Zeta Tau Alpha Alpha Gamma | University of Michigan Fun in the Sun! A Zeta-fabulous Summer While summer is a time that most people return home and lose contact with their college friends, we have made a great effort to keep in touch with our sisters even while we aren’t at school! From trips to the zoo with alumnae to sisterhood shopping trips for recruitment clothes or just keeping in touch through a sisterhood blog, we are keeping our sisterhood bonds strong in order to come back to campus in the fall to prepare for a fabulous recruitment! SUMMER 2011 Upcoming Events 2011 Move – In: Aug 28 Recruitment: Sep 11 - 21 Bid Day: September 23
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Zeta Tau Alpha Alpha Gamma | University of Michigan
Fun in the Sun! A Zeta-fabulous Summer
While summer is a time that most people return home and lose contact with their college friends, we have made a great effort to keep in touch with our sisters even while we aren’t at school! From trips to the zoo with alumnae to sisterhood shopping trips for recruitment clothes or just keeping in touch through a sisterhood blog, we are keeping our sisterhood bonds strong in order to come back to campus in the fall to prepare for a fabulous recruitment!
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Upcoming Events
2011 Move – In: Aug 28 Recruitment: Sep 11 - 21 Bid Day: September 23
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Membership Information Sheets If you know a young woman attending the University of Michigan who is planning on going through formal recruitment, please email all recommendation letters and legacy notifications to [email protected]
Soak up the Sun Summer is flying by, have you stopped to enjoy it for a bit yet? The Detroit Metro Alumnae Chapter is hosting a relaxing day at the pool for any Zetas. Stop on by for some chill out and relax time with your sisters for a last blast of summer on Sat, August 20th from 2-‐6 p.m. at the Pleasant Ridge Pool. Interested? Please RSVP by Aug 18 to [email protected]!
Summer Sisterhood! Wondering what we are doing over the summer? Check
out our Zeta Sisterhood blog: UMZTASisters.tumblr.com!
Girls from around the country send in updates complete with pictures to keep in touch with their sisters.
Where the Wild Things Are On June 26th, several ZTA’s ventured to the Detroit Zoo to spend the day with Detroit Metro Alumnae. The day started off with a potluck and continued into a tour of the zoo. Emily Fraser, who worked at the Zoo last summer, acted as tour guide, showing all of the lions, tigers, and bears (oh my!). The weather was gorgeous for walking around, and by the time they hit the Arctic Circle at the end of the day, everyone was ready for the air conditioning and ice that came along with it. It was a great experience to meet and talk with the alumnae- Zeta really is forever!
Race for the Cure On May 21, Race for the Cure took over Detroit and four of our members woke up early and made the drive to help end the fight with Breast Cancer. Four collegiate and several alumnae members worked at the Survivor's Tent and T-shirt stations. While working, they heard stories that were both heartbreaking and joyous, making the experience more moving with every story and woman.
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National Leadership Conference 2011: Create the Change
From July 14-‐17, Paige Szymanski and Karen House, along with DNCH Kristen Harthorn and General Advisor Barb Cossman, traveled to Indianapolis to embrace the sisterhood at the National Leadership Conference. This year's theme was "Create the Change," so the presentations and group discussions revolved around the idea of improving your chapter through change. Presentations from National Officers were broken up by small group discussions. Facilitated to address certain topics, the small groups offered the opportunity for sisters from different chapters to talk about recruitment, sisterhood, risk management, and
even chapter meetings. Not only did they all get to learn about “creating the change,” Alpha Gamma was recognized for our contribution to ZTAF and on Saturday night, we received our FIRST Crown Chapter Award where we got a standing ovation from the entire conference plus a rousing round of Hail to the Victors. Paige, Karen, and Barb ventured to ZTA International Office on Saturday afternoon, where they toured the building and stopped to pose with the Chain of Chapters and our Alpha Gamma flag. It was a truly great experience filled with great ideas to help “Create the Change” within Alpha Gamma!
Today & Forever We’ll Be Zeta’s True One of the biggest benefits of ZTA is having a connection with people around the country!
Several of our sisters have bonded with girls in different chapters this summer!
-Lauren Blanchard has met a few Zetas during her internship at Fox News and is working with one from University of Miami, FL! -Mynda Krato went camping with two Zetas from Michigan State -Mary Harrell met an alumna in Youngstown, OH from Ohio Northern University. -Alexandra Connors met one in a bathroom in a rest stop during a road
trip while she was wearing her letters! -Laura Raines met two other ZTA’s during campus rep training for Victoria’s Secret PINK (Texas and Arkansas). She also is interning with two Zetas; one from Wright State and another from Miami University, OH. -Kyla Miller’s friend from high school is a ZTA at Wisconsin-Oshkosh. -Courtney Brown works with a
woman who was an Alpha Gamma almost 40 years ago! -Maddy Thompson met a ZTA from Central Michigan in Las Vegas on vacation. --Jen Balogh met a ZTA from Iowa who was their president as well as a Zeta legacy whose mom attended Longwood University (Alpha)
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Sister Spotlight Executive Council: Amanda Waske Amanda, our VP Membership & Recruitment, is an incoming junior from Lathrup Village, Michigan. She is majoring in Political Science and is on the Michigan Club Ski Team. Her favorite ZTA memory is when Executive Council had their retreat the night before Zeta Day and got to learn new things about her sisters! She loves Country music, Iced Green Tea from Starbucks and Twitter.
Programming Council: Kellyann Wargo Kellyann is a senior from Farmington Hills, Michigan majoring in Art & Design, concentrating in Information Design and a minor in Art History. Her favorite ZTA memory is Friday brunch because it gives her a chance to catch up on everyone’s weeks and connect with new sisters. She is interning this summer at UM’s Matthei Botanical Gardens as an event coordinator. She did some modeling as a child!
General Member: Sara Knysh
Sara is a sophomore from San Jose, California and is considering a major in Sports Management. She spent 2 weeks this summer in Australia working on a marketing project for one of Sydney’s sports teams. She even got to scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef! Her favorite Zeta memory is of Big-Little reveal when she could finally meet her Big and make family traditions!
Senior Spotlight: Lauren Blanchard Lauren is a senior from Traverse City, Michigan majoring in communications. She is currently interning at Fox News. Her favorite Zeta memory is preference last year when the last PNM exited the house and everyone was cheering and crying because we had completed our first recruitment! She also loves traveling and collects bells from each location.
