The Recruitment Coaching Team needs you

District 2 of Alpha Sigma Alpha is looking for a volunteer to work with one of our chapters on recruitment. If you'd like to get involved, complete a Volunteer Interest Form. Questions? Contact Kelly McLaughlin, Volunteer Recruitment & Placement Team member. In addition, several of our collegiate chapters are looking for advisory board members.

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District info

• Who to contact: District roles explained
• Calendar of events

Recruitment

• NPC resolution on fraternity recruitment
• Recruitment tips
• Membership Referral Form

Chapter officers

• Election crib sheet
• Status changes and status definitions
• Forms and officer information at the Officer Portal

Chapter finances

• Billhighway FAQ
• E-mail Billhighway support
• Fundraising tips
• About the Finance Coaching Team

Education

• Introducing the Education Coaching Team
• Scholarships available
• AΣA Advantage FAQ

Links

• District 2 Facebook page
• Follow District 2 on Twitter

I volunteer because . . .

"It helps add balance to my life. It provides me a place to add value. It introduces me to amazing women and reminds me that I have something significant in common with them. It reminds me that I can be amazing."
Lori Hobart, NN
Housing Oversight Team Leader

Want to share why you volunteer? Send a note to District Communications Liaison Lori Sherel.

Fact or fiction? Fact!

Did you know that a woman who did not join a sorority in college can still join after college as an alumna initiate?

Advisory board position descriptions now on OP

Wondering what the standards advisor is supposed to do, or how the scholarship advisor can help the collegiate chapter improve academically? Position descriptions for all advisors are now available on Officer Portal (in the Document Library under the Volunteer Resources folder). The position descriptions will help the advisory board members in their positions, and will also help the chapters with advisor recruitment. The chapters can use the descriptions as a hand-out when approaching potential advisors.

A full advisory board should consist of:

• Chapter advisor
• Alumnae relations advisor
• Finance advisor
• Membership advisor
• Philanthropy advisor
• Recruitment advisor
• Ritual advisor
• Scholarship advisor
• Social advisor
• Standards advisor

In addition, several of our collegiate chapters are looking for advisory board members. If you'd like to get involved, complete a Volunteer Interest Form. Questions? Contact Kelly McLaughlin, Volunteer Recruitment & Placement Team member.

District stars

Please welcome Janet Conroy as our new Advisory Board District Liaison! Janet was a Beta Rho collegian at Northern Illinois University and is currently an officer of the Boston Alumnae Chapter. (Janet replaces Lynne Cona, NN, who is Convention 2012 committee chairperson.) Congrats!

Congrats to Kelly Sprout on being appointed to the position of National Ritual Coaching Team Leader! She will be leaving our district team to help Alpha Sigma Alpha at a national level. Kelly has accomplished much over the last couple of years as District 2's Education Coaching Team Leader; before that she served the district as Chapter Education Coordinator. Kelly's an Epsilon Kappa and Central Pennsylvania Alumnae Chapter member.

Congrats also to Patti Latin, who will take over as the district Education Coaching Team Leader. Patti is from our Gamma Clio chapter (SUNY Cortland), where she was the colony coordinator and played a very active role in bringing Alpha Sigma Alpha back to that campus.

NPC resolution on fraternity recruitment

Did you know that the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) passed a resolution last year that sorority women must refrain from helping in men's fraternity recruitment? No acting as hostesses at fraternity rush parties or handing out name tags or beverages, and no wearing the letters of one fraternity. As an NPC sorority, Alpha Sigma Alpha is expected to follow this resolution. Learn more about the resolution and the reasoning behind it. Advisors should review this information with their chapters before recruitment starts in the fall.

For advisors and volunteers only

Welcome to our new page for all the advisors and volunteers in District 2! We appreciate all you do for Alpha Sigma Alpha and want to provide this resource for you to help you in your position. Let us know what you need! If you have ideas on what you'd like to see here, e-mail the webmaster.

Emotionally intelligent arguing

When your opinions don't mesh well with those of the person sitting across from you, the mark you leave on the situation comes from how well you understand and manage your emotions (not from what you say to prove your point). When emotions are allowed to run haywire during a disagreement, things discombobulate very quickly and the discussion goes nowhere. Read this article on how to handle the situation with emotional intelligence.

Don't be at a disadvantage on Advantage!

Major changes to the AΣA Advantage program were announced at convention in July 2010. We are developing a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) that will help answer questions that members, advisors, and chapters may have about the changes and the new program. If you have questions or need more information, contact Education Coaching Team leader Patti Latin or the Education Coaching Team member for your chapter.

Read the AΣA Advantage FAQ »

Statuses explained

Got a question about how to classify a member who's student teaching for the semester? You can find the answer in the status changes and definitions document.

More news

• Alpha Sigma Alpha gives boost to S. June Smith Center
• Go red for women!
• The proof is in the plunge
• Insurance and textbook programs
• Find out what's happening in District 2! View the calendar of events