AOII, as an organization, does not allow anything to be attached to their badges at all.

"AOIIs do not wear any symbols of office or anything else (i.e., fraternity pins) attached to the badge."
http://www.alphaomicronpi.org/conten...s/jewelry.html

For the record, I have nothing attached to my anchor badge.

One great thing about Chapter Letter Guards, they're actually wonderfully useful at an all-Sorority event such as a formal Alumnae Association tea or banquet or even convention; at a glance you can see all the different chapters your sisters are representing.

But getting back to the original topic; I wonder how the interview went? Any news?
violets

Hello again, I ended up not wearing the pin. I had to wear a pretty large name tag anyways so I couldn't wear a pin because it would be covered by the nametag. I probably wouldn't have worn it anyways. I don't know what my interviewer thinks about Phi Mu and it's just better to be cautious.

Thanks for all the best wishes. It wasn't a job interview exactly. It was just a lunch with a woman with a very high up job in my field and she was visiting campus and agreed to have lunch with me to discuss different job oppourtunities in my field. It was more of a networking interview than a "hire me" interview if that makes any sense. Even though she wasn't meeting with me as a job applicant, I still wanted to make a good impression because I want her to talk about me to all the right people.

Thanks for all the responses, it's something to think about when I graduate and go out to the real world.

Nametags on the right, pins on the left!

I know people tend to put tags on the left (probably because they're right handed), but it's actually more correct on the right - in part because when you shake hands, it's easy to sneak a peak at the nametag if it's on that side.

But I'm glad it went well!

Chapter Designations or Guards, are used to denote you Chapter, and to keep from losing your Badge!

I am glad you did not wear your Badge to the interview!

Why, you may ask?

Your accomplishments will be on your resume. I always put my Org. on the top and what I did with them.

Most are not interested in what Org. you belonged to by your Badge, but what you did while you were there.

Many of the Top people in the World after College may have been in a Greek Org. so have a feeling unless you were mortal enemies! Then OOPS!:D

I looove the Kappa new member pin! It's so beautiful (in my opinion). I wish I could keep it after initiation. Maybe I'll just have to become Grand Council President so that I can! :D

Thanks for posting this, CutiePie2000. It's correct information, we are not allowed to attach anything to our badge. We can mount it on a charm to wear as a necklace or on a badge ring, but only as alumnae. I'm biased, of course, but I think that it's stunning to see everyone's badges without all the 'extras' attached!

I'm wondering though, what do you do with the guards and dangles once you graduate? I heard back in college that Chi Omega's weren't allowed to wear their guards once they graduated, is that true?

Lionlove, it sounds like your lunch went well, good for you! Hope you got a lot of good information.

Christin

This seems a little strange... I'm wondering what the justification is for that rule? Are you no longer considered a member of your chapter, just of the sorority as a whole? :confused:

For the AOIIs, are officers recognized in any particular way? No guard = nowhere to put a dangle, so do you have recognition pins or something?

AFAIK, AEPhi has no rule about removing the guard once you've graduated. My guard is still attached, and I've met several alums (including national officers) who still wear their guards. I think my badge looks prettier with the guard.

I'm wondering, though... If you are allowed to keep your chapter guard, and you pin, say, your daughter with your badge, and she's in a different chapter - does she have to remove the guard or get a new one with her chapter letters?

lionlove, glad the lunch went well. :)

I wear my pin the exact same way I wore it when I was in school, with chapter guards and dangles attached. I've earned far more dangles as an alumna than as a collegian though, so I couldn't imagine not being able to wear them. Then what would be the point of earning them?

Lindsay :)

This topic tangent is so interesting! I'm enjoying learning more about everyone's badges and traditions.

We just wear our badge, which is just how our Founders wanted it to be. I guess since dangles weren't allowed on our badge, it never really occurred to any of us to purchase them (this is almost 20 years ago!) I was awarded a dangle from our college Panhellenic one year and I just kept it in my pin box, it's around here somewhere. We do have a President's Ring and Ruby A badge as award/recognition jewelry for collegians. I believe we also have a Circle Award pin awarded to New Members, but don't know much about it.

Both the President's Ring and the Ruby A badge are owned by each collegiate chapter and are passed down each year/term. The President's ring is self-explanatory I'm sure :) The Ruby A is used as an award badge, and there are rubies set into the 'A' on the badge. Look at this badge and imagine rubies where the pearls are set on the 'A' and you get an idea of what it can look like (it can also be unjeweled on the O and II, and probably often is.) http://www.aoiiemporium.com/store/co...?idproduct=380 It is traditionally awarded to the new member with the Highest GPA upon intiation. Former Chapter Presidents and Ruby A awardees can purchase their own ring or Ruby A badge after they pass it down.

The AOII Emporium does carry leadership charms (dangles) and a few charm-style bracelets. So, I guess it's okay to have them, but not attach them (or anything else) to our badge.

I'm kind of glad we don't use them, because I'd be broke from having so many of them :D


Christin
(none of this is Official Information, just my personal knowledge as correct and completely written as I can remember!)

I have never heard of this rule. And I was known as "Kathy Chi Omega" when I was in school because I was one of those annoying people who knew everything about the sorority!! :D Maybe the chapter at your college made up their own little rule or something? Maybe they had a lot of alum come to help with Rush or something so they wanted to differentiate? But as far as I know, this is NOT a Chi Omega rule.

I, unfortunately, have not had any opportunity to wear my badge since I graduated (5 years ago!), but I still have the guard on it and would keep it there if I did wear it somewhere.

I have since been corrected about removing the guard on my own pin (yeah!), but the justification given when it was told to me was: when you're an alumna, you are a member of the GLO as a whole, and no longer "just" the one chapter. Even as I type this, it does sound rather lame!

Gosh darn it, I'm going to get those dangles I've earned, and put them on my guard like I've been wanting to do! And enjoy it! :)

honeychile

I know this wasn't directed at my sorority, but since we have the same rule...

We do get recognition pins, officers pins, etc, but they are just that.... freestanding(?) pins. They are generally small stick-pins that are worn below and to the left of our badge. I'm not sure whether chapter pins are available, I've never seen one, but it's possible.

As far as badge-buddies go (I think that's what they are called?) they are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN for DOs (there was a big tussle at our triennial conference about this, when a few members showed up wearing them). Our badge may only be worn on an article of clothing (ie. blouse, dress, etc) and may not be worn on any other piece of fabric (ie. a jacket or a badge-buddy) and may not be transformed into any other article of jewelery (necklace, ring, etc.) whether one is an active or an alumnae.

This has been a really interesting thread, to see what different rules are for different orgs!

Alpha Gam doesn't have any rules per se about who can/can't wear a chapter guard. I've seen plenty of alumnae wear their guards and dangles well after graduation.

Generally, the only time I've seen alumnae take off their chapter guard is when they earn their first Honor of Epsilon Pi, which are awards unique to AGD. After that, the alumnae almost always wear their Badge connected to whatever Honors they have earned.

Obviously, badge buddies are ok with SAI, although we have a similiar rule about what type of clothing the badge can and can't go on. Ours can not go on a jacket or coat, although if you're wearing a suit, it's ok to put it on the suit jacket. I remember it was so hard to keep straight, until someone explained it to me as this: the badge goes on the layer that people will see the most. If you're wearing a suit and you don't plan to take the jacket off, badge goes on the jacket. If you DO plan on taking the jacket off, badge goes on the camisole/shell/whatever.

Also, we can not wear any other badge above ours. If someone wishes to wear her SAI badge and another badge, they must be at the same level, or the SAI badge must be higher. I think there are some GLOs that say that their badge must be above all others...tricky, tricky if you wanted to wear both!

Ah, the wonderful world of badge rules! :D