Presumably because of the national spread of, and interest in, the story,
Anderson Cooper, no less, will be interviewing her. So she gets her dream of becoming a Zeta, and a few minutes of chatting with an actual Vanderbilt. Air date not certain, AFAIK. Just another fun thing about a warmfuzzy story.
See
http://cjonline.com/news/2011-10-21/...-year-old-zeta