Hello sweet sisters! My name is Tori (Belle) and I am going to be a senior at Baylor University. So I’m here to tell you all what I am most excited about for this upcoming year! Our sisterhood has gained new members that are a wonderful addition to our family!

I am really looking forward to what we can accomplish as a sisterhood with many new members! It’s always exciting to see how our sisterhood changes and grows with each year. It’s going to be an awesome experience for our new sisters and I am so excited to see how they will grow by doing service for BUGWB and having a social experience as well!

Here is a picture of my little sister and me at our band banquet! I am so proud of all that she has accomplished and how much she has grown since becoming a sister in the bond!

I can’t wait to see how our relationship grows this upcoming year and how great she shines! All in all, I am so excited about my last year in Tau Beta Sigma. It has given me so much and I continue to give back to my sisterhood—excited to see what’s in store!

MLITB

Hey everyone! 

Lori Scott (sp '12) here and I am writing to everyone today about my summer (: I have been working in the BUGWB office doing all sorts of stuff. In June we dealt with orientations and recruiting the freshman class. I am also VPM so I have been able to see all the incoming girls and I am really excited how this year can turn out! We have been working on music and inventory as well. Our shows in McLane stadium are going to be awesome and I can't wait to get an inside look of the stadium (hurry up Noche!) A huge thing the summer staff is in charge of is inventory, here's some pictures to give you a glimpse. 

I haven't only been working the whole some summer though, I have been hanging out with Hannah (sp '13) and Niketa (sp '12) who also stayed in Waco. Here some of our shenanigans!

I can't wait for the fall to start, I miss all of my sisters and being on the inside of the planning process has me even more excited for the great season of BUGWB that is about to unfold! We have 340 members this year (biggest band yet!) and it will be so much fun to get to meet everyone and see what this season brings!

Sic 'em!

Lori Scott

VPM 

ConMan 

Mouseketeers | The Clawww

Hey y’all!!

My name is Heather McGowan!!I graduated in December 2013 with a Bachelors Degree in Music Education and I recently accepted a job as the Assistant Band Director at Sul Ross Middle School in Northside ISD in San Antonio! Whew!  I crossed into the bonds of Iota sisterhood in SP 2010 with Serendipity.

My big sister is Lauren Lindigrin who graduated in 2011 and my big brother is Will Fields who graduated just this past May in 2014! 

I was fortunate enough throughout my time in Iota to gain FIVE littles!! Yes, FIVE!! My first set of littles were in Spring 2011 where I gained Kim Jones as a little sister, and Josh Soto as a little brother! 

Then! My last Spring semester at Baylor in 2013, I was blessed with TWITTLE Sisters (twin little sisters) and another wonderful little brother!! My twittles are Kristyn Ottley and Elyse Whitmarsh, and my little brother is Ryan Colson!

Throughout my time in Iota I held several offices…

·         Vice President of Membership

·         Sergeant

·         Projects Chair x2

·         Historian x2

·         Webmaster x2

I completed all my official duties in Iota at the end of Spring 2013, and instead of stepping back from Tau Beta Sigma, I ran for district council and was elected into the Presidential position! My last year as a super active member was that… super active!! I helped plan all the district events including Area Workshops and District Convention 2013 (which was held by Iota & Beta Alpha #sicem)!

My time in Iota has been a whirlwind of fun and friendships, but I never thought that some of the lifelong friendships would be created my very last semester on Baylor’s campus! In fact, just a week and a half ago, Elysekies (who’s originally from California), was in Texas for a brief amount of time before heading off to study abroad in London (super jealous)! She took time out of her busy schedule to drive to San Antonio and visit me! It was super-hot that day, so we didn’t take a lot of pictures, but she was really there!!

Literally the next day after seeing Elyse, I left for upstate New York to visit with Kristyn!! It’s really bizarre  that my twittles literally live on opposite sides of the United States, but I guess that’s a factor that makes our lives interesting!

Anyway, Kristyn contacted me back in May if I would be willing to fly up to New York to help her drive home… Her dad normally flies down and helps her drive home, or will drive her back to Waco and then fly home, but this summer he wasn’t exactly looking forward to it. He told her to ask a friend to fly up and part of the incentive was that we would get to do a lot of really awesome things before the 24-27 hour drive back to Texas!

So enough words! I think pictures are worth a thousand words!

After a 3 hour flight delay in Baltimore, I finally made it to Rochester, NY at 3:00 in the morning… Kristyn was waiting for me, so we hugged, loaded up, and headed to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada! 

After a busy week in Canada, we went to Kristyn’s hometown of Painted Post, NY for a few days. While there, we went walking on some beautiful trails and made some glass!! I made a flower and Kristyn made a sculpture! 

Spending a few days in Painted Post allowed us to gain our energy for New York City!! We spent two days in NYC and we did soooo much while in NYC, but rather than me tell you, just check out all of our photos!! 

Unfortunately, when we got to Jersey, these huge storms swept through the area and kept us inside all day!!! We didn’t get to walk the beach until the next day before we left…

So the whole point of the trip was to get ready to spend 24+ hours in the car to Waco!!! Kristyn has a 7 month old wiener dog named Max, so we knew it would be a while in the car since he has such a small bladder! He’s also rather scared of the car, so please enjoy these photos of him climbing on me! 

We finally made it to Waco at 10:30 AM on Friday morning! We were in the car for a little over 25 hours and we made a bunch of stops for us, Max, and to get gas. This was probably one of the most memorable trips I have ever been on, and I will cherish this time with one of my twittles forever!! 

MOTS

Hello Everyone!

I am Leanna, a recent  Alumni of the Iota Chapter!

I have been up to a lot since school got out actually!

From getting a house in Austin to vacationing in Myrtle Beach, It has been a great summer!

I have gotten to read lots of books! (IF you haven’t read the Maze Runner yet, DO IT. BEST LIFE CHOICE EVER.)

Though reading and working is great, it’s not as great as fishing on a charter boat for SHARKS!

That was SOOO FUN, Despite getting a little seasick L. Here’s some pictures! We ended up catching 26 Spanish Mackerel, many Sea Bass (that were about ¼ of an inch too short!! L) and 2 SHARKS!