My name is Sarah Ahmad, I graduated in May of 2009 and I was part of Classy ’06.
While a member of AXO, I served as VP of Risk Management and VP of CRSB. As an alumni, I did participate as a member of the Lambda Nu Lambda alumni chapter in Connecticut.
I am currently living in Charlotte, North Carolina and in my second year of law school as a full time student. Most of my family lives in Connecticut, so I am up in the area a few times a year.
My biggest take away from AXO is my sisters. My best friends in the world are Alpha Chi’s and I am so lucky to have them a part of my current life, with most of us living in various parts of the country.
College was the most precious time of my life, but AXO made it the best time of my life. Take it from someone in their second year of law school, I have been out of college for almost three years now, and still I would give anything to go back to that time.
To those of you who I have not had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Jessica Franca, or Jessica Canhao, as I was better known to my pledge class, Classy ’06. I graduated in the Fall of 2008 with a Bachelor’s in Science and continued at Quinnipiac’s Physical Therapy program.
I was the Vice President of Intellectual Development and then Historian throughout my time in Iota Phi. The Ladybug family can attest that I was one for the books throughout college and that is partially why I enjoyed my position so much. I loved being able to help fellow sisters having trouble with their classes, whether it involved sitting down with them to think of a study plan or planning out extra study hours so they could allot a certain time to schoolwork. Even though I was very driven, I still made time to participate (more so in the beginning I will admit) in bonding events like socials and fundraising events. I tried to make time for my little and grand little as much as I could before I left. However, I found out soon enough that the time was much too short.
I recently graduated in 2011 with a doctorate in physical therapy, got married a few months later, and moved to the very quiet state of Rhode Island (sorry to those who are natives). I sat for my licensure in January, and thankfully, passed. I now work in Warwick, RI for an orthopedic Physical Therapy clinic with a few Quinnipiac graduates. Lucky for me, I love my job.
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On April 29th, about 50 of our sisters attended Milford’s annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. Our team got second place in the fundraising category with over $1,000 raised! We were joined by hundreds of men wearing dresses, wigs, and 6-inch high heels. We had a great time promoting awareness for this wonderful cause that is near and dear to our hearts. We look forward to hosting Walk a Mile in Her Shoes here at QU next spring!
This Friday, April 13, Alpha Chi Omega initiated 51 new members into our chapter. The grace, leadership, scholasticism, responsibility, and maturity these 51 ladies possess, gives the rest of our chapter so much pride to finally present them as our Alpha Chi Omega sisters! It is with great honor we present to you the new Spring Class. CONGRATUALTIONS!
Wednesday, April 10th, was Big/Little Reveal,one of the most anticipated events of the semester. The New Member Education Committee coordinated the event and it was a huge success. The littles received gifts and hints from their bigs the week leading up to the reveal.
I graduated in 2006 with a B.A. in history and in 2007 with my M.A.T. in secondary education.
Spring ’04 did not have a class name but we still sometimes refer to ourselves as ALFP which was an inside joke between some of the class members.
I LOVED being in Alpha Chi. I was extremely involved with CRSB during my time in the chapter and also served as the VP of it.
I am currently planning my wedding for August of this year and in the middle of buying a house on Long Island. I have been working as a 9th grade math teacher for the past 4 years.
I still keep in touch with a good portion of the girls I was in Alpha Chi with. The friendships I made, the time management skills, the event planning skills, as well as problem solving skills (Especially with CRSB) has definitely helped me a lot in the real world.
Advice: Love the CFF, In the end you’ll look back at your time in Alpha Chi and know that it was probably one of the best decisions you could have made. There are 150 girls in the chapter and there is always going to be drama and problems but the MANY positive outweigh the few negative. I would without a doubt re-do it all over again. Also, make an effort to keep in touch with your alumni family members. We LOVE hearing from new members of our families to know that things are going well and the traditions we helped to instill in our other family members are still being followed.
One of our members, Liz Vargas took an alternative spring break trip last month to Nicaragua! Here is a little bit about what she did there:
This past March I went on my second Alternative Spring Break Trip to Nicaragua. The trip is comprised of 10 days in which we stay with a host family and work on projects in the impoverished village of La Ceiba in the areas that the people express need in. This year’s project was to build a new classroom for an elementary school that only had 2 classrooms made of linked fences for walls and a tin roof held up by sticks. We built the classroom from scratch, having to make tools from the limited resources we had around us. Building the classroom included clearing the area, digging the foundation, making the cement, filling the foundation, making the rebar support towers, and laying the cinderblocks to make the walls. At the end of the week we completed three walls and the foundation. For me, the best part of the trip are the relationships I have built with my host family and the children and families of La Ceiba. They have helped me just as much as I have helped them and have taught me invaluable lessons that I look back on every day. My trips to Nicaragua have truly changed my life and I am already counting down the days until I go back.
My name is Caroline (Harned) Beers, I graduated Quinnipiac spring of 2007 with a degree in journalism.
I joined AXO in spring 2004, our class did not have an official “name” – I think we started naming classes with spring 05 (fab 05). Our class was fairly small compared to the larger new member classes I saw while in AXO, we were about 15 girls strong and called ourselves “forever 04” later on because we were so close and also “ALFP”, as a ’04 class joke.
Alpha Chi is what made my college experience so memorable. As a new member I met the most wonderful group of women who later on in life became my best friends and bridesmaids. Our class was so close; we had many late nights, long talks and shared countless memories as new members. It sounds corny but as a freshman who did not did not exactly “love” her roommates having a close knit class and welcoming chapter was the perfect way to kick off spring semester.
As a lifetime I held two e-board positions, my sophomore year I was VP of Education (“Mom”) and then I was president.
My biggest takeaway from the chapter; Alpha Chi taught me to push myself. As mom and as president was I constantly busy, juggling classes, AXO events, meetings and a million “issues” but being busy and productive was always better than being bored.
I learned leadership and time management skills that transferred over to my first “real jobs” out of QU. To this day I still look back on my experiences as president when I am trying to be a better manager at my PR agency.
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Birmingham Group Health Services hosted The Bowl2Benefit on April 1st. Our new member class raised donations which were given to the foundation and participated at the event by forming bowling teams. Money raised went to assisting domestic violence victims in the Greater New Haven area. “The benefit was a great bonding experience for the new member class. We worked together to help make this beenfit successful and had a great time bowling with one another!” said freshman Rachel Goulart.
One of our FABULOUS alumnae, Kathleen Griese, just celebrated the one year birthday of her blog Fabuloscity. Since beginning just a little over a year ago, her blog has come a long way. Here is the story of how she began her blog that has become such a huge success:
It started as a small idea inspired by a little bit of Audrey Hepburn, a little bit of New York City and a lot of foodie obsessions, a growing purse collection and a slight shoe-purchasing problem. As absurd as it may sound, Fabuloscity is absolutely a state of mind. And whether or not you take the time to write about it, I love telling people to find the little fabulous things in daily life. Over a year ago, I was sitting at a downtown speakeasy sipping on cucumber cocktails and made up the idea for “Fabuloscity” off the cuff when my intern coordinator/mentor told me that I should probably check out this Tumblr blogging thing because it’d look great on a PR resume… “Sure,” I said … “I’m actually starting one called Fabuloscity with like, City at the end for New York.” (Note: I had NO idea what I was talking about nor did I have any plans for that - If only I could see how fantastic a fib it would be).
13 months later, FabuloscityBlog.com has come so far and I am so thrilled that people still love reading it - it’s one of the most flattering things in the world. The best part about blogging for me is having someone come up to me and say “‘I just bought this nail polish’ or ‘I just went to this restaurant for dinner’ because I read about it on Fabuloscity.” Knowing that I’m actually influencing people to do fabulous things makes me the happiest girl in the world. I thought it’d just be a collection of handbags I couldn’t afford, silly inspirational quotes and the occasional budget-friendly New York City idea… I didn’t realize it’d be an interactive and permanent pseudo-diary of the craziest year of my entire life. If you love writing, love posting photos of pretty things and finding connections between all parts of your daily life, blogging is for you. There’s going to be writer’s block, but keep at it. The end result is, well, Fabuloscity.
