By Jennifer Olmedo

Gamma Pi 1995
Western Michigan University

Region VI Day (Michigan and Canada) was held November 8,2008, at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan and was a total success with a theme of "Give Graciously of What is Mine." When we woke up Saturday morning it was snowing/raining, but that didn't stop us from having a wonderful day.

The morning began with welcome speeches from our RCC, Andrea Henderson, AAD, Denise Brenner, the Grand Valley chapter president, and the Assistant Director of Greek Life at Grand Valley. We then continued on to hear the State of the Area, Region, and Chapters presentations. What a fabulous group of women and chapters we have in Michigan and Canada. Our keynote speakers were five women who spoke to how Delta Zeta has given to them, and more importantly, how they've given graciously of what is theirs.

The afternoon continued with our Founder's Day ceremony, the Senior Ceremony and workshops on a number of topics including alum life where the keynote speakers answered questions from the collegians on what alum life is like. After the workshops awards were presented to a number of our alumnae chapter members and we announced Miss Region VI, Becky Klank from Michigan Tech, and Outstanding New Member of the Year, Jenha Muir from Wayne State University. We definitely have some incredibly wonderful women in our region. The collegian's qualifications were out of this world. I can't imagine managing everything these women are doing and holding a high GPA as well.

The last item on our agenda was an auction where we raised over $600 for the Delta Zeta Foundation by auctioning off donated items that were Delta Zeta related.

On a personal note, Region Day provided me the opportunity to give back to Delta Zeta, not only through my presentation as a keynote speaker, but I made contact with one of the CCDs in our region and will hopefully be able to help her chapter out this coming year, which is something I've wanted to do for several years.

I am definitely looking forward to our next Region Day in November, 2009.

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