Kicking Off a New School Year!!

All of the DG's are heading back to Terre Haute and filling up the stairwell--excited to be reunited after a summer apart! This next season is quite a busy, but fun one with the start of school and recruitment approaching. This week, we will help the incoming freshman move-in and are getting a chance to encourage them to go Greek. Its a great way for all of the sororities to meet new women and for the incoming class this fall to see sisterhood before their classes even begin.

In addition to welcoming in our new women, the chapter will welcome back several sisters who have been abroad over the past semester or summer. We had 4 sisters out of the country in Japan, Sweden, Argentina, and Korea. We are all excited to have them back and hear about their adventures abroad!

Anchor Splash & Founders Day!

Gamma Omicron has continued to be busy, and is having a great semester. We had Anchor Splash on March 19th, and had a wonderful turn out with both greek and independent students in attendance from Indiana State and Rose-Hulman. The winners of Anchor Splash over all were the men of Pi Kappa Alpha (Rose Hulman) and the women of Chi Omega from Indiana State. The events included multiple relays, a banner competition, synchronized swimming, and of course the Mr.Anchor Splash competition. Mr. Anchor Splash was awarded to Steven Raschick from Pi Kappa Alpha (ISU), who sported a full back temporary Delta Gamma tattoo! The other contestants were also quite creative and one even awarded roses to the judges as he walked by them during the formal wear competition.

The same weekend, our chapter was also able to celebrate our past, present, and future with Founders Day. We had alumnae from multiple other states, and we were especially excited and blessed to have three of the founding members of the Gamma Omicron present.

In other news, we have been very busy and excelling in intramural sports lately. We are currently participating in soccer (DG and coed), softball (DG and coed), and ultimate Frisbee. We are #1`in both Softball and Ultimate Frisbee, for the sorority roster.

More news to come!

Springing Forward!

Hello everyone,

Our chapter has had quite a busy and productive spring! We have four wonderful new women joining our chapter, and we are quite excited to see what they will bring and what they will experience with us. We also have three sisters who are overseas this summer studying in Sweden, Japan, and Argentina. We have all been excited to follow their adventures abroad by talking to them and seeing all of their pictures.

We are also involved in spring intramurals, practice for the upcoming spring week activities, and preparing for Anchor Splash which will be on March 20th.

"A Vision of Christmas"

This Christmas season our chapter received a coveted spot at the Deming Park Christmas at the Park. We have been on a waiting list for several years and finally received a shelter to decorate. We followed our philanthropy “Service for Sight” and created “A Vision of Christmas.” In front of the shelter is a huge pair of eyeglasses and through them you can see a Christmas scene in the park. Check out Deming Park between 5 and 10 pm to see our shelter and vote for us to win the “people choice” award! Judging takes places mid-December and we will update on our placing!!

Recruitment!!

This semester, we have had a phenomenal informal recruitment.

Early in the semester, we had four new members. These ladies were Kelsey Hiland, Olivia Cooper, Chelsea Wells, and Jennifer Michel. They recently were initiated into our Gamma Omicron Chapter.

Later in the semester, three more women accepted bids to join Delta Gamma. Danica Beard, Kendall Seward, and Laura Mahan are all new members who will be initiated in the fall. We are very excited for all of our new and newly initiated members.

Our chapter total is currently 52 members. We are continuing to recruit until we reach the Panhellenic total of 55. As summer approaches, VP: Membership Andrea Harris and Director of Recruitment Records Casey Steffey will be continuing to plan formal recruitment. Formal recruitment will be September 11-19. Be looking for updates on events.

Below is the contact information for Andrea and Casey if you have any questions regarding recruitment or upcoming events.
VP: Membership Andrea Harris
812-881-7309
aharris1109@gmail.com

Tandem Race!!

Every year during Spring Week Delta Gamma is paired with a fraternity and rides in the annual tandem race. This year we are paired with Phi Kappa Psi. This year we have a very competitive team so we are aiming to place at least top three in the race. We have been practicing monday through thursday starting from the end of feburary to now. Since our tandem bike is pretty old and occasionally causes us some problems, this year we didnt do so well in quals. We had some issues with the bike chain so our times were pretty slow and on top of that we had a few penalties which put us in 7th for quals. We have been working really hard so we will make up for it on race day. The race is April 18th at 11 am. We welcome you to come watch.

Coach, Erin Cole

Founders Day

Delta Gamma has been very busy as of lately. We had our annual Founder's Day luncheon on March 22, 2009. There were 26 alumnae present and 45 active members. We had a silent auction to raise money to help redecorate the main suite and they also had a housing corporation meeting to discuss possible ideas. Several awards were handed out for academics and we honored our adviser Kim Ferson for being an outstanding person and resource for us.

In addition on Saturday we initated four wonderful new girls into our chapter. We participated and had a strong finish the Tandem Qualification race for Spring Week on Saturday as well.