Panhellenic Council
Minutes from March 24, 2015
I. Call to order by the reading of the Panhellenic Creed
II. Roll Call
A. Alpha Chi Omega – 2
B. Alpha Delta Pi – 2
C. Alpha Xi Delta – 2
D. Delta Delta Delta – 2
E. Gamma Phi Beta – 2
F. Sigma Sigma Sigma – 2
III. Reading of the minutes
IV. Officer Reports
A. VP of Administrative Affairs – Meghan Schaeffer
-Panhellenic minutes are now available on semogreeks.com under the “Resources” tab
B. VP of Chapter Development – Malana Bradford
- Reminder: Risk Management Round Table Wednesday April 1st at 6pm in the Board of
Regents room in the UC
C. VP of Community Relations – Jilleun Schmitt
- Reminder: 3 Representatives from each chapter wear block letters April 21 @ 4:00pm
for pictures for sorority pamphlet.
D. VP of Recruitment and Retention – Hannah Weber
-Tonight is the first round table for recruitment
E. VP of Membership Development – Alysha McGuirk
-No report
F. VP of Programming and Scholarship – Kelsey Orf
- Reminder: Minimum standards next Tuesday the 31st; arrive at 6:30 in Academic, pin
attire, required to come, class is only excuse to miss this, bring student ID. Delegates
need to collect SEMO class schedules and bring them to UC 413 by 5 pm on March 31st.
-Only one schedule turned in for class schedules/conflict with minimum standards. All
members need to turn in the forms or they won’t be excused.
G. VP of Internal Affairs – Lauren Needham
-No report
H. President – Taylor Shinabargar
-No Panhellenic meeting next week because of the minimum standards
I. Panhellenic Advisor – Liv Plumlee
-Midterm grades for chapters, only the D’s and F’s list….if there is an asterisk on the
paper make sure to tell scholarship chair to check the back of the paper—list continues.
Give to scholarship chair!
-Greek Graduate Assistant position open in May, if you know someone in your chapter
that is going to grad school at SEMO – apply online! It would be difficult for a
non-panhellenic woman to take over this position so if you know anyone that would be
interested, let them know!
V. Chapter Reports
-AXO- This week is Frisbee Fling, participating TKE social, done a lot of sisterhood events,
complimenting pledge class members, posting nice things on Facebook walls/why Alpha Chi
Wednesday, proud of exec board, work on getting alumna more involved, and member of the
week Caitlin Crawford
-ADPi- princess tea party volunteering for alum, participating in TKE philanthropy, hosted
bachelor Mondays viewing parties to bond, need to work on attendance at seeding events,
proud of participation at Greek Week skit practices, member of the week Ashley Bocek,
-AXD- Tke seeding event/philanthropy for TKE, getting involved in relay for life, formal is this
weekend, build a bear service event last month, blood drive for Greek Week, successful spring
recruitment, movie night with new members the other night, work on social media, member of
the week Carly Synder
-DDD- TKE philanthropy, Wednesday sisterhood event, St. Jude radio-thon, sincerely yours,
Dhop $5 all you can eat pancakes, relay for life, proud of the work going into Dhop (each
member selling 10 tickets each), work on attendance, member of the week Lily Bull
Gphi- TKE philanthropy, CLC in chapter program over personal dignity, why gamma phi
Wednesday/phidray, community service during philanthropy week making bracelets, proud of
social media over spring break, work on communication within the chapter, member of the
week Fallon English
-SSS- I-week is this week, sisterhood event on Sunday dying easter eggs, improved interacting as
sisters, community service humane society, tutoring, proud of being focused on sisterhood,
work on branching out to other chapters, member of the week Hannah guard
VI. Old Business
VII. New Business
VIII. Community Discussion – What are your thoughts about getting a new sorority?
-Beneficial, open doors for more girls to go Greek, give girls another option to fit in, make our
community bigger
-For Greek week and homecoming it would make pairings easier and more interesting
-A lot of girls don’t get into a sorority for recruitment but would cause problems with Greek
housing…. If Greek village happened it would be cool because they might have a spot there
-Fraternities starting to outweigh sororities
-Talk to your chapters about this – we tried last fall and it didn’t pass. It is really hard to bring a
new Panhellenic sorority to campus. It is a long process and was a close vote last fall and we
decided we weren’t ready. Good idea to bring up the topic with your chapters again. Almost
getting to the point where you don’t know every girl in your chapter – once you get to about
150 girls it is hard to have a true sisterhood. It would be helpful to our Greek dynamic. House
total went from 80 to 106 as a result of the voting last fall. The total was calculated using
average of all sororities. Bringing a new chapter to campus will keep us from getting too big.
IX. Motion to Adjourn