We can’t wait for our spring new members, arriving on Thursday! Thanks Savannah, McKayla and their committees for working hard!
Spring 2016 New Members!
Second Harvest Philanthropy with ATO
Our sisters had a great time volunteering today at the Second Harvest Food Bank, with the men of Alpha Tau Omega! Thank you for including us in a cause that is so important to your chapter!
Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi
Last Thursday, the ladies of Alpha Chi Omega hosted Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi at their chapter house! Mindy Do, Vice President of Philanthropy, says, “Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi is a night where we invite the Tallahassee community into our home for a pizza party with pizza from Momos and Gaines Street Pies. All proceeds go directly to the Tallahassee Refuge House!” Over $1000 was raised and we had a great turnout!
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| Sarah Smith, VP Risk Management, and Mindy Do, VP Philanthropy, did an amazing job! |
Rebecca Epstein – RAE
Rebecca Epstein has been performing in the Tallahassee area for about 3 years in various venues throughout the town. About a week ago, she had the amazing opportunity to perform on the morning news at WXTL ABC 27. “Through out the years, the support from the community of FSU and the Capitol has been overwhelmingly great. Having never done anything like that before was absolutely incredible.”
“Since graduation is right around the corner, I plan to move to Manhattan and work for a creative agency to write and record music. I do also plan on working for a music magazine to work on my prose and network with other artists. Although leaving is a bittersweet feeling, I know that this is just the tip of the ice burg of the opportunities to come during my music career.”
Check out the link to the music video for her single “Forever December” below!
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| Rebecca performing on the morning news at WXTL ABC 27! |
Kathryn Hatfield- Hometown News Writer!
Kathryn Hatfield just recently had her first article published in the Hometown News Newspaper! She started there as an intern, but the editor liked her writing so much that she was hired as a freelance writer and is now responsible for producing 1 to 2 articles a week.
Hometown News is a newspaper that covers the eastern coast of Florida from Volusia County to Martin County. It is split up into 15 different newspapers for each local area in the regions. Kathryn writes mostly for the Brevard County publication!
Check out her first published article below! Keep up the good work, Kat!
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| Kat in NYC with the FSU AD club! |
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| Kat’s first published article in the Hometown News Newspaper. |
Healthy Relationships Week – #TBT
Senior Spotlight- Alex Schaler
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| Alex in Fall 2015 as President of our chapter |
“When I entered Florida State as a freshman, I had no way of knowing the successes this university would bring to me as a student leader. Being elected to Alpha Chi Omega’s Executive Board as a sophomore, I was very prepared to accept my ultimate leadership role within the chapter when I was elected the Chapter President of Beta Eta in the fall of 2014. Becoming the Chapter President had always been a dream of mine, and I could not be more thankful to have accomplished this goal of leading such real, strong women. My leadership positions within Alpha Chi Omega provided me with the opportunity to be even more involved on campus. I have served on both Florida State University’s 67th and 68th Student Senate as the Seat 2 College of Engineering representative, and continued to represent my college as a member of both the Budget and Internal Affairs committees within the legislative branch of SGA. Becoming involved in Student Government was one of the most rewarding aspects of my college career, for it equipped me with a voice to make a change both within my respective college and the university. Within my discipline, I currently serve as the Florida Water and Environment Association’s Student Chapter Secretary. Additionally, I am a member of Order of Omega and the Honors Student Association. My leadership positions were very close to my heart, but would always come second to my desire to achieve academic success. Despite being busier than the average college student and accepting a rigorous major of Civil Engineering, I maintained a 3.7 GPA as well as a continued spot on the Dean’s List, and most recently, a spot on the President’s List.
Although the most rewarding four years of my life thus far are coming to a close, I am beyond thrilled for the opportunities to come in the future. In May I will be graduating with a B.S. Civil Engineering degree and will be taking my talents to Tampa, FL. I have accepted a job offer with my dream Civil Engineering Company, Kimley-Horn, which was recently ranked #25 on FORTUNE magazine’s top 100 companies to work for. The company’s Tampa location specializes in land development, an area that aligns with my passion in the civil engineering field.
Alpha Chi has given me the most memorable moments throughout my college career, and I look forward to a lifetime of involvement with the organization to help other women seek the heights as I have done at Florida State!”
Winter Break: Serving Others #AltruisticAXO #FSUAXO
Many of our sisters spent their Winter break serving others on mission trips!
Savannah Brenner and Mckayla Michaud were in Peru and Katie Leatherbury was in Ecuador, all of whom were on Medlife trips.
Mckayla describes her and Savannah’s trip to Peru: “This December, I was lucky enough to be able to travel to Cusco, Peru for 9 days on a medical mission trip through the organization MedLIFE. MedLIFE stands for Medicine, Education, Development for Low Income Families Everywhere, and we were able to provide just that. Each day a group of doctors, MEDLIFE staff, and a group of students set up a mobile clinic in a different village in Cusco. Upon arriving to the clinic, patients would be educated on different types of cancers, diabetes and general health issues, that unfortunately most knew little about. After going through the education station, patients would go to a triage (nursing) station and then would e sent to their respective medical, OBGYN and/or dental station. I was able to shadow doctors at each of these stations and watch and learn as they provided the medical care and prescriptions each patient deserved. I have come back from this trip with a new perspective on how easy it is to make an impact on someone’s life, whether it’s taking time to simply educate someone, sharing a smile and always treating every individual with the same respect and care that we all deserve. This trip has been the experience of a lifetime and Cusco will always have a place in my heart.”
Jillian Cawley travelled all the way to Uganda and says about her experience, “If only they knew how much they’ve changed me. Working with children who are deaf/autistic/etc. has made me so much more excited to pursue a career in speech pathology and taught me so much about compassion and life itself. All the hugs and smiles were so worth the drool and occasional slaps.”
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| Katie in Ecuador |
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| Savannah and Mckayla in Peru |
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| Jillian in Uganda |
Compiled by Mackenzie Murray, Publications Chair 2016
Love Your Melon
FSU Alpha Chi Omega Collegians Michelle Goldman and Kellie Greene started a crew for Love Your Melon at Florida State University. This brand is dedicated to putting a hat on every child battling cancer in America. You can support their crew by selecting Florida State University at checkout!
The more credits they get in the FSU crew, the more beanies they get to donate to kids in Tallahassee
CCYS Sleep Out 2015
On December 3, Senior Katie Desorcy served as a Sleep Out Leader for Capital City Youth Services (CCYS) in Tallahassee, FL. The CCYS is an emergency crisis center for the homeless and runaway youth in Tallahassee. The Sleep Out was a fundraiser that included about 40 people from all ages in the city that raised money for the homeless youth. The night also was to raise awareness for the homelessness in the area.
Katie says that next year she wants to be even more involved and make the event bigger. Because most people aren’t aware of how many children and students are homeless in our community, she hopes to get others to participate in this once in a life time experience. “It was a learning experience like no other, and everyone should do it because it really teaches you to emphasize with others and put yourself in their shoes.”
Katie is also a senior graduating in the Spring. Throughout her time in Alpha Chi Omega, she has served as the Facility Operations Assistant and was on the New Member Committee. She is also very involved in Alpha Chi’s intramural sports, especially with being Captain of the flag football team.
Click on the link below for more information!
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| Katie at the Sleep Out! |
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| Alpha Chi Omega’s 2015 flag football team |
Written by Mackenzie Murray, Publications Chair 2016
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