New Member Spotlight

Anna Schulz

Hometown: Burnsville, MN

Major: Psychology & Journalism

Year: Freshman

Fun Fact: "I'm exceptionally good at headstands and balancing things on my head!"

Emma Shepard

Hometown: Grayslake, IL

Major: Business

Year: Freshman

Favorite Madison Memory: "My first game day and becoming a Pi Phi!"

Katie Swift

Hometown: Libertyville, IL

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Year: Sophomore

Favorite Madison Memory: "Getting in to Pi Phi; laying out by the lake and meeting a ton of new people!"

Savannah Windhorn

Hometown: Lakeville, MN

Major: Business

Year: Freshman

Interesting Fact: "I am kind of a crazy cat lady - I have 4! They're all named after the people from my local news station, Kare 11."

Lauren Woods

Hometown: Medina, MN

Major: Engineering & Business

Year: Freshman

Favorite Thing About Pi Phi: "How inviting and absolutely wonderful everyone is!"

Rachael Wuest

Hometown: Willowbrook, IL

Major: Psychology

Year: Freshman

Favorite Madison Memory: "My first badger game day! I especially love watching everyone do the wave!"

Michelle Ziedonis

Hometown: Westborough, MA

Major: Psychology or Dietetics

Year: Freshman

Interesting Fact: "I've been to 10 different countries!"

New Member Spotlight

Alison Novak 

Hometown: Dundee, IL

Major: Doctor of Pharmacy & Chemistry

Year: Freshman

Favorite Thing About Pi Phi: "EVERYTHING. The girls are extremely friendly, down to earth, hardworking and everyone gets along! I am so excited to finally be a Pi Phi. 

Caitlin Pilgrim

Hometown: Hartland, WI

Major: MHR (Pre-Business)

Year: Freshman

Fun Fact: "I can lick my elbow!"

Amanda Rosso

Hometown: Algonquin, IL

Major: Undecided

Year: Freshman

Favorite Madison Memory: "Probably first football game going to 5th quarter and doing all of the dances with my friends while the band played! It was really fun and a great way to celebrate being a badger!"

Catherine Ruekert

Hometown: Minnetonka, MN

Major: Nursing

Year: Freshman 

Favorite Thing About Pi Phi: "I love being able to walk down the streets of Madison and actually recognize people. It really helps make Madison feel more like my new home."

T.A.K.E.

Last Sunday, Wisconsin Alpha had our annual T.A.K.E self defense workshop.  It’s an amazing sisterhood event and we all learned some very impactful self defense techniques!  We learned escape maneuvers, important facts about awareness, and daily tips to consider during our busy lives. Safety and health are two major priorities we work to promote in Pi Phi, and it was great to see all of our girls working together! We want to thank Jill, Bob and their crew for coming out! 

Learn more about T.A.K.E.

See more pictures from the event here!

New Member Spotlight

Maggie Kessenich

Hometown: Kohler, WI

Major: Communicative Disorders

Year: Freshman 

Favorite Thing About Pi Phi: "The instant connection I make with a girl in Pi Phi whom I've never met before, just by hearing that she is one of my sisters!" 

Sarah Laudon 

Hometown: Rochester, MN

Major: Genetics 

Year: Sophomore 

Fun Fact: "I have a twin brother, and I am one of six kids!" 

Claire Lewis

Hometown: St. Paul, MN

Major: Undecided

Year: Freshman

Fun Fact: "I really really love traveling and experiencing new cultures. my favorite trip was a justice trip to El Salvador where I got to live with a house family in a poor community."  

Shannon Luschen

Hometown: Palatine, IL

Major: Legal Studies 

Year: Freshman

Favorite Thing About Pi Phi: "Getting to meet all the new girls and getting to be so involved."

Calla Martin

Hometown: West Bend, WI

Major: Communicative Disorders, Human Development & Family Studies 

Year: Freshman

Favorite Madison Memory: "My favorite memory was of course Bid Day when I started my journey through college with my hundreds of sisters in Pi Beta Phi!"

New Member Spotlight

Sarah Harris 

Hometown: Brookfield, WI

Major: Textile & Apparel

Year: Sophomore

Favorite Thing About Pi Phi: "My favorite thing so far is how welcoming everyone is, it makes it so fun to be loved!"

Colleen Hogan

Hometown: Deerfield, IL

Major: Communications

Year: Freshman

Favorite Thing About Pi Phi: "Big/Little week! Having a big is one of the best things about being in Pi Phi!"

Katelynn Hosni

Hometown: Oconomowoc, WI

Major: Genetics

Year: Freshman

Fun Fact: "I have a Juliana pig named Babe!"

Mara Huber

Hometown: Wauwatosa, WI

Major: Kinesiology

Year: Freshman

Fun Fact: "I got a tattoo on my 18th birthday."

Erin Jamar

Hometown: Hibbing, MN

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Year: Freshman

Favorite Thing About Pi Phi: "The house is beautiful and the lake is awesome!"

New Member Spotlight

Elise Dittmann: 

Hometown: Stillwater, MN

Major: Pre-Med (Interventional Radiology)

Year: Freshman

Favorite Thing About Pi Phi: "All the amazing opportunities to get involved around campus and serve the Madison community while spending time with some of the most awesome girls I know!"

Kathryn Doody

Hometown: South Elgin, IL

Major: Biology 

Year: Freshman 

Favorite Madison Memory: "One of the first days of school, a group of my friends and I went to the Terrace and ate ice cream and got to know each other!"

Lauren Feierstein

Hometown: Mequon, WI

Major: Biology, Spanish

Year: Freshman

Favorite Thing About Pi Phi "The girls!" 

Meredith Frank

Hometown: Milwaukee, WI 

Major: International Business

Year: Freshman

Favorite Madison Memory: "I had a few of my Pi Phi sisters over to bake pumpkin chocolate chip cookies before a new member meeting!" 

Kelsey Gallivan 

Hometown: Champaign, IL

Major: Business 

Year: Freshman 

Interesting Fact: "I have cousins ranging in age from 3 to 43!"

New Member Spotlight

Kelsey Beaty

Hometown: Goldens Bridge, NY

Major: Kinesiology

Year: Sophomore

Fun Fact: "Everyone in my family starts with the letter K, except my mom. Also, I know all the state capitols." 

Rachel Burnham

Hometown: Bloomington, MN

Major: Journalism

Year: Freshman

Favorite Part About Pi Phi: "Spending time with the girls!"

Taylor Cappitelli

Hometown: Villa Park, IL

Major: Kinesiology

Year: Freshman

Favorite Madison Memory: "My favorite time in Madison has been going to the Badger football games. It's an experience I am so glad I get to be a part of, I wouldn't miss it for the world. They're so much fun and I love going with my friends to 
the games."

Lindsey Clements

Hometown: Bloomington, MN

Major: Environmental Studies

Year: Freshman 

Fun Fact: "I went to South Africa a few years ago, and I would love to go back!"

Alison Cottrell

Hometown: Park Ridge, IL

Major: International Business

Year: Freshmen

Favorite Part About Pi Phi: "Breakfast room chats!"

Pi Phi Gives You Wings

      Wednesday October 3rd was an exciting day for us Wisconsin Alpha Pi Phis, but most of all, it was an exciting day for our Vice President Philanthrophy, Emily Parkinson.    As the first annual event, it was a successful event thanks to her hard work.  For our fall Philanthropy, we sold tickets, about $7 each, to students to get a plate full of chicken wings, with their choice of sauce of course, a soda, and vegetables. As a sorority, we raised over $2,200 and sold about 300 tickets.  In addition, we had wing eating contests for an extra $3.  The winner, Jake Kream of Chi Phi, received gift cards to Starbucks, Kilwins, Ian’s, and the Kollege Klub. Overall, it was an amazing event, one we are so enthusiastic for continuing and very proud of our Emily Parkinson for starting it! Thanks to everyone who came! We’ll see you there next year :) 

Click here to see more photos from the event! 

Color Run Sisterhood

This Friday, a group of Pi Phi's took a trip to Milwaukee, WI to participate in a 5k called The Color Run. All the proceeds from the 5k went to the Brewers Community Foundation that works to better the greater Milwaukee area.  

Under Construction!

Both the website and the blog for Wisconsin Alpha Pi Beta Phi are under construction.  We are looking forward to big changes!

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