August 25, 2009
2009 Recruitment Schedule
Saturday, August 29 - INFORMATIONAL EVENTS
7:00 a.m. Exec & Recruitment Counselors meeting in Leadership Center
7:30 a.m. Potential New Members Group A meet with Recruitment Counselors
Student Union Auditorium
7:45 a.m. Potential New Members line up outside of suites
8:00 – 8:35 a.m. EVENT 1
8:50 – 9:25 a.m. EVENT 2
9:40 – 10:15 a.m. EVENT 3
10:30 – 11:05 a.m. EVENT 4
11:20 – 11:55 a.m. EVENT 5
11:55am – 12:30pm Chapter Lunch
12pm Potential New Members Group A return to Student Union with RC
Meet with RC in designated area
12pm Potential New Members Group B meet with Recruitment Counselors
12:15pm Potential New Members line up outside of suites
12:30 – 1:05pm EVENT 6
1:20 – 1:55pm EVENT 7
2:10 – 2:45pm EVENT 8
3:00 – 3:35pm EVENT 9
3:50 – 4:25pm EVENT 10
4:30 p.m. Potential New Members Group B return to Student Union with RC
Meet with RC in designated area
5:00 p.m. Exec & Recruitment Counselors meeting in Leadership Center
Sunday, August 30 - PHILANTHROPY & CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT
10:00 a.m. Potential New Members meet with Recruitment Counselors
Student Union
10:15 a.m. Potential New Members line up outside of suites
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. EVENT 1
11:30- 12:15 p.m. EVENT 2
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. EVENT 3
1:30 – 2:15 p.m. EVENT 4
2:30 – 3:15 p.m. EVENT 5
3:30 – 4:15 p.m. EVENT 6
4:30 p.m. Potential New Members return to Student Union with RC
Meet with RC in designated areas
5:00 p.m. Exec & Recruitment Counselor Meeting @ Leadership Center
Monday, August 31 - PREFERENCE EVENTS
3:45 Exec & Recruitment Counselor Meeting in Leadership Center
4:15 p.m. Potential New Members meet with Recruitment Counselor
Student Union
4:45 p.m. Potential New Members line up outside of suites
5:00 – 5:45 p.m. EVENT 1
6:00 – 6:45 p.m. EVENT 2
7:00 – 7:45 p.m. EVENT 3
*** Potential New Members go directly to the Student Union Auditorium after last preference event***
***STRICT SILENCE***
7:45 – 8:15 p.m. Potential New Members return immediately to the Student Union
Auditorium to sign Preference Cards
9:15 p.m. Chapter Advisors Only to Leadership Center & bid list finalized on ICS.
(Bring bid cards and potential list for snap bids with you)
9:45 p.m. Exec & Recruitment Counselor meeting in Leadership Center
10:30 p.m. Offer Snap Bids and contact Unmatched Potential New Members
Tuesday, September 1 - BID DAY
4:00 p.m. Exec/Recruitment Counselors meet at Leadership Center
5:00 p.m. Potential New Members meet with RC at Student Union Auditorium
Bid Card Distribution – Go to Suites
7:00 a.m. Exec & Recruitment Counselors meeting in Leadership Center
7:30 a.m. Potential New Members Group A meet with Recruitment Counselors
Student Union Auditorium
7:45 a.m. Potential New Members line up outside of suites
8:00 – 8:35 a.m. EVENT 1
8:50 – 9:25 a.m. EVENT 2
9:40 – 10:15 a.m. EVENT 3
10:30 – 11:05 a.m. EVENT 4
11:20 – 11:55 a.m. EVENT 5
11:55am – 12:30pm Chapter Lunch
12pm Potential New Members Group A return to Student Union with RC
Meet with RC in designated area
12pm Potential New Members Group B meet with Recruitment Counselors
12:15pm Potential New Members line up outside of suites
12:30 – 1:05pm EVENT 6
1:20 – 1:55pm EVENT 7
2:10 – 2:45pm EVENT 8
3:00 – 3:35pm EVENT 9
3:50 – 4:25pm EVENT 10
4:30 p.m. Potential New Members Group B return to Student Union with RC
Meet with RC in designated area
5:00 p.m. Exec & Recruitment Counselors meeting in Leadership Center
Sunday, August 30 - PHILANTHROPY & CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT
10:00 a.m. Potential New Members meet with Recruitment Counselors
Student Union
10:15 a.m. Potential New Members line up outside of suites
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. EVENT 1
11:30- 12:15 p.m. EVENT 2
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. EVENT 3
1:30 – 2:15 p.m. EVENT 4
2:30 – 3:15 p.m. EVENT 5
3:30 – 4:15 p.m. EVENT 6
4:30 p.m. Potential New Members return to Student Union with RC
Meet with RC in designated areas
5:00 p.m. Exec & Recruitment Counselor Meeting @ Leadership Center
Monday, August 31 - PREFERENCE EVENTS
3:45 Exec & Recruitment Counselor Meeting in Leadership Center
4:15 p.m. Potential New Members meet with Recruitment Counselor
Student Union
4:45 p.m. Potential New Members line up outside of suites
5:00 – 5:45 p.m. EVENT 1
6:00 – 6:45 p.m. EVENT 2
7:00 – 7:45 p.m. EVENT 3
*** Potential New Members go directly to the Student Union Auditorium after last preference event***
***STRICT SILENCE***
7:45 – 8:15 p.m. Potential New Members return immediately to the Student Union
Auditorium to sign Preference Cards
9:15 p.m. Chapter Advisors Only to Leadership Center & bid list finalized on ICS.
(Bring bid cards and potential list for snap bids with you)
9:45 p.m. Exec & Recruitment Counselor meeting in Leadership Center
10:30 p.m. Offer Snap Bids and contact Unmatched Potential New Members
Tuesday, September 1 - BID DAY
4:00 p.m. Exec/Recruitment Counselors meet at Leadership Center
5:00 p.m. Potential New Members meet with RC at Student Union Auditorium
Bid Card Distribution – Go to Suites
How "Rush" Operates these days
Dear AOII Sisters,
My name is Sarah Murphy, and I am the recruitment adviser for the Sigma Omicron chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi. In the 8 years I have been working with the chapter, rush has gone through many changes. The days of parties, skits, and shrimp cocktail are long gone. The girls now participate in "no frills rush". The following are a few changes that I know many of you are not aware of:
*Rush consists of 3 days.
- Day 1: Information Party -The girls wear NPC provided t-shirts and jeans with simple sandals. Each sorority has a different color shirt and the rushees (PNMs aka potential new members) all wear the same colored t-shirt also provided by NPC. We no longer do skits at ANY party. Information party consists of mainly visiting with the PNMs and also watching a well put together slide show of the past year's events.
- Day 2: Philanthropy Party - The girls wear block letter t-shirts and jeans. The PNMs wear either dresses or a cute outfit. This night the girls decorate t-shirts for stuffed pandas to wear and then send the pandas to Camp Joy, a camp that houses children who have arthritis. They also watch a video this night about Arthritis Research.
- Day 3: Preference Party - The girls all wear black dresses that they buy on their own. However, each dress is approved by the recruitment chair to assure it is appropriate. The PNMs wear nice dresses. Pref party has changed the least and is most likely still how most of you remember.
*The chapter is now governed by the AAC board, which is a group of 15 advisers. Each adviser has two officers she advises and takes care of. I am over the MIF (membership information form) and recruitment officers. This helps to lesson the burden on one person. Megan Haines Morris is the chapter adviser and she oversees the AAC board and the chapter as a whole. She does a fabulous job and the girls absolutely love her! Thanks Megan for all you do for our chapter!!! AAC meets once a month and reports on our officer and Megan reports on the chapter as a whole.
*We have approximately 65-70 active members and will add approximately 35-40 new members. Yes, we are usually right at 100 or so members!
*Rush will be Saturday August 29 - Monday August 31st with bids going out at 5 on Tuesday September 1st. Anyone who would like to come up to the suite is welcome for all parties but must leave for bid sessions. Times will not be set until Friday night after the 4 pm cut-off to sign up. I will try to forward times to you guys when we get them, but as of now parties will start at 8am and go until 4:30 on Saturday and start at 10 am on Sunday. We are working on these times as they are a bit early to start! Ok, so they are ridiculously early, but they did not ask me! Please do not email me after Friday as I will be tied up at the suite from Friday evening through Tuesday evening. I do have lots of help from the AAC board and Megan. Lindsay Burnett and I have worked together on rush for four years now and have it down to an art form! She is a faithful partner in rush and I cannot say how much I appreciate her help. I think we slept a total of 8 hours in 4 days last year! What's the old saying "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!" Lindsay, Megan and I will be very strong after next week! On the serious side, it is an honor to work with the girls and I love every minute of it! They are a great bunch of girls!
I hope I have given you a small idea of the changes that have occurred over the past years. If you have any questions feel free to email me and I will try to respond as quickly as possible. Thanks for all your help!
Alpha Love,
Sarah Wiggins Murphy
My name is Sarah Murphy, and I am the recruitment adviser for the Sigma Omicron chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi. In the 8 years I have been working with the chapter, rush has gone through many changes. The days of parties, skits, and shrimp cocktail are long gone. The girls now participate in "no frills rush". The following are a few changes that I know many of you are not aware of:
*Rush consists of 3 days.
- Day 1: Information Party -The girls wear NPC provided t-shirts and jeans with simple sandals. Each sorority has a different color shirt and the rushees (PNMs aka potential new members) all wear the same colored t-shirt also provided by NPC. We no longer do skits at ANY party. Information party consists of mainly visiting with the PNMs and also watching a well put together slide show of the past year's events.
- Day 2: Philanthropy Party - The girls wear block letter t-shirts and jeans. The PNMs wear either dresses or a cute outfit. This night the girls decorate t-shirts for stuffed pandas to wear and then send the pandas to Camp Joy, a camp that houses children who have arthritis. They also watch a video this night about Arthritis Research.
- Day 3: Preference Party - The girls all wear black dresses that they buy on their own. However, each dress is approved by the recruitment chair to assure it is appropriate. The PNMs wear nice dresses. Pref party has changed the least and is most likely still how most of you remember.
*The chapter is now governed by the AAC board, which is a group of 15 advisers. Each adviser has two officers she advises and takes care of. I am over the MIF (membership information form) and recruitment officers. This helps to lesson the burden on one person. Megan Haines Morris is the chapter adviser and she oversees the AAC board and the chapter as a whole. She does a fabulous job and the girls absolutely love her! Thanks Megan for all you do for our chapter!!! AAC meets once a month and reports on our officer and Megan reports on the chapter as a whole.
*We have approximately 65-70 active members and will add approximately 35-40 new members. Yes, we are usually right at 100 or so members!
*Rush will be Saturday August 29 - Monday August 31st with bids going out at 5 on Tuesday September 1st. Anyone who would like to come up to the suite is welcome for all parties but must leave for bid sessions. Times will not be set until Friday night after the 4 pm cut-off to sign up. I will try to forward times to you guys when we get them, but as of now parties will start at 8am and go until 4:30 on Saturday and start at 10 am on Sunday. We are working on these times as they are a bit early to start! Ok, so they are ridiculously early, but they did not ask me! Please do not email me after Friday as I will be tied up at the suite from Friday evening through Tuesday evening. I do have lots of help from the AAC board and Megan. Lindsay Burnett and I have worked together on rush for four years now and have it down to an art form! She is a faithful partner in rush and I cannot say how much I appreciate her help. I think we slept a total of 8 hours in 4 days last year! What's the old saying "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!" Lindsay, Megan and I will be very strong after next week! On the serious side, it is an honor to work with the girls and I love every minute of it! They are a great bunch of girls!
I hope I have given you a small idea of the changes that have occurred over the past years. If you have any questions feel free to email me and I will try to respond as quickly as possible. Thanks for all your help!
Alpha Love,
Sarah Wiggins Murphy
August 17, 2009
Calling all alum's
The Jonesboro Alumnae Chapter is in need of some support.
2009 Fall Recruitment starts August 29th
AAC (Alumnae Advisory Council) will be providing food for the girls for one night of recruitment.
We need your help to feed the girls on the 2nd night. Please send a check to Sarah Murphy with whatever amount you would like to contribute.
Please mail check to:
Sarah Murphy
2412 Pinnacle Pointe Dr.
Jonesboro, AR 72404
August 10, 2009
AOII Cookbook
To the Alumnae of Alpha Omicron Pi,
Hey guys! I just wanted to tell you all about an upcoming fundraiser the AOII Parent’s Club is doing! We are currently collecting recipes from all members who are interested in participating in the first ever AOII and AOII Parent’s cookbook. You can submit as many as you would like, the more the merrier! They don’t have to just be yours and your Mom’s, although that is the general pattern we are seeing…there is going to be a special barbecue section for Dad’s too! We would love to have any other recipes from siblings, grandparents, mother-in-laws, aunts, uncles or any of the above! We are either going to sell them around Christmas or Mother’s Day, depending on how many we actually collect (but we are aiming for Christmas!). We have already started typing them and we are using a company called Morris Cookbook’s. They will be very professionally done with a 3-ring binder and decorated hardback cover so they will make great gifts for any holiday! If you are interested in publishing your recipes, please just email them to me at lhawkins@fsbancorp.com or to my mom at khawkins62@hotmail.com (if you would prefer to mail them, my mailing address is 4001 Cornerstone Dr., Jonesboro, AR 72401). Make sure to include your name and the name of person whose recipe you are submitting. We are very excited and we have already received a HUGE response from the members and their parent’s, but like I said, the more the merrier!! So send as many as you want and try to have them in by September 1 just so we will have plenty of time to organize and type them. I will send another email when we are getting ready to sell them with price details and stuff!
Thank you all so much for your continued support and dedication to AOII. We are so grateful to have such active and helpful alumnae and we know our chapter would be NOWHERE without you guys!! Thanks so much, I look forward to hearing from you all!
Sincerely,
Lindsey Hawkins
Sigma Omicron Chapter President
Hey guys! I just wanted to tell you all about an upcoming fundraiser the AOII Parent’s Club is doing! We are currently collecting recipes from all members who are interested in participating in the first ever AOII and AOII Parent’s cookbook. You can submit as many as you would like, the more the merrier! They don’t have to just be yours and your Mom’s, although that is the general pattern we are seeing…there is going to be a special barbecue section for Dad’s too! We would love to have any other recipes from siblings, grandparents, mother-in-laws, aunts, uncles or any of the above! We are either going to sell them around Christmas or Mother’s Day, depending on how many we actually collect (but we are aiming for Christmas!). We have already started typing them and we are using a company called Morris Cookbook’s. They will be very professionally done with a 3-ring binder and decorated hardback cover so they will make great gifts for any holiday! If you are interested in publishing your recipes, please just email them to me at lhawkins@fsbancorp.com or to my mom at khawkins62@hotmail.com (if you would prefer to mail them, my mailing address is 4001 Cornerstone Dr., Jonesboro, AR 72401). Make sure to include your name and the name of person whose recipe you are submitting. We are very excited and we have already received a HUGE response from the members and their parent’s, but like I said, the more the merrier!! So send as many as you want and try to have them in by September 1 just so we will have plenty of time to organize and type them. I will send another email when we are getting ready to sell them with price details and stuff!
Thank you all so much for your continued support and dedication to AOII. We are so grateful to have such active and helpful alumnae and we know our chapter would be NOWHERE without you guys!! Thanks so much, I look forward to hearing from you all!
Sincerely,
Lindsey Hawkins
Sigma Omicron Chapter President
July 27, 2009
News from Sharon Boison, Alumnae Specialist
I know it’s been a while since I’ve communicated to you via a newsletter. Post-convention, there is so much news to share! I know you are all working on your calendar for next year. I’ve already seen some great events and look forward to sharing with you what your sister chapters are doing. We’ll be setting up a conference call soon so that we can talk about changes to reporting and the new Standards of Excellence (SOE).
I’ve included some pictures from convention and also the list of awards winners. It was so exciting to hear your names called! Congratulations to everyone on your hard work and most of all, the sisterhood that you value that keeps you striving to bring AOIIs together!
** You will receive your new roster from HQ soon, so watch for an email from Chapter Services!
Fraternally,
Sharon Janeway Boison, KK ‘76
AS, Beta 1 District
Life Loyal #139
News from Convention: There is so much to share!
The Board - The much debated governance board concept was passed. This means that, rather than a Vice President holding specific duties, such as administrative, alumnae or collegiate oversight, the board will now concentrate on the vision of the fraternity and long range planning. The paid HQ staff now takes on the responsibility of the day to day operations of the various departments, under the direction of the Board. Only the Vice President of Finance remains with specific duties in overseeing the financial well-being of the fraternity. One additional change to the Board structure is that, for continuity, the past IP will remain on in an advisory capacity for one year.
Our new Executive Board members are – International President Barb Zipperian, VP Finance Krista Whipple, and six Vice Presidents- VP Finance, Krista Whipple, VPs Kathy Jensen, Gail Fitzpatrick, Karen Galehan, Rebecca Herman, Linda Grandolfo, and Allison Allgier and new PIP Susan Danko.
Beta Status – Council voted to amend the by-laws to allow the beta districts to do business. This does not mean that the new structure has passed, only that we can continue with the pilot. The vote on whether or not to the change to districts will not take place until convention in 2011. In the mean time, we will continue with our pilot, of which you are all a crucial part. Be prepared for more surveys and questions on how you think we are doing and what you think is good or needs improvement.
AOII Executive Director –The new AOII Executive Director was introduced at convention. She is Troy LaForge, an Indiana University (Beta Phi) initiate with a beta 1 connection! Troy leaves the position of Assistant Director of
Student Activities and Coordinator for Greek Affairs at Transylvania University to move to Nashville and AOII Headquarters. Melanie Lampertz’s retirement as Executive Director was celebrated at convention.
Awards – The best part!
Central Kentucky Bluegrass Alumnae Chapter received a Gold award under the SOE. They also received a Membership Recruitment award for increasing their membership this past year. Congrats to Chris and her chapter!
Kentucky Lakes chapter received the Pearl award, and also received a Membership Recruitment award. Congrats to Catherine and her chapter!
Jonesboro chapter also received a Pearl award. Congrats to past president Shannon, new president Lindsay, and the chapter!
Evansville Tri-State, Lexington, Little Rock, and Memphis chapters all earned Ruby awards. Congrats to Jan, Melissa, Resa and Trish! This is quite an accomplishment and you should all be very proud of your accomplishments this past year! Lexington chapter also received the Membership Retention award.
And congratulations to Memphis Alumnae Chapter for winning the Membership Recruitment and Retention Award! Trish and her officers worked endlessly last year to recruit sisters to their chapter and to plan sisterhood activities that kept them coming back. Definitely a beta success story!
There were also lots of awards earned by the collegiate chapters that you support. The dedication of your chapter members servicing on AACs and Corporation Boards is to be commended, as well.
Collegiate and alumnae members of Beta 1 gathered after the Rose Banquet for a group photo. Sigma Omicron's Megan Haines Morris
(Chapter Advisor), Lindsey Hawkins (Chapter President), Mackenzie Sims (New Member Educator) are pictured on the right of the photo.
I’ve included some pictures from convention and also the list of awards winners. It was so exciting to hear your names called! Congratulations to everyone on your hard work and most of all, the sisterhood that you value that keeps you striving to bring AOIIs together!
** You will receive your new roster from HQ soon, so watch for an email from Chapter Services!
Fraternally,
Sharon Janeway Boison, KK ‘76
AS, Beta 1 District
Life Loyal #139
News from Convention: There is so much to share!
The Board - The much debated governance board concept was passed. This means that, rather than a Vice President holding specific duties, such as administrative, alumnae or collegiate oversight, the board will now concentrate on the vision of the fraternity and long range planning. The paid HQ staff now takes on the responsibility of the day to day operations of the various departments, under the direction of the Board. Only the Vice President of Finance remains with specific duties in overseeing the financial well-being of the fraternity. One additional change to the Board structure is that, for continuity, the past IP will remain on in an advisory capacity for one year.
Our new Executive Board members are – International President Barb Zipperian, VP Finance Krista Whipple, and six Vice Presidents- VP Finance, Krista Whipple, VPs Kathy Jensen, Gail Fitzpatrick, Karen Galehan, Rebecca Herman, Linda Grandolfo, and Allison Allgier and new PIP Susan Danko.
Beta Status – Council voted to amend the by-laws to allow the beta districts to do business. This does not mean that the new structure has passed, only that we can continue with the pilot. The vote on whether or not to the change to districts will not take place until convention in 2011. In the mean time, we will continue with our pilot, of which you are all a crucial part. Be prepared for more surveys and questions on how you think we are doing and what you think is good or needs improvement.
AOII Executive Director –The new AOII Executive Director was introduced at convention. She is Troy LaForge, an Indiana University (Beta Phi) initiate with a beta 1 connection! Troy leaves the position of Assistant Director of
Student Activities and Coordinator for Greek Affairs at Transylvania University to move to Nashville and AOII Headquarters. Melanie Lampertz’s retirement as Executive Director was celebrated at convention.
Awards – The best part!
Central Kentucky Bluegrass Alumnae Chapter received a Gold award under the SOE. They also received a Membership Recruitment award for increasing their membership this past year. Congrats to Chris and her chapter!
Kentucky Lakes chapter received the Pearl award, and also received a Membership Recruitment award. Congrats to Catherine and her chapter!
Jonesboro chapter also received a Pearl award. Congrats to past president Shannon, new president Lindsay, and the chapter!
Evansville Tri-State, Lexington, Little Rock, and Memphis chapters all earned Ruby awards. Congrats to Jan, Melissa, Resa and Trish! This is quite an accomplishment and you should all be very proud of your accomplishments this past year! Lexington chapter also received the Membership Retention award.
And congratulations to Memphis Alumnae Chapter for winning the Membership Recruitment and Retention Award! Trish and her officers worked endlessly last year to recruit sisters to their chapter and to plan sisterhood activities that kept them coming back. Definitely a beta success story!
There were also lots of awards earned by the collegiate chapters that you support. The dedication of your chapter members servicing on AACs and Corporation Boards is to be commended, as well.
Collegiate and alumnae members of Beta 1 gathered after the Rose Banquet for a group photo. Sigma Omicron's Megan Haines Morris
(Chapter Advisor), Lindsey Hawkins (Chapter President), Mackenzie Sims (New Member Educator) are pictured on the right of the photo.
June 30, 2009
Recruitment 2009!
The 2009 Rush schedule is as follows:
Friday - August 28th - Orientation
Saturday - August 29th - Information Parties
Sunday - August 30th - Philanthropy/Involvement Parties
Monday - August 31st - Preference Parties
Tuesday - September 1st - Bid Day!
The wild card here is that if ASU's numbers are extremely high after the info parties, we will have to add another day.
I'll keep you posted!
Friday - August 28th - Orientation
Saturday - August 29th - Information Parties
Sunday - August 30th - Philanthropy/Involvement Parties
Monday - August 31st - Preference Parties
Tuesday - September 1st - Bid Day!
The wild card here is that if ASU's numbers are extremely high after the info parties, we will have to add another day.
I'll keep you posted!
Convention 2009
Congratulations to ALL of the alumnae chapters who received awards and recognition at International Convention in Tampa, FL!
The Jonesboro Alumnae Chapter received the Pearl Level award of the Alumnae Chapter Standards of Excellence.
Sigma Omicron's Chapter Advisor, Megan Haines Morris, attended the 2009 Convention along with 3 collegiate members. Thanks girls for representing us.
The Jonesboro Alumnae Chapter received the Pearl Level award of the Alumnae Chapter Standards of Excellence.
Sigma Omicron's Chapter Advisor, Megan Haines Morris, attended the 2009 Convention along with 3 collegiate members. Thanks girls for representing us.
May 20, 2009
Our Girls are Smart
Megan Haines Morris, Chapter Advisor, is very happy to report that the girls spring semester grades are amazing. AOII has the 2nd highest average on campus. We have a 3.259.
The all Greek average is higher than the all campus average.
The Greek women's average is significantly higher than the ASU women's average.
IFC average is higher than the ASU men's average.
Way to go AOII's and all greeks!
The all Greek average is higher than the all campus average.
The Greek women's average is significantly higher than the ASU women's average.
IFC average is higher than the ASU men's average.
Way to go AOII's and all greeks!
May 15, 2009
AOII's help community organization
Story from KAIT8
Getting a job in this economy is tough, but even if you get an interview, many women are left thinking, "I have nothing to wear".
Not everyone has the proper clothing to wear to an interview and look professional. But Elena Brown with Staffmark says that's the first thing the employer looks at.
Faye Cox, the Executive Director of the Center, has worked diligently to bring in donations.
"It's slightly used or new clothing that women would wear to their job. So we have everything from casual tops and slacks to business pants and skirt suits. These aren't close that a woman would put in a yard sale for $2 or $5, but they are more than willing to donate them to a woman that needs them."
The Professional Clothes Closet is open to women with a referral from employment services, community agencies, employers, churches, or by presenting a resume.
Saturday, May 16 from 10-3 pm at the First Christian Church on Union St., The Closet will have an open shopping event.
"This will allow women to come in with their referral or resume, but they don't have to make an appointment. They will still get their own personal shopper, and they won't leave with just one outfit."
Ashlyn Kohler, an ASU student and Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority Member, says even college kids can find the items they are looking for.
"My sisters and I looked through our closets and found what we could to give. It's stuff we would wear to an interview. We just know it's hard out there for kids graduating college with no money and no professional looking clothes. We want them to look their best and we hope to spread the word about The Closet."
Please read the full story and watch the video, just click on the link below.
http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10362769
Getting a job in this economy is tough, but even if you get an interview, many women are left thinking, "I have nothing to wear".
Not everyone has the proper clothing to wear to an interview and look professional. But Elena Brown with Staffmark says that's the first thing the employer looks at.
Faye Cox, the Executive Director of the Center, has worked diligently to bring in donations.
"It's slightly used or new clothing that women would wear to their job. So we have everything from casual tops and slacks to business pants and skirt suits. These aren't close that a woman would put in a yard sale for $2 or $5, but they are more than willing to donate them to a woman that needs them."
The Professional Clothes Closet is open to women with a referral from employment services, community agencies, employers, churches, or by presenting a resume.
Saturday, May 16 from 10-3 pm at the First Christian Church on Union St., The Closet will have an open shopping event.
"This will allow women to come in with their referral or resume, but they don't have to make an appointment. They will still get their own personal shopper, and they won't leave with just one outfit."
Ashlyn Kohler, an ASU student and Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority Member, says even college kids can find the items they are looking for.
"My sisters and I looked through our closets and found what we could to give. It's stuff we would wear to an interview. We just know it's hard out there for kids graduating college with no money and no professional looking clothes. We want them to look their best and we hope to spread the word about The Closet."
Please read the full story and watch the video, just click on the link below.
http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10362769
May 14, 2009
2009 Senior Induction
On April 17, 2009, 11 seniors became the newest inductees into the Jonesboro Alumnae Chapter. Lacey Hawkins Williams was kind enough to host everyone in her brand new beautiful home.Congratulations Dr. Charlotte Duniphan Beck
Charlotte Beck (pledge class 1958) received her Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters during the Spring 2009 Commencement. She is only the 2nd woman in ASU's history to receive this wonderful honor. There was a reception held for her on May 8, 2009 at the new Arkansas State University Cooper Alumni Center. There was about 90 people that showed up to congratulate Dr. Beck.
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