4-H
4-H House Cooperative Sorority had a very successful year. The year started with focus on our Philanthropy, Journey, where we raise money to purchase cameras for police cars to raise awareness of drunk driving. Each year, we host the “Etas Bake for You” in the fall and the Euchre Tournament in the spring, which raised a total of $540 this year to be put towards Journey. Last semester, we had a total of 260 service hours. Even while staying involved, we still achieved a grade point average of 3.34. In addition, Katie Knapp was named as an ACES Bronze Tablet recipient. In other news, we want to congratulate our House Mother, Carol DeVoss, on being honorable mention for Outstanding House Director at the Greek Oscars, as well as Danielle Swanson for second place as Greek Woman of the Year.
Alpha Chi Omega
The Alpha Chi Omega philanthropy, Women Against Domestic Violence, has become a main focus this past semester. This past year we have held clothing drives, food drives, and have spent time making dinner for the women at the Center of Women in Transition. Additionally, Camp Alpha Chi raised over $2,500 for this shelter. Last spring, we held our new paint balling philanthropy event and raised over $8,000. We had great participants from the other sororities and fraternities on campus, and we can not wait to hold our next event this semester. With the money we raised, we decorated a room at the Center for Women in Transition, and the extra money was donated to the shelter. We hope the upcoming semester will be just as successful!
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Delta Pi was awarded first place for Outstanding Service in 2007. Alpha Delta Pi has participated in the most service events on campus while also donating the most hours of service to the community. Each member has logged about seven hours of service last semester. Alpha Delta Pi's annual philanthropy, the Pancake Dinner, raised over $5,000 for Ronald McDonald House. Alpha Delta Pi received second place in Excellence in External Operations while also receiving an award for Excellence in Fire and Life Safety. Several of Alpha Delta Pi's members received individual recognition within the Greek Community. Senior Brenda Lo was awarded the Beth Dohme Wallin award, which is given to a member who has shown leadership and great involvement in the Panhellenic Community. Sophomore Hilary Phillips was awarded the Northwest Countryside Alumni Association Memorial Award, which is awarded to a member of the chapter who has showed commitment to Alpha Delta Pi.
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Epsilon Phi has had a very successful, philanthropic year. Awarded second place for outstanding service in the Greek Oscars, we participated in many philanthropy events, as well as our own. Alpha Epsilon Phi had many teams participate in Relay for Life this April. Two members currently serve on the Relay for Life executive board. AEPhi’s philanthropy events for the Elisabeth Glacier Pediatric Aids Foundation went exceedingly well through our AIDS walk with GCAP, Greater Community AIDS Project, and field day. AEPhi was also honored by GCAP for all of its service. AEPhi also has the second highest GPA among sororities. AEPhi was again awarded by the Greek Oscars for having the top GPA in 2006, as we had consecutively won for the past three semesters.
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Gamma Delta had a very productive spring semester. We joined together with Phi Sigma Kappa for their spring philanthropy, Malibu. During the month of February, we hosted International Reunion Day, where an abundance of alumni attended to spend the day with our collegiate members. Our chapter also took 1st place in Alpha Delta Phi’s 3 on 3 basketball tournament. Last semester, Lauren Mueller, a member of the ’07 pledge class, won 1st place at Greek Oscars for Outstanding Senior. Our chapter also won the Greek Oscar Fire and Safety Award. Alpha Gamma Delta is gearing up for their annual philanthropy "Water Wars" in which teams of 6 will compete in various water related activities next September. We are also proud to say that we raised our average GPA to 3.416, ranking our chapter 5th out of the 23 sororities on campus.
Alpha Omega Epsilon
Alpha Omega Epsilon inducted 23 new members last year. We had a very successful semester. Alpha Omega Epsilon won the TIS Bookstore Outstanding Student Organization Award and Society of the Month for February from Engineering Council. We held a cell phone drive for a Women’s Fund, where we collected 50 cell phones to donate. Last semester we got candidates, actives, and alumni together for many events. We created the Amy L. Devine Award to give out to a professor throughout the semester to honor their dedication to their students. Alpha Omega Epsilon also helps recruit engineering women to the university through Engineering 101 Outreach Program to give high school senior girls an idea of what it is like to be an engineer at UIUC. All in all we had a great year and are looking forward to the upsilon class this fall.
Alpha Omicron Pi
Last semester was a successful one for the ladies of Alpha Omicron Pi. The ladies have completed over 1,500 service hours this past year, while still maintaining a GPA of 3.4288, putting us among the top three Panhellenic chapters, academically. At Greek Oscars, AOII brought home five awards including first place Outstanding House Corporation, first place Outstanding House Director, and Honorable Mention Best Chapter. A senior and our former president Alissa Wolfel also took home two awards with 2nd place Outstanding Senior as well as the Beth Dohme Wallin Award and Scholarship. AOII also finished its major philanthropy, Run for the Roses on April 21st. Around 300 runners attended last year’s Run for the Roses, and over $600 was raised by canning for donations.
Alpha Phi
The Beta Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi accomplished so much last semester. We hosted our 2nd “Eat Your Heart Out” healthy heart dinner along with our annual “King of Hearts” philanthropy talent show. There were over ten fraternities that participated, along with the new addition of a “Go Red” fashion show to support the national Red Dress Campaign. Between these two events, Alpha Phi was able to raise $6,500 to donate to the Alpha Phi Foundation, which supports cardiac care. We also teamed up with the men of Theta Xi fraternity to help out with their “Kidnap and Ransom” philanthropy event. Alpha Phi has also entered the SELF Challenge hosted by SELF Magazine for Alpha Phi chapters across the country to promote healthy living. The women of Alpha Phi have worked very hard this semester and are proud to have fifteen members with 4.0 GPA’s, making Alpha Phi fourth on campus for highest GPA.
Chi Omega
As one of the leading chapters of the 2nd largest Organization in the nation, Chi Omega’s Omicron chapter is continuing to display their strong foundations in scholarship, philanthropy, and campus service and involvement. On campus, the girls are involved in various clubs and activities, including tutoring local students at Vis a Vis, Best Buddies Organization, Big Brother/Big Sisters, Chicago Marathon, Relay for Life, and many more. With an average GPA of 3.386, Chi Omega is ranked 7th out of the 22 Panhellenic sororities. Last semester, the Chi-Os hosted their 5th annual “Just Wish for It” variety show for the Make a Wish Foundation. In total, we raised more than $16,000, and were able to grant wishes to 3 children! Chi Omega was awarded Honorable Mention for Outstanding Philanthropy at the UIUC Greek Oscars and was the first chapter awarded PHC’s Chapter Spotlight for philanthropic achievement. To top it all off, UIUC’s Omicron chapter was acknowledged for their bravery and conviction in upholding Chi Omega values by the National President at a national convention!
Delta Delta Delta
The women of Tri Delta improved their chapter in many ways last semester. At the Tri Delta national convention this summer, the Delta Pi chapter was honored with outstanding membership recruitment and academic achievement awards. Also, Delta Delta Delta raised $26,745 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through a letter writing campaign called “Sincerely Yours”. Tri Delta chapters combined raised $16,000 dollars last year, and our Delta Pi chapter raised almost twice that! With this donation our chapter placed 4th in the nation for St. Jude donations. Our philanthropy event, “Greeks at Bat” was the weekend of April 21st and 22nd and we were extremely proud of the participation we got from the entire Greek community!
Delta Gamma
Throughout the spring semester of 2007, the Iota Chapter of Delta Gamma has made significant accomplishments through service projects, philanthropic events, and sisterhood activities. Throughout the week of February 26-March 4, Delta Gamma held its annual philanthropy, Anchor Splash. Eighteen fraternities and sororities competed in this year’s philanthropy, and donations from the event totaled over $8,000. Proceeds raised throughout Anchor Splash fund Service for Sight and the Delta Gamma School for the Blind in St. Louis, Missouri. Most recently, Dee Gees participated in Relay for Life on April 20-21, and raised $1,500 for the American Cancer Society. Additionally, the women of Delta Gamma gathered with alumnae on March 17 to celebrate Founder’s Day and the 101st anniversary of Delta Gamma at the University of Illinois.
Delta Xi Phi
Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority Inc. was established at the University of Illinois in 1994 by 15 women with the same ideals and beliefs. We pride ourselves in the five pillars that our organization was founded on: advancement of women through higher education, multicultural awareness, community service, friendship, and sisterhood. Our Alpha chapter is small but strong because all our members uphold these pillars. Since we are small we are able to connect more with each other. We are proud to say that we have close relationships to our other chapters and know our sisters on a personal level, thereby upholding our pillars of sisterhood and friendship. Delta Xi Phi has been supporting the dreams of women for 13 years now and continues to do so as it grows and spreads quickly through more colleges in the U.S.
Delta Zeta
Delta Zeta’s Alpha Beta chapter has much to be proud for our accomplishments last semester. We began a new philanthropy called Turtle Sundae to benefit The Painted Turtle summer camp for terminally ill children. The event, a tug-of-war competition among other ice cream themed activities, raised $3,000 in its first year. The U of I chapter also won Delta Zeta’s Region XVI risk management award for 2006, as well as runner-up in the Greek Oscars for scholarship. We also had an Easter egg coloring event with Gamma Phi Beta. Our two sororities had a joint sisterhood event where we made Easter baskets for the elderly at a nursing home. We had a great time meeting new Greek women while giving back to the community.
Gamma Phi Beta
Gamma Phi Beta’s Omicron chapter continued to display their strong foundations in philanthropy, community service, scholarship and campus involvement last semester. The women of Gamma Phi hosted their annual Golf Tourney and Designer Jean Sale for one of the leading not-for-profit organizations, Camp Fire U.S.A. In addition, each member completed 2 hours of community service each month through tutoring at local schools, assisting at a crisis nursery, creating card packages for soldiers overseas and socializing with senior citizens. The women of Gamma Phi Beta also held an exceptional average GPA of 3.36. Internationally, the Omicron Chapter received the 2005-2006 Order of the Crescent Award recognizing the chapter for their excellence in recruitment, risk management, member education, finance and efficiency, and scholarship. Our University of Illinois chapter was one of only seventeen chapters recognized for this prestigious award.
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta has strived to continue its excellence in a variety of aspects at the University of Illinois. This past year, we were very excited to welcome fifty-nine wonderful young women to our chapter. With their help, we were able to raise several thousand dollars in our annual philanthropy, Theta Hoops, benefiting CASA. Thetas joined Sigma Phi Epsilon to support the Joshua Gottheil Memorial Fund in our annual 5k Jog for Josh. The newest addition to our Chapter is a service project called “Theta Loves,” which strives to show appreciation for the many organizations on campus and in the community. This past semester, Thetas was honored to receive 1st Place Chapter Advisor Dee Dee Wright, 2nd Place Best Chapter, and 3rd Place Internal Operations. We were sad to see our wonderful seniors leave, but wish them the best of luck.
Kappa Delta
The women of Kappa Delta had a spectacular year! The week of March 5 th – 9th marked the 24th annual Shamrock Philanthropy Event. The women of Kappa Delta raised over $14,000 for the Champaign Crisis Nursery and Prevent Child Abuse America! Kappa Delta also donated close to 750 items to the Champaign Crisis Nursery such as baby bottles, pacifiers, diapers, handy wipes, kid friendly snacks, and much more. Kappa Delta is proud to have increased our academic average compared to last semester and have 15 girls receive a 4.0! Kappa Delta is also involved in the Panhellenic Community by having numerous members participating in Order of Omega, Judicial Board, Shi-Ai, as Recruitment Councilors, and more! As always, Kappa Delta continues to be involved in campus activities, performing service, striving for academic excellence, and participating in local philanthropies and charities. The women of Kappa Delta are excited for the Fall Semester!
Kappa Kappa Gamma
The ladies of the Beta Lambda chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had a busy, fun-filled semester! Our philanthropic volleyball tournament “Kappatat” is held in the fall, and we have been very active participating in numerous other philanthropies on campus. Last semester, Kappas also completed a total of 639 service hours on the University of Illinois campus. Our chapter’s GPA has improved, currently putting us in 8th place! We recently enjoyed a team-building event to strengthen our bonds of sisterhood. Kappas spent the day engaging in a variety of hands-on activities that allowed to us get to know each other much more, while having a great time outdoors! We are also very excited to present the students of Thomas Paine Elementary School with over 250 books that we have recently collected. Since the national philanthropy of Kappa Kappa Gamma is Reading is Fundamental, we know this will be a great way to promote reading to young students in the Urbana area! As we enter the fall semester, Kappas hope to continue their involvement on campus and look forward to seeing all of you at our “Kappatat” volleyball tournament October 13th and 14th!
Kappa Phi Lambda
Kappa Phi Lambda stands for Sisterhood, Service, and Cultural Diversity. Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. was established on March 9,1995 at Binghamton University by seven amazing women. With a dream of creating an organization that unites women of different nationalities and backgrounds, our founders also encourage the use of voice and thought in becoming leaders of society. Kappa Phi Lambda is an Asian-interest sorority, NOT Asian exclusive; women of all nationalities and backgrounds are welcome to learn about, actively speak for, and represent Pan-Asian culture. We engage in community service and also donate to a number of philanthropies. Although Kappa Phi Lambda is one of the youngest Greek organizations nationwide, it has successfully flourished throughout the East coast while gradually expanding into the West and has grown to be the largest Asian Interest sorority in the East Coast dedicated to Pan Asian culture. Our ultimate goal is to spread our vision and share our experiences with other women.
*Panhellenic Council is proud to welcome Kappa Phi Lambda as the Council’s 24th chapter.
Phi Mu
After Phi Mu’s very successful recruitment, many new, amazing women joined the sisterhood. Through hard work and dedication, $5,500 was raised for the Children’s Miracle Network via an annual Broomball tournament. In a further attempt to help, 1,500 service hours were completed, and a visit to the local Children’s Miracle Network hospital, St. John’s, in Springfield was made. For the chapter’s philanthropic efforts, Phi Mu received second place in the 2007 Greek Oscars for Outstanding Philanthropy and second place for Excellence in Internal Affairs. Last year, like every other, the ladies of Phi Mu made it their goal to keep true to the meaning, spirit, and reality of Phi Mu by representing themselves as noble women in all of their endeavors.
Phi Sigma Sigma
The Theta chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma had a very successful semester. We proudly welcomed fifteen new members into our sisterhood, all of whom demonstrate our values of inclusiveness, lifelong learning, and leadership through service. During National Volunteer Week, our chapter of 36 women completed over 90 hours of service, bringing our total service hours for the month of April to 140. Congratulations to Christina Hewett ('08) who clocked in 14 service hours during National Volunteer Week alone. Christina Cullom ('08) was accepted into the Order of Omega, the Greek Honors Society, and Kate Mantia ('07) and June Kim ('07) both have accepted jobs at Ernst & Young. The proceeds of our philanthropy event went towards the National Kidney Foundation. We look forward to a great fall semester!
Pi Beta Phi
Pi Beta Phi won more Greek Oscars than any other sorority this year. In addition to winning 1st place for Outstanding Chapter overall, it won the 1st place awards for Excellence in Scholarship, Excellence in External Relations, Excellence in Internal Relations and Excellence in Risk Management. Many members also won individual awards: Senior Kim Verest won 1st place for Greek Woman of the Year, sophomore Whitney Wyckoff won 1st place for Outstanding New Member, freshman Elise Moore won the Frances M. Redmon Award, and junior Jamie Miller won honorable mention for Outstanding Chapter President. From its national office, Pi Beta Phi received a Phi Award, an honor given to the top seven chapters in North America. Pi Phi’s have had a strong year for philanthropy as well. At Pi Phi Palooza, the chapter’s first annual BBQ fundraiser, Pi Beta Phi made over $3,000 for Links to Literacy, its national philanthropy. In addition, Pi Beta Phi’s Mom’s Day Sing team won second place this year.
Sigma Alpha
The Alpha Mu Chapter of Sigma Alpha had a very successful spring semester. Two of our members, Brooke Elliott and Lindsey Bruntjen, received scholarships to attend a leadership seminar in Indianapolis, Indiana. One of our members, Amy Waddell, received Outstanding Senior, Honorable Mention, as well as Outstanding Senior at Greek Oscars 2007. Meanwhile, our chapter received Excellence in External Operations, Honorable Mention and Excellence in New Member Programming. In addition, our chapter raised $2,300 through philanthropic service for “Jobs for Jessica,” which was created for a member of our chapter who was in a car accident last summer. We also had half of our members participate in Relay for Life. Our chapter raised over $1,000 for the event. We hope to be as successful in the future as we were this semester!
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Delta Tau had one amazing year. We regained our spot at the top of the Greek community with the #1 GPA on campus! Our fall philanthropy, Cookies for a Cause, raised over $1000 for our national philanthropy, Prevent Child Abuse America. Nationally, we were the top-raising chapter for SDT’s sister-to-sister program in raising money for PCAA. In addition, many of our members walked and raised thousands of dollars for both the Multiple Myloma Research Foundation and Light the Night. We also had our first annual Sig Delt Street Sweep, where we cleaned up John Street from Oak to Wright. Finally, we held our spring philanthropy, Greeks on the Gridiron, which was another huge success. We had fifty members participating in last year’s Relay for Life, and we are very proud to say we had the top-raising team on campus, as well as the #1 and #3 top individual fundraisers! Our team raised over $15,000 for the American Cancer Society. We are extremely proud of all of our members; it truly was a great year for SDT.
Sigma Kappa
Last semester Sigma Kappa has continued to grow, adding 8 wonderful new members to its chapter. As a whole, Sigma Kappa has done approximately 489 service hours this semester. Our “Find a Cure Fiesta” and “Sigma Kickball Tournament” philanthropy events together raised around $3000 to help support Alzheimer’s research! Sigma Kappa also had many members participate in Relay for Life, raising a combined total of $2,975 to benefit the American Cancer Society. Sigma Kappa participated in the Atius-Sachem Mom’s Day Sing Show with Kappa Delta Rho and placed first in the contest. At last semester’s Greek Oscars awards ceremony, Sigma Kappa received an honorable mention for its New Member Programming and a Fire and Life Safety Award. Sigma Kappa is proud of its many fine seniors who graduated last May, many with honors, and some of whom will be attending graduate school here in the fall.
