Page 2 - Sigma Star - Spring 2016

Chapter News

From the Chapter President Sigma has been very active
with their philanthropy
Marissa Sulek events and donating to
Ronald McDonald House
Charities. Sisters have gone
Hello Sisters! on a couple trips this semester
to the Ronald McDonald Sisters Grace Currie (MEVP), Marissa Sulek (President) and Sharon
Iam honored to be the House in Springfield cooking Kirchner (FVP) with their Collegiate Emerging Leader Awards at DLC.
Chapter President of Sigma for the families living there.
Chapter and am enjoying They also created a pop-tab
every second of it. Every day contest between fraternities
I enjoy being a counselor for and are looking forward to
all the ladies of the chapter, working with our our annual ADPicnic dinner
officers to achieve their goals and being a leader towards the end of April. The chapter will be Engineering last year and totally revamped
of a wonderful group of women. The ladies of serving a mac ‘n’ cheese and pulled pork buffet Sigma’s presence on social media! Overall, she
Sigma are finishing up their spring semester, and will donate all proceeds to RMHC. is one of the reasons I am proud to be an ADPi
which has been a busy one for us all. From The officers are also organizing a couple and is such a positive influence for all members.
District Leadership Conference (DLC) to our alumnae events in the next couple months. I’m looking forward to continuing my role as
ADPicnic philanthropy event, Sigma has and is Our Founder’s Day brunch for all alumnae will Chapter President and finishing off this semester
currently working hard to fulfill our commitment be held May 1st, 2016 followed by the Founder’s strong. Knowing we have an impressive history
to the strong sisterhood of ADPi. Day Ceremony. Look for more information on on campus and nationally is empowering to carry
This past February at DLC was very successful that and other events in the coming weeks. this chapter to continued success.

for Sigma. We came back with four awards Below, you will read about our spring Love and Violets,
and had three sisters receive the Collegiate chapter Spotlight, Jamie Padilla ’15. I chose
Emerging Leader Award out of six recipients in Jamie because she really prioritizes ADPi as
District IV. DLC was a blast and all our officers well as her studies. She was also awarded the
received insightful information to reach their goals. Outstanding Junior Award in the College of Marissa Sulek

Jamie PadillaChapter Spotlight:
Editor’s Note: Representing the chapter as Spotlight is graduating Senior
Jamie Padilla. From the hometown of San Diego, CA, Jamie will earn Jamie on a trip to a wind farm
her BS Electrical Engineering this spring at Illinois. During her time during her internship with
as an active she has served the chapter as Director of Standards and San Diego Gas & Electric.
Ethics, Leadership Chair, and Social Media Chair. She has also served
as a Recruitment Counselor for the Panhellenic Counsel, as a member
of the Society of Women Engineers, is a member of the Tau Sigma
National Honor Society. Her work on campus includes being the Student
Instagrammer for Office of Admissions, Course Grader and Undergrad
Student Researcher for the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Jamie has interned with the Eaton Corp. in St. Louis as a Power Systems
Engineering Intern. She also recently worked for San Diego Gas &
Electric as a Grid Operational Services Intern. After graduation she
will begin work for San Diego Gas & Electric as an Associate Engineer!
For fun, Jamie enjoys working out, hiking, travel, and photography.

What has been your favorite me to grab a scoop of so you can easily find our chapter on
experience with Sigma? cookie dough to go! various social media sites. I also began our
How did you revitalize YouTube account where everyone can find
One of my favorite Sigma’s social media our chapter’s videos. I was very flattered
experiences was being on presence while serving that Sigma received the “Best Social Media
the Executive Board as the as Social Media Chair? Engagement” award from DIV ADPi
Director of Standards and
Ethics. It was fun to take I was very lucky to be chapters for my term.
part in running the chapter. the first Social Media
It was also very challenging, Chair for Sigma. The What do you enjoy most about your degree
which allowed me to grow position could be quite field of study?
A Δchurros, and horchata. He also always allows was rebranding our name to “illinoisadpi,” most important, vital to our society. I enjoy
immensely as a leader and time-consuming, however One of the main reasons I got into
a person. I can’t say enough it was always fun! Electrical Engineering, especially Power
good things about the food I enjoyed being creative and Energy Systems, is because of my
we have at Sigma. Our Chef, with the photos and mom. My mom works for Sempra Energy,
Arnaldo, has become like a Jamie Padilla (right) and Kristen White captions on Instagram, and has always loved her job and the
father figure to me. He made (left) during Fall 2014 Recruitment. designing our website, impact she makes on the world. I grew up
my requested birthday lunch, and so much more. recognizing that the field of engineering
Cinco de Mayo, a reality with a nacho bar, One of my favorite things I implemented is challenging, engaging, interesting, and