McKayla Michaud #seniorSpotlight #WCW

Senior McKayla exemplifies all of AXO's five values. The chapter will be so sad to see her graduate in April. At Beta Eta, she served as the first vice president of collegiate recruitment information, VP-CRI, for the chapter during the Fall 2016 Recruitment. She set the bar so high by leading with fairness, class, compassion, and a calm personality. Currently, McKayla interns at Southeastern Plastic Surgery where alumna Kristen works.

Other fantastic highlights about McKayla:  She attended AXO Convention; she worked on a MEDLife trip to Peru, and she received a Melbourne Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship.

Mckayla is second from the left

ROTC- Savannah Markell

Savannah Markell, a freshman, tells us on why she decided to become a part of ROTC at Florida State and how she received a three-year scholarship!

"I was inspired to join because I wanted to serve my country but not on the front line. I knew I wanted to be a nurse even going into high school but I had no idea that ultimately I would be doing my job through the US Army. Looking back, I would have laughed if someone told me I would be an army nurse but now I am so excited about my future. Being an ROTC Cadet is time consuming but doable, especially because all we do motivates you and encourages you to be a better person overall. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we have physical training, PT, from 06:30-07:30. PT is different every morning, some days we have track work outs some days we go on long runs. Tuesday, I have my military science class and it meets once a week. We talk about the army values, learn ranks, and basics that we will need to know.

"Wednesdays we have Lab that consists of planned lessons, the ms1s and 2s are led by the ms3s and 4s. I’m an ms1 and seniors are ms4s. We learn tactical hands on stuff in lab that we can't learn in our individual classes. As you go up in MS classes, you gain leadership skills and are expected to show initiative and take care of the younger cadets and show them the ropes. I will graduate with a major in nursing and minor in military science because of the military classes I take over these four years.

"It is kind of crazy because I came in my first semester not sure if I wanted to go the army route but I showed up to all the PT's went to class and started to succeed, I'm actually number one on the OML which is the list of all the MS1 cadets. We all compete against each other for contracts/ scholarships, and I recently received a three-year scholarship. It was very unexpected and I was elated to earn it because as a nursing cadet I compete with the nation of nurses and not for what my fellow FSU cadets are competing for."

Love & Loyalty Scholarship Fund benefiting Sisters

Beta Eta chapter is so fortunate to have endowed our own scholarship with Alpha Chi Omega Foundation.

Many alumnae and collegians donated treasures, time and talent to create the Beta Eta Love & Loyalty fund! We are pleased to read the thank you notes from the many recipients of the fund. Some sisters are finishing their undergraduates studies; one is a PhD student and a #4lifenot4years alumna who also serves as a chapter advisor to Zeta Psi in NOLA; and one collegian participated in National Panhellenic's philanthropy Circle of Sisterhood trip to Nicaragua to help remove education barriers for girls.

See past Love & Loyalty collegians in our blog:  Diana Davenport and Isabelle Wilkins

Beta Eta Love and Loyalty Scholarship Winner!

Congratulations to Diana Davenport- the recipient of the 2013 Beta Eta Love and Loyalty Scholarship. Below is a an informal progress report of her studies and activities. She is truly a model of a Real, Strong. Woman....

-Human Resources Management and Business Management double major
-Leadership Certificate through FSU (as many credits as a minor)
- Chapter Relations and Standards Board Executive Member
-FSU Greek Conduct Board Member
-FSU Student Conduct Board Member
-2 Year Dancer in Dance Marathon
-70 hours to the community last semester with the Leadership certificate, volunteering in an urban garden with underprivileged children in Frenchtown, a "food desert" community
-Study Abroad Participant London Summer 2013
-3.45 GPA

She is now entering her major area of study for the School of Business and will be taking Marketing, Business Law, and Organizational behavior to name a few classes she will be enrolled in in the fall. She hopes to enter the business world after graduation and pursue her MBA shortly after.

In her own words

" the scholarship has allowed me to focus on my studies this semester and less on how I am going to afford school. Because I plan to partake in further studies after my undergraduate degree, I aim to be as frugal as possible during my undergraduate years so that I will go into my MBA debt-free. I am so blessed to have Alpha Chi Omega sisters who understand this need and have given me the opportunity to receive assistance from the organization who has already given me so much. My sisters at Florida State are my support system, my family, and my strength; this scholarship has shown me there are sisters who I have never had the opportunity to meet who are giving me even more support than I could imagine. The bond of Alpha Chi Omega extends far past your chapter, college, or state. It is seen in across the country in every generation and in every heart it touches. The love and bond of our sisters enables us to extend helping hands to those in need and I cannot wait to be able to extend the same opportunity to sisters in the future. "

Thank you to all of the alumnae and Alpha Chi Omegas that have contributed to the Beta Eta Love and Loyalty fund.

Congratulations to Beta Eta's Scholarship Winner! Part 2

On April 23rd, we announced Jenna G as the winner of a Clearwater Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship. Today we're excited to share photos from the event!

Clearwater Alumnae Panhellenic held their annual Scholarship Brunch at the Dunedin Country Club on Saturday, May 8th. Here an officer introduces Jenna:

Jenna accepts her scholarship:

Alpha Chi Omegas in attendance to support Jenna. What a great group we have in Clearwater! They had the best attendance of all the Panhellenic member organizations!

Here are all five young women who were awarded scholarships at the event:

Special thanks to AXO alumna Susan E (Zeta Upsilon, CWRU) for the photos!

Congratulations to Beta Eta's Scholarship Winner!

Congratulations to Beta Eta collegian, Jenna G., pictured at left, winner of a $1,100 scholarship from Clearwater Alumnae Panhellenic!

She'll officially receive the award at the Clearwater Alumnae Panhellenic Brunch on Saturday, May 8th at the Dunedin Country Club. If you'd like to attend and cheer Jenna on, here is the information:

Saturday, May 8, 2010
10 a.m.
Panhellenic Achievement Award, scholarship presentation, and installation of officers.
Dunedin Country Club
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by sending checks made out to Clearwater Alumnae Panhellenic to the Panhellenic Treasurer, Pat Moriarty, 2975 Whisper Lane N, Clearwater FL 33762. Pat's email is tmoriart@tampabay.rr.com if you want to email to let her know your check is on its way.