Leaders in Letters

     For Major Assignment 3, I decided to base my project on leadership opportunities in Greek life. I've been very involved in Greek life since last semester when I pledged, and this is something I really feel strongly about. I began my pledge process at the beginning of the spring semester and was initiated in February; within a couple of weeks I already had my first position. I was nervous to take on a position so early, but I found the responsibilities and leadership role that came with it were exactly what I needed to keep me on track, and I found my grades going up a great deal. Coming into this semester I had two relatively important positions and a couple of small ones, and just last week I was elected president. As a second year, only in my first semester as an active sister, this was very exciting for me. All I had to do to achieve this was to put myself out there for positions that people, in most cases, didn't actually want. My sisters saw my leadership abilities and gave me the opportunity to showcase them.
      Since taking on positions in my sorority, I've found that I'm much busier, and sometimes more stressed, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Something that originally made me wary of Greek life was the negative stereotype that all Greeks do is party; however we are the furthest thing from that. I've been able to convince some of my non-Greek friends of this, but it is still a very prominent stereotype. I felt that doing a presentation on the leadership opportunities in Greek life would be one way to reach out to those who have heard only the stereotypes, and show them that there really are benefits to being Greek. Overall, I hope to use this project to display Greek life in a positive light,  and to show everyone that with a little hard work and confidence they could have the same opportunities.