A recent event for
all the sorority women included learning self-defense.
Friendship
Making the
choice to go greek is one of the best opportunities to make friends. You
will see three different chapters here at Millikin and, if you choose to
do so, join one of them to be a lifetime sister. You will learn your sorority's
history and take steps toward your own initiation into the bond of sisterhood.
Dinners, study groups, meetings and a number of other activities allow
you to take part in getting better acquainted with sorority life and your
sisters. These sisters will share many experiences - rejoicing in the good
times and being your support during the difficult ones. The friendships
and sisters can be priceless throughout the rest of your life.
Scholarship
Scholarship
is one of the things that the Panhellenic community prides itself on. Each
chapter on campus is above the All-Women's average for the university and
has specific guidelines that the chapter members must follow in order to
maintain their membership. Each chapter provides their membership with
a scholarship chair to assist the members in finding good ways to study
and assistance if it is necessary. The scholarship chair also designs activities
for the sisters to do together to assist each other. Many times, sisters
get together to work on homework because they share like majors and like
classes.
Leadership
There are a
wealth of opportunities to get involved in each chapter as well as the
Panhellenic council and Millikin as a whole. Each chapter has a number
of executive positions, assistant positions and minor offices that give
each member a opportunity to push herself and do her best. From the chapter
president to the public relations chair to the community service sponsor,
everyone can have a hand in making their chapter run smoothly. Each member
is, also, encouraged to get involved in on campus activities such as working
with first year students as Orientation Leaders, holding positions in campus
organizations or being Resident Assistants in the Residence Halls.
Philanthropy
Each chapter
has a philanthropy organization or cause that they donate several hours
of their time to and work to raise money for each year. Nationally, the
organizations put their time towards domestic violence, the children of
St. Jude's Hospital and Literacy. In the Decatur community, each chapter
has spent time raising money for the local domestic violence shelter, reading
to children and being mentors at schools in the community and assisting
with Habitat For Humanity. Continuing to learn and grow while assisting
others is a cherished tradition of sorority life.
