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| A sunflower tunnel to welcome the new Zetas! |
The
beginning of a new school year means more to the Kappa Chapter of Zeta Tau
Alpha than the blistering Texas heat, the awkward moment of still getting lost
around campus even though you’ve been here for years, and the rejoicing of
college friends after what seemed like an endless summer. It is also the time
of the year when we are fortunate enough to add new members into our chapter.
This semester, we were lucky enough to call 70 new beautiful girls our sisters
as they pledged their loyalty to Texas royalty on bid day. Thanks to the hard
working New Member Team of Courtney Groos, Erin Eberle, and Hayley Onofrey, the
newest members of Zeta are set for a fun year ahead of them.
Following bid day events at
the Zeta House that included sunflowers and crowns, a photo booth with funny
props, lots of food to eat, and more, PC ’14 set forth on a barge to Lake
Austin with the Executive Board and the entire New Member Team for a night of
fun and bonding with their new sisters. When asked about the barge, Assistant
New Member Coordinator, Hayley Onofrey said, “It was incredible being on the
barge on bid day with all of the new members. We had been preparing for them
all spring semester and summer, so being able to hangout with them for the
first time and share meaningful conversations was really rewarding.” After a
night of getting-to-know-your-sister games and an entire barge-wide dance
party, bid day proved to be a successful taste of what was to come as Zetas for
PC ’14.
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| PC '14 Maria Gil, Elise Kailin, Abbey DeVinventis, Kate Gothing |
Days after bid day, the New Member Team continued with their momentum of
sisterhood bonding by setting up a surprise sisterhood event at the house that
included an entire cupcake bar where you could choose your own toppings for
your cupcake along with a very personal favorite for Zeta girls—face paint!
This event hadn’t been done before and proved the hard work the New Member Team
has been putting into their planning.
An
upcoming sisterhood event is the New Member Retreat, which will take place at
the Hyatt Lost Pines where the girls will be crafting, lounging by the pool,
floating down a lazy river, and tons of other activities to help the girls get
to know each other in their pledge class. Hayley Onofrey stated, “We are aiming
for all the girls to really get to know each other and not just form cliques.
We want them to reach out to every girl in the pledge class.”
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| Bonding time at the Zeta house, with face paint of course! |
Following
the New Member Retreat, on October 2nd will be an annual
favorite—Big/Little Reveal! Assistant New Member Coordinator, Erin Eberle said,
“I am most excited about all the big/little events that are planned for the new
pledge class. The big/little chairs changed up a lot of things this year and I
am super excited to watch the new pledge class have so much fun at all the
events. They’ll get to meet a bunch of the older girls, which I think is a
great way to enhance the sisterhood throughout the chapter.” The Big/Little
Committee includes PC ’13 Madi Donham and Mackenzie Benton.
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| PC '12 Ashton Groves with her little Ali |
Shortly
after Big/Little Reveal, PC ’14 will go through initiation on October 25th.
This will be an exciting moment for not only the entire New Member Team but
also the entire chapter, as we will officially welcome the newest pledge class
to be our sisters. Hayley Onofrey concluded: “Not only are they great girls
already, but I know they have so much potential to be even more than that. They
have good things coming their way.”
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