Meet some of the Fraternity’s newest initiates and learn why they accepted our bid to join a sorority later in life.
By Anna Claire Howard
In 1875, Frances E. Willard (a women’s suffrage leader at the time and one of the most prominent social reformers in 19th century America) became the first alumna initiate of Alpha Phi International Fraternity. She was an American educator, reformer and sought- after public speaker who acted as a mentor to Alpha Phi members early in the Fraternity’s history. Her impact on our sisters and commitment to our High Ideals inspired Alpha Phis to extend membership in a non-traditional way. Today, Alpha Phi continues to extend invitations of membership, or bids, to outstanding non-collegians committed to the principles of friendship, sisterhood and support. Alpha Phi offers a special program in which mothers of new collegiate members may be initiated alongside their daughters. Campus professionals and faculty members on campuses where Alpha Phi is present are also valued candidates. Additionally, we welcome the sponsorship of friends, relatives and colleagues for initiation into membership.
Every biennium, Alpha Phi welcomes its newest round of alumnae initiates to attend Convention and be formally initiated into the Fraternity. Convention 2024 in Palm Springs, California, was no exception, and nine women were welcomed into Alpha Phi with open arms. We are thrilled to induct the following women into our sisterhood and the Alpha Lambda chapter: Melinda Shier-Halverson (mother of Kylee Halverson [Omicron- Missouri]), Dorina Timbol (friend of Laura Jen Kin Berger [Gamma Kappa-CSU Long Beach]), Robin Brester (mother of Danielle Brester Buda [Nu-Nebraska]), Carrie Foss (friend of Susan Bevan [Sigma-Washington]), Judith Boyle (sister of Kate Boyle Halfon [Eta Delta- CSU East Bay]), Susan Gilchrist (friend of Joanie Downs Krostenko [Gamma Zeta-Puget Sound]), Risa Marshall (mother of Sarah Marshall [Epsilon Rho-UC Davis]), Kandy Musselman (mother of Ashleigh Bohling [Theta Upsilon-CSU Chico]) and Joanne Hardy (friend of Ann Dew [Gamma Omicron-Drake]).
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