Breast Cancer Awareness 5K

 Join us in the battle against breast cancer!

What: Panhellenic Breast Cancer Awareness 5K benefiting Lawrence Memorial Hospital's Mario's Closet
When: Sunday, October 21st
          Registration starting at 12:30pm and Race beginning at 2:00pm
Where: The Race will be the Campus Sidewalk Course
           It will start and end at the Kansas Union on the Plaza out front
          
For a registration fee of $25, you can participate in the race by walking or running, receive a t-shirt, refreshments, and give back to Mario's Closet a boutique located in Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Register Here!

         
For more information contact Christie Van Allen at phacommservice@ku.edu or checkout the information on our website at kupanhellenic.org

Panhellenic and University of Kansas Student Alumni Association Senior Event

Attention Seniors! 

The University of Kansas Panhellenic Association and the Student Alumni Association's Senior/Alumnae Panel event is taking place on October 17th.  There will be a panel of alumnae present to share their experiences and answer any questions you may have about what to do after graduation--  graduate school, study abroad, how to get a job/internship, how to get involved in your national chapter, etc. This is a great event that will be a benefit to all seniors.

It will take place October 17th at 7 p.m. in the Summerfield Room at the Adams Alumni Center.

Hope to see you there!

September Scholar of the Month

Congratulations to the September Scholar of the Month, Chelsea Didde, a member of Delta Delta Delta.

Chelsea Didde is a senior in Delta Delta Delta from Leawood, KS majoring in Journalism with a minor in Leadership Studies. After graduation she plans on a career in advertising and public relations. She loves to be involved on campus and has participated in PRSSA, KU Ad Club, KU Blood Drive, Greek IMPACT Leadership Seminar, LeaderShape Institute, Mt. Oread Scholars, and the Up 'til Dawn committee. If she could give one tip to underclassmen, it would be that a healthy balance between school, friends, involvement, philanthropy, family, and health is the key to success. 

Way to go Chelsea! 

Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity Breast Cancer Scholarship

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, starting next week, the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity has developed a fund for anyone who has been affected by this awful disease. Take a look below and apply by September 30th.

Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity

Denim and Pink Fund, sponsored by Breast Cancer Awareness Week.

Dear Student,

We are pleased and excited this year to present an award given to a deserving student in the KU community who has been affected by breast cancer. Each year, we sponsor an event entitled Denim and Pink day where faculty, staff, and students can pay a contribution to wear jeans to work on Thursday of Breast Cancer Awareness Week to promote the events, and also collect money for a great cause. This year that cause could be you! We are seeking applicants who have come into financial difficulty because of breast cancer. You may personally be a survivor, or a fighter, or have someone in your family that is, and need help. We are excited to offer this contribution in the form of a gift card to our bookstore to help with the cost of textbooks or other school items. Attached you will find the application where we ask for some basic information about you, and then a short essay that allows you to describe your personal situation and why you believe you’re deserving of the scholarship.

Please remember this is a need-based award that will be given to a student based on the form of four criteria. Those are as follows:

·          Ability to show significant financial need

·         Exhausted other avenues for financial help

·         Demonstrates academic and career goals

·         Overall story relating to Breast Cancer

Students will be narrowed down to top two candidates that must be able to interview for the award on either Thursday, October 5^th, or Friday October 6^th. After the student has been selected, they will receive the gift card to the bookstore. (Amount of scholarship is based on success of this year’s Denim and Pink Day.) In addition, students will also be given a gift certificate to Salon Hawk in the Kansas Union for shampoos to help regrow hair, a wig, and a makeover to either the recipient or a loved one of the recipient who’s been affected by breast cancer.

Applications MUST be submitted no later than September 30, 2012

To Jennifer Streeter, via email at jennstreeter@ku.edu

We are excited to read your applications and to potentially meet you in person.

Stay Strong,

Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity

Blood Drive

Donate to save a life! (and receive community service hours)

Sexual Assault Awareness Week

KU’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week will be held September 10^th – 14^th

Sexual Assault Awareness Week exists to engage both men and women in a conversation about challenging norms, values, and behaviors that contribute to the problem and  to encourage everyone to commit to being a part of the solution.

 

Ending sexual assault is everyone’s  responsibility - - please join in the week to make a difference in your community!

 

Trivia Night 
Monday, September 10th, Crimson and Brews (925 Iowa Street) 
7:00 p.m. 
$5.00 Tickets to benefit GaDuGi SafeCenter

The Most Interesting Man in the World
Is chivalry dead? Find out what it means to be a man on campus. 

Join us for an interactive discussion about modern masculinity.

Tuesday, September 11th, Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center classroom
7:30 p.m.

What Would You Do? 
Watch clips from ABC's hidden camera, ethical dilemma series What Would You Do? and then tell us what you would do.

Wednesday, September 12th, Naismith Hall 
7:00 p.m.

Candlelight Vigil 
Thursday, September 13th, Campanile 
7:00 p.m.

Please visit our Facebook page or contact etwrc@ku.edu for more information.

 

 

If you have a disability and you wish to request accommodations for these programs, please contact KU office of Disability Resources as soon as possible. Accommodations and services are provided to all eligible students. For more information contact Disability Resources at 785-864-2620 (V/TTY), achieve@ku.edu, or visit 22 Strong Hall.

We look forward to seeing everyone participate with us this week! 

Wonderful Words of Wisdom

   Shanah Gaskil, Director of Administrative Affairs

 

Congratulations to all of the women who are registered for Fall Formal Recruitment. We know that you will have a great experience, and here are some "wise words" from our very own Shanah Gaskill, the Director of Administrative Affairs for KU Panhellenic. 

 

Watching my dad tear up as we said our first of many goodbyes freshman year, wasn’t the most easing feeling I’ve ever felt. But he told me that he was proud, and he knew that I would do well.  And then he and my mom gave me one last hug, as I headed to the first recruitment meeting.

 

As I sat in that first meeting, I was feeling a mix of emotions. I couldn’t believe my parents had just dropped me off, and now I was sitting around 800 overly chatty and excited women... Yikes. 

I knew that I originally wanted to go through recruitment because people from my life had done it before. But as I continued to sit there and wonder what the heck I was doing, I realized that I wanted to go through recruitment mostly for myself. I wanted to make new friends and be involved in something bigger than myself. Joining a group of 150 other woman seemed like a good way to do both of those things. But to get there I was going to have to majorly go out of my comfort zone.
 

In no way was it natural for me to sit and talk to strangers for nearly eight hours a day, while my stomach growled because I was fed one fourth of a Jimmy John’s sandwich. (You’re lucky you actually get real meals this year!) But I tried to stay positive and make the best of the whole thing.

 

After the week was over and I got my voice back after losing it from excessive talking about my not so exciting summer, I knew I had made the right decision. But at first, I found it slightly hard for myself to open up to my fellow “sisters.” I’m not much of a girly girl, so it was kind of just awkward for me. I was supposed to become best friends with all of these strangers, but all I knew we had in common was a chapter. Once I finally realized that I could just be myself and not be so shy and worried, my world became a lot brighter. Being gone from home for the first time in my life wasn’t exactly peachy all of the time and so it was nice to have other women from my chapter to talk to that were feeling the same way. We had much more in common than just a single chapter.  

 

Over the past three years, I have gone from quite the scared and shy new member of the Greek community to an extremely active member of that same community. And I owe a lot of it to a senior that spoke at one of our first chapter meetings. I vividly remember sitting there thinking she was so old and wise. And then she said, “What you put into your college and Greek life experience, is what you’ll get out of it.”  I took those words to heart. And from then on, I realized I needed to have more of an open mind and never let myself be held back because of some lame comfort zone I was holding on to.

To this date, I have become involved in over a handful of Greek and KU community activities. And with this experience, I have composed sort of a list of advice. Here goes nothing:

• Go out of your comfort zone.. seriously   
  
• Always have an open mind 
•  You don’t know until you try
• Go to a basketball game, or two
• You may not be able to control your environment, but you can control your actions
• Don’t worry about the strange species that some people call  “boys”
• Things won’t always work out how you plan, but things will work out how they’re supposed to
• Be yourself
• Do your homework during the day, so you can play with friends at night
• Get involved
• You can’t redo this experience, go all out
• Call home, your parents miss you
• What you put into your experiences is what you’ll get out of them
• Any preconceived notions you hold about someone/something are most likely incorrect
• But really, push yourself and go out of your comfort zone

With all this being said, I hope that you can tell that I am extremely proud to be a member of our Greek community. Not only have I made friends and become a part of something bigger than myself, it has helped me evolve into the woman I am today. Going Greek was the best decision I have made yet. So please, if you do anything while in college, Go Greek!