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Supporting Academic Excellence with Scholarships

Through the incredible generosity of Foundation donors, we’re able to offer more than 100 academic scholarship opportunities to eligible collegiate and alumnae members each year in support of their educational goals. We’d like to thank the Foundation Scholarship Committee for their diligent work in reviewing and scoring the hundreds of applications we receive each year: Melissa Mancini, Alpha Epsilon (chair), Kate Miller, Alpha Iota; Erin Clements, Phi Gamma; JoNell Ault, Alpha Pi; Alysia Ward, Alpha Kappa; and Pam McGrath, Gamma Omicron. We are grateful for your commitment to the scholarship program!

We are pleased to announce that we awarded $159,000 in scholarships to 151 members for the 2019-20 academic year!

“I could never have guessed five years ago when I was a Phi that Phi Mu would have changed my life and benefited me in such huge ways. Phi Mu gave me my best friends, leadership experiences, and the opportunity to find my passion for working with children on the Spectrum through our philanthropic work with CMNH. Now, even as an alum, Phi Mu is pouring into me in the form of this scholarship. Thanks to the Foundation, there is one less thing for me to worry about as I prepare for my final year in graduate school. I am so grateful and thankful for Phi Mu Foundation and hope that one day I can return the love and generosity they have shown to me throughout the last five years.”

Ellie Tuck, Theta Epsilon, Kennesaw State University


“Graduate school is very stressful and very expensive. One of my major concerns when applying to different schools was the cost I would have to pay. Receiving a scholarship from Phi Mu Foundation has truly lifted a load off of my shoulders. Now instead of focusing all of my attention on how I would pay for my education, I can focus on what really matters: my degree.”

Unna Yared, Kappa Omicron, Georgia Southern University-Armstrong Campus


If you are interested in learning more about how you or your chapter can establishing a scholarship fund through Phi Mu Foundation, please contact Director of Major Gifts Mandi Young at myoung@phimu.org.

Phi Mu Leadership Institute Honor Cards Available!

The first session of Phi Mu Leadership Institute begins later this week; thank you to everyone who sent an honor card to attendees who will be arriving soon in Atlanta! It won’t be long until the second session begins, and we’d like to invite you to join us in commemorating this life-changing leadership opportunity for emerging leaders across the country with a special gift in their honor to Phi Mu Foundation. Visit www.phimu.org/library and click on ‘events’ and then ‘Phi Mu Leadership Institute.’ You can view the Session Two attendee list there.

With your tax-deductible gift, your honoree will receive a special honor card with your personalized message prior to her Phi Mu Leadership Institute graduation.

Click here to visit the Foundation’s secure website and select ‘PMLI Honor Card’ and apply your gift of any amount. The deadline to send an honor gift is Sunday, July 7 at 9:00 p.m. ET.

Please contact the Foundation office at 770.632.2090 if you have any questions or if you prefer to make your gift over the phone.

Empowered to Lead

When deciding to join a sorority, all young women have one common theme as to why: they want to belong somewhere. Phi Mu has not only given me a home and a community of women who accept me for who I am, but it has also assisted me in finding my true passion. When I joined Phi Mu, I thought I had my dreams and goals of college lined up and planned. I was a seemingly confident, but secretly insecure girl, who thought I knew exactly what my college experience was going to be like. Little did I know that the women of Phi Mu at Auburn University were going to encourage me to be the best version of myself that I didn’t even know
existed before.

I was immediately encouraged to apply for an organization on campus, and just a short two weeks later I was sitting in my first meeting of many in my college career. I quickly realized I had an immense passion for leadership and involvement on campus, and jumped into any other organizations I could. My leadership experience sophomore year gave me the opportunity to serve Auburn as an orientation leader, as well as serve on the executive board of the largest organization on campus. The opportunities presented to me would have never been available if it weren’t for Phi Mu encouraging me to step out of my comfort zone.

After recruitment my Junior year, I was given the opportunity to serve on the Phi Mu Foundation Collegiate Leadership Council. I quickly accepted the position and was immediately immersed into a side of Phi Mu that I genuinely had never seen before. The Phi Mu Foundation is the simplest representation of why Phi Mu is so special to so many people. It is a group of women that have been empowered during their college sorority experience and felt led to join a foundation that gives back to the young women that are just a few steps behind them in life. In my time on the Collegiate Leadership Council, I have learned vital skills that will help me
succeed in life including public speaking, networking, fundraising strategies, team-building, and most importantly, finding my purpose. Because of the leadership council, I have found my passion for inspiring others to find their purpose.

This past year I have declared a minor for Leadership, in hopes to continue to use my skills to inspire others. Looking back at my three years in college, it is evident that my experience would not have been the same if it weren’t for the ladies in Phi Mu. If they had never motivated me to get involved, I would have never been able to serve on the council and give back to Phi Mu with the skills they helped me find in myself.

I have enjoyed my time on the Collegiate Leadership Council, and I am thankful for each of the women I have met as well as the opportunities given to me because of the unique experience!

Katy Grace Liscomb is a member of the Alpha Mu Chapter at Auburn University and was a member of the 2018-19 Collegiate Leadership Council.

Phi Mu: An Infinite Impact

As a recent graduate of Georgetown College, and a newly named alumna member of Phi Mu, I see my journey with this organization not ending, but just beginning. I remember running out dressed in pink on Bid Day and meeting the president of Delta Eta at the time. It was from that moment I knew that Phi Mu would allow me, and every other member of the Fraternity, to accomplish extraordinary things.

The personal impact Phi Mu has had on me is immeasurable. I never set out to hold any leadership positions, nor did I think I ever could. Looking back, however, I have seen the imperative lessons I have learned from each leadership opportunity. For instance, I learned how to have tough conversations from being the Director of Harm Reduction. I learned how to organize and execute plans by being a Night Chair for Recruitment. I learned how to be an advocate for Phi Mu and her values by being the Communications Secretary. I learned how to humbly serve during my time as President. And finally, I learned how to be a part of something bigger than myself by being on the Collegiate Leadership Council. These lessons are still relevant and applied every day of my life. The opportunities I was given, the people I have met, and the memories I have gained have forever shaped my future and made me into the better person I am today.

Not only has Phi Mu impacted me personally, but it has positively impacted the world as well. We lend to those less fortunate a helping hand by practicing community service and by being to others what we would, they would, be to us. When disaster strikes from nature, or within the home, Phi Mu is there to keep forever sacred the memory of those we have loved and lost. We empower women by partnering with the National Women’s History Museum, thus being true to the womanhood of honor. And most importantly, through scholarships, leadership institutions, officer training, and fighting against culture’s outlook on sorority life, we strive to esteem the inner man above culture, wealth, or pedigree. We help anyone no matter who they are or where they come from.

This is why Phi Mu Foundation is crucial. The impact that this organization has had on me and on a wide variety of women could not happen without the support and resources of people like you and me. I have spent the last four years learning and embracing what all the Faithful Sister has to offer. Now, I am honored to give all that Phi Mu has done for me to another sister. You never know where Phi Mu will take you, who you will meet, and who you will become. I am proud to be a part of an organization that serves in the light of truth and that leaves a legacy of love, honor, and truth.

Elizabeth Martin is a recent alumna of the Delta Eta Chapter at Georgetown College and a member of the 2018-19 Collegiate Leadership Council.