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Delta Chi Member Heads to Washington D.C.

April 29, 2019 by Megan Asbury

Former Delta Chi president and 2018 Homecoming King, Andre McIntyre, had the opportunity to be a part of the Fraternal Government Relations Coalition’s (FGRC) Capital Hill visit April 23-25th in Washington D.C. Andre was one of a handful of students presented with this opportunity to visit the nation’s capital through direct interaction in legislative process currently impacting fraternity and sorority life across the country. While there, he was able to represent Delta Chi Fraternity, Fraternity and Sorority Life members and Missouri State University. Andre said, “My team consisted of myself and Emily Bauer, a Delta Phi Epsilon from Truman State, and we visited the offices of Congressional leaders to discuss the benefits of FSL, why students’ freedom of association should be protected, and three pieces of legislation… The legislation protects our freedom of association, and the other two were anti-hazing policies that add transparency to acts of hazing on campus.”

When asked what made him want to go he said the following, “when I was presented with the opportunity, I had the chance to research the issue. Reflecting on my fraternity experience, being a part of a single-sex organization has added so much to my overall university and has provided incredible opportunity for growth and leadership development. I found the issue very relevant to me and something that I am passionate about.”

To hear more about Andre’s experience and the pieces of legislature, check out this video, from Ozark First!

Andre is certainly a leader in letters, making his Missouri Statement. We are lucky to have students who fight for not only for their collegiate experiences, but for the future of others as well.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DC, Delta Chi, FSL, Leaders in Letters

Missouri State Fraternities Give Back

April 10, 2019 by Megan Asbury

This semester, Missouri State University’s Center for Community Engagement partnered with Drew Lewis Foundation to open up Bear Pantry, an initiative to serve students of our campus community who face food insecurity. Sigma Chi and Theta Chi fraternity have been two chapters in our Fraternity and Sorority Life Community who have taken action to support and donate to this great addition to our Missouri State campus!

Brandon Gaffney, Sigma Chi Secretary, has many duties in his role and being in charge of philanthropy is one. Brandon said the following about Sigma Chi’s efforts to support Bear Pantry…

“[Being in charge of philanthropy] allowed me the privilege to take head on planning the Sigma Chi Food Drive benefiting Bear Pantry! When the new exec board was elected, we knew that we wanted to improve our philanthropic donations and become more invested with philanthropic events around campus. After constructing a new philanthropy committee, we took the time to organize this event. I heard about the new Bear Pantry on campus and I felt that it would be a perfect opportunity to help jump start the Bear Pantry and give Sigma Chi an opportunity to fulfill Missouri State’s Public Affairs Mission by being engaged in the community in order to collect donations for the pantry. I know that there are so many students and families that suffer from food insecurity and I felt that this would be a perfect opportunity to help them overcome the obstacle of food insecurity in any way possible… As we were planning the food drive, I never really thought of a specific goal in mind in regards to how many donations we would receive, but we definitely exceeded any expectations that I could have had. After three days of collecting donations, we ended up collecting 1,150 items, totaling at 475.9 pounds of items. Along with food, we were also collecting toiletries, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc. and I was very happy to see some of those items donated as well. Not only did we want to collect food for the Bear Pantry, but we wanted to help spread information about the Bear Pantry to the students in hope that if someone ever finds themselves struggling, they now know they have somewhere to turn to for help. Everyone in the chapter, especially myself, was thrilled with the outcome of our food drive, and we are definitely looking forward to working with the Bear Pantry a lot more in the future. Lastly, Sigma Chi would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who donated to our food drive because without your generous donations we wouldn’t have been as successful as we were!”

Abdillahi Dirie of Theta Chi talks about their initiative to help promote and give back to Bear Pantry saying the following…

“We wanted to hold an event with Mo State Movement and we eventually [came up with] Dancing with the Stars. This pretty much was a philanthropy event created with the help of Jaymes Dickinson and Patrick Seacrist. We decided to give the community the opportunity to pay $3 or bring 2 canned food donations to help out the Bear Pantry. Alex Johnson and his office created this program to help other students who are in need of certain items that they don’t usually have. We wanted to help kick start this program and now with the help of various organization on campus, the pantry was fully stocked before spring break which is very cool to see. We collected 194 items and it came out to be 191.3 pounds.”

We are so proud of these chapters and all the members of our Fraternity and Sorority Life community and campus community who helped make these donations possible! To learn more about how you can use Bear Pantry or how to get involved in helping out, click here!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bear Pantry, CCE, Community Engagement, Donations, Mission, Public Affairs, Sigma Chi, Theta Chi

2019 FSL Award Winners

March 22, 2019 by Megan Asbury

Each year, Fraternity and Sorority Life has the opportunity to award chapters and individual members for their achievements over the past year. Judges from Missouri State University and college and universities across the country review each award application to determine the recipient. The following chapters, students, and advisors received awards. Congratulations to you all!

Chapter Awards

Outstanding Academic Achievement- Xi Omicron Iota 

Outstanding Academic Achievement- Theta Chi 

Outstanding Community Relations and Philanthropic Work- Alpha Delta Pi 

Outstanding Community Relations and Philanthropic Work- Sigma Phi Epsilon 

Outstanding Community Relations and Philanthropic Work- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. 

Outstanding Chapter Leadership and Management- Alpha Sigma Alpha 

Outstanding Chapter Leadership and Management- Lambda Chi Alpha 

Outstanding Chapter Leadership and Management- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. 

Outstanding Membership Development- Delta Zeta 

Outstanding Membership Development- Lambda Chi Alpha 

Outstanding Membership Development- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. 

Outstanding Risk Management and Social Responsibility- Alpha Chi Omega 

Outstanding Risk Management and Social Responsibility- Alpha Sigma Alpha 

Outstanding Risk Management and Social Responsibility- Lambda Chi Alpha 

Outstanding Risk Management and Social Responsibility- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. 

Outstanding University Relations- Delta Zeta 

Outstanding University Relations- Lambda Chi Alpha 

Outstanding University Relations- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. 

Chapter of the Year- Lambda Chi Alpha 

Chapter of the Year- Delta Zeta 

Chapter of the Year- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. 

Green Dot Award- Delta Sigma Phi 

 

Individual Awards

Man of the Year- Jackson Giebler Sigma Phi Epsilon

Woman of the Year- Megan Asbury Alpha Chi Omega

Outstanding Interfraternity Council President- Logan Sunnarborg Lambda Chi Alpha

Outstanding National Pan-Hellenic Council President- Jon Moore, Jr. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Outstanding Panhellenic Association President- Shelby Whitaker Alpha Sigma Alpha

Outstanding Campus Leadership- Stephanie Bube Alpha Sigma Alpha

Outstanding Fraternity Freshman- Gabriel Palmer Lambda Chi Alpha

Outstanding Fraternity Sophomore- Dominic Meyer Theta Chi

Outstanding Fraternity Junior- Abdillahi Dirie Theta Chi

Outstanding Fraternity Senior- Dane Haugen Sigma Pi

Outstanding Sorority Freshman- Anya Jones Alpha Sigma Alpha

Outstanding Sorority Sophomore- Payton Mercer Delta Zeta

Outstanding Sorority Junior- Kyra Treible Alpha Chi Omega

Outstanding Sorority Senior- Michelle Wichmann Sigma Sigma Sigma

Outstanding Community Engagement- Haley Swanigan Alpha Sigma Alpha

Living Your Values- Analyse Sauerwein Delta Zeta

Outstanding Faculty/Staff Advisor- Jimi Sode Pi Kappa Phi

Outstanding Alumni Advisor- Steven Backer Lambda Chi Alpha

Outstanding Interfraternity Council Officer- Carter Williams Sigma Nu

Outstanding National Pan-Hellenic Council Officer- Brittany Buchannon Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Outstanding Panhellenic Officer- Emily Heinlein Alpha Delta Pi

Outstanding Pi Chi- Anne Morgan Alpha Chi Omega

 

FSL Programming Report Awards

2018 Highest Interfraternity Council GPA- Alpha Gamma Rho   

2018 Highest National Pan-Hellenic Council GPA- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. 

2018 Highest Panhellenic Association GPA- Alpha Delta Pi  

2018 Highest Interfraternity Council New Member GPA- Alpha Gamma Rho  

2018 Highest National Pan-Hellenic Council New Member GPA- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. 

2018 Highest Panhellenic Association New Member GPA- Alpha Omicron Pi 

2018 Most Improved Interfraternity Council GPA- Alpha Kappa Lambda

2018 Most Improved National Pan-Hellenic Council GPA- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

2018 Most Improved Panhellenic Association GPA- Alpha Omicron Pi 

2018 Most Interfraternity Council Community Service Hours- Pi Kappa Alpha  

2018 Most National Pan-Hellenic Council Community Service Hours- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 

2018 Most Panhellenic Association Community Service Hours- Alpha Delta Pi  

2018 Most Interfraternity Council Philanthropic Donations- Sigma Phi Epsilon  

2018 Most National Pan-Hellenic Council Philanthropic Donations- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 

2018 Most Panhellenic Association Philanthropic Donations- Sigma Kappa 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Award, Award winners, Awards, chapter awards, chapter of the year, IFC, NPHC, PHA

MSU Leaders Take on IMPACT

February 4, 2019 by Megan Asbury

During the weekend of January 19, seventy student leaders including IFC, NPHC, and PHA chapter presidents and council executive boards headed to Windermere Conference Center for a beginning of the year leadership retreat called IMPACT. IMPACT is a program from the North American Interfraternity Conference and is a campus-based leadership institute designed to foster improved relationships among campus leaders through an intensive interactive program. The program also emphasizes problem solving, leadership and community development, effective communication, and values-based decision making. During the weekend, leaders also identified and confronted issues facing their chapters and the Fraternity and Sorority Life community as a whole.

Many of the participants commented on their favorite part of the weekend. Brittany Buchannon, NPHC Chapter President and member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. said “my favorite part about impact would have to be our break away sessions. This gave us the opportunity to speak freely and more candidly without much pressure from the entire retreat population. We were able to specify strategies to improve our councils as well as build more personal comfort and relationships with one another.” Alpha Chi Omega Chapter President, Alyssa Kohrs said, “I enjoyed the networking opportunities that I gained while I was at IMPACT. Getting to know all the other amazing people from the PHA, IFC, and NPHC community was so beneficial and making those connections will be useful for this upcoming year.”

The attendees gained lots of tools to help them conquer the upcoming year and make an impact on the community. Morgan Drury, Gamma Phi Beta Chapter President said, “I am most excited to make effective changes in our community this year. After having time to collaborate as leaders, we have talked about a few different things that we would like to accomplish together. I can’t wait to help improve not only my chapter but the FSL community as a whole!” Carter William, IFC President and member of Sigma Nu Fraternity said he learned a great deal about “creating cohesion across all of FSL.” He also commented about one of the sessions they attended saying, “we as FSL members truly dove into what our image is as a community[…] also addressing the harsh realities that our FSL community is encountering and working with others to plan strategies to address those realities.” Elliot McComas, Theta Chi Chapter President, shared, “I’m excited for the chance to put my chapter in a place where they can flourish into the best version of themselves. I want to use my position to empower our members to make an impact on campus and in the Springfield community and turn our culture into one that is built on service.”

We are so proud of the impact these leaders will make not only in their chapters, or in their councils, but across our campus and Springfield community this next year!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: IFC, IMPACT, Leaders, Leadership, NIC, NPHC, PHA, Presidents

NPHC Step Show 2018

November 8, 2018 by Megan Asbury

October 20th, members of our National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) came together to participate in their Homecoming Step Show. The step show is a crowd pleasing event in which NPHC chapters compete against one another in a step performance to be titled the winner! This fall, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. took the title.

Aside from the NPHC steppers, there were other performances as well. NPHC’s President, Brittany Buchannon said, “my favorite part was definitely Essence of Hip Hop and the ASA performance. I think they captured the audience well and their performances were along the lines of stepping as well. It all flowed so nicely together.”

An immense amount of time from every individual chapter is spent prepping for the show. When talking about the prep work that went in to it Brittany said, “We [her chapter] practiced Wednesday through Sunday for at least an hour and max of three hours. We had to film our video, test music for strolling and get costumes together. So many things went into making the show great.” Ja’Kel Ringo, a committee member of the show, said the following of her chapter’s prep work, “there is a lot of prepping that Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. have to do, such as figuring out what steps we want to do, making sure that everybody is on the same page when being taught the steps, trying to match everybody’s schedules up, and much more.” Their hard work did not go unnoticed, as they were titled the winners of the show.

Many of the NPHC executive members and step show committee members spoke of the success of the show and their excitement for next years to be done even bigger and better! Committee Member Jayveon Harris said, “The attendance we expected was surpassed extensively. All the teams that we had participate were crisp and clean…The feedback I have been receiving from outside spectators has been widely positive. So all in all I believe that we did a good job giving the campus the show they’ve been longing for. We just look forward to looking back to see how we can improve the show even more for next year!”

Great job to all our NPHC chapters that participated! We already can’t wait for next years show!

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alpha Phi Alpha, NPHC, Sigma Gamma Rho, Step, Step Show

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