Hey y’all! My name is Elaina Johnson, PC '16. I’m from the birthplace of the Texas flag, Montgomery, Texas, and I am an Arts and Entertainment Technologies major with emphasis in Music Production. I sing, write music, and play the guitar, ukulele, and piano. The best part of doing shows? I get paid to rock out and create the music that I love. I have been playing music professionally since I was 14 years old. I currently play in yacht clubs, restaurants, bars, and coffee shops all over Houston. In the beginning of my journey, I sang in every choir I could join before I got my first real gig, playing for free during the “First Saturday of the Month” in the historic part of Montgomery. Looking
Behind every great recruitment is a great Membership Team, and Alpha Xi Delta’s is the best. They work hard to inform Potential New Members about Alpha Xi Delta year-round, as well as analyze all of the information that comes in from potential new members and alumnae like recruitment packets, letters of recommendation, and letters of support. Keep reading to learn more about our team and how each of their positions helps make recruitment a success! Allyson Horstman Year: Junior Position: I am the Membership Vice President, which means I do all the behind-the-scenes work leading up to and during recruitment. I oversee the chapter’s membership selection process, attend Panhellenic recruitment
This year I took a big risk and decided to transfer to the University of Texas. Leaving my small Chicago university, DePaul, for a school the caliber of UT was a giant leap of faith. Was it going to be what I had imagined? Would I make friends even though I wouldn’t be an incoming freshman? Would leaving the life I had built for myself be worth it? Those were just some of the questions I grappled with, but now as I write this post, I know my big leap of faith was an incredible decision. ~And I owe much of the credit for that to my amazing sisters in Beta Alpha.~ I grew up moving around the world, so I have always had to deal with never having a home base. Since my dad was from Texas, w
