impact – Greek University

Gigi Robinson: How can college students use social media to make a real impact?

By admin on August 17, 2021

Our next guest is Gigi Robinson. She is a digital artist, health & wellness advocate, current M.S. Candidate, and graduate of the University of Southern California with a Bachelors in Fine Arts, Design, and Photography. She has very strong presences across Tik Tok (100k views on average) and Instagram (15.5k+ followers), and, as of this year, she has been developing her YouTube and Podcast content. Despite all of the physical and psychological challenges that threatened the path to becoming who she is today, Gigi has challenged adversity and dedicated a majority of her life to become a master content creator, always keeping her values of creating positive and impactful messages to her diverse audience as a priority.

In episode number 170 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Gigi chose USC, what was special about Tri Delta (Theta-Xi chapter), what #bamarush and #alabamarush on TikTok says about our fraternities and sororities, what drew her into digital marketing in college, details on the DEI training program for the Nationwide TikTok Campus Reps, more on her chronic illness (ehlers danlos syndrome), why she’s so passionate about body image issues, how her Instagram Talk Show called “Everything You Need Is Within” came about, tips to avoid burnout in college, how students can use social media to make a real impact, what she looks for in creative partnership opportunities, what’s next for Gigi, and her favorite restaurants in New York City. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Pu0ZTHckM

Fraternity/Sorority

Katie Bulmer: How can sorority members make a global impact and literally change lives?

By admin on August 12, 2021

Today our guest is Katie Bulmer! She’s a small-town girl who now lives in the mountains of Chattanooga TN. She loves hiking, yoga, making carpool karaoke videos with her two daughters, cheering on her marathon running husband, and working from home with no makeup and a messy bun. She wrote a blog post that turned into a book, that turned into a speaking platform that has launched into a podcast and opened up more doors than she ever thought possible. She also spent 15 years in advertising. All this marketing experience gave her a front-row seat to the $100 million dollar power of influence sorority women have over trends. She believe it to her bones, Sorority Girls can Change the World.

In episode number 169 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why she chose Georgia Southern University, what was special about the members of Alpha Delta Pi, how much power sorority members have over trends, what she learned from her friend Elaine who quit high school when she was 17, examples on how can sorority members can make a global impact and literally change lives, how sorority women should set a higher standard in dating, how sisters can better support each other and their dreams, what discussions she is having on the “Truth For Your Twenties Podcast”, what she usually talks about in mentoring sessions with students, and Katie’s faith in God.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVU18xzGGaw

Fraternity/Sorority

Will Foran: What makes the NIC educational programs so successful?

By admin on November 23, 2020

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16919606/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/191970/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]Welcome to episode # 100 of Fraternity Foodie! We are celebrating this milestone of our 100th episode with a long time friend and a leader in the Fraternal world, Will Foran, Senior Vice President of Campus Operations for the North American Interfraternity Conference. Will leads NIC Campus operations and education initiatives, designed to increase alumni, undergraduate, and IFC effectiveness. He establishes relationships with campus professionals, as well as NIC stakeholders to coordinate a national education and advocacy strategy.

We find out why Will chose IUP for his undergraduate and Masters Degree, what makes Phi Mu Delta at IUP special, some of the differences between the campuses that he’s worked on (Carnegie Mellon, Mount Union, Western Illinois), what makes NIC educational programming so successful, the challenges of advocacy with so many different organizations in the NIC, the progress that has been made on the 3 Presidential Commissions (alcohol/hazing/sexual assault), recent research showing that fraternity and sorority members benefit from significantly more engagement, steps the NIC taken to address racism/intolerance/hate, what Will wants to accomplish as National President for Phi Mu Delta, and moments that stand out when Will was really proud of his students. Enjoy! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BDaAuyaQhg