President’s Blog

May 30, 2023

May 2023 President's Blog

May 2023 President's Blog

Categories: Announcements, Blog

What is the last Theta Phi Alpha ritual you participated in? Was it Founders’ Day in April when we honored those who brought Theta Phi Alpha into being? Was it the Collegian Farewell ceremony as you said good-bye to your collegian experience and entered the alumna phase of membership?

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Apr 21, 2023

April 2023 President's Blog

April 2023 President's Blog

Categories: Announcements, Blog

The first time I attended our Founders’ Day Ceremony was in 1988 at National Convention. I remember thinking that it was a beautiful ceremony that honored our Founders, and wondered why my chapter didn’t celebrate Founders’ Day. In April of 1990, that changed for Alpha Pi chapter when alumnae helped us plan a celebration at a local restaurant. Since that time I have celebrated Founders’ Day with Theta Phi Alphas each year.

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Mar 27, 2023

March 2023 President's Blog

March 2023 President's Blog

Categories: Announcements, Blog

Dear Theta Phi Alphas,

Picture this. It’s August 1985. A freshman college student has just been moved into her dorm room by her parents. Her parents cried as they left campus as she is the first child they have taken to college. She doesn’t have a car or a phone in her dorm room, just a pay phone at the end of the hall. This is before the days of cell phones or personal computers. She is lucky that a few friends from her high school decided to go to the same college and they all made plans to find each other at freshman orientation. At freshman orientation, she sees her friends from high school and they all make sure they are in the same group for orientation.

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Feb 22, 2023

February 2023

Categories: Announcements, Blog

Dear Theta Phi Alphas,

One of the best parts of being a member of Theta Phi Alpha is meeting and collaborating with members from other chapters and associations. I have lived in Nebraska for all but five years, and those five years were in Missouri. As a collegian, my chapter was composed of members like me. I attended my first national event in 1987 during a summer Leadership Conference. While this was a fantastic experience, the most amazing part was meeting Theta Phi Alphas from other chapters. That was the first time I realized that not everyone was just like me, that there were Theta Phi Alphas of different faiths, backgrounds, and ethnicities. I remember being very happy about this and keeping in touch with several collegians and alumnae I met.

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Jan 23, 2023

January 2023

Categories: Announcements, Blog

Dear Theta Phi Alphas,

In December I returned to my alma mater, Wayne State College in Wayne, NE, for my son Nic’s graduation. This was such a proud parent moment for me! Wayne State is the home of our Alpha Pi chapter, my chapter, and while I was there I was able to connect with one of my chapter sisters, Regan Ott, who was also graduating that day. I am proud every time a sister from my chapter graduates and enters the alumna phase of membership.

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Nov 9, 2022

28th National President’s First Blog

Categories: Announcements, Blog

Hello Theta Phi Alphas,

As I write my first National President’s blog, I can’t help but wonder where have the last three months gone?  It feels like just yesterday we were gathered at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis for our 53rd National Convention.  Reuniting with old friends, making new friends, conducting the business of the fraternity, gaining knowledge from speakers, hearing the voices of our collegian and alumnae members, and electing our leadership for the the next biennium felt so good after canceling convention in 2020 due to the pandemic.  The Convention provided a compass to guide the 2022-2024 members of the Grand Council. I'd like to share with you where that compass is taking us.

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Jun 17, 2021

June Fraternity Update

Categories: Announcements, Blog

New committees, Inclusive Excellence Assessment, and looking forward to the months ahead...

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May 14, 2021

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

National President's Blog Post

Categories: Announcements, Blog

You are not alone in Theta Phi Alpha. I encourage you to connect with your sisters, your friends. Theta Phi Alpha is about sisterhood and friendship, please take advantage of those connections

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Mar 22, 2021

DEIA Recommendations and Commitments

Categories: Announcements, Blog

"DEIA is more than just sisterhood and friendship and traditions, it is about building a community that is thriving with inclusivity, financial stability, access to critical resources, and giving back to the campus and alumnae communities we learn, live and work in." ~DEIA Task Force Co-Chairs

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Jan 9, 2021

Personal Reflections

Categories: Announcements, Blog

We know it's been an incredibly tough week for so many of you after witnessing the greatest domestic assault on our democracy since the Civil War. But it was also an ugly and unmistakable reflection of the systemic racism that plagues our society and deeply harms people of color every single day.

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