Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Song Song Song Song Song Song Song!!!!!!


Monday September 26th Delta Zeta hosted our first serenade of the semester with the gentlemen of Sigma Nu. We had an amazing time introducing their Fall 2011 pledge class to our Spring 2011 initiates and Fall 2011 new members!  After the serenade we invited them into our living room to mingle. The men of Sigma Nu treated us with genuine kindness and impressed us with their swag. 


The lovely ladies of Delta Zeta are super excited to branch out socially this semester. Our next social will be a BBQ held on October 6th, 2011 with Sigma Chi. We look forward to getting out and meeting as many members of the San Jose State community as possible. 


***This blog was written by our Social Chairwoman, Natalie.  Natalie is a Senior HRTM major and serves as Vice President of Recruitment for Panhellenic Council and is an active member of the SJSU HRTM Club. 

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

#NHPW11


It's National Hazing Prevention Week 2011, and Delta Zeta is taking time this week to recommit ourselves to our organizational values of love, loyalty, trust and respect. 

Please watch this video from the National Interfraternity Conference President. 

Amazing Mondays

Oh Hey There Blogosphere,

We realize we have been a little behind with regularly updating our page.  But have no fear, recruitment is over and we are ready to focus our attention on our chapter activities. 

Today we began our weekly chapter meetings for the Fall semester.  These meetings are crucial for Delta Zeta because they are the one time each week that all of our members are together.  At these meetings we review official sorority business, go over plans for the semester and provide our members with information relating to academics, university policy, health and safety, and so much more. 

Tonight, after chapter, we had Turtle Pal revealing.  Turtle Pals are pen pals that each of our new members have their first week in Delta Zeta.  They write letters back and forth, and get cool gifts.  We will post pictures from TP revealing soon. 

Another wonderful thing about today was that Panhellenic Council, the governing body of the general interest sororities, held their first board meeting.  At these meetings, each Panhellenic officer, Interfraternity Council, Fraternity and Sorority Life and each sorority make reports and update us on what is going on in the community.  It seems like this is going to be one busy, but exciting, semester!

Delta Zeta is proud to have so many women involved with Panhellenic Council.  In addition to our chapter Panhellenic Delegate, Jenny, and President, who attend these weekly meetings, three DZ members serve the sorority community as members of the Panhellenic Executive Board.  We are so proud to have our members representing the entire sorority community.  Here is a little about them and their positions:


Natalie, Vice President of Membership Recruitment and Retention: Natalie is responsible for the planning and execution of all formal recruitment activities, educates the community on recruitment and retention policy, chairs the Panhellenic Recruitment Committee and communicates frequently with the National Panhellenic Conference.  Natalie is also the Social Chairwoman for Delta Zeta.


Madeline, Natalie, and Sara R.
Madeline, Director of Philanthropy: Madeline is responsible for helping with the promotion and participation in each individual chapters' philanthropy events.  Additionally, she hosts fundraisers, plans collections and drives and provides additional service and philanthropy opportunities for all Panhellenic women.  Madeline is also the External Philanthropy Chairwoman for Delta Zeta. 

Jessica and Jenny
Jessica M, Director of Scholarship:  Jessica is responsible for hosting all Panhellenic member study nights and providing incentives and recognition for chapters and individual members who are extraordinarily committed to academics.  Jessica is also the Fundraising Chairwoman for Delta Zeta.  

The Panhellenic Creed:

"We, the undergraduate members of women's fraternities, stand for good scholarship, for guarding of good health, for maintenance of fine standards, and for serving, to the best of our ability, our college community. Cooperation for furthering fraternity life, in harmony with its best possibilities, is the ideal that shall guide our fraternity activities.

We, the fraternity women, stand for service through the development of character inspired by close contact and deep friendship of individual fraternity and Panhellenic life. The opportunity for wide and wise human service, through mutual respect and helpfulness, is the tenet by which we strive to live."

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Recruitment Weekend

Oh Em GEE, Recruitment Weekend came and went faster than any of us could have expected.  It feels like we started House Tour Day and suddenly we have 27 FABULOUS new members!

We are so excited to begin the semester which such wonderful new sisters to add to our sisterhood. 












Thursday, September 1, 2011

Different Colored Shirts at the Panhellenic Mixer

Oh yes, it is that time of year again!  Recruitment time : )

Juli and Alex carrying our big "Zeta"

Recruitment is such a great time in the Panhellenic Sorority Community because it allows our organizations to grow by looking for new members who sharing our common values and purpose.

Members from all 6 sororities before the Mixer began

Last night twenty of our sisters attended the Mixer hosted by SJSU Panhellenic Council.  We had so much fun meeting so many great potential new members as well as women in other chapters.   

Recruitment Counselors

If you attended the mixer you may have noticed women wearing different color shirts. So what do the different colors mean?

Fuchsia: Women wearing the fuchsia (btw, I just learned how to spell fuchsia, why is it spelled so weird?!  Thank you spell check!) colored shirts are active members in their chapters, they will be recruiting on campus, passing out information, giving house tours during recruitment weekend, etc.

White: Women wearing white shirts are Recruitment Counselors.  They are active and recent alumnae of their sorority and will guide potential new members through recruitment weekend.  They are not helping their sorority with recruitment and will not share which sorority they are in with potential members.  This is to ensure that they can help potential members that may be conflicted when it comes to making decisions during recruitment weekend. 

Yellow:  Women in yellow shirts are members of SJSU Panhellenic Council.  They are the officers of the governing body of all Panhellenic Sororities.  They also will not share their sorority affiliation with potential members so that they can best assist women going through recruitment.  They plan, execute and facilitate all aspects of recruitment. 

We hope that attendees of the mixer who were curious about sorority membership got their questions answered and enjoyed themselves.  If you haven't yet registered for Panhellenic Recruitment you can do so here.  Registering for recruitment is needed to attend the events held over recruitment weekend. 

If you are still unsure about sorority membership and would like some more information, on Wednesday, September 7 at 5:30pm in Morris Dailey Auditorium, Panhellenic Council will be hosting Sorority Recruitment Orientation and a special session for parent's and guests.  This event is a great opportunity to get a lot more information about sororities and recruitment without needing to  be registered for recruitment.  You can get more information about recruitment here. 




Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Welcome Back and Fall Recruitment Information!


Welcome back Spartans!  We're excited to get back to school and begin our classes.  Best of luck to everyone at state :)

We have spent the last few days preparing for recruitment and cannot wait to meet potential members.  Fall Recruitment is here and we are so excited.

If you are interested in or looking for more information on sorority recruitment please stop by the Panhellenic Recruitment table outside of Clark Hall on campus.  You can also get information on the Panhellenic Council Website or on their Facebook.  To register for recruitment click here.

At SJSU all of the Panhellenic, general social interest sororities, recruit for new members together.  This is to ensure that potential members get to view and meet members from each organization so they can make the choice that best suits them and find their sorority home.

For questions regarding fall recruitment email Panhellenic Council President, Wendee, at sjsupanhellenic@yahoo.com, Panhellenic VP Recruitment, Natalie, at phc.recruitment@yahoo.com or our chapter president, Sarah, at deltazetasjsu@yahoo.com.

Panhellenic Recruitment Dates and Information:

Panhellenic Mixer:  Wednesday, August 31, 5:30pm, Tower Lawn
  • Come and meet women from every sorority on campus.  Learn about Fall Recruitment and benefits of  sorority membership. 
  • Attire is casual. 
Recruitment Orientation and Parent's Session: Wednesday, September 7, 5:30pm, Morris Dailey Auditorium
  • Meet in recruitment groups with highly trained recruitment counselors (also called Rho Chi's).
  • Learn about how recruitment works and sorority membership.
  • Information about sorority membership including finances, living in chapter houses, community service and academics will be distributed.
  • Parents session will be hosted directly following the start of orientation with campus professionals . 
  • Attire is casual. 
House Tours: Friday, September 9, 12:30pm, Morris Dailey Auditorium
  • Tour each chapter house and meet their sisters. 
  • Attire is casual. Comfortable shoes recommended.
Philanthropy Day: Saturday, September 10, 10:00am, Morris Dailey Auditorium
  • Potential members attend up to four chapters' events. 
  • Learn about their sisterhood and philanthropy. 
  • Attire is casual, but slightly more dressy than House Tours.  Comfortable shoes recommended.
Preference Night: Sunday, September 11, 3:00pm, Morris Dailey Auditorium
  •  Potential members attend up to two chapters' events. 
  • Experience the chapters' preference ceremony, a special ceremony that is different for each chapter and focuses on their history, traditions, sisterhood and values. 
  • Attire is more formal.  Dresses recommended.  Similar to day time wedding attire recommended. 

Bid Day: Monday, September 12, 5:00pm, Morris Dailey Auditorium
  •  Formal invitations to join chapters distributed at Student Involvement in Clark Hall from 12:00pm-4:00pm
  • New members meet at Morris Dailey to join in their new member classes
  • Individual chapter and bid day activities begin at 6:00pm.
  • denim jeans/shorts/skirts and under shirt recommended.  All new members will be given a new shirt from their sorority home. 




Delta Zeta Leadership Conference

This July, twelve women from our chapter traveled to Oxford, Ohio to attend Delta Zeta's Norma Minch Andresik Leadership Conference.

Luggage for 12 women

After a long flight from San Francisco to the Cincinnati airport, which is surprisingly not in Ohio but Kentucky, and a one hour bus ride we arrived at Miami University. We had THE BEST flight crew ever on Delta Airlines.  All of the attendants were so sweet and thoughtful.  The asked us about our trip and gave us pointers for adjusting to the heat in the Ohio, they were worried about us staying hydrated and getting sunburned. 

9 DZ's asleep in the airport.  We can't figure out how to rotate the picture

Miami University is known as the "Mother of Fraternities." Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity were founded on Miami's campus.  The campus and neighboring community is so different than our home at San Jose State.  Instead of tall business buildings, lights, taquerias, cafes and mountains in the surrounding area, the campus was flat, grassy and spread out, next to a small downtown with one stop light, a Chipotle and a Starbucks. 

The campus was so incredibly beautiful.  We had never seen grass so green.  A majority of Delta Zeta's 160+ chapters are located in the Southern United States and in the Mid West.  It was wonderful to be surrounded by sisters with accents.  They all thought we were so lucky to be from California because the humidity there is awful.  The humidity was definitely hard to adjust too.



At the conference, we learned about Emotionally Intelligent Leadership.  The educational sessions also stressed the importance of communication and encouraged members to engage in conversations for change.  A significant factor affecting today's leaders is that we tend to rely on text message and email communication.  We learned conversation techniques and about how much impact direct communication can have on our development as young adults.

Our conference sessions were facilitated by Delta Zeta Educational Leadership Consultants, alumnae of Delta Zeta who work as campus Fraternity and Sorority professionals, and Friends of Delta Zeta, or FODZ.  In addition to hosting the conference sessions, the facilitators also led us on a historic tour on Miami University's campus where we were able to see several historical monuments on campus.

Delta Zeta 2011-2012 Educational Leadership Consultants

On our tour we had the amazing and special opportunity to visit Delta Zeta's National Headquarters and Historical Museum.  There we saw historical artifacts, viewed the Delta Zeta Women of Distinction Room, and toured the Museum.



While at the Museum we were able to meet Delta Zeta National President Michelle Smith and the conference namesake, Mrs. Norma Minch Andresik.  The opportunity to meet these incredible alumnae and speak with them about how they continue to support Delta Zeta was amazing.

This conference was so fun and educational.  We are so glad we had the chance to send more members than any other chapter.  We look forward to attending again in 2013.