AOII Newsletter February 2015.pdf
Alpha Omicron Pi Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter V O L U M E
OFFI CERS President: Christina Pastorello
Secretary: Janeen Kovacevic
Historian: Janeen Kovacevic
Treasurer: Lisa Morris
Program Chair:
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A YEAR IN REVIEW Alpha Omicron Pi Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter was installed on September 29th, 2013 at Bryant University in Rhode Island. Beta Upsilon Chapter was present as well as the members pictured below. The initial members of the chapter are Annette Bliss, Kathleen Donohue, Victoria Flynn, Kacie Goudet, Alexandra Haruben, Janeen Kovacevic, Lisa Morris, Christina Pastorello, Catherine Riker, Amy Simonini, Tiffany Tassin, and Bre Weaver.
Upcoming Events:
May 3rd: Senior to Alum
February 16th: Founders Day Celebration Tea on Bryant Campus @ 7:30
Transition/Ritual @ Bryant
March 7th: Snow Tubing @ Yawgoo Valley 1:00 with lunch @ Celestial Café Tubing $13
May 17th: Rhode Island Walk to Cure Arthritis 2015
June: Polo in Newport TBD
Amy Simonini
Vice President:
2:00pm
April: Healthy Snack Educational Presentation at Christina’s House date TBD
Annette Bliss
Membership/ Education Chair Annette Bliss
2014 Past Events
Founder's Day Brunch
Pain & Vino
Arthritis Walk
Summer Pool Party
Newport Winery
Newport Polo
Bryant University Homecoming
Girls Night Out: Point Street Dueling Pianos
Survivor of the Fittest Fundraiser @ Bryant
Exam Bags for Collegians Fundraiser
Collegiate and Alumnae Initiation
Yankee Swap
Jingle Bell Run
Rhodeislandaoii.blogspot.com
Please visit our blog for pictures:
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Christina Pastorello
My name is Christina Pastorello. I was initiated into Delta Chapter of AOII at Tufts University in 2005 and
graduated with a BS in both Biology and Clinical Psychology in 2007. Following graduation, I worked for a year as a residential counselor in a group home for troubled teen girls before returning to Tufts University for medical school, obtaining my MD in 2012. I am currently in my third year of my residency training in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child psychiatry. I am the adviser of Chapter Relations for Beta Upsilon at Bryant University, and have also
advised Standards and KOR at Delta Chapter. I have served as Secretary/Historian as well as Programming Chair in the Boston Alumnae Chapter of AOII, and currently serve as President in the Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter.
Janeen Kovacevic Hello. My name is Janeen. I was initiated into AOII in 2004 at Slippery Rock University Sigma Rho Chapter. I graduated from undergrad in 2005 with a degree in Exercise Physiology and a minor in Adapted Physical Therapy. I entered graduate school for Physical Therapy at Slippery Rock University in 2006 and became Sigma Rho Chapter
Adviser as well as advised many other women while in that role. I graduated from Slippery Rock University with my Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2009 and became a traveling physical therapist. I would take 3 month assignments and traveled all over the country. While traveling I joined the Chicago Alumnae Chapter, the Seattle Alumnae Chapter, and the
Boston Alumnae Chapter. I have settled in Massachusetts and became an adviser for Beta Upsilon Chapter at Bryant University where I advised New Member Education, Social, Panhel, and Ritual. I am a founding sister for the Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter and hold the secretary and historian offices.
Lisa Morris My name is Lisa Morris and I was the first Alumna member initiated into the Beta Upsilon Chapter at Bryant University in 2012. I graduated from Bryant University
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in 1997 with a BA degree in International Studies with a minor in Spanish. I work as the Budget Analyst in the Office of Campus Engagement at Bryant University. I am the Financial Adviser and have served as the Co-Chapter Adviser for the Beta Upsilon Chapter at Bryant University. I also currently
serve as the Chapter Treasurer for the Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter. I am a soccer mom of two children, Ethan-10 and Sienna-8. I am passionate about fitness and enjoy boot camp classes, teaching spinning and running obstacle races as often as possible!
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Amy Simonini University in 1991. I graduated in 1994 with a BA in Broadcast Journalism and Criminal Justice. I later earned an MBA from Bryant University in 2005. I have always worked in the nonprofit sector, currently serving as the Operations Manager of A Wish Come True, a local wish granting organiztion.
I'm Amy Simonini and I was initiated into the Beta Phi chapter of AOII at Indiana
Previously I served as the Chapter Adviser for the Beta Upsilon chapter and I now advise the VP-A and Secretary. Additionally, I work
with the Alpha chapter of AOII, as the Network Specialist Development and am the Programming Chair for the RI Alumnae chapter. I have an almost 6 year old son and 8 year old daughter who keep me running from swim to soccer to dance to skiing to diving to Brownies to CCD, well you get the idea...and I love every minute. In my "spare" time I enjoy cooking, swimming and exploring the beach with my family.
Annette Simoneau Bliss
“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to
My name is Annette Simoneau Bliss. I was initiated into the Gamma Chapter of AOII at the
University of Maine, Orono in 1980 and graduated with a BS in Child Development/Family Relations in 1982. Following graduation, I married my college sweetheart, Mark, in July 1982 and moved to Massachusetts. We currently live in Mendon, MA. Our daughter, Alaina, was born in March 1984. Life got in the way and AOII was put on the back burner. So I
was so happy to see that AOII was colonizing at Bryant University, just 30 minutes away from my home. Now was my opportunity to reconnect with AOII. I am the adviser of Philanthropy for Beta Upsilon at Bryant University, and currently serve as Vice President/ Membership Education Chairman in the Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter.
forget”.
How to Join the Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter If anyone would like to join the Rhode Island Alumna Chapter please do not hesitate to contact us. Our contact information is on the front left
corner of the newsletter. We will be happy to help you start this important step in your AOII journey. We believe AOII is for a lifetime,
are very large advocates in giving back, and hope you feel the same way.
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The Beginning of AOII The first chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi’s rich history began at Barnard College in New York City. Barnard was the first college in New York, and one of the first in the nation, where women could receive the same rigorous and challenging education that was available to men. Founded in 1889, the college was named after Frederick A.P. Barnard, the tenth president of Columbia College, who argued unsuccessfully for the admission of women to Columbia University. From the very beginning, Barnard was a place that took women seriously and challenged them intellectually. Barnard’s first location was in a small rented brownstone at 343 Madison Avenue. In the fall of 1897, the college moved to its current location in Morningside Heights. The idea for such a place as Barnard was bold for its time and it was in this setting that another bold endeavor developed. Barnard’s “Great and Glorious Class of ‘98” included four particularly amazing women: Stella George Stern (Perry), Jessie Wallace Hughan, Helen St. Clair (Mullan) and Elizabeth Heywood Wyman. These women were destined to leave a great mark both on their college and on a new fraternity they would originate and embrace for their lifetimes. So, intertwined in the great history of Barnard College emerged a grand testament to friendship, scholarship, and service that was to become Alpha Omicron Pi. Stella, Jess, Helen, and Bess became four firm friends determined that their friendship should last a lifetime. In their junior year, on December 23, 1896, the four climbed the stairs in a small gallery of the old Columbia College Library which led to an old and seldom used room. Amid old grey mullioned Gothic windows with broad window seats and with sunlight streaming gently through the windows and snow lightly drifting outside, the four pledged each other. On January 2, 1897, Alpha Omicron Pi was formally organized at the home of Helen St. Clair. Soon afterward, the four pledged AOII’s first initiate to AOII’s Alpha Chapter, Ann Richardson Hall. Over the next 100 years, AOII has added to the ranks 190 collegiate chapters and initiated over 155,000 members. Omicron Chapter (U of Tennessee), chartered on April 14, 1902, as our 4th chapter is the oldest active chapter. AOII has thrived and continued to grow throughout the changing 20th century. Despite several wars, the Great Depression, the women’s suffrage movement and the social unrest of the 1960’s, AOII has continued to hold true to its ideals. Founder Stella Perry once wrote, “that which makes our bond is promise certain of success. Let us follow our ensign devotedly, utterly and bravely. For our purpose cannot fail.”
AOII
Alpha Omicron Pi History The first chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi’s rich history began at Barnard College in New York City. Barnard was the first college in New York, and one of the first in the nation, where women could receive the same rigorous and challenging education that was available to men. AOII was founded in 1889. The idea for such a place as Barnard was bold for its time and it was in this setting that another bold endeavor developed. Barnard’s “Great and Glorious Class of ‘98” included four particularly amazing women: Stella George Stern (Perry), Jessie Wallace Hughan, Helen St. Clair (Mullan) and Elizabeth Heywood Wyman.
Stella, Jess, Helen, and Bess became four firm friends determined that their friendship should last a lifetime. In their
junior year, on December 23, 1896, the four climbed the stairs in a small gallery of the old Columbia College Library which led to an old and seldom used room. Amid old grey mullioned Gothic windows with broad window seats and with sunlight streaming gently through the
Founding Sisters of Alpha Omicron Pi
windows and snow lightly drifting outside, the four pledged each other. On January 2, 1897, Alpha Omicron Pi was formally organized. Over the next 100 years, AOII has added to the ranks 190 collegiate chapters and initiated over 155,000 members. AOII has thrived and continued to grow throughout the changing 20th century. Despite several wars, the Great Depression, the women’s suffrage movement and the social unrest of the 1960’s, AOII has continued to hold true to its ideals. Founder Stella Perry once wrote, “that which makes our bond is promise certain of success. Let us follow our ensign devotedly, utterly and bravely. For our purpose cannot fail.”
OFFI CERS President: Christina Pastorello
Secretary: Janeen Kovacevic
Historian: Janeen Kovacevic
Treasurer: Lisa Morris
Program Chair:
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I S S U E
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F E B R U A R Y
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A YEAR IN REVIEW Alpha Omicron Pi Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter was installed on September 29th, 2013 at Bryant University in Rhode Island. Beta Upsilon Chapter was present as well as the members pictured below. The initial members of the chapter are Annette Bliss, Kathleen Donohue, Victoria Flynn, Kacie Goudet, Alexandra Haruben, Janeen Kovacevic, Lisa Morris, Christina Pastorello, Catherine Riker, Amy Simonini, Tiffany Tassin, and Bre Weaver.
Upcoming Events:
May 3rd: Senior to Alum
February 16th: Founders Day Celebration Tea on Bryant Campus @ 7:30
Transition/Ritual @ Bryant
March 7th: Snow Tubing @ Yawgoo Valley 1:00 with lunch @ Celestial Café Tubing $13
May 17th: Rhode Island Walk to Cure Arthritis 2015
June: Polo in Newport TBD
Amy Simonini
Vice President:
2:00pm
April: Healthy Snack Educational Presentation at Christina’s House date TBD
Annette Bliss
Membership/ Education Chair Annette Bliss
2014 Past Events
Founder's Day Brunch
Pain & Vino
Arthritis Walk
Summer Pool Party
Newport Winery
Newport Polo
Bryant University Homecoming
Girls Night Out: Point Street Dueling Pianos
Survivor of the Fittest Fundraiser @ Bryant
Exam Bags for Collegians Fundraiser
Collegiate and Alumnae Initiation
Yankee Swap
Jingle Bell Run
Rhodeislandaoii.blogspot.com
Please visit our blog for pictures:
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Christina Pastorello
My name is Christina Pastorello. I was initiated into Delta Chapter of AOII at Tufts University in 2005 and
graduated with a BS in both Biology and Clinical Psychology in 2007. Following graduation, I worked for a year as a residential counselor in a group home for troubled teen girls before returning to Tufts University for medical school, obtaining my MD in 2012. I am currently in my third year of my residency training in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child psychiatry. I am the adviser of Chapter Relations for Beta Upsilon at Bryant University, and have also
advised Standards and KOR at Delta Chapter. I have served as Secretary/Historian as well as Programming Chair in the Boston Alumnae Chapter of AOII, and currently serve as President in the Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter.
Janeen Kovacevic Hello. My name is Janeen. I was initiated into AOII in 2004 at Slippery Rock University Sigma Rho Chapter. I graduated from undergrad in 2005 with a degree in Exercise Physiology and a minor in Adapted Physical Therapy. I entered graduate school for Physical Therapy at Slippery Rock University in 2006 and became Sigma Rho Chapter
Adviser as well as advised many other women while in that role. I graduated from Slippery Rock University with my Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2009 and became a traveling physical therapist. I would take 3 month assignments and traveled all over the country. While traveling I joined the Chicago Alumnae Chapter, the Seattle Alumnae Chapter, and the
Boston Alumnae Chapter. I have settled in Massachusetts and became an adviser for Beta Upsilon Chapter at Bryant University where I advised New Member Education, Social, Panhel, and Ritual. I am a founding sister for the Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter and hold the secretary and historian offices.
Lisa Morris My name is Lisa Morris and I was the first Alumna member initiated into the Beta Upsilon Chapter at Bryant University in 2012. I graduated from Bryant University
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in 1997 with a BA degree in International Studies with a minor in Spanish. I work as the Budget Analyst in the Office of Campus Engagement at Bryant University. I am the Financial Adviser and have served as the Co-Chapter Adviser for the Beta Upsilon Chapter at Bryant University. I also currently
serve as the Chapter Treasurer for the Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter. I am a soccer mom of two children, Ethan-10 and Sienna-8. I am passionate about fitness and enjoy boot camp classes, teaching spinning and running obstacle races as often as possible!
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Amy Simonini University in 1991. I graduated in 1994 with a BA in Broadcast Journalism and Criminal Justice. I later earned an MBA from Bryant University in 2005. I have always worked in the nonprofit sector, currently serving as the Operations Manager of A Wish Come True, a local wish granting organiztion.
I'm Amy Simonini and I was initiated into the Beta Phi chapter of AOII at Indiana
Previously I served as the Chapter Adviser for the Beta Upsilon chapter and I now advise the VP-A and Secretary. Additionally, I work
with the Alpha chapter of AOII, as the Network Specialist Development and am the Programming Chair for the RI Alumnae chapter. I have an almost 6 year old son and 8 year old daughter who keep me running from swim to soccer to dance to skiing to diving to Brownies to CCD, well you get the idea...and I love every minute. In my "spare" time I enjoy cooking, swimming and exploring the beach with my family.
Annette Simoneau Bliss
“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to
My name is Annette Simoneau Bliss. I was initiated into the Gamma Chapter of AOII at the
University of Maine, Orono in 1980 and graduated with a BS in Child Development/Family Relations in 1982. Following graduation, I married my college sweetheart, Mark, in July 1982 and moved to Massachusetts. We currently live in Mendon, MA. Our daughter, Alaina, was born in March 1984. Life got in the way and AOII was put on the back burner. So I
was so happy to see that AOII was colonizing at Bryant University, just 30 minutes away from my home. Now was my opportunity to reconnect with AOII. I am the adviser of Philanthropy for Beta Upsilon at Bryant University, and currently serve as Vice President/ Membership Education Chairman in the Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter.
forget”.
How to Join the Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter If anyone would like to join the Rhode Island Alumna Chapter please do not hesitate to contact us. Our contact information is on the front left
corner of the newsletter. We will be happy to help you start this important step in your AOII journey. We believe AOII is for a lifetime,
are very large advocates in giving back, and hope you feel the same way.
3
The Beginning of AOII The first chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi’s rich history began at Barnard College in New York City. Barnard was the first college in New York, and one of the first in the nation, where women could receive the same rigorous and challenging education that was available to men. Founded in 1889, the college was named after Frederick A.P. Barnard, the tenth president of Columbia College, who argued unsuccessfully for the admission of women to Columbia University. From the very beginning, Barnard was a place that took women seriously and challenged them intellectually. Barnard’s first location was in a small rented brownstone at 343 Madison Avenue. In the fall of 1897, the college moved to its current location in Morningside Heights. The idea for such a place as Barnard was bold for its time and it was in this setting that another bold endeavor developed. Barnard’s “Great and Glorious Class of ‘98” included four particularly amazing women: Stella George Stern (Perry), Jessie Wallace Hughan, Helen St. Clair (Mullan) and Elizabeth Heywood Wyman. These women were destined to leave a great mark both on their college and on a new fraternity they would originate and embrace for their lifetimes. So, intertwined in the great history of Barnard College emerged a grand testament to friendship, scholarship, and service that was to become Alpha Omicron Pi. Stella, Jess, Helen, and Bess became four firm friends determined that their friendship should last a lifetime. In their junior year, on December 23, 1896, the four climbed the stairs in a small gallery of the old Columbia College Library which led to an old and seldom used room. Amid old grey mullioned Gothic windows with broad window seats and with sunlight streaming gently through the windows and snow lightly drifting outside, the four pledged each other. On January 2, 1897, Alpha Omicron Pi was formally organized at the home of Helen St. Clair. Soon afterward, the four pledged AOII’s first initiate to AOII’s Alpha Chapter, Ann Richardson Hall. Over the next 100 years, AOII has added to the ranks 190 collegiate chapters and initiated over 155,000 members. Omicron Chapter (U of Tennessee), chartered on April 14, 1902, as our 4th chapter is the oldest active chapter. AOII has thrived and continued to grow throughout the changing 20th century. Despite several wars, the Great Depression, the women’s suffrage movement and the social unrest of the 1960’s, AOII has continued to hold true to its ideals. Founder Stella Perry once wrote, “that which makes our bond is promise certain of success. Let us follow our ensign devotedly, utterly and bravely. For our purpose cannot fail.”
AOII
Alpha Omicron Pi History The first chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi’s rich history began at Barnard College in New York City. Barnard was the first college in New York, and one of the first in the nation, where women could receive the same rigorous and challenging education that was available to men. AOII was founded in 1889. The idea for such a place as Barnard was bold for its time and it was in this setting that another bold endeavor developed. Barnard’s “Great and Glorious Class of ‘98” included four particularly amazing women: Stella George Stern (Perry), Jessie Wallace Hughan, Helen St. Clair (Mullan) and Elizabeth Heywood Wyman.
Stella, Jess, Helen, and Bess became four firm friends determined that their friendship should last a lifetime. In their
junior year, on December 23, 1896, the four climbed the stairs in a small gallery of the old Columbia College Library which led to an old and seldom used room. Amid old grey mullioned Gothic windows with broad window seats and with sunlight streaming gently through the
Founding Sisters of Alpha Omicron Pi
windows and snow lightly drifting outside, the four pledged each other. On January 2, 1897, Alpha Omicron Pi was formally organized. Over the next 100 years, AOII has added to the ranks 190 collegiate chapters and initiated over 155,000 members. AOII has thrived and continued to grow throughout the changing 20th century. Despite several wars, the Great Depression, the women’s suffrage movement and the social unrest of the 1960’s, AOII has continued to hold true to its ideals. Founder Stella Perry once wrote, “that which makes our bond is promise certain of success. Let us follow our ensign devotedly, utterly and bravely. For our purpose cannot fail.”
