So it is day 4 of recruitment- and it's flying by! It is truly awesome, but I am insanely tired.
Monday- kickoff- i had my grad school orientation in the morning, changed clothes in my car, and headed to FSU sorority recruitment 2009 kickoff! It was hot as Hades that day and there were 1,279 women waiting to sign in to rush 15 sororities on campus! It was fantastic! Truly a sight to see and made me think how amazing it must be to be going through all of these houses and finding their perfect fit. We previously ordered 325 pizzas for all of the new women, all of their disaffiliated Rho Gammas- 75, plus recruitment staff and greek life staff. There were 20+ pizzas left over and we donated them to the homeless shelter in town. You may be wondering how much 325 pizzas cost---- $3,232.66. That is a lot of pizza! Kickoff went great and we had 6 parties that night and we went to the hotel and went to bed!
We stay in a hotel the whole week because the 75 women who are disaffiliated have no place to live since they live in their chapter houses normally. I have my own suite and work in the recruitment suite which has lots of snacks and yummy stuff for the week.
Tuesday- today was day 2 of Ice, Water, Teas and we had 9 parties this day. It was very long day and I went to a few houses and went into their parties to check out their videos. The houses are ENORMOUS and so beautiful. It must be nice to live in multi-million dollar mansions. Little do they realize that this could be the last and only time they live in a home like this. Each house has such good food- I will pack on some pounds this week for sure! The house mothers cook such great stuff! James- my boss of recruitment- and I have our own golf carts and we cruise around campus on them hoping from house to house. The day ended with all 1000+ women ranking their choices on the computers in a lab and then heading back to the hotel. We stayed up until 4:30 am doing computer selections, answering phone calls, figuring out statistics, and whatnot. I was so tired that I fell asleep with my clothes on in my king bed!
Wednesday- I was back up at 7:30 to answer more calls and make some calls to Potential New Members (PNMs) about their schedules. I went back to bed until 10 and it was out the door for parties until 5 pm. I got to go home this night and went to bed at 7pm and slept until 7 am. Phew!
Thursday- Parties started at 11 am and went until 5 today. It was house tour day and I got to see even more of the most beautiful homes. They make me so happy and make me wish we had houses during my AGD IUP days. Oh well- then we wouldn't have had the awesome times we had in the brown house and treehouse! We went out to the Red Elephant for dinner as a staff which is always fun cause we get to unwind and not be so professional. I love my staff!
Right now it is 12:45 am and we are waiting for the chapters to turn in their selections. It looks like I will be up at least until 4 again. Woo. The rest of the nights until Sunday will be equally as hellish but I love what I do so I am trying to be patient and flexible!
Wish me luck on getting some sleep!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
AHHHHHHH so tomorrow starts the 8 day process of FSU recruitment! I am super excited yet nervous. It is so different from what i am used to- but that is what makes it exciting! There are 1,279 PNMs rushing and 15 chapters!! Just for the first round there are 14 parties.... so long!! I move into the hotel tomorrow and live there all week to watch over the 75 Rho Gamma women (disaffiliates). It should be very interesting as I will also be the one helping with the computer work that doesn't even get sent in until 1:30 am. So it looks like I will have about 2 hours of sleep Tuesday night, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Lots of coffee!!!!!
They gave us all backpacks and lots of gear! I am uber pumped about that!! I have a shirt for each day with a value on it i;e Service. FUN! I also am pumped because i dont have to buy food for the week as they will be feeding me each day...haha.
I know it will be a long week with 20 hour days, but it will truly be an experience!! I can't wait to tell you all about it!
Watch out- i have my own golfcart to drive around the streets of Tallahassee! Blog more this week if I get a spare moment! Love y'all!
They gave us all backpacks and lots of gear! I am uber pumped about that!! I have a shirt for each day with a value on it i;e Service. FUN! I also am pumped because i dont have to buy food for the week as they will be feeding me each day...haha.
I know it will be a long week with 20 hour days, but it will truly be an experience!! I can't wait to tell you all about it!
Watch out- i have my own golfcart to drive around the streets of Tallahassee! Blog more this week if I get a spare moment! Love y'all!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
SO- today- true story...
I was on my way to church and not only did I see a dead armadillo, but I saw a LIVE rattlesnake.. like where the F am I?!?!
Yeah, so that was interesting. Went to the pool only to have a tropical rainstorm stop on by while I was there. So here I sit blogging like a fool. I started a book club though! I know it sounds nerdy, but I love reading, and meeting new people and I thought this would be a great way to do both. Right now I am reading "Straight Talking" by Jane Green. It is so funny and so true. Mostly about how women are so silly in relationships. The best part is that it is about a woman from Europe, so she calls all of the men "bloaks." Thats the term I am going to start using. "ya bloody bloak!"
Another work week approaching! Only 15 days until recruitment kickoff. &%$! There are 1,033 women signed up as of last Friday so I am guessing we are up over 1,050 by now. It sure is a different dynamic here. I signed a golf cart waver the other day so I can ride from house to house while they do their stupid skits, singing, dancing, and spending 10k on recruitment. Wasn't the IUP recruitment budget like $200??? HAHAHA. The funny part is that my beloved Sigma Chi brothers here at FSU find 1,200 freshmen girls walking down the street to be a party so they sit out in their yard, drinking, and whistling to the passing PNMs. It really is a circus here.... 1,200 pnms, rattlesnakes, and too-slow armadillos.
I was on my way to church and not only did I see a dead armadillo, but I saw a LIVE rattlesnake.. like where the F am I?!?!
Yeah, so that was interesting. Went to the pool only to have a tropical rainstorm stop on by while I was there. So here I sit blogging like a fool. I started a book club though! I know it sounds nerdy, but I love reading, and meeting new people and I thought this would be a great way to do both. Right now I am reading "Straight Talking" by Jane Green. It is so funny and so true. Mostly about how women are so silly in relationships. The best part is that it is about a woman from Europe, so she calls all of the men "bloaks." Thats the term I am going to start using. "ya bloody bloak!"
Another work week approaching! Only 15 days until recruitment kickoff. &%$! There are 1,033 women signed up as of last Friday so I am guessing we are up over 1,050 by now. It sure is a different dynamic here. I signed a golf cart waver the other day so I can ride from house to house while they do their stupid skits, singing, dancing, and spending 10k on recruitment. Wasn't the IUP recruitment budget like $200??? HAHAHA. The funny part is that my beloved Sigma Chi brothers here at FSU find 1,200 freshmen girls walking down the street to be a party so they sit out in their yard, drinking, and whistling to the passing PNMs. It really is a circus here.... 1,200 pnms, rattlesnakes, and too-slow armadillos.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
bahhhhhhhhhhhh I have been working on my advising philosophy today and i feel like my head is swollen. maybe that is because i had buy one get one hurricanes at harrys last night..hm.. either way, the weather is lousy in tally today and getting this philosophy out of the way will be a wonderful feat! it is just Caleb and I this weekend since Mellissa had a wedding in Birmingham. We have made a bunch of friends here and went out with them last night. It was fun but seems to cost so much more than it ever did at IUP. HAHA- I swear I had more money in undergrad than I do now. Paycheck to paycheck sucks.
Looking forward to returning to IUP for the 50th anniversary of Alpha Gamma Delta. Hopefully it will be a great turnout and a lot of alumnae will be present. It is so close to homecoming that I think it may be tough for some to decide on which to come to.
OK back to the philosophy. If you're lucky I will post it when I am all finished. :)
Looking forward to returning to IUP for the 50th anniversary of Alpha Gamma Delta. Hopefully it will be a great turnout and a lot of alumnae will be present. It is so close to homecoming that I think it may be tough for some to decide on which to come to.
OK back to the philosophy. If you're lucky I will post it when I am all finished. :)
Thursday, July 30, 2009
SO i wanted to give you all some insight into my new life seeing as erica thought i was still taking interior design. :)
I am working on my masters degree at FSU for Student Affairs in Higher Education. Basically what this means is that I will finish in two years with a degree that will allow me to work at a university advising students in some way. Student affairs is very broad so I could land a job in judicial affairs, housing, greek life, international affairs, athletics, orientation, union services, dance marathon, homecoming, etc etc etc. There are so many opportunities in SA but right now my heart is, of course, stuck with greek life. I am working in the GL office (which conveniently is located in the football stadium!) advising students who are part of a greek organization. I advise two Panhellenic groups, two Interfraternity groups, two Multicultural groups, and two National Pan-Hellenic groups. I also advise Panhellenic Recruitment, the Panhellenic Council, the Multicultural Greek Council, New Member programming, and I will be teaching a class in the spring based on Emerging Leaders. So as you can see I am super busy! I have no set schedule and will find myself having random hours - like today- Thursday- I have a meeting from 5-6 pm. FUN! But I dont work fridays, so I am happy!
My job is really to advise these students and challenge them to "think outside the box" and become stronger leaders both as students and as individuals. So far this is a really exciting adventure!
I work with fabulous people! I have three bosses and there is another GA working with me who advises the other councils. We say every day how lucky we are to be working in a place where it doesnt really feel like work!
My slogan for awhile has been "Inspire the Woman. Impact the World." thanks for Alpha Gamma Delta but now I am working on an advising philosophy and it seems more appropriate to say "Inspire the Leader. Impact the World." wouldn't you say? :)
I am working on my masters degree at FSU for Student Affairs in Higher Education. Basically what this means is that I will finish in two years with a degree that will allow me to work at a university advising students in some way. Student affairs is very broad so I could land a job in judicial affairs, housing, greek life, international affairs, athletics, orientation, union services, dance marathon, homecoming, etc etc etc. There are so many opportunities in SA but right now my heart is, of course, stuck with greek life. I am working in the GL office (which conveniently is located in the football stadium!) advising students who are part of a greek organization. I advise two Panhellenic groups, two Interfraternity groups, two Multicultural groups, and two National Pan-Hellenic groups. I also advise Panhellenic Recruitment, the Panhellenic Council, the Multicultural Greek Council, New Member programming, and I will be teaching a class in the spring based on Emerging Leaders. So as you can see I am super busy! I have no set schedule and will find myself having random hours - like today- Thursday- I have a meeting from 5-6 pm. FUN! But I dont work fridays, so I am happy!
My job is really to advise these students and challenge them to "think outside the box" and become stronger leaders both as students and as individuals. So far this is a really exciting adventure!
I work with fabulous people! I have three bosses and there is another GA working with me who advises the other councils. We say every day how lucky we are to be working in a place where it doesnt really feel like work!
My slogan for awhile has been "Inspire the Woman. Impact the World." thanks for Alpha Gamma Delta but now I am working on an advising philosophy and it seems more appropriate to say "Inspire the Leader. Impact the World." wouldn't you say? :)
Sunday, July 26, 2009
TallaCLASSY
This is the beginning of a new era. This is for all of you blog fans that have been begging to hear how wonderful my life is. Well, it truly is wonderful. Not because I am in Tallahassee or working a wonderful job. It is truly wonderful because of all of you. Your support, love, and encouragement has gotten me here and because of it..... here is your damn blog!
Love y'all!
Love y'all!
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