The Alpha Delta Pi blog shares special stories from our sisterhood. With guest writers from our collegiate chapters and alumnae associations, our blogs tell the intimate story of ADPi membership from the diverse perspectives of our members. From sisterhood to scholarship, enjoy reading about our organization directly from our sisters and friends.
August 21st, 2020
This year, the Alpha Delta Pi Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $222,125 to 147 members for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education. Thank you to the many generous donors, chapters, alumnae associations, and house corporations who have established these funds with the Alpha Delta Pi Foundation. The Foundation is pleased to announce the scholarship recipients for the […]
June 30th, 2020
by Tammie Pinkston — Past International President Part Four – Leading with Relationships We ended Part Three – Leading with Actions with the challenging but critical task of delegating to your team. Each of us knows that uncomfortable position of being accountable for key contributions to your organization, but perhaps not responsible for actually getting […]
June 26th, 2020
by Tammie Pinkston — Past International President Part Three – Leading with Action As a leader, you may be considered the “chief decision-maker”, at least for your area(s) of responsibility. Some of us make decisions quickly, moving forward when you find an acceptable course of action (aka “satisfying”) not necessarily the optimal, single best answer […]
June 23rd, 2020
by Tammie Pinkston — Past International President Part Two – Leading with Vision I have no doubt that you entered your leadership role with big plans — ideas on what you wanted to achieve, both personally and organizationally. These plans may have changed with this pandemic and call for social justice. Maslow’s Need Hierarchy is […]
June 11th, 2020
by Tammie Pinkston — Past International President I don’t know about you, but I have been struggling as of late. I make a living observing people going through significant change. Now during our time of pandemic and protest, therein lies my dilemma. With our current state of affairs and varied states of shelter in place, […]
May 28th, 2020
By Quinn Moran – 2017 Office Intern, 2018 Leadership Consultant Whether it be chance, serendipity, a stroke of good luck, I still can’t say. Regardless of how my friendship with Ginny Stafford came to be, it is and will always be one of the greatest blessings of my life and of ADPi story. I received […]
May 21st, 2020
by Shannon Schott, Gamma Iota – University of Florida On April 15, 2013, I spent most of my day in a courtroom in Jacksonville, Florida where I was working as an Assistant Public Defender. I wasn’t paying attention to any news alerts or generally aware of any breaking news. My sister, Courtney with whom I’m lucky to […]
May 6th, 2020
by Anne Charnock, Alpha Upsilon – West Virginia Paula and I met more than twenty years ago when we both served as Collegiate Province Directors. When the sorority re-organized from 4 to 6 districts we were the two new Collegiate District Directors. Then we were two of the first six District Team Directors. I was […]
April 28th, 2020
by Sally Thomas, Beta Sigma – Mercer University Spring 2020 will go down in history as a time the world changed. The COVID-19 pandemic affected every aspect of our lives. Schools closed, workers were ordered not to return to work, churches were not allowed to hold services on site, graduations were cancelled or postponed, new […]
April 23rd, 2020
by Magellan Taylor-Brickey, Delta Beta- Lamar University and Jessica Beaty, Epsilon Omicron- Murray State University When and where did you meet? Magellan: We officially met in 2018 at the Texas State Convention in Fredericksburg, but I feel like we knew of each other before that. Jessica: I think we met when I was buying a […]