Summer 2024 Quarterly Magazine

What advice would you offer other women considering joining Alpha Phi as alumnae? Do it! Do it now! You will be so impressed with the amazing women you will meet and interact with, and you get to support young women in their journeys.

member of the Fraternity? I want to continue what I have been doing all of these years and become more involved. What advice would you offer other women considering joining Alpha Phi as alumnae? There comes a time in your life where you can give your services to an organization and put more of yourself into it, and I’ve reached that point now. Alpha Phi has done so much for my daughters with friendships and where they have gone with their careers, and I look forward to getting involved.

Kandy Musselman Who invited you to join Alpha Phi? My daughter, Ashleigh Bohling (Theta Upsilon- CSU Chico)

Carrie Foss Who sponsored you?

What made you want to join Alpha Phi at this phase of your life? I’ve been to a lot of [Fraternity] events as both of my daughters are in Alpha Phi, so it feels like I’ve been going to these events forever because I’m their mom. They strongly encouraged me to join, and I was just like, “Ok!” What are you most looking forward to as a member of Alpha Phi? I’m looking forward to helping other women and working with my daughters in volunteer capacities to better the lives of women in general. What advice would you offer other women considering joining Alpha Phi as alumnae? Just do it! When you do something like this, you feel amazing and like you can actually make a change in the world. Don’t be nervous!

My forever friend, Susan Bevan (Sigma-Washington)

What made you want to join Alpha Phi at this phase of your life? I was very excited to join when Susan invited me because I’ve been familiar with the organization

through different activities. Its goals, especially with women’s heart health, is one of my main passions. I’ve also seen her grow within the Fraternity and make a lot of friends. What are you most looking forward to now that you’re a member of the Fraternity? I need to learn more about where the opportunities to get involved are.

Robin Brester Who sponsored you?

Susan Gilchrist Who extended you a bid to join Alpha Phi? Joanie Downs Krostenko (Gamma Zeta-Puget Sound)

My daughter, Danielle Brester Buda (Nu-Nebraska)

What made you want to join Alpha Phi? My daughters are Alpha Phis, both of them. I was very involved throughout their years in Alpha Phi. I was the president of the parents’

What made you want to join Alpha Phi at this phase of your life? Several reasons, the main being that Joanie is a dear friend of mine, and

organization and have traveled with them to various Conventions. They just brought it up one day, and I thought, ‘Why not?’ I wanted to continue contributing and thought I might as well make it official.

Alpha Phi is something that’s so important in her life. My mother-in-law was also an International President of Alpha Omicron Pi, and I witnessed her incredible contributions to that organization and how it enhanced her life. [The

What are you most looking forward to now that you’re a

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