Theta Nu Xi - Xi Mu

NEWS & UPDATES - ARCHIVES

January 2010:

Happy 2010! Xi Mu continues to make big moves in the New Year and started it out with our 4^th Annual White Hot Winter in Tampa. Fun was had by all who joined us for a ladies’ night out and we look forward to next year’s White Hot plans! On the 14^th sisters and friends spent the evening wine tasting at the trendy and luxurious Wine Room on Park Avenue. The wine and cheese was delightful, as was the company and conversation! During the last weekend of the month, Xi Mu trekked two hours to Gainesville to visit the Absolutely Astonishing sisters of the Alpha Alpha Chapter! Over 20 sisters were present for the afternoon of bonding and reconnecting. As we say- Ahoy matey!

Welcome to the Xi Mu Chapter- Soror Nicole Henry (Eta alumna)!

Welcome to Central Florida- Soror Melanie (Padilla) Loberto (Lambda alumna)!

December 2009:

To wrap up a busy and successful 2009 the Xi Mu Chapter spent the 5^th of the month taking the challenge to "workout like a dancer" at the Center for Contemporary Dance in Winter Park. That morning the sisters and friends tendú-ed, frappé-ed, and jeté-ed themselves into a sweat! Having fun during exercise made it feel less like a workout! Later that day the sisters made holiday cards for our troops serving the USA overseas. It is our hope that our handmade cards will bring a smile to the face of a member of our armed services! Xi Mu would like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season, a prosperous new year, as well as best wishes to the graduates of Fall 2009!

November 2009:

This month the planning of the 4th Annual White Hot Winter began! Click here for our save-the-date announcement and check back soon for details on Xi Mu’s annual winter social. On the 6th sisters of the chapter and their friends met a Chili’s for a start-of-weekend mixer and the following Friday they ice skated (and occasionally fell!) at the Ice Den of RDV Sportsplex in Maitland. Xi Mu’s community service event of the month was with their friends and kiddies at Margaret Square Community in Winter Park for their Fall Block party. The sisters helped with set up, organization, and execution of the event, as well as clean up. Sisters spent the weekend of November 21 in Tampa enjoying a beachside chapter meeting and a night downtown as a sisterhood social. Continuing with the theme of family time for Thanksgiving the chapter hosted a Chomp or Chop game watching social for sisters and their family’s at Soror Annette Kalloo’s home on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Anyone who knows about football in Florida knows that the FSU-UF game gets UGLY! Fun was had by all, especially the sisters and family members cheering for the University of Florida who won with a 37-10 victory. Better luck next year Seminoles!

October 2009:

Xi Mu sisters along with family and friends celebrated Soror Gina Bethel’s engagement to her boyfriend of two years at their engagement party on October 9! The night was a festive and memorable way to congratulate the happy couple. On October 17 the sisters and friends of the chapter enjoyed a ONE Love night of dinner and laughs at Brio in the Mall at Millenia. The following weekend Xi Mu got lost! To celebrate the arrival of autumn the sisters and guests visited the Zellwood Annual Corn Maze. For the afternoon the group ate pumpkin and corn in every form, played in a wind tunnel, and found their way out of a maze shaped like the sun and clouds cut in a field of corn! Such a beautiful way to spend a sunny afternoon.

September 2009:

This month started with the celebration of Soror Annette Kalloo’s birthday at a fun downtown Orlando restaurant. The guests included friends, sorority sisters, and blood sisters. Sorors Kalloo and Bethel proudly represented Xi Mu at National Convention in Philadelphia! They can both agree that it was a motivating and rejuvenating weekend with beautiful sisters from all over the nation! The chapter humbly received an award for outstanding cultural diversity hours amongst GAP chapters. On September 16th and 25th the chapter hosted events for friends and interested women. Both nights were a success and allowed time for relaxing socializing and bonding amongst those present. The last weekend of September was spent celebrating the graduation of Soror Kalloo from the University of Phoenix with her Masters degree! She walked across the stage and accepted her degree in the presence of colleagues, sisters, and family members. She then hosted a ONE Love night at her home to put the cherry on top of a joyous month for Xi Mu!

August 2009:

Busy times as the summer came to a close! Our Walk in the Park picnic was a great success, bringing out sisters and friends of the chapter for a leisurely day of sunshine, food, and good conversation at Lake Lily Park of Maitland on August 15. Later that day members of the chapter helped Soror Tatiana Burgo (Lambda alumna) and LeToya Stairs (Lambda alumna/Xi Mu) celebrate their college graduation and relocation to South Florida, respectively. On August 22 the chapter assisted at a Back-To-School Block Party. The event gave residents of The Meadows (a low-income, high risk community located near Winter Park) an opportunity to come together as a community and gave them an opportunity to learn more about the Community Service Center of Central Florida, where the event was held. This was a wonderful chance for our group to revisit some of our kiddies to whom we taught dance and step to during the summer of 2007!

July 2009:

On July 25 the chapter hosted Caribbean Escape at Bob Marley’s in City Walk of Universal Studios. There was delicious food and sumptuous tropical beverages! A fun and festive time was has by sisters as well as their guests. The evening gave all present a chance to drift away to the sights and sounds of a Jamaican paradise!

Welcome to Central Florida- Sorors Nicole Setticase (Lambda alumna) and Cristina Segredo (Lambda alumna)!

June 2009:

Soror Gina Bethel threw another great birthday party on June 27 at 310 Lakeside in Downtown Orlando! Sisters and friends were all invited to celebrate her day. Chapter meeting was held the next day at the fun and beautiful Rainforest Café in Downtown Disney.

Welcome to Central Florida- Soror Nicole Henry (Eta alumna)!

May 2009:

The Xi Mu Chapter started the summer by celebrating the chapter and made May 2nd a beach day! On May 16th, the chapter participated in a private/internal community service project.

Xi Mu continues their greeting card fundraiser. Soror Gina Bethel and her mother designed a beautiful greeting/note card for sisters to use in and outside the sisterhood. To purchase yours, please contact Soror Bethel at tnx_ximu@yahoo.com (click here for card sample)

April 2009:

HAPPY FOUNDER’S DAY! On April 11th, Xi Mu celebrated the national founder’s day of Theta Nu Xi with sisterly bonding, laughter and lots of fun. Soror Nichole O’Neill hosted a Butterfly Sleepover in Orlando, then traveled to Tampa the next morning to meet with other Florida sisters for more bonding.

Soror Gina Bethel hosted a genealogy activity and a potluck on April 18, 2009. The ladies of Xi Mu along with friends went back in time to research their heritage and shared their findings with a family tree and a dish from their culture.

Xi Mu wants to congratulate Soror Chaka Grover for completing her degree program at Nova Southeastern University. Soror Grover will be moving to Tallahassee to continue her professional endeavors and we wish her the best of luck!

March 2009:

Don't forget to register for the 11th Annual National Convention in the City of Sisterly Love!

Click Here to visit the convention website

February 2009:

The Xi Mu sisters embarked on yet another community service venture February 7, 2009, assisting Palm Lake Elementary in building a balloon arch for their school Carnival. With the help of Carlos Jara of Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Inc. and students from local high schools, the Xi Mu sisters built a huge balloon arch of white, black and red to match the Carnival’s theme, “Racing Into The Future.”

Xi Mu is proud to announce the start of their greeting card fundraiser. Soror Gina Bethel and her mother designed a beautiful greeting/note card for sisters to use in and outside the sisterhood. To purchase yours, please contact Soror Bethel at tnx_ximu@yahoo.com (click here for card sample)

January 3rd- 4th, 2009:

Xi Mu’s 3rd Annual White Hot Winter

December 2008:

Checkmate. Newly elect Community Service chair Soror Kisha Howard made sure to find a fun and unique service event for this month! The chapter assisted the event coordinator of the K-12 US Chess Federation Tournament throughout a day-long chess event for grade school children. The event was held at the scenic Coronado Springs Resort Hotel at Walt Disney World.

With winter holidays around the corner the Xi Mu sisters set aside time for our Holiday Social tradition. This year the chapter opted to host the event as a dinner- and- movie date function at Bongo’s Cuban Café located in Downtown Disney. Thank you to our “Theta Boos” for joining the chapter in continuing this tradition!

November 2008:

On November 16 Xi Mu reached a major milestone by hosting its first new member emergence! Kisha Howard (#1-Sunrise-Fall 2008) celebrated her journey into TNX at Salsa Restaurant in Orlando in the presence of her family, friends, and fellow Theta Women. The chapter wishes her heartfelt congratulations!

Poinciana Elementary got a serving of diversity at its annual Multicultural Fair on November 1. Organized and hosted by Soror Annette Kalloo and fellow Poinciana Elementary teachers, this event allowed sisters to interact with the school’s students and make sure the fair ran smoothly. Annette found this day personally rewarding—a chance to turn her place of work into a place to play for the day!