Meet our seniors- Elizabeth, Abbey, Claire, Jordan, and Landon

Elizabeth Bowab is a speech pathology major from Mobile, Alabama. She joined Tri Delta as a member of PC 12. In Tri Delta, Elizabeth served as the Chapter Correspondent and Academic Chairman. On campus, she's served as a member of Southern Style 2014, Eagle Connection, NSSLHA, Catholic Student Association, GEWW Crew member and she is a Leadership scholar. Elizabeth described her favorite Tri Delta memory as the infamous Southern Miss snow day in 2014. Her and her friends found the Tri Delta house's wet floor signs and used them to slide around outside. After graduation, Elizabeth will be starting the master's program for speech pathology at the University of South Alabama.

Abbey Cobb is an elementary education major from Madison, Mississippi. Abbey joined Tri Delta as a member of PC 12. Abbey previously served as the Music Chairman in Tri Delta and served as a member of the 2014 GEWW crew team. Her favorite Tri Delta memories were the unexpected dance sessions after we completed skit during recruitment. The chapter would just crank up the music and dance on stage for the fun of it. After graduation, Abbey has accepted a position with Saint Clement of Rome Catholic School in Metairie, Louisiana as a second grade teacher.

Claire Copponex is a speech pathology and audiology major from Gulfport, Mississippi. Claire joined Tri Delta as a member of PC 12. She is a Leadership scholar and a member of the NSSLHA, National Student Speech Language Hearing Association. In Tri Delta, Claire served as the Licensing Chairman and a member of Recruitment Team. Her favorite memory would be living in the Tri Delta house. She says- as cliche as it is, she loved staying up late and goofing off with all of her best friends. After graduation, she will return back to the coast and apply to speech pathology graduate programs.

Jordan Crager is an elementary education major who joined Tri Delta as a member of PC 12. She previously served as the Treasurer and Vice President of Chapter Development in Tri Delta. On campus, Jordan is a member of EMSA, Kappa Delta Pi honor society, and is a Leadership scholar. Her favorite Tri Delta memory is the Christmas party that her and her roommates hosted for their pledge class in their cottage. "It was so much fun having almost all of us in one place, enjoying yummy foods and playing dirty santa with socks," said Jordan. After graduating this May, Jordan will move back to her hometown in Rankin County to search for a position with elementary education.

Landon Drennan is a liberal arts major from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Landon joined Tri Delta as a member of PC 12. Landon's favorite Tri Delta memory was visiting St. Jude's this past fall.
"It was very inspirational and a trip I will never forget. It was a bittersweet moment to walk into Tri Delta Place and know that the past 4 years of fundraising for our philanthropy truly helps their patients and has a big impact on their lives," said Landon.
Landon will graduate this May and work in Hattiesburg. She will marry Willam Landrum this October.

Meet our seniors- Courtney, Hailey, Ashley, Gabby, and Madison

Courtney Altmyer is a nursing major from New Orleans, Louisiana. Courtney joined Tri Delta as a member of PC 13. During her time, she has blessed us with her love for Taylor Swift and hilarious powerpoints for meetings. Courtney has been involved on campus as a Gamma Chi, Junior Panhellenic Council, and the Catholic Student Association. Her favorite Tri Delta memory was her bid day. "It was birthday themed which I absolutely loved and I was FINALLY a Tri Delta," said Courtney. After college Courtney plans to move back to New Orleans and search for a nursing job. 

Hailey Bankston is a elementary education major from Gulfport, Mississippi. Hailey joined Tri Delta as a member of PC 15 during spring recruitment. Hailey's favorite Tri Delta memory was our sisterhood retreat at Red Bluff. This fall, she will be student teaching and plans to graduate in December.

Ashley Boone is a speech pathology major from Columbia, Mississippi. Ashley joined Tri Delta as a member of PC 12. Through out her 4 years at Southern Miss, Ashley has been involved in a variety of honor societies and has even maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA. She is a Luckyday scholar and a volunteer for the Dubard School of Language. Ashley's favorite Tri Delta memory was the sisterhood retreat to the New Orleans Zoo. The chapter took a day trip together to visit the zoo and stopped for beignets after! In May, Ashley will begin graduate school for speech pathology.

Gabrielle Agner-Boudreaux is a dance performance and choreographer major. She joined Tri Delta as a member of PC 13. Gabby previously served as the Dance Chair for Tri Delta and spent countless hours helping us to succeed in many dance competitions. Gabby is engaged to Nick Person. We cannot wait to watch her become a beautiful bride!

Madison Bourne is a therapeutic recreation major from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She joined Tri Delta as a member of PC 12. Through out her 4 years on campus, Madison has served as an active member of the Wesley Foundation, Campus Crusades, and held a position on the College Panhellenic Council Executive Board. Her contagious smile is always seen at almost every Tri Delta event! Madison described one of her favorite memories in Tri Delta as the night her and her other Tri Delta roommates made lipsyncing videos in their Cottage. Madison said she laughed so much that night that its one of her top memories ever. After college she will head to Atlanta, Georgia to complete an internship this summer at the Shepard Center, a rehabilitation hospital, doing therapeutic recreation with patients in the spinal cord injury unit. She continues to place all of the glory to God.

April Member of the Month - Lauren Gardner

Lauren Gardner is a junior, psychology major from Star, Mississippi. She is a member of PC 14.

In her 3 years at Southern Miss, Lauren has been involved in the Wesley Foundation Leadership Team and Southern Miss Behavior and Alcohol Research Lab. Lauren is also a Luckyday Scholar and a member of the Honors College.

"I chose Tri Delta because it allows me to be myself, but the women in the chapter also push me to do all I can during my time at Southern Miss," said Lauren.

Lauren recently represented Southern Miss at the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) in New Orleans. She even won a regional award for her research!













Lauren is our member of the month because of her steadfast dedication to Tri Delta. You can always expect to see Lauren at every meeting or Tri Delta event with a smile on her face. We love you!

Southern Miss Founder's Day 2016

March 30th is the day the University of Southern Mississippi honors as Founder's Day to celebrate the legislative founding of our university. Several members of Tri Delta attended the afternoon ceremony and a few received recognition for their dedication to Southern Miss.

Betsy Mercier - Who's Who

Betsy Mercier (left) is a senior, elementary education major from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She previously served as Phi Epsilon's philanthropy chair and even won 2015 Philanthropy Chairman of the year out of every Tri Delta chapter in the world! On campus, Betsy has served as a member of Southern Style orientation team, Student Government Association Senate and Philanthropy Commission, Sigma Chi fraternity sweetheart for the Theta Delta chapter, Senior Homecoming Maid, and a Luckyday Scholar. She was selected as one of 50 students at Southern Miss for Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities for 2016.


Bailey Stokes - Outstanding Freshman of the Year Finalist

Bailey Stokes is a freshman biological sciences major from Biloxi, Mississippi. She currently serves as the collegiate alumnae relations chair for Phi Epsilon. On campus, Bailey serves as a member of Freshman Associates for the Student Government Association, Vice President for the Junior Panhellenic Council, Catholic Student Association, Luckyday Scholar, and the Lamda Sigma and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies. She was awarded as one of the finalists for the Most Outstanding Freshman of the Year.




Autumn Sobel - Student Government Association Attorney General 2016

Autumn is a junior, history major from Crystal Lake, Illinois. She currently serves as the social chairman for Phi Epsilon. On campus, Autumn serves as a member of the Southern Style orientation team, Phi Eta Sigma honor society, Golden Eagle Welcome Week crew, and Eagle Connection. She also serves as the Vice President of the Legacy Student Alumni Association, Delta Tau Delta fraternity sweetheart of the Zeta Chi chapter, and previously served as the attorney general of SGA for 2015. Autumn was inaugurated into her second term as attorney general and swore in the other SGA executive officers at the ceremony.

We are so proud of all our fantastic members and their accomplishments at Southern Miss. We are even prouder to be students at the University of Southern Mississippi and celebrate our 106th anniversary. Southern Miss To The Top!

March Member of the Month- Shelby York

Shelby York is a senior, public relations major from Spanish Fort, Alabama and a member of PC 12.

She has previously served as the Vice President of Public Relations and the Community Service chair. Shelby currently serves as the designated graphic designer and rap video producer- yes all of those fun rap videos on our social media were created by her!

Shelby served as a Gamma Rho Chi both her junior and senior year and loved every minute of it.

Shelby said she chose Tri Delta because...

 "I saw a group of girls who would encourage and love me, challenge me, and sometimes simply cut up and have fun. I saw the opportunity for me to grow as a person and a leader. I knew I would leave Tri Delta a better person than when I joined."

Shelby's favorite Tri Delta memory was the Hattiesburg Snow-pocalypse of 2014. The unexpected snow caused Southern Miss to cancel classes for a few days.

 "Everybody came over to the house whether they lived there or not because a city-wide curfew was being implemented and if you're going to get cabin fever, at least do it with about 30 of your closest friends. We went 'ice skating', sledding and played outside for hours. We drank an obscene amount of instant hot chocolate and made the largest pot of potato soup the world has ever seen. It was three glorious days of good ole fashioned togetherness, and I've prayed for another blizzard every year since."





Fun fact- Most days you can catch Shelby snoozing on the back porch of Tri Delta in her eno.

Shelby is our member of the month because she serves our chapter in any capacity that is needed- from homecoming floats to rap videos to graphics. We love you Shelby!

February Member of the Month- Becca Hassell

Becca Hassell is a junior, nursing major from Boise, Idaho. She is a member of PC 13.

You can almost always catch Becca at the Payne Center where she works as a personal trainer and facility supervisor. Last year, Becca was named "Personal Trainer of the Year". 

Becca is a member of Eagle Ambassadors, an organization dedicated to the recruitment of student athletes. She has served as a member of Diamond Darlings, College of Health Ambassadors, and Exercise Physiology Club.

She also currently serves as the Captain of the Southern Miss Women's Lacrosse Team. Becca even made the All SWLL team (the league their lacrosse team plays in) in 2015. The lacrosse team was started at Southern Miss by her older sister Sarah.

Becca said she joined Tri Delta because she felt like it was her home away home.

"I walked in and I felt like I could be friends with anyone in the room. I also loved the idea of sharing this with my sister," said Becca.

Fun fact: Becca has a golden retriever named Biscuit that lives with her parents in Idaho.

Tri Hop 2016

On Monday, January 25th the ladies of the Phi Epsilon chapter of Delta Delta Delta hosted our second TriHOP, a late night pancake dinner held to support our national philanthropy- St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

Around 7pm, members began to greet and check guests into our house on campus, where the event was held.

We cooked pancakes and sausage, poured orange juice and milk, served unlimited coffee and held a pancake eating contest at the end of the night. Of the 11 teams that competed, the men of Delta Tau Delta fraternity claimed the final victory in the boys division and the ladies of Phi Mu claimed the victory in the women's division.


Live music was provided by local musicians Connor Pitre and Cameron Cloud. 

Katie Myers, former St. Jude patient and current Southern Miss student, spoke about her St. Jude story. Myers shared with us the blessing she and her brother, also a St. Jude patient, were able to experience as St. Jude patients over the past decade. She expressed her gratitude for the opportunities that St. Jude has given her and to all who make it possible for St. Jude to do what they do.

Phi Epsilon was able to spend the night showing our campus and Hattiesburg community about our passion for St. Jude.

This year's philanthropy chair, Gabbie Munn, worked for weeks in advance to ensure everything went smoothly and was thrilled with the results.

"TriHOP was really a whirlwind for me. All my anxiety about the preparation dissolved as the first pancake was flipped. Our chapter came together and worked as a well-oiled machine to serve everyone who came out. To see the Greek community, Southern Miss community and Hattiesburg community unite to support St. Jude was an incredible feeling. The kids appreciate is more than they will ever know," said Munn.

Over the course of the evening, we welcomed over 1,000 guests and raised over $6,000. We could not be more thankful to everyone who participated, including every local business that generously contributed to make TriHOP possible.