Let Me Show You

Not only was this past weekend Homecoming but another sorority tradition- big little calls. Both my little and my twin got littles this year so we are preparing for Big Little Reveal this coming Saturday. That means lots and lots of crafting! Each family has different crafting traditions, but overall, most littles get a tie blanket picked out by their big, a few sets of letters, some canvases and whatever other traditions the family has.  Painting the canvases and the sets of the letters is my favorite thing to do. Most of the time, canvases will have inspirational quotes, lyrics to the little’s favorite song or relate to one of their interests. It’s fun to not only make them, but get to know them in the process of making them. Plus, a lot of the time, we will write a meaningful note on the back of it that says why we chose the design or how it made us think about them.  Last year, I got my little— Isabelle— and it was so much fun to put all of her crafts together. I made her ...

I will stand by the fact that in high school, homecoming was lame. I went to a smaller early college high school right next to the fairly large “normal” high school as we called it. What that means is I didn’t really know three quarters of the people in my grade. Which is okay because as the introvert I was, I didn’t really want to either.  Moving into college, one of the first ways I got involved was through Greek life. As a new member, I got to take part in walking in the parade through Ada. This is still one of my favorite memories and annual activities. Unfortunately, this Saturday will be the last day of walking in the parade with all my favorite people, but it certainly won’t be the last homecoming for me!  Part of the reason we celebrate homecoming is for our alumni both of ONU and their involvements during their time as an undergraduate student. We typically celebrate this through a luncheon. Last year, I remember some of our sorority alumni telling us about their off ...

  Recruitment is finally here! Which means- after this week, I can breathe again! That fact itself is really keeping me going. This semester has felt like it’s been moving in slow motion leading up to this point. There’s been many late nights of planning, meetings and stressing over if I’ve thought of everything. What’s reassuring is having two advisors who have done the role themselves, but I wouldn’t have thought about how much this position relates to my major.  This position itself teaches a few obvious skills: event planning, delegating and time management. But I ended up using a lot of the skills I already had. For example, part of this role is being aware of the brand and what we stand for. Delta Zeta has six core values at the center of this brand, they are: friendship, belonging, community, curiosity, generosity and empowerment. As the name of my blog is “Let Me Show You,” I thought I’d do exactly that to show our audience our brand. I had our members participate in a...

Senior year brings many challenges- all of which I’ve willingly signed up for. I used to always say as a kid that I love a good challenge and that statement has translated into my adult self being extremely busy.  Going into Junior year, I was expecting to graduate early but when scheduling classes for the fall semester, I realized two of my final classes are only offered in the spring. At first I was bummed, now I had to pay for a whole additional semester of class but I quickly turned my narrative to realize that I could keep my fall semester light. I am only taking three classes and the senior capstone project- totaling a whopping 12 credit hours. Not bad. Now let’s start adding.  Last year was my first year as a peer mentor, which I greatly enjoyed despite my mentees not enjoying it so I am continuing that. After taking a brief pause for a semester from my sorority for financial reasons in the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, I came back last fall and ran for a position on o...

  The funny thing about the textbook and my life as a current multimedia student specialist is that social media is a large part of what we do. Meaning a lot of the items the textbook states my reaction is “wait I do that now! I didn’t know that was a textbook element of social media.”  An example of this is in chapter 4 of Karen Freberg’s “Social Media for Strategic Communication” she mentions several definitions of key social media roles. A few examples being a social media strategist, content creator, multimedia/video producer and writer/editor which all happen to be aspects of my job. Oftentimes in the creation process for a person who wants to use our services, they will come to us either with an example video in hand or a general idea of the tone and goal of the video. Personally, my favorite is when they give us the general idea and tone as this allows us to be a little more creative.  For example, every year the Greek life sororities are required to create a video...