Allison M. Aylward

Allison M. Aylward
Name	Allison M. Aylward
Chapter	Alpha Sigma VCU
Date Inducted	Spring 2007
Roll Number	Σ 234
Alumni Chapter/Assoc
Honorary Member
Major	Double major- International Relations and Spanish
Birthdate	August 19, 1988
Spouse
Nicknames	Crue, Al, Allybob
Awards	Outstanding Chair Award, Scholarship Award

Allison Aylward (born 19 August 1988) is an Active Member of Alpha Sigma Chapter (Σ 234) at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Early Fraternity Life and Career

Allison Aylward decided to attend VCU because she was drawn by its diversity, unique location and beautiful campus. She wanted a change in scenery and thought that Richmond would be a great city to spend four years of college; and she was right! She decided to study International Relations and Spanish and got started on her freshman year in the fall of 2006. After fall semester, she got a letter in the mail over winter break from a fraternity asking her if she'd consider joining their ranks. Her initial response was somewhat less than enthusiastic, but then she noticed that this was an honors fraternity and that there seemed to be more substance than your average fraternity. She came out for Rush Week in Spring 2007 and successfully completed the initiate program. She was inducted as a brother in Spring 2007.

Collegiate Years at Sigma Chapter

Allison has held a few committee chair positions during her years at VCU. In Fall of 2007 she was the Brotherhood Chair and was responsible for organizing Brotherhood events as well as Brotherhood retreat. In the Spring of 2008 she was Scholarship Chair and organized events that exposed brothers to new ideas, cultures and experiences they had not encountered before. Currently serving as Scholarship Chair for the Fall 2009 semester.

Bigs and Littles

• Grand Big: Raphaella T.
  • Big: Kristen A. Fox
    • Ego: Allison M. Aylward
      • Little: Ashley E. Blanks (Brother, Spring 2008)
        • Grand Little: Heather Lee (Brother, Fall 2008)
          • Great-Grand Little: Katey Woodcock (Brother, Spring 2009)
            • Great-Great-Grand Little: Amanda Davis (Fall 2009)
              • Great-Great-Great Grand Little: Eugena Curtis (Spring 2010)
          • Great-Grand Little: Yvonna Walton (Fall 2009)
        • Grand Little: Sydney Van Arsdale (Brother, Spring 2009)
          • Great-Grand Little: Caleb Dodgen (Spring 2010)
        • Grand Little: Emily Dutton (Spring 2010)
          • Great-Grand Little: Emily Gordon (Initiate, Fall 2010)
      • Little: Ali Al Qallaf (Fall 2009)

Further Resources

• web page?

Other Interesting Facts

• Studied abroad for the Fall 2008 semester in Salamanca, Spain. She had the opportunity to travel all around Spain, spend Thanksgiving with friends in Istanbul, Turkey and experience the beautiful city of Paris. She also spent some time literally hiking around Oporto, Portugal and spent 12 wonderful days in Ireland. The highlight of the Ireland trip was traveling to Kilkenny and Claire, where Allison's ancestors originated. Spending Christmas in Dublin was pretty awesome too!
• She plans to get her Master's degree in either Comparative Ethnic Conflict or Developmental Politics. Allison would like to work with DHS, the UN or any other NGO that will allow her to travel around the world.
• She speaks Spanish fluently and is currently learning Russian. Говарю немножка по-русски!
• Allison is from Maryland and is a proud Terps fan--MARYLAND WILL WIN! Also, ask her about steamed Maryland Blues and she will show you how to make the best steamed crabs you've ever had. Likewise, she grew up in the DC Metro area and loves DC!
• Allison's dream car when she actually makes money is a 1964 Aston Martin and she doesn't care what the Top Gear guys say :p