The Wolf s Howl Spring 2017 Issue Announcements This issue: reviewing 2016 and preparing for 2017 As we get settled into 2017, it pays off to look at the accomplishments from the previous year Last year we celebrated our 13 th annual National Founders Day on November 20 th 2016. We also had the largest attended convention of all time! Thank you to Eli (Kappa Chapter) and Mandy (Epsilon Chapter) for our wonderful convention photos (pictures below). Hayden Passon was chosen as the Vice President of Internal Communications pending final confirmation of position! Jennifer Griffith has stepped down as our VP of Compliance effective immediately and Violet Benn will be taking over in the position early! Council Updates Please welcome our newly elected council for the 2017-2019 term: Opal Clark, President Violet Benn, VP of Compliance Lauren Wong, VP of Finance Mariah Moore, VP of Expansion Samantha Arpino, VP of Programming Christy Hodgson, VP of Alumni The new positions will begin after our July Convention Ariel Emmanuel, VP of External Communications Chase Tien, VP of Information Technology Shannon Flint, VP of Collegians West & Mid-west Kale Angelini, VP of Collegians East & South Audrey Baird, Alumni at Large Delegate Savannah Carlstrom, Alumni at Large Delegate
Alpha Chapter at Arizona State University founded on November 20 th, 2003 Beta Chapter at San Diego State University founded on July 13 th, 2008 Epsilon Chapter at California State University at Northridge founded on April 16 th 2010 Zeta Chapter at the University of California at Los Angeles founded on May 22 nd, 2010 Eta Chapter at Purdue University founded on November 20 th 2010 Theta Chapter at Northern Arizona University founded on April 9 th 2011 Iota Chapter at the State University of New York at Albany founded on April 30 th 2011 Kappa Chapter at the University of Houston founded on November 12 th 2011 Lambda Chapter at the University of California at Berkeley founded on April 27 th 2012 Nu Chapter at Ball State University founded on November 16 th 2013 Xi Chapter at Tulane University founded on November 16 th 2013 Omicron Chapter at Iowa State University founded on April 19 th 2014 Rho Chapter at the University of Iowa founded on April 25 th 2015 Sigma Chapter at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette founded on April 9 th 2016 Tau Chapter at the University of Texas at Austin founded on April 30 th 2016 Colonies University of Arizona Colony - Inducted on January 23rd, 2016 Missouri University of Science and Technology Colony - Inducted on January 30th, 2016 Longwood University Colony - Inducted on February 6th, 2016 Bowling Green State University Colony - Inducted on August 28th, 2016 Ohio State University Colony - Inducted on September 17th, 2016
C hapter Colony Photos By Eli and Mandy
National Council 2015-2017 Photo Credits: Eli B (Kappa Chapter) and Mandy Z (Epsilon Chapter)
In Other News Alumni Conference Our 3rd annual Alumni Conference was in October in Galveston, Texas. It was a great retreat style event, and our alumni sibs had loads of fun reconnecting with each other. Big kudos to our VP of Alumni and the AALD s for coordinating such a successful event! Creating Change Conference Two amazing National Representatives LaKeia Spady and Alex Grandstaff ran a workshop about the value of having LGBT sororities and fraternities at the Creating Change Conference in Philadelphia. We also had many of our members attend in support. New Colonies Lastly, please welcome our two new colonies inducted at the end of 2016. Bowling Green State University Ohio State University