Dressed in Gold and Black, and a DG on top of that!

The first weekend of Mizzou Football is over - with Mizzou tallying its first victory of the season of course! We all know the football players work hard out there on the field, but don't forget about some other Mizzou student-athletes working just as hard from the sidelines! This year Mu Chapter is represented on the sidelines by Golden Girls and Cheerleaders who get to call DG their home when they are not shining on the field. We want to give a shout-out to our favorite gals on the sidelines - way to go girls, you look great and work hard keeping us fans entertained all game long!

Cheerleader Heather Hopkins (10) with Truman!

Golden Girls Sabrina McEvers (10), Alli Dennis (09), Faith Miller (10), Alle Pawelski (10), Skyler Still (10), Kaeli Kimes (08), and Courtney Alexander (08) 'throwing it up' before the game in St. Louis.

DG Do Gooder - August

Name: Jessica Hughes

Pledge Class: 2007

Why she was chosen: Pledge class 07' member Jessica Hughes spent the summer in Gaborone, Botswana. Not only did she explore the African culture, but she also spent time working in a village - for this, Jessica is Mu Chapter's August Do Gooder. Congrats Jess! Read below to learn about her summer adventure and check out some amazing photos...

In her own words: "I participated in a public health exchange program in Gaborone, Botswana, near South Africa. I enjoyed the culture by living with a Batswana family and spending part of my time in the village of Mochudi. I took a public health class and a class on the culture and language in Botswana, which is called Setswana. Three days a week I had an internship in a public clinic. At the clinic I observed the general doctor and helped with wound wrapping and packaging pills for the pharmacy. However, I spent the majority my time observing in the HIV/ AIDS clinic. There I would see patients with the doctor and help where I could with consultations. I also spent some of my free time volunteering at a soup kitchen for orphans in a poor area of the city. I was lucky enough to attend the US vs. Ghana world cup game and to go on a safari in the Chobe national park.

It was an amazing experience, and I wish I could have stayed longer. One thing that I found to be very interesting is to see what it felt like to be in the minority. I learned that although many people think of Botswana and the United States as being very different places, the people are really not that different. It made me appreciate the differences I did see, but also to realize that we have many similarities. I realized that it is important to make the goals of our country goals that can really improve the quality of life in other parts of the world too."

Sign up for a Greek Life work group!

The Greek Life offices at The University of Missouri has spent the past few months forming a Strategic Plan based of an assessment from a consultation group who spent time on campus last spring. This assessment was conducted last semester by NPower, an outside consulting agency, as a way to assess the strengths and challenges for our Greek community. Now Greek Life is forming a way to address the Strategic Plan with students. Read the message below to learn how YOU can help!

Message from Greek Life:

In order to manage the next step in the Greek Life strategic plan, we are creating a series of workgroups and meetings that will focus on developing goals and strategies that can lead to positive change within our Greek Community. The purpose of the workgroups will be to address some of the primary concerns listed in the report. Workgroup participants will be asked to develop goals and action plans that will help provide a roadmap for our community. The topics for the workgroups are as follows:

• Alcohol- Alcohol abuse and topics including lawlessness, fear of tragedy occurring, sexual assault, destruction of property, and hazing
• Academics- Academic achievement, standards, incentives and recognition
• NPHC- Overall council identity, governance, and support
• MGC- Council membership, mission, and support
• IFC Freshmen Male Experience- Recruitment, education, institutional identity, living requirements
• PHA Chapter Size- Analyze chapter size, review NPC recommendations
• Values-Based Community Standards- Standards for every chapter based on values of our community
• Community Competition- Positive aspects of competition, negative aspects of competition

If you are intrested in being a part of the planning process for Mizzou's Greek Life Strategic Plan, please click the link at the end of this post to fill out the involvement form. The next step will be developing work groups associated with various topics for the upcoming semester.

http://mugreeklife.com/involvement-form

If this interests you make sure to sign up today - the deadline is September 2nd.

Bid Day 2010

From 1,452 potential members to the final 76, congratulations to the Delta Gamma pledge class of 2010 - we are so happy to have you as new members of our chapter!

Some of the pledge class 2007 (seniors) waiting on the quad for the new Delta Gamma babies!

All of the potential members waiting for their bid cards on the quad.

A new member and her Bid Day buddy pose with the Delta Gamma letters.

The new Delta Gamma members on Bid Day.

The pledge class of 2008 (juniors) waiting on the portico for the new babies!

New members 'throw it up' for the first time.

Members of the pledge class of 2009 wait for their Bid Day buddies.

Pledge Class 2010

Abbadessa, Ashton

Ambroske, Brooke

Anderson, Alexa

Barrett, Callee

Basso, Kayla

Berlind, Jordan

Beto, Alli

Bhambri, Samantha

Bixby, Taylor

Boze, Shawnee

Bridges, Summer

Brown, Mallory

Casey, Mia

Cassidy, Kristen

Choinka, Maria

Conklin, Maddie

Curtis, Elissa

Darnell, Claire

Desnoyer, Rachel

Dietrich, Kelsey

Dolan, Kenzie

Eakle, Mary

Elmendorf, Megan

Erdal, Katie

Finney, Dory

Gelbart, Hannah

Gilstrap, Audra

Gonzales, Maggie

Goodman, Lauren

Greco, Ali

Hall, Connor

Halloran, Sarah

Harper, Abby

Hopkins, Heather

Ivancic, Kelly

Kaelin, Kelsey

Keppeler, Maddie

Kesselheim, Shelby

Krueger, Mallory

Lewis, Megan

Love, Carson

Lukasek, Kelsey

Marquart, Brooke

Mathews, Mariah

McEvers, Sabrina

McLaughlin, Leigh

Metz, Logann

Miller, Faith

Miller, Grace

O'Neill, Claire

O'Toole, Haley

Ordonez, Mercedes

Ornduff, Hailey

Pawelski, Alle

Porter, Kelsey

Poteet, Alli

Ramirez, Gaby

Riordan, Allie

Schamburg, Allie

Schimmoeller, Libby

Schneider, Lindsay

Schumacher, Jordan

Sellenriek, Kate

Shumate, Bri

Stabler, Emmi

Stellern, Torrie

Still, Skyler

Voloto, Carly

Waldschmidt, Mary

Ward, Ali

Warner, Lexi

Waters, Kaitlyn

White, Sarah

Wollard, Alyssa

Yim, Grace

Young, Blair

Get Recruited!

It's recruitment - one of the craziest, longest, busiest, and most fun weeks of the year. Instead of telling you all about it, here is our photo break down of the week - enjoy!

Day 1/2: Open House

Day 3: Skit/Sisterhood Day

Day 4: House Tour/Philanthropy Day

Day 5: Preference Day

It's Moving Day!

Our beautiful home at 900 S Providence!

Today is the day that most of the girls (if not all) have been waiting for since leaving CoMo back in May - the day that they get to pack up their belongings and move into the infamous DG house & annex!

Needless to say, those of us who have already experienced the amazingness of living in DG... well, we're incredibly envious. INCREDIBLY. "Living in" is undoubtedly the best part of college, and we are so excited for the house's new residents.

Have the time of your lives, ladies... and take care of our beautiful home! We know you'll have a blast.

Partial view of a two-man bedroom!

Girls playing in the lawn... view from our portico!

Hanging out in one of the three-man bedrooms!

Getting ready for Halloween festivities in the foyer!

Vote in the Pepsi Refresh Project

Support Delta Gamma's own Molly Stroud, Eta Alpha-Pepperdine. Molly (a 2010 DG Convention speaker) is trying to win a grant through the Pepsi Refresh Project and needs your help!

Molly started the Kind Campaign, a movement and documentary based upon the powerful belief in KINDness. The Kind Campign brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of girl-against-girl "crime".

To help her win the grant follow this link and vote for her project. If she wins she will use the grant money for school programs, a documentary tour, and to start Kind Clubs to spread her message.

DGs love LA!

Ashley Deese (09)

Incoming sophomore, Ashley Deese, currently lives in Los Angeles interning at Ronald Reagan UCLA Hospital in the Pediatric Oncology Ward. The extremely hands-on internship allows her to not only learn the ins and outs of the field, but also interact with the patients and doctors.

"It's so amazing. I have learned so many things through this experience about all types of cancers, how they affect the children and their families, different treatments, and about the medial world as a whole. I'm so grateful that I was able to come out here and learn first hand what it is like to work in a hospital. It is just one foot in the door on my way to becoming a doctor, and it's helped me realize that it is exactly what I want to do!"

Of course, we are all so proud of Ashley's ambition and drive -- after all, she just finished her freshman year only three months ago!

Naturally, us DGs love to take advantage of any (and all) opportunities for a little sisterly bonding at the beach, especially Lacey Weis. Two weeks ago, Lacey, a fellow sophomore and Ashley's pledge sister, made her first trip (ever) out to the Golden Coast. Together, the girls visited the DGs at USC, strolled around Hollywood, and even ran into a Mizzou/Mu DG alumnae (05), Megan Jacob!

Ashley Deese (09) & Lacey Weis (09)

Visiting DG at USC!

Megan Jacob (05) & Lacey

Cheers to summertime and sisterly bonding!

Meet the Seniors: Alli Bailes

Alli Bailes

Hometown: Springfield, Missouri

Major: Journalism (Strategic Commuications)

Dream Job: Food Critic

Past DG Involvement

Foundation Crew
Decorations for Recruitment 2009

Other Group Affiliations

MOJO Ad Media Planner
Arts & Science Student Ambassador
RAMS Steering Committee
Pi Chi 2008
Advertising Club

FAST FAVORITES
Year in College: Sophomore
Class: Intro to Art

Experience Outside of DG: Europe, Winter Intercession 2008

DG Lunch: Tacos, obviously

DG Dessert: That one thing with all of the ice cream sandwiches on top of each other
Location within DG: Annex
DG Fling Performance: Inspector Gadget

DG RAMS Performance: Legally Blonde
Spring Break Experience: Panama City...twice. Surprisingly just as good the 2nd time around

QUICK QUESTIONS
1) Imagine you didn't have DG in your life.. describe your personality/life.
"I'd probably live in the journalism school... wait, I do. Well, I guess I'd spend even more time there and live an extremely boring life."

2) What about DG will you miss the most?
"Seeing a friendly face on campus every day, knowing that there is always food waiting to be eaten downstairs at the house, every study sesh in the Heritage Room... all of it."

TO THE 2006 PLEDGE CLASS
"Let's fail all of our classes and stay here for another year! Just kidding... we know DGs only get A's."