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Chapter News Jennifer “Jenna” Josephs From the Chapter President Chapter Spotlight: Sarah Sandberg Editor’s Note: Representing our chapter as Spotlight is our past Director of Standards and Ethics and graduating Senior, Jenna Hello Sisters! Josephs. Jenna has continuously been involved on campus and I am thrilled to be serving in Alpha Delta Pi. She has been an incredible resource for our incoming executive board and has helped us fnd our bearings as the President of Sigma when it comes to leading a chapter. Pursuing her degree in Chapter of Alpha Delta Agricultural and Consumer Economics with a concentration Pi for the next year! I am in Financial Planning, Jenna has been polishing her skills on currently a sophomore campus as the Vice President of Internal Relations with the studying Political Global Business Brigade. From the hometown of Elmhurst, Science and French at the IL, Jenna has already put stamps in her passport with a trip to University of Illinois. After Costa Rica, Panama, and recently to the Dominican Republic one semester of Presidency under my belt, I have for spring break! After graduation she will begin her work learned a lot about the details of how our sorority experience towards becoming a Certifed Financial Planner is run. I have already had an incredibly rewarding with a frm in San Francisco. Read on to fnd out more! experience working with my executive team and look forward to the positive improvements we ast year over spring break, I traveled With my degree in Financial Planning, have begun to implement in our chapter. Las part of Global Business Brigades I am hoping to earn my Certifed Financial At the beginning to Panama. I traveled with forty other Planner Designation within the next few of February, Sigma undergraduate students and two academic years. I hope to work for a Registered Chapter was thrilled advisors from the University of Illinois. Investment Advisor frm and potentially to welcome 9 new We were divided among two indigenous develop a focus in estate planning. Alpha Members. We communities where we worked with After graduation, I am moving to San held a recruitment members of the community to start their Francisco! I will be working as an Analyst event where potential own co-operative bank. The main topics that for Hall Capital Partners LLC. This frm new members wrote we covered include leadership structure, specializes in building global multi-asset valentines for Ronald examples of collateral and addressed class investment portfolios for families, McDonald House, different situations relating to corruption. In endowments and foundations. I am planning drank hot chocolate, Cassie Poulos, Sofa Bello, to move this coming July. and got a tour of our Jenny Richman, and Marie teaching this material, we used mostly poster Johnson-Dahl at the ADPicnic. chapter house. After a diagrams and also completed role play tough Membership Selection Session, we were scenarios. We recently heard from Global pleased to offer bids to 9 women, all of who Business Brigades that the co-operative is accepted! Unfortunately, due to the extremely going well and expanding membership to cold weather and snow, our Alpha Ceremony other communities. had to be postponed one day later than My most exciting trip so far was when originally scheduled, but that didn’t stop anyone I traveled to Costa Rica with my family. from coming! We also had an enormously We stayed in the town of La Fortuna which successful Chapter Retreat the weekend after is located at the base of the Arenal Volcano. Alpha Ceremony. Members all came to the We were able to hike around the volcano, Illini Union where we had presentations raft and zip line in the area. We also spent a from the Membership Education Team, the day in the hot springs, pools that contain all Risk Management Committee, and a special natural water from the volcano. Zip lining and President (Continued on Page 3) exploring the hot spring pools with my family Jenna hiking with her family around the volcano! were defnitely the highlights of the trip! Save the Date A Little About Jenna… • I enjoy watching the shows Game of Thrones, The Voice and The Bachelor/ The Bachelorette. August 17 - 23, 2014 • Also in my free time, I love going to Spirit Week group ftness classes such as Turbokick, Sept. 9-7 and Sept. 13-14, 2014 Body Combat and Zumba. Formal Recruitment • For extracurricular classes, I’ve taken Sept. 15, 2014 - Bid Day Ice Skating, Outdoor Adventure and am currently taking Advanced Tap Dance. October 24 - 25, 2014 • I’m currently on the roommate/apartment Homecoming Weekend Jenna working with the local community in Panama while hunt for when I move to San Francisco. on a trip with the Busisness Brigade.