Meet Your PHC E-Board - Stephanie Gordon

Stephanie Gordon

Co-Recruitment Chair

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Sorority -  Delta Zeta

Year Affiliated -  Fall 2011

Positions Held in Delta Zeta- Webmaster, Head PHC Delegate, Spirit chair, Sisterhood

Positions Held in PHC – Co-recruitment Chair

Big Sister – Alycia Mezera

Little Sisters- Elyse Kohn and Elle Kasbohm

Year in School - Junior

Major – Human Resource Management and Finance

Hometown – Glenview, IL

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Why did you decide to go Greek?

"Coming to college I didn't know anyone so I was really looking for a support group. I had also heard about sororities from people that were older than me and I thought it sounded like something that could really help me grow into leadership roles which was something that I was involved in in high school."

What is your favorite memory in Delta Zeta?

"Living in the DZ house has given me so many memories. Nights where I have thought that I was going to stay in and do nothing have turned into some of the most fun nights that I've had in college. There is always someone around to just 'do something fun' with or be spontaneous. You never know what is going to happen here."

Three things Stephanie loves: 

Living for the moment, Caribbean beaches, and Disney Channel

Quotes Stephanie lives by: 

“You can’t stop people from talking about you, but you can stop giving them something to talk about” – Miley Cyrus

“If you believe in yourself anything is possible” – Miley Cyrus

“The minute you stop making mistakes is the minute you stop learning” – Miley Cyrus

What are you most looking forward to this semester? 

"I am looking to getting everything planned for Fall recruitment and building the sisterhood within my own chapter!"

Meet Your PHC E-Board - Fernanda Contreras

Fernanda Contreras 

Vice President

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Sorority - Gamma Alpha Omega Sorority, Inc.

Year Affiliated - Summer 2012

Positions Held in Gamma Alpha Omega 

Sorority, Inc. - Social Chair and Community Service Chair

Positions Held in PHC - Vice President

Year in School - Junior

Major -Political Science with Honors, Economics and Spanish 

Hometown - Brownsville, Texas

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Why did you decide to go Greek?

"I really wanted to give back to my community and I wanted to have a home away from home."

What is your favorite memory in Gamma Alpha Omega Sorority, Inc?

"My favorite memory has to be the day I had my probate!"

What are three things you love?

 "My laptop, my music and my sleep!"

A quote Fernanda lives by: 

Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

What are you most looking forward to this semester? 

"Getting a 3.5 GPA and studying for the LSAT!"

Meet Your PHC E-Board - Katie Helming

Katie Helming
Educator
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Sorority - Alpha Sigma
Year Affiliated - Fall 2009

Positions Held in Alpha Sigma - Chaplin, House President, Assistant New Member Educator, New Member Educator, Risk Manager
Positions Held in PHC - PHC Delegate, Educator
Little Sister - Megan Morrow, Josie Sommerfeld, Melissa Liegal
Little Brother - Zach Forward

Year in School - Senior
Major - Early Childhood Education
Minor - Special Education
Hometown - McFarland, WI
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Why did you decide to go Greek?
'I was a freshman when I decided to go through formal recruitment. I went with some of my friends and instantly fell in love with the idea of being in such a tight-knit community. There were so many possibilities of friends, volunteer opportunities, job connections and experiences of a lifetime.'

What is your favorite Alpha Sigma memory?
'My favorite Alpha Sigma memory was the day I got my first two littles. It made me feel like I had such an important purpose in Alpha Sigma and it signified that I made an amazing decision to become a Greek woman.'

Three things Katie loves: Hippos, working with children, and being a Greek woman and showing her letters around campus and the community.

A quote Katie lives by: 'Love is just a word until it's proven to you.' 'I live by this quote because I feel that if you love something or someone you should take every chance you get to show it and say it!'

What are you most looking forward to this semester? 
'I am looking forward to a new and revised Greek Week! We have amazing ideas and I am excited to see how it plays out.'

Meet Your PHC E-Board - Johanna Klay

Johanna Klay
Outreach Coordinator
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Sorority - Alpha Sigma
Year Affiliated - Fall 2012
Positions Held in Alpha Sigma - Technology Chair, Public Relations
Positions Held in PHC - PHC Delegate, Outreach Coordinator
Big Sister - Veronica Havard
Little Sister - Cheyenne Gilles

Year in School - Senior
Major - Political Science
Minor - Marketing
Hometown - Woodstock, IL
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What made you want to go Greek?
'I wanted to go Greek initially because my father was in a fraternity during his college years and he found it to be a great experience. I chose Alpha Sigma because it seemed like a group of women that would foster my time management skills as well as support me personally and in bettering myself in my involvement.'

What is your favorite Alpha Sigma memory?
'Big/Little Reveal is always such an amazing time of excitement that I'd have to say my favorite memory is Reveal each semester. Everyone is so full of energy, it's basically like recruitment but more personal in the sense that it's just your sorority.'

An interesting fact about Johanna: 'I have about a million hobbies. I write, paint, craft and plan like no one's business.'

Three things Johanna loves: 'Leadership opportunities, connections to past and present Greek women, and recruiting!'

A quote Johanna lives by: 'How wonderful is it that no one need to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.' - Anne Frank

Meet Your PHC E-Board - Kelsey Welke

Kelsey Welke
PHC Public Relations
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Sorority - Delta Zeta
Year Affiliated - Fall 2009
Positions Held in Delta Zeta - Assistant Guard, Head Guard, Historian, Webmaster
Positions Held in PHC - Recruitment Counselor, Public Relations
Big Sister - Sarah Herlache
Little Sister - Leah Wasylik and Victoria Behling

Year in School - 5th Year Senior
Major - International Journalism
Minor - Public Relations
Hometown - Burlington, WI
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What made you want to join a sorority?
'When I was a freshman, I saw a lot of posters and chalking promoting sorority recruitment, and I didn't know a lot of people except those who lived on my dorm floor, so I decided to check it out. I really admired the women who put on the presentation and who gave up their letters. During philanthropy night, when I was with Delta Zeta, I saw a woman who was a year older than me who went to my high school. I looked up to her so much, and just seeing how happy and comfortable she was with her sisters inspired me to join a sorority.'

What is your favorite Delta Zeta memory?
'My favorite DZ memory is big sis reveal, when I got my big sister and my two littles. I look up to my big so much and she's been such a great mentor and friend to me for the past few years, and my littles are the light of my life. I'm so fortunate and proud that I have these women in my life.'

An interesting fact about Kelsey: 'I studied abroad in Dublin, Ireland in spring 2012, and I traveled to six countries in Europe while I was there.'

A few quotes that Kelsey lives by: 
'Every passing face on the street represents a story every bit as compelling and complicated as yours.' - David Cain
'When I die, Dublin will be written in my heart.' - James Joyce

Three things Kelsey loves: Traveling, writing and photography

What are you most looking forward to this semester?
'I'm looking forward to continuing the Greek Man/Woman of the Month initiative that the PR Chair on IFC and I created, I'm excited for this blog to grow, and I'm excited to work with the lovely ladies on PHC!'

Meet Your PHC E-Board - Michi Gustafson

Michi Gustafson
PHC Academics
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Sorority - Alpha Sigma

Year Affiliated - Fall 2011

Positions Held in Alpha Sigma - Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary

Positions Held in PHC - PHC Head Delegate, Academics

Big Sister - Taylor Chobanian

Little Sisters - Megan Young and Kelly McKeon

Year in School - Senior

Major - Political Science with a legal studied emphasis

Hometown - Forestville, WI
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Why did you decide to go Greek?
'I decided to go Greek because I met Taylor and she convinced me to check out recruitment my freshman year.'

What is your favorite Alpha Sigma memory?
'My favorite memory isn't a set memory but just the awesome time I have when I hang out with my sisters even if we are just chatting around the dinner table or hanging out in someone's room. It's always nice to be able to sit and talk with people who don't judge and are genuinely a good time to be around.'

An interesting fact about Michi: 'I am half-Japanese!'

A quote that Michi lives by: 'Be a girl with a mind, a woman with attitude and a lady with class.'

What are you most looking forward to this semester? 'I am looking forward to all the fun events planned through Alpha Sigma and PHC, and I am also looking forward to working with the ladies on PHC.'

Meet Your PHC E-Board - Sarah Schwind

Sarah Schwind

PHC Treasurer

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Sorority - Delta Zeta

Year Affiliated - Fall 2012

Positions Held in Delta Zeta - Risk Management, House Manager, Formal Chair

Positions Held in PHC - Head Delegate, Treasurer

Big Sister - Brittany Ludes

Little Sisters - Amanda Terrinoni and Cassie Vitale

Year in School - Junior

Major - Elementary Education
Minor - Political Science

Hometown - McHenry, IL

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What made you want to go Greek?

'I never in a million years would have thought I would have gone Greek, but after transferring from UW-Green Bay, I knew I wanted to get involved, and my sister-in-law suggested I go Greek.'

What is your favorite Delta Zeta memory?

'One of my favorite memories would have to be recruitment 2013. I wasn't looking forward to disaffiliation, but looking back I'm so glad I was. I met some of the most amazing women and looked outside of my own little turtle shell to realize that not only do I have 125 amazing sisters but I have so many more within the other sororities.'

An interesting fact about Sarah: 'I like to think I live a pretty boring life but I guess being 1 of 7 kids, life is never really that boring.'

Three things Sarah loves: 'My dog, she's blind and has only one eye but she is the most precious thing in the world. I love sports, especially Chicago sports, and to clarify, I'm a Sox fan. Lastly, I love the ocean. There is no other place where I feel more at home.'

A few quotes Sarah lives by:

'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' - African Proverb

'When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.' - Ernest Hemingway

'A smooth sea never made for a skillful sailor.'

'The very things that held you down are gonna carry you up.' - Dumbo the Elephant

Meet Your PHC E-Board - Megan Morrow

Megan Morrow
PHC Secretary

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Sorority - Alpha Sigma
Year Affiliated - Fall 2011
Positions Held in Alpha Sigma - Sergeant at Arms, KROP Chair
Positions Held in PHC - Delegate, Head Delegate, Secretary
Big Sister - Katie Helming
Little Sisters - Leah Bernhagen and Jenna Linsley

Year in School - Senior
Major - Social Work
Minor - Criminal Justice
Hometown - Burlington, WI
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What made you want to go Greek?
"I never thought I was going to ever go Greek let alone join a sorority. Even as a freshmen here at UW-Whitewater I did not want to go Greek. 
In high school I was very social and in a lot of clubs and had a couple of jobs so I was always around people, so I knew I wanted to do something in college but I didn't know what. The summer before my sophomore year my best friend told me that she joined a sorority at her college and that was really when it hit me that I should just go see what it was about.  And when fall recruitment rolled around, I fell in love."

What is your favorite Alpha Sigma or PHC memory?
"How can I really just choose one? It is so hard to pin point which one is my favorite though. I think my most favorite memory though has to be disaffiliation, but not just disaffiliation, but Bid Day during Fall 2013.  Being disaffiliated, because I was PHC secretary, was probably the most bittersweet memory I had and it made me happy and sad at the same time. 
On one hand, I was disaffiliated from my sorority, away from my sisters, and away from the one constant that had been in my life for what was going on two years. But on the other, I got to help out behind-the-scenes helping women find the right sorority for them. I got to be closer to the e-board that I was going to share many memories with this upcoming year, and I got to enjoy the time I had with the recruitment counselors from other sororities and learn  more about what they're about. But as soon as Bid Day rolled around, I knew it was time to go home." 

An interesting fact about yourself: "I work three jobs to support my way through college and I am a full time student and still loving every second of it."

Three things Megan loves: Music, laughing, and friends

A few quotes Megan lives by: 

"To live doesn't mean you're alive."

"One day your life will flash before your eyes, make sure it's worth watching."

"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."

"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional."

Meet Your PHC E-Board - Lauren Janz

Lauren Janz
PHC President 
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Sorority - Sigma Sigma Sigma
Year Affiliated - Fall 2010

Positions Held in Tri Sigma - Greek Week Chair, Efficiency Chair, Sisterhood Chair
Positions Held in PHC - Recruitment Counselor, Risk/Management Chair, President
Big Sister - Nicole Golden
Little Sisters - Carly McClintock and Caitlin Ackatz

Year in School - Senior
Major - International Studies with an Emphasis in Business
Hometown - Hartland, WI

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What made you want to go Greek?:

"I always wanted to go Greek for as long as I can remember. I grew up watching Legally Blonde and Greek, so Hollywood played a very big part in my decision. 
I have always been involved in clubs and sports growing up, so I knew I wanted to continue that when I would go onto college. I was so set on going Greek that while looking into universities, I crossed colleges off my list if they didn’t have a Greek community. When I arrived at Whitewater, I came with a bunch of guy friends from high school, so that added to my reasons to “Go Greek”; I needed some more women in my life."

What is your favorite Sigma Sigma Sigma/PHC memory?

"This is a hard one. There are way too many! I think my favorite memory would have to be Formal Recruitment in 2012. It combines my love for Sigma and Panhel. This was my first time being disaffiliated; I was a recruitment counselor (and Social/Risk chair). Disaffiliation was full of different emotions. I loved helping PNMs find their home and getting to know other sorority women, but it was also hard being away from my sisters. 
I feel like everyone should be disaffiliated because you get to know other sorority women, help PNMs, and realize how much you love your own sorority. You learn to appreciate the relationships you have within your chapter, but also appreciate and learn what makes each sorority unique and special. When being disaffiliated, you gain a lot of perspective."

An interesting fact about yourself: "I have never been to Florida but I have been to England and France."

Three things you love: "Coffee, Pinterest and a good laugh."

A few quotes you live by:
“If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough"
"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be” – Rosalynn Carter
"Be the person that makes others feel special. Be known for your kindness and sympathy.”
"If you stumble, make it part of the dance.”