Please welcome MI Gamma's Fall 2012 New Members!

Last week, Michigan Gamma had a wonderful Fall recruitment!  We have 36 new members!

Welcome to Michigan Gamma new members!

 

Michigan Gamma House Updates

The 2012-13 school year is fast approaching and the ladies started moving into the house earlier this week.  With all this in mind, Michigan Gamma's Chapter Housing Corp worked all summer to make updates and repairs to the house.  The list of updates and repairs that were completed include:

• overhauled all landscaping
• painted front door
• new knobs and pulls on basement cabinets
• new range hood over stove
• removed tub in 2nd floor bathroom
• sanded and refinished all day room doors
• removed and replaced carpet in 2 day rooms
• new formal room carpet
• painted all day rooms
• painted some hallways
• fixed front walkway stone
• expanded sidewalk to parking lot
• fixed a broken window fixed stretched carpet in laughing corner

Interview with Alumna Missy Kupper

Spring is here and so is the next installment in the Alumnae Interview Series!  While at Michigan Gamma our next interviewee, Missy Kupper, served as Philanthropy Chair and since college has continued to participate in many philanthropy and community events!

Initiation Year: 2000

Offices Held: Philanthropy Chair & Greek Week Chair

Did you live in the house? How many years?  Yes- 2 years

What did you enjoy about living in?  Having a parking spot when I was on EC :)

Favorite Pi Phi memory?  Formals- all of them, with my best friend, Stacey (also in Pi Phi)

What are you up to now?  Special Education teacher in FL- still doing philanthropy events with Autism Speaks and taking post grad classes.

How has Pi Phi influenced/affected your post-college life?  I made some fantastic friends and helped me to continue on with philanthropy and community involvement.

What do you wish you had known when you were in college?  To enjoy every single minute of it!  Being an adult and having a "real job" is great but not as fun as college :)

Giving what you know now, what advice would you give to your college-age self?  Relax, enjoy and work towards exactly what YOU want to do..... not what anyone else wants.

Do you have any resume pointers or interview skills to share?  Confidence, confidence, confidence.... for interviews. For resumes, always go for that experience that is different and sets you apart from your competition... For me, it was working in Bermuda for part of a year.... Not as glamorous as some places, but definitely different.

What is something you wish you were better at?  Time management (Sometimes I get distracted :))

Do you have a personal motto?  Work smarter, not harder.

Do you have a favorite quote?  "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are"

Favorite TV Show and or Movie?  Gossip Girl, The Voice and any Spartan sports!!

What is something on your bucket list?  Half marathon-- hoping to do the Disney one next year!!

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?  Working as a behavior specialist, married, kids, etc...

What is something people may not know about you?  I work with kids with Autism, and they are the light of my life... always rewarding, sometimes difficult, but my favorite group of kids to work with.

Thanks Missy for participating and sharing the great work you do with kids with Autism!  Best of luck to you when you participate in the Disney half marathon!

Spring 2012 Big Sis Reveal

At the end of February the new members of the Spring 2012 pledge class participated in the always special event, Big Sis Reveal!  The new members received their Big Sisters and all the families had a great time.  Check out the Big Sis/Little Sis pairs and the family photos below!