mizzouaphi blog: meet April Diaz de Leon
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- Mar, 01, 2012
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I continue to be amazed by the next generation that’s been attending my alma mater, Mizzou, and, in particular, the women that have been active members at my sorority, Alpha Phi. It had been suggested a few months ago that I profile a recent alum that had published a children’s book, and I agreed that […]
Read Moremizzouaphi blog: the Griffiths Leadership Society
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- Dec, 19, 2011
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While we lived in the New York area, I became very involved with the local Mizzou alumni chapter. This led to a dinner in Manhattan with, among other people, the chancellor at MU, Brady Deaton, and his impressive wife, Anne Deaton. It was an enjoyable evening, discussing both Mizzou topics and the Deatons’ travels around […]
Read Moremizzouaphi blog: meet sisters Pat Jones Stevens and Marcia Jones Lane
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- Oct, 26, 2011
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Last year, I had the immense pleasure of going back to my alma mater to celebrate my sorority’s 100th anniversary at the University of Missouri. Over 600 Alpha Phis, past and present, converged on the quad for a celebratory photo before our celebratory gala. A year later, I was able to commemorate the occasion by […]
Read Moremizzouaphi blog: fast founders facts
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- Oct, 10, 2011
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In October 1872, the ten female students at Syracuse University gathered to discuss the possibility of creating a club for, as Clara wrote 40 years later, “… a circle of sympathetic friends whom we would know personally. We had as our aim the mutual improvement of each other, ever trying to do our best in […]
Read Moremizzouaphi blog: meet Kellye Crockett
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- Oct, 01, 2011
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While I sometimes struggle for general topics about my sorority at Mizzou, I knew exactly who I wanted to profile when Homecoming season approached this year. Kellye and I were sisters in the truest sense, confiding our deepest problems and working together on Tour Team, the student recruitment group on campus. Crockett’s fearless approach to […]
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