Editing Pi Beta Phi

[[Image:chapter.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Chapter Photo at the Bungalow (5/20/2007)]]

[[Image:167226_1589874783789_1143420413_31449582_5662357_n.jpg‎|400px|right|thumb|Pi Phi class of 2012 at Preference Party January 2011]]

The Illinois Beta-Delta chapter of Pi Beta Phi (ΠΒΦ) is one of the four national sororities on Knox College's campus in addition to [[Delta Delta Delta]], [[Kappa Kappa Gamma]] and Alpha Sigma Alpha ([[ATP]]).

'''International Fraternity Awards
The Illinois Beta-Delta Chapter was chosen out of Pi Phi’s 134 active collegiate chapters across the nation and Canada for the Excellence In Servant Leadership and Spirit Award in 2008.  

'''Campus Greek Awards 2012
*Outstanding Chapter President
*Outstanding IFC/Panhel Delegate
*Outstanding Philanthropy
*Highest Sorority GPA
*Second Place in Greek Week Talent Show
*Second Place in Greek Week Overall

'''Campus Greek Awards 2011
*Outstanding New Member Programming
*Alumni Relations Award
*Third Place in Greek Week Overall
*First Place in Greek Week Talent Show

'''Campus Greek Awards 2010
*Greek Woman of the Year: [[Maddy Eaton]]

'''Campus Greek Awards 2009
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*Outstanding New Member Orientation
*Second place in Greek Week talent show

'''Campus Greek Week 2007
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*Campus Involvement Award
*Alumni Relations Award
*New Member Education Award
*Community Service:
*Most Service Hours Per Member: Honorable Mention
*Best Service Project: Cure-a-palooza
*Advisor of the Year: Jean Tulin
*Greek Woman of the Year: Casey Norton

[http://deptorg.knox.edu/pbp Knox College Pi Phi Homepage]
== The History of Pi Beta Phi ==
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Pi Beta Phi was founded on April 28, 1867, becoming the first women's fraternity based on the men's Greek system. Initially named I.C. Sorosis, the organization initially consisted of 12 founders: 

Emma Brownlee Kilgore, Clara Brownlee Hutchinson, Fannie Thomson, Libbie Brook Gaddis, Nancy Black Wallace, Jennie Nicol MD, Inez Smith Soule, Fannie Whitenack Libbey, Margaret Campbell, Rosa Moore, Ada Bruen Grier, and Jennie Horne Turnbull

The organization was founded at the Holt House on the campus of Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Today the Holt House is used for small weddings, receptions, meetings and social gatherings.  Nearby Pi Phi chapters and alumnae clubs use it for meetings, initiations and ceremonies. The Knox College chapter of Pi Beta Phi has the privilege of using the house for initiation and other events.


==Pi Phi Firsts==
* First women's college secret organization based off of the men's Greek-letter system
* First Fraternity for Women (1867) 
* First national (multi-chapter) Women's fraternity
* First to have a national philanthropy, Settlement School (now the Arrowmont School for the Arts and Crafts) 
* First to have a Canadian philanthropy, Northern Libraries Project (now Arrow in the Arctic)
* First to establish an alumnae department
* First to form Alumnae Advisory Committees to support collegiate chapters
* One of seven founders of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC)

[http://www.pibetaphi.org Pi Beta Phi National Homepage]


==Knox Chapter==
*Knox College's Illinois Beta-Delta Chapter is the only dually chartered Pi Beta Phi Chapter in the world. The Great Depression during the 1930s caused Lombard to close down and subsequently the two chapters combined in 1930. The Illinois Beta chapter was founded at Lombard College in Galesburg 1872 only five years after the creation of Pi Phi on the campus of Monmouth College in 1867. The Illinois Delta chapter was founded at Knox College in 1884. In 1930 Lombard College was forced to close due to pressures brought on by the Great Depression and the two chapters subsequently combined to create the current Illinois Beta-Delta chapter. 
*Being that Galesburg is in such close vicinity to Monmouth, Illinois where Pi Beta Phi was founded, Beta-Delta members have the opportunity to be initiated in Holt House where their founders themselves first dreamed up Pi Beta Phi. 
*The Pi Beta Phi fraternity flower is the wine carnation, which was adopted at the 1890 national convention here on Knox College’s campus at the [[Phi Gamma Delta]] Fraternity Hall.

== Philanthropy ==

===National Philanthropies===
*Settlement School and Arrowmont:
The Settlement School in Gatlinburg, TN was formed in 1912 to provide education, economic opportunity, and health care to rural areas. The school later began to adapt to the growing community by offering arts and crafts classes in an effort to preserve and promote the region's crafts tradition. The school came to take on the name of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts which exists today as a world-renowned facility providing college and graduate level courses. Arrowmont continues to be a major philanthropic effort of Pi Phi.
[http://www.arrowmont.org/ Arrowmont ]
*Arrow in the Arctic
*Champions are Readers (CAR)
*Fraternity Day of Service

===Beta Delta Philanthropies===
[[Image:cureapalooza.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Pi Phis at Cure-a-palooza]][[Image:24233_1271432582933_1143420413_30793487_5491509_n.jpg‎|right|thumb|200px|Pi Phis take the Plunge]]
[[Image:30660 1317129285322 1143420413 30894660 50926 n.jpg|left|thumb|Pi Phis at Pie-A-Pi-Phi in Spring 2010]]
[[Image:32400 1326936290491 1143420413 30915571 7342437 n.jpg|right|thumb|Pi Phis participating in Delta Delta Delta's Triple Play in Spring 2010]]

Pi Phi Beta Delta's make philanthropy one of their chapter's principal causes. Pi Beta Phi’s national philanthropy is literacy, and works to support literacy in a number of ways: through unique partnerships with organizations, through financial backings, through club and chapter programming and so much more. We encourage you to visit the following websites to learn more about First Book and spreading literacy:
            First Book 
            The Literacy Site  
The chapter both focuses on literacy and a variety of other causes and philanthropies, including the following:
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts 
Breast Cancer Research 
Cystic Fibrosis Research 
Discovery Depot 
First Book 
Fun Fair 
Holt House 
Lymphoma Research Foundation 
Multiple Sclerosis Research 
Pi Beta Phi Foundation 
Safe Harbor 
Scarecrow Festival 
Special Olympics of Illinois 
Support for school children in Ecuador 
Fundraising to build wells in Malawi
Prom Dress Drive for high school girls in Galesburg 
AIDS Charities

Pi Phi's strong relationship with the Galesburg community is continually evidenced by their participation in local organizations and philanthropies. Members participate on their own in the Reading Buddies program, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Galesburg Rescue Mission, Humane Society, and the Carl Sandburg Literacy Coalition, contributing 1-40 hours monthly to these causes. Involvement in an organization like Pi Phi provides many of us with the guidance, support, and skills necessary to be successful in their many other endeavors!

== Leadership ==
===Officers===
'''2013'''

President: [[Teagan Eastman]]

VP Member Development: [[Hannah Schierl]]

VP Fraternity Development: [[Kelsey Cullum]]
 
VP Membership: [[Stephanie Schudel]]

VP Philanthropy: [[Camille Brown]]

VP Administration: [[Gretchen Walljasper]]

VP Communications: [[Abby Kravis]] 

VP Event Planning: [[Anushree Kedia]] 

VP Finance: [[Olivia Louko]]

New Member Coordinator: [[Kaity Hutchcroft]]

Panhellenic Secretary: [[Kira Meehan]] 

Leadership Nominating Committee Chair: [[Areanna Egleston]]

Standards Chair: [[Amanda Lee]]

House Manager: [[Carli Bogulub]]


'''2012'''

President: [[Caitlin Harrison]]

VP Member Development: [[Randi Sterenberg]] 

VP Fraternity Development: [[Teagan Eastman]]
 
VP Membership: [[Rachel Zak]]

VP Philanthropy: [[Amanda Lee]] (Winter 2012); [[Gretchen Walljasper]] (Spring 2012); [[Camille Brown]] (Fall 2012)

VP Administration: [[Emyle Weimer]]

VP Communications: [[Kelsey Cullum]] 

VP Event Planning: [[Kirsten Bystrom]] 

VP Finance: [[Anna Goldbeck]]

New Member Coordinator: [[Rayann Parkinson]] (Winter 2012); [[Stephanie Schudel]] (Spring and Fall 2012)

Panhellenic Secretary: [[Carina Tran]] 

Leadership Nominating Committee Chair: [[Jenna Temkin]] 

Standards Chair: [[Lisa Blagg]] (Winter and Spring 2012)

House Manager: [[Elizabeth Drake]]

'''2011'''

President: [[Katy Sutcliffe]]

VP Member Development: [[Caitlin Harrison]] 

VP Fraternity Development: [[Amy Miller]] (Winter and Fall 2011); [[Areanna Egleston]] (Spring 2011)

VP Membership: [[Rachel Hautzinger]]

VP Philanthropy: [[Robin Mahung]]

VP Administration: [[Rita Mertens]]

VP Communications: [[Lizzy Warner]] 

VP Event Planning: [[Laura Mogilevsky]] (Winter and Spring 2011); [[Aparna Kumar]] (Fall 2011)

VP Finance: [[Sharon Zhu]]

New Member Coordinator: [[Rachel Zak]] (Winter and Spring 2011); [[Teagan Eastman]] (Fall 2011)

Panhellenic Vice-President: [[Aparna Kumar]] (Wiinter and Spring 2011)

Panhellenic Exec Member: [[Amanda Lee]] (Fall 2011)

Leadership Nominating Committee Chair: [[Rachel Perez]] (Winter and Spring 2011)

Standards Chair: [[Becca Chelton]] (Winter and Spring 2011); [[Lisa Blagg]] (Fall 2011)

House Manager: [[Kelsey Cullum]]

===Notable Pi Phis===
-Notable Pi Phis Include: 
-Fay Dunaway (Florida Beta): Academy Award-winning Actress
-Jennifer Garner (Ohio Eta): Golden Globe-winning Actress/Producer
-Barbra Bush (Alumna Initiate 2003): Former first lady (wife to George H. W. Bush)
-Grace Coolidge (Vermont Beta): Wife of Calvin Coolidge
-Carrie Chapman Catt (Iowa Gamma): Founded the League of Women Voters.
-Anna Fisher (California Epsilon): Astronaut and NASA Physician.
-Dr. Gladys Henry Dick (Nebraska Beta): Co-discoverer of the Dick Test for scarlet fever and the antitoxin used in the treatment of scarlet fever.
-Dr. Sue Ann Huseman (Missouri Alpha): Monmouth college’s 11th president and first woman to hold the position.

Laurel J. Andrew (Illinois Beta-Delta '86): Secretary of the Knox College Board of Trustees; 
Director and Treasurer, The Andrew Family Foundation, Orland Park, Illinois. Andrew and her parents, Edward and Edith Andrew of Orland Park, Illinois, and their family members, provided the lead gift for Knox's E. & L. Andrew Fitness Center. Andrew completed an M.B.A. at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

== Symbols ==
<gallery>
Image:Color_Crest.jpg|Pi Beta Phi's colors are wine and silver blue.
Image:Badge_Pi Beta Phi.jpg|The symbol for Pi Beta Phi is the arrow, worn as a badge over member's hearts.  The arrow reminds members to aim high, and aspire to achieve great things.
Image:Winecarn.jpg|The official flower of Pi Beta Phi is the wine carnation.
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== Pi Phi Verbage ==
*PiBetaPhilia: A love for Pi Phi ladies, rampant on Knox Campus.
*Picrastination: When Pi Phis get together and procrastinate homework and other productivity with other Pi Phis by baking, crafting, or watching girly tv.

==Links==

*[http://www.pibetaphi.org Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Website] 
*[http://chapters.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/knox/ Official Website of the IL Beta-Delta chapter of Pi Beta Phi]
*[https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/ILBetaDelta/ IL Beta Delta's Facebook Page]
*[http://deptorg.knox.edu/pbp/achivements.html/ Achievements of the IL B-D Chapter of Pi Beta Phi]

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