Beautiful Ohio

Rho, Ohio State University

I was so excited to return to Ohio State after working with them last semester! I knew I was coming for recruitment so I was really looking forward to the fabulous things the president, Lisa, and vp-recruitment, Lilly, had planned. I was welcomed right as I arrived by women asking if I was going to sleep in the same room as last time and offering to get me a bed so I didn't have to sleep on the couch again. They started imediately by bringing an extra mattress from the third floor to the basement chapter room and pulling an extra bed frame out of storage. They made the bed for me and I had my very own crib. I kid you not! It was apparently an extra top bunk so I had a metal safety guard all the way around my bed. Additionally, I was in the chapter room, where I stayed last semester, but now it had turned into the recruitment office. The room was piled high with center pieces, candy and plastic champagne glasses. Everytime a new person came in to get something or work on recruitment they were so confused by the bed and made a joke about Lilly moving in down there. Some ladies even began referring to the recruitment office as Hannah's room.

Unfortunately I developed a really bad cold the day I arrived and spent the week days in the chapter room taking zinc and vitamin C. I had meetings down there and hung out with the ladies painting the bid day banner. It was the perfect remedy because by the weekend I felt 90% better and was so ready for sisterhood day and preference! Because I was sick, I decided not to drink coffee all week and I actually ended up going the rest of my visit with zero caffiene. That is SHOCKING to anyone who knows how much I love coffee, especially during formal recruitment. But I think it was helpful in getting rid of my cold.

The rest of my visit was filled with recruitment rounds, lists, and late nights in the chapter room. The women of Rho Chapter worked so hard and it was certainly the best recruitment they have done in a long time. It was such a great feeling to be around everyone that was so proud of their chapter and of themselves for recruiting so hard. I loved hearing their advisors talk about how far they have come and I could tell how genuine they were.

                 

Lilly and Lisa were by far the biggest recruitment stars! They worked their butts off to get Rho to where they are now and they were finally able to see their success when their bid list came. Though I could not stay for bid day, I looked through all the pictures and was so happy to see everyone looking so elated. What really made it special was getting emails from multiple members telling me how much they love their new members and thanking me for my help. That's definitely been rare throughout my visits so that meant so much to me. I am so excited to hear from them throughout the semester about how their fabulous new members are doing!

Beautiful Ohio by Ballard MacDonald