Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Want to be a Regional Support Team member and National Volunteer after graduation? News: Table Of Contents Support: Founders' Day 2011 Volume 7 - Issue 10 April, 2011
Citation preview
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
Volume 7 - Issue 10April, 2011
Table Of Contents
News:
Billing Solution: Proposal Outcome Announced on March 24,2011
Founders' Day 2011
Want to be a Regional Support Team member and NationalVolunteer after graduation?
Inactive and 5th Year Senior Status for 2010/2011 – APPLYNOW!
Support:
Important Notes – Have you…
Things to do before the end of the semester
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
Member Development:
COR is A.O.K
Early Alumnae Status – Fact or Myth?
Foundation:
Children's Hospital
Like us on Facebook
Apply Now for a Local RPM Grant
Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation Scholarships
News
Billing Solution: Proposal Outcome Announced onMarch 24, 2011
Please view the video and letter announcing the outcome of theCollegiate Billing Proposal. I ask that you also share the outcome with
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
your chapter officers and members.
Founder's Day – Do you have plans in place? Areyour invitations out to your chapter and localalumnae?
As April 20th approaches we celebrate 113years of Tri Sigma Sisterhood. So muchhas changed since April 20, 1898, butmany traditions and beliefs remain thesame today. During this time we havestayed true to our core values of wisdom,power, faith, hope and love. At this time, we also stop to reflect on oureight founding sisters who met in Farmville, Virginia at LongwoodUniversity. How will you spend your Founders' Day? Send a short storyand photos to your Regional Consultant from your Founders' Day! Maybeyou'll see your chapter in the May Sigma Standard or the Triangle!
Want to be a Regional Support Team memberand National Volunteer after graduation?
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
We are currently seeking Regional Support Team (RST) volunteers for allcollegiate regions. RSTs are responsible for implementation ofindividualized chapter action plans to support long-term chapter needs.This volunteer position is assigned to a Collegiate Chapter Region andcollaborates with advisors, other RSTs and Regional Consultants basedon project assignments.
A great RST has knowledge of collegiate operations (or willing to puttime into training and education), has strong communication and writingskills, and is able to evaluate and problem solve complex issues.
Read more in the full position description in Sigma Connect. Additionally,if you know great alumnae who would like to be an National Officer andhave time to serve our National Organization, this would be a great timefor them learn more and ask questions about volunteering.
Inactive and 5th Year Senior Status for2010/2011 – APPLY NOW!
Applications will begin to be accepted as of April 15. Deadline forsubmission is Aug. 15, 2011. See the collegiate forms page for requestforms. Why apply early?
a. Members will know sooner and can plan ahead if theyneed to pay dues in the fall.
b. Members will be removed from the chapter roster beforethe fall billing is generated…meaning, less corrections to thebilling and you're not paying insurance for inactive/5th yearmembers!
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
c. You don't have to chase down that member in Novemberwho was not granted inactive status and now owes falldues!
Support
Important Notes – Have you…
• Registered for the Dunhamyet? Go to upcoming events inSigma Connect for moreinformation. The Registrationdeadline is April 18, 2011. Registrations after thatdate will incur as late fee.
• Looks to see which accreditation standards the National Organizationhas already verified? Check to see which standards have already beencompleted by clicking here.
• Mailed your spring Foundation Donation yet? – Remember that allchapters should be contributing to the Leadership Development fund thissemester. Remember to include the Foundation Contribution Form whenyou send in a check. Download the form from the collegiate forms page.
• Checked the pending notification list to see if your chapter islisted? Check out this list which outlines chapters with pending newmember items, pending financials, pending initiation paperwork and alsoprovides some friendly reminders about New Member forms and Initiationitems to be submitted. How can you make this part of your weekly
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
officer meetings to help keep on track in necessary items? Check outthis link here to view the pending notification list and suspensionwarning information – it is updated weekly with the last date it wasupdated listed at the top of the page.
• Kept track of your reporting points? Are there any correctionswhich need to be made? Be sure you have full credit for those reportssubmitted for Accreditation. Click here
Things to do before the end of the semester:
• Remove graduating seniors, transfers, and women whowill be abroad in the fall from your roster
• Initiate all new members and verify that all necessarypaperwork has been sent to National Headquarters
• Announce when and where the first chapter meetingwill be in the fall semester
• Remind/Announce the amount of fall semester dues
• Appoint fall chairman so they can think/plan/ prepare over thesummer.
• Announce any items which may be needed for fall recruitment such asclothes/outfits, additional funds for Panhellenic shirts, etc.
• Get contact information for all members/new members for the summer(at least phone and email)
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
• Review your manuals for any items to be done May – September!
Member Development
COR is A.O.K.
It doesn't matter whether your campus does formal recruitment, informalrecruitment, partially structured recruitment or no structure at allrecruitment. These tips will provide you some great ways to help youprepare your chapter to recruit new members every single day of theyear. You still have some time to recruit this spring to achieve yoursemester recruitment goals!
Small Normal Friend Activities COR is not about the big, costly events, but about small normal friendactivities. Using names from your Names List, call and invite women tothe movies, to lunch or dinner, to workout, things that you normallywould do with your friends and get to know her.
Chapter Recruitment Challenges Challenge each chapter member to meet at least one new person eachweek – or two, or three! Announce and encourage the chapter at eachchapter meeting.
People join People Meet her and make her your friend, then introduce her to Tri Sigma.
We have a names list, now what? So, your chapter has spent time doing the mind jogger activity or donea 5 for 5 drive to create a names list of potential members. You have
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
typed in all of the names and information in a nice, neat spreadsheet.Now what? What do you do with all those names? Here is a quick andeasy way to put that names list to use this week and next fall duringCOR!
• Break the chapter into teams and have each team callone person that they put on the names list and get to knowher better. Go to the movies, study, go to a campus eventtogether, meet in the student center for lunch, getafternoon coffee, meet to workout, etc.
• Remember the rule of plus one. Take the number ofpotential new members and have the same number ofmembers plus one. (One potential new member with 2members or 2 potential new members with 3 members, etc.)
• Make her your friend and then introduce her to TriSigma. See if she is interested in joining. This process maytake a week or it may take a month. If she isn't, move on toanother woman you put on the names list.
Put that names list to use and meet those women!Good luck.
Early Alumnae Status 101
Can a collegiate member go early "alum"? Is there such a status? Let'ssee…our National Bylaws define an alumna as:
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
1. A member in good standing who is no longer enrolled asan undergraduate in a college or university where a SigmaSigma Sigma chapter exists.
2. A collegiate member who has been granted alumnaestatus as a result of redevelopment or chapter closure.
3. A member who returned to school after a prolongedabsence (meaning more than a year) and does not want tocontinue with her membership as a collegiate.
Also from the National Bylaws, The Circle Degree shall be given toinitiated Sigma Sigma Sigma alumna. So let's translate and bust somemyths:
1. If a member has an internship or will be student teaching, she go canthrough Circle Degree or Send On early and be an alumnae during herlast year in college. MYTH!
• Facts:
•Even if a member is enrolled in one credit hour, she shouldbe a fully participating collegiate member. Most campusesgive credit for internships and student teaching. If theyaren't in town or won't have the time, they should apply forInactive Status or Special Consideration.
•Circle Degree may be given to any alumna. It is not theceremony that makes one an alumna! Graduation is one wayto be an alumna, as is being withdrawn for a prolongedabsence. So share with your seniors who receive Circle
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
absence. So share with your seniors who receive CircleDegree before graduation, that is not license to ignore therules! They can (and should) still be sent to Honor Council.AND after graduation, all alumnae are still expected topresent Tri Sigma in a positive light. We often have RiskManagement investigation in late April and May due to thechoices of seniors and recent graduates – coming tochapter events intoxicated, events with alcohol such as barcrawls after graduation or planned for seniors, drinking andwearing t-shirts which clearly communicate they are TriSigma's. Don't let this happen to you chapter – be proactiveand educate all members.
2. If a member is Inactive or a 5th Year Senior, they are alumnae.MYTH!
• Facts:
• Inactive Status, 5th Year Senior Status, and SpecialConsideration are special Collegiate Statuses…not alumnae.Even if a member receives this special status, they are stillconsidered a collegiate member.
3. If a member is Inactive or 5th Year Senior, they can't be sent toHonor Council. MYTH!
• Facts:
•Again, these are collegiate statuses. A member must be in
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
good standing to have such a status. If they areinappropriate or misrepresent Tri Sigma, they may mostcertainly be sent to Honor Council and their special statuscould be revoked.
Bottom line, a member cannot just decide to go early alumnae statusbecause they've given their time and made their contributions. If thereare special circumstances, take advantage of Inactive Status, 5th YearSenior status, or request Special Consideration. Otherwise, a membershould be fully participating. Remember, Tri Sigma is not just acommitment made for a school term or during your undergraduateyears…it is a lifetime commitment and benefit.
If you have other questions on alumnae status or special collegiatestatuses, e-mail your Regional Consultant.
Foundation
A Place of Healing...
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER, DALLAS, TXFoundation staff recently visited Children'sMedical Center in Dallas – one of the hospitalsthat the Foundation supports with fellowshipfunding annually. The medical center consists
of four towers, plus a clinic which provides services to children whocome from households that have low incomes or cannot afford healthinsurance. This clinic also serves children who are mentally, physically,or sexually abused. No child is turned away from having necessary,
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
proper medical care.
Look for a video of the visit on the Sigma Sigma Sigma FoundationFacebook page!
Eight play therapy rooms are spaced throughout the medical center, andall rooms are considered "No Hurt Zones" where doctors cannot weartheir white coats or give any medical procedures to the patients. Therooms are planned to amuse patients and to distract them from theirmedical conditions. The center has more than 30 play therapists onstaff, and the Foundation funds one of them (plus an additionaltherapist at North Carolina Children's Hospital in Chapel Hill).
These two centers are the primary teaching hospitals forplay/child life/recreational therapists. After leaving thesehospitals, a therapist goes on to work throughout the U.S.,thus making the scope of the Foundation's funding felt inmany cities and states.
Collegiate chapters can tour the medical center at any time, and thestaff says that the hospital loves seeing a sea of purple when Tri Sigmasvisit. The medical center is always looking for donations such as books,toys, stuffed animals, arts and crafts items. You can also volunteer atthe medical center. If you would like to schedule a tour, become avolunteer, or donate items to the play therapy rooms, please contactNancy Benedict at [email protected] or Cindy Harms [email protected] for more details.
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
APPLY NOW FOR A LOCAL RPM GRANT!
Your chapter can be recognized in your community by applying for alocal play therapy grant for your hospital or other qualified institutionwith a childlife program. Grants are available up to $2500 for nonconsumable permanent items to aid children in their recovery. Theinstructions and application can be found at local grant. If you can't getthe application from the Web site, please e-mail [email protected] call Nancy Benedict at 540.459.4212.
SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA FOUNDATIONSCHOLARSHIPS
It's not too late to apply for an undergraduate or graduate scholarshipprovided by the Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation. Scholarships range from$500.00 - $5,000.00, depending on the amount of funds available, andapplications must be received by March 31. The scholarship instructionsand application can be found at scholarships or in Sigma Connect underthe "Foundation" container in the far left column. If you can't get theapplication from the Web site, please e-mail [email protected] orcall Nancy Benedict at 540.459.4212.
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!
pdfcrowd.comopen in browser customize free license
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!
You can now find all of the Foundation's latest news andphotos on Facebook. We'll be posting about opportunities,invitations, and fundraisers. To keep informed, like us!
About Children's Medical Center, Dallas TX One of the largest pediatric healthcare providers in the nation, Children'sMedical Center is a private, not-for-profit, and is one of the largestpediatric healthcare providers in the nation. As the only academichealthcare facility in North Texas dedicated exclusively to thecomprehensive care of children from birth to age 18, Children's providespatient care ranging from simple eye exams to specialized treatment inareas such as heart disease, hematology-oncology and cystic fibrosis.In addition, Children's is a major pediatric kidney, liver, intestine, heartand bone marrow transplant center. As the primary pediatric teachingfacility for The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center atDallas, the medical staff at Children's conducts research that isinstrumental in developing treatments, therapies, and greaterunderstanding of pediatric diseases.
About Child Life Members of the child life staff hold advanced-degree training in thegrowth and development of children. They provide age-appropriateinformation to help children cope with the hospital and prepare thememotionally for invasive procedures and surgery. Techniques includediagnosis-specific education, medical play and psychological preparation.University students from across the United States seek out the child lifeclinical training program at Children's, and staff members have helpeddevelop similar programs across the nation.
