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            hapter  potlight: Haylee Spriggs
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                             Editor’s Note: Representing the chapter Spotlight is Haylee
                             Spriggs. From the hometown of Southlake, TX, Haylee is in
                             her sophomore year and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in
                             commerce and business administration. Currently serving as
                             vice president of chapter operations, she is also a member of
                             Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma, the Alabama Information
                             Management Society, and the National Society of Collegiate
                             Scholars Honor Society. Haylee has an internship at Church
                             of the Highlands, where she serves the church through their
                             college programs. In her free time, she enjoys photography,
                             videography, and travel.


      What led you to join the                             characteristics in me that   How would you like to apply your degree?
      chapter?                                             I never knew I had, and   I am currently studying management informa-
      While I was going through                            overall, became my family.   tion systems with a minor in cyber criminology.
      formal recruitment, Alpha                            What type of needs do   My dream is to work for the Federal Bureau
      Phi  was  the  only  house                           you see at the house that   of Investigation or the Central Intelligence
      that truly had genuine                               should be addressed?   Agency as an information security analyst.
      conversations with me. I                             We absolutely love when   I am also interested in going into consulting
      got to know the girls on a                           alumnae come back to   and selling security programs to be installed
      personal level, rather than                          Tuscaloosa to visit. I know   in different business companies.
      just the generic “What’s                             we would love to have   Outside of school, what do you do for fun?
      your major?” or “Where are                           alumnae come speak to   I love to travel! It’s on my bucket list to go
      you from?” questions. As                             us about their careers and   to all seven continents; I have already gone
      an out-of-state student, I                           how we can be growing and   to four. I even love to just explore Alabama.
      was looking for a place to                           preparing ourselves for our   My friends and I will often make day trips on
      call my “home away from                              futures as well. Beta Mu   the weekends to different cities, our favorite
      home,” and Alpha Phi truly                           is very thankful for their   being Birmingham. Also, I am a very involved
      became that for me. I never   Haylee and her two littles, Brooke   House Corporation Board   in a local church here in Tuscaloosa. I currently
      quite understood the say-  and Braelin, attending one of the   and how they are always   have an internship there where I get to serve
      ing  “you’ll  meet  your  true   college programs at her internship.  coming up with creative   the students of Tuscaloosa through their col-
      friends in college” until I                          new ideas to improve the   lege programs.
      met the young ladies of Alpha Phi. They push   house and overall function.
      me to be a better person, see qualities and

                  Jana Greene – An Introduction to                                 If you are interested in an “Alpha Phi Alum
                                                                                   Loves the Tide” gameday button, they
                        Our New House Mother                                       can  be  purchased  through  Allison  Floyd,
                                                                                   allisonf.aphi@gmail.com.
                                  I have lived and traveled a good bit in my life and do have   They are $5 plus the price of shipping.
                                  a lot of things to share with the ladies if they care to   All money will be placed into a
                                  know. I am in my ninth year as a house director—I was at   scholarship fund to be
                                  two previous universities, and I have been at Alpha Phi at   awarded to a current
                                  Alabama for almost three years.
                                                                                   Beta Mu Chapter
                                  I like this position because in so many ways it tends to   member.
                                  allow me to view things from a different point of view,
                                  and keeps me young sometimes while making me feel old
                                  at others. It is my desire to, in some way, let the ladies of
                                  the sorority know about the larger world they are prepar-
                                  ing to face when they graduate. I hope in some small way
                                  with at least some of the ladies to accomplish just that.




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