It is important that everyone knows how to orient.

Each and everyone is a

walking, talking, rockin' potential-Phi Deltan-magnet.

General Guidelines:

1. Mingle and be as sociable as you can be. Start with something like "Hi. I'm
_____. I'm from PDA. (shake hands here) What's your name?"
NOTE: Other things you can ask to start a conversation. Pick out something that
would be an interesting topic: undergraduate course, school, kung ano man ang
mukha silang masayang pag-usapan.
2. Start small talk and get into a jovial and interesting conversation with your
prospect/s.
3. Find things that you share with your prospect/s and elaborate on that. i.e.,
favorite series, same profs you had or subjects you've taken, common friends,
etc.
4. Establish a friendly but confident and trustworthy impression with your
prospect/s.
5. Ibida ang Sorority: the situations wherein the sisters and/or the values you
learned in the Sorority helped you through.
NOTE: We do this in a manner na hindi "hardsell", may agenda pero hindi halata.
parang nagki-kwento lang pero sincere and passionate. parang gumagamit ka ng
isang product na effective at hinihikayat mo yung kausap mo na gumamit rin,
something like that. :)

Order of things to say during an informal orientation:

1. We are the Phi Delta Alpha Sorority. PDA stands for Prudence and Dignity in all
Actions. Prudence is... , Dignity is.....

2. We are on our 56th year this 2013 since our establishment in July 17, 1957.

3. We are affiliated with the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity of the UP College of
Law. But we are a separate entity. We have our own Constitution, our own
officers, we are recognized by the OSA as a separate organization. They are our
counterpart fraternity but we are independent from them. Though ofcourse, as
brods and sisses, we help each other out, parang magkakapatid, especially in
activities like conducting bar operations for brods and sisses who take the bar
exam or training the brods and sisses in areas like marketing, writing and
debate, for example.

4. We have 3 thrusts: academic excellence, social involvement and solidarity.

Academic Excellence - We are primarily students, our first responsibility is to
study - and we do this is a manner that is excellent. We encourage our sisters to
be the best in everything they do, most of all in their studies. We take pride in our
sisters and their achievements are the achievements of the Sorority. We have
sisters graduating as cum laudes and sisters finishng their degrees ahead of
their course batchmates. For us, this is our first responsibilty. to study well,
because this is primarily what we are here for.

Social Involvement - As "iskolars ng bayan", part of our fees is paid for from
taxpayers' money. As a premier state university and with the quality of education
that we get here in UP (be careful with this when you are talking to students who
are from other schools during their undergraduate or part of their undergraduate
courses. we wouldn't want to sound mayabang), the cost of education is
relatively low when you compare it with other premier universities. This is a
privilege and with this privilege that we are enjoying, it is rightful to give back to
the society, by being active, critical citizens of the country and helping the
people through our activities.

Solidarity - PDA is like a family. As a university-wide organization, we have people

coming from different courses, from different regions, from different
backgrounds. This is our strength. We believe in unity in diversity. With the
different ideas and the different personalities and perspectives that we have
inside, we are able to come up with great ideas and great activities that would
cater to the different aspects and groups in the university and society. We are
sisters. we bond, we laugh and we cry together. We have each other when acad
pressure is just too much, when something's wrong with the family or with the
lovelife, or with the career. No one is going to turn her back on you and
everyone's going to support you, fight for you and celebrate with you till the end.

5. PDA has produced great women in different fields: Ombudsman Conchita

Carpio-Morales, Bulacan Congresswoman and philanthropist Linabelle Villarica,
GMA's Kaye Gozon Jimenez, worldclass painter Rosella Sicat-Lorezo, College of
Business Admistration's former dean Erlinda Echanis, Summit Media and pep.ph's
Kap Pagsolingan, Bb. Pilipinas-International Shiela Santarin-Maliksi, UP Women in
Law founding president Atty. Generosa Jacinto, Ms. Earth-Tourism 2012 Candice
Ramos, to name a few.
We also have brods that are more than willing to back us up: Sen. Francis
Escudero, Joey Lina, Former SC Chief Justice Reynato Puno and SC Associate
Justice Jose Perez, and all other brods in various institutions in the government,
business and in the civil society.
These people, were honed and developed by PDA and APB. There are things that
you learn very well here that you cannot learn very well outside or in other
organizations. Up to this day, these people, proclaimed and successful as they
are, still look back and make time to be with us and share what they have to the
Sorority. That's the extent of the bond - it's a lifetime commitment. And you have
54 years worth of sisters who would be there for you anyplace and anytime.

6. What do we do? We have activities that revolve around our 3 thrusts. (Give a
run-down.)

Every July, we celebrate our Sorority's anniversary. It's a week-long celebration

starting with a Thanksgiving Mass, a motorcade around campus, then a
Fellowship Lunch. We launch the Phi Deltan Gallery, hold a forum or symposium
on current relevant issues (give example) and conduct the traditional Rosegiving
to students, professors and organizations. We hold a Grand Pakain at the
Tambayan and finish with the annual Phi Deltan Ball.

August - UP Open Debate (contender in finals last year, only sorority that is
active in the Open Debate)

September - BarOps (but this year, we'll do this in November)

November - MIND Project

December - TALA gift-giving

Other activities : marketing and leadership seminars and workshops, academic

reviews, alumnae fellowships, bonding, etc.

7. Others:
We have been awarded the Grand Sorority Award by the OSA (in 1996, I think.
Wag nalang i-mention muna ang year dahil hindi sure kung kailan, we have yet to
check.)
We've had the Dorm Tour (2006) - catered to dormers, held different personality
development seminars for them

If they ask about the initiation process, these are the things that you can say:

1. the Transgressions
no public humiliation
no blood money
no abuse of intellectual capabilities
no leaving of permanent physical marks

2. run-down of the initiation process

orientation
presentation
formal interview
missions
at homes
final rites
*indoctrination happens all throughout

3. time-frame for the initiation process: depends on how she does with the
understanding of the principles and values. We've had sisters na natapos in 3
days, merong mga 2 weeks. The MI will gauge and consider if she is ready.

*For questions and help, lumapit lang sa akin, sa MI o sa senior sis. Remember,
as LC Raina says, to put your best foot forward. KAILANGAN NATIN MAG-
RECRUIT, SISTERS. I'm sure you understand why.

Good luck, sisters! We can do this!