Fall Semester 2021

December 14, 2021 by adpi zetanu

Fall Semester Recap!

Fall semester was a BLAST! We are so thankful for such a wonderful beginning to this school year!

💎 BID DAY 💎

Zeta Nu proudly welcomed home 115 Alphas this fall! We are SO happy to have all of these wonderful girls in our chapter!

$5 PROM 🕺🏻🕺🏻

Our first function of the year was so much fun! Our sisters were finally able to experience a function all together!

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GAMEDAYS 👏🏼👏🏼

On Saturdays, we wear ORANGE!🧡🧡 Our chapter is so blessed to have been able to experience Clemson Football games in a packed Death Valley!! We truly have a special love for our tigers!

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💚 PARENT’S COCKTAIL 💚

Meeting our sisters’ families connected us even more! We loved spending time with our roots and introducing the most important people in our lives to all our new friends!!

🧡 HOMECOMING 🧡

We are proud to say we won FIRST PLACE in this year’s homecoming float competition!! We had a blast building our float with the Kappa Sig and FIJI’s of Clemson! We also are SO proud of our sisters, Marywhit Blakeney, Hannah Laura Jordan, Sarah Jayne Traurig, and Caroline Daw for competing in Clemson’s Miss Homecoming Pageant this year!

👯‍♀️ DIAMOND SISTER REVEAL 👯‍♀️

AC ‘21 meets their Big Diamond Sister for the first time!!! This day was full of fun activities that further connected our sisterhood! Becoming a part of a family within a family was truly so special.

💖 SEMI FORMAL 💖

Our sisters played real dress up for the first time at our first semi-formal! We danced and sang our hearts out alll night long!!

💙 DIAMOND DAYS 💙

Diamond Days are a very special time for our members! AC ‘21 experienced Alpha Delta Pi’s special rituals leading up to one of the most special and memorable days an ADPI sister experiences, Initiation.

🤍 INITIATION 🤍

On Initiation Day AC ‘21 became official members of our Zeta Nu Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi! This day symbolizes sacrifice and dedication from both new and current members, as members are now officially a part of an organization greater than themselves.

🦆 MALLARD BALL 🦆

CAMO, BOOTS, & CONNOR SWEENEY!!!

Our Mallard Ball this year was truly one for the books!!! We were taken to the beautifully decorated Sleepy Hollow where we got to dance in our camouflage gear all night long to the best band in Clemson!

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🎄CHRISTMAS COCKTAIL 🎄

Our last function of the semester was a HIT! There was no better way to end the year with dancing to Christmas music with all our sisters in classy cocktail dresses!!

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Home Sweet ADPi

September 30, 2021 by adpi zetanu

Homecoming 2021

Homecoming is such a special week for not only the sisters of Alpha Delta Pi, but the Clemson University campus as a whole. This week celebrates everyone and everything that makes up the place we call home. This year, our homecoming chairs, Mary Ellis O’Cain and Gracie Gaitlin, have presented and created so many ways for our chapter to be involved throughout this memorable week. Our sisters are involved in many activities and events across campus this week and we wanted to highlight their abundant love for Clemson University! We are so proud of each and everyone of them and we cannot wait to see all of their hard work displayed across campus! We are so thankful to call Clemson University home.

Hannah Laura Jordan

“My name is Hannah Laura Jordan and I am a senior in Alpha Class 18. I am a senior Environmental and Natural Resource Major from Spartanburg South Carolina! I have the pleasure of representing Alpha Delta Pi in the Miss Homecoming Pageant this year. I have also served the chapter as our Homecoming Chair in the past and gotten the opportunity to watch the float built from the ground up. My love for Clemson tradition grew that week tenfold as I watched each member of our organizations put their heart and soul into the float. Now, as a senior, I get to watch others within ADPi participate in this same float building tradition and see Homecoming from a different side! I am looking forward to the pageant and cheering on my fellow sisters on stage, but know that I'll be heading back to the field to pomp right after:)”

-Hannah Laura Jordan, AC ‘18

Marywhit Blakeney

"Hi! I am Marywhit Blakeney, a senior Elementary Education major from Charleston, SC in AC '18! This year I have the honor of serving as the representative for the IPTAY Student Advisory Board in Clemson's 2021 Miss Homecoming Pageant! I am so excited for such a fun opportunity! Getting to represent ISAB as Vice President + now on stage during Homecoming week is a little dream that I have gotten to be in! For the past 3 years, I have had the chance to be on ISAB and serve as a liaison between the student body and IPTAY. This has been an opportunity that has helped me make so many connections across Clemson's campus. It's even better getting to be in the pageant with my ZN sisters to also represent this amazing group of women! As a member of the Executive Committee, this is just another way I get to lead my chapter at the University - and what a blessing it has been."

-Marywhit Blakeney, AC ‘18

Sarah Traurig

“Hi everyone! My name is Sarah Traurig and I am a senior from Atlanta, Georgia! As a fourth generation Tiger, I have been fortunate enough to experience the special traditions that come along with Clemson's Homecoming Week for as long as I can remember. However, it was not until I became a student that I realized the true meaning and importance of Homecoming at Clemson. I joined Clemson Undergraduate Student Government's Activities Committee my sophomore year and have been a member ever since. During homecoming week, Activities is in charge of executing the Miss Homecoming Pageant and Tiger Rag Shag, a school wide homecoming dance. This year, I have the incredible opportunity to be in the Miss Homecoming Pageant representing one of my most favorite organizations, Student Alumni Council. What this week does is make you feel like you are a part of something much bigger than yourself and I am honored to be able to experience it in a different light for my last year at Clemson. I absolutely can not wait to see Tiger fans from all over the states and be able to say "Welcome Home." <3”

-Sarah Tauring, AC ‘18

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Caroline Daw

“Hey y’all! My name is Caroline Daw and I am representing YoungLife, a Christ-centered ministry that helps kids know Jesus, grow in their faith, and serve Him by meeting them where they are, and making that a lot of fun! I am a senior Mathematical Sciences major, with a concentration in Biology, from Jacksonville, Florida. (Go Jags!) I am a student of the Clemson Honors College and a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, Alpha Class 2019. As a senior, my involvement as the team leader of her YoungLife team at Daniel High School, which means that I am the leader, advocate, and encourager of 8 college students. I have so enjoyed spending time with my fellow Miss Homecoming contestants, especially my ADPi sisters! This has been an awesome experience, and it shows me that you can always love Clemson more, even if you’re about to graduate!”

-Caroline Daw, AC ‘19

Jade Tapscott

“Happy Homecoming!! My name is Jade Tapscott and I am a junior in Alpha Class ‘19 from Springfield, Illinois. For Homecoming this year, I am serving as the Marketing Director for Tigerama 65 - Home Sweet Home. Tigerama is the second largest student-run pep rally in the country and it is an absolute blast to be a part of! This year, the event will be held in Death Valley and feature skits from the football team, Rally Cats, and other student organizations. There will also be a performance by country singer Frankie Ballard followed by a fireworks show -- how exciting! As the Marketing Director for this Homecoming festivity, I have overseen the team responsible for all promotional materials from social media accounts to the flyers and banners seen around campus. We were also responsible for coordinating all of the great deals purchasing a Tigerama ticket can get you in downtown Clemson. This event is something you will not want to miss, so come join us this Friday, October 2 at 7:00pm. Tickets can be purchased on the cutigerama website!”

-Jade Tapscott, AC ‘19

We are so thankful for all of these amazing ladies and all that they do for our chapter!

Happy Homecoming and Go Tigers!

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Hey PNMs! Why ADPi #7!

August 03, 2021 by adpi zetanu

✰Olivia Jaramillo’s Spotlight + “Why ADPi”✰

Olivia Jaramillo - Alpha Class ‘19

Director of Primary Recruitment

“HEY! My name is Olivia Jaramillo; most people call me Via! I am a junior Women’s Studies major with a minor in Sociology from Damascus, Maryland. I am in Alpha Class ‘19. Recruitment was such a memorable experience for me for all the right reasons. Coming from out of state, I didn’t know anyone, but I was eager to get involved on campus. Going through the process, I made so many friendships with girls I'm still close with today, all across the Panhellenic community. ADPi held such a special place in my heart because my Mom was one at NC State. Zeta Nu exceeded all expectations and blew me away every round! I am proud to say it was even better after joining the chapter.

Recruitment can be very overwhelming, and I remember being such a nervous wreck! I looked forward to seeing ADPi each round because everyone made me feel so special, and they were genuinely interested in who I was; it calmed all my nerves. As long as you stay true to who you are, you will end up exactly where you belong. Recruitment was so rewarding that I wanted other girls to have the same experience, and I am honored to be the Director of Primary Recruitment this year. Reflecting on my time in ADPi has opened so many doors for me to give back to the community and this chapter. I have found the most genuine girls who will celebrate every aspect of life with me. My support system is unmatched, and I couldn’t imagine my college experience without my sisters.

My best advice to PNMs is to go into Recruitment with an open mind, ask hard questions, follow your gut, and trust the process! We are so excited to meet all of you. Remember, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will impact you forever! Sending all of you all the Pi love<3”

-Olivia Jaramillo, AC ‘19

We are so thankful for all of Via’s hard work and love that she puts into our chapter!

Thanks for following our “Why ADPi” summer series! We cannot wait to see everyone back on campus soon!

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Hey PNMs! Why ADPi #6!

July 20, 2021 by adpi zetanu

✰Summer Barrett’s Spotlight + Why ADPi!✰

“I can honestly say that through ADPi I have found the most encouraging and supportive friends who I get to call my sisters.”

“Hey PMNs, I am so excited to meet y'all in just a few weeks! My name is Summer Barrett and I am a Junior marketing major. I am from Manning, a small town here in South Carolina. ADPi has been such a blessing to me, and I look forward to what the next two years will bring. I would be lying if I said going through recruitment wasn’t intimidating to me as a sophomore, but I can honestly say it was one of the best experiences of my life. It was so encouraging to see a bunch of women supporting and encouraging each other throughout the week. The friendships I have gained though ADPi are for sure the ones that will last a lifetime.

Going into recruitment I had no idea what to expect so I wanted to stay very open minded. ADPi stood out to me from the beginning because it is where I felt the most at home. During each round I found myself feeling the most comfortable when talking to all the girls in ADPi. By the end of recruitment it was very clear to me that ADPi was where I belonged. I can honestly say that through ADPi I have found the most encouraging and supportive friends who I get to call my sisters.

This year, being on the other side of recruitment, I look forward to being able to meet all of you. I felt so welcomed and loved when I chose APDi and I am so excited to be able to help this year's Alpha Class feel the same way. The best piece of advice I could give would be to trust your gut and to not let other people’s decisions affect your own. It is important to find a group of girls that make you feel yourself and share the same values as you. I cannot wait to see each of you in August!”

-Summer Barrett, AC ‘20

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Hey PNMs! Why ADPi #5!

July 12, 2021 by adpi zetanu

✰Marywhit Blakeney’s Spotlight + Why ADPi!✰

“It was very evident that these girls loved serving their chapter, were driven in the classroom, + had so much fun together! And that has been what ADPi has been for me since the beginning.”

“Hi PNMs! I am just so excited to get to meet all of you in August!!! Along with being a senior in Alpha Class ‘18, I am an Elementary Education major from Charleston, SC, who has the biggest love for this University + each sister in Zeta Nu! Recruitment was both an exciting + intimidating experience, but ADPi is what made me realize I was truly home! It is thanks to the girls in this chapter that have shaped me, sought my heart, + helped me grow throughout my time at Clemson! Get ready for one of the best experiences that will introduce you to your people forever!

Even with having an idea about what recruitment would be + do for me, I was + still am so blessed for the sisterhood that I found during rounds in ADPi. It was a place where I felt comfortable to be myself, surrounded by girls that would support + encourage me to become my best self during my time at Clemson. It was very evident that these girls loved serving their chapter, were driven in the classroom, + had so much fun together! And that has been what ADPi has been for me since the beginning. It has given me endless opportunities to lead, serve, + love my friends, chapter, + university.

Specifically, the opportunity to serve on our Executive Committee as the Vice President of Member Development has been such an eye-opening opportunity that has allowed me to appreciate ADPi + this sisterhood so much more! It was during my time as an Alpha that I wanted to one day lead in this role, which my friends have supported me in doing from the start. I have been able to serve my chapter but also have had the wonderful chance for my chapter to serve me + encourage me to be my best self. Without finding these girls in ADPi during my recruitment as a PNM, I wouldn’t be where I am today. For that, I will always be thankful that I found my home in Alpha Delta Pi.”

-Marywhit Blakeney, AC ‘18

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Hey PNMs! Why ADPi #4!

June 21, 2021 by adpi zetanu

✰Elizabeth Jones’ Spotlight + Why ADPi!✰

“When I walked out of ADPi's rounds, I wished I could have just texted them that night to see if they wanted to grab dinner. The fit was seamless. I wasn't exaggerating my stories; I felt comfortable. I felt a sense of home.”

Hi!! I am a senior Graphic Communications major from Crystal River, Florida, but I grew up close to Clemson in Clinton, South Carolina. Coming to Clemson was new to my family and me. My mom and grandmother were both ADPi's, but at different schools, so I knew coming into recruitment how much ADPi meant to my family. Being the oldest child, I was so excited to go through recruitment to be around older girls that would mentor me through my college experience. It was vital for me to find sisters who would guide and mentor me throughout my college experience. I was lucky enough to find it through ADPi!

I came to Clemson with my best friend from home, and we both decided to go through recruitment. She was the only girl that I knew going through recruitment, and since we were in different pi chi groups, I didn't see her for the majority of the day. I had to rely heavily on my pi chi (that was amazing) and my group text with my mom, grandmother, and a close family friend. I found myself constantly getting excited before each round because I love meeting and talking to new people. My pi chi told me to try and imagine myself making plans or hanging out with the person I spoke to in a normal setting- not just in recruitment. I continued to ask myself these questions in other rounds, but when I came to ADPi, I didn't feel the stress of asking myself whether or not it was natural. When I walked out of ADPi's rounds, I wished I could have just texted them that night to see if they wanted to grab dinner. The fit was seamless. I wasn't exaggerating my stories; I felt comfortable. I felt a sense of home. Many girls instantly made me feel cared for, precisely the feeling that I wanted from a sorority.

Now being on the other side, I get so excited to meet all of the new PNM's. I always hope to become the big sister figure to other girls, the same way that I could find through ADPi. I hope you have the best experience and give as much as you can into the process. Whatever you put in is what you'll ultimately get out. If you're ever curious or want to talk, I encourage you to reach out. We all want the best for you guys and hope you find a home away from home, especially in ADPi :)

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