Hello from U of I
 

Hello ladies! I am just OVERJOYED to let you know that I have just recieved a bid from to join the new colony at the University of Illinois!!!! I have been hoping for this day since I went to the first event last semester, and I just cannot believe it's finally here!!!! I am SOOO happy and SOOO excited!!!

We have pledging and bid day activites starting at 11, so I'll make sure to come back and update you about how many girls, and post some pictures and what not!

Congratulations! I hope that your new member period is fabulous! Good luck!

Congratulations!! ... have fun at the events today ... please post pictures and let us know how it goes ..

WELCOME TO ALPHA XI DELTA!!! It's nice to hear you've been waiting for this day and for us, because we've been waiting for this day, and for YOU!! I hear your colony sisters are amazing, and you'll have a great time working with Heather and getting to know everyone.

Have a terrific bid day, and we'll be looking for those pictures!!!

TFJ.

LP88, welcome to the sisterhood! We are all so proud of the girls at Illinois! Definitely let us know more details when you can, can't wait to see the pics. I was a founding sister of my chapter and I can tell you, you have an exciting future ahead!! :) Congrats!!!!!

ok so no pictures yet... i was planning on taking a picure of the whole new colony, but since there were sooo many of us, they didnt gather everyones cameras... we would just be sitting there forever.. but i know there will be pictures floating around somewhere, so when i get one i'll post one :)

there were 200+ girls that went through axid's recruitment process, and while they had the opportunity to take up to 165, bids were extended to 125 women.

we had our formal pledging ceremony, followed by a picnic and performance by one of the accapella groups on campus. tonight kicks off greek week with the greek goddess/god pagent and we're also going to be making a special entrance!!

cant wait for everything else!!!

Did they happen to sing the song about "you can't throw shade on the corn"? They serenaded us when I was a pledge and I still remember that song (about the Morrow Plots.)

Ahh no, we had the Xtension Chords sing to us. The Other Guys are the ones that have the "Morrow Plots" song. ;)

The X Chords did however, sing "I Love Illinois" to the tune of "I love Rock n Roll". It was awesome!

WHOOHOO!!! yeah for the Kappa colony ... that's wonderful!!

tfj, libos, and all the other great sisterly secrets will be yours soon! Congratulations. You've got a lot of work ahead of you, but it's going to be a great challenge and great fun.

I'm one of the new members too and I have to say everyone I've met has been really nice and we're all so excited. I have some pictures of small groups but like ilovepink said, they didn't collect cameras for a colony picture. I'm sure some will be up on facebook soon and we can snatch em and put em up.

I attended the ceremony today. Beautiful ceremony, beautiful day, beautiful new sisters. Congratulations to all.

Congrats! It was a great day! What a great group of women. You will have a chance to buy the group pic. Did you fill out the photog's form? I didn't get the password so I can't look them up online yet. I thought the password was on the business card.

I totally forgot to pick up a business card but I'm sure Heather (our ELC) will send us all a link when the pics go up

yeah i thought the password was uiaxid thats what the guy said... but its not working :(

whats the link?
Any bets on he made it aZd instead of AXiD? haha

for anyone who wants to see pics!

www.cuphotog.com then click on party pics, the UIUC then alpha xi delta... the password IS uiaxid, i emailed someone from the company, who reset it to this.


also, i just recieved some more official news with numbers...there were 133 bids extended...and 400 girls rushed!!! WOW!!!

Really cute pics. I really like the AXiD letters with the pink, double blue, and yellow. Congratulations to all and welcome to the sisterhood.

Congrats to the new ladies of Alpha Xi! Thanks for posting the link to the pics!!

I know this isn't "PC" as we are WOMEN, but how cute are they?! Their shirts are adorable. I am so happy for our new sisters!

Congrats to all the new members of Kappa Chapter - I'm so excited for all of you! And thanks for posting those pics - everyone looks great. I'm jealous of those jerseys!

The official word has been posted!

http://www.alphaxidelta.org/index.ph...ptember%202008

Brief excerpt:

"Alpha Xi Delta welcomed 128 new members yesterday at the University of Illinois in a ceremony at the sorority's new home at 1004 South Second Street. The new members represent Alpha Xi Delta's official return to the campus after an absence of more than 12 years.

"The recolonization of Alpha Xi Delta's chapter at the University of Illinois is a dream come true," said Tracy Osborne, Alpha Xi Delta's National Extension Director. "We enthusiastically welcome these new members to our Sisterhood and look forward to the contributions they will make to Alpha Xi Delta and the University of Illinois."

Over 200 students participated in the member selection process last week with Alpha Xi Delta national officers. "

I remember singing at your pledging. I hope to attend your initiation as well. Have a great year!

Ah! I've been meaning to post this for the last few days, but everytime I've been online, I've forgotten to..

We just found out that we will be INSTALLED on March 14!!!!!

I'm sooooooo excited!!!

How awesome!! Congratulations and good luck ... I wish I could be there ..

That's so great - congrats to you and the rest of Kappa Chapter!

HQ announces installation of Kappa Chapter on March 14, 2009

http://www.alphaxidelta.org/index.ph...02009&refno=34

Just curious -- I can't tell from the chapter website -- has the chapter moved back into its original house, or was that building sold?

The original house was sold. The chapter is currently in the house that was the Phi Sigma Kappa house.

here's the link to the announcement of the new house

http://www.alphaxidelta.org/index.ph...02008&refno=21

BAH!! I'm leaving for Pre-Installation reception and ceremony in about 20 minutes... I'm very nervous, but SO SO SO EXCITED! :) Can't wait for tomorrow!

Congratulations on your installation .. you'll have an amaXIng experience ... can't wait
to hear how it goes ..

Xi love

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats to the soon-to-be KAPPA CHAPTER!!!!!!!!!!

I remember almost being petrified at my chapter's installation. I was listening SO intently that I was afraid I was going to "miss" the good stuff. Keep your ears open, but dont forget to smile and HAVE FUN!

Today's the big day! Congrats Kappa Chapter Ladies!

Here's the official HQ press release about the installation of Kappa Chapter ... welcome to Alpha Xi Delta ladies ... please let use know how it went ...

http://www.alphaxidelta.org/index.ph...02009&refno=37

I saw some of the photos on FB from installation and those are some beautiful Xi's!! Congrats ladies and welcome!!

Everything went so great this weekend! The installation ceremony was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I LOVED it!! We had a very nice luncheon afterwards (my mom even drove down for it!) followed by a desert reception at the house. Overall, it was a great weekend, and I'll never forget it!

I think the only downside was that I messed up my signature while signing the charter lol I mean I didn't mess it up badly...but it was not as neat as my normal signature, since I had to write so small so that everyone could fit!! :)

Man, you sound JUST like me 5 years ago.... I think I messed up my signature too....it's was more "scrawly-looking" than usual.

Okay - I dont know where to find the FB pictures, and I wanna see some!

TFJ!

I didnt wanna steal pictures, so hopefully this link works... if it doesn't, let me know, and I'll steal, lol

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...5&id=501766191
Here's the wholllleee chapter. You can't really see anyone's faces but still cool. I'm like RIGHT in the middle. Middle row, major red eye... lol

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...2&id=501766191
Our exec board with the old charter

And actually if you just click through that album you can see more... lol hopefully it works!

ohhh .. thank you!! that's one great group of Xis!!