Sigma Alpha Iota

" The Healing Power of Music" 2012 National Convention Council, and is member of NVP, Fraternity Development Tracey Wygal she received the Doctor of Musical Arts. In her collegiate (Skype, webinars) to reach out to chapters at The Catholic University of America, where positions in both I would also like to use new technologies where she received the Master of Music; and several leadership do to help chapters improve member relations. performance at Northwestern University, Officer. She held I would like... . to see what we can Deb continued her education in violin as Iota C Province Reading Association. violin performance and music education. her second term of English and International Chapter and earned a Bachelor of Music in is currently serving National Council Teachers who are having membership issues and help where she was initiated into Delta Mu addition, she holds an Associate Degree in at membership options in our organization that have some grey areas (such as inactive membership and marginal members) and help clarify this for frustrated officers... . NVP, Fraternity Development Joyce S. Garcia attended University of Tennessee, where she was initiated into Gamma Rho Chapter, and earned a Bachelor of Science in microbiology. She has served as president of Knoxville Alumnae/Patroness Applied Science from Northern Virginia into Eta Tau at Shepherd University, where Community College in Emergency Medicine. she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Deb has served as president of the Delta Mu, Secondary Education/Music. She holds a Philadelphia Alumnae, and Washington, DC, Master of Arts degree in Communication Alumnae Chapters. She was Iota A Province Studies from West Virginia University. She Officer from 1997 to 2006 and has been is recipient of the Sword of Honor, Ruby troubleshoot issues in membership... .and look and alumnae chapters. Tracey was initiated recognized with the Sword of Honor, Rose Sword of Honor, and Rose of Honor. Tracey of Honor, Wreath of Achievement, and Ring is employed as Choral Director at James of Excellence. Deb is a violinist in the US Wood Middle School in Winchester, Virginia, Air Force Band and president of Franconia and is a member of the National Association Volunteer Fire Department. She also serves for Music Education, Virginia Education Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Association, and American Choral Directors as a volunteer EMT/Paramedic. Association. She is very involved in the community project of Relay For Life and reworked rituals at our last National has facilitated workshops for the American Convention in 2009... .During this current Cancer Society on recruitment and retention term... .along with NVPAC Leslie Odom ... .we premiered the newly revised/ for Relay For Life Southern Atlantic Division. Miller, I have implemented a standardized Chapter and Psi A Province Officer and is training program for alumnae chapters to use currently serving SAI as Regional Officer of positive and contributing members starts at when training Patronesses... .With the use for Region 7. Fraternity honors received recruitment time. One goal specifically I have of webinars and our national website, I will include the Sword of Honor, Rose of Honor, at this time would be to see our MITs have continue to improve our fraternity education a better understanding of our membership resources for our members... .The ritual is expectations before becoming an initiated truly the one constant that joins us together member... .I would also like to focus more on as sisters... .Fraternity Education allows us to the Alumnae Association, particularly the learn who we are, our history/lineage, and to recruitment of unaffiliated members... . what we aspire. It also enhances the rituals on and Wreath of Achievement. Joyce works as a laboratory coordinator at Pellisippi State Community College and is active in the music ministry at her church. My experience... .has made me very aware of the changes in the understanding of what membership in Sigma Alpha Iota means to our collegiate and alumnae members. Changes made with redefining what active/ inactive status, marginal membership, and resignation have caused some confusion due to lack of clarity in terminology... .Developing, strengthening, and retaining healthy chapter and membership in the Fraternity is vital to keeping the organization on solid ground... . On the collegiate level, I believe retention which the fraternity was founded... . NVP, Ritual and Fraternity Education I would like... . to see what we can do to help chapters improve member relations. Deborah R. I would also like to use new technologies Volker has served (Skype, webinars) to reach out to chapters as NVP, Ritual who are having membership issues and help and Fraternity troubleshoot issues in membership... .and look Education, since at membership options in our organization 2006. She is that have some grey areas (such as inactive a graduate of membership and marginal members) and help Temple University, clarify this for frustrated officers... . sai-national.org SPRING 2012 PAN PIPES 17

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