Thursday, August 30, 2012

A Look Back at Recruitment 2012


Recruitment 2012 has come to a close and we could not be more thrilled to welcome our beautiful, wonderful, smart and talented new pledge class into our Texas Zeta family! With record high return rates each day, Zeta was the talk of the town among the potential new members all week long and helped to make this recruitment one of our most successful ever. Here's a look back at some of the highlights of Recruitment 2012:

Open House
After an exciting Work Week, our members couldn't wait for all of the potential new members to finally arrive!

PC '09's last Open House ever!

Philanthropy Day

PC '10
Jackie Waterland and Brittany Burke- PC '11
Amanda Theinpoint, Jessica Gardea, and
Allison Poettcker- PC '11

Tara Mery (PC '11), Katie Kercher (PC '09) and Halle Hardman (PC '10)
Peyton Cramer and Donnie Scroth
Skit Night

Impromptu dance party in between parties!
The frat boys wanted to dance too!
PC '09 after Skit Night
Blanche Schwabenland, Jan Winkelmann,
and Emily Hansen- PC '10

Courtney Carter, Michelle Wainwrightl, and Bess Garrison-
PC '10 and our beautiful photographers for the evening




















Preference Night 

Our BEAUTIFUL recruitment team- Parxann Counts, Christina Westfall, Lauren Fuggit, Ashley Allison, Nicole Fruge, Lauren Kraut, Bailey Tomson, Lauren Leone, and Avery Addison
The wonderful alumnae that joined us on Pref Night. Thank you SO much!
PC '09 is done with recruitment forever!
PC '10
PC '11

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Recruitment is Finally Here!

It's that time of year again! 


Recruitment is finally here and we are so excited to welcome new women into our chapter. We cannot wait to open our home to all of the potential new members and show them what Texas Zeta has to offer!

Going Greek provides multiple opportunities to become a leader on campus, work closely with multiple philanthropies, and most importantly get you connected to a support system that you can always rely on! And Zeta is a place that you can call your home away from home. In ZTA you will always be surrounded by an amazing, supportive group of girls that enable you to become the best person you can be. 

Recruitment is what continues the legacy of Zeta Tau Alpha. Each year, we look to find the most outstanding women to join our sisterhood. This past fall we were so excited to welcome 67 women to join our sisterhood! Here at Kappa Chapter, we hope that every potential new member finds the sisterhood that our members have found in ZTA!

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Meet Our Executive Council


Bekah Thayer
President

Hometown: Houston, TX but recently moved to Toms River, NJ
Major: Business Honors Program/Finance, Minor: Economics
Future Career Plans: Will be interning at BP America in Chicago as a commodity trading analyst intern and plan to go into consulting or energy finance after graduation
Hobbies: Piano, running, making desserts, reading
Interesting Fact: As a baby I crawled with my hands backwards and my wrists twisted!
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: I love living at the house and being around my pledge class all the time
What do you love most about being a Zeta?: I have met many of my best friends through Zeta and they are the most genuine, caring, hilarious friends I could have asked for!




 Emily Westbrook
 Vice President I

Hometown: Dallas, TX
Major/ Minor: Accounting
Future Career Plans: Become a CPA and work for a Big 4 Accounting Firm
Hobbies: Cooking, reading, yoga, traveling
Interesting Fact: When I was one year old, I broke my Dad's ear drum...but not on purpose!
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: Surprise Destination Sisterhood
What do you love most about being a Zeta? I love getting to share the special bond of being a Zeta with so many sisters and getting to hang out with them all of the time!







Kate Onofrey
VP II New Member Coordinator

Hometown: McKinney, TX
Major/ Minor: Management Information Systems Major, Psychology Minor
Future Career Plans: Interning in the IT department at Shell this summer with plans to pursue a career with IT
Hobbies: Singing
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: The musical during recruitment
What do you love most about being a Zeta? Friends!











Nicole Fruge
VP III Recruitment


Hometown: Georgetown, TX
Major/Minor: Economics, Business
Future Career Plans: My dream is to be a corporate event planner.  
Hobbies: Anything outside! Sports, swimming, going to the lake, and eating.
Interesting Fact: I am double jointed everywhere
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: Crown Formal!
What do you love most about being a Zeta? I love being able to spend time with all my friends, especially now that I'm living in the house!







Mackenzie Howey
Recording Secretary

Hometown: Lubbock, TX
Major/ Minor: Advertising
Future Career Plans: Hopefully pursue a career in Account Services
Hobbies: Following fashion bloggers
Interesting Fact: I LOVE elephants!
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: Crown Formal!
What do you love most about being a Zeta? I love how diverse we all are!










Jordan Bruns
Historian Reporter

Hometown: Colleyville, TX
Major/ Minor: Double majoring in Political Communication and Public Relations, Business Foundations Program
Future Career Plans: My first step is law school then hopefully I will figure it out from there
Hobbies: Running, baking, reading, doing anything outdoors and shopping
Interesting Fact: I was voted Most Eligible Bachelorette in high school!
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: Mom’s and Dad’s Weekend! My parents and I always have a blast.
What do you love most about being a Zeta? I only have a brother and always wanted a sister growing up. Now I have so many sisters and I love it!

Chelsea Carbonel
Treasurer

Hometown: Palos Verdes, CA

Major/Minor: Finance major, Accounting minor 

Future Career Plans: Interested in investment management for a future career
Hobbies: Wakeboarding and snowboarding

Interesting Fact: I had to get surgery in Croatia 

Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: I love Zeta's sisterhood barge and junior/senior barge!

What do love most about Zeta? Living in the house with all of my best friends!









Sharilyn Stone
Ritual Chair

Hometown: Nacogdoches, TX 
Major/ Minor: Early Childhood Education (BS in Applied Learning & Development)
Future Career Plans: I hope to teach in the area while earning my masters in the University of Texas College of Education Graduate Program. In the later future, I would like to become an elementary school principal.
Hobbies: I am a member of Texas Spirits and Teachers of Tomorrow. I love the outdoors. One of my favorite vacation's was hiking in New Mexico and seeing the Grand Canyon! I love history, and have an obsession with the Kennedy family.
Interesting Fact: I have a coin collection with over 150 pieces. (I know, I'm so nerdy!)
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: Initiation would have to be my favorite Zeta event. It breaks the bonds of new members and officially joins them to the rest of the chapter. Initiation week is full of rich tradition that have been past down from generation to generation. It's the time when I feel most connected to Zeta's founders. It's so amazing to see how much our sorority has grown since then!
What do you love most about being a Zeta? I have met many amazing women through my experiences as a Zeta, but I would have to say my favorite thing about being a Zeta is knowing where we come from. Zeta Tau Alpha consists of a strong group of women who established themselves as classy and determined from the beginning. We should strive to uphold the values and beliefs of our founders daily because we wouldn't be here if it weren't for them! 



Jan Winkleman
Philanthropy Chair

Hometown: Brenham, TX
Major/Minor: Marketing Major at Mccombs Business School
Future Career Plans: I plan to be a Disney Princess for a little while and then become a wedding planner!
Hobbies: Singing and collecting hats
Interesting Fact: I do not have a middle name
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: I love crown cook-off because it is a great event to raise education and awareness about breast cancer on campus and also raises money for our philanthropy.
What do you love most about Zeta? My favorite thing about Zeta is all the sisters I have made and the love and support I receive from everyone in our chapter.






Brianna Roughton
Scholastics

Hometown: Lake Travis, TX
Major/Minor: Mathematics and UTeach
Future Career Plans: I plan on teaching high school math
Hobbies: Going out on the lake, running, and reading
Interesting Fact: I have two different sized feet 
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: Mexican dinner for sure 
What do you love most about being a Zeta? Having the best sisters in the world :) 










Lauren Morales
Panhellenic Delegate

Hometown: Arlington, TX
Major/ Minor: Finance major, Pre-med track
Future Career Plans: Go to Harvard or Stanford Medical School and become a pulmonologist
Hobbies: Going on vacations, shopping, hanging out with my family and friends, eating
Interesting Fact: I danced alongside Britney Spears in five of her music videos
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: Big/Little Reveal
What do you love most about being a Zeta? All of the great friends I have made!








Emily Hansen
House Manager

Hometown: Houston, TX
Major/ Minor: Pre-Nursing
Future Career Plans: Pediatric Nurse
Hobbies: baking, crafts, creeping, running
Interesting Fact: I met Taylor Swift this past fall, we're basically best friends
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: Bid Day
What do you love most about being a Zeta? The endless supply of free candy from Mom Marge!










Jensen Blezinger
Risk Reduction and Education

Hometown: Bellville, TX
Major/Minor: Business
Future Career Plans: not sure, maybe marketing?
Hobbies: Cooking, exploring Austin, anything involving the outdoors, and of course... shoppppping!
Interesting Fact: I'm almost 20 years old and I still own roller blades. 
Favorite Zeta Event/Activity: (besides Formal!) is our weekly chapter meeting; there is nothing better after a long Monday than being at the house with the entire chapter and getting to catch up with all the girls. 
What do you love most about being a Zeta? The best thing about being a Zeta is having friends who love me even when I'm a sassy little diva!