SPRING 2015 NEWSLETTER
CONTENTS: BON VOYAGE 2 EVENTS 3 AIR BAND 4 SPRING RETREAT 5 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 6 ANCHORSLAM 8 SERVICE & FUNDRAISING 9 CMT 2015 10 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 11
MEMBERS OF EPSILON PHI SPENDING THE SPRING ABROAD
DANNIELLE GARCIA Salamanca, Spain “My favorite part of my semester abroad was definitely getting to emerge in a whole other culture, exploring my roots, and traveling with nothing holding me down. The people have been beyond what I expected. I’ve met some friends that I know will one day walk at my wedding!”
SOPHIA MASONE Bologna, Italy “My favorite part of my semester abroad was the hands on opportunity to experience new cultures all over Europe and even Africa. I had the opportunity to step out of my comfort zone and learn more than I could ever learn from a classroom. Italy is truly my home away from home and a place I will always cherish!” SOPHIE O’ROURKE London, UK “I think my favorite part was that every weekend I had the opportunity to go to a completely foreign city and not have any sort of agenda at all. It was very new to me and it was such a liberating experience. I learned how to live in the moment!”
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SPRING 2015 ACTIVITES
Panhellenic Sorority Information Session - January 27th Alumnae King Cake Party - February 2nd The Delta Gamma Institute - February 15th Loyola President’s Open House - March 14th Professor’s Dinner - March 16th Painting With A Twist (Senior Pursuit) - April 13th Senior Crawfish Boil - April 19th
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MARCH 12TH, LOYOLA SPORTS COMPLEX
Our newest member class (fall 2014) competeted among other Loyola sororities in the annual greek dance competition, Air Band. This year, DG took 1st place for their amazing “throw-back� themed routine! Way to go ladies!
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MARCH 21ST, BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
At this year’s spring retreat, we created goals and action plans for the upcoming year. We also spent time doing bonding activities such as yoga on the beach, an end of the night fireside complete with a bonfire on the beach and smores. We also had our first recruitment practice of the year!
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EPSILON PHI 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
E-Phi alumnae came down from all over the country to help us celebrate 30 great years on Loyola’s campus! We started off the weekend on a Friday with a crawfish boil. On Saturday, we celebrated Founder’s Day at the Magnolia Mansion and on Saturday evening the alumnae enjoyed an after party at The Maison.
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MARCH 7TH, MAGNOLIA MANSION
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APRIL 11TH, LOYOLA SPORTS COMPLEX
We held our annual 3v3 basketball tournament in Loyola’s Sports Complex. Players and spectators received free Cane’s, and raffle prizes were annouced after the tournament ended. All proceeds went to our philanthropy, Service for Sight!
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“Do Good!”
GREEK CARNIVAL - MARCH 20TH Epsilon Phi joined forces with Theta Phi Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi, and Beggars to help raise money for The Roots of Music, a local organization that empowers the youth of New Orleans through music education, academic support, and mentorship. Our greek carnival featured Pop-A-Shot, Box-A-Begger, Pie a Theta Phi, and Dunk a Phi Psi.
PINKBERRY SORORITY SWIRL OFF - MARCH & APRIL This year Epsilon Phi won the Sorority Swirl-Off competition! With a grand total of 1,372 points, we earned a generous donation of $1,500 to our philanthrophy, Service for Sight!
VISION SCREENING - APRIL 30TH Epsilon Phi teamed up with the Louisiana Lions Club to go to St. Joan of Arc school to test 50 kindergartener’s eyesight. We scanned their eyes using machines that would give a measurement of their vision for both their left and right eyes!
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president
Shea Hermann
vp: programming
Maddie O’Mahony
vp: social standards
Madeline Leffler
vp: member education
Andrea Dousdebes
vp: membership
Betsy Reinecke
vp: finance
Emily Tastet
vp: Foundation
Annie Farley
vp: Panhellenic
Kate O’Leary
vp: communications
Lauren Lankenau
Hey y’all! The spring semester has been so eventful for Epsilon Phi! We started off the semester by sending seven of our officers to Delta Gamma Institute in Columbus, Ohio. There, they learned more about their positions and about different leadership styles. In March, we celebrated our 30th Anniversary on Loyola’s campus and our Founder’s day! Alumnae came down from all over the country to help us celebrate. We started off the weekend on a Friday with a crawfish boil. On Saturday, we celebrated Founder’s Day at the Magnolia Mansion and on Saturday evening the alumnae enjoyed an after party at The Maison. Also held in March was our Professors dinner. Each woman invited a professor to dine with her while we awarded women for their academic achievements. Our final event of the semester was AnchorSlam! We held a 3v3 basketball tournament in Loyola’s Sports Complex. We had Cane’s for everyone and raffle prizes. All proceeds went to our philanthropy, Service for Sight! This semester has been eventful to say the least! We are looking forward to summer break and coming back in the fall to “do good”! ITB, Shea Hermann
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