Summer Newsletter

Delta Alpha Alumnae Newsletter Summer 2013

Last year, we had a great time taking a road trip to the Mall of America and supporting the thing that we cherish most – Autism Speaks. So, mark your calendars, October 12th, 2013 the annual Walk Now for Autism Speaks is happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Please join our (Alpha Xi Delta – UWL) team and help us raise money for Autism Speaks.

Erin, Jenna, and Jamie celebrated the 4th of July in La Crosse. Nothing

like celebrating with sisters!

Sister Spotlight….

Scholastic Efforts

The Grades are in from the Spring Semester and the Chapter GPA is…

Congratulations to the following sisters for making the Dean’s List: Anne Lefevre, Devin

Minor, Ashley Konkel, Bridget Monahan, Devan Galbraith, Jamie Mathison, Jessica Proost, Morgan Cherry and Paige Baxter.

3.049  

Chapter GPA: 3.049 All Greek GPA: 3.004

Women’s Average GPA: 2.953 Our chapter is working hard to maintain its efforts and keep academic excellence one of its top priorities. We are proud of the women who have worked so hard not only for our chapter, but for their academic achievements as well.

What are our sisters up to this summer?

To the Right: Devin Minor studied abroad in Galway, Ireland for the

month of June.

To the Left: Bridget Monahan studied abroad at Kingston

University in the U.K. for the month of July.

Callie Devens spending time on the jet ski with her friends and family.

Congratulations to the Minneapolis St. Paul Alumnae Association! At the 2013 Alpha Xi Delta National Convention, Becky Soderholm accepted two awards on

behalf of MSPAA: the Ruth Simmons James Award with Highest Honors (the top award for alumnae associations) and the Autism Advocate Award (for outstanding autism awareness efforts). Also, two of our members received individual awards. Pam Enger received the Edna Epperson Brinkman Alumnae Appreciation Award and Makenzie Provorse was recognized as Alumnae Philanthropist of the Year. Please join us in congratulating these amaXing women!

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Upcoming Events

September 3rd Class Begins September 29th Pinning October 11th-13th Retreat October 12th Walk Now for

Autism Speaks October 14th- 18th Greek Week November 15th Initiation

This summer Mary Eiken received one of four scholarships from AFLV (Association of Fraternal Leadership and Values) to attend their LeaderShape session at the University of Kansas. The session was a week-long, intensive course, and was hosted in the Delta Gamma house on campus at KU. During this session, Mary, along with all of the attendees, had the opportunity to discover more about her own leadership styles, learn how to work better with other strong leaders, and make lasting friendships through unique experiences with people from a wide variety of backgrounds. Mary also had time to develop a vision for the future and set her own goals for the Delta Alpha chapter and Greek life at UWL.  

Summer Retreat:

This year for our summer retreat, we headed to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin to renew our sisterhood and plan for the upcoming year. Mary Eiken, Membership Vice President, was able to guide us through tips and tricks to a flawless recruitment. From practicing our scoring system on celebrities, to making our fall semester goals - we are prepared to take this semester by storm and get a record number of new members to the Delta Alpha Chapter. We are really excited about this upcoming semester and all the wonderful opportunities that we have in store. If you are interested in volunteering to help out with our recruitment, please contact Mary Eiken at [email protected] we would love to have you!

Alpha  Xi  Delta’s  50th  National  Convention:  San  Francisco,  California  

The Delta Alpha Chapter was able to send three women to the 50th National Convention. Devan Galbraith (President), Mary Eiken (Membership Vice President) and Ashley Konkel (Panhellenic President, Alumnae Relations Chair and New Member Orientation Chair) had a fantastic time and learned so many new things to bring back to the chapter. This year we won three awards Outstanding Academic Achievement, #1 GPA of Greeks on Campus, and Financial Efficiency Certificate of Merit. Our chapter is honored to have received such awards and we were thankful to have representation at this year’s convention.  

Keep in touch with the Delta Alpha Chapter no matter where you go!

Alumnae Relations Chair: Ashley Konkel at

[email protected]

Chapter President: Devan Galbraith at [email protected]

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