Last Tuesday evening when the doors to Wilson Hall opened, 61 beautiful new members ran down the stairs and into the arms of an excited Psi chapter.
After a successful week of formal recruitment, we couldn’t wait to extend bids and invite these ladies into our sisterhood.
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| Look at how beautiful these Rhos are! |
“My favorite part about bid cel was seeing all the new
members come out of Wilson. It was exciting to finally welcome them into AST,”
says the Rho’s assistant pledge mom, Kara.
Recruitment this year wouldn’t have been so great with out the
hard work, dedication and enthusiasm of Psi’s remarkable recruitment chair
Estelle, assistant recruitment chair Tori, and president Rebecca.
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| Rebecca, Tori, and Estelle representing AST outside the house |
Although they didn’t seem nervous at all, Estelle says, “I
was definitely the most nervous about making sure everything went how I planned
for it to go. I had been planning for what felt like an eternity, so there were
a lot of details that I wanted to be perfect.
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| Tori (left) Estelle (right) |
Another thing I was actually very nervous about was falling
on my face either in front of the house as well as walking up and down the
steps to and from the basement in heels. I don’t exactly have the best
reputation for being the most graceful person, so that was a pretty big worry
of mine.”
Tori seemed to have similar fears before recruitment, “Initially, I was really
nervous about falling on my face while cheering in front of the PNM’s but,
throughout the entirety of the week I was most worried about doing a good job
in aiding Estelle and finding a new member class that was every bit as amazing
as last year’s.”
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| Last year's awesome pledge class |
Sure some parts of recruitment are stressful, but some parts are incredibly fun as well. When our
sisters performed our skit, the entire basement would erupt in laughter. You can watch the skit here.
“Everyone involved in the performance absolutely killed it,”
says Tori, “especially Gemma Howard. It never got old, even after watching it 7
times.”
Estelle adds, "I always looked forward to her coming out and stealing the
show. She killed it every time! The first time I saw her part in the skit I was
actually in tears from laughing so hard, and I couldn’t wait for the rest of
the chapter and all the PNMs to see it, too."
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| Estelle with some of the Xi pledge class |
We are so excited to have each of our perfect new members and can’t wait to see what they have to offer our chapter!
Tori explains, ”I
have a lot of favorite parts from recruitment this year but nothing beats
receiving the list of our newest members. Each name on that list made the lack
of sleep worth it a little more and I don’t think we could’ve asked for a
greater group of girls to make up our newest pledge class.”
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| Some Rhos and Pis bowling after bid cel |
Now that recruitment and bid cel is over, what do these
ladies have coming their way?
Kara tells us, “I am so excited to start the new member
process with Sarah. We have a lot of things planned for this semester for the
girls to get to know their pledge classes along with the other sisters in the
sorority.”
Here are a few of the events Sarah and Kara hope to do with the Rhos this semester:
- Scrapbook/composition book decorating
- Rho brunches!/Getting food together on campus
- Movie night
- Nail painting
- Tye dying
- Dessert night with the Pis
- Trip to Fear Forest
- Trip to the puppy farm
- Possible shopping day trip to Charlottesville
- lots of icebreakers/games to get to know sisters
- Overnight retreat at Camp Horizions
- New Member Day hosted by FSL
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| Kara (left) Sarah (right) |
“I can’t wait to see these girls go through the new member
process and make lifelong friends with their pledge class and the older
sisters. With all the events planned this semester it’ll be a packed next seven
weeks, but the end result of seeing these girls become initiated sisters of
Alpha Sigma Tau will be worth it," says Sarah.
Welcome to Psi, ladies.
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