Following the murder of George Floyd, William Jewell College’s chapter, Zeta Phi, of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity (FIJI) organized a fundraiser for the Southern Poverty Law Center and We Love Lake Street and is also creating a new inclusion committee within the fraternity to start in fall 2020. In…
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Featured Alumnae: Rae Snider
Rae Snider, ‘17, graduated from William Jewell College with a major in English and a minor in women’s studies. Though she hadn’t planned on working in the nonprofit sector she is now active in the field in Kansas City. “I didn’t realize what I wanted to do, which I want…
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Philanthropy at Jewell: An Overview
Since the founding of William Jewell College in 1849, serving others has been at the heart of the Jewell community. The College was founded by Baptists who dreamed of creating future leaders who would go on to improve society. Today, philanthropy remains a core value as students work to continue…
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“Dude, it’s gonna bust”: Lambda Chi Alpha busts watermelons for Harvesters
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity (LCA) hosted a Watermelon Bust on the First-Year Triangle Sept. 14 at 4:00 p.m. As first-years headed back to the dorms after class Friday, LCA provided truckloads of watermelons for participants to bust in various ways. “It’s a good throwback to [LCA] tradition. We tried pumpkins,…
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AGDodgeball Tournament
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority hosted their annual dodgeball tournament.
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Students Learn About Leadership at Emerging Leaders Conference
18 William Jewell College first-year students ventured off of the Hill for the Emerging Leaders Conference (ELC) March 4. This conference is a weekend of presentations from various professors and students along with team-building activities centered around leadership. The weekend started at Jewell with Tricia Hager, director of counseling services,…
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From Harvesters to MDA: the organizations backed by Jewell Greek organizations
The Ronald McDonald House, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Bikers Against Child Abuse, the The Painted Turtle, Harvesters and breast cancer awareness and education are all organizations supported by members of William Jewell College’s greek community. Philanthropy is an important aspect of the Greek community at…
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Hilltop Voices: Yoav Yaacobi on the importance of philanthropy in Greek life
Yoav Yaacobi discusses the importance of philanthropy in Greek life. Members of Phi Gamma Delta with representatives from Bikers Against Child Abuse. In light of recent criticisms of Greek organizations and the kind of destructive groupthink behavior that can occur “in the dark basements of fraternity houses,” it is important…
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