERS? Jennifer Wilhoit Lane, PhD (Zeta Pi, Arizona State University), You do! The NNC develops a slate of candidates from members you Alumna Member recommend and who complete the PCQ by the established deadline of March 31, 2022. Members are also welcome to self-recommend. Elizabeth Billings Schafer (Beta Recommendations for qualified members reflecting the diversity of the Delta, College of William & Alpha Chi Omega membership are specifically encouraged. A member, Mary), Alumna Member collegiate chapter or alumnae chapter may submit the form. It is not necessary to include recommendations for all National Council Rebecca Cleland Olson (Theta, positions. All information received is thoughtfully evaluated by each University of Michigan), member of the NNC in strict confidentiality. Alternate Alumna Member The recommendation form is now open and can be found on Lauren Miller (Alpha Mu, alphachiomega.org by going to the Alumnae section and selecting Indiana University), Collegiate "Become a Volunteer." All recommendations must be submitted via Member the electronic form no later than March 1, 2022. Alpha Chi Omega Audra Scott (Zeta Pi, Arizona State REAL. STRONG. WOMEN. University), Alternate Collegiate Member THE LYRE 59 BUSINESS NOW SEEKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2022-24 National Nominating Commitee DEAR ALPHA CHI OMEGA SISTERS, The National Council is seeking members to serve on Alpha Chi Omega's 2022-24 National Nominating Committee (NNC). The NNC is charged with identifying women who have the vision, skills and professional experience to serve as the elected board leadership of Alpha Chi Omega on the 2024-26 National Council. In accordance with Fraternity policies, the National Council will prepare a slate of candidates to be voted on by delegates at the 2022 National Convention in Bellevue, Washington, which will consist of five alumnae members (the chair, a chair-elect and three alumnae members) and one alternate alumna member. In preparing the slate, the National Council attempts to assemble a team of women who represent the diversity of our membership and are knowledgeable about important issues of the Fraternity as well as its governance structure. The work of the 2022-24 NNC begins after the 2022 convention and culminates in summer 2024 when the NNC presents the slate of National Council candidates to the 2024 convention delegates for election. QUALIFICATIONS Recommended individuals should be Alpha Chi Omega alumnae in good standing with an understanding of board governance and the National Fraternity as well as the ability to analyze the needs of the Fraternity and qualifications of prospective candidates. Experience recruiting board members for nonprofit organizations or prior participation in a confidential nomination and slating process is valuable experience for this committee. NNC members agree to maintain strict confidentiality regarding prospective nominees and the deliberations of the committee and shall have no conflicts of interest with the National Fraternity, including potential for personal financial gain from National Council decisions. A candidate for the NNC may not, at the time of slating and election or at any point during the NNC term to which she is elected, serve on any Alpha Chi Omega corporation board or hold any office which makes her a voting delegate at the 2022 or 2024 national conventions, including being a Past National President. Members of the 2022-24 NNC agree not to be candidates for the 2024-26 National Council. 60 ALPHA CHI OMEGA WHAT IS THE TERM OF OFFICE? Alumna members: two years (August 1, 2022 - July 31, 2024) Chair-elect: four years (August 1, 2022 - July 31, 2026) ACCOUNTABILITY / WORKING RELATIONSHIP The NNC is responsible to the Fraternity membership via the national convention delegates. The staff liaison to the NNC is the chief executive officer. COMPLETE RECOMMENDATION BY: HOW CAN I BE CONSIDERED? HOW CAN I RECOMMEND A SISTER? Filling out the form on www.alphachiomega.org/ To recommend qualified and respected sisters to serve on the 2022-24 NNC, become-a-volunteer complete the recommendation form, now available on the Alpha Chi Omega website's "Become a Volunteer" page, no later than March 1, 2022. Self-recommendations are welcomed and encouraged. Members DATES TO REMEMBER: reflecting the diversity of the Alpha Chi Omega membership are specifically encouraged to apply. All recommended sisters will be asked to complete March 1, 2022: Deadline to submit a a candidate information form by March 31 in order to be considered a recommendation candidate for the National Nominating Committee. March 31, 2022: Deadline to submit The National Council depends on you to recommend qualified and materials to be considered a respected sisters to serve on the next NNC. Thank you for your interest and candidate participation in the process of selecting Alpha Chi Omega's future leaders! By May 9, 2022: Slate announced Loyally, May 29, 2022: Petition deadline June 8, 2022: Materials sent to the voting delegates Lynne Herndon July 8, 2022: 2022 National National President Convention begins August 1, 2022: Term begins THE LYRE 61 BUSINESS NOW SEEKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NHC Board Service If you have been looking for a way to serve Alpha Chi Omega and believe you have the leadership and vision that could shape Alpha Chi Omega's future, the National Housing Corporation (NHC) would love to learn more about you. One of the boards that makes up the national leadership of our sisterhood, the NHC Board of Directors is seeking new members to serve our sisterhood in a focused, challenging, rewarding and fun way. IF YOU ANSWER "YES" TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONSIDER NHC BOARD SERVICE! Do you have experience in strategic planning and financial oversight? Have you served on nonprofit boards and have expertise in board, organizational, policy and resource development? Do you have an understanding of the needs of today's collegiate members? Do you have the business acumen and analytical skills to think creatively and address challenges and opportunities? Do you have a general understanding of nonprofit governance and believe in the fundamental partnership between board and staff? Do you work in the areas of real estate, property management, legal and/or finance? Are you driven by mission, values and policies? Do project management, organizational behavior, legal and risk exposure fall into your wheelhouse of transferrable skills? The all-volunteer NHC Board of Directors meets virtually monthly in partnership SEND with our staff to achieve the NHC's mission - to enhance the Real. Strong. Women. RECOMMENDATIONS Experience by providing safe and competitive facilities where members connect, lead, grow and serve - and contributes to the overall success of the Alpha Chi Omega AND RESUMES TO: Enterprise. Prior Alpha Chi Omega volunteer experience is not required. For a detailed description of director responsibilities, please visit Billi Carson, director of www.alphachiomega.org/become-a-volunteer executive operations, at: bcarson@alphachiomega.org We are committed to enhancing and broadening the NHC's board membership and cultivating an inclusive environment valuing all involved. We seek cultural, DATES TO REMEMBER: racial, professional and geographical diversity for the board. We believe the success of the NHC will depend on having the right blend of skill sets, expertise, March 31, 2022: network connections, diverse perspectives and spheres of influence across the Recommendations/ board. With a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we encourage all resumes due interested members to apply. April-June 2022: If you believe you have the vision, skills and talent to further the mission of the Recommendations/ NHC, we strongly encourage you to apply now! Submit a recommendation for resumes reviewed; yourself or another sister, along with a resume, electronically to candidates selected bcarson@alphachiomega.org. August 1, 2022: Alpha Chi Omega Volunteer term begins NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION is 62 ALPHA CHI OMEGA NOW SEEKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PSP Board Service Do you have the passion and skills to serve Alpha Chi Omega, our collegiate chapters and the chapter-level employees who work to support the member experience? If SO, Pearl Stone Partners, LLC (PSP) can't wait to meet you! As the newest of the four boards that make up the national leadership of our sisterhood, the PSP Board of Managers is looking for alumnae leaders to serve Alpha Chi Omega and advocate for the Pearl Stone Partners mission. Pearl Stone Partners, in conjunction with a professional employer organization (PEO), is the co-employer of record for individuals deployed to work at Alpha Chi Omega chapter facilities. PSP is the employment hub and supports pre- employment screening; employee recruitment, orientation and management; training and professional development; and performance management. We are dedicated to developing the tools and resources that advisors, collegiate officers and employees need. RECOMMEND A SISTER (OR YOURSELF) FOR SERVICE IF YOU CAN ANSWER "YES" TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS! Do you work in human resources, recruiting, property management, entrepreneurship, legal and/or finance? Do you have the business acumen to think creatively and address challenges and opportunities? Do you understand nonprofit governance and believe in the fundamental partnership between board and staff? Do you have an understanding of the needs of today's collegiate leaders, advisors, chapters and employees? The all-volunteer PSP Board of Managers meets virtually six times a year in SEND partnership with our staff to achieve PSP's mission - to deliver comprehensive human RECOMMENDATIONS resources services and support employees and those who direct them to enhance the Real. Strong. Women. Experience - and contributes to the overall success of the Alpha Chi AND RESUMES TO: Omega Enterprise. The board is comprised of five managers: one National Council representative and four managers elected by the National Council to serve a three- Billi Carson, director of year term. For manager responsibilities, please visit www.alphachiomega.org/ executive operations, at: become-a-volunteer. Learn more about PSP at www.pearlstonepartners.org. bcarson@alphachiomega.org We are committed to enhancing and broadening board membership and cultivating DATES TO REMEMBER: an environment in which all who are involved feel included, respected and valued. We seek cultural, racial, professional and geographical diversity for the board. We March 31, 2022: believe the success of PSP will depend on having the right blend of skill sets, expertise, Recommendations/ network connections, diverse perspectives and spheres of influence across the board. resumes due Experience as a former chapter advisor or local house corporation member at a chapter with staff is of value; however, prior volunteer experience is not required. April-June 2022: Recommendations/ If you believe you have the vision, skills and talent to further the PSP mission, resumes reviewed; we encourage you to apply now! Submit a candidates selected recommendation for yourself or another sister, along with a resume, electronically to August 1, 2022: Pearl Stone Partners bcarson@alphachiomega.org. Volunteer term begins THE LYRE 63 BUSINESS NOW SEEKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR Foundation Board Service Are you passionate about Alpha Chi Omega? Do you value strategic thinking and guidance? Do you have experience in any of the following? Strategic planning Fundraising leadership Professional areas (academia, finance, human resources, law, sales, etc.) Nonprofit board governance Do you embrace women's empowerment, equity and inclusivity? Are you interested in volunteering and giving back to Alpha Chi Omega? THE ALPHA CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS LOOKING FOR YOU! As one of the boards comprising the national leadership of Alpha Chi Omega, SEND the BOT is a group of alumnae focused on continuing the future of Alpha Chi RECOMMENDATIONS Omega. Coming from across the country, trustees vary in age and experience in order to represent our members. The BOT is seeking diverse women of all AND RESUMES TO: ages, ethnicities, races and societal backgrounds who have the experience and passion to help shape the future of the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation. The Billi Carson, director of executive Foundation's mission states: operations, at: bcarson@alphachiomega.org The Alpha Chi Omega Foundation strives to realize and sustain the educational and philanthropic values of Alpha Chi Omega through successful fundraising and stewardship. Generous gifts from our members and friends enhance the Real. Strong. Women. DATES TO REMEMBER: Experience and empower our members to impact their communities and world positively. February 15, 2022: With virtual monthly meetings, the Foundation Board of Trustees is responsible Recommendations/resumes due for the strategic guidance of our professional staff team as well as our mutual fundraising and stewardship efforts. Together, they provide financial resources March-May 2022: to our Fraternity programs that comprise the Real. Strong. Women. Experience, Recommendations/resumes including grants and scholarships. For a detailed description of trustee reviewed; candidates responsibilities, please visit www.alphachiomega.org/become-a-volunteer. interviewed; trustees elected RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED! June-July 2022: Transition and onboarding Candidates may self-recommend or be recommended by a member. All recommendations should include the candidate's resume and letter of interest. August 1, 2022: Candidates will be screened for expertise in the areas of board governance, Volunteer three-year term finance, fundraising and leadership as well as begins matched to the current needs of the board. Alpha Chi Omega Diversity of our board members is a key priority. FOUNDATION is 64 ALPHA CHI OMEGA AXQ CONNECTION 1 3 together let us Suk the heights 2 4 COLLEGIATE NOTES 1 BETA ETA (FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY) 3 OMICRON (BAKER UNIVERSITY) Before recruitment began this fall, the Beta Eta chapter "Empowered women empower women" is a great had some bonding time during a photoshoot. theme to share with potential new members learning about the Alpha Chi experience! 2 DELTA OMICRON (PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY) 4 THETA LAMBDA (CLEMSON UNIVERSITY) Sisters shared the importance of domestic violence Some of the newest members of Alpha Chi Omega awareness and healthy relationships during celebrated at Theta Lambda's Bid Day! philanthropy round of fall recruitment. THE LYRE 65 AXO CONNECTION bid day 2021 5 7 Go CHI CHI O 6 8 5 GAMMA PHI (LAMAR UNIVERSITY) 7 RHO (UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON) The chapter welcomed new members to their new Life is sweet when you join Alpha Chi Omega! home for Bid Day 2021. 6 ALPHA PHI (THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT 8 ZETA OMEGA (WESTERN CAROLINA AUSTIN) UNIVERSITY) With golden lyres and lettered shirts, the women of Sisters are all smiles for Bid Day 2021 at the Zeta Omega Alpha Phi chapter welcomed home their newest sisters. chapter! is 66 ALPHA CHI OMEGA 9 11 10 12 9 DELTA ZETA (CENTRAL MICHIGAN 11 DELTA NU (IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY) UNIVERSITY) New members couldn't miss the Alpha Chi house with The chapter celebrated a western-themed Bid Day after its painted driveway when they ran home on Bid Day. fall recruitment. 12 LAMBDA NU (NORTHEASTERN 10 KAPPA RHO (UNIVERSITY OF NORTH UNIVERSITY) CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE) Bid Day is the perfect time to "throw what you know"! The chapter reminded their new members on Bid Day that Alpha Chi sisters will be your biggest cheerleaders! THE LYRE 67 2/5 AXO CONNECTION Alpha Chi Amega 13 15 14 16 13 EPSILON PSI (UNIVERSITY OF 15 ALPHA MU (INDIANA UNIVERSITY) CALIFORNIA, IRVINE) The chapter held its annual Purple Gala to support Lifetime members welcomed home their newest sisters Middle Way House and domestic violence awareness. at a sweet-as-honey Bid Day celebration. 16 THETA IOTA (BAYLOR UNIVERSITY) 14 KAPPA NU (CARNEGIE MELLON At the chapter's Block Party event, sisters raised UNIVERSITY) awareness for domestic violence and shared the The first day of school is always a little brighter with importance of empowerment for women. sisters by your side! 68 ALPHA CHI OMEGA FRIED OYSTERS 1 3 AXP 2 4 ALUMNAE NOTES 1 IOTA UPSILON IOTA (WILLIAMSBURG, 3 DELTA SIGMA DELTA (ST. PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA) FLORIDA) Sisters met for an impromptu luncheon in late To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the chapter's September. The chapter is thrilled to be growing and founding, members enjoyed a lunch and some quality sharing sisterhood with more real, strong women! sister time! 2 SIGMA SIGMA (ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI) 4 ALPHA ZETA ALPHA (SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH) Sisters enjoyed their first fall event for the alumnae chapter with dinner and talking through their The chapter held its annual Membership Kickoff upcoming events. Luncheon to welcome new members and spend time with sisters. THE LYRE 69 AXO CONNECTION 5 7 6 8 5 DELTA OMEGA DELTA (ORANGE COUNTY, 7 ALPHA IOTA (UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT) CALIFORNIA) ALUMNAE The chapter hosted a beach clean-up event with Surf Nine women who became sisters in the 1970s traveled Riders Foundation at Huntington Beach. to St. Augustine Beach in Florida for a reunion in September. 6 ALPHA UPSILON (THE UNIVERSITY OF 8 GAMMA OMEGA (UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI) ALABAMA) ALUMNAE ALUMNA AND THETA SIGMA (UNIVERSITY OF Sisters from the 1988 Alpha Upsilon member class got NORTH FLORIDA) COLLEGIAN together this summer. Pictured is a blanket made with This fall, Grace R. Dennis (right) planned a private T-shirts from their time at the university. pinning ceremony for her grand-niece Katie Cover, who joined the Theta Sigma chapter in 2020; Katie then pinned Grace with her 50-year membership pin. "We both had a little tear in our eye," Grace says. "I am blessed to have Alpha Chi Omega in my life." 70 ALPHA CHI OMEGA 1 3 2 4 ACCOLADES 1 GAMMA UPSILON (UNIVERSITY OF 3 SIGMA (UNIVERSITY OF IOWA) ALUMNA HOUSTON) ALUMNA After a 35-year break from taekwondo, Colleen Keating Heather Hollis received the Women in Manufacturing Grady (second from left) earned three medals at the 2021 STEP Ahead Award from The Manufacturing Global Traditional Martial Arts World Championship Institute. Heather, the director of marketing, this year. Colleen, who is a member of Kappa Sigma commercial business unit, for Cornerstone Building Kappa (Little Rock, Arkansas) earned her black belt in Brands, Inc., was one of 130 winners, representing the 2019. past, present and future of women manufacturers. 4 KAPPA (UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - 2 ZETA PHI (CORNELL UNIVERSITY) ALUMNA MADISON) ALUMNA Risa Mish won the inaugural Provost Award for Joanie Helgesen currently holds the title of Ms. Super Teaching Excellence in Graduate and Professional Senior Universe; she has earned seven titles after Degree Programs from Cornell University. A professor entering pageants just five years ago. She shares, "We are of the practice of management, Risa was recognized for never too old to follow dreams." her commitment to teaching and mentorship. THE LYRE 71 IN MEMORIAM In Memoriam Rho (University of Washington) Alpha Sigma (Ohio Wesleyan University) Diana Gail Bleeker, 1965, June 2021 Lauren Crecelius Lukens, 1963, July 2021 Reported to headquarters between August 1 and Sigma (University of Iowa) Alpha Tau (University of New Hampshire) October 31, 2021* Barbara Bixby Seibel, 1950, June 2021 Arlene Roy Nichols, 1947, September 2021 Name, Initiation Year, Month and Year of Death Lucille Larrabee Worcester, 1944, August 2021 Tau (Brenau University) *Editor's Note: Headquarters staff is in the process Lori Orr Stansell, 1981, September 2021 Alpha Phi (The University of Texas at Austin) of updating our database for deceased members. Sherry Pechacek Mogford, 1946, September 2021 The list published here contains those members who Phi (University of Kansas) Carol Esse Timmons, 1957, August 2021 passed away within the last five years; a full list Margaret Fesler Ewing, 1943, August 2021 of all deceased members reported to or determined Virginia Thomson Hargarten, 1949, August 2021 Alpha Chi (Butler University) by headquarters staff between August 1 and Patricia Link Marshall, 1946, May 2020 Mary Bee Fromhold Bowman, 1940, April 2021 October 31, 2021 can be found on the "Lyre" page of Carolyn Keith Stevenson, 1946, September 2020 Patricia McGuire Poire, 1942, September 2021 alphacbiomega.org, under Stay Connected. Dolores Anderson Waugh, 1955, October 2021 Alpha Psi (UCLA) Alpha (DePauw University) Psi (The University of Oklahoma) Margaret Shull Jensen, 1945, October 2021 Maggi Lazaraton, 1955, June 2021 Meriam Slocum Cannon, 1954, August 2021 Nancy Cherney Threadgill, 1968, July 2021 Sandra Williams Hudack, 1954, July 2021 Epsilon (University of Southern California) Margaret Flood Moore, 1943, December 2019 Beta Delta (College of William & Mary) Christine McAlpin McCabe, 1943, July 2017 Pat Harston Nunley, 1948, July 2021 Donna Leigh Dorer Jackins, 1955, September Gwendolyn Carle Lindahl, 1945, May 2021 Helen Legg Sullivan, 1940, June 2021 2021 Patricia Townsend Markiewicz, 1945, January Elinor Derr Lamade, 1939, July 2021 2018 Alpha Beta (Purdue University) Anne Dunn Sigler, 1948, May 2021 Joan Gatewood Miller, 1943, September 2016 Jennifer Carrier Hubbell, 1983, October 2021 Elaine Ryan O'Rourke, 1939, June 2017 Betty Burnett Neff, 1947, September 2021 Beta Epsilon (Michigan State University) Barbara Willcox Ross, 1945, February 2018 Alvera Peterson Sbarbaro, 1960, July 2020 Nadine Stewart Colling, 1950, September 2021 Julian Bates Tunnell, 1943, June 2019 Mary Carlisle Schuler, 1952, August 2021 Donna Reid Hinden, 1953, May 2021 Patricia Lund Jennings, 1948, October 2021 Zeta (New England Conservatory) Alpha Delta (University of Cincinnati) Eileen Dusio Button, 1950, July 2021 Mary Frey Twyman, 1952, May 2021 Beta Eta (Florida State University) Carolyn Wilson Lemanski, 1969, August 2021 Eta (Bucknell University) Alpha Epsilon (University of Pennsylvania) Lois Hayward Minck, 1938, December 2018 Evelyn Buckley Lotz, 1943, August 2021 Beta Kappa (University of Wyoming) Ardis Picard Mizner, 1959, August 2021 Theta (University of Michigan) Alpha Eta (University of Mount Union) Teri Ervin Nelson, 1973, September 2021 Susan Jane Gesler, 1961, September 2021 Carolyn Krabill Huntsberger, 1950, September 2021 Beta Lambda (University of Arizona) lota (University of Illinois at Urbana- Kathleen Borchers, 1962, October 2021 Champaign) Alpha lota (University of Vermont) Grace Dennerly Womack, 1949, August 2021 Jerallyn Carter Ozburn, 1955, June 2021 Patricia Lois Cella, 1951, September 2021 Marion Wright Hogel, 1944, January 2021 Beta Nu (University of Utah) Mu (Simpson College) Lavon Clive Decker, 1943, September 2021 Viola Turner Graf, 1944, September 2021 Alpha Kappa (University of Oregon) Judy Myers Porter, 1963, August 2021 Lorene Hopkins Carnes, 1941, December 2017 Beta Xi (Utah State University) Cindy Cole-Rinella, 1984, August 2021 Alisa Clayton, 1990, November 2019 Nu (University of Colorado Boulder) Gerry Stowell Maddren, 1942, June 2020 Kallie Edwards Peterson, 2015, August 2021 Joan Kelley Lutz, 1964, October 2021 Mary Maulding, 1973, October 2021 Beta Sigma (University of Georgia) Xi (University of Nebraska - Lincoln) Alpha Lambda (University of Minnesota) Sarah Miles Panfel, 1973, July 2018 Margaret Mulvaney Jackman, 1949, August 2021 Patricia Anderson Peterson, 1951, June 2021 Phyllis Long Wright, 1938, October 2021 Beta Tau (Miami University) Alpha Mu (Indiana University) Lois Dotzauer Ward, 1947, July 2021 Omicron (Baker University) Robbie Yates Kestner, 1968, October 2021 Ann W. Haley, 1951, October 2021 Ann Blackburn Robinson, 1954, July 2021 Beta Upsilon (Duke University) Charlotte Yates Shawcross, 1954, September 2021 Pi (University of California, Berkeley) Alpha Nu (University of Missouri) Lois Young Taber, 1950, September 2021 Linda Hoerig Powers, 1968, September 2021 Beta Chi (Willamette University) Paula Longtin Spring, 1968, September 2021 Virginia Barber Bartsch, 1944, September 2021 72 ALPHA CHI OMEGA #AXODVAM During Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2021, Alpha Chi Omega Eleanora Loveless Staley, 1949, August 2021 focused on how collective action can break down barriers to ending Mary McLauchlan Weseman, 1950, domestic violence. Inspired by the Domestic Violence Awareness Project's September 2021 #1Thing campaign, sisters made individual commitments and turned awareness into action during #AXODVAM. Beta Psi (Louisiana Tech University) Betty Duke Bernstein, 1944, August 2021 Michelle Procell Minor, 1990, October 2021 DELTA CHI KAPPA UPSILON @WWUAXO @AXO_FIU Gamma Delta (University of Denver) Sally Reed Barnum, 1968, October 2021 Gamma Epsilon (Oklahoma State University) Kelli Frans Miller, 1988, August 2021 Seglinda Kelle Pritchard, 1960, July 2021 Women between the ages of Gamma Lambda (Kent State University) 18-24 are the most commonly Welcome to Domestic Violence abused by an intimate partner. Awareness Month. 1 in 4 women Nancy Bierwirth Chrien, 1961, August 2021 It's time to put a stop to domestic and 1 in 10 men experience Janet Sooy Shears, 1960, September 2021 violence. #DVAM #AXODVAM domestic violence in the US. We are here for you #DVAM2021 Gamma Nu (San Diego State University) #1Thing #AXODVAM Helen Hull Cerletti, 1965, October 2016 Lori Lenk Frank, 1981, August 2021 BETA KAPPA BETA DALLAS AREA ALUMNAE Gamma Upsilon (University of Houston) KAPPA OMEGA Sandra Montalbano Hanus, 1959, August Hurt! @AXO_AT_IUPU 2021 Delta Kappa (Sam Houston State University) Kathi McAnulty, 1972, April 2021 Janice Dixon Spitzenberger, 1970, July 2021 Delta Pi (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) #AXODVAM Our sisters are SO passionate Marie Burnett Carter, 1967, February 2021 about our philanthropy, which During Domestic Violence connects us on a deeper level. Delta Phi (Texas A&M University- Awareness Month, what is It's important we learn the signs Kingsville) #1Thing that you can do? Have and break the stigma SO we one conversation. Donate to can educate and support those Susan Collard Wise, 1970, July 2021 one shelter. Make sure that one around us. You are never alone! survivor is seen. #AXODVAM #DVAM Epsilon Zeta (Auburn University) #AlwaysAlphaChi Patricia Lynch Dufford, 1967, September 2021 Delta Chi (William Woods University) LAMBDA XI Susan K. Howard, 2020, October 2021 IOTA RHO @AUG_ALPHACHI @AXOLUC Epsilon Upsilon (Mississippi State University) Mary E Ranney, 1977, September 2021 Zeta Xi (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Whitney Neal Jonske, 2002, September 2021 OMEG Zeta Pi (Arizona State University) As part of our philanthropy, Kathy Lynette Prevette, 1996, September As Alpha Chi Omegas, we are DVA is a very important topic 2021 dedicated to educating our for us in our mission to spread members and others about awareness and help those who fell the importance of healthy victim bcome survivors. #AXO relationships and raise awareness #RealStrongWomen #DVAMonth about DVA. #AXODVAM NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity U.S. Postage 5939 Castle Creek Parkway North Drive PAID Indianapolis IN 46250-4343 Indianapolis, IN Permit N. 1643 alphachiomega.org GIVE TO THE ALPHA CHIOMEGA FOUNDATION TODAY FOUNDATION-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OUR MISSION: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE The Alpha Chi Omega Foundation strives to realize AWARENESS and sustain the educational and philanthropic values of THE HEIGHTS