Showing posts with label Welcome New Angels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Welcome New Angels. Show all posts

November 18, 2017

~Team RingChing~

Audra Feddrix
Major/Year: First year, Marketing
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Celebrity crush: Ryan Renolds

Audra is a member of Delta Sigma Pi, a business fraternity and a member of Women in Lindner!
Her reason for going through recruitment was to find a close-knit group of friends that shared similar interests. She loves doing anything active, and is interested in getting more involved with service!

Jordan Whitman
Major/Year: First year, Exploratory major
Hometown: Findlay, Ohio
Celebrity Crush: Kit Harrington of Chris Hemsworth

Jordan volunteers every Monday at the 86 Coffee Shop and Concert Venue. She heard about Pi Phi from one of our members, which made her want to go through recruitment!  Her unhealthy obsession is Game of Thrones, she watched all 7 seasons in two weeks!  One thing she would like to get out of the experience as a member of OH Kappa is to be able to feel like Pi Phi is home.


Grace Gundling
Major/Year: First year, Pre-Med
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Celebrity crush: Zac Efron

Grace is from Anderson Township located in Cincinnati, OH. She is involved in the CHAARG program and beginning to tutor at Hughes High School to acquire service hours needed for the College of Allied Health Sciences she is enrolled in! She went through recruitment to meet more people and to get involved in the volunteer opportunities.  She wants her sisters to know that she would like to get to know everyone better! She hopes to make even more friends and find new activities to partake in!

Erin Morgan
Major/Year: Second year, Early Childhood Education 
Hometown: Cincinnati
Celebrity crush: Liam Hemsworth

Erin is involved in Bearcat Buddies and volunteers with Marjorie Book. When she isn’t volunteering, I am working at a daycare called Gingerbread Academy. I want to get involved in CAR next semester if my schedule will allow it! She chose to go through recruitment because she felt it was the right time in her life. Erin loves to explore and hopes to meet so many new girls that would love to travel with her or go to fun hiking spots! She believes being in Pi Phi can help her become the best leader/role model she can be!

Chelsea Ker

Major/Year: First year, Chemical Engineering
Hometown: Gahanna, OH
Celebrity crush: John Mulaney

Chelsea hopes to get involved with The PINK campus team! The reason she wanted to go through recruitment was because her major is a male dominated field, so she wanted a community of women to support her. At Pi Phi, she felt a strong connection with everyone, and is passionate about our philanthropy! Her fav foods are wings, enchiladas, and her mom’s baked ziti YUM!

Lauren Waldrop
Major/Year: First year, DAAP Graphic Design
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Celebrity Crush: Ryan Gosling

Lauren was always involved in high school, she was a competitive dancer and ran cross country! She plans to minor in marketing! Her hobbies include anything art related, especially photography! Her friend Taryn told her all about how great Greek life is, making her want to go through recruitment! She’s looking forward to all the events and fundraisers, and of course new T-Shirts!! Lauren wants to reach her fullest potential, and hopes to gain self-fulfilling experiences and friendships in OH Kappa.

Grace Rupp
Major/Year: First year, Architecture
Hometown: West Chester
Celebrity crush: Eddie Redmayne 

Grace is excited to get more involved with our philanthropy! Her mom was a Pi Phi, giving her the reason to go through recruitment. She always has something to talk about making her very easy to talk, and wants to get to know a bunch of new people. Grace wants to gain leadership, service and SISTAHOOD!

Annie Maurer
Major/Year: Second Year, Marketing
Hometown: Plain City, OH
Celebrity crush: Zac Efron 



Annie is from a small town about a half hour outside of Columbus, and is a part of the Lindner Honors-PLUS business program and participates in Lindner Women in Business. She felt like she was missing a solid friend group even after a whole year of college, which is why she decided to branch out and go through recruitment! Annie loves coffee and is always down for coffee dates! She’s hoping to get some more leadership and philanthropy experience, as well as some great new friends! 

Chelsea Davis
Major/Year: First year, Pre-Pharmacy
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Celebrity crush: Ryan Reynolds


Chelsea is from Cincinnati and has two younger sisters and a younger brother. She works at Bernen’s Pharmacy and in the Pre-Pharmacy Student Society! She went through recruitment to meet new people and to make sister like bonds with girls. Also, she loves volunteering and is looking forward to helping others with her sisters.Chelsea wants her sisters to know that she will always be there for all of them, regardless if they are close friends or not. She hopes to make friendships that will last a lifetime and learn to further implement the Pi Phi core values into her life to be a better person!

November 16, 2017

~Team Wine~

Madeline Kramer
Major/year: Neurobiology, freshman
Hometown: Westerville, Ohio
Celebrity Crush: Dylan O'Brien

Maddy is apart of the UC club swim team, and has been swimming since she was three years old. She went through recruitment to find a family away from home that she could workout with, watch Netflix with, support her, and become lifelong friends. Her sister was also a Pi Phi at OSU so being a Pi Phi meant so much more to her! One thing she wants her sisters to know is she’s always down to binge watch Netflix, give needed hugs and eat sushi! She hopes being a member of OH Kappa gives her connections, lifelong friendships and leadership.

Jillian Kreinbrink 
Major/ Year: Health Sciences and First year
Hometown: Findlay, Ohio
Celebrity Crush: Dave Franco 

Jillian’s hobbies include working out, reading, and hanging out with friends! She went through recruitment because she saw how much my sister loved it and wanted that experience of making new friends/ having sisters that are always there for her as well! One thing that she wants all of her new sisters to know is that her fav movie is Aquamarine! Jillian hopes to gain many new friends throughout her experience as being a member of the Ohio Kappa Chapter of Pi Beta Phi.

Haley Emerson
Major/Year: Advanced Medical Imaging Technology 2021
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Celebrity crush: Chris Pratt

Haley is from West Chester and would like to be a part of the exec board one year at Pi Phi. She knew a little bit about Pi Phi prior to recruitment from her sister being a member! She is a great listener, and always tries to give advice if she can. If there’s something anyone needs to just get off their chest, she is all ears. Also, some say she can seem intimidating but she’s not that’s just her face. She’s always in to hang out with anyone! Friendships are very important to her and she wants the friendships that are for life!

Olivia Ruch
Major/Year: Fine Arts/ First Year
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Celebrity crush: Shawn Mendes

Olivia is from Cincinnati, Ohio and a lot of her time is spent in DAAP! She decided to go through recruitment because all of her family has gone through Greek life and loved it. Olivia is used to having a sister by her side every second of the day because she’s a twin!! And would like to get close to her new sisters to fill that void since her twin goes to a different college. She hopes to get involved in exec!


Mariah Mook

Major/Year: Communication Sciences and Disorders/2nd Year
Hometown: Union, KY
Celebrity crush: Chris Pratt

Mariah loves cycling classes and yoga and plans to get more involved in CHAARG along with her participation in Communication Disorder clubs! She is a transfer student, giving her the reason to go through recruitment to meet new people outside her high school friends. Mariah is super excited for variety show yay! She hopes to make lifelong friendships, and gain a better understanding of Greek life because she’s the first in her family to join.

Alyssa Allen
Major/Year: 1st year Fashion Design
Hometown: Knoxville, TN
Celebrity crush:

Alyssa is in DAAP and has danced for 15 years (she’s pumped for variety show) and now wants to get involved with the dance marathon and DAAP Cares. She went through recruitment because in the beginning of school she felt very lonely being four hours away from home, but once she walked through the door of Pi Phi, she felt right at home again! DOG ALERT: 100 pound mastiff named Freya, and would love to bring her to the house to meet everyone! Alyssa believes being apart of OH Kappa will provide her with so many amazing opportunities.


Taylor Connolly
Major/Year: International Business/Freshman
Hometown: Beavercreek, OH
Celebrity crush: Harry Styles

Taylor is a twin and also has twin younger siblings, how cool! She is excited to explore the Cincinnati area since she isn’t from here. She decided to go through recruitment to make genuine friends, new experiences and create incredible memories with all her sistas! She loves to push herself outside her comfort zone, so if you want to try something new ask her to join! Taylor wants to take advantage of every opportunity here at OH Kappa.


Kaylee Ward
Major/Year: Biological Sciences/First year
Hometown: Jamestown, OH
Celebrity crush: Chris Evans

 Kaylee is from a very small town named Jamestown, so small it only has two stop lights! She intends on getting involved with medical societies and clubs, as well as other philanthropic activities! She went through recruitment to gain true, genuine friendships and she wanted to give back to the community through Read Lead & Achieve! She LOVES food and making new friends, and is excited to experience personal growth in Pi Phi!


Kelly Craft
Pre Pharmacy Major, Second year
Columbus, Ohio
Celebrity Crush: Logan Lerman

Kelly is from Columbus, Ohio and has danced her whole life. She is currently in a local dance company called Exhale Dance Tribe and is also involved with Pre-Pharmacy Student Society! She went through recruitment this year because many of her friends loved the chapters they were. One thing she wants her sistas to know: she’s quiet at first but once you know her she’s crazy. Also she loves tea, sharks, and chocolate! She hopes to gain lifelong friends :)

November 15, 2017

~Team Arrow~

Molly Pacitti
Major/Year: Early Childhood Education / First year
Hometown: Maineville, OH
Celebrity crush: Ryan Reynolds

Molly is from Loveland where she went to an all girls’ high school, Mount Norte Dame! She’s interested in getting involved in Bearcat Buddies, and wants to discover more activities on campus now, which is one of the reasons she decided to go through recruitment! She loves ice cream so don’t be afraid to ask her to go grab some of the deliciousness with you! She wants to get to know EVERY member of OH Kappa!


Lindsey Rich
Major: Nursing
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Cleveland
Celebrity Crush: Liam Hemsworth

Lindsey is from Cleveland and is involved in Healthcats and Student Nursing Association.
She decided to go through recruitment because she didn't know many people here and wanted to find her core group of girlfriends! Lindsey is a ranch enthusiast, if she could be any Kardashian it would be Kourtney, and she loves watching the bachelorette/Bachelor with friends! She hopes to become the best version of herself while making life-long friendships.

Greer Gledhill
Major/Year: Marketing with an E-Media Minor, First-Year
Hometown: Galion, OH
Celebrity crush: Brendon Urie

Greer is from a small town called Galion, Ohio, near Mansfield, Ohio, and is involved in Morgens Hall Government. She went through recruitment because to find a group of sisters similar to the friends I had in high school 3 hours away. Greer took 5 years of electric guitar lessons for absolutely no reason, and really wants to learn how to play the piano! She hopes to find genuine, lifelong friendships and enjoyable experiences as a member of OH Kappa.


Emily Blackburn
Major/Year: Journalism, First year
Hometown: Florence Kentucky
Celebrity Crush: Harry Styles

Emily is involved in Capernaum, and also a photographer/journalist for The News Record on campus. She chose to go through recruitment to find a stable or close group of friends in high school. Emily wants all her sistas to know that although she might seem a little quite or mean (she has RBF), she’s there for every single one of you guys! She also went through an eating disorder in the past so if anyone may be experiencing something similar she’s super willing to offer advice and help you through it! Emily is looking forward to the best friends she’ll keep for her entire life!


Kaeley Fagan
Major/Year: Chemical Engineering First Year
Hometown: New Richmond, Ohio
Celebrity crush: Dylan O’Brien
Kaeley plans on joining an intermural soccer team this spring! She loves to try new things, social events, and making new friends, which is why she went through recruitment this year! Because she isn’t playing soccer right now, she’d love to have some sistas motivate her to workout! She loves sushi and Skyline!! Kaeley wants to gain that sisterhood that everyone has in OH Kappa that she can cherish forever!

Kelly Byrne
Major/Year: Nursing/First Year
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Celebrity crush: James Lafferty

Kelly is involved in Cincinnatus, and would like to get involved in Intramural Soccer! Her cousin encouraged her to go through recruitment along with her friends and roommate. She decided to become a PEEF because the girls were so welcoming and she just truly felt at home. She wants all her sistas to know she LOVES them and can’t wait to make memories with them for the next four years!!! She would like to get involved in CAR and maybe have a leadership position in the future.


Meg McKnight
2nd Year Architecture Major
Wellington, Ohio
Will Smith

Meg is
a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, as well as involved in DAAP. Last year she was a part of the UC Bearcat Bands and played saxophone. She wanted to go through recruitment to meet new friends, gain networking experiences, and find a group of people similar to her that she can call family. She will be co-op-ing in Atlanta, Georgia for Spring Semester 2018 and would love to have people come visit her! (It's only a 6 hour drive from here!) She hopes to make so many amazing memories with her sisters, while maintaining Pi Phi's core values and continue to grow as an individual.


Madison Miller
Major/Year: Digital Media Major, Second year
Hometown: Mason, Ohio
Celebrity crush: Jake Gyllenhaal

Madison ran a small business in high school taking senior pictures and still does it every so often! She loves her family, including a pretty golden doodle named Miley. Her and her fam like to go camping, hiking, and boating! She would like to get more involved with greek life and mountaineering club. She’s the first person in her family to try out greek life and felt it would be a cool new opportunity to help me make new friends and get involved on campus. She wants to inform all her sistas to please bare with her, she’s terrible with names but promises to get them all! She is super excited to meet new people and eager to get involved with the events and philanthropy.

January 15, 2017

Team Arrow

Name: Emilie Gunn
Hometown: The Land!! (Cleveland, OH)
Celebrity crush: Chris Pratt
Favorite Animal: Chinchilla
Go-to shower song: Partition by Beyoncé

Emilie is a first year studying Psychology. She is a proud Clevelander, like many of our sisters. She loves photography and could like to get involved in some kind of photography club on campus. She is also looking at getting involved in the Psych Club, but often misses meetings due to the schedule interfering with her nap schedule. She lives off campus, which is the main reason she wanted to go through recruitment. She says throughout the process she could just see herself in the Pi Phi house hanging out with the girls; it just felt like home. During her time as a sister, she wants to learn more about herself through the experience Ohio Kappa will provide

“I’m training for the 2020 Olympics…I’m a competitive napper.  It’s a challenge to make time for classes and social life but sleeping is my passion and I’m lucky to have a very encouraging support system.”

Name: Hannah Combs
Hometown: Mason
Celebrity crush: Zac Efron
Favorite Animal: Dogs
Go-to shower song: With You-Chris Brown

Hannah is a first year majoring in Communication. She plans on getting involved with Young Life as the years go on, as well as possibly leadership opportunities in Pi Phi. Hannah is obsessed with her dogs, music, friends and family. Oh, and chicken nuggets and diet coke. A fun fact about Hannah is that her sister (by blood) is Laura Combs, a senior in Pi Phi. However, she has no relation to Lindsay Combs, a sophomore in Pi Phi.

“I went through recruitment so that I could find a great group of girls, and to have a home away from home. Pi Phi felt like that home away from home for me. I want to become a better person, friend, leader, and student. I also want make lasting friendships and find my bridesmaids.”

Name: Jess Friedman
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Celebrity crush: Zac Efron
Favorite Animal: Elephants
Go-to shower song: Electric Love by Borns
Jess is a 1st year in Pre Physical Therapy. She is not involved in many things on campus yet, but she did join the Mountaineering Club! She wants to get involved in a club that travels and volunteers. She has always wanted to go Thailand and help out with the elephants. She loves hot yoga. If you are ever looking for someone to go to Modo Yoga with, this is your girl!! Through her time as a member of Pi Phi, she wants to meet a lot of new people!

 “Originally I didn’t want to rush, but I decided to because I wanted to try something new and make more friends. The first day I walked into Pi Phi, I had a feeling I belonged and that’s why I continued to rush. Everyone I talked to was so genuine and interested in what I had to say.  I also thought everyone dressed cute!!”


Name: Julia Margulies
Hometown: Solon, Ohio
Celebrity crush: Dave Franco
Favorite Animal: Dogs
Go-to shower song: Pocket Full of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield
Julia is a 1st year studying Psychology. She involved in the campus Hillel (a Jewish organization) and plans to get more involved in opportunities through Pi Phi! She is very sarcastic, silly and loves to have fun. She says she is shy at first but she promises she’s all about having fun! Jess looks forward to the sincere friendships that she will get out of Pi Phi.
“My mom and all of her best friends met through their sorority and I wanted the same. I found myself in Pi Phi because that is where I felt most comfortable, girls were more down to earth and I noticed that the conversation flowed easier for me at Pi Phi than other places.”


Name: Kelly Sierschula
Hometown: Columbus
Celebrity crush: Zac Efron
Favorite Animal: Elephant
Go-to shower song: Anything Taylor Swift or Beyonce

Kelly is a first year nursing major. She hopes to start volunteering at the UC medical center soon, and is not involved in much else on campus. She also goes to CAR on Fridays with Pi Phi to tutor little kids. Her two favorite things are food and her dog. She says she especially loves Mac Shack and Mr. Sushi! She went through recruitment to meet new people. More specifically she chose Pi Phi because she loved every person she talked to during the entire process.
“Part of the reason I chose Pi Phi is because all of the amazing opportunities there are to get involved not only in the sorority, but in the surrounding community as well.”

Name: Lesley Knowlton
Hometown: Cincinnati!
Celebrity crush: Stephen Amell
Favorite Animal: baby goat
Go-to shower song: anything by Fleetwood Mac

Lesley is a second year in Biological Sciences. In high school, she was involved in theater as well as swimming. At UC, she served as Pi Phi’s Junior Panhellenic delegate. She is also involved in project HEAL! She says she loves potatoes, in any and all forms. She also has four cats. Throughout her time in Pi Phi, she looks forward to leadership opportunities, new friends, a place to live and a place to grow!
 “I missed the all girls environment from highschool, I loved recruitment conversation felt so natural with all the girls I talked to J”




Name: Olivia White
Hometown: Southgate, Kentucky
Celebrity crush: Patrick Dempsey (aka McDreamy)
Favorite Animal: tea cup pig
Go-to shower song: “One Night” – lil  Yachty

Olivia is a first year studying finance. She has four younger brothers, so she is super excited to get some sisters. As of right now, she is only involved in Lindner Women in Business. Next semester, she really wants to join the swing dancing club. A fun fact about Olivia is she has been dancing since she was two years old. She danced with the Cincinnati Ballet for two years and then decided to transfer to CCM’s youth ballet program. She has a pet cat named Baby, who is one of her favorite things in the entire world. She really wants to backpack around Europe someday. She also says she is super competitive and doesn’t like losing, which she calls a good and bad thing. If you ever need someone to have a chick flick marathon with, Olivia is your girl. She is a sucker for Rom-Coms and cried during every single one of them.

“At first, I wasn’t going to go through the recruitment process; however, my roommates convinced me to sign up. I didn’t think I was going to like any of the sororities or have time to be part of one. After the second day of visiting Pi Phi, I knew it was where I wanted to be. Everyone was so genuine and passionate about Pi Phi. I want make memories with people that share similar values as me that I will remember for the rest of my life. I want to surround myself with strong women who will inspire me to be the best version of me. I want to meet people who will always have my back and be there for me when I need them the most.”

December 14, 2016

Team Wine

Name: Carrie Shephard
Hometown: West Chester, OH
Celebrity Crush: Shawn Mendes
Favorite Animal: CATS
Go-to Shower Song: Let Me Love You – Justin Bieber
Carrie is a first year studying Communications. Aside from Pi Phi, she is involved in CHAARG, Serve Beyond Cincinnati, and Cru. She loves UC and can’t wait to get involved in Pi Phi. She LOVES Cats, Jesus, Shawn Mendes, Mexican Food, and Spanish. She says she’s weird and goofy but loves having fun and being around her sisters. After her time as a member of Ohio Kappa, she wants to be able to know that Pi Phi helped her to become the best woman she can be and have lifelong friendships.
“Both of my sisters went Greek and they absolutely loved it, so it inspired me to rush! I joined Pi Phi because they were my favorite group of girls; no matter who I talked to, I had a great connection with all of them and felt totally comfortable and welcomed. I also thought it would be cool if I got to be a Pi Phi at UC just like my big sister Megan!”
Name: Catherine Elzinga
Hometown: Carmel, IN
Celebrity Crush: Ryan Reynolds
Favorite Animal: Flamingo
Go-to Shower Song: California Gurls, by Katy Perry
Catherine is a first year studying Interior Design. She is not involved in a ton on campus yet, but looks forward to exploring what she can join! She loves getting to know people and cannot wait to get to know all of her sisters in Pi Phi. She hopes to grow in her character as a person, whether through relationships, leadership roles, or service with our philanthropy!!

“At first, I wasn't completely sure that I wanted to join a sorority, but recruitment completely convinced me. Pi Phi was the very first house I visited and definitely was my favorite throughout the whole two weekends of recruitment. I really loved the conversations I had with each girl at Pi Phi so I knew that I wanted to be here by the end of recruitment!”
Name: Claire Lynch
Major/Year: First year, Pre-med major
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Celebrity Crush: James Franco
Favorite Animal: Panda
Go-to Shower Song: Sunday Candy
Claire is a first year in Pre-Med. She is involved in Camp Kesem, which operates summer camps for kids who have been touched by a parent’s cancer. She wants to get involved in leadership through Pi Phi, as well as join an intramural basketball team! She went through recruitment to meet new people and LOVED Pi Phi during the process!
"I want to make best friends and amazing experiences that I'll remember forever."
Name: Grace Coleman
Hometown: Clevelandm, OH - go cavs!
Celebrity crush: James Franco
Favorite Animal: Cat
Go-to Shower Song: FourFiveSeconds is my main but literally anything Rihanna
Grace is a first year studying Human Resources. She loves to work out and used to play soccer. Aside from Pi Phi, she isn’t involved in anything else because sleep and downtime is essential! One thing she wants her sisters to know is that her cat is her child/most prized possession. She hopes to gain some good people skills and cool new friends from Pi Phi!
“I wanted to make friends, especially older ones, that I could go to for guidance. Pi Phi was the sorority I immediately felt the most welcome in and liked every girl I talked to.”
Name: Jenna Mink
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Celebrity Crush: Bradley Cooper
Favorite Animal: Elephant
Go-to Shower Song: Stronger by Kelly Clarkson
Jenna is a first year studying Marketing. She comes from a really small town about 30 minutes outside of Columbus. She is currently involved in Lindner Women in Business. As time goes on, she hopes to join more clubs and take leadership roles in those organizations. She’s a sucker for puppies, babies, and cheesy rom-coms! She can come off really shy, but once you get to know her, she says you’ll be begging her to be quiet. She is really looking forward to making lasting friendships and hopefully taking on a leadership role.
“I grew up with an older brother and I spent my whole life wanting a sister! When I was in high school and I saw upperclassman going off to college, joining sororities, and making tons of new friends I knew that I wanted to go through recruitment once I got to college.  I walked through Pi Phi Day 1 of recruitment and I just knew that I wanted to be in Pi Phi. The conversations I had and the girls I met just validated my “ah-ha” moment. Joining Pi Phi was the easiest decision I have ever made, and every day I am more thankful to be a part of this organization!”
Name: Madison Titus
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Celebrity Crush: Cam Newton
Favorite Animal: French bulldogs
Go-to Shower Song: Ophelia- The Lumineers
Madison is a first year in Exploratory, but on the track for Business. She would really like to get involved in an intramural team! She is super excited to be a Pi Phi and can’t wait to meet all of her sisters. She wants to make a lot of new friends and get involved in the philanthropy events.

"I went through recruitment because I went to an all-girls high school and loved it! I'm so excited to make lifelong friends in Pi Phi!"

Name: Suhani Patel
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Celebrity Crush: Ed Westwick  
Favorite Animal: Panda  
Go-to Shower Song: Closer
Suhani is a second year in Finance on a Pre-Law track. She is involved in Midwest Dhamaka, for which she was the liaison last year and Marketing Chair this year! She is also involved in SAB, Darwin T. Turner Scholar, and volunteers at Hughes High School. She is obsessed with Pizookies from BJ’s Brewhouse. She says she is really quiet at first, but once she gets to know someone, she is super talkative and outgoing!

“I wanted to go through recruitment because I had heard a lot of good things about Greek life here. In addition, I wanted to try something new, and what’s the worst thing that could happen? I had always been on the fence about Greek life and didn’t want to regret not going through.”