CELEBRATE AN OUTSTANDING ALUMNA AT OUR PANHELLENIC BRUNCH

Even if your sorority does not have a chapter on the UW-Madison campus, you can still recognize an outstanding alumna at our scholarship brunch on November 22.  Please submit the name of the woman you would like to recognize to npcalumnae@gmail.com by this Friday.

In addition, please remember to submit a description of your group's basket for the Silent Auction as soon as possible, and submit your RSVP with $20 to Barb Kautz in the Red Gym.

We look forward to seeing you on November 22!

NOVEMBER FOUNDERS DAYS

Alpha Sigma Tau:  November 4, 1899
Sigma Kappa:  November 9, 1874
Gamma Phi Beta:  November 11, 1874
Alpha Sigma Alpha:  November 15, 1901
Phi Sigma Sigma:  November 26, 1913
Delta Delta Delta:  November 27, 1888

CORN MAZE ON SUNDAY

Don't forget to join us on Sunday, October 25 at noon at Schuster's Playtime Farm. Wear your letters and bring your family to enjoy their corn maze and pumpkin farm. Meet us at the ticket booth, and look for other women wearing their letters and holding the Alumnae Panhellenic sign.

UPCOMING PHILANTHROPY EVENTS

Please support the following sororities and their philanthropies:

Alpha Chi Omega: Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Zeta Tau Alpha: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

UW-Humorology: Eat at Five Guys on State Street and a portion of the proceeds will go to Humo, Thursday, October 8, 4-9pm.

Alpha Omega Epsilon: Bumps for Humps, benefiting American Breast Cancer Foundation, Saturday, October 10. Alpha Omega Epsilon

Delta Delta Delta: Cakes for Kids, benefiting St. Jude's, Sunday, October 11. 11am-2pm at Tri Delt House, 120 Langdon.

Chi Omega: Walk It Out For Wishes Fashion Show for Make-A-Wish Foundation, Friday, October 23 at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Contact walkitoutforwishes@gmail.com.

Alpha Phi: Red Dress Gala benefiting women's heart health, Friday, November 13 from 4:30-6:30pm. RSVP by October 24 to Alpha Phi Iota Chapter, 24 Langdon. $13 per person. Contact kritz@wisc.edu

Alpha Chi Omega: Mr. Alpha Chi pageant benefiting Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, Thursday, November 19 at 7pm at the Orpheum. http://www.firstgiving.com/alphachi2

Contact beeson@wisc.edu or stapler@wisc.edu

OCTOBER FOUNDERS DAYS

Alpha Phi: October 10, 1872
Kappa Kappa Gamma: October 13, 1870
Alpha Chi Omega: October 15, 1885
Zeta Tau Alpha: October 15, 1898
Kappa Delta: October 23, 1897
Alpha Epsilon Phi: October 24, 1909
Delta Zeta: October 24, 1902

UPCOMING EVENTS

Please join the Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic for the following upcoming events:

Corn Maze:

Sunday, October 25 at Noon. Wear your letters and bring your family to Schuster's Playtime Farm to enjoy their corn maze and pumpkin farm. Meet us at the ticket booth, and look for other women wearing their letters and holding the Alumnae Panhellenic sign.

Member Meetings:

Tuesdays, October 20 and November 17 at 7pm. Lakefront on Langdon in the Memorial Union.

Panhellenic Scholarship Brunch:

Sunday, November 22. 11am in Great Hall, Memorial Union. Honor and raise money for new sorority members in need.

PANHELLENIC BRUNCH ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22

Join the Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic Association for our annual Panhellenic Brunch.

When: Sunday, November 22 at 11am

Where: Great Hall, Memorial Union

What: Brunch and Silent Auction to raise money for New Member Scholarships, award 2 $500 scholarships to new sorority members, and celebrate outstanding alumnae achievement.

Please invite your alumnae groups, spouses, significant others and friends to join us for a fun event to help raise money to assist new sorority members in need. Alumnae groups are asked to donate a gift basket for the silent auction. Cost is $20 per person--your check will serve as your reservation. Please reserve your spot and send checks to:

Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Association

ATTN: Barb Kautz

Coordinator of Greek Life & Involvement

239 Red Gym

716 Langdon Street

Madison, WI 53706

For more information, see http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139360682513 or contact us at npcalumnae@gmail.com .

MEETING AT 7pm ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 29TH

The Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic Association is having its first fall meeting on Tuesday, September 29 at 7pm in the Lakefront on Langdon in the Memorial Union. We will be finalizing the winners of our New Member Scholarship, so it should be a great meeting. Hope to see you there!

GREEK WOMEN'S GATHERING CANCELLED!!

There has been an unfortunate conflict on Gilda¹s Club calendar on the evening of September 17. They have a dinner for families touched by cancer scheduled in the same room that The Madison Alumni Panhellenic had planned to use for our meeting.

For this reason, our 1st Annual Greek Women¹s Gathering, the event hosted by ALPHA OMICRON PI, is cancelled. AOII is hoping to reschedule the event for March or April. Please pass this on to your membership, as I know that we had many women who planned to attend.

Again, thank you for your interest in this event, and we are sorry for the late notice. Please contact us if you have any questions.

CONGRATULATIONS UW-MADISON SORORITIES & NEW MEMBERS!!

Congratulations to all UW-Madison sororities on a successful recruitment. Over 430 women received bids on Sunday, Sept. 6. Welcome new members!!! Don't forget to apply for the New Member Scholarship!

Thanks again to everyone who helped with recruitment.

Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship for Outstanding New Members Due September 20th

Each fall the Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Association offers a scholarship to an outstanding new member of UW-Madison sororities in need of assistance to meet her financial requirements for sorority membership. This year, we hope to offer two $500 scholarships!

The hardest part of our scholarship process is evaluating the candidates, and it is for this that we ask your assistance. If you or any members of your alumnae groups are willing to evaluate applications for some of our young women, it would be greatly appreciated.

The women must submit their applications to Alumnae Panhellenic by 5:00pm on September 20th and then the reviewers will have two weeks to evaluate and score them. We hope to have the evaluations back by 9/28 so we can average the scores, rank the candidates, and then announce the winner(s) on October 5th. If necessary, Alumnae Panhellenic will meet the week of 9/28 to evaluate the candidates with the top scores and select the overall winner(s).

If you are interested in evaluating scholarship applications, please contact us at npcalumnae@gmail.com and include "scholarship volunteer" in the subject line. Please pass this email along to your alumnae groups - we can use all the help we can get!

Here's to a great recruitment!

First Annual Greek Women's Gathering: September 17 at Gilda's Club

The Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic

Invites all Greek Women in the Madison area

To our 1^st Annual Greek Women’s Gathering

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Gilda’s Club Madison

7907 UW Health Court, Middleton, WI 53562 (Just behind Costco)

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

A presentation and tour of Gilda’s Club will be followed by a brief program and social

Hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served

Hosted by ALPHA OMICRON PI

What is Gilda’s Club?

Inspired by Saturday Night Live comedian, Gilda Radner, Gilda’s Club provides a gathering place where people of all ages touched by cancer—of any kind—can join with others to actively involve themselves in building social and emotional support. Gilda’s Club offers lectures, workshops, classes, groups and social activities in a non-residential, homelike setting at NO COST to members…ever.

Visit www.gildasclubmadison.org for more information.

Volunteer for UW-Madison Sorority Recruitment!

UW-Madison Panhellenic sororities need your help! Listed below are sorority recruitment volunteer positions with various time commitments and skill levels; please keep in mind you are more than welcome to hold more than one volunteer position. We really appreciate all of you help!

Once you have decided in what role you’d like to serve, please email Rachel Nitzarim at nitzarim@wisc.edu with your selection/s, if you are flexible, as well as your second/third choices.

Sorority Recruitment Dates:

Fall 2009 Sorority Recruitment Dates:

Sunday, August 30th (Orientation): 2:00 p.m., Memorial Union Theater

Monday, August 31 (First Rounds): 1:00-8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 1 (Second Rounds): 3:00-9:00 p.m.

Friday, September 4 (Preference Rounds): 6:00-10:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 6 (Bid Day): 12:00 p.m., Memorial Union Theater

Infraction Board Representative (can not be an active Chapter Recruitment Advisor)

(2 to 3 volunteers needed)

Time commitment:

• A few evenings from 5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. the week of Aug. 30^th – Sept.7^th depending on schedules

Responsibilities:

• Conduct mediations with chapters who have had a violation form filed against them according to NPC guidelines
• Fill out the necessary paperwork provided by NPC and submit to NPC Area Advisor
• Develop appropriate sanctions with the assistance of the Panhellenic Executive Board Officers for chapters who have violated 2009 Recruitment Rules or NPC Unanimous Agreements.

Computer Techs (can not be an active Chapter Recruitment Advisor) (up to 3 volunteers needed)

Time commitment:

• one hour trainings, on-call 8 hours/per night, however could be broken into shifts:
• Sunday, August 30th (Orientation): 2:00 p.m., Memorial Union Theater
• Monday, August 31 (First Rounds): 1:00-8:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, September 1 (Second Rounds): 3:00-9:00 p.m.
• Friday, September 4 (Preference Rounds): 6:00-10:00 p.m.
• Sunday, September 6 (Bid Day): 12:00 p.m., Memorial Union Theater

Responsibilities:

• Learn the ICS on-line computer system (3 one hour trainings)
• Staff the computer hot-line and help trouble shoot any problems with the ICS system.
• Maintain enrollee/recruit databank and update with any changes

Floater (can not be an active Chapter Recruitment Advisor) (unlimited number needed)

Time commitment:

• A few hours on one or more of the following afternoon/evenings:
• Sunday, August 30th (Orientation): 3:00 p.m., Memorial Union Theater
• Monday, August 31 (First Rounds): 8:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, September 1 (Second Rounds): 9:00 p.m.
• Friday, September 4 (Preference Rounds): 8:00 p.m.
• Sunday, September 6 (Bid Day): 12:00 p.m., Memorial Union Theater

Responsibilities:

• Oversee Panhellenic Members entering in potential new members scores into the computer
• Data entry of PMNs information
• Others duties as assigned

Head Recruitment Advisor- (Must be an active Chapter Recruitment Advisor or past Chapter Recruitment Advisor)

Time commitment:

• 5-10 hours depending on level of needs of advisors
• 1 hour Chapter Advisor Meeting

Responsibilities:

• Work with NPC Area Advisor to answer any NPC related advisor questions
• Be on-call to Chapter Recruitment Advisors to answer questions they may have
• Serve as a liaison between the Chapter Recruitment Advisors and the Coordinator of Greek Life
• Co-facilitate the Advisor Meeting on Sat., Sept. 5^th with the Coordinator of Greek Life

Barb Kautz Honored for Excellence in Student Affairs

Barb Kautz, UW-Madison Coordinator of Greek Life and Student Involvement, and Chi Omega representative to the Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic Association, was recently honored by the UW-Madison Student Personnel Association (SPA) for her dedication to student affairs.

http://www.news.wisc.edu/16606

Barb is dedicated to the Greek System and is a valued member of the Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic, and we are very proud of her accomplishments. Way to go Barb!

Fun website for potential and alumnae sorority members

A sorority sister of mine forwarded me the link to a website called Sorority House Index. If you've always wondered what chapter houses look like on other campuses, or just want to see a picture of the place you called home for a few years, you can search for them here. Let them know if your house is missing. Enjoy!

http://sororityhousesindex.blogspot.com/

Concert On The Square, July 15, 6-9

Join us on Wednesday, July 15 from 6-9pm for Concert On The Square. The theme is "Movie Blockbusters." Bring your family, a blanket and a snack to share.

We will meet at the location shown on the map above.

See you there!

UW-Madison Fall Recruitment: Aug. 30-Sept. 6

Fall Recruitment dates for UW-Madison are Aug. 30-Sept. 6.  Information and registration materials for Potential New Members are available at the UW Greek website (http://www.uwgreek.com/recruit/sor_recruit_register.html).

For Alumnae members who are not helping their local chapters or do not have a local chapter participating in Recruitment, and are interested in helping with Recruitment, UW Panhellenic would greatly appreciate your assistance.    There will be an orientation session on August 25 at 6pm in the Red Gym.  In addition, please note the following dates and times when help will be needed:

§  Sunday,  Aug. 30 (4-9—Orientation--Union Theatre)

§  Monday,  Aug. 31 (1^st rounds: 1-8pm)

§  Tuesday, Sept. 1 (2nd rounds:  8pm-midnight)

§  Friday, Sept. 4 (6-10pm)

§  Sunday, Sept. 6 (BID DAY—1pm--Union Theatre)

Please contact Barb Kautz at kautz@odos.wisc.edu for more information.

Summer Events!

Instead of formal meetings, we have planned a few social events for the summer.  We hope you will join us at these fun events!!

Friday, June 19:  Capital Brewery:  Pupy Costello & His Big City Honky Tonk Band    6-9PM

(Someone will grab tables at 5:30).

Wednesday, July 15:  Concerts on the Square:  Movie Blockbusters.  (Check back for specific time and location).

Alumnae Panhel Members Go To Humo

Congratulations to all of this year's Humo participants!  Everyone put on a great show and raised a lot of money for charity.

Several Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Members attended and cheered on the performers.  We also had our April meeting at the Lakefront on Langdon and are busy planning our summer events.

Our next meeting is May 19 at 7pm at the Lakefront on Langdon in the Memorial Union.  We hope to see you there.

WE'RE ON FACEBOOK!

The Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic Association invites you to join our Facebook group.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=149524510111

Please post your chapter's events/news on our wall, and be sure to check back often for updates.  Be sure to tell your friends to add us as well!

CALENDAR/EVENTS

We will be posting various Alumnae Panhellenic and Collegiate Panhellenic events on this blog from time to time.  Please contact us at npcalumnae@gmail.com if you would like your event listed here or if you would like more information about anything listed below:

March 24:  Alumnae Panhellenic Meeting, 7pm, Lakefront on Langdon at Memorial Union.

March 29:  Delta Gamma Anchor Splash

April 4:  Panhellenic Dream Dress

April 4:  Kappa Kappa Gamma Hoops for Hope

April 16, 17 & 18:  Humorology.  Join members of Alumnae Panhellenic as we cheer on the chapters who have worked hard throughout the year to prepare their performances on Thursday, April 16.  Tickets are available through the Wisconsin Union Ticket Office for $20.  We will meet in the lobby of the Union Theatre before the show, and all sit together.  Check out the Humo website to find out more information about the show, whose proceeds benefit The Chris Farley Foundation and Camp Heartland.

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG!

Welcome to The Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic Association.  
We are a community based organization, affiliated with the National Panhellenic Conference, whose membership is composed of representative alumnae from NPC member group fraternities.
The objectives of the Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic are:
1. To promote interfraternity friendship and cooperation;
2. To publicize the high ideals, purpose and accomplishments of the fraternity system;
3. To stimulate interest in and participation of alumnae members of NPC fraternities;
4. To cooperate with the area colleges and universities and College Panhellenics in the study of and solution to problems of common interest;
5. To further interest in community service and philanthropic efforts;
6. To provide qualified students with financial assistance through scholarships; and
7. To maintain files on prospective new members for the reference of member groups.

Membership:

Alumnae of any National Panhellenic Conference fraternity who live in South-Central Wisconsin become members of Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic upon payment of prescribed dues. The National Panhellenic Conference member fraternities represented on the membership roll, in Greek alphabetical order, of this Alumnae Panhellenic are the following:

Alpha Delta Pi

Alpha Omicron Pi

Alpha Phi

Alpha Chi Omega

Gamma Phi Beta

Delta Gamma

Delta Delta Delta

Delta Zeta

Delta Phi Epsilon

Zeta Tau Alpha
Kappa Alpha Theta

Kappa Kappa Gamma

Pi Beta Phi

Sigma Kappa

Chi Omega 

Officers

President: Blaire Skinner, Delta Gamma

Vice President: Sally Drea, Alpha Omicron Pi

VP Finance: Barb Stirn, Sigma Kappa

VP Communications/Secretary: Tina Gislason, Alpha Chi Omega

VP Outreach (High school college nights project): Sarah Wilson, Kappa Kappa Gamma

VP Membership/Social Planning: Terri Rorek, Alpha Xi Delta

 

Please email npcalumnae@gmail.com if you are interested in joining the Madison Area Alumnae Panhellenic Association or if you are in need of Letters of Recommendation for a colligate woman who is a Wisconsin native who is participating is sorority recruitment.