A semester in pictures

Keeping up with a blog takes a lot time so I've decided to update the blog-sphere via photos for all of my visits.  Without further ado here's a semester in photos:

1. Epsilon Epsilon Chapter at Texas Tech University

The stadium and new scoreboard.

In Texas the veggie burgers consist of a bun and veggie... not bad!

Experienced my first whole, fresh jalapeno 

Wore my first big tee

Visited the double T bench

and the Texas Tech seal

Holden Hall where all students who attend Texas Tech have a class at least once

Always love a good Chemistry class

A man made of books (just like I like 'em!)

Here they have trees growing in buildings

Favorite sculpture on campus.  The senior art students make a sculpture for the campus every year.

Love Texas Tech!

2. Theta Eta Chapter at Drake University

Spirit with some of the greatest gals!

Pin attire day during Spirit Week!

While our sorority may be older than Drake, it is still a beautiful campus!

Plus they have a great sense of humor.

For Philanthropy round one of the sisters created these adorable buckets.

Such a beautiful house for such beautiful women.

3. Epsilon Xi Chapter at Northern Arizona University

Got my first experience walking on the tarmac

Flagstaff is a pretty cool place!

Their walls were painted beautifully!

I was able to teach them the legendary hug train!

Pi love from Arizona!

Sometimes being an LC calls for traveling to return a U haul.

Man, Flagstaff is beautiful even with a storm brewing!

A lovely thank you from the sisters of Epsilon Xi

How cute is this?

Always love a good brag table!

4. Delta Rho Chapter at Gettysburg College

This women gave me the sweetest greeting ever!

During recruitment the sororities pound on the windows at the end of the rounds.

Fun while decorating for Preference!

The sweetest President of all time Miss Jo!

Loved working with this Recruitment Information Manager!

Bid day= best day!!

Rec center has a climbing wall inside this glass thingy

There is a tradition at the school where on your first day you walk across this seal and then never do so again until graduation.  

This is a building that served as a Union hospitable during the Civil War!

Most beautiful building on campus!

We visited a beautiful building that even had a secret basement.  Loved how much this college reminded me of William Jewell College!

After we climbed to the top of a tower the view was outstanding

This sweet sister was the best tour guide I could have had in Gettysburg!

Visited the place where THE address took place.

Love Delta Rho and the places they are going!

5. Zeta Phi Chapter at Francis Marion University

The campus had a pool where I then wanted to host all my meetings!

Sister RIM, Susan, let me visit with her at her home!  It was nice to be in an actual home once again!

Beautiful fountain on campus!

Bid day hugs

Panhellenic love!

Loved the Red, White, and Blue theme!

Oh, and I was able to travel via propeller plane.

6. Alpha Beta Chapter at University of Iowa

Beautiful house that was built like a Pi!

Recommendation from the District IV Recruitment and Marketing Director and it was delicious!

The chapter does a Tiffany's theme and I was OBSESSED!

There was so much school spirit that even after recruitment the sisters stayed up to watch the game!

They also made time for laughs and giggles along the way.

Hello pretty campus!

BID DAY

They even got a bounce house!! An LC's dream

Goodness bid day is the best day!

It's such a great day that the firemen even come to join us when we set off the fire alarm with our cotton candy machine #typical

7. Gamma Tau Chapter at University of Vermont

RAWR

Hello view from a firescape

This home served as my place of residence!  Loved it here.

Alphie at Vermont's Pub!

Did you know Burlington was the birthplace of Ben & Jerry?

Pictures with mascots are an LC classic!

Apparently, University of Vermont is obsessed with Harry Potter.

The water was only a short run away!

How artsy is this?  

8. Gamma Lambda Chapter at University of Rhode Island

Visited the East Coast!

Gorgeous!

Philanthropy is always a hit

How cute are these?

Gamma Lambda chalks the sidewalk leading up to recruitment

Sisters FRC and RVP did a fab job on recruitment!

9. Eta Gamma Chapter at Austin Peay State University

Within an hour of arriving on campus these athletic ADPi gals ran in the Gov run (aka color run for APSU)

Seriously such a blast and I'm sad I didn't get to participate!

The next day these pretty pearls were some of the 1/3 ADPi teams to play in Mudbowl (mud volleyball!)

I think I have a thing for school's seals

These rocking Eta Gamma women also won the Lip Sync competition and Kappa Alpha Order's philanthropy week!

10. Eta Kappa Chapter at University of California- San Bernardino

Day one: Panhellenic Preview night with the chapter

Found my first tumbleweed!

#bidday

Had my first Pad Thai!

And the sweet sisters let me table with them!

11. Theta Pi Chapter at Santa Clara University- Panhellenic

Blue and White get it right!

Work out with fellow LC to the Rose Garden!

She also fixed a disaster during recruitment

Look at this beauty of a centerpiece!

I love Alphas!

12. Epsilon Eta Chapter at Mississippi State University

Experienced my first Chick-fil-a shake!

Greatest campus tour from a fellow Panhellenic sister

Painting pumpkins with Sister Molly and Epsilon Eta!

Beyond blessed to have spent a week with this women!

13. Ole Miss Colony Retreat

One of the two photos I took during our night at Oxford

While this was one of two photos I did experience a wonderful act of sisterhood from fellow LCs in Oxford

14. Delta Delta Chapter at University of Arkansas

An ADPi razorback

Best tradition at this school

Happy Fall ya'll

15. Zeta Rho Chapter at Vanderbilt University

Hello Panhellenic Preview night! read: Open House of Recruitment

I love women named Grace, especially sisters!

I also love hanging out with their Golden Lion!

16.  Tulane Installation- Epsilon Chapter 

Beautiful gate to the building we had initiation!

Hello original charter!

17. Eta Eta Chapter at South Dakota School of the Mines and Technology

Sweet sisters to greet me at the airport!

They let me Pie a Pi and it was so much fun!

World: Meet Grubby!

Sister Samantha took me to a hockey game and it was literally the most intense sporting event I've ever been to in my life!

I love Missouri!

I ask a woman to take our group photo and this was the result.  #selfiemode

MOUNT RUSHMORE!

18. Beta Theta Chapter at University of Manitoba

Welcome to Canada!
They brought me some Canada only items, a hat, socks, and an extra coat because this gal had never been this far north!

Administration building

Canada discontinued the penny but keeps this in their mint!

Hello Canadian Mint!

19. Epsilon Epsilon Chapter at Texas Tech University (take two)

While in Lubbock I got to hang out with this beautiful cat and one of my favorite people in the world (consequently, did not take a photo with her)

20. Beta Sigma Chapter at Mercer University

This is Caroline Mertz or Octavia Rush's lineage!  

This is the beautiful alumnae house I stayed in while in Macon!

Why you should apply to be a Leadership Consultant!

While I'm more of a newbie at this whole consulting thing there are a few lessons I have learned during my months on the road.  I think every Alpha Delta Pi woman should apply even if it's been a fleeting thought once upon a time.  Just do it and take the chance by applying.  

Here are some reasons why you should apply:

10. Applying for the position is great life experience outside of Alpha Delta Pi realm.

9. You get to know the District Team on a whole different (and most of the time) better level than as a collegian.

8. You meet ALL the sisters all the time and love every minute

7. You learn how to pack two suitcases right under the 50 lbs mark every time (and now you're a pro at going through TSA)

6. Alpha Delta Pi may mean a lot to you now but during this position I have learned how much this organization has touched our sisters across the nation.  I've lived and learned from our open motto: "We live for each other" and I've found this to be a binding factor between all sisters.  

5. When else are you going to be able to travel like this?

4. You get to people watch in the airport

3. New adventures

2.  More importantly, new challenges around every corner

1.  Hello dream job!

Now, I'm not going to lie and say it's the easiest or even the most exciting job in the entire world.  Sometimes you just want to sleep without setting an alarm or get a pedicure at your own free will.  It can be hard to be around women with whom you share a sisterhood but to not be known outside of your Leadership Consultant title.  Regardless of the difficulties, this is the most rewarding, challenging, incredible, life-changing, and empowering job I could have ever hoped to have right after graduation.  I have grown as a leader, as a sister, and as a woman from my interactions with others while on the road.  This job has helped solidify my personal values and to learn to rely on others in my time of struggle and need.  

I am blessed to have been chosen to serve as a 2013-2014 Leadership Consultant and thank my lucky stars every day!!!

Apply here: https://www.scholarselect.com/scholarships/10327-2014-2015-leadership-consultant-application

November and December schedule

Here's my schedule for November and December!

Start November off at Vanderbilt University: Zeta Rho Chapter

Head down to Tulane University for installation weekend with two other consultants!

Travel up to our Eta Eta Chapter at South Dakota School of the Mines

Leave American soil for the first time to visit our Beta Theta Chapter at University of Manitoba

End the month of November at my first visit of the semester with our Epsilon Epsilon at Texas Tech University! So excited to be back!

Had back from Thanksgiving break to Mercer University in Macon, Georgia: Beta Sigma chapter

This will end my travels of my first semester as an Alpha Delta Pi Leadership Consultant! 

October schedule

Here's where I'll be traveling in October!

Started the month at Eta Gamma Chapter at Austin Peay State University

Then head way out west to our Eta Kappa Chapter at University of California San Bernardino

Then have a opportunity to work with one of our newer chapters for recruitment at Santa Clara University-Theta Pi Chapter

Not only do I get to help with a first time Recruitment, I also get to help with a first time initiation at Mississippi State University- Epsilon Eta chapter

Later my boss emailed myself and another consultant to inform us we would be heading to Oxford, Mississippi for Colony retreat at Ole Miss!

End the month of chapter visits at Delta Delta Chapter at the University of Arkansas! Only two hours away from my family.

Finally, I had to Arizona to spend Halloween with my sister and her husband and two kids.

I get the opportunity to work with four other consultants during this month and I couldn't be more excited!

September Schedule

First off, I apologize for not blogging as much as I want to!  It's killing me probably more than any of the readers.  However, I wanted to post my September schedule since this month has started and then promise to update about my August visits soon!

Starting off the month (and that visit is already over) at Delta Rho Chapter at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania 

Next up to Zeta Phi Chapter at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina

Back to Iowa to Alpha Beta Chapter at Iowa University in Iowa City, Iowa

Way up north to Gamma Tau Chapter at University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont.  This is one of my consultant sisters chapter of initiation so I'm beyond excited to get to know her chapter sisters.

Then to my favorite state of Rhode Island to work with our Gamma Lambda Chapter at the University of Rhode Island.  Seriously, this is my favorite state so I'm beyond jazzed to visit here!

Finally I round out the month at our Eta Gamma Chapter at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.

There ya go the month of September in one kit and kaboodle!  By the end of September I will have traveled in all six of Alpha Delta Pi's Districts!

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A day in the life of a Leadership Consultant at training

We start the morning around 6 or 7 depending on if we want to go for a run or workout before training.  

Leave the bunk room to shower and get breakfast.

We smoosh into this bathroom to get our mirror space to look presentable for the day.  

Leaving the bunk room we come to the foyer and main area in between all of the bedrooms.  

Grab some breakfast.  Note: This is also the place where we eat lunch and dinner in no time flat.  

Head down the stairs (there's Morgan snapshotting with Maxine Blake).

Walk along our daily commute across the loggia.  Seriously the most beautiful commute!

Down some more stairs.  You would think my legs would be super toned by now (they're not).

Down another hallway past the Alpha Delta Pi Foundation group!  Love them!

Then finally make it to the training room.  Typically, training starts around 9 am in our home away from bunk room the Training Room.  The length of training varies per day depending on the subject matter.  What doesn't vary is how sick we are (in the most loving way possible) of living in this room.

Sometimes if we have a night off, we'll leave the house for a couple of hours.  Or more than likely we'll disperse around the house and work on our ADPi homework.  Here are some of our favorite spots!

Kitchen sitting area next to the kitchen

The archives room with a wreath of the founders' hair.  Yep, that 'U' shaped thing in the background has actual tufts of hair from our founders.

We also will hang out in the bunk room or training room.  Really just anywhere we can send introduction letters, catch up with friends and family, or have a conference call.

We did make it out of the house for Braves game though!!  

Through the entire game it was extremly difficult for me to not GO ROYALS!!!  #ibleedwhiteandblue

Life here at Executive Office Memorial Headquarters is exciting, fast-paced, and a little tiring (but worth it)!