Sara Stevenson

Early Fraternal Life and Career

In the Fall of 2006, Sara Stevenson entered her sophomore year at the University of Michigan. Finally acclimated to collegiate life, Sara sought to become involved on campus in an organization that would provide a smaller community within the large university setting and gave her opportunities for service. Furthermore, Sara sought an organization that attracted diverse groups of students united under an ideal of betterment of community and betterment of self. Phi Sigma Pi Beta Alpha Chapter appealed to her due to the caliber of people it attracted. Ultimately, Phi Sigma Pi provided her the opportunity she sought.

Sara Stevenson was inducted with the Alpha Gamma class in December of 2006 and immediately joined, what was called at that time, the Membership Development Committee (currently known as the Scholarship Committee).

Collegiate Years at Beta Alpha

Since her induction in December 2006, Sara Stevenson has been actively involved within the Beta Alpha Chapter, serving both committees as well as on the Executive Board. In following are the positions she has held:

• Internal Secretary, Executive Board Position (April 2007-Present)
  • Created online filing system that allowed ease of sharing, accessibility of information, and detailed record keeping for the Beta Alpha Chapter.
  • With the intent of making Form 110 writing easier, Sara Stevenson and Jennifer Hartsell (External Secretary) implemented goal setting, compilation, and review. Specific templates were created for such a purpose and all goals were maintained on the online filing system for ease of access.
  • Utilized the university's departments to contact the larger student body for both the Campus Wide Supply Drive event which benefits Teach for America and the Easy as Pi 5K Run/Walk which benefits UM Stars, the organization supporting the Make-A-Wish Foundation on the University of Michigan's campus. Sara created files with department contact information and form letters to elicit the departments' assistance in publicizing these major events. Delegated the contacting of different departments to the Brotherhood. Information regarding such events was successfully distributed to a range of departments and a diverse group of university students which resulted in attracting more people to the events and creating awareness of the fraternity and its causes.
  • In the same vein, Sara also created Powerpoint presentations regarding these events to be distributed to professors on campus. The Powerpoints were sent to university professors by the Brothers of Beta Alpha with a form letter created for that purpose. The presentation was successfully shown at the beginning of several undergraduate classes, some of which invited the Brothers to speak on behalf of the fraternity.
• 5K Committee (September 2008-Present)
• Scholarship Committee (January 2007-April 2008)