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 Woodham (Continued from Page 3)                               Lara Woodham ’88 with her mother,        every intention of using that degree. I have a
                                                                          Jeri Wesley ’54.              specialization in early childhood development
following fall, I made new choices. I finished 18                                                       and have always loved kids of all ages. It was
hours with a 3.6 GPA. I wasn’t any smarter than    I was eager to serve the active chapter by acting    my own children that would dictate my career
I had been the year before. The difference was     as scholarship and financial advisor for several     path. Working with my family allowed me to be
that I understood what was on the line for me.     years. I currently am the treasurer for the Phi Eta  a full time working mom. My children grew up
And for me it was DDD. From then on, I took        House Corporation. I believe the new lodge will      in our family office with my parents right there
advantage of every study opportunity that being    keep DDD viable for future generations of Texas      to help. I had the luxury of never having to place
a DDD afforded me. I graduated with a 3.0 GPA,     Tech students and have a huge impact on the          my children in full time day care. That was a job
which was hard…SO HARD, to bring up from           lives of future DDDs. For that reason, I believe     perk that was too precious to pass up. And now 25
the pit that I had put myself in. There was no     the new lodge is a worthwhile project. The new       years later I am fully embedded in this industry.
such thing as grade replacement back then, and     lodge will have so many areas where active           I have a lifetime of experience that gives me the
yet every step of the way, my sisters cheered me   members can study. I personally have been very       knowledge to do what I do and to do it well.
on.  Truly, I can’t tell you how supportive they   involved in the new plans for the technology
were of me. DDD made me want to be a student.      including high speed wireless internet. I want       What was it like/how important was it being
That desire led me to a college degree. And that   future DDDs to have all the tools they need to       a second generation Tri-Delt as an active?
degree has given me confidence to take on most     graduate with a degree.
anything I want to.                                                                                      It has always been very important to me to be
                                                   How did you get involved in the property             a second generation Tri Delta. There’s a definite
As you reflect on these times, what lesson         management industry with a degree in                 balance that sororities need to reach regarding
would you say you learned from them?               Human Sciences?                                      legacies. I don’t think it would be good to have a
                                                                                                        sorority that was nothing but legacies. New life
 The bad things about fraternities and sororities   I have been involved with my family’s property      is essential to the growth of each chapter. But,
make the news. But I know the truth. I know        management business since I was in high school.      legacies create a continuity within the chapters and
how important it was in my life. I want to keep    I earned a degree in Human Sciences, and had         help weave generations together. It gives depth to
it viable for those yet to come. I never would                                                          the chapter that I don’t think can be there without
have graduated if it were not for Tri Delta and                                                         legacies. My mother, Jeri Wesley ’54, handled this
that is why DDD means the world to me. I am                                                             beautifully with me. She allowed me to find my own
an example of the statistic which show college                                                          way being a Tri Delta. But she was always there for
graduation rates are 20% higher among Greeks                                                            big events. I have beautiful memories of my mom
than non-Greeks.   I can’t think of another                                                             being at my initiation. I never wore my own pin
organization I was involved in at Tech, which                                                           the entire time I was an active, I always wore my
had a greater impact on my education than DDD.                                                          mothers. We have also been able to share Tri Delta
                                                                                                        as alumnae and that has been so fun. To be working
                                                                                                        together to secure the future of the chapter that we
                                                                                                        love so dearly by helping to make the new lodge a
                                                                                                        reality is a wonderful thing that we get to share.
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