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June 1st, 2005
08:06 pm - new location
shifting the behind the scenes at Mu Tau Mu blog over to our new website http://axomtm.squarespace.com gets the site. http://axomtm.squarespace.com/journal takes you straight to the blog! Hope you'll visit!!
I am really happy with the way the site is turning out - we have a great philanthropy section - things you can do online and stuff you can buy to support domestic violence awareness!
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May 18th, 2005
06:58 am - Doc Oc followup
From: Edward M. Hundert, M.D. [mailto:noreply@case.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 5:10 PM
To: case-campus@case.edu
Subject: Doc Oc follow-up
Dear Case Community,
Saturday's terrible news of the passing of Ignacio Ocasio, "Doc Oc," has brought forth an outpouring of responses from you. In addition to your being in touch with each other, my office has received messages expressing grief for the loss of a teacher and friend who was so close to our hearts. Please know how much I appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts in this difficult time.
We've received a number of inquiries about funeral services. Doc Oc will return to his beloved Puerto Rico this evening. The funeral will be held on Wednesday in Puerto Rico, with the wake taking place tomorrow. Arrangements are being made by the funeral home Puerto Rico Memorial, Avenue Ponce de Leon, #1712, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910.
The university has created a blog dedicated to the remembrance of Doc Oc. It's available at http://blog.case.edu/dococ/. I encourage you to visit the site to express your feelings, share your memories of Doc Oc, and suggest ways for Case to celebrate and memorialize his legacy.
While we will plan for a memorial service in the fall, as my earlier e-mail indicated, we also have scheduled a time next week for everyone who wants to come out for an informal celebration of Doc Oc's life. Please come to the Hovorka Atrium in the Pytte Science Center at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24.
Lastly, many of you have asked about financial contributions in memory of Doc Oc. We have established a fund, called the "Doc Oc Fund," to honor Prof. Ocasio. We will consult with Doc Oc's family on how best to use your generous contributions. For those of you wishing to participate, make your checks payable to Case Western Reserve University "Doc Oc Fund," and mail to Case's Office of Gifts Administration, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7035.
Very truly,
Edward M. Hundert, M.D.
President
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06:57 am - Ignacio Ocasio
From: Edward M. Hundert, M.D. [mailto:noreply@case.edu]
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 6:27 PM
To: case-campus@case.edu
Subject: Ignacio Ocasio
Dear Case Community,
It is with a heavy heart that I must pass along tragic news. This afternoon, Ignacio J. Ocasio, known to everyone as "Doc Oc," passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Doc Oc, a classically trained pianist and prodigiously talented chemistry professor, came to the Case campus in 1980. Since that time, thousands of students have passed through his chemistry courses and have been infected by his energy, enthusiasm, and dedication. A 1993 Wittke Award winner, Doc Oc was a permanent fixture in the lives of students. He supported them outside the classroom as well as inside, whether it was through his celebrity judging of the Mr. CWRU contest, as Hudson Relay coach to the first-year class, or as fraternity advisor.
Advisor, teacher, mentor, and friend, Doc Oc will forever remain a part of the Case Western Reserve University family. Our community will come together to mourn his loss at a memorial service in the fall semester, when all of our students and faculty can be on campus to celebrate Doc Oc's remarkable life and contributions.
We realize that many of you will want to express your feelings and share your memories of Doc Oc, in addition to participating in his memorial. In the upcoming week, an online scrapbook will be established to capture our memories of Doc Oc as well as to plan for his memorial.
To Doc Oc's family and the many devoted friends, students, and colleagues who are grieving his passing, I offer my deepest condolences.
Very truly,
Edward M. Hundert, M.D.
President
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06:55 am - Sad News from Case
One of the most beloved faculty members at Case Western Reserve passed away suddenly and unexpectedly Saturday May 14th. I am going to post the 2 emails sent by the University President about it since I cannot find them elsewhere online.
There is also a nice article (looks like a press release) on the Case website http://www.case.edu/news/2005/5-05/ocasio.htm
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May 15th, 2005
12:19 pm - International!
I am behind in getting our April MTM activities posting together for the history blog but hope to get it done in the next day or two. In the meantime, great news - we are now an international club! Julie ZU '95 who works for the US Department of State and is currently posted to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia joined last week! Welcome Julie!!
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April 25th, 2005
07:44 am - my favorite time of year!
I love the springtime when the seniors are getting ready to graduate and become AXO alums. We had Hall of Commitment (a ceremony to welcome seniors as alums) at FSU a week ago Sunday - it is so fun hearing everyone's plans for their jobs and grad school and to see all the graduation energy. Hall of Commitment was yesterday at Case and we welcomed the 15 new alums by inviting them all (via email) to our private AXO ZU Alumnae website and with an e-gift booklet "Alpha Chi Omega: Some ideas to assist in your transition from the undergraduate world to the rest of your life!" I think the content is pretty useful (we do a similar one in hard copy for the FSU seniors) here are some links to sections of it:
“Life after College” http://www.jacksonville.com/community/cc/zimmerman/
by Amber Zimmerman, Gamma Iota, Alpha Chi Omega
“The College to Work Transition”
by Northwestern University Career Services
“Making the Transition to Graduate School” http://gradschool.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psichi.org%2Fpubs%2Farticles%2Farticle_51.asp
by Lisa Terre, PhD, UMKC
“The First Day of Law School” http://www.law.smu.edu/firstday/
by Jane K. Winn, SMU Dedman School of Law
“You’ve Been Accepted to Medical School –
Now What?” http://bio.winona.msus.edu/thompson/premedstuff/nowwhat.htm
by Ed Thompson, PhD, WSU
“Five Money Missteps Of New College Grads”
“Managing Your Debt Wisely”
Networking through College Sororities - NY Times Article: How to Move Up? The Sorority Track
http://www.bsu.edu/soa/article/0,1375,25073-4152-12048,00.html
Keeping in Touch
AXO National:
Receptionist@alphachiomega.org
CWRU Alumni Affairs:
https://ur-web.case.edu/awc301/default.aspx
AXO Foundation sent great graduation gifts for the seniors - including a copy of "Why Won't the Landlord Take Visa? A Crash Course to Life After Graduation" by Tara Bray - it is part of The Princeton Review's Lifestyle series and looks like a great resource! Hurray for Foundation!! Here it is on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375761918/qid=1114043898/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-5064624-9275906?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Congratulations seniors!!!
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April 21st, 2005
08:25 am - AXO ZU posts
Posted this this morning - an edited version of a message sent to advisors for distribution to the graduating seniors
AXO Chapters that need advisors
Below is a listing of collegiate chapters who currently have minimal or no advisory support:
Region 1 West Coast
Nu, University of Colorado
Beta Chi, Willamette University
Gamma Nu, San Diego State University
Delta Psi, University of California-Santa Barbara
Epsilon Omega, California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo
Iota Xi, University of California-Riverside
Iota Tau, California State University-San Marcos
Region 2 Middle/Plains
Gamma Tau, Oklahoma City University
Gamma Phi, Lamar University
Iota Pi, Houston Baptist University
Region 3 Midwest
Alpha, DePauw University
Iota, University of Illinois
Upsilon, Millikin University
Zeta Eta, Bradley University
Zeta Rho, Northwood University
Region 4 Southeast
Zeta Lambda, University of Virginia
Zeta Omicron, Vanderbilt University
Iota Psi, Elon University
Region 5 Northeast
Eta, Bucknell University
Gamma Sigma, University of Rhode Island
Zeta Phi, Cornell University
These chapters are particularly in need, but know that all collegiate chapters are looking for support. Encourage prospective candidates to contact the Regional Coordinator for their location and continue to cultivate lifetime involvement by encouraging our members to seek volunteer and leadership roles within the Fraternity.
Regional Coordinators:
Region 1 (AZ, CA, CO, ID, NM, OR, UT, WA)
Michelle Wise, Regional Coordinator, mwise@alphachiomega.org
Region 2 (IA, KS, LA, MO, NE, ND, OK, TX)
Diane Paschal, Regional Coordinator, dpaschal@alphachiomega.org
Region 3 (IN, IL, MI, MN, OH, WI)
Courtenay Bogers, Regional Coordinator, cbogers@alphachiomega.org
Region 4 (AL, DC, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Mendy Tarwater, Regional Coordinator, mtarwater@alphachiomega.org
Region 5 (CT, DE, MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)
Open Position, Regional Coordinator
Nicole Gutierrez, Chapter Consultant, ngutierrez@alphachiomega.org
Alumnae chapters can be found in nearly every major city. They can look up contact information on the Fraternity website, www.alphachiomega.org, or by contacting Betsy Fenn, Alumnae Coordinator, bfenn@alphachiomega.org.
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April 20th, 2005
08:12 pm - AXO ZU posts
On our myfamily.com site - new this week - 5 photos from Greek Week at Case (our alma mater). AXO came in second place (great job!!!!). Photos from the Greek Life office are here http://greeklife.case.edu/photos/greekweek05/index.htm
Also we are discussing our get-away-weekend trip to Toronto which is set for July 29-31. The trip began as a celebration of the fall 1985 pledge class's 20th anniversary as AXOs (coming up this fall) and has expanded to include any ZUs who want to have a good time with us!! We're planning a day at the spa and a champagne brunch (we did this in Las Vegas for our 15th and it was an awesome time!!).
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08:00 pm - decisions, decisions
I have decided to use this blog as a place to post Alpha Chi Omega related stuff - mostly related to MTM, the virtual club. Kind of a behind-the-scenes look at what we are up to and what is going on. Less formal than the actual history - but also more fun. Hopefully at least!! I'll post when we have new things on our private site and our plans for the public site as well all the ideas that for whatever reason (time, money, inability to coordinate, etc.) don't come (or haven't yet come) to fruition. Once a month (maybe more) I'll do an official history post on http://www.livejournal.com/community/mtm_axo/
Look for to-do lists and plans in progress here - and because it seems like all things are inter-related probably some things about what is going on in other AXO chapters.
I've moved my personal blog over to http://www.myspace.com/13225707 and still have my book blog at http://amybook.blogspot.com/ and my social bookmarks at http://del.icio.us/amz.
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April 12th, 2005
03:39 pm - Using what I've learned about the web
A great "side effect" of Mu Tau Mu is that I am using the web more and more in my other volunteer activities, particularly with Alpha Chi Omega. Knowing what works (and doesn't) with the virtual group is great. For example, in September 2003 Jill set up an evite for us for the alumnae family picnic we held during the 20th anniversary weekend for ZU - that was the first time I had used evite and what a great resource it is! We use it all the time with our local Tallahassee AXO group. Having fun designs and an idea who will be at events has really increased our attendance. For example we had the most sisters (of all the Panhellenic groups) at the Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship Brunch in February. We scanned the actual postcard invitation and used that with a pink and red background (the brunch had a Valentines theme) for the evite.
Since hosting Beta Eta's 75th Anniversary in March 2004, I have maintained an email list of all the BH alumnae (for whom we have working email addresses which is about 650 of the 1600 alums in good standing). I had this list on my computer (good old Contacts folder in Outlook) but sending out that number of emails at one time makes earthlink (my isp) HATE me. I am sure they think I am the spam queen. We don't send out a lot of emails to the BH alums, maybe 6-10 per year, letting them know about Recruitment and the graduating seniors, as well as any particularly good news (for example, when the chapter raised over $10,000 for Dance Marathon in February). Each message usually has a photo attached or at minimum a link to photos.
So in the interest of getting the mailing list is better working order I am in the process of transferring the whole thing to Yahoo Groups. Because there are so many alumnae, and because there may be times when items of interest to a smaller set come around, I have divided the alums up by decade and created 7 lists
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/axobh1940s/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/axobh1950s/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/axobh1960s/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/axobh1970s/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/axobh1980s/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/axobh1990s/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/axobh2000s/
This in itself is a huge experiment to see how the subscription process goes and how many we have to subscribe by hand (everyone has been given opportunities to reject membership as well - though so far only 2 of 650 have requested removal).
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April 1st, 2005
09:47 am - April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
As you know, one of Alpha Chi Omega's National Philanthropies is Domestic Violence Awareness.
Sexual assault unfortunately often goes hand-in-hand with domestic violence. To better educate ourselves on domestic violence and to protect us, our friends, sisters and families, here are some important things to know about sexual assault.
Statistics
One in four female college students reported they had been the victims of attempted or completed rapes; 80% were victimized by boyfriends, friends or acquaintances. http://www.icasa.org/uploads/adult_victimss.pdf
Women ages 16 to 24 experience rape at rates four times higher than the assault rate of all women http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=269
There is no boundary for who might be raped. Almost 18%, or 17.7 million women, in the United States have been victims of rape or attempted rape sometime in their lives. http://www.icasa.org/uploads/adult_victimss.pdf
Prevention
Being Date Smart http://www.teenpcar.com/girls/default.asp
Don't use alcohol or drugs which can impair your ability to make smart decisions, lower your inhibitions, and render you unconscious, making it easy for someone to force you into a harmful situation. If you're going to drink, enlist the buddy system and NEVER leave your drink unattended.
Be aware. If someone's drunk, aggressive, touching, or pinching you and won't stop, DON'T wind up alone with him.
If you're in a relationship, it's time to get out when:
· He doesn't listen, talks over you, ignores you. He doesn't respect you and might not listen when you say "NO."
· He shows hostile feelings or has a demeaning attitude toward women.
· He does what he wants, regardless of your opinions. If he always has to be in control, deciding where you go, what you wear and who you see, he may take control when it comes to sex - regardless of what you want.
· He acts overly possessive or jealous, all signs of a bad temper, which can lead to violence.
Getting Involved
To find a Sexual Assault Awareness Month event in your area http://www.nsvrc.org/cgi-bin/suite/calendar/calendar.cgi?request=month&website=default&month=4&day=1&year=2005&category_id=121&set=1&session=3ffaf0800d87dab2
Decide to End Sexual Violence – Build Healthy, Respectful Relationships
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March 30th, 2005
10:59 am - lost temp files
C:\Documents and settings/Maura/local settings/temporary internet files/olk223
ever lose your attachments? here is where they hide.
thanks Maura!!!!
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February 7th, 2005
10:38 pm - great book
I just finished _The Time Traveler's Wife_ by Audrey Niffenegger and am excited about getting ready to re-read it. Fascinating book. I particularly enjoyed this poem at the beginning of the book.
Love After Love
The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
- Derek Walcott
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February 6th, 2005
07:24 am
Saturday was a great day to be an AX in Florida - we had a great turnout at the Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship Brunch here in Tallahassee (and we won the philanthropic grant!!!) and word is State Day in Gainesville went really well (Sarah if you are reading this how was it????).
I updated delicious to use axo in addition to alphachiomega - shorter tags being better. so now you can go to http://del.icio.us/tag/axo or limit the results by specifying further like
http://del.icio.us/tag/axo+florida which gets you all the AXO chapters in Florida (not all the alumnae ones yet - just 2).
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January 31st, 2005
11:27 pm
OK guys I just figured out that my entries were not going into a community like I wanted so I've set that up here: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mtm_axo/ I will only post my personal stuff here - like del.icio.us!!
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02:49 pm - Fun new Internet search tool
Delicious!
http://del.icio.us/doc/about
Delicious is a social bookmark manager. It lets you access your bookmarks from anywhere and catalogs them according to tags you assign - the idea being that good links you have found will be useful to other users as well. Thanks to my friend Sandy (managementprof) - I read about this on her LJ!
If you have alpha chi links and want to add them here is the tag:
http://del.icio.us/tag/alphachiomega (unlike LJ your tags have to be 1 word)
and here are my links
http://del.icio.us/amz
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02:38 pm - About me
I am the main voice of the alumnae chapter here so I thought I would introduce myself. Hopefully others among us will pop up with their 2 cents and introduce themselves as well. For the record, I am going to use mostly just first names for everyone - my attempt to keep those stalkers at bay (ha ha).
My name is Amy. I pledged AXO as a freshmen at Case in the fall of 1985, and initiated in January 1986. I live in Tallahassee, Florida with my husband and 6-year old son. I worked in medical schools as an administrator up until we moved to Florida and now I am home and enjoying it a lot. Tallahassee is a small city with lots of fun outdoor things to do!
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12:52 pm - The back story
Our Alpha Chi chapter (Zeta Upsilon) was founded at Case Western Reserve (http://www.case.edu) in the early 1980s and officially installed as a chapter on September 24, 1983. The local Cleveland area alums who helped with the colonization were all fabulous and really involved in getting the chapter up and running. In the early days we always had a full advisory board as well as tons of food for rush and initiation. These women set such a good example for us that many of us as we graduated became advisors and helped out.
This is still a small chapter (Total on campus is 50 same as always) so we don't have a ton of alums - maybe 300 altogether but we are close-knit and we love to have reunions. Our first big one was in 1993, for the chapter's 10th anniversary. They also moved into their current chapter house that fall and the chapter won the National Trophy, Alpha Chi Omega's biggest honor. It was a big year for Zeta Upsilon.
Fast forward 10 years to 2003 - many of us have left the greater Cleveland area, us older ones have kids and jobs and life is crazy. The chapter holds the traditional Carnation Ball and reunion for their 20th anniversary and over 75 of us attend. It is a fabulous time. We keep in touch with each via email and phone calls and subscription lists but we wish we could do more for the chapter and for each other (like sending flowers when someone is sick). We set up a private website at myfamily.com to post the reunion photos and it grows into a general ZU alum site with photos of our kids and news about promotions, moves, mini-reunions, travel, and the like. The collegians send us updates which we post as well.
We start to wonder if there is a way for us to be an official club.
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