Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Sweet Home Delta Gamma! Bid Day 2012!



We had a very successful recruitment class this year thanks to many! Here is the official list of all 96 new members (name, high school, hometown), including 17 legacies! We are so excited for this year and so thrilled with each of our new members! Look out for more pictures and a blog post about bid day coming soon!

Zoe Aguillard - Sumrall High School - Hattiesburg, MS
Jenna Anders - St. Michael - Baton Rouge, LA
Kaitlin Anderson - Captain Shreve - Shreveport, LA
Macy Andre' - University High School - Bloomington, IL
Jenna Baker - DeRidder High School - DeRidder, LA
Sara Bell - St. Jospehs Academy (SJA) - Baton Rouge, LA
Karah Bergeron - Mount Carmel - New Orleans, LA
Jessie Boylan - Mount Carmel - New Orleans, LA
Waverly Broekstra - Cy-Fair Senior High - Cypress, TX (Legacy)
Paige Browning - Parkview Baptist - Baton Rouge, LA
Libby Cassisa - SJA - Baton Rouge, LA
Victoria Chustz - Denham Spring High School - Denham Springs, LA (Legacy)
Laura Claycomb - Pope John Paul - Slidell, LA (Legacy)
Erin Colvin - Mount Carmel - New Orleans, LA 
Kayla Compton - Northshore High School - Slidell, LA
Natalie Cox  - St. Frederick - Monroe, LA
Courtney David - SJA - Baton Rouge, LA
Gabrielle Dazet - Mount Carmel - New Orleans, LA
Katherina Dugas  - SJA - Baton Rouge, LA
Caroline Enright - Dominican - New Orleans, LA
Adrienne Erbesti - James River High School - Midlothian, VA (Legacy)
Megan Erwin  - SJA - Baton Rouge, LA (Legacy)
Lauren Fontenot  - St. Agnes Academy - Houston, TX
Alex Gaudin - SJA - Baton Rouge, LA
Megan Glahn  - Mount Carmel - New Orleans, LA (Legacy)
Julie Gondek - Seven Lakes High School - Katy, TX
Ciera Gray - Mount Carmel - New Orleans, LA (Legacy)
Emily Guidroz  - STM – Lafayette, LA
Mairin Guidry - Sacred Heart, New Orleans, LA
Emily Gundlach - Sacred Heart, New Orelans, LA
Gabrielle Hall - Parkview Baptist, Baton Rouge, LA
McKenzie Hall - Frank W. Cox High School, Virginia Beach, VA
Lexie Hendley - Hickman High School – Columbia, MO (Legacy)
Emily Huynh - Dominican – River Edge, LA (Legacy)
Alec Hymel - Dominican – New Orleans, LA
Sarah Jackson - Lafayette High School – Lafayette, LA
Katlyn Jonas - Stephen F. Austin – Sugarland, TX
Ashley Judice - STM – Lafayete, LA
Courtney Keller - Ursuline Academy – New Orleans, LA (Legacy)
Danielle LeBlanc - STM – Lafayette, LA (Legacy)
Merritt Luneau - Bolton High School – Alexandria, LA
Geena Marano  - Bishop Gorman High School – Las Vegas, NV (Legacy
Brindan Martin  - Coppell High School – Coppell, TX
Katie Matirne   - Acadiana High School – Lafayette, LA
Kelly Mayfield  - Fountainebleu High School – Mandeville, LA
Meredith McDonald  - Duchtown High School – Duchtown, LA
Nina McMicken  - Beau Chene High School – Leonvile, LA
Cody Miller  - Mount Carmel – New Olreans, LA (Legacy)
Gabby Moulis - Dominican – New Orleans, LA (Legacy)
Michele Mutter - Dominican – New Orleans, LA
Scarlett Myers  - W.E. Boswell High School – Fort Worth, TX
Abby Neck - SJA – Baton Rouge, LA
Liza Nicholas - Thomas S. Wooton High – Rockville, mD
Chloe Nicolosi - Dominican – New Orleans, LA
Kaitlyn Nixon - Barbe High School – Lake Charles, LA
Aimee Noto - Clear Creek High School – League City, TX
Emily Nunn - SJA – Baton Rouge, LA
Kristin Oglesby - Mount Saint Mary Academy – Little Rock, AR
Jamie Owens - Mount Carmel – New Orleans, LA
Sarah Patterson - Epis School of Jacksonville – Jacksonville, FL
Catherina Pettus  - Dominican – New Orleans, LA
Paige Pocorello - SJA – Baton Rouge, LA
Kaylin Quinn  - Barbe High School – Lake Charles, LA
Brittany Quirk - STM – Lafayette, LA
Megan Reynolds - Mount Carmel – River Ridge, LA
Emily Robb - SJA – Baton Rouge, LA
Peyton Robb - SJA – Baton Rouge, LA
Victoria Roberts - Dominican – New Orleans, LA
Alex Rosen - STM – Lafayette, LA
Alyssa Russo - Mooresville Senior High School – Mooresville, NC
Katie Schoennagel - Dominican – New Orleans, LA
Morgan Schuetz - Parkview Baptist – Baton Rouge, LA
Kaitlin Sepulveda - Mandeville High School – Mandeville, LA
Kristen Shaw - St. Frederick – Monroe, LA
Kaitlyn Simpson - Lamar Consolidated High School – Rosenberg, TX
Laura Catherine Smith – SJA – Baton Rouge, LA
Rachel Smythe - Clear Creek High School – League City, TX
Whitney Sprague - Mount Carmel - New Orleans, LA
Mary Catherine Srofe  - Slidell High School – Slidell, LA
Cadie St. Romain - St. Louis Catholic – Lake Charles, LA
Sara Stinson - Lakeshore High School – Mandeville, LA
Becca Stoddard  - Trinity School of Texas – Longview, TX
Claire Stuart - Simsburry High School – Simsburry, CT
Emma Suderman - Niceville High School – Niceville, FL
Rachel Thomas - Lafayette High School – Lafayette, LA
Caroline Thriffiley - Mount Carmel – Chalmette, LA
Stacy Titone - Hemphill High School – Lancaster, PA (Legacy)
Natalie Travis - Covington High School – Covington, LA (Legacy)
Sarah Treadaway - Ursuline Academy – New Orleans, LA
Jeannie Vicari - SJA – Baton Rouge, LA
Nikki Vu - SJA – Baton Rouge, LA
Victoria Waguespack - Dominican – New Orleans, LA
Steph Webber - Clear Lake High School – Houston, TX
Emily Wheeler - Gulf Breeze High School – Pensacola, FL
Claire Wingerter - Lakeshore High School – Mandeville, LA

Once again, we had such a successful recruitment, and can’t wait for another amazing year!

ITB
- GZ

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Delta Gamma Convention: Part 2

Kicking off Part 2 of the Gamma Zeta three part series on DG Convention is a past Gamma Zeta chapter president and 2012-2013 Delta Gamma Collegiate Development Consultant, Courtney Lanaux. Enjoy!


(Elaine Vidrine, Kelsey Hyde, & Courtney Lanaux at DG Convention)





Amanda Truman, a Gamma Zeta alumna, and Director of Events for Delta Gamma Fraternity, asked me to name my favorite part of Convention this morning in training at Executive Offices. I thought for a moment before answering. Was my favorite part listening to Michael Hingson speak on behalf of Delta Gamma’s Lectureship series? Was it the Panhellenic luncheon where nearly all 26 NPC sororities came together as one sisterhood? Was it the archives display or the opening entertainment from Out of the Dog House?

Although I truly enjoyed all of these events, I have to say that my absolute favorite part of Convention is meeting Delta Gammas from coast to coast, hearing their story, feeling their passion to “do good” and being inspired by their story. It’s an indescribable feeling to be a part of something so spectacular. My favorite part of Convention is being in a room with 900 women and reciting DG's ritual as one. Many of these women, I don’t know and some I’ll never know, but there will always be that one thing that unifies us and that is Delta Gamma. Convention, for me, was when I saw the “big picture” of Delta Gamma. It’s when you realize that there is so much more to Delta Gamma beyond the four collegiate years. Convention is when you realize that Delta Gamma is for life.

(Gamma Zeta alumnae from various states at DG Convention)




I often wonder what our three founders, Mary Comfort Leonard, Eva Webb Dodd, and Anna Boyd Ellington, would think of Delta Gamma today. If only they could see firsthand how far Delta Gamma has grown throughout these past years. As I sat in the back of the room for Initiation at Convention, I couldn’t help but recall our Founders and their mission to start this “secret club” on the values of friendship, loyalty, and hope. Today, more than 200,000 women share those same values and wear the golden anchor badge to symbolize what was once started in 1873 at the Lewis School for Girls.

The 2012 Delta Gamma Convention was a milestone for me. It marked the first few days of my new job as a Collegiate Development Consultant. I had the opportunity to meet many women whom I will be working closely with this year as I am out in the field, traveling from coast to coast and “doing good” for the Fraternity. Convention was a great way to start my year as a CDC and the theme “Setting the Pace” truly represents the beginning of an adventure that will change my life forever.

(Courtney Lanaux, Kate Gremillion, & Kati Fratesi - Region 3 CDCs at DG Convention)

(2012-2013 CDCs at DG Convention Awards Banquet)

(Courtney Lanaux, Kate Gremillion, & Lane Harris)