I was lucky enough to be on my visit with another consultant, Morgan, who is from the last chapter I was at from Illinois State. We got our picture with the famous Nittany lion:
We did the touristy thing my first day there and the chapter president, Missy, showed us around campus while the rest of the entire town was cheering away at the football game. This building, Old Main is a super old building on campus and nothing in the town is allowed to be taller:
The chapter there was absolutely hilarious--they were such a fun group of ladies and I enjoyed every second of my two weeks there. Morgan and I stayed with the chapter president in her room in Cross Hall where our chapter has a Tri Sigma floor. It was so fun to hang out around the hall with all the girls and I really felt like I was back in school again...especially when breaking out the shower shoes! We spent many late nights and long days together for sorority recruitment, which was HUGE there. They have 20 Panhellenic sororities and a nine day recruitment: 3 days of welcome rounds, 2 days of philanthropy rounds, 2 days of skit rounds, then preference night and bid day...and I was completely wiped at the end of it.
This was the window of their suite they had painted for recruitment (and yes we know one of the a's is backwards)
Beta Upsilon on preference night with Morgan & I!
The chapter with their new members on bid day at the Hub Lawn
One of my favorite things about Penn State was the food. Each set of dorms has their own dining hall and food court and the town is filled with tons of unique restaurants. One of my favorites was of course the famous "Creamery," where ice cream is made from cows in the Agriculture department on campus. They also bottle milk, make cheese and have lemonade that are sold all over campus. Word is that the fat content is so high it's not FDA approved...and as creamy as that ice cream was I totally believe it! Also good pretzels, delis and then the ever popular "Are U Hungry," infamous for the "Fat" sandwiches.
On my last night, Morgan and I--much to the excitement of the chapter--tried a "Fat Bitch." This ridiculous sandwich consisted of a philly cheesesteak topped with chicken tenders, mozzarella sticks, french fries, ketchup & mayo...out of control. Luckily we shared one because I wouldn't have been able to finish a whole one--I got these impression these sandwiches are usually meant for late night snacking if you catch my drift...
Check out the chow-down process (which also included fried macaroni & cheese bits and Dr. Peppers--Pepsi products only of course)
So overall Penn State = success! The group recruited an also new member class of Tri Sigmas and is well on their way to reaching their goals, and I got to have some "grown up time" having a visit with another one of the consultants--I wish all visits were double teamed! However during this visit my computer did crash, I lost all files from the last chapter and spent probably over two hours on the phone with Dell and Verizon, at least the outcome was a computer that works and wireless air card so I have internet, ANYWHERE I WANT! Anna: 1, Technology: 0
I am now at our Eta Iota chapter at Defiance College in Ohio after flying into Ft. Wayne, Indiana last night! On the plane I started to come down with symptoms of the sickness that was creeping through the chapter at Penn State, and hopefully it won't be the mono or flu that some of the girls had, eeek--I've been poppin' cold meds and chuggin' water all day so we'll see how it goes. It's been nice to relax and not doing any work for an entire day, and it's almost made me even more tired.
I think this will be a pretty laid-back visit and I'm going to crack open my GRE materials and start the studying again as well solidify some plans for applying to grad school--as well as signing up for an online driving class thanks to my lead foot this past spring. All in all, counting down the days as I'll be heading home to MD after leaving here on Friday 10/2 and cannot wait!!
Until next time,
xoxo Anna
No comments:
Post a Comment