Homecoming Weekend!

This past Monday was Bruiser Birthday Party taking place in Ritchie during lunch. Well, the celebration is continuing this weekend during Homecoming!

Homecoming is going to be filled with lots of events. Here are a few you're not going to want to miss.

Friday, October 1st
10:30am - Homecoming Golf Scramble at the Lenawee Country Club
2-8pm - Registration and Information in the Merillat Sports Center
5:15pm - Athletic Walk of Fame from the Caine Student Center to the A/T Room
7pm - Men's Soccer Game vs. Hope College at Multisports Performance Stadium
7pm - Planetarium Show “Michigan Fall Sky” (New this year!) in the Planetarium located in Peelle Hall
7-11pm - Bulldog Skate at the Arrington Ice Arena
8pm - Alumni Baseball at Nicolay Field

Saturday, October 2nd
8am-10pm - Bulldog Tailgating at the Merillat lot and lawn
8.30am-3pm - Registration and Information in the Merillat Sports Center
9-10:30am - Learn to Skate/Synchro Exhibition at the Arrington Ice Arena
10am-3pm - Kids Korner in the Merillat Sports Center
10am-3pm - Golden Alumni Gathering in Valade Hall
10:30am - Alumnae Softball Game at the Softball Field
11am - Women's Soccer Game vs. Trine at the Multisports Performance Stadium
11am - Alumni Awards Ceremony in the Caine Student Center
12pm - ACHA D3 Hockey vs. Delta College at the Arrington Ice Arena
12-1:15pm - Alumni Lunch in the A/T Room
1pm - Homecoming Parade
1-2.15pm - Open Houses
1:45pm - Alumni Contact Photo at the Stadium Gates
3pm - Football Game vs. Trine at the Multisports Performance Stadium
7pm - D1 Club Hockey vs. U of M Dearborn

Sunday, October 3rd
10:15am - Alumni Choir in Spencer Hall
11am - Homecoming Service in Herrick Chapel
2pm - ACHA D3 Hockey vs. Delta College at the Arrington Ice Arena
3pm - Classical Concert in Dawson Auditorium

For the full schedule of events and more information, please visit the Homecoming Site.

Meet the Candidate Day!

Hello Members of the Adrian College Community. This Friday is Meet the Candidate Day! Meet the Candidate Day will take place at 10am in the Adrian Tobias Room located off of Ritchie Marketplace. At this event you will hear candidates speak about the upcoming election in November. Participants of the event include Michigan House of Representative candidates for the 57th District, Nancy Jenkins (R) and Harvey Schmidt (D); .Michigan State Senate candidates for the 16th District, Bruce Caswell (R) and Douglas Spade (D); and judicial candidates for the Lenawee County District Court, John Glaser and Laura Schaedler.

For more information about the event, please contact Katie Frye Hammond, director of government and foundation relations at Adrian College at khammond@adrian.edu or Jenni Shephard, executive vice president of the Lenawee County Association of REALTORS® at jshephard@lcarlive.com

Hope to see all of you there!

It's Recruitment Week!

Adrian College offers a great opportunity for all members of the student body - Greek Life. This year I decided to go through sorority recruitment, and so far this experience has been a blast. I would completely recommend that all girls should go through recruitment. It's an amazing experience even if in the end, you don't end up joining a sorority.

Here's a little bit of background information on each sorority:

Alpha Phi (aka The Phis)
Alpha Phi was founded September 18, 1872. The Delta Eta chapter located on Adrian's campus was founded September 1961. The main objectives of this sorority are to promote growth in character, unity of feeling, sisterly affection, and social communion among all our members. Alpha Phi's main philanthropy is known as The Alpha Phi Foundation. The purpose of the Alpha Phi Foundation is to promote the awareness of women's heart disease. The Delta Eta chapter does this by hosting a Red Dress Gala every year with proceeds going to cardiac care. This is not the only philanthropy the Phis are active in. They have spent a lot of time with the seniors at Lynwood Manor. They have also been active in activities and groups on campus including the annual Party Sober Night, Student Government Association, varsity athletics, intramural athletics, Mortar Board, Order of Omega, and Residence Life.

Alpha Sigma Alpha (aka The ASAs)
Alpha Sigma Alpha was founded November 15, 1901. The chapter located on Adrian's campus was founded March 6, 1965. ASA's motto is "Aspire, Seek, Attain" meaning they consist of women who ASPIRE to career and personal achievement, women who SEEK the most from life and from themselves, women who ATTAIN levels of success beyond what they may have thought possible. Their main philanthropy consists of S. June Smith Center and Special Olympics. Although these are the main organizations, they do a lot of community service apart from their philanthropy. Some of these events including Rake-and-Run, the Humane Society, the HOPE Center, a local elderly group home, and Adopt-A-Road. Members of Alpha Sigma Alpha are in many of other organizations on campus as well consisting of Student Government Association, LINCS, varsity athletics, intramural athletics, Mortar Board, Order of Omega, theater, and many academic honoraries.

Chi Omega (aka The Chi-Os)
Chi Omega was founded April 5, 1895. Adrian College's chapter, the Mu Zeta chapter was founded April 16, 1961. Chi Omega offers members academic excellence, diversity, outstanding social programs and the opportunity to share in a unique sisterhood that extends beyond graduation and promotes friendship, sisterhood, leadership, and personal growth. Chi-Os main philanthropy is the Make a Wish Foundation. The Mu Zeta chapter holds a Make a Wish dinner every year with the proceeds going to a selected child to make their wish come true. The Chi-Os are also active with commuinty service. Places consist of the Hope Center, Bixby Hospital, and the Humane Society. Members of Chi Omega are also involved in many organization on campus including Student Government Association, Mortar Board, Theater, varsity athletics, Civitan, Panhellenic Council, LINCS, Circle K International, Residence Life, Campus Activities Network, and academic honorary societies.

Now that I've mentioned the history of each sorority, I'd like to share my experience so far. Being a junior I went into recruitment having a bit of an idea where I wanted to go. I have friends in all three of the sororities, so I knew a lot of information about each one that most girls learn during recruitment. Well, on Monday night after the first round of parties, I had absolutely no idea where I saw myself going. There were parts I loved about each sorority. I could see myself in any of them. Last night was the second round of parties. I asked some of the girls how they came to their decision when they went through recruitment. Most of them told me that the last night of recruitment, preference party, they finally felt at home with one specific sorority. They all gave me the advice: "listen to your heart." At the end of the night we had to rank our sororities in order of where we saw ourselves or which one we liked the best. It was extremely hard for me to do. On Thursday, we only get to go to two of the three sorority's parties. This is suppose to be in order to help the recruits narrow down to which one they see themselves in. I find it sad that tomorrow I won't get to meet with all the sororities again, but I know it's the only way I'm going to be able to narrow it down to that one place I can call home.

Convocation & Military Appreciation Day

Welcome back students, professors, and faculty. Hope all of you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Now that classes are back in session, here are some events happening on campus this week.

Today is the first convocation of the semester. Jonah Lehrer is the speaker. He is the author of the book "How We Decide." The convocation is going to take place in Herrick Chapel at noon. According to The Los Angeles Times, he is "captivating, accessible, and never dull, he talks about how we make decisions -- and how we can make better decisions." He should be a great speaker to start out the convocation series at Adrian this year.

On Saturday we have our first home football game against Defiance College. Although, that's not the only thing happening on Saturday. Adrian College has recently been named a Military Friendly School. To celebrate this achievement and to honor the local veterans and active service members, Adrian College is hosting a Military Appreciation Day. Below is the schedule of events.

SCHEDULE
3-5:15 pm Registration (Tables will be south of the Stadium Gates.)
4-5:15 pm Picnic/Remarks (buffet; arrive no later than 4:45)
4-7 pm Donkey & Elephant rides on the lawn next to Arrington Ice Arena
5:30 pm Line Up & Field Recognition (arrive by 5:15 for line up)
6 pm AC Football vs. Defiance College (Halftime Special Announcement/Tribute by AC Marching Band; On-field fireworks)

Adrian College is also accepting care package donations for the current U.S. Troops stationed overseas. These care packages will be collected at the gates near the stadium on Saturday, September 11. Donations can also be made by mail from Monday, September 6, through Monday, September 13. If you would like to mail a care package in please send your donations to:

Adrian College
Attn: Student Activities, Military Appreciation
110 S. Madison
Adrian, MI 49221

Suggested donation ideas include:
personal letters, cards, long distance phone cards, chewing gum, toothbrushes, toothpaste, batteries, magazines, newspapers, ink pens, Ziploc bags, deodorant, disposable cameras, playing cards, dice, etc.

Hope to see all of you at Convocation and Military Appreciation Day!

A Little Introduction

It's the start of another school year on the campus of Adrian College. I'm Muffy Lavens and I will be letting you know about the upcoming events on campus this semester while interning in the Adrian College Public Relations Office. But first, I'd like to introduce myself.

This is my third year at Adrian College. I'm majoring in Psychology and minoring in Public Relations. I'm also involved in organizations on campus. I'm the bulletin editor for Adrian College Circle K International Club. I'm also hoping to get more involved in CAN (Campus Activities Network) this year. CAN provides so much for the students of Adrian, that I'd like to be involved in the planning that makes all the activities happen. I have also been a welcome week leader the past two years.

Aside from school I'm also involved in sports. I'm a figure skater and have been since I was about three years old. I currently skate at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Although I'm a skater, I'm not on Adrian's synchronized skating team because my main focus on skating is ice dancing.

Now that you know a little about me, let's get into some events going on around campus during the next couple weeks.

Monday, September 6: Labor Day - meaning no classes!
Wednesday, September 8: Convocation at noon - The speaker is Jonah Lehrer, author of "How We Decide"

Also, if you're considering Greek Life, there are meetings and recruitment parties throughout the next two weeks.

For the guys:
Tuesday, September 7: Phi Kappa Sigma Info Night
Wednesday, September 8: Theta Chi Info Night
Friday, September 10: Theta Chi Recruitment Party
Saturday, September 11: Phi Kappa Sigma Recruitment Party
Sunday, September 12: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Info Night
Wednesday, September 15: Tau Kappa Epsilon Info Night
Thursday, September 16: Alpha Tau Omega Info Night
Friday, September 17: Tau Kappa Epsilon Recruitment Party
Saturday, September 18: Alpha Tau Omega Recruitment Party

For the girls:
Thursday, September 9: Meet the Sororities
Monday, September 13: First Round Party
Wednesday, September 15: Second Round Party
Thursday, September 16: Third Round Party
Saturday, September 18: Preference Party

This should give you an idea about what's going on around campus. Check soon for more updates.