Scholarship

Along with philanthropy, scholarship always seems to be something on the top of our goals each year to improve on. After being VP of scholarship it is also something that I am particularly interested in. Overall I think Gamma Lambda does pretty well in the scholarship area. We regularly use our incentive programs such as a pledge class A's of the week race, scholarship sister of the month, and a team game that groups sisters with similar majors and earns points by completing different academic events. We also hold a very organized scholarship banquet each semester complete with prizes and certificates for all sisters. I think our most significant downfall though is trying to construct a scholarship improvement plan for those sisters who have not met the minimum GPA to be in good standing. Each semester the scholarship improvement plan is tweaked to try to be more beneficial for those using it but in the past semesters it seems the number of members using a plan is right around the same number each semester. This past semester there was a chapter on our campus who did not have a single member below their minimum GPA to be in good standing, I think that is an awesome goal to strive for. Any ideas on other incentive programs or ways to help out members struggling with grades?

Philanthropy

Just as every other Alpha Gam chapter philanthropy is something that Gamma Lambda is always focusing on. Coming up soon we have two major philanthropy events to help support JDRF. This Friday on campus we are hosting a powder puff football tournament and are recruiting teams to sign up and are donating all proceeds to JDRF. So far it is going pretty well but we are having a bit of a hard time getting as much participation as we were hoping for. Another philanthropy event we are participating in next weekend is JDRF Gala at the Jefferson in Richmond Virginia. Gamma Lambdas also volunteered at this same event last year and it was such an incredible time. The Gala raises so much money for JDRF and it is such a good time to give back and meet people in different situations. Through our local JDRF chapter we participate in other events such as walks also. Even though we do volunteer a lot we have been trying to find a way to raise money as well. That was our hope with powder puff but it doesn't seem like we are going to raise as much money as we were hoping. We are hoping to make this an annual event as long as we can increase participation. Any other good philanthropy event ideas?

Lip Sync- Chants

This week Longwood held Lipsync. It is an event that CPC (Panhel) puts on each semester for new members and each chapter performs a dance to a mix of songs. Before Lipsync starts all of the different sororities do different chants to get excited. Unfortunately our chapter does not know any chants so we can't ever participate. We know parts of a few different ones but we do not know any chants in their entirety. Any suggestions from Alpha Gams about chants that other chapters do?? Please help!.

Destination Unknown

A sisterhood event that we do here at Longwood is something called Destination Unknown. Our sisterhood chair plans a one night trip to a secret place that only she knows. The day we leave we meet in the chapter room and get a random list of things we might need for the weekend, the list is meant to be confusing so we have no clue where we are going. After we go back and pack we meet back in the chapter room later that day and then all leave together. After we get to the mystery destination we spend the night hanging with just sisters which brings us all closer together and is always a really good time. In the past we have done things like canoeing down the James river and camping, a trip to Virginia Beach and stayed in cabins, and lots of other outdoor relaxing destinaions! This is a really good sisterhood event and is a great time to just spend time with your sisters and make tons of memories.

Any ideas for other sisterhood events, or what do you think about this idea??

Start up

Hey everyone,

The goal of this site is to share information about recruitment, sisterhood events, scholarship, and any other Alpha Gam related topic we can come up with. This is in the early stages so check back in a week or so for our first post!

-Megan and Devan