I felt so welcomed as soon as I got to UMass! Even though I'm from Massachusetts, I had only been to Amherst twice before so I was excited to explore and learn more about the school. I stayed with the president, Sami, and two sophomores in a house of mostly AEPhi. We went to the local pub the first night and to the Amherst Go Berry afterwards.
On Saturday night my mom drove out to Amherst to bring me some stuff and to take me to dinner. It was so nice to see my mom after a very long month and we literally sat and talked for hours at the Amherst Brewing Company.
A fun part about visiting UMass was that I got to see a friend from home, Dana Bornstein. We went to the same high school and she went to Pembroke for one summer. We have a lot of mutual friends from camp and from BBYO too. I got to have dinner with Dana one night and she came to hang out at Sami's a couple of times.
I was at UMass for International Badge Day so here is my #BadgeDaySelfie. I love Badge Day because everyone remembers how important their sorority membership is to them and what the badge represents. It is so fabulous to see all the social media about it and such positive promotion of the sorority experience.
My last night in town was Sigma Kappa's philanthropy event, Sigma Stacks. It was kind of like the Late Nights we do at UConn, where the chapter cooks food and charges admission. Sigma Stacks is a night of pancakes and it happened to fall on International Pancake Day. I rarely order pancakes when I go out for breakfast so I was excited to have some, especially for a good cause. So many Phis came out and it was really fun to see so much of the Greek community.
One random thing that came out of my UMass visit was this fun new snack. Sami was eating them one night and when we each tired one we were amazed that what was inside the little jelly bean-type shell actually tasted like the sour gummy worms. So when I found them at Bradley Airport I had to get a bag for myself!
I was sad to leave the great ladies of Beta Beta and knew I would miss the Phi house and wild roomies but I only have a couple visits until I return home to the great Bay State!
413 by Dr. Westchesterson
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