Kansas. I love Kansas. It makes me think of "The Wizard of Oz" which is my favorite movie in the world. The trip began with some major difficulties during my layover at Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP). Let's just say it involved lots of snow, sick babies, and being on a plane for 8 hours and only in the air for 1 of those hours. Yeah - it was as miserable as it sounds.
Fast forward to Friday evening. Alyson and I stop by the Kansas Iota chapter house to drop off breakfast and pop for the guys since everybody is staying at the house. The house is impressively clean and the guys are hilarious! They gave us a tour and were so welcoming. We hung out there for about an hour before heading to the hotel.
Saturday went really well. Ben DeLost presented on Alumni Development first. Then, Aly Campbell, from Alpha Sigma Alpha, presented on philanthropy and fundraising. I stepped out to check on lunch and when I came back I could hear the guys roaring laughter from down the hallway. Then we did some recruitment training and then lunch. After lunch we reviewed the Accreditation website and did an interactive recruitment activity. We ended the day going back to the chapter house and watching "Miracle" and then the guys utilized scenes and quotes from the movie to fix mock chapter issues in small groups. We had dinner at the house shortly after and then everybody
stayed at the house to hang out and enjoy the brotherhood.
Overall it was a great conference. We had a colony, Founders Cup winners, and a diverse but strong grouping of chapters were represented. It was really special for everybody to see Mizzou in attendance. Though they had to eave early, all of the other groups in attendance kept mentioning how happy they were to see some guys from Mizzou and that they seemed like really great guys. It was refreshing to see all of these groups getting along and spending time together.
Fast forward to Friday evening. Alyson and I stop by the Kansas Iota chapter house to drop off breakfast and pop for the guys since everybody is staying at the house. The house is impressively clean and the guys are hilarious! They gave us a tour and were so welcoming. We hung out there for about an hour before heading to the hotel.
Saturday went really well. Ben DeLost presented on Alumni Development first. Then, Aly Campbell, from Alpha Sigma Alpha, presented on philanthropy and fundraising. I stepped out to check on lunch and when I came back I could hear the guys roaring laughter from down the hallway. Then we did some recruitment training and then lunch. After lunch we reviewed the Accreditation website and did an interactive recruitment activity. We ended the day going back to the chapter house and watching "Miracle" and then the guys utilized scenes and quotes from the movie to fix mock chapter issues in small groups. We had dinner at the house shortly after and then everybody
stayed at the house to hang out and enjoy the brotherhood.Overall it was a great conference. We had a colony, Founders Cup winners, and a diverse but strong grouping of chapters were represented. It was really special for everybody to see Mizzou in attendance. Though they had to eave early, all of the other groups in attendance kept mentioning how happy they were to see some guys from Mizzou and that they seemed like really great guys. It was refreshing to see all of these groups getting along and spending time together.
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