As some of you may or may not know, my chapter (Phi Sigma Rho) was stuck in a major rough spot a few years ago. Just before I joined in the Spring of 2009, almost all the older members had already 'checked out' and there was a horrible case of cliquiness, not sisterhood. In the few years before I joined, the now alumni had moved out of our house because they didn't want to continue living together, they almost completely stopped recruiting, and our National Council was on the verge of restarting our chapter. The Greek community almost forgot we existed.
We had just started our phase of rebuilding when I joined. My first position in the chapter was as the Recruitment Chair. But since we only had eight members, I was also the sole member of the Recruitment committee, the media chair, and the historian. Every member also did many more unofficial jobs in our attempts recreate our chapter and make our name known again. I am proud to say that we went from 8 members to 20 members during one calendar year, and we are now very well known in Greek life, or at least in PHA.
As an incoming freshman, I had no intention of getting to involved on campus, let alone helping rebuild a sorority. I have made a huge, but gradual, change in my leadership/social change skills. I went from being extremely shy, to leading a chapter. I have learned to do what is best for the chapter, whether this is learning how to delegate and teaching the younger members how to be leaders or even reprimanding members. It seemes that as I see our chapter growing, I become more encouraged to help continue this growth in whatever way needed.
We had just started our phase of rebuilding when I joined. My first position in the chapter was as the Recruitment Chair. But since we only had eight members, I was also the sole member of the Recruitment committee, the media chair, and the historian. Every member also did many more unofficial jobs in our attempts recreate our chapter and make our name known again. I am proud to say that we went from 8 members to 20 members during one calendar year, and we are now very well known in Greek life, or at least in PHA.
As an incoming freshman, I had no intention of getting to involved on campus, let alone helping rebuild a sorority. I have made a huge, but gradual, change in my leadership/social change skills. I went from being extremely shy, to leading a chapter. I have learned to do what is best for the chapter, whether this is learning how to delegate and teaching the younger members how to be leaders or even reprimanding members. It seemes that as I see our chapter growing, I become more encouraged to help continue this growth in whatever way needed.
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