{"id":1160,"date":"2013-12-06T07:32:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T11:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/?page_id=1160"},"modified":"2013-12-06T07:32:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T11:32:22","slug":"chi-omega-president-accepts-challenge-to-build-new-chapter-on-um-campus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/profiles\/chi-omega-president-accepts-challenge-to-build-new-chapter-on-um-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Chi Omega president accepts challenge to build new chapter on UM campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted December 6, 2013<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By REBECCA COHEN<\/p>\n

With only seven sororities on campus and 500 girls rushing each year, not everyone can get a bid.<\/p>\n

However, with the introduction of a new chapter on campus for Fall 2013, Chi Omega and its president Morgan Chicchelly are working with Panhellenic to change this.<\/p>\n

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Morgan Chicchelly, president of Chi Omega.<\/p><\/div>\n

Founded in 1895 at the University of Arkansas, Chi Omega is one of the largest women\u2019s fraternal organizations in the world, according to its website.<\/p>\n

Since its founding, Chi Omega has sought national growth through a process called \u201cextension,\u201d which is the addition of a National Panhellenic Conference chapter on a college or university campus.<\/p>\n

Chicchelly, an Iowa native, and as a junior, is the integral sister to extension on the University of Miami campus.<\/p>\n

Chicchelly became involved in the new sorority, because she felt she did not belong at the University of Miami and had trouble fitting in with a group of friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I struggled for the first two years for various reasons,\u201d Chicchelly shared. \u201cI clung to certain people who I shouldn\u2019t, and then Chi O came along and really changed my outlook on what this university can do for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although she had prior leadership experience as the manager of the Public Relations Experience Program, the public relations representative on Hecht Executive Board, and the leader of a high school trip to El Salvador, nothing could prepare her for the challenges she would face as the president of a new chapter.<\/p>\n

She attended a Chi Omega information session in April 2013 and then was called back for an interview, but Chicchelly had no idea what she was signing up for; however, she\u2019s never been happier \u2013 and never slept less.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I haven\u2019t slept for two months, but at the same time, it\u2019s the best kind of challenge. I wouldn\u2019t want it any other way,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

When asked about how she feels about established sorority\u2019s presidents\u2019 jobs versus her own, she said, \u201cI\u2019m learning everything as I go and as I lead versus the Delta Gamma or Delta Phi Epsilon president, who already knows the job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delta Phi Epsilon president, junior Danielle Poreh, said she admired the new president, but agreed that Chicchelly\u2019s job will present more of a challenge than her own.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sure that being president of a new sorority comes with many different responsibilities compared to being president of an established one. Chi O has been really fortunate to work with several advisors throughout their time here, which I am sure helped ease the transition process for Morgan. For me, having the past president as a mentor helps to learn the ropes and work on ways to grow our organization,\u201d said Poreh.<\/p>\n

After speaking to senior Erika Glass, a new member of Chi Omega, she described Chicchelly in three words: strong, kind and respectful.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe’s very poised and put together and she’s always looking out for what’s best for the girls in the chapter. She never looks like she’s stressed out or overworked, and she always has a smile on her face. She is truly an inspiration,\u201d Glass said.<\/p>\n

Glass disclosed that Chicchelly is one of the best leaders she has ever come across, and she will be sad to say goodbye after graduation.<\/p>\n

Chi Omega Panhellenic delegate at Arizona State University, junior Mia Frenkel, shared her happiness for the sorority\u2019s expanding.<\/p>\n

Although she has had no personal contact with Chicchelly, she has been in contact with Chi Omega nationals, who are directly involved in every move of the new Miami chapter.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sorority president, Kelsey Brockmeyer, lives and breaths Chi Omega. She is one of my good friends, but is also someone that I look up to and could go to for advice. She has been on the E-board every year she has been at ASU and knows the house better than anyone else. I don\u2019t know Morgan personally, but, from what I\u2019ve heard from nationals, she could very well be the next Kelsey Brockmeyer,\u201d Frenkel said.<\/p>\n

In terms of member recruitment, which begins January 2014, Chicchelly said she is not scared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited for recruitment. I never went through formal recruitment myself, but I think it\u2019ll be really unique and exhausting at the same time,\u201d Chicchelly said.<\/p>\n

Now entrenched with her sorority, Chicchelly is overjoyed.<\/p>\n

\u201cA sorority is just a group of women that you may never understand why you\u2019re bonded, but you are, and you always know that you have each other\u2019s backs \u2013 not matter what,\u201d Chicchelly said.<\/p>\n

According to Chicchelly, by standing on Chi Omega\u2019s founding purposes since 1895, \u201cFriendship, personal integrity, service to others, academic excellence and intellectual pursuits, community and campus involvement, and personal and career development,\u201d she will apply Chi Omega\u2019s principles every day for the rest of her life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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