Just as the collegiate sisterhood experience and programs are rooted in our values, with the 5 S’s – self, service, social, sisterhood, and scholarship, the Alumnae Association and membership experiences are equally rooted to our vales through the 5 C’s. These 5 core areas better align with alumnae membership and what you’re looking to develop in yourself as a professional and more mature sister.

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The value-added enhancement of the 5 C’s allows Associations, like ours, to offer our alumnae sisters an experience that is relevant to the needs and wants of their ever-changing lifestyles. The 5 C’s are the basis for all of the events we plan each month to enhance our well-rounded members’ lives, and the tri-state area give us countless opportunities and activities for engagement.

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Character

Character provides alumnae with a focus on continuous personal development. Alumnae are encouraged to take character building courses or experiences such as an on-line class, a fitness class, or participating in a book club.

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Civic

Civic engagement offers alumnae a continued focus on community service that can include family, friends, colleagues and community members. It also encompasses philanthropic giving and civic involvement in her community though donating and educating.

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Cultural

Cultural experiences allows alumnae to engage in new or favorite hobbies and other shared interests. Similar to the social pearl as an undergraduate, examples include attending a ballet or sporting event and traveling to a corner of the world new to you.

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Connections

Staying connected aims to help alumnae maintain their bonds of sisterhood with DPhiE while sharing in the gift of sisterhood with others. As sisterhood is for a lifetime, lifetimes are dynamic in that we encounter a great variety of people along our path who we can share the precepts of Justice, Sisterhood, and Love with in our own, personal ways. 

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Career

The last pearl offers alumnae the opportunity to follow her own professional development path. There are so many sisters who experience different jobs, interviews, fields. The alumnae currently in the association have helped each other reach their career goals through networking and researching.

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