Sorority Chat Liz Toombs

Brian Langhorst is the owner of Eustis Chair, a furniture
manufacturer headquartered in Boston and manufactured in upstate New York.  Brian joins Liz to talk about the benefits of
choosing sustainable furniture. 

 

In this episode, you will learn about:

-Eustis’ proprietary joint system

-benefits of sustainable and investment furniture for Greek
houses

-realistic lead-time factors

-his 3 key pieces of advice for furniture procurement in
“signature spaces”

 

Website: www.eustischair.com

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So you’re ready to update your chapter house…now what?

Liz shares her advice on things you need to know when hiring a designer. She covers what to know before you get started, questions to ask when interviewing candidates, and factors to consider in the decision-making process.

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With over 90 sorority housing projects under their belt, Liz and her team at PDR know a thing or two about what makes a project successful. They’ve compiled a list of these key characteristics and Liz walks you through each one in this episode of Sorority Chat. This is a must-listen if your chapter’s house corporation board is considering embarking on a facility update of any scale.

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Jessica Blevins is a 22 year member of Delta Zeta sorority and lived in her chapter house for 3 years. She is a long-time member of both her local alumnae chapter in Columbus, Ohio and DZ’s online alumnae chapter, Surfing Sisters. Jessica has served in many volunteer roles on the local, state and national levels.
Jessica has worked at Delta Gamma Office of Housing for 10 years, the last 5 of which has been in property management. In her previous job, she acted as a television news producer.
In this episode you will learn:
-Jessica’s path to sorority housing, and the transferrable skills she brought from her first profession
-the role her Greek experience at Depauw University plays in her life
-how housing offices determine a timeline for chapter housing projects
-what it is like to work for an organization other than your own

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Jessica Blevins
Delta Gamma Fraternity

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Jblev12
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Jessica Blevins
Delta Gamma

Dan Duncan and Kelley Schillig, of Tri Delta Housing, have a combined 30 years of Greek property management experience. They come to Sorority Chat to share their method for preserving a chapter’s history and ensuring the facility tells the chapter’s story.

In this episode you will learn:

-how to address a plethora of chapter composites

-what to consider when digitizing composites

-tips for what items should be on display in the sorority house

-what pieces need to make it to your organizations headquarters or executive office for preservation

-how to tell your chapter’s story well utilizing your archivist



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Kelley Schillig

Dan Duncan (dan.duncan.18)

Delta Delta Delta



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Kelley Schillig

tridelta



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Kelley Schillig

Dan Duncan (Dan-Duncan-Housing)

Tri Delta

Shelley Pulliam has served for many years as a house corp board member for the Gamma Phi Beta chapter at Oklahoma State University, 10 of which were as president. Through her years
of service there have been construction projects and catastrophes along with the normal day to day tasks of running a facility. Shelley joins Liz to breakdown what that experience of running a
chapter house is like.
In this episode you will learn:
-the role of a house corp board member and the benefits of serving
-how to approach a chapter house renovation/construction project and the timeline for such
projects
-how to assemble a strong team for managing a sorority facility
-the challenges house corp boards face. FB: Shelley Pulliam
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