I’m a day late for wishing Gamma Alpha Omega a Happy 22nd Birthday. I will offer my sincere congratulations nonetheless. The sorority was founded at Arizona State University. The sorority is a member of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO). It was founded by eight young Latina women, Michelle Seanez, Amy Alvarez, Patsy Guardado, Clara Lopez, Annette Escalante, Valerie Mendoza, Roxana Quinones, and Sandra Saenz. The former four are the National Founding Madres and the latter four are the National Founding Charters. The organization’s motto is “Nos Una Crescemus” (United We Will Grow).
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If there was an “all Sondheim all the time” station on Sirius radio, I would be there all the time. I am a fan of Stephen Sondheim’s work (the man is a musical genius!). When I saw this go by on the Beta Theta Pi facebook feed, I was extremely impressed and green with envy at the same time. What a treasure!
Sondheim’s letter is in reference to the new Beta Theta Pi coffee table book Beta Brotherhood – a 175th Anniversary Tribute. It looks like a wonderful book and I will have to buy a copy asap.
Photo courtesy of Beta Theta Pi’s Facebook page.
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Since the beginning of the year, my twitter feed has been full of tweets about the various Greek-letter organization (GLO) workshop/seminars/academies which have taken place in early January. The names of these events might be different, but the goal is the same. It’s to educate, inspire, and to offer collegiate chapter members the opportunity to see the bigger picture of GLO life.
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), the umbrella organization for 26 women’s fraternities/sororities, debuted its College Panhellenic Academy this past weekend in Indianapolis. It was held in conjunction with the North-American Interfraternity Conference’s IFC Academy. The focus of the College Panhellenic Academy was on Panhellenic operations and campus leadership.
Here’s to hoping that every collegiate leader who was at one of these events can go back to their chapter and campus and inspire others to reach for higher goals and to do great things. Or to at least realize that there is a bigger picture; that the world does not revolve around their chapter and/or campus. I could stand on this soap box for a while, but I know I am preaching to the choir and I have a list a mile long of other things to do. I offer gratitude to those who plan, speak at and inspire those collegians. It is important work.
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