This past week I had the pleasure of attending a leadership conference for my sorority, Sigma Sigma Sigma. This year the National Sigma Sigma Sigma Conference happened to fall right after the leadership conference I attended. It was an amazing experience to say the least and I learned so many important skills about leadership, being a woman in the workforce, and strengthening bonds with my fellow sisters and sisters around the country. It is definitely safe to say that these relationships with your fellow sorority sisters last a lifetime, and I had the joy of experiencing that first hand.
As the leadership conference went on, we had some breaks where we got to mingle with the alumna of Sigma Sigma Sigma, and I think this might have been my favorite part of the whole conference. Meeting these sisters who have been alumna for five, 10, 15, and 20 years who still have an undying passion for Tri Sigma was an amazingly heartwarming experience. These women prove to collegiate sorority women everywhere that no matter what sorority they are a part of that it really is not just four years, but your bound with your sorority sisters is forever. This is a trait I hope to carry on throughout my chapter and my whole life after graduation. In this article I am going to tell you how these women exemplify this trait as a sorority woman after college.
People go to college all over the country, and like me, many do not go to a college in the same state that they live in, or they get jobs all over the country after college to start their careers and we often lose touch with our friends, but what these women exemplified is that the bond of a sorority sister never dies. There were these two particular women I had the pleasure of meeting, and let me tell you their love for each other and Tri Sigma burned as bright as I imagined it did years ago when they had just joined Tri Sigma. These women knew various alumna women from different chapter all over the country just from going to different Tri Sigma events over the years, keeping in touch, going to the national convention every three years (having tons of fun while they were there), and making the most of being a sorority woman. I hope to one day have the bonds they do with each other, their chapter's sisters, and their sisters all over the world.
Along with the various little nifty tips about traveling, I also learned how being in a sorority can help you in the work force. The first thing I learned is that we have so many connections to jobs from our fellow sisters all over the country and maybe even around the world. You never know where your future career may take you and your sisters can help you adjust to a new area by connecting with them through an alumna chapter in that area. Your sisters will always be willing to help no matter who you are because you share a deeper bond that no one can take away from you. I also learned that being a woman in the workforce is not your typical career ladder, but more like a jungle gym. It's a lot harder being a woman in the workforce than it is for a man, and the connections you have with your sisters all over the country can help you climb that jungle gym and be a successful woman in the workforce.
Often people are quick to judge us for being a "sorority girl, but we are so much more than that. We are sorority woman, we are strong, we are independent, and we have each other every step of the way. Yes, these are things I learned from the amazing alumna women of my sorority, Tri Sigma, but I believe any woman from any sorority can relate to what it is like to be a sorority woman, and the fact that it's not just for four years, but you are affiliated in that sorority for life, because the footprints of your sisterhood are imprinted on your heart forever.
