Beta Delta Times Miami University

Mom’s Weekend

Emily, Jessalyn, Annie, Jamie, and their moms pose for a ZTA family photo at the Mom’s Weekend Brunch!

Mom’s Weekend is always an exciting time for our chapter! This year we kicked off the weekend with a Stella & Dot Jewelry Trunk Show in our suite and a Karaoke

Social at Brickstreet on Friday. On Saturday, we had a brunch with a silent auction that raised $3,500 for the Zeta

Tau Alpha Foundation. We wrapped up the weekend by participating in our annual,

Pink Ribbon Run!

Sophomore, Taylor Tomlinson, attends the Mom’s Weekend Brunch with mom and her Aunts!

Seniors, Lauren K., Lauren S., Deniz, and Karilyn, take a picture with their moms before heading out for some karaoke at the Mom’s Weekend Social at Brickstreet!

President, Annie, and Historian, Amber, teach their moms how to “throw up the crown” at our social!

Bowling for Breast Cancer This year we teamed up with Sigma Nu to bring back one of our chapter’s past phi lanthropy events, Bowling for Breast Cancer. Teams of Miami students from a number of sororities, fraternit ies, and other campus organizations came out to Oxford Lanes to support Breast Cancer research and education. This event was a great way to have fun while supporting an important cause!

Pink Ribbon Run This year Beta Delta hosted our 9th annual Pink Ribbon Run at the Oxford Community Park. Miami students and Oxford residents came out to support the event. Since the run was during our mom’s weekend, many Zetas got to run or walk with their moms! We raised $4,088 for the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation!

Senior Farewells As the seniors finish up their four years at Miami, they take a moment to share their plans for the future and reflect on their experiences in Zeta on the next few pages,

Let’s begin by taking a look back at their first semester in Beta Delta.

“Together forever, never apart. Maybe in distance, but never in heart.”

Bid Day 2009 Receiving ZTA Bids

First Social

2nd place in Putting on the Hits

Alison Templeman Following graduation, I am serving as a Traveling Leadership Consultant for ZTA with Alyssa Sterioti! We will be traveling the country with suitcases in hand working hard to support other ZTA chapters. There are so many things I will miss about ZTA, but I would definitely say I am going to miss my ZTA family and all of the amazing friends I have made in our chapter over the past four years the most.

Alyssa Sterioti After graduation, I will be serving as a ZTA Traveling Leadership Consultant with Alison! We will be sharing our passion for ZTA with others! I will miss seeing my best friends everyday and my ZTA family. My favorite ZTA memories include my experience as VP1 on Executive Council, Race For The Cure, and living in the corridor and Miss B. Haven with my Zeta sisters!

Lauren Schewene I will be working in New York City after graduation doing Marketing & Brand Management with L’Oreal USA. I will miss so many things about Zeta, like supporting our awesome philanthropy, recruitment, socials, etc – but most of all I will simply miss the community feeling Zeta has given me and all of the once in a lifetime friends I have made. Karilyn Mader

After graduation, I’ll be working for Skoda Minotti in Cleveland as a staff accountant and obtaining my CPA license this summer (fingers crossed!). I’m going to miss having all of my best friends so close and being able to hang out with them everyday. My favorite Zeta memories are the times spent with my housemates laughing at stuff no one else would ever understand.

Lauren Koester After graduation I will be working for Alliance Data in Columbus. My favorite Zeta memory was performing in the skit senior year during recruitment. We had too much fun being trapped in the kitchen! What I will miss most about Zeta is being constantly surrounded by all of my best friends who will always be my family away from home!

Colleen Luce After graduation I will be a certified PreK-3 teacher and hopefully have my own classroom! I will miss hanging out and living with my sisters. My favorite Zeta memory is my Big Emily Jones stalking me through recruitment and when the curtain dropped on Big/Little Rev. it was her!

Jen Koch I am going to The Ohio State University to get a Masters in Food Science after graduation. I will miss my Zeta family so much! My favorite Zeta memory is the pledge class bonding during POTH practices freshman year.

Ally Hunter I am currently in the process of finalizing my next steps for after graduation, but I look forward to spending some time at home on the water. I will definitely miss my friends and pledge class. We’ve been through so many memorable moments together, it will be hard to say goodbye. My favorite ZTA memories are my skirt falling off during POTH, pledge class bonding, and Amy getting everyone to sign my frame as I left the corridor to study abroad.

Brooke Hoover I am moving to Pensacola, FL to work for International Paper as an Electrical Engineer. I will miss the corridor and being able to depend on anyone in Zeta for help. My favorite Zeta memory is going to Formal at the Cincinnati Zoo right after a bad breakup with my boyfriend of 2 years and having all my sisters help me forget about it.

Krista Pikus After graduation, I am going to University of Notre Dame Law School. I will miss all of the lovely ladies in ZTA, especially my family! My favorite ZTA memory is initiation. It was such a beautiful and meaningful experience.

Lindsay Coleman After graduation, I will be moving to Chicago to work in the audit practice of PriceWaterhouse Coopers. The thing I will miss most about ZTA is all of the amazing girls I am now able to call my best friends and who are the reason I survived college. Being a ZTA has made me feel like I am a part of something extremely special, and I would not change a single moment of my experience. My favorite ZTA memory is living in the corridor and getting dressed up for our socials.

Lauren Marusi My plan for after graduation is to move back to the east coast and hopefully end up in NYC. The thing I will miss most about ZTA is Dad’s and Mom’s Weekends!

Julie Banyas My plans are to work and save up to attend graduate school for Occupational Therapy. I am working on finding work in research on Preventative Health Care with the CDC. I will miss my Zeta family. No matter how different we are, the relationships I have built with the girls older and younger than me have made me a better person. My favorite Zeta memory was being external chair and coaching POTH. I was so happy with the outcome, despite our placement in the ranks!

Jessica Smith I will be working at Target Corporation in Minneapolis, MN! My favorite Zeta memory is our first social as freshmen “What used to be cool.” I will miss all of the wonderful friends that I have met through Zeta- especially my pledge class and my Zeta family!

Abby Stein I will be attending medical school at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. I will miss my amazing ZTA housemates. My favorite Zeta memory is Big-Little Rev.- I love my Zeta family!

Madeleine Cantrel After graduation, I plan on moving back to the DC area and finding a job in communications/ public affairs. I will miss everything about ZTA- my pledge class, being on PC, formals, moms & dads weekends and all the stuff in between. My favorite memory is hard for me to choose because there have been so many. I will never forget the feeling of running in Cincinnati’s Race for the Cure and crossing the finish line with Alison Templeman. Courtney Evans

After graduation, I plan on teaching in the Chicago area in Kindergarten, First, or Second grade. The thing I will miss most about ZTA is my Zeta family. My little, grandlittle, and great grandlittle are so close! I know we will continue our relationship past Miami! My favorite ZTA memory would be becoming a big. My little is one of my best friends!

Blair Donahue I am still interviewing for PR/Marketing positions in NYC or Chicago and hope to be in one of those cities after graduation. I will miss all of the girls that made my four years in ZTA so amazing and so much fun. My favorite ZTA memory is recruitment this year when I was recruitment chair because it was rewarding to see it all come together and to get closer to everyone!

Leah Whitacre After graduation, I hope to get my 4th and 5th grade endorsement, get a job (cross your fingers), and get my Master’s Degree in Special Education. I will miss my Zeta family and all of the friends that I have met on the way. My favorite memory is being a part of a Zeta family and adding a new member to the family each year.

Christine Poletto After graduation I will be moving to Chicago hopefully to be working for an advertising firm. I will miss so many things about ZTA, but more than anything I will miss obsessively hanging out with my Zeta family. My dearest memories have been Greek Week 2010 and POTH. But what I will miss most is the down time, just hanging out with my pledge class that I’m leaving behind.

Malia Jones This summer I will be interning in Chicago for Red Frog Events! In the fall I hope to continue with them or another event planning/public relations firm in the Chicago Area. I will miss everything about Zeta but my favorite memories of Zeta have been living with my Zeta housemates in Kokomo. J

Rachel Petri I am moving to Washington, DC after graduation to pursue a career on Capitol Hill. I will miss living with my Repent House housemates and volunteering for events like Race for the Cure. My favorite Zeta memories are winning second place at POTH and living in the corridor!

Katie Krumpak After graduation, I will be moving to DC and attending George Washington University for grad. school in speech-language pathology. My fav. Zeta memory is from sophomore year on the last night as new members for my pledge class. That night was awesome and hilarious from start to finish. I loved my time in the corridor, but I will most miss being able to hang out with my ZTA family.

Anna Manevich I am moving to Chicago to start a full time position with Allstate. It’s a 3 year leadership development rotational program and I plan on attending graduate school to get my MBA after that. I’ll miss having a group of women to attend events with and that share so many things in common with me. My favorite ZTA memory is living in the corridor with my roommate and bonding with so many other Zetas!

Dana Doctor After graduation, I will be going to medical school in the fall either at Ohio University or University of Toledo. I will miss my Zeta friends and family. My favorite Zeta memory is Big Little Week!!!

Jamie Forsthoefel After graduation, I will be moving back to Centerville to pursue my teaching career. I will miss living in Miss B. Haven with my little and best friends, dancing at our socials, and spending time with my pledge class and amazing Zeta family. My favorite Zeta memory is playing in the ice storm after “Kariloke Night” (Karaoke Night for Karilyn’s 21st) with my housemates.

Alex Joseph I am going to the University of Chicago to get my Master’s Degree in Social Work. What I’ll miss most about Zeta is all of the girls in my pledge class. They’ve become some of my best friends. My favorite ZTA memory is getting together for theme parties in the corridor.

Deniz Nural After graduation I will be working for Target Corp. as a Business Analyst in Minneapolis, Minnesota. What I wll miss most about Zeta is being able to spend all day every day with my best friends who I know I can talk to about anything. My favorite Zeta memory is living in the corridor and getting ready with my entire pledge class for our socials.

Not Pictured Lissa Amin

Amanda Beresford Amy Halpern Lauren Hetzel

Mary Kate Linehan Danielle Lynch Laura McKell Mo Tussing

Beta Delta Awards!

We could not be more proud of our accomplishments over the past year!

Miami Greek Awards Excellence in Scholarship & Learning Excellence in Service & Philanthropy

Excellence in Community Excellence in Leadership & Values

Excellence in Brotherhood & Sisterhood One of 2 sororities to receive the

Five Pillar Award Beta Delta is also the proud recipient of the Andrew Herman Memorial Chapter Excellence Award, recognizing us as the top sorority at Miami University that has gone above and beyond in the areas of all 5 pillars listed above!

Zeta Day Several members of our

chapter traveled to Youngstown, OH for our

annual Ohio Zeta Day! Here are the awards we received: Public Relations Award $5,000+ Donor Award Attendance Award

Academic Achievement Runner up for the New

Member Education Award Chapter members at Zeta Day in Youngstown, OH

Past President and VP1 pose with our Greek Awards!

ZTA Formal On April 14th, we had our formal on the riverboats downtown

Cincinnati. Everyone had an amazing time! Thank you to our social chairmen Katherine Koziol, Chrissy Metcalf, and Taylor McCauley

for planning the event!

Senior spotlight Brunch

Senior Initiation

Above: The Senior Spotlight Brunch was held at the Marcum Conference Center. Seniors were give superlatives and we watched a video slideshow that highlighted their four years in Zeta. Great job to Emily Holifield for planning the event and Erica Simonetti for making the video! Below: Several members of the Dayton Alumni came to Oxford to honor the seniors and change them from collegiate to alumni status within the organization.

Miami Graduation

Some senior Zetas met up for one last photoshoot around campus!

“As we go on, we remember all the times we spent together”