Delta Phi Epsilon

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Fall 2013 Newsletter

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As the semester comes to a close, the Beta Upsilon Chapter would like to wish happy holidays to all of our lovely sisters! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are looking forward to a fun winter break. This fall has been quite an experience for all of us at RIT. The long awaited semester conversion has �nally arrived and we are adjusting as needed - both at a chapter and personal level. As time passes the student body will acclimate, and soon quarters will just be “that weird schedule they used to have at RIT.” Please continue reading and enjoy this semester’s newsletter! YITS, your Alumni Relations Chair, Nadya Spice (272)

• Messages from RIT staff

• Where are they now? Class of 2013

• Meet Delta Upsilon

• Recap of fall events

• Save the dates

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As the semester comes to a close, the Beta Upsilon Chapter would like to wish happy holidays to all of our lovely sisters! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are looking forward to a fun winter break. This fall has been quite an experience for all of us at RIT. The long awaited semester conversion has �nally arrived and we are adjusting as needed - both at a chapter and personal level. As time passes the student body will acclimate, and soon quarters will just be “that weird schedule they used to have at RIT.” Please continue reading and enjoy this semester’s newsletter! YITS, your Alumni Relations Chair, Nadya Spice (272)

Assistant Director, RIT Alumni Relations; chapter advisor Kiersten Shinrock Blankley

Eric Pope

Hi lovely sisters! It has been an honor and pleasure to serve as a co-adviser with Dawn to our chapter since last winter. For those that don’t know me I am #202 from the spring 2005 Delta Delta new member class. After graduating from RIT I moved to St. Louis to get my Masters in Social Work (MSW) at Washington University. While there I had the amazing opportunity to work with the newly chartered Gamma Zeta chapter at Webster University as their advisor. Teaching them about DPhiE's values and history, as well as about Greek life was an incredibly rewarding experience. It was so much fun to help them think about creating family lines with founders, and starting their own traditions that would live on with the life of the chapter. In May of 2012 I said farewell to St. Louis, and returned to Rochester and RIT as an Assistant Director of Alumni Relations. In

Alumni Relations I specifically work with RIT's athletic teams, student groups, and Greek organizations to plan alumni events and reunions. Unsurprisingly, my favorite project thus far has been working with our chapter to help them plan the 20 year reunion in May of 2015. I have also been advising the Epsilon Mu chapter at Brockport since May of 2012, but it has been more amazing to see how much our own Beta Upsilon chapter has grown and changed. I remember the days of a 15 person chapter, and last spring the house was at total with 60 members. Now as I become a Big to the 7th, and watch new girls join the sorority it's important for me to remind the active members that the chapter is their's to shape and bring forward. This past year, the current Leadership Team has made great strides towards improving new member education and activities for the sisterhood to foster growth, philanthropy, and friendship. The move to semesters at RIT has also brought many other changes: formal recruitment in the fall, Mr. RIT moved to fall, Be-You-Tiful Week moved to spring, and the terms of o�ce for Leadership Team changing to academic year instead of spring quarter through the following winter quarter. YITS and Love <3

Eric Pope has been the Associate Director for Greek & Departmental Assessment at RIT since July 2012. Prior to working at RIT, Eric Worked at Gannon (2007-2012); Iona College (2005-2007); & Edinboro (2003-2005). He has advised fraternities and sororities at all three institutions. He holds a Bachelor’s in History & Masters in Counseling (Student Personnel Services) from Edinboro University. Eric is a brother of Theta Chi Fraternity at Edinboro University in Edinboro, PA. Eric sees RIT Greek Life as an “untapped asset on our campus. [The] current size is roughly 5.5% of campus, [and it] has the potential to be much larger. Organizations offer a lot to the campus and we need to promote it to non-members more. DPhiE is an excellent example of a group working to grow and become a bigger presence on campus. [I am] very excited to be at RIT

and very excited about the possibilities!” Eric’s vision for Greek Life is to become the “premier fraternity and sorority community in Western New York.” He stops at nothing to promote a healthy and thriving Greek community on campus. Having worked with Eric personally as I sat on the College Panhellenic Council executive board from fall 2012- spring 2013, I can vouch for his positive impact on our community in just the short time that he has been on campus.

Where are they now?Class of 2013

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Ashley Doarn

Anna Vecchi

Katie Schiffer

Kathy Beyerle

Nina Destevens

Phoenix Walter

Meredith Foley

Maddi Hoppy

Lo Gaydosh

Pooja Acharya

• I am currently interning at PrintRoc in the city of Rochester as a design and print intern. I work part time as a server at The Elmwood Inn. I live in the city of Rochester with my boyfriend and two cats: Socrates and Pepper. Other than that I am still baking and just living the graduated life as well as I can. YITS, Ashley Doarn (287)

• I’m currently living ten minutes from RIT and enrolled in the Visual Communication Design program at RIT. I work three jobs in CIAS and actually have a lot of free time one my hands, and would love to spend more time with local alumnae!

• I am currently working at a Visual Fx studio in Manhattan called the mill. Loving life!

• I'm currently going to RIT for my Masters in Science in Packaging Science & working as the graduate assistant in the Center for Student Conduct.

• I recently moved to Arizona to start my professional life. I spend my free time exploring the open terrain of the Phoenix, AZ area and looking for buried treasure! I'm not kidding I have a metal detector!

• I just started a job as a Graphic Designer at the Advisory Board Company in DC! I love it already - the people are amazing, the work is fun, the location is perfect, and we get rewarded AND PAID for doing community service! I'm living in between these two adorable towns in Arlington full of young professionals and it's been great so far. If anyone is ever in the area, come visit me!

• I moved out to LA in July and I have been working doing some freelance photography work. That has been keeping me pretty busy so far!

• Living in her hometown outside of Buffalo, NY working in footwear. Check out my Facebook page to see my recent role in a commercial for Runners Roost.

• Working on Wall Street in NYC.

• I'm living and working in Philadelphia - I work for West Elm, a furniture company owned by William Sonoma. I'm a full time in home designer and sales person.

Where are they now?Class of 2013

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Samantha Jobbit

Lindsay Randall

Lydia Perkins

• Living in the Rochester area

• Finished an internship with Poppin in NYC, Currently living in Connecticut with her boyfriend.

• I have started a new adventure at Carnegie Mellon University. Here I am studying cell biology in the Biological Sciences PhD program. It has been extremely challenging but equally rewarding. I've been loving the city of Pittsburgh!

Meet Delta Upsilon

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Lindsay Park

Amanda Packard

Sarah Collmus

Lisa Castore

Leigh Bechet

Tia-Marie Damman

Jessica Terrell

Sara Tibbetts

Taylor McDonnellBig: Caitlin HochuliMajor: Biotechnology and Molecular BioscienceFamily: RMLYear: 1st

Big: Emelie NicholsMajor: Applied StatisticsFamily: JCLYear: 1st

Big: Katty Dayton Major: Mechanical EngineeringFamily: AOEYear: 4th

Big: Margot DaytonMajor: Computer Engi-neeringFamily: SOBYear: 1st

Big: Samantha MillerMajor: Graphic DesignFamily: SOBYear: 2nd

Big: Emily O'ShaughnessyMajor: Graphic DesignFamily: RMLYear: 1st

Big: Valerie GiustinoMajor: Advertising and Public RelationsFamily: AOEYear: 2nd

Big: Jenna BossertMajor: Museum StudiesFamily: RMLYear: 2nd

Big: Saige SimonMajor: Mechanical EngineeringFamily: JCLYear: 3rd

Kayla MillerBig: Caitlin HochuliMajor: Laboratory Science and TechnologyFamily: RMLYear: 2nd

Events From This Semester

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Fall RecruitmentAlong with the switch to semesters our recruitment process had to undergo some changes as well. Formal recruitment was moved to Week 4 rather than Week 2. This gave us a whole month to recruit girls to sign up! We had over 100 girls signed up and about 50 girls were matched with a chapter. Formal recruitment was also moved to the weekend rather than the weeknights. This allowed for more PNM’s to be able to make it to the events because class is obviously not an issue on the weekends! We also increased the time spent between the PNM’s and the chapters. Formal recruitment was an amazing success this fall, with more PNM’s signed up than ever before. We are holding workshops and working on sisterhood activities to prepare us for another successful formal recruitment in the fall.

Socials DPhiE continues to hold epic socials with over half of the Fraternal community on campus. From corn mazes to Gatsby themes, the sisters come together to make connections with as many Greek mem-bers as possible.

Haunted Trail This year’s Haunted Trail that we co-host with Sigma Chi was held the Thursday and Friday of Brick City Weekend. We had a blast and scared lots of people - all while raising over $2,800.

Lock-In This fall our Sisterhood Spirit chair, Margot Dayton, hosted a lock in for all of the sisters! Sisters came to the house for basically a giant slumber party �lled with laughs, bonding exercises, and of course, snacks!

Fall Down Fall Down this year was organized by our Special Events chair, Courtney Von Dwingelo. We had a blast dancing the night away at Highland Park. Sisters and their guests enjoyed treats including apple cider, homemade caramel pretzel bark, and customized mason jars as our party favor.

Intergenerational Cleanup DPhiE and members from organizations across RIT gathered to help elderly citizens of Monroe County clean up their yards. This is the 3rd year of this event organized by the Monroe County Office of the Aging.

Syracuse ColonizationSome of our active sisters visited Syracuse University’s DPhiE recruitment as they begin to recolonize on their campus. Syracuse University was home to the third ever chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon and we are so excited that they are coming back!

More info here: http://dailyorange.com/2013/10/settling-in-delta-phi-epsilon-sorority-returns-to-campus-hopes-to-reconnect-with-su-community/

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• Working on Wall Street in NYC.

Events From This Semester

Upcoming Events

Engage U This event is hosted by DPhiE National Headquarters is a smaller version of the Convention we all know and love. By traveling around the country, IHQ can ensure that it will be easier for more mem-bers of more chapters can attend these one-day workshops. We sent 10 sisters to the local event this fall. They learned so much about DPhiE across the nation and came back with great stories.

Mr. RITThis year’s Mr. RIT event was an amazing success. We had almost a full house in the auditorium and some amazing contestants. We raised over $3,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Our winner, Tom Weekes, stated that this event has completely changed his perspective on Greek Life at RIT, and "The only reason I kept sane throughout it is because you DPhiE girls are actually cool.” Thanks, Tom!

Holiday Party This December we held our annual holiday party complete with secret santa gifts exchanged between sisters and our Shining Star Santa Claus - Chad!

PEARLSSome of our sisters have gone above and beyond, hosting amazing PEARLS like a resume/cover letter workshop featuring Michelle Magee, Associate Director for Student Services at the RIT Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services (Sarah Ann Jump) and the first of a series of self-image workshops (Colleen Mann, Caitlin Hochuli, and Jenna Bossert).

February 9, 2014 - Formal Money is Due to Courtney Von Dwingelo February 16, 2014 - 9pm Bowl For Breath

March 1, 2014 - 6pm Formal

April 26, 2014 - 12pm Spring Weekend

Continuous Ongoing BiddingTo make the most of the extra time granted by the semester system, we decided to give out our bids this fall rather than holding recruitment in the spring. Our new members will start education in the early weeks of next semester, and will have almost 2 months to be integrated into the sorority before summer comes around! The spring Delta Phi pledge class will (so far) be a class of 6 members, putting us at a grand total of 59 sisters before graduation.

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