My senior speech!

Three years ago I came to San Francisco State, as a transfer student with units of a junior. I had only school on my mind. Yet deep down I knew something was missing during my first semester at state. I didn’t know anyone here. I didn’t think anyone would accept me due to my age and awkward social skills. I wanted to get involved in school and meet new people but I was struggling to find where I belonged. It was not till I was walking through the quad that I realized what I really needed and wanted... I saw  my sororities table and I knew I had to be a part of this amazing organization that not only was involved in campus but promoted woman empowerment and togetherness as equals. I went through the recruitment process in spring 2013 and it was the best choice I have ever made in my life. I fell in love with my Big, and my G big and my entire family. Before I joined my sorority I only had two sisters I now have over 100 who will be there for me through times of good and bad.

Now that I am a senior I look back at my years in the chapter and see how much I have grown as a Phi Sig but also as a young woman. I'm thankful to Phi Sig for the opportunities that it is has given me in my life but best of all it made my secret Disney wish come true. I always wanted a little sister, and Phi Sig gave me gave me two amazing little sisters, and two amazing grand little sisters. Who I know will be bridesmaids at my wedding someday and also nanny for me at the drop of hat. When I graduate this month, I will take love and support my sisters have given me and always remember to Aim High. Phi Sig is not only my family and my home, it’s the place where I’ve felt like I can accepted for who I am.  Its not four years its for life. Because once a Phi Sigma Sigma…always a Phi Sigma Sigma<3

 

A Seniors Pre-Recruitment Thoughts

Lately, there has been a lot of talk in the SGT world about being a senior, but one thing that we haven’t covered is what it’s like to be a senior during her final recruitment. I came into my chapter as a sophomore, but even then, I felt like I still picked things up relatively quickly, even more so after I was in charge of recruitment for a year.

Now that my chapter and I have less than a week until recruitment, I’m no longer asking myself why I have to constantly be at the recruitment practices or why I have to continue to run through preference when I know the ceremony and could do it with my eyes closed. Now that I’m a senior, I’m finally starting to see that I’m doing this, not only because we want the best girls that we can possibly get, but because I want girls to come into this chapter and to continue the legacy that so many of us have worked hard to leave behind.

I’ve come to find that I’m no longer complaining when our amazing recruitment chair asks us to run through our songs again because I know that my time is limited when it comes to be able to sing these songs and chant these chants as PNM’s pour into our room for recruitment.  There have actually already been times when I’ve had to slip out of the room so I wouldn’t break down into tears in front of my sisters because I know that I’m down to the last two weeks of being able to sing these songs.

You anxiously wait for your senior day and for the time to graduate to continue on to the next chapter of your life but what nobody tells you is that these are the times that you’ll miss. You’ll miss sitting in a circle with your sisters as you learn new songs for recruitment. You’ll miss laughing until your stomach hurts and tears are streaming down your cheeks from constantly laughing.  Most of all, you’ll miss the faces of the PNM’s that become new members as they walk through the door on bid day.

 

It’s during recruitment that you want to tell all of the PNM’s that wherever they end up, even if it isn’t in your chapter, that they need to enjoy their college years because they go by in a flash. It’s recruitment time that I’m able to say that I’ll truly miss my sisters and my chapter. In three months I’ll be moving on to the next chapter in my life but I definitely won’t forget the chapter that I came from. 

This photo is of the seniors from the Iota Kappa Chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma. It's not four years but for life!