Personal Narrative: My Sorority

My efforts to serve my community have been effective through my involvement with student government. I was elected as the Alamance Burlington Middle College’s Student Body President in May of 2017. Our school has only recently established a Student Government Association, so we did not have a constitution to guide us in how to govern our school. At our first meeting for the 2017-2018 school year, I proposed that we draft a constitution for ourselves and for the future student governments at the middle college. We began discussing ideas for our school’s constitution.

Senior year is winding down and three things that has been on my mind lately, one of which is UChicago. As I am artsy fartsy and I have written a crap poem to showcase my love for UChicago. Will anyone read this? Probably not, but I will share anyway and probably change some of the wording and add it to my quality blog (Grapesofcontentment.tumblr.com; high quality) University of Chicago To my dearest love, I pardon that my deep affections towards you are unrequited, And that you have many fine suitors that beseech you as well, As my love for you is immortal; an inevitable consequence of Your profoundness, your passion, your splendor, and intellect.

On the night of my Distinguished Young Women’s program, I realized manipulation is a tremendous obstacle in today’s society. When one is as gullible as I am, it is easy to fall for manipulation. Sometimes people may have psychological issues that are not noticeable until one knows that person better. I have learned to analyze situations more carefully and determine what manipulation is, I learned that people have psychological issues, and gullibility is common among young adults.

As a member of several honor societies in high school, I participated in many community service events and hoped to continue serving the community once I began college. I joined the RPI Zeta Eta chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta Women’s Fraternity during my freshman year. Being a part of Alpha Gamma Delta has allowed me to continue serving the community. Throughout the school year, we participate in several events including Relay for Life, Volunteering at the Boys and Girls club, and several philanthropy events set up by our chapter and other Greek houses and organizations on campus.

What obligations would you have during the new member period (such as school, internships, job, and trips)? An obligation that I have is that I am going to be an RA for the ’16-’17. I have a commitment calendar that is also a year long commitment. I will attach the commitment calendar.

“As Delta Gamma’s we are required to go to at least a few fundraisers for other Greek life members but honestly the women in my chapter go to many many other sorority and fraternity events” (S. Henry, personal communications, August 4, 2015). Sorority members of Delta Gamma go above and behind to be involved as well as help out

Although this may sound like a benefit that is easily achievable, an individual has to be able to prove to their fellow peers that they are someone worthy to push for. It is easy to say that one is affiliated with a certain group but not having the respect from the other members does as much as an individual who is doing it by themselves. In terms of networking, being around and having influential friends who could help benefit in terms of aiding in job placement and internships, could be the deal breaker for many college students. Joining an organization that allows one to be around others who are similar to themselves; such as a sorority, could enhance not only an individual’s social status, but also help promote higher academic performance, and achieve a better outcome in terms of networking.

I genuinely care about my sorority. I care about our reputation, as well as the safety and well-being of my sisters. Going through rush as a sophomore gave me a unique perspective about joining a sorority. I wasn’t there solely to make friends or go to socials and date nights. I was there to take advantage of everything a sorority had to provide for me at UGA.

I have always been a people person. I thrive off of social connections and being able to benefit people’s lives. Here at the University of San Diego, I have reached my full potential for helping others live their best lives. Many people see sororities as simply social outlets, but I know they are worth so much more; they create outlets for philanthropic and networking opportunities. I see the academic support system as an essential part of Greek Life at USD.

Outside of campus, I am also involved. I am part of dance group called The Renegades. We teach line dance and two-step, as well as perform these dances. I am also a leader for the Cool Clovers 4-H Club in the Sewing and Textiles project. Being a leader, I teach sewing skills to youth members.

In the United States today, culture shock is a relatively common phenomenon. Citizens gradually learn to adapt while being constantly challenged to accept the millions of changes that the world undergoes on a daily basis. However, I refuse to believe that while there is an infinite number of experiences that may be considered new to somebody, there is any even remotely comparable to the very literal culture shock that comes with visiting a new country for the first time. I found this to be true in July of 2015 when I traveled across the pond on what would become the most shocking and enlightening adventure of my life. One of the most exciting parts of the trip was the pre-culture shock that we I felt on my overnight flight.

For my fifth campus engagement I went to Ethnic Student Promoters club meeting. The meeting was held in Gilchrist at 8pm Tuesday, April 18. I have never heard of ESP until Shar messaged me about it on facebook. She told me she wanted me to come, but I was really scared at first. ESP was the first club meeting I had went to at UNI.

The most significant impact that I have made in a community has been through my work as a Student Section Leader. In years past, with the exception of my junior year, the position had generally been given to kids considered the most popular in the school. They ruled through fear, which resulted in intimidating seniors yelling at underclassmen to cheer. The football games (the only games the leaders would attend) generally involved a majority of the people feeling uncomfortable, self-conscious, and waiting for halftime so they could leave discretely. Going into my senior year, I hoped to revolutionize the position.

In my college career I been involved in in the student government, in which I hold a position as a senator of activities. My responsibilities included promoting the sport activities, games and collaborate with children Hospital to raise fund to help support the children and their families throughout difficult time. I also was involved in promoting coaches vs. cancer event held at Porterville college Main Gym, which was very successful event, in which student government and other Porterville college club raise money to support the fight against cancer.

I remember my freshman year walking onto campus on the first day of school. Right from the get-go I knew this was where I was going to become the person who I would essentially be for the rest of my life. I grew up as a very quiet kid, I was never the kind of person to be with the “loud crowd”. I was also very shy but really into music, little did I know that music would completely reshape me into a new person.