Serving Up Sisterhood

Residents of Bloomington and neighboring communities are invited to join us on Saturday May 12^th for a taste of several unique salads prepared by women from the Bloomington Alumnae Panhellenic Council. The event will include a luncheon, fashion show, and house tour. Proceeds will help fund APC scholarships and IU’s Greek Alumni relations program. 

When:

Saturday, May 12, 2012

11:30-1:00 p.m.

Where:

Alpha Chi Omega House

1000 N. Jordan Avenue

Indiana University Campus – Just West of the SRSC

Cost:

Tickets are $15.00 per person and may be purchased from members of

Alumnae Panhellenic Council or by calling: 812-332-8501. 

Download the Invitation Flyer

2012 Minutes

February Minutes (2/20/12):  http://cl.ly/0i1I2I012U2e070g1J47

March Meeting Minutes (3/19/12):
    Michael Goodman's Four Pillars Presentation Notes: http://cl.ly/163c0k1a1c210o1q3j3q
    GAC Report: http://cl.ly/0O460o3W3H1E0R430L2x
    Treasurer's Report: http://cl.ly/0j0Q0V0L2a071W1s1b0B

March Joint APC/AIFC Meeting Minutes (3/31/12): http://cl.ly/3T171h0E0n0R1k132c3f

March Minutes and April Reminder

Our April meeting will take place at Delta Delta Delta at 6:30 pm on Monday, April 11th.

Minutes for our March meeting are online at: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/778001/APC3_7_11.doc

APC Scholarship Announced

February 4, 2011

Dear Chapter Advisors and Housing Corporation Board Officers:

To acknowledge the achievements of our local undergraduate sorority women, the Indiana University Alumnae Panhellenic Council will award a scholarship to an initiated member of an IU sorority who is a permanent resident of Monroe County. We look for women who are successfully balancing community involvement (whether sorority, IU and/or Bloomington activities) with scholastic efforts, have a vision for the future of the Greek community, meet the challenges facing women today, and are responsible for some portion of their college expenses.

Please see that the interested Monroe County area members of your sorority receive a copy of the attached application. Completed applications must be returned via email by Thursday, March 31, 2011. Winners will be announced at the 2011 Greek Awards Ceremony on April 20, 2011.

Please direct any questions concerning the awards and email completed applications to Tara Babcock at taralynnbabcock@gmail.com.

Thank you,

Tara Babcock

Recruitment 2011 Update

2011 Recruitment Recap Info:

DOWNLOAD HERE

Ladies,

Please see the attached data from 2011 Recruitment. If you have any questions regarding the statistics, please send those to iupharec@gmail.com The Panhel recruitment team will create a questions/answers document and we will send that response out to the listserve. Below is additional data to explain statistics in the document:

Surveys:

• For New Members (Matched) 393 out of 907 participated -43% response rate
• For Participants (Unmatched) 225 out of 604 participated - 37% response rate
• Under Extension Question 1. Are you still interested in joining a sorority?

68% said yes in 2010

75% said yes in 2011

31% said no in 2010

24% said no in 2011

Also, I would like to create a Recruitment Advisor listserve to offer better communication between PHA and our advisors. PLEASE send me the name, e-mail and phone number and current address of your Recruitment Advisor. If the Chapter Advisor is also operating in that capacity, please indicate so that we have a complete list of Recruitment advisors. This list will need to be updated again next fall. It is vital that you send me new Advisory Board list every year.

Thank you again, ladies, for all that you do to assist your chapter and the Greek community as a whole……Judy

Power Loss Information

House Corporation Board Presidents and House Directors,

Considering the recent ice storm and its consequences affecting a number of residences in the Bloomington area, please see the attachment from the IU Office of Risk Management for guidelines in case you experience loss of power/heat/electricity in your chapter houses in the future. It is recommended that you save these in your “Emergency” files.

If you have any questions, please contact Mel Lane, Assistant Director of Risk Management at Indiana University:

812-855-6341 (Office)

mellane@indiana.edu

DOWNLOAD MORE INFO HERE:

Power Loss Info from IU Risk Management

Social Event Moratorium starting January 14th

From Judy Downey:

The Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association Chapter Presidents and Council leadership held an emergency meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 14th, following the rumors and concerns regarding an Indiana University student being transported from a fraternity house to the hospital in serious condition. At this meeting the IFC and PHA presidents agreed to impose a Social Moratorium that began on January 14th, and will be lifted when the community deems fit. This includes any kind of paired functions among fraternities and sororities. The IFC will still be patrolling during this time to ensure that the community decision is upheld. The Councils encourage that chapters use this time as an opportunity to continue to build the brotherhood and sisterhood in each chapter.

The IFC and Panhellenic Chapter Presidents and Council officers already have their Leadership Academy scheduled for next weekend, January 21st – 22nd. The leadership teams plan to reconvene at the retreat to discuss the next steps and to address the risk culture within the IFC and Panhellenic community at Indiana University.

Chief Cash, speaking for the IU Police Department has issued this statement: “This past Friday we responded to a fraternity house where a non house member needed medical assistance. He was transported to the Bloomington Hospital where, to my knowledge, he is still under their care. We are still investigating the cause, but at this time there is no sign of any foul play.”

As a result of this serious incident, Fraternity and Sorority leaders chose to show their concern by asking chapters to refrain from hosting social functions. Advisors, please confer with your chapter president to offer support, stress accountability and ensure that the chapter is cooperating with this Council Leadership request to refrain from paired social functions until further notice. This is an opportune time for the chapter to expand and strengthen their internal brotherhood and sisterhood programming.