Friday Findings
Biweekly newsletter for sorority women.
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Kim Woiwood named Assistant Director of Greek Affairs and Primary Sorority Advisor
The search is over! Many thanks to the members of the Search Committee and special thanks to Committee Co-Chairs Kelly Law and Ashley Joerger for their work throughout the process. Kim Woiwod has accepted an offer to join the K-State fraternity and sorority community.
Kim has significant advising experience with sororities and fraternities as a university staff member and alumnae volunteer. She has also traveled extensively for her affiliation as a Leadership Consultant, visiting more than 30 campuses! As an undergraduate member, she held distinguished leadership roles in her chapter. Kim will graduate in May from Iowa State with a Master's in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Her broad range of experience and education make her an excellent choice for K-State!
Kim is a student-centered, values-based advisor who strongly identifies with the K-State fraternity and sorority community mission of being "dedicated to the personal and professional development of members through a wide range of activities and experiences." She also supports the community mission of a "commit[ment] to promoting life-long involvement in individual organizations as well as [the] collective community to positively impact the lives of both undergraduate and alumni members while building and maintaining a fraternity and sorority community worthy enough to serve the university and the people of Manhattan."
Kim will begin work in May. Watch for more details about her and her anticipated start date. The K-State fraternity and sorority community looks forward to working with her as it achieves its greatest successes - those which are yet to be discovered!
Please take a moment to welcome Kim by emailing her at kwoiwod@iastate.edu
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Greek Contribution Awards
Daily outstanding actions are offered by outstanding individuals. These actions and ideals create the progress which is at the heart of the K-State Fraternity and Sorority Strategic Plan and the Fraternal Relevance Accreditation and Minimum Expectations program. Annually Greek Awards are offered not just to chapters for their positive contributions to relevance, but also to the many individuals making fraternal relevance possible.
The K-State Greek Affairs office is now accepting nominations for the Contribution Awards, to be offered at the annual Greek Awards ceremony. Contributions Awards are offered to individuals for the positive contributions to their self, their chapter, the Greek community and the Manhattan community. All nominations are to be submitted on behalf of a chapter by a lead coordinator. Nominations must be submitted with the brief nominations form attached. The Greek Affairs staff encourages nomination materials to be creative in their development. Suggestions for the format of nomination include, but are certainly not limited to letter(s) of recommendation, video montages (YouTube clips), electronic presentations, PowerPoint slide shows, product examples (newsletters, articles, photos, etc.), and presentation boards.
Successful nominees should have positively contributed to fraternity/sorority members' attainment of the K-State fraternity and sorority values: accountability, diversity, balance, growth, self-actualization, contribution, integrity, knowledge, creativity, relationships, and teamship.
The following Contribution Awards will be offered and are now open for nomination:
Above and Beyond Chapter President Award
Sorority Women of the Year Award
Fraternity Man of the Year Award
Sorority New Member of the Year Award
Fraternity New Member of the Year Award
Faculty or Staff Member of the Year Award
Chapter Advisor of the Year Award
Alumni Distinguished Service Award
Alumni Lifetime Service Award
All nominations should be submitted in the Greek Affairs office no later than noon April 9, 2010. For more information on these awards, please contact Greek Affairs at (785) 532-5546.
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Social Media Presentation
A new concept regarding Facebook etiquette was presented on Monday at the Panhellenic Council Meeting. The concept involves an anonymous member of your chapter creating a Facebook account and befriending all chapter members. From there, "Polly Pi Phi" or "Karie Kappa Delta" would monitor chapter members Facebooks randomly, making sure the pages were appropriate. If inappropriate pictures were found, "Polly" or "Karie" would send a message to the member asking them to take the pictures down within a few days. A different chapter member would be responsible for using the anonymous Facebook account each month, therefore no one would know who the messages were from. This solution would hopefully eliminate animosity between chapter members and improve the Greek community's image here at K-State! If your chapter is interested in implementing this policy, please contact Natalie Rauth at njrauth@ksu.edu.
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Family-to-Family Course Offering
Family-To-Family is an intensive 12-week course study free to family members, partners, and significant others of individuals with brain disorders. Those being mental illnesses such as OCD, Depression, BD, Eating Disorders, BPD, Panic Disorders, Addictive Disorders, Schizophenia, or Schizoaffective Disorders. These classes are structured to help family members understand and support individuals with the above illnesses while maintaining their own well-being. The course is taught by a team of trained National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) family-member volunteers who know what it's like to have a loved one struggling with one of these brain disorders.
These Family to Family classes will start next fall and be held in the Union. Each session will last about 2.5 hours. The expenses of course materials is funded by NAMI Kansas and the local Flint Hills Chapter. Enrollment will begin in August of 2010, but if you are intersted in learning more about this opportunity, you may contact Barbara Oplinger at oplinger@ksu.edu or by calling (785) 770-0173.
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Opportunities
The 2nd Annual Partnership between Greek Week and the Kansas State University Blood Drive will be April 5th through 9th. This is a great way for members of the Greek Community to help others in need through the service of donating blood or volunteering at the blood drives. By your single blood donation, you can help save the lives of up to 3 separate hospital patients. You will also earn 1 point for your house towards Greek Week through your participation in the Blood Drive. If you are interested in either volunteering or donating, please visit our website, www.redcrossblood.org, or call us at 1-800-RED-CROSS.
Kat Kravings is a 5 week program offered by Recreational Services. Whether it's to lose weight, feel great, get active, or just to get started, this program will help you develop an intense appetite for healthy living! Kat Kravings includes personal training sessions, nutritional assessments, and more. This program costs $50 for students and $75 for rec members. Sign-up in the rec office or call (785) 532-6980 with any questions.
On Friday, April 16, five advisers from India, Turkey, Iran (via Washington DC), Thailand, and Ecuador will be visiting K-State. They all work at U.S. embassies or the like advising interested students about study opportunities in the U.S. They will be visiting Kansas for a week. You're invited to a panel discussion at the International Student Center from 3:30-5:00 pm on Friday, April 16th to hear about the educational systems in these countries. Please share this information with anyone you think might be interested!
Encourage your members to apply for Powercat Financial Counseling's new Student Advisory Board to help guide and promote the development of K-State's new financial information center. Applications are available in the Office of Student Activities & Services in the Union are due today by 5:00 pm. Applications can also be accessed here.
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Chapter Announcements
Alpha Chi Omega:
We had a very successful Mom's weekend last weekend!
We are hosting a Up 'til Dawn letter writing party at our house after chapter on March 31st. We have a group of girls in the house participating the the Relay for Life event on April 16th. This week we visited all the Greek chapters and announced our spring philanthropy event, The Hope Blooms Fashion Show. All funds from the event will go to the Crisis Center, Inc. a local haven for victims of domestic violence and abuse. The event will take place on May 2nd in Forum Hall.
Questions? Contact Emily Chartrand at eaaron@ksu.edu.
Alpha Xi Delta:
Our annual philantrophy, Xi Man, is coming up the week of April 29th. Xi Man is basically a Greek male "beauty" pageant. All fraternities are invited to participate!
Questions? Contact Rachel Ryan at rryan12@ksu.edu.
Chi Omega:
We are planning our Mom's Weekend and our wiffle ball philanthropy with Delta Upsilon!
Questions? Contact Mollie Winter at mowinter@ksu.edu.
Gamma Phi Beta:
This week we have been preparing for our Mom's Weekend, which is coming up on March 27th. We are so excited for a fun-filled day with our moms and can't wait to show them what being a G-Phi is all about!
Questions? Contact Taylor Smith at tsmith13@ksu.edu
Kappa Alpha Theta:
Cocoa for CASA ends this Saturday, so hurry to Bluestem and buy your hot chocolate! Also, we have had midterms this week and are very excited for Spring Break!
Questions? Contact Suzanna Morin at smorin@ksu.edu.
Kappa Delta:
Kappa Delta is in preparation for our shamrock philanthropy. It is the weekend after spring break, March 26 and 27. There is still the opportunity to buy dinner tickets if anyone still wants to attend. Those are only $5 for all you can eat!
Questions? Contact Danielle Worthen at dworthen@ksu.edu.
Pi Beta Phi:
This week at Pi Phi we had a Leading With Values presentation regarding integrity. We are also looking forward to our spring philanthropy, "Speedo" Read!
Questions? Contact Sarah Jones at sgjones@ksu.edu.
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Messages from PHC Directors
President, Ashley Joerger
Don't forget chapter bills are due March 15th. If your chapter has not already paid, please try to do so before you leave for Spring Break.
Vice President, Chief Judicial Affairs, Sydney Sutherland
Thank you to everyone who attended the Spring 2010 Greek LEADs! We hope that the Key Note Speaker, Lori Ebert, and the individual block sessions excited and motivated your members to make positive changes in your chapters this semester. If you have any suggestions for the next Greek LEADs, please feel free to e-mail at sas1089@ksu.edu.
Director of Public Relations, Natalie Rauth
If your chapter is interested in implementing the Facebook policy discussed at last Monday's meeting, please e-mail me at njrauth@ksu.edu.
Director of Interfraternal Relations, Jacquie Lewis
Greek Week pairings will be announced the week we return from Spring Break, get excited!
Directors of Recruitment, Kiley Huff & Jennifer Pike
We are currently working on dates and deadlines for
recruitment meetings and materials. We will update you as soon as
possible!
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