Indiana, Here I Come

Epsilon Epsilon, Indiana University

I had been to IU before but never into the AEPhi house so I was very excited to finally visit the chapter! I hadn't been to campus since I interned at UIFI a year and a half ago but everything on North Jordan was exactly as I had remembered it. The picture below is of my home for the week. I think I literally left the house three times in the week I was there, but it was recruitment and they had everything I could need!

Because of the snow storm that hit the midwest the previous week, Panhellenic Recruitment was pushed back a day. The changes were pretty significant from the year before but the recruitment team was very good at making those last minute adjustments. They were complete recruitment rockstars! I had a great time getting to know the chapter through the craziness of 24 skit rounds and now I really want to watch Bring It On.

While at IU, I also had the chance to meet some really great people outside of the chapter. I met seven sorority consultants from all different chapters during my visit, and that wasn't even all that were there! I always love the opportunity to meet other consultants on the road and, since IU has 21 sororities, there were so many on campus. Panhellenic took us on rounds to other houses' skits together and I also had lunch on my last day with a few of them. I also really enjoyed meeting the Panhellenic leaders in charge of recruitment and the Fraternity & Sorority Life graduate assistant because we had so much in common to talk about. In addition to meeting new people, I also got to see a friend! Michael Goodman is the Panhellenic advisor at Indiana but I first met him a couple years ago when he was an IU HESA student. After meeting him on my UConn Greek Alternative Spring Break (UCGASB12) trip, we met again (and bonded) at UIFI when he was a facilitator and I was an intern. It was so inspiring to see such a great fraternal leader in his element and the respect my AEPhi ladies have for him.

                                    

Even though we had very little sleep and ate way too many cookies (or maybe because of this?), Indiana was such a fun visit! I really bonded with a lot of the women and re-met a couple girls from my camp. I even had a few great moments where I felt really needed and very confident about my job. It's definitely those little moments that make me realize how much knowledge and experience I have. This was such a fabulous first visit of the new year, and was exactly the kind of visit I needed to get re-energized for the new semester!

Goin' Back to Indiana by Jackson 5