Welcome to our 2014 Newsletter Hello from the lovely ladies of the

University of North Texas

Panhellenic! We would like to

provide you with an inside look

to see what our

wonderful Panhellenic women and

Greek community have been doing

both on and off our campus! It has

been an exciting and busy year for

the community. From recruitment to

philanthropy events and programming

we would love to share with you what

has been happening so you can stay

informed. From all of us on

the Panhellenic Executive Council, we

just want to say how excited we are to

welcome you to our community and

give you a glimpse into the lives of

our wonderful Panhellenic ladies!

University of North Texas Panhellenic council

The ladies of Alpha Delta Pi have not missed an opportunity to give back

on campus throughout the past year. They started off the year by hosting

their 7th annual Mocktail Blend-off in February benefiting the Ronald

McDonald House charities, where teams participated in a red carpet

themed event making non-alcoholic beverages. The teams came up with

themes and costumes for their different drinks. They followed up in the fall

with a Trunk & Treat Trunk show near the time of Halloween where they

had great shopping, nice deals, and fun socializing. From all of their hard

work with these events and others, their chapter not only reached their

budgeted goal to donate to the Ronald McDonald House Charities, but

surpassed it donating over $12,500!

The ladies of Alpha Phi have had a big year of celebration in 2014!

Celebrating their 60th year on campus they started off the year with much

excitement. Raising awareness for woman’s cardiac care is something

that came with much passion. Hosting their annual A Phi’sta and Pancake

Phi’st, the community loved coming out and eating some yummy tacos

and pancakes. For their first year ever they also opened up their annual

Red Dress Gala to the Greek community to support their success. Their

compassion for each other and the community can be heard in any of

their voices as they speak about what they do to spread awareness. They

are so proud of their immediate past president, Mary Price, for being

selected to be a National Educational Leadership Consultant for the 2015-

2016 academic year.

The ladies of Chi Omega saw a goal and went for it. They have truly

made Make A Wish Foundation a cause that they are passionate about.

They have connected within the community and with their assigned wish

family. They started off the spring with a goal in mind of wanting to grant

another wish. They raised money through the Just Wish for It softball

tournament in the spring and multiple giveback nights at Chipotle, On the

Border, and Panda Express. Through all these efforts they were able to

grant a wish to Zach, a little boy that traveled to LEGOLAND in which they

gave him a sendoff party and a welcome back celebration at their lodge.

Delta Gamma’s have been seen on campus this year doing what they do

best, spreading the word about how their chapter is “Doing Good”. In the

spring semester they started off the year hosting Desserts with DG in their

home. The event consisted of a come and go open house serving what

people love to eat to de-stress from school, desserts! In the fall they

followed up with a big splash on the community by hosting their 7th annual

Anchorsplash at the Denton Natatorium raising over $5000 for Service for

Sight. They also hosted a philanthropic event with their sister sorority

Kappa Kappa Gamma making braille books for young children to spread

literacy and help their own philanthropy, Service for Sight.

Kappa Delta has gone above and beyond this past year with getting

involved in the community. From partnering with IFC fraternity Kappa

Sigma to host Curls for a Cause raising over $1,300, to hosting a

Neewollah Girl Scout event taking them around sorority row to go Trick of

Treating. In the spring they enjoyed having their Shamrock Glow Run

along with KD Quesadillas. They are so proud to have one of their

sisters, Nicole Whitfield, be a national representative as a Leadership

Development Consultant who is traveling across the US to assist and

guide other KD chapters to success throughout the 2014-2015 academic

year.

North Texas Kappa has really focused on their national philanthropy’s this

past year. In the spring they hosted Kappa Krawfish for their first year

benefiting Reading is Fundamental in the sorority courtyard. They had a

bright Kappa Kolor Run in the fall raising over $1000 for the Kappa Kappa

Gamma Foundation and their sisters worldwide. While at their national

convention this summer they were recognized and awarded with

honorable mention for the most improved in academics as well as

honorable mention in Panhellenic, so their hard work has not gone

unnoticed.

Pi Beta Phi has been seen on and off campus this last year. From

reading to 3rd grade elementary school students every Friday at

Ginning’s elementary school to tabling on campus selling Lemonade for

Literacy raising money to buy children’s books. They partnered with Pi

Kappa Alpha fraternity for a volleyball tournament as well as hosted a

Wing Ching dinner event at their house in the fall raising over $2000. Pi

Beta Phi has been impacting the community and growing their sisterhood

as well. After taking over 40 new members they have reeducated and

reminded themselves on why they joined Pi Phi.

Zetas have been all around the world and back this last year with their

girls studying abroad in London and Costa Rica, and volunteering at Girl

Scout Camps in Montana. Their desire to travel and make a difference

helped them out when it came time to their philanthropy events raising

money and spreading awareness for breast cancer. Hosting a Think Pink

week in the spring and fall they raised over $2000. An event that

highlighted and ended their Think Pink week in the fall was Ziti Tau

Alpha where they opened up their house and showcased their new

renovations while serving plates of pasta to the community.

The 3rd annual Greek Preview Day was hosted on April 12, 2014 by the

Office of Greek Life and has constantly been growing since the first year.

With chapters present at the organization fair, Rho Gamma’s giving house

tours of the chapter facilities and a fun tailgate before the spring football

game, potential new members had a great time seeing the chapters in

action. Save the date for Greek Preview day in April 2015 to spend a day

with the UNT Greek community and the chance to meet our chapters. It

will be on April 18, 2015. More information will be out shortly at

greeklife.unt.edu.

Take an adventure with Panhellenic and explore recruitment. Destination

Panhellenic was a success this year as we had over 340 young women

find their home within one of our chapters. Recruitment started off with our

recruitment orientation to get ladies excited for the upcoming weekend

and allow them to meet their Rho Gamma (recruitment counselor) as well

as other ladies that would be going through. For the first year we

incorporated a Recruitment Logistics Team. A team of three women

helped throughout the entire process and assisted the recruitment team

with logistics and planning. We ended the week with a Candlelight

ceremony in the courtyard allowing chapters to showcase their new

members as well as allowing the recruitment team to reaffiliate with their

sisters. Be sure to join us for the Fall 2015 Candlelight Ceremony.

We are so excited to announce we have adopted the Circle of Sisterhood

in 2014 to become a campus partner and create a council philanthropy.

“The Circle of Sisterhood is a mechanism by which all sorority women can

stand together across affiliation, age, color, and creed to make a

difference in the lives of millions of girls and woman. It is the leverage

influence of sorority women to raise financial resources for entities around

the world that are removing educational barriers for girls and women

facing poverty and oppression.” We are proud to announce that in our first

year we raised and donated over $2000 and are excited to keep the

momentum going.

Panhellenic partnered with IFC, NPHC and MGC to participate in National

Hazing Prevention Week. This week consisted of a banner competition,

tabling on campus, hazing presentations and signing a banner to spread

the word to stop hazing. Chapters were asked to make a pillow case sized

banner of anti-hazing memos to be showcased in the Greek Life Center.

The picture below is of students with the banners and the all-Greek

banners that were signed by students.

This year, Panhellenic put out our first ever

applications to award two women with an

academic scholarship for the 2015 year.

These scholarships awarded and

recognized a woman in the category of

academic achievement and academic

improvement. The recipients were Alyssa

Waldroup from Kappa Kappa Gamma

receiving the academic improvement award

and Marissa Nowiciki from Kappa Delta

receiving the academic achievement

award.

Something new that we have started this year

is Highlight of the Week. Recognizing a

different chapter member each week that has

been working exceptionally hard to excel in

her academics and make progress in her

work. Nominated by each chapters

scholarship chair you can send in nominations

to unt.panscholarship@gmail.com .

We are so excited to have the Greek Life Center now open as a resource

and facility to use for the Greek community! The UNT Greek Life center is

the first standalone office and programming building for an entire Greek

Community in the nation. Consisting of a large chapter room, staff offices,

a council workroom, and a kitchen, the Greek Life Center is full in swing.

We recognized all the donors and officially had the ribbon cutting during

the 2014 Homecoming weekend. You can leave your Legacy by

purchasing a paver to be placed at the Greek Life Center visit

greeklife.unt.edu/center/pavers for more info.

Kappa Kappa Gamma celebrated their 25th year on

campus

Panhellenic received two awards at the Association of Fraternal

Leadership and Values central conference for an Outstanding

Multipage publication and outstanding poster.

Greek Life Center opening

and ribbon cutting

celebration

Panhellenic partnered with the Circle of Sisterhood and

donated over $2000

Chi Omega was awarded chapter of

the year

Kelsi Harrison from Kappa Delta

was awarded Panhellenic

woman of the Year

Alpha Phi celebrated their 60th

year on campus

Alpha Delta Pi was recognized in

Seventeen Magazine

Office of Greek Life Physical: 621 S. Welch St.

Mailing: 1155 Union Circle #310728 Denton, TX 76203-5017 Phone: (940) 369-8463

o President- Brittany o 1st Vice President- Andrea o Vice President of Recruitment and Retention- Callie o Vice President of Scholarship and Service- Gracie o Vice President of Programming- Shelby o Vice President of Community Relations- Kristi o Vice President of Administration and Finance- Katie