Kayna- FSU Cheerleader!

Congrats to Kayna Mogelnicki on becoming an FSU Cheerleader!

"I've been participating in cheerleading for about 5 years and it's a passion of mine. I love the teamwork and dedication. This past year I coached cheerleading at a small gym in Tallahassee, and my friends, family and co-workers encouraged me to try out for Florida Sate. The process was three days long, with cuts within every round. Finally, making the team and being able to put on that uniform made me feel like all of my hard work paid off."

Alina, a former FSU Cheerleader, with Kayna

We can't wait to see you on the field this year, Kayna!

Light the Night - #TBT

November means Light the Night to benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Here are some of our sisters showing their support and love of philanthropies and altruism, especially friends and family with blood cancer. Please come out and walk with our team Thursday, November 19

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Seniors:  Lucia and Chelsea

DVA Week!

Domestic Violence Awareness week is here! 

Starting today, the Beta Eta Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega will be holding events throughout campus to spread awareness for the DVA cause and domestic violence prevention.

Today FSUPD will be stoping by the AXO house for a self defense class. This lesson in how to effectively fight off an attacker will be free for sisters. 

The chapter will be holding an event at the house tomorrow, October 27, called "Donuts for DVA." There will be donuts, cupcakes, cookies and other yummy treats for sisters and guests. The event starts at 7 p.m and tickets are $5. 

On Wednesday sisters will be setting up a table at FSU's Market Wednesday in Oglesby Union. Similar to last year's DVA week, there will be a photo booth open to FSU students along with DVA stickers. 

The week will end with our much-anticipated DVA Gala! The gala coincides with parents weekend, so many of our sisters will be bringing mom and dad along for the event. The gala consists of dinner and a silent auction with all proceeds going toward DVA.


Written by Megan Mollan, Publications Chair 2015

New Member Love! NM14 #BidDay14 at @FSUPanhellenic

We were so excited to welcome home 87 new members from 2014 Recruitment at Florida State University! We love them all and can't wait to highlight them on our blog.

We have 62 freshman, 21 sophomores and 4 juniors. Three of our freshman are legacies! NM14 comes from cities as close as Gulf Breeze, FL and as far as Highlands Ranch, CO.

Here are a few amazing things these Real. Strong. Women. accomplished:

Varsity Swim Team

Varsity Field Hockey Team

Travel Softball

Competitive Cheerleading 

Peer to Peer Counselor
Mission trip to Jamaica

Mission trip to Haiti

Torch Night at FSU

FSU Garnet and Gold Key

Christian Campus Fellowship

TEDxFSU

Cotillion

Cross Country Team

Mu Alpha Theta

National Honor Society 

Varsity Soccer Team

Florida Travel Soccer Team 

National Art Honor Society

DECA

FBLA

HOSA

Flag Football

Master Musician

Relay for Life

Orchestra Student Board

National Physics Honor Society

Dance Team and Competitions 

We can't wait to see what all they do for Alpha Chi Omega and The Florida State University!

#TBT #FSU National Championship Game 2013 - alumna perspecitve

Thanks to young alumna Danielle Sandoz-Osmus ('05) for this fun recap of her and her (now) finance's trip to the National Championship game and the celebration in Tallahassee!
Best Wishes Danielle on your nuptials!

Tailgating reunion at a home game (preparing for championship!) with besties BH alumnae: Carly ('06), Danielle, Christy ('06), Monique ('06) and Jenna ('07)

Jacksonville, FL to Charlotte, NC, Charlotte, NC to Los Angeles, CA.  That is the path my boyfriend, Adam Mason, and I took to travel to Pasadena, CA to see the undefeated 2013 Florida State Seminoles play the number two Auburn Tigers.  Adam and I made a mini vacation out of this trip, and got to meet many interesting Seminoles along the way.  We saw tons of garnet and gold as we traveled the Doak to Dena path.  From the man on our first flight who wore his full head-dress with two foot long feathers in first class the entire way to Los Angeles, to the numerous other fans in the airport wearing their Seminole gear as they boarded their planes to Pasadena, there was garnet and gold everywhere we turned.  An excitement seemed to fill the airport, from terminal to terminal, plane to plane.  Seminoles everywhere were getting ready to take over the city of Pasadena, California. 

Adam and I were both so excited to travel to this game, as we had not missed a 2013 home game leading up to the national championship game, and had traveled to several away games as well (Clemson, Gainesville).  We are both die-hard FSU fans, and we both bleed garnet and gold.  Our passion for FSU goes so deep, it lies in our bone marrow. 

When we got to Pasadena, we immediately put our FSU flags on our rental car and tried to share our pride with the city.  The city was filled with FSU fans, and unfortunately Auburn fans too.  When it was game time, we cheered the loudest we had ever cheered.  We screamed the loudest we had ever screamed.  Our blood pressure sky rocketed, and then it would settle.  Our veins were bursting, and then they would return to normal.  During the last two minutes of the game, Adam and I stood there, quiet as a mouse, watching and waiting for Fameis Jameis to do what he does best.  I cannot even begin to describe in words the joy and happiness that came over me when we beat the Tigers.  Singing “We Are The Champions” with thousands of other Seminole Fans brought tears to my eyes.  The game was such a memorable roller-coaster of an experience, and one that I will remember for a lifetime. 

At the game - waiting for their big t.v. moment!

My boyfriend Adam and I traveled over from Jacksonville the morning of the celebration, flying our BCS National Champions flags  on our car the entire duration on I-10.  When we arrived in Tallahassee, there was a feeling of pure excitement in the air.  

We visited the new Indoor Practice Facility (IPF).  What a great facility Jimbo has built.  And to think, Jimbo won a national championship the first year he had this facility built, now that is just remarkable.  We walked by the sod cemetery as well.  What a funny site to see, we had actual small coffins built for all of the sod we collected this year.  There the poor, poor little pieces of sod sat in the coffins.  The actual set of a funeral had been set up, fake sod, chairs and a tent sat outside the plots of the newly rested pieces of sod.  

at the Doak for the celebration in Tallahassee!

The actual celebration ceremony was quite remarkable.  There were fireworks, the band, the cheerleaders, the new championship football team, President Barron and numerous other people that had come to celebrate with us.  It was later announced that over 20,000 Seminoles had come to the celebration.  Can you believe it?  That is a quarter of our stadium that can hold 82,300 people!  During the ceremony, highlights were played from the game, and this sent chills down Adam’s and my spine, as Adam and I were able to relive the moments we shared in Pasadena, right there in Doak Campbell Stadium.  They also showed a video of various other people around the country watching the game, and the same emotions during the game were felt by Seminoles everywhere. 

 After the celebration was over, we were allowed to go on the field and meet the players.  We definitely did not let this opportunity pass us up.  We did not get to meet Jameis, for he had to leave early for baseball practice, but we got to meet numerous other players and congratulate them on such a wonderful season.  I even took a selfie with Timmy Jernigan, who I got so close to for an autograph, but he got pulled away in another direction and I didn’t get to get his signature.  I cannot wait to do this all again next year!!  What an exciting time it is to be a Seminole!  The National Championship Celebration with the Seminoles was an experience I will certainly never forget.

First Day of School, Fall 2014 with Beta Eta of Alpha Chi Omega

We are starting the year off with a flashback to our magazine The Lyre when they highlighted Caryn Beck-Dudley (Beta Xi, Utah State). Caryn is the Dean of the College of Business, an attorney, our school advisor and the mother of our Beta Eta sister and young alumna, Stacia Dudley. We are so proud to call her our sister and thankful for all she does to advance FSU.

Unmasking Domestic Violence Gala

Did you know that 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime? October is domestic violence awareness month, and the ladies of Alpha Chi Omega are doing everything they can to share this with the world. As a way to shed light upon their philanthropy, Alpha Chi Omega held their first Unmasking Domestic Violence Gala, in which the turnout was nothing short of a success!

Taking place this past Friday night, friends, family, faculty and alumnae all gathered together in the University Club for the big event. The night kicked off with a piano performance by a fellow sister, followed by a Jazz band that got people on their feet. Dinner and dessert were provided, and the drinks were continuously flowing. Meanwhile, the bidding was never ending in our silent auction, making for a remarkable turnout. By the end of the night, Alpha Chi Omega had the honor of presenting a grand total of $11,887.73 to the local woman’s refuge house! This increases the total donations of Alpha Chi Omega at Florida State University to a new cumulative total of $87,019.24! With the help of Darley Aquino, VP Philanthropy, and Ashley Strawser, VP Membership Programming, Alpha Chi Omega put on just the kind of night they had been hoping for.  

Campus Wide Risk Management

Campus Wide Risk Management with Speaker Lori Hart - January 16, 2013

Sororities and fraternities both have problems but don't always know how to solve them in the correct ways. People outside Greek life have bad stereotypes for us: unintelligent, promiscuous, superficial, drunk, etc. We need to stop contradicting ourselves and make people see us differently. We have to be willing to change. The best way to change things is to have real conversations with each other instead of talking behind each others backs and calling each other to standards. We all must contribute by changing ourselves and helping change sisters for the better in some way.

Lori Hart, the speaker, did an amazing job of communicating with us. She got her points across about everything mentioned in the previous paragraph, but she also had the entire audience laughing the majority of time. She emphasized that as chapters we need to try and get to the root of each sister and make her love and appreciate the organization. Lori even made a shout out to the Alpha Chi sisters in the audience saying that she loves our motto of "Real. Strong. Women." and feels we live up to it! Listening to everything Lori had to say was very beneficial and will help our chapter grow and improve.

FSU Homecoming Week 2012

Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Sigma & Phi Beta Sigma

Last week was a busy week full of pomping, dancing, singing etc. Here is the link to a video from Tuesday night's Skit Night at the moon. We placed SECOND!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151293150890953&set=vb.724730952&type=3&theater

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We also took part in the Biggest Fan on Campus Competition. Kelly Shemansky & Nicole Chmura submitted a video and performed on Thursday night at SpearIt Night! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r6UrqQQWcLE

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 We had a Nerds vs. Jocks social with our Kappa Sigma Homecoming partners on Wednesday night at Red Rocks - SO MUCH FUN!

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 We have been working SO hard on our float for this year with the FSU Circus theme! So proud of how it turned out :)

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 HAPPY HOMECOMING FROM AXO

Alpha Chi Semiformal!

We had an amazing time at our Spring Semi-formal that took place last Wednesday, March 21st! It was held at Florida State's Stadium University Center, so we had a beautiful view of the entire city. It was a circus-themed event decked with a popcorn machine, photo-booth, cotton candy & balloon decorations.

Here are some pictures of our wonderful night =)