Imagine hundreds of your sorority sisters from different chapters all in one room from all over the country. You've always wondered if they were all the same. Well, at Delta Zeta Region weekend we found out that every chapter is unique and brings something different to the table. Over the weekend, from March 21 to March 22, Delta Zeta’s Region X held their Region Weekend and Great Western Alumnae weekend in Long Beach, Calif.
In Region X, there are a total of 13 chapters ranging from all over California to Idaho. The weekend was full of great sisterhood bonding throughout all of the chapters and programming events to help better all of the chapters in the future.
The first day of the event was a house tour of the California State Long Beach Delta Zeta house and then a movie on the beach. This was a great way to get acquainted with sisters from the different chapters and made me realize that even though we are all in different chapters, we are still sisters. It was really cool to see us all together and interacting with one another.
The next day began bright and early at 8 a.m. for registration and a wonderful presentation of “Living Our Values” by Cindy Holmes. Four programming sessions followed: The Next Chapter, Motivating The Middle, Fierce Conversations & Effective Communication and Social Media & Communication. These sessions opened my eyes to what a sorority has in store and what I can do as a member and leader. As a new member and only my second semester as a Delta Zeta, I really went into all of these sessions with an open mind and wanted to learn everything possible to help my chapter succeed.
At lunch, there was an award ceremony for the college chapters and alumnae. The Gamma Omicron San Diego State Chapter of Delta Zeta brought back a few awards, such as an individual member award for one sister with a 4.0, great philanthropy success and the Focus award for improving the chapter. This was the first year the Gamma Omicron chapter received awards at Region Weekend, so it was a very touching moment for all of the sisters.
A round table discussion for every sorority position was next. As the academics chair for my sorority I attended that round table discussion and met fellow academic chairs from the other chapters. It was very encouraging and helpful to learn new tips to instill academic success, hear their stories of success and share mine.
The event ended with dinner and games to engage all of the different chapters. I thought it was a great success because by the end of the night, everyone was having a great time and it didn’t seem to matter what chapter you were from because being a Delta Zeta means that we are all sisters for life.
