Club News Archives from 2012 through 2014

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALISON BURCHAM:
Alison Burcham is now the Alumnae Region Five Programming Specialist! Since joining the club, Alison has been Club President and Event Chairman. She has also served on AAC for Wyoming Alpha and Oregon Alpha. These are just a few of her several volunteer activities.
    [Posted: 7-1-2014]


CONGRATULATIONS TO AMARA FANUCCI:
Amara Fanucci is a senior at Willamette (Oregon Gamma). We have gotten to know her in the last few years at luncheons and conventions. She recently "won" the region's Jean Wirths Scott Award for Outstanding Change Leadership and will become a Leadership Development Counselor after graduation. Oh, and she is also engaged!
    [Posted: 4-9-2014]


1,000 BOOKS ARE COMING TO PORTLAND:
During July, Pi Phis across the country voted over 20,000 times so that Pi Phi could determine eight cities out of 24 possible cities to receive 1,000 books to provide to children in September.
    [Posted: 8-4-2013]


THE SUMMER ARROW - PAGE 31:
Club member Maja Tanaka Berge was mentioned in an article by our region's new Alumnae Regional Director Chanel LaChappa Sheragy as her mentor and friend. Please note that Chanel is now going by her married last name.
    [Posted: 7-13-2013]


CONVENTION NEWS:
We won some awards at convention ... please see the AWARDS+ page. Fraternity dues are going up by $10 this year. If you pay your dues TO OUR CLUB by August 1, we will only raise your total dues by $5. Download the dues form on the JOIN page.
    [Posted: 7-4-2013]


REGION FIVE YOUNG ALUMNA AWARD:
Club member Alison Burcham was awarded the Young Alumna Award for Region Five. She and five other outstanding young alums will vie for the top award at Convention 2013 in June. We wish Alison all the best and a big congratulations for being the regional nominee.
    [Posted: 5-3-2013]


SERVANT LEADERS FROM OUR AREA:
The slate of Pi Beta Phi officers was announced today on Pi Phi's website. Chanel LaChappa (see her photo on the EVENTS page) will be the new Alumnae Regional Director for our club's region.

It was also recently announced that our club member Alison Burcham is now serving on Alumnae Advisory Committee (AAC) for Oregon Alpha. Thank you, ladies, for your service to Pi Phi!
    [Posted: 4-8-2013]


WE ARE ONLY A FEW DOLLARS FROM OUR BOOK DRIVE GOAL OF $630:
To date we nearly met our goal thanks to these generous donors: Carole Peggar, Joanie Welch, Tracie Nygaard, Maja Berge, Sandy Sweeney, Jennifer Johnson, Susan Maxwell, Doris Rademacher-Dramov and her generous husband Tony Dramov. Go to the bottom of our PHILANTHROPIES page to read more about our February 2013 book drive project for Pi Phi's Fraternity Day of Service. It's not to late to make a donation of cash or books. Contact dramov@comcast.net if you can help.
    [Posted: 2-22-2013]


OREGON GAMMA'S RECRUITMENT RESULTS:
"I wanted to give you an update on recruitment and Bid Day. Recruitment went very smoothly. We originally had 140 PNMs signed up for recruitment and there was a 64% retention rate. Yesterday we had Bid Day where we welcomed in 26 new members! All of the houses on campus were able to make quota, which is great! I can't wait to meet all of the new women!!"
~ Melika Kasner, Oregon Gamma's Vice President of Communications

Congratulations to Oregon Gamma! A few of us went down to Salem on February 13 to help them "practice" for recruitment. It is so wonderful to be able to interact with such amazing young women.
    [Posted: 1-30-2013]


SEE PAGE 39 OF THE WINTER ARROW:
Our "2013 signature" picture made the Pi Phi Arrow magazine in January! Also member Jeanne Bliss's photo is on Page 22 ... she is wearing a red top in the middle photo on the left side of the page.
    [Posted: 1-23-2013]


CLUB'S ANGEL AWARD WINNER:
Kathy Graham Gadler, Illinois Zeta, was our club's 2012 Angel Award recipient. Kathy was recognized for all that she has done behind the scenes to support the club as well as Portland Alumnae Panhellenic. I heard through the grapevine that Kathy and another University of Illinois alum broke out in song at the end of the Holiday Luncheon. Yea, team!
    [Posted: 12-9-2012]


OREGON GAMMA FUNDRAISER:
Oregon Gamma at Willamette University is currently hosting a book drive for the Salem Family Literacy Program. It is a campus-wide drive and they have purchased over 150 books to be donated to the program. For just $2, you can sponsor one book for a child! If anyone is interested in giving, please contact Lacey Polvi at lpolvi@willamette.edu! The book drive ends November 14.
    [Posted: 11-11-2012]


OREGON ALPHA INITIATION:
Oregon Alpha has over 60 new members who will be initiated in January 2013. We might carpool down to Eugene to assist AAC with the initiation. Stay tuned for more information.
    [Posted: 11-5-2012]


CONTEST WINNER:
Alison Burcham was the winner of our drawing. She found the most errors on our new website.
    [Posted: 11-5-2012]


FRATERNITY AWARDS:
Our alumnae club received its sixth "Club of Excellence" award and fourth consecutive Excellence in Communication Award this past summer.
    [Posted: 10-20-2012]


THANK YOU TO LAST YEAR'S OFFICERS:
In addition to our sincere thank you to Robin Bosco for her service to the club, we would like to also thank Brittany Duncan for working on last year's First Book Speed Read™ event and Heather Butler Skogen for serving as Events Chairman.
    [Posted: 10-20-2012]


CHL AWARD JUDGE:
Maja Tanaka Berge was appointed to serve on Pi Beta Phi's selection committee for the Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg (CHL) Crest Award winners. Grand Vice President Alumnae Cindy Svec is the Committee Chairman. A former CHL award winner is also serving on the committee.
    [Posted: 10-20-2012]


ILLINOIS THETA RAISED $535,000 FOR THEIR NEW CHAPTER HOUSE:
Jeanne Krouse Bliss, Illinois Theta, attended the dedication of Illinois Theta's new chapter house in Peoria, Illinois, on October 13. Under Jeanne's leadership as Campaign Chairman, $535,000 was raised!

See the LINKS page for a photo of Jeanne standing outside of Holt House.
    [Posted: 10-20-2012]

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Click on the Make Your Mark for Literacy sign below to watch a very cute video that Heather Butler Skogen created with "then Club President" Missy Gerber dressed as The Cat. This was our 2009 Fraternity Day of Service event. By the way, Heather's Pi-Phi-in-training daughter is named Norah.