LSU's campus has been #blessed with many sororities. There are over 13 sororities in the Panhellenic Council and three NPHC sororities thus far. Each sorority a unique in their own way. There's something for everyone. However, the PHC community is overjoyed to welcome yet another amazing organization to its campus in the fall of 2016! Creston Willis, a junior Delta Delta Delta and PHC Director of Extension, explained what made LSU want to expand the Greek Community, "As more women continue to seek the sorority experience at LSU, we invited Alpha Delta Pi to campus to both offer another opportunity and keep our chapter sizes from continuing to grow."
Alpha Delta Pi (ADPi) is the newest sorority to LSU's campus, but interestingly enough is the oldest fraternity for woman. It was founded in 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. It was originally named Adelphean Society, a secret society focused on fellowship and scholarship for girls. Alpha Delta Pi's motto is "We Live For Each Other." There are over 155 chapters in the United States and Canada. LSU will be the last SEC school to reinstate an ADPi chapter! Beth Newell, the Associate Director of Greek Life, explains how LSU Greek life decided to expand the LSU chapters and extend their invitation to Alpha Delta Pi: "We opened for extension last year and invited chapters to make presentations. Each chapter voted, and Alpha Delta Pi seemed like the best fit for our LSU Greek community. We can't wait to have them back on campus and see the amazing things they do!"
This past week, Leadership Consultants as well as women who work at ADPi headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, came to LSU's campus to get the word out to unaffiliated women enrolled at LSU as well as the incoming freshman on campus for Spring Testing (SPIN) #purplebackpackers. In addition to these amazing women who were visiting, PHC has also organized a group of sorority women who are on campus and affiliated up and down the row to help ADPi acclimate to Greek life down in the Bayou. The members of Team ADPi and the Leadership Consultants went to talk to fraternities and sororities at their chapter meetings and handed out T-shirts, coozies, stickers and buttons to get everyone excited! They also tabled in free speech alley.
Team ADPi is a group of women from all 13 chapters. Of course, they are still affiliated with their respective organizations, however they're lending a helping hand through this week and formal recruitment! Alicia Buckelew, a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and Team ADPi, shared her thoughts on the experience of being apart of the extension team. "I feel like Team ADPi really has shown me how sorority women from all down the row come together! I rushed older (as a junior) and was not sure what Greek life would bring at all. Everything seems so nerve-racking at first but you really get out what you put in, and it's so welcoming to know you have a whole PHC community of girls who will support you and each other! And having the consultants here with us all week shows just how eager and excited ADPi is to be here at LSU, I just think who wouldn't want to be a part of that?"
