International Grand President Southeastern Regional Director Georgia State Director

Mary B. Wright Felicia Scott-Strickland Shaneesa Ashford

Building on the Principles of Zeta While Blazing New Paths….

Inside this issue:

Rho Xi Zeta:

Sisterly Summer

2

Z-HOPE 2

Undergraduate and

Youth

3

Tele-Town Hall

4

Up Coming Events 4

Links 4

August 2012 Volume 2, Issue 1

Recording Secretary:

Soror Phyllisia Taylor

Assistant Secretary:

Soror Alexandra Kelsch

Treasurer:

Soror Allison Groomes

Assistant Financial Secretary:

Soror Nicole Deas

Parliamentarian:

Soror Alisheia Garner

2012-2013

Newly elected officers:

President:

Soror Sheila Bowers

First Vice President:

Soror Shawnika Anderson

Second Vice President:

Soror Demishia Wright

Third Vice President:

Soror Nicole Deas

RHO XI ZETA CHAPTER OFFICERS

ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY, INC.

RHO XI ZETA CHAPTER

Greetings,

My name is Sheila Bowers and I am the newly elected President of the Rho Xi

Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., in Kennesaw GA. The purpose of

this publication is to keep those interested abreast of the news in our chapter,

upcoming events, and highlight our accomplishments throughout the year.

I am excited and enthusiastic about working with our new Executive Board and

members in the Chapter. Over the last two months we have spent sisterly time

together at an Executive Board Leadership Meeting, our National Boule

Conference, a Summer Chapter Outing and a Weekend Planning Retreat in the

North Georgia Mountains. I know the commitment and dedication of the chapter members will

attest to this being a very productive year.

Our goals this year are to continue fostering the spirit of Sisterly Love, serve the Cobb County

Community, build and retain Fraternal/Community Partnerships and encourage the

development of our Youth Auxiliaries and Undergraduate Chapters.

As Service is one of our principles, we will be starting our year off by giving back. In the next

few months we will be very active with a Teacher Supply Drive and Voter Registration. We will

be participating in Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes and also the Cobb County: Making Strides

against Breast Cancer Walk.

In closing I leave you with these final words, “A people with a unified purpose for existence are

a chain not easily broken” Rho Xi Zeta is unified, ready to serve, and not easily broken!

Enjoy reading our newsletter.

Sheila Bowers

In June we had our Chapter Outing

at Brunswick Zone XL in Kennesaw.

We enjoyed Bowling and playing

Laser Tag as a chapter. It was a

great way to start the summer. We

also participated in the Delta Mu

Mu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fra-

ternity, Inc. 5K Run and 1Mile

Health Walk. Later in the month of

June, we attended an All White Party

and Cruise hosted by the Men of Phi

Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Kappa

Alpha Sigma Alumni Chapter, as

they celebrated 25 years of service

on a 3-hour boat ride at Stone

Mountain Lake. In July we had our

Chapter Retreat at a weekend Cabin

getaway in the North Georgia

Mountains. We bonded as a

chapter, had a high energy

Scavenger Hunt, and a productive

planning session for the Zeta year.

RHO XI ZETA: Sisterly Summer

The Rho Xi Zeta chapter

has an August Z-HOPE

project called the Teacher

Supply Drive. We will be

collecting school supplies

to be donated to Cobb

County area school teach-

ers. There will be a

Supply Drop-off and Mix-

er on August 25 at the Vil-

lage Taqueria & Tequila

Bar from 4pm-7pm.

A full list of items to be

donated can be found on

our website at:

www.zpb-rhoxizeta.org.

RHO XI ZETA: Z-HOPE

Page 2

Soror Michelle Fleming of the

Gamma Rho chapter was a FASET

leader (Familiarization and Adapta-

tion to the Surroundings and

Environs of Tech) this summer.

This is Georgia Tech's orientation

program for new undergraduate stu-

dents (freshmen and transfers) as

well as their parents, family

members, and guests. During

orientation new students received

academic advisement, registered for

their first semester of courses, and

completed other business items.

Gamma Rho and Omicron Nu

events and community service for

the fall will be in our next

newsletter.

UNDERGRADUATE CORNER

The University of West Georgia

graduation was in July and three

members of the Omicron Nu

chapter were among the Class of

2012. Soror Tyria Holmes graduated

with a Bachelors degree of Business

Administration in Management

Information Systems. Currently

Soror Holmes is interviewing with

IBM and plans to attend graduate

school in the fall of 2013.

Soror Joi King graduated with a

degree in Criminology and is actively

seeking a position with the U.S.

Government. She also plans to at-

tend graduate school.

Soror E’bonnie Belton graduated

with a Bachelors of Social Sciences

in Sociology. Soror Belton is cur-

rently seeking a position as an

event/program coordinator and

administration.

Left to Right: Soror Tyria

Holmes, Soror Joi King and

Soror E’bonnie Belton

Front: Soror Michelle

Fleming

YOUTH AUXILIARY

Our Youth auxiliaries have a parents information meeting on

August 23 from 5:30pm-8:30pm. For more information about our

youth and their activities, contact Soror Nicole Deas at

Youth@zpb-rhoxizeta.org

ARCHONETTE SPOTLITE

Tatyanna Clay graduated from South Cobb High Class of 2012. She

now attends Benedict College in Columbia, SC. She is majoring in

Education and hopes to become a grade school teacher after

graduation. Tatyanna enjoys the performing arts and hopes to

obtain a minor in Theatre. She would like to thank Zeta Phi Beta

Sorority Inc, especially her Archonette Advisors for all of their help

and positive influence in her life.

Tatyanna Clay

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Tele-Town Hall Conference

Our newly elected International President

Soror Mary B. Wright conducted the

sorority’s first tele-town hall conference

on Thursday, August 2, at 9pm. More

than 2500 Sorors were on the call to hear

our International President discuss her

first 24 days in office and her goals. One

of her goals was to keep Sorors informed

ZETA LINKS

International website: www.zphib1920.org

Official Facebook Page: www.Facebook.com/ZPHIBHQ

Follow Zeta Phi Zeta Sorority, Inc. on Twitter @ZPHIBHQ

Southeastern Region website: www.zphibseregion.org

State of Georgia Website: www.zphibga.org

Rho Xi Zeta Chapter website: www.zpb-rhoxizeta.org

Rho Xi Zeta Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/groups/rhoxizeta

UPCOMING EVENTS

August 25: Teacher Supply Drive – 4:00pm - 7:00pm

September 3: Labor Day

September 29: Diabetes Walk - 7:30am-11:00am

October 27: Breast Cancer Walk - 8:00am

and updated about sorority business on the

national level. She also plans to have more

tele-town hall conferences in the future.

Sorors can now stay informed by going to

the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, official Fa-

cebook and Twitter pages.