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| Zeta AOIIs at International Headquarters |
We kicked off LI by taking a tour Alpha Omicron Pi's International Headquarters in Brentwood, TN! The building, which serves as an office for our executives, also functions as an AOII museum and is home to several sorority artifacts dating back to our founding in 1897! We even managed to find our chapter's submotto, hand written by Stella! How cool is that?
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| Our chapter submotto, written down by one of our Founders, Stella George Stern Perry! |
While at LI, we heard several Keynote speakers including Dr. Lori Hart, Rick Barnes, and James T. Robilotta. All of the speakers offered advice on how to make the Greek experience the best it could be, by pursuing leadership roles and developing future leaders within our chapter. In addition to these speakers, we attended sessions on topics such as Diversity in Sisterhood, Governing Documents, Retain and Engage, and FUNdraising.
Saturday night was the awards dinner. Our chapter was lucky enough to win two national awards: Excellence in Finance and Excellence in Membership Retention. We are so proud of our members for helping us to achieve this, and so thankful for our advisers who guided us through this past year! Zeta chapter was also recognized as being a Ruby Level chapter, the highest level of achievement, for fulfilling at least 95 percent of our standards of excellence.
Zeta senior and Vice President of Administration, Charlie Bastian, says this about attending LI: "I was so excited when I learned that this LI was aimed at chapter Vice Presidents of Administration! As I sat in meetings with other VPAs from around the country, I heard so many new ideas that Zeta can implement. A few of these ideas include ways to motivate members to come to events that aren't required, how to better utilize our (already awesome) committees, and how to read and implement bylaws. Most importantly, I was able to share my love of AOII with my sisters. In the words of Dr. Lori Hart, one of our keynote speakers and an AOII alumna, "This is your AOII, this is your time. Go out and make it better."
Zeta senior and Vice President of Administration, Charlie Bastian, says this about attending LI: "I was so excited when I learned that this LI was aimed at chapter Vice Presidents of Administration! As I sat in meetings with other VPAs from around the country, I heard so many new ideas that Zeta can implement. A few of these ideas include ways to motivate members to come to events that aren't required, how to better utilize our (already awesome) committees, and how to read and implement bylaws. Most importantly, I was able to share my love of AOII with my sisters. In the words of Dr. Lori Hart, one of our keynote speakers and an AOII alumna, "This is your AOII, this is your time. Go out and make it better."
As we set our sights on recruitment in just over a month and returning back to the Pi, we can't wait to tell our sisters about the awesome things we learned at Leadership Institute!
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