Gwyneth Millican

Why Tri Delta? When reflecting on recruitment, I believe that the time spent with this chapter could be best described as fleeting. Somehow, the women of Tri Delta found a way to make a 10-minute break-out room feel like mere seconds, and 14-hour blocks between rounds feel like a lifetime. Throughout the rounds, Tri Delta always left me wanting more- one more break-out room, one more sister testimony, one more exhilarating conversation. I didn’t really understand why I felt this way; the rounds technically got longer as you progressed, so it made no sense for me to feel just as sad about the end of a 5-minute conversation as I was at the end of a 5-second conversation. But when entering the last Zoom call, I knew I was not alone in my feelings.

Looking around at all of the seniors jam-packed in their living rooms, laughing and crying and clutching whoever was nearest to them, I knew they felt the same fleeting feeling like me- wishing for one more semester, one more recruitment workshop, one more sleepover on Norris Hall. At that moment, I knew that Tri Delta was something I wanted to be a part of, and making that decision has continued to be one of the best and most rewarding choices I have ever made. And now, with freshmen year coming to a close, I find myself harboring some of the same feelings I experienced during recruitment so many months ago- wishing for one more Douthit dinner, one more New Member meeting, one more night in Manning. They say time flies when you’re having fun, and I can confidently say that I have found the women that make my time fly in Tri Delta 💛

Gwyneth Millican, PC ‘20