Scholarship Dinner

Monday was an important day for the Iowa Betas because we celebrated last semester's excellent grades with the annual scholarship dinner!

The meal was delicious and being able to sit and eat with all our sisters and guests was a treat. The amazing men of Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha and Kappa Theta Psi came over to serve us dinner. 

Our guests included Dr. John Byrd - President of Simpson College, Steven Griffith - Senior Vice President and Dean of Academics, Jim Thorius - Vice President for Student Development; Dean of Students, and Ardene Downing - President of Pi Beta Phi House Corporation.

Our successes would not be possible if it weren't for their support and words of encouragement. Thank you to all who made our scholarship dinner possible!

Capture the Flag

Last night we had a second exchange with the men of Lambda Chi Alpha (we just had so much fun on the first one we had to do it again!)

This time we skipped the board games and decided on something that would take advantage of the nice weather we've been having!

So we headed to Buxton park for a game of (extremely) muddy Capture the Flag! The upperclassmen and the LXAs were on one team and the underclassmen on the other (we have a lot of underclassmen!)

Most of the underclassmen team ended up in 'jail' so we were useless, making it easy for the other team to capture our flag and win the game.

Despite the muddy/snowy ground and the fact that my team lost, it was one of my favorite exchanges we've had. I have a feeling we'll be having a lot more physically active exchanges in our future!

Excelling in Academics

Once again, the Simpson College Pi Phis have proven their excellence in academics!

For the seventh semester in a row we have won the grade cup with a GPA of 3.353. This makes it the 10th time getting the grade cup in the last 11 semesters. While we're proud of our academic achievements, we have big hopes to improve our GPA more for next semester.

Congratulations to the Pi Phis and all the other Greek chapters for the hard work they put into last semester.

"Ain't she neat, oh how sweet!"

Last night's pledging activities were such a joy to be a part of. Our  newest pledge was given a warm welcome into the house with the cookie shine and kickline! 

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The Newest Angel

After three successful (and highly entertaining) COB events, we are welcoming our newest sister into the house tonight with the pledging ceremony! I am certainly in the mood for some good 'ol Pi Phi traditions!

The excitement is in the air, along with the delicious smell of a cookie shine. I can't wait to see the look on our little angel's face when she sees the kickline!

On a side note, don't hesitate to check out our Twitter page at http://www.twitter.com/iowabetapiphis. Also, a new Facebook page is coming soon!

COB Updates

Tomorrow is the last COB event of the semester and the girls at the house are looking forward to welcoming the newest Pi Phis. Our first event was a night of board games, combined with our cook's amazing M&M brownies!

We tried to keep it healthy on the second night when we invited some new friends over to make "Ants on a Log." Of course our sweet tooth got the better of us and we also added ice cream sundaes to the mix.

Tomorrow our new friends will join us for some interactive games including "All my sisters who." In this game, one girl stands in the middle while everyone else sits in chairs that form a giant circle. The person in the middle introduces herself and then comes up with something that will apply to many other girls. Example: "All my friends who have a blog!" Everyone in the circle who has a blog will stand up and run to an empty chair (including the girl in the middle). The one person left standing is now in the center and the process repeats itself.

It's actually quite a fun game. It gets the blood pumping with friendly competition, and it allows us to get to know people pretty quickly.

Keep checking back for updates on our newest Pi Phis!

Exchange with Lambda Chi Alpha

On Sunday Jan. 30 we had an exchange with the men of Lambda Chi Alpha.

For all you non-Greek readers out there, an exchange is simply when two Greek houses get together solely for the purpose of interacting and having fun.

The exchange was originally going to be a day of sledding and snowball fights behind the LXA house, but with the freezing temperatures and lack of snow fluffy snow (this was before the huge blizzard), we decided on hot chocolate and board games instead.

The men of LXA and the women of Pi Phi enjoyed the event so much that we are currently planning another one (there are rumors that it will be Valentine's Day themed!)

Keep checking back for more updates on Pi Phi social events :) See you soon!