But we keep waiting

Grand Convention is officially one month away and us Consultant gals will be flying in the day before for some training with past and current International Officers!

This is my first Convention so I've been reading all the blogs and asking all questions and gaining all the information.  I am so excited for a number of things so I decided to share them with ya'll.  In no particular order here they are:

a) Meeting my consultant sisters.  

Can we say instant best friends?

b) Visiting the great state of Texas!  

Texas is in the good 'ol DV (district five) with my home chapter in Missouri but I've never had the opportunity to visit and I cannot wait to get my two step on!

c) The Adelphean Processional

A tradition held every year to open Grand Convention where every attendee is dressed head-to-toe in white and donned with a blue riband then all the chapters are formally presented.  Finally found my white attire the other day!

d) Training with former and current International Officers.  

This may be a more in general excitement but these women have so much to teach us and I'm excited to learn!

e) Business Meetings

Call me a nerd but I actually love attending these sort of meetings.  I love being part of history while it's being made and you bet cha history is going to be made this summer!

Want to learn more about Grand Convention?  Visit Alpha Delta Pi's blog by following the link below!

http://alphadeltapiblog.com/

What are you most looking forward to at Grand Convention?

Blog title courtesy of John Mayer himself and his little ditty Waiting on the World to Change.

Leaving but never Forgetting

On May 18th I graduated from my undergraduate Alma Mater: William Jewell College.  

Receiving my diploma from the President of William Jewell College, Dr. Sallee.
Photo credit: Kyle Rivas

I have been blessed to get to know the Sallees over the past four years.
Photo Credit Kyle Rivas

High School was not what I would have liked it to be so it was a humbling experience to attend a new school where I could not only be myself but also feel at home.  At Jewell, we are a community and it is a community that I am going to miss after graduation.  Never before have I been surrounded by such an amazing group of peers and mentors to guide and mold me into the person I have become over the past four years.  

During graduation with my fellow graduates!
Having a last name that starts with a "B" put me right up in front for the action!
Photo credit: Kyle Rivas

On my last day at Jewell I wore one of my favorite William Jewell College shirts, had breakfast with my favorite senior women, engaged in conversation about evolution and educational reform, had lunch with my favorite mentors, and took my last final at this beautiful school.  The reality had set in that the next Fall I would not be returning to my home upon a hill but rather onto other campuses across the country.  On this day, in particular, it was difficult to hold back the tears and I often did so unsuccessfully.   It was my last day before graduation and I was a big ball of emotions.  

While I'm going to miss it dearly I also know this school has prepared me thoroughly for what is on the path ahead of me.  Jewell has a funny way of doing that sometimes.  

There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. ~ C.S. Lewis

I love this school.

Here are some great photos from the day!

Cardinal is her color; 

Jewell is her name. 

High upon a hill she stands, 

And we will fight to keep her fame. 

Loyalty, allegiance, Alma Mater true, 

We will love thee, serve thee forever, 

William Jewell.

Photos are courtesy of Kyle Rives or my sister, Roberta Harvey

Happy Founder's Day!

Today is the day.  The day.  The day six young women (teenagers, in fact) founded the first secret society for women at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.   This is the day Alpha Delta Pi (then Aldephean Society) was started and the legacy of this organization began.

During the summer before I came to Jewell I remember looking up all of the sororities on the campus and the dates they were founded because by golly I was going to join the oldest sorority on that campus.  I had unknowingly picked Alpha Delta Pi as my future home but, of course, as the Fall semester began that all faded away, and I became better acquainted with all the Greek women.  Well at the end of the school year I ended up signing a bid from the one and only Alpha Delta Pi and I was also very happy to learn that ADPi was not only the oldest sorority at Jewell but the oldest in the country!  Talk about heritage and legacy!! I look back on this memory with fondness because I always knew deep down inside that I would be joining the First and Finest, Forever.

I am forever grateful to be a member of this organization the opportunities I have been given as a result.  I know I may seem obsessed but this sorority has really made my college experience incredible and changed my life for the better.