The Alpha Delta Pi blog shares special stories from our sisterhood. With guest writers from our collegiate chapters and alumnae associations, our blogs tell the intimate story of ADPi membership from the diverse perspectives of our members. From sisterhood to scholarship, enjoy reading about our organization directly from our sisters and friends.
November 27th, 2020
By Jane Fiedler Madio, Gamma Omicron—Susquehanna University Have you ever had a loved one go through something and feel helpless? Earlier this year, I had that experience. I watched someone I love who is filled with passion, dedication, and sheer exhilaration go through a really dark time. And I simply didn’t know how to help, […]
November 16th, 2020
By Cecilia Mainzer – Beta Tau, University of Akron I never thought I would go Greek. My two older sisters were in Greek life; both Alpha Delta Pis at the Beta Tau Chapter. I was in high school while they were journeying through college, and though I heard a little bit about their ADPi experiences, […]
November 13th, 2020
We asked Ronald McDonald House Charities President & CEO Sheila Musolino, Omega Alpha—Alumna Initiate, what her favorite meal was to make for the families staying at Ronald McDonald House Charities. Her response? “I’m Italian, so my easy go-to meal is Baked Mostaccioli, Meatballs, and Salad.” Sheila generously agreed to share some of the “secret Musolino […]
November 9th, 2020
It is with great pride that Alpha Delta Pi awards 17 sisters the Dorothy Shaw Leadership Award. This award, named after Dorothy Shaw – Rho, Boston University, is the highest individual achievement given to a collegiate member of Alpha Delta Pi. The recipients must be either a junior or a senior, retain a minimum cumulative […]
November 2nd, 2020
By Kaela Colyar – Eta Upsilon, Wake Forest University I grew up in southeastern Pennsylvania, a little way outside of Philadelphia. While in high school, I never envisioned myself joining a sorority, but I had always experienced the powerful bond of sisterhood. My older sister Shanna and I are very close. Of course, we’ve had […]
October 30th, 2020
In recognition of the 41st anniversary of our partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities, the Alpha Delta Pi Foundation is thrilled to announce grants to five chapters of Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) from the Foundation’s RMHC Endowment. This year, The Alpha Delta Pi Foundation chose five chapters to award this prestigious honor to. The […]
October 26th, 2020
By Meg Sliwa – Alpha Kappa, University of Tennessee, Knoxville When I sit and think of the person I was more than two years ago, before joining Alpha Delta Pi, I think of how much hope and excitement I had. Before the start of Formal Recruitment my freshman year, my sister told me of […]
October 23rd, 2020
By Susan Ballenberger Hibler, Gamma Rho—Arizona State The Ronald McDonald House of Memphis opened in 1991 and has housed more than 10,000 children in its almost thirty years of operation. The house is a little different among Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) locations. Most of us know RMHC as providing a home-away-from-home for families, so […]
October 21st, 2020
By Abby Hauser – Delta Gamma, University of Arizona As I sit here writing this post, I look around and think about how lucky I am to be living in the same room in my chapter house that my mom lived in 30 years ago. Pretty crazy, right? But it isn’t my mom, this […]
October 19th, 2020
Jessica Kahmann – Tau, University of Kansas To my sister, You probably don’t know me, probably have never met me, but we are one in the same. We live and breathe the same creed, ritual, and motto. We are sisters. We are also collegian women trying to figure a lot of stuff out. We both […]