Recently some of the ladies of PSR and a few of our brothers from Triangle spend a Sunday morning working the parking lots at a Houston Texans game! We were a little scared and were not sure what to expect but it turned out to be pretty fun! We even had a mini competition about who collected the most parking tags. I believe Emilie won after collecting over 650, followed by Jimmy who was right under that amount! After we enjoyed a parking lot picnic of our own!

Recently, we inducted our NU-est class for the Upsilon Chapter!! Congratulations to all the new candidates and we are excited to see what the coming semesters bring with you guys. The Nu class inductees include:

Chrissy Dillon - Mechanical Engineering
Jessica Liberatore - Mechanical Engineering
Azizah Mohamed - Mechanical Engineering
Lilian Rodriguez - Biomedical Engineering

Top: Lilian, Chrissy, Azizah
Right: Mandy, Rebecca, Jessica, Elizabeth, Emilie, Carmel

Posted by Mandy

The ladies of Phi Sigma Rho have been busy this fall semester recruiting new members and having a blast! Although, we are a sorority of engineers we always make a little time to have some fun. The activities for this semester included a make your own t-shirt day, tailgating with Triangle, a BBQ at the technology college, bowling and pool with Triangle, dinner with all the ladies and a pool Party!

Although Recruitment is now over for fall, we are always looking for new members! Please refer to the contact info section if you have any questions or would like to attend the Spring 2012 Recruitment!

Alumnae and Active Sisters reunited this Saturday, September 10, at Hermann Park to celebrate 5 years of sisterhood. I hope everyone had a great time at the event. I wanted to thank everyone who was able to attend, especially Carolina, Charlese, Cody, and Carmel for helping me set up in the blazing heat! You all rock.

If you are interested in becoming an active alumnae, we are starting up an alumnae chapter of Phi Sigma Rho! Get in touch with me for more information. We are already planning some "domestic" crafting nights for us to relax and catch up! Hope to see each one of you in the near future. Take care, miss you, and don't be such strangers.

This past summer, I temporarily relocated to Lewison, Idaho to do a summer internship with the Kiewit Energy and Kiewit Northwest District. They worked under the contractor Fluor and Esso to dissasemble modules for transportation to the Kearl Oil Sands Project in Calgary, Alberta. Therefore, we started out with a perfectly assembled module, took out the pipe spools, the electrical components, and the permanent steel to make it ready for transportation. 

I worked as an office engineer to create daily reports, owner reports, and sponsor reports. As a field engineer, I worked with the crews to safely and efficiently weld on splice plates and stubs onto the modules. 

In my free time, I traveled to Seattle, Washington and hung out with my friends, participated in a mud run, and traveled to British Columbia for a youth Bible camp.

Posted by: Carmel

Top - Me in front of a Tadano Crane
Bottom Left - A Building Module Pick with 2 cranes
Bottom RIght - Me in the Seattle Survivor Mud Run (I am wearing the blue cap)

Thanks for keeping up with our Spring 2011 semester!  Look out for posts from National Convention 2011 in July; several of our sisters are going to Columbus, Ohio to participate in the joint convention with Triangle Fraternity. More posts will come next semester!

Posted by: Rebecca

On Saturday, April 30, 2011, our chapter celebrated it's 5th Annual Orchid Ball at T'afia Restaurant in Midtown, Houston, TX. Chef Monica Pope, seen on both Bravo and Food Network, created a special menu just for us. We were joined by our RFD Angela Sayegh and 4 Alumnae.

After dinner, we had a short awards presentation followed by our traditional passing the gavel ceremony. Kelsey Scales, 2011-2012 Vice President, accepted the gavel on Carmel Glumac's behalf and led the new class of officers in taking their oath. I was also recognized for (finally) graduating! Congratulations to all the award recipients and new officers! Thank you all my officers for 2010-2011. It was a long year...and we survived. I enjoyed my time as President.

Quick reflection from an Alpha sister. Since the founding of the Upsilon Chapter, I have seen 12 pledge classes and 72 candidates cross into the active sisterhood. When the Alpha Class first began our journey to becoming a chapter, we never thought it could grow this fast so soon. I'm so proud of our chapter for all that we have achieved over the years and only expect it to get even better!

Last random notes from me. I will always remember my time with all of you and look forward to still being active. Shall I retire my self proclaimed name of "Miss Phi Rho" now that I am finally graduating?

   I-Week is a tradition that Phi Sigma Rho follows every semester.  The "I" stands for Inspiration and each day of the week sisters and pledges wear a certain color and attend an activity.  This week our activities included going to support our sister Trish at Barron's on campus, eating dinner at McAllisters, and an ice cream social at Shasta's.  Our sisters also met up several other places and submitted photos of themselves around campus.  All the pictures from I-Week can be found here.

 After the last day of I-Week, Phi Rho held the initiation ceremony for the Mu class.  Emilie Gerhart and Christina Sabo were initiated into Phi Rho and became full sisters.  These girls worked hard all semester learning about the sorority and completing their membership requirements.  Huge congratulations to them and we are excited to have them as sisters!
   The group went to eat at Buca di Beppo afterward.

Posted by: Rebecca

Left: All the sisters at Initiation

On April 16, 2011 Phi Sigma Rho participated in the 2nd Annual Out of the Darkness Walk. The Out of the Darkness walk is an effort to raise awareness of the sensitive, albeit important issue of suicide. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) uses proceeds raised from the campus walk for research on suicide prevention, assistance to those coping with suicidal issues and those impacted by it. The reasons for participation vary from those who walked in tribute of a loved one, those who have overcome, and those who support the cause but all strive to make suicide prevention a priority.

Our team raised $154.00 for the walk, which was $4.00 over our $150.00 goal.  13 of our sisters registered for the walk.

On Monday April 11, the Mu class, Christina and Emilie, hosted their social in the pit of the Engineering College. They baked and handed out brownies, cupcakes and snow cones; there was also a cake walk and music.  Lots of students and professors, alike, showed up to support their efforts.

From Left to Right: Nydia, Mari, Kelsey, Rebecca, Trish, Christina (Mu), Emilie (Mu)