Alpha Xi Delta 2013 50th National Convention
San Francisco, California
Welcome
San Francisco is often called “Everybody’s Favorite City,” a title earned by its scenic beauty, cultural attractions, diverse communities and world-class cuisine. After this fun-filled, exciting Convention, Alpha Xi Deltas will have another reason to call San Francisco their favorite city.
Welcome
to Alpha Xi Delta’s 50th National Convention!
While you are here, be sure to make the most of your experience by meeting the national volunteers and staff who support our dear Fraternity, spending some time getting to know Sisters outside of your chapter to create new friendships and being inspired through attendance at our educational sessions. We have much to accomplish during these few days in San Francisco: conduct the business of Alpha Xi Delta, honor the amazing accomplishments of our chapters and associations at the Awards Ceremony and Philanthropy Breakfast and learn new ways to advance our chapters and associations. I know we are all looking forward to celebrating our Sisterhood, to rekindling those genuine, lifelong friendships with which Alpha Xi Delta has blessed us and to making new friendships. Thank you for joining us in San Francisco! We hope you are truly energized by this extraordinary event and leave with a renewed love and pride for Alpha Xi Delta. Loyally, Sandi Edwards Alpha Xi Delta National President
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Convention Schedule..........................................................6-9 Instagram Contest................................................................10 Marketplace Information.....................................................15 Shining Stars.........................................................................16 Cyber Café..............................................................................17 Past National Presidents......................................................18 National Council....................................................................19 Foundation Trustees.............................................................19 National Housing Corporation............................................20 National Directors Network.................................................20 Special Officers.....................................................................21 Sponsors.................................................................................22
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Greek Letter Guide Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ
Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon Zeta
Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ
Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lambda Mu
Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ
Nu Xi Omicron Pi Rho Sigma
Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω
Tau Upsilon Phi Chi Psi Omega
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Sunday, June 30 Workout Registration* 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Workout*
West Lounge
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m
Registration
West Lounge
1:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Marketplace Hospitality
Imperial Ballroom A&B
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Sisterhood Event
Continental/ East Lounge
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Marketplace/Hospitality
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. 1:15 - 3:15 p.m. 3:30- 4:15 p.m.
Initiation Delegate Orientation Break General Session Breakout Sessions Drafting Your Housing Volunteer Team** The Best You: Capitalizing On Your Strengths*** Matchy, Matchy! No‌ We’re Not Talking About Just T-shirts Anymore* Engaging Our Young Alumnae** Create It. Distribute It. Track It. Tips and Tricks to Enhance Your Social Media Channels and Keep It Brand Specific*
West Lounge Imperial Ballroom A&B Continental Continental
Schedule
9:30 a.m.
Continental
Monday, july 1
Session Guide
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* Collegian ** Alumnae *** Both
Continental Continental 1 Continental 2
Continental 3
Continental 7 Continental 8
Continental 9
Plaza A
Plaza B
schedule
4:30 - 5:15 p.m.
Women and Investing: Diversifying Your Portfolio*** Alumnae Association Philanthropy Events: AmaXIng Challenge Toolkits & Best Practices** From Sister to Leader: Secrets to Being Sisterly While Getting the Business of the Chapter Accomplished* Show Me the Money! Fundraising for Chapter Housing** The Best You: Capitalizing On Your Strengths*** Get Your Green Thumb! College Panhellenic Delegates and Growing a Healthy Community* MAXing for Alumnae** Create It. Distribute It. Track It. Tips and Tricks to Enhance Your Social Media Channels and Keep It Brand Specific* Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: $1,000,000 and Beyond*** Living Sisterhood: Understanding the Gift and Responsibility of Alpha Xi Delta Membership*
Continental 1
Continental 2
Continental 3
Continental 7 Continental 8
Plaza A
Plaza B
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Schedule
5:30 - 6:15 p.m.
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Design Matters: Chapter Facilities and the ΑΞΔ Brand** Behind the Scenes: Setting the Stage for Success** What’s New with Alpha Xi Delta?** Do AmaXIng Things. Make AmaXIng Things Happen.*** Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: $1,000,000 and Beyond*** Who Are You? How Your Online Identity Can Impact You and Your Organization* Opening Banquet
Continental 1
Continental 3
Continental 7 Continental 8
Plaza A
Plaza B
Continental
tuesday, July 2 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Registration Philanthropy Breakfast
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Marketplace Hospitality
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m
National Chapter Meeting Free time (Dinner on your own)
1:00 - 7:00 p.m. 7:45 - 8:30 p.m.
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8:30 - 10:30 p.m.
Pre-Awards Dessert Reception Awards Celebration
West Lounge Continental Imperial Ballroom A&B Continental
Julia Morgan Ballroom Julia Morgan Ballroom
wednesday, July 3 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. National Chapter Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m Marketplace Hospitality 10:45 a.m. - Noon
West Lounge Continental
schedule
The Julia Morgan Ballroom is located outside the Convention hotel at Merchants Exchange, 465 California Street, San Francisco, California, 94104. Buses will be provided to transport Convention attendees from the Convention hotel to the Julia Morgan Ballroom. Pick-up times will be announced throughout Convention and available at registration.
Imperial Ballroom A&B
Please choose one session to attend. “Thanks For Joining”***
Continental 1
Preventive Maintenance - Extending the Life of Your Home*** Plug In! Maximize Your Impact*
Continental 2
Cause and Effect, Chain of Events: Does YOUR Chaos Make Perfect Sense?*** All Things Association**
Continental 7
You’ve Shown Your Stuff! Now What? Understanding and Utilizing the APR*
Continental 9
Continental 3
Continental 8
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Conversation Café
East Lounge
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
East Lounge
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Rose Banquet
Continental
9:30 - 10:30 p.m.
Rose Banquet Reception
East Lounge
Session Guide: * Collegian
** Alumnae
*** Both
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Contests and fun
Convention Instagram Contest During each day of Convention, take a photo using Instagram of the topics listed below. Tag your photo with the hashtag #axidsf. We’ll pick a winner each day for the Instagram contest. If you win, you’ll receive an email the following morning and can pick up your prize at the registration desk. Wednesday’s winner will be notified prior to the Rose Banquet Cocktail Reception.
INSTAGRAM PHOTO CONTEST Topics Sunday, June 30: Sisterhood Monday, July 1: Your favorite product in Xi Boutique Tuesday, July 2: An Autism Speaks puzzle piece Wednesday, July 3: A Quill badge
Convention Gold Rush Sunday, June 30: On this day, we’ll put five postcards featuring the Convention logo near our Convention meeting space within the hotel. If you find a postcard, bring it to registration and you’ll receive a prize! Tuesday, July 2: On this day, we’ll drop Alpha Xi Delta pens in various locations throughout the hotel. If you find one, it’s yours to keep! Make sure you Instagram it with the hashtag #axidsf, tweet it with the hashtag #axidsf or post a picture of it on Facebook. Wednesday, July 3: It’s time for you to meet our new Educational Leadership Consultants (ELCs) and Leadership Coaches (LCs). On this day, find an ELC or LC wearing a silver heart sunshine charm. If you go up to her, introduce yourself and give the secret password, you can receive the charm for free! The secret password will be revealed on our Facebook and Twitter accounts on Wednesday morning.
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Convention photos taken by the photographer can be viewed at dpcpix.morephotos.com!
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Marketplace
Marketplace Hours Located in Imperial Ballroom A&B Sunday, June 30 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 2 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday, July 1 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 9 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Please visit the following licensed vendors and Convention sponsors. GEICO will only be present on Sunday and Monday in the Marketplace. Herff Jones will be located in the East Lounge.
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Shining Stars
Have you made a new Alpha Xi Delta friend at Convention? Are you proud of a Sister or a chapter for their accomplishments? Show your gratitude or congratulations with a Shining Star. With every $5 gift to the Foundation, you make a “shining star� of a special Sister. Stars are on sale throughout Convention in the Hospitality/Marketplace located in Imperial Ballroom A&B. Recognize the special Sisters and friends in your life while supporting the Alpha Xi Delta Foundation!
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Learn how to: • Go green and receive your issue of The Quill online • Keep your chapter website up-to-date and set up one of the three latest website templates
Cyber CafÉ
Visit the Cyber Café to get the scoop on all things techonology.
• Get in-person assistance with your chapter website or GIN chapter management system from representatives of The GIN System • Use social media to recruit members into your chapter or association
Cyber CafÉ East Lounge Sunday, 1:00 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
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Directory
Past National Presidents Cora Bollinger Block*, 1902-03 Α, Lombard/Knox College
Ethel Garnier Thompson*, 1962-68 ΑΓ, Coe College
Edna Epperson Brinkman*, 1903-04 Α, Lombard/Knox College
Ruth Fowler Brown*, 1968-71 Π, Ohio University
Ella Boston Leib*, 1904-09 Α, Lombard/Knox College
Lois Kopper Stump*, 1971-74 ΑΚ, Kansas State University
Mary Emily Kay*, 1909-11 Γ, University of Mount Union
Ernestine Brown Marks*, 1974-76 ΑΗ, Purdue University
Lena Grandin Baldwin*, 1911-18 Η, Syracuse University
Betty French Unkel, 1976-78 Ψ, The Ohio State University
Polly Fenton*, 1918-20 Θ, University of Wisconsin
Kathleen Drumm Boscardin*, 1978-82 ΓΖ, Eastern Michigan University
Anna Miller Knote*, 1920-22 Ζ, Wittenberg University M. Olive Johnson Thomson* 1922-26 Ο, University of California, Berkeley
Dorothy Clarkson Dodd*, 1986-88 ΑΕ, University of Michigan
Ann O’Connor Briggs*, 1926-32 AΘ, Northwestern University
Jayne Wade Anderson, 1988-93 Ρ, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dorothy Bryan Dengler*, 1932-37 Η, Syracuse University
Linda Belles Dinus, 1993-97 Ν, University of Washington
Grace Cogger Sherwood*, 1937-39 Ψ, The Ohio State University
Kimberly Kay Starr, 1997-2001 Ξ, University of Kentucky
Olive Torgeson Wagner*, 1939-41 Σ, University of Iowa
Jane Hooper Sutton, 2001-05 ΕΓ, Western Carolina University
Frances Trewyn Kuechenmeister* 1941-44 Θ, University of Wisconsin
Deborah Fenwick Maas, 2005-07 ΓΒ, Marshall University
Winnafred Corwin Robinson* 1944-47 Θ, University of Wisconsin
Deanna Wollam Detchemendy, 2007-11 ΔΡ, California State University, Northridge
Hannah Wollaston Schellenbach* 1947-53 Δ, Bethany College
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Maxine Evans Blackburn, 1982-86 Ζ, Wittenberg University
Dr. Elizabeth G. Van Buskirk* 1953-57 Η, Syracuse University Mary Burt Brooks Nash*, 1957-62 ΑΘ, Northwestern University
*Chapter Eternal
National Council 2011-2013
NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS Michele Evink ΕΗ, South Dakota State University Nancy Gainer ΕΦ, Iowa State University Regina Hawkins ΕΠ, Jacksonville State University
Jennifer Kuntz ΔΧ, University of Northern Iowa Wendy Kurtz ΒΠ, Indiana University Nealy Patty Wheat ΖΩ, University of West Georgia staff partner Elysia Balster Gallivan National Executive Director Ε, University of South Dakota
Directory
NATIONAL PRESIDENT Sandi Edwards Ξ, University of Kentucky
Foundation Trustees 2011-2013 Chair Jane Ralston Γ, University of Mount Union Vice Chair Michelle Hartnett Ρ, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Secretary Evonne Carawan ΖΡ, North Carolina State University Treasurer Marianne Russo ΔΡ, California State University, Northridge Trustees Martha Geppert Κ, University of Illinois Carrie Kashawlic ΓΤ, Ohio Northern University Jennifer Lee ΔΜ, Old Dominion University
Beth Polizzotto Κ, University of Illinois Mary Ruth Snyder ΑΗ, Purdue University Leslie Storey ΖΛ, Texas Wesleyan University National Council President Sandi Edwards Ξ, University of Kentucky staff Partners Elysia Gallivan National Executive Director Ε, University of South Dakota Kendra Lewis Director of Development ΑΗ, Purdue University Elizabeth de Jong Development Officer Δ, Bethany College Claressa Basile Development Assistant
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Directory
National Housing Corporation NHC President Danica Olson ΘΕ, Marquette University Directors Deanna Detchemendy ΔΡ, California State University, Northridge Paige Faries ΕΚ, Western Kentucky University Margie McIntyre ΓΕ, California State University, Fresno
National Vice President Representative Wendy Kurtz ΒΠ, Indiana University staff Partners Elysia Balster Gallivan National Executive Director Ε, University of South Dakota Jennifer Foster, Director of Housing ΒΠ, Indiana University
Stephanie Short ΒΑ, University of Texas
National Directors Network
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Academic Amy Bell ΑΚ, Kansas State University
Finance Stephanie Thompson ΖΙ, Lyon College
Alumnae Julie Lindsay ΓΒ, Marshall University
Recruitment Becky Perrett Ρ, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
C.A.R.E. Jennifer Awrey Ν, University of Washington
Member Development Peggy Coyne ΒΤ, Kent State University
Communications Kate Martin ΖΟ, University of Florida
Philanthropy Susan Mamber ΒΤ, Kent State University
Extension Marissa Rowe ΖΤ, University of North Carolina, Asheville
Ritual Andrea Fouberg ΕΗ, South Dakota State University
Special National officers
Alumnae Extension Chair Heather Roberts Lerch ΕΛ, Rider University Government Relations Chair Sheri Edwards O’Connell ΒΗ, University of Maryland MAX CHAIR Tresa Cummins ΙΖ, Wingate University Member Status Chair Wendy Kurtz ΒΠ, Indiana University
Panhellenic Delegation Deanna Detchemendy Delegate ΔΡ, California State University, Northridge Jane Sutton NPC Chairman 1st Alternate Delegate ΕΓ, Western Carolina University
Directory
Fraternity Archivist Janet Hutchins ΑΕ, University of Michigan
Erin Macdonald Peck 2nd Alternate Delegate ΕΖ, Eastern Washington University Julie Lambert 3rd Alternate Delegate ΑΔ, Oregon State University
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Sponsors
A special thanks to our generous Convention sponsors!
Alpha Xi Delta Denver Alumnae Association
CSL 22
Duane Cretin Friend of Xi
Residential Capital Corporation