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BIG LITTLE - FINDING YOUR FAM
Making sure our new members get to know all of our active sisters is one of our biggest goals here at Alpha Phi. We are incredibly proud of our innovative Ivy Linker program where our new members are paired with different active members throughout their first months here at UC Davis. Ivy linkers meet for coffee, go on study dates, cook dinner and bake together, and so much more!
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This program helps the new members to meet our active members and see who they would want as their big. One of the most exciting parts of joining Alpha Phi is the day you get your big and become a part of a phi-fam! Every new members favorite week is Big Little week where they get anonymously showered with baskets full of treats, Alpha Phi apparel, school essentials, and dorm decorations! On the last day of this exciting week, new members are finally united with their new big sister at our Big Little Reveal!
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Big sisters become your mentors and best friends. They are the girls that are there during your highs and lows, help you pick out the right classes, cram for finals in the library with you, and give the greatest advice. We are so lucky to have our big sisters!
BIG LITTLE SPOTLIGHT WITH CAMBRIA AND APPLE
Coming to college was one of the scariest things I've ever done. Being from New Jersey and having to move 3,000 miles away from home to a place where I knew no one, I remember wondering if I would ever feel like I belonged. My first month at Davis, I met so many new faces but didn't click with anyone. I was homesick and constantly thinking Davis just wasn't the place for me, and that it never would be. But then I met Cam.
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From that moment on, my whole experience at Davis changed. Cam was the person that finally made Davis feel like home. Cam has been my person, not just my big but my safe place, my constant. She's been the one who makes me laugh, gives me the best advice, offers a shoulder to cry on, and somehow always knows exactly what to say.
When I met Cam, I finally felt like I could be myself for the first time at Davis. I didn't have to put up a front. I don't know what my college experience would've looked like without Cam but something I know for sure is that it would not be nearly as full and I wouldn't have the amazing person that she is to look up to.
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Thank you Cam for being my home away from home, for walking into my life when I needed someone the most, and for never letting go since the second we met. Because of Alpha Phi, I was able to find the person to guide me through one of the scariest experiences of my life and show me what unconditional love really looks like.
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- Apple Lin (MC '23)