The first semester of college can be described in one short sentence, a new beginning. Change is inevitable, the people change, the places change, and of course, you will change.

For any girl who wishes to go through sorority recruitment in the upcoming semester they may hear the phrase, “you will change.” Of course, in this connotation this phrase is meant in a negative way.

Now after going through recruitment and being initiated into a sorority, I can tell you honestly that these people are right. You will change, I know I have. But I can also tell you, you will start to be the person you have always wanted to become. Fortunately, I also know this to be true.

To the founders of the Delta Zeta Sorority: Mary Collins, Anne Simmons, Alfa Lloyd, Anna Keen, Julia Bishop, and Mabelle Minton, thank you.

If it were not for the woman listed above,

I would have never been able to meet some of my best friends.

I would have never been able to be apart of an amazing family.

Lastly, I would have never been able to feel more at home at a school over 12 hours from my actual home.

To the Delta Zeta chapter at the University of South Carolina, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you for always making me feel loved and appreciated.

Thank you for always believing in me, and making me believe in myself.

Thank you for always letting me be myself.

Lastly, thank you all for being such amazing role models, you all are truly inspirations to me, and for pushing me to become the person I have always dreamed of being. Each and every one of you bring me the greatest joy and happiness, and it is an honor to be one of your sisters.

I can not wait to see everything that our chapter accomplishes, especially since we get to do it all together.

Love,

Your Sister Victoria