Monday, January 25, 2010

Kappa Alpha Theta!

the excitement!

KAO Pledge Class Spring 2010

Kappa Alpha Theta at USD

Sorority Recruitment was a great experience. We met our Ro Chi leader and our group on Tuesday night. The Ro Chi's are there to basically help us through recruitment week and be a resource person. They were completely unbiased and had to be unaffiliated from their chapter for recruitment week. The first day, Wednesday, was a full day where we had to visit all six chapters. Each day after the first day, we visited less chapters, and each chapter focused on a different aspect of their sorority. For the second and third days, the chapters focused on philantrophy and sisterhood. On the fourth day, we were asked to a maximum of two chapters for pref night, and we had to ranked the two chapters in order at the end of the day.

I had been anxious all week and just wanted to fast-forward to Sunday which was Bid Day. The day finally arrived, and we all met at UC Forums full of thrilled and exhilarated girls who were all very eager to open their individual envelopes with a bid from their future chapters. I opened my envelope and saw a bid from Kappa Alpha Theta in black and gold letters and ribbons. I got even more excited as several girls from my own Ro Chi group also got bids from Theta! Bid day was so fun as I met a lot of the girls in the chapter. We went on a harbor cruise around San Diego, ate dinner at Buca Di Bepo downtown, and got some frozen yogurt for dessert. The day was absolutely fun-filled, and I cannot wait to make more memories with the girls in my sorority!

-Katt

Here are more pictures:

Kites!


San Diego Harbor Cruise


Dinner

Monday, January 18, 2010

Winter Break




Winter Break is almost over! My break was extremely relaxing. I definitely needed some downtime after all the stressful and brain-draining final exams! My family went to the Philippines for a few weeks to visit some family. It was my grandma's 75th birthday, and my mom and aunts planned a surprise birthday party for her. We also toured many places and of course ate so much food!

I absolutely love traveling, and I cannot wait to study abroad! I am looking into studying abroad this summer at the Guadalajara Program in Mexico or the program in Jamaica! If you are interested in studying abroad and would like to check out USD's Study Abroad Program website, here's the link: http://gointernational.sandiego.edu/

Well I have to cut this short now because I have to start packing for San Diego. I am going back a week early for sorority recruitment. I'll write about how Sorority Recruitment goes later. I cannot wait to see all my friends, and to be back in SD!

xoxo,
Katt