Happy 25th Anniversary, Phi Sigma Rho!

Congratulations Phi Sigma Rho! We've made it 25 wonderful years! This is a very exciting day for all of us in celebrating our history, looking towards our future, and thanking everyone who has put in hard work to get us here today. Over the last year, we have spent a lot of time focusing on the significance of today and it is finally here!

Not everyone was able to make it to our celebration this summer. For those of you that were not, we have recordings of speeches from Abby and Rashmi at our luncheon celebration. Access to these videos will be distributed over the course of the next few days based on the way we do our e-mails. We hope that you enjoy them. In the meantime, I'll leave you all with a few pictures from our celebration! The first is all of us together at Station Square, and the second is 3 of our charter members (left to right); Christine Jackson, Rashmi Drummond, and Abby Schwartz.

I would like to ask all of you reflect with your fellow sisters on all that we have accomplished in the last 25 years and how we can continue to grow and improve in the next 25 years.

Happy 25th Phi Sigma Rho! I wish you all many more!
In Sistershood,
Nikki Yovanof
National President
12th National Council

Celebrating the Successes of the Last 25 Years...

By now, you have heard a lot about our celebrations at National Convention 2009. But as we relax on this labor day and head into the month of our founding and the big day of our 25th anniversary, I wanted to recognize here the alumnae who have made amazing contributions to our sisterhood.

For those of you that missed our Pyramid Builders Award Ceremony, our website has been updated with the list of those Sisters that were recognized:
http://www.phisigmarho.org/pyramidbuilders.php

Thank you all for your contributions to Phi Sigma Rho!

Going for Gold - Looking at the next 25 years! (Continued)

Back in June, we asked you all for feedback on what you wanted to see in the next 25 years. We got some great comments on the blog and wanted to add to them with what we heard at Convention. Here are the great ideas people had posted in the Phi Rho Lounge:

• Conferences in all regions
• More communication between chapters
• Everything Bigger & Better
• More support for actives from alumnae
• Greater alumnae participation
• Make Phi Sigma Rho more nationally known - a household name!

In about 1 month we celebrate that 25th anniversary, let's spend the next month talking more about what you want to see in the future! Continue to add your ideas to the comments section of the blog and we'll have a lot to document next month and use to build ideas for the next 25 years!

Convention this week!

I am so excited for Convention this week! I can't wait to meet many of you who I haven't met, and see those of you I haven't seen in years! I am excited to renew our hope and goals for the next 25 years as well!

If you're going to Convention, please feel free to discuss any of your goals for the Sorority with the current and future National Council members. Our strategic plan mirrors the goals we hear about from the sisterhood, so speak up!

We'll be sending as many updates as we can from the Convention, so stay tuned!

PRL!
Sara Dasilva, National President

Going for Gold - Looking at the Next 25 Years!

As we kick off summer, it's been very exciting to get closer to our 25th anniversary celebration. We're going to be doing a lot of reflection of the last 25 years, but we also want to hear what everyone wants to see out of PSR in the next 25 years! Even if you can't come to convention, we want to hear your ideas for what kinds of accomplishments you'd like to see PSR go after in the next 25 years. So here's your chance - we'll be collecting comments here on the blog and sharing them at Convention 2009. Take a few minutes to post an idea! We want to hear from everyone! What should PSR do to go for gold in the next 25 years?

Alumnae, We Challenge You...

... to visit the Convention 2009 Alumnae Challenge website and find out how you can accept the Alumnae Challenge!

In order to celebrate our 25th anniversary with the flair it deserves, Phi Sigma Rho is going to need your help! The Convention 2009 Committee and National Council are challenging you to sponsor some special items for our celebration. By sponsoring an item, you can work with the committee to help design and order it. Sponsor at item by yourself or join with your fellow alumnae to sponsor as a group. And then, don't forget to join us in Pittsburgh this July to see how your support has paid off.

Check out the list of available items for sponsorship and what has already been sponsored on the Alumnae Challenge website. Questions? Want to commit to sponsor? Email the Alumnae Challenge Committee Chairs (Allison Lenhoff, VP of Finance, and Monique Chinchar, VP of Alumnae Affairs). Don't delay! Committments are due by February 1st.

Be a part of this wonderful milestone in Phi Sigma Rho history as we are "Celebrating Silver, Going for Gold!"

Recognizing our Sisters

For the last few months, Phi Rhos have been making nominations for the Pyramid Builders Awards to be given out at Convention 2009 in recognition of those sisters who have made significant contributions to Phi Sigma Rho. To date the committee has received 50 different nominations, including duplicates, which means we had a ton of people nominate their sisters! We were so excited to hear this and cannot wait to see who is awarded this July!

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to nominate someone special.

It's not too late though, you still have a few days until the extended deadline of January 15th to make a nomination! It does not take much, just a few words online here: http://www.phisigmarho.org/pyramidbuilder.asp

PyramidBuilders@phisigmarho.org