{"id":558,"date":"2012-06-13T21:37:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T02:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/?page_id=558"},"modified":"2017-08-16T18:05:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T23:05:22","slug":"aims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/who-we-are\/aims\/","title":{"rendered":"Aims and Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Each member of Alpha Sigma Alpha is encouraged to be intellectually alert, physically fit, socially just and spiritually minded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #d72832;\"><strong>intellectual aim<\/strong><\/span> is fulfilled through chapter programs implemented to provide members with more opportunities to\u00a0excel\u00a0in academics. \u00a0Our chapter assigns Major Moms to new\u00a0members\u00a0to help them pick the right classes and understand more about their major and their professors. \u00a0Alpha Beta also upholds a GPA requirement for members and our Scholarship\u00a0chairman\u00a0works with those members unable to meet that requirement. \u00a0Many\u00a0members\u00a0work with one another throughout the school year in terms of study sessions and tutoring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The<span style=\"color: #d72832;\"> <strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">physical aim<\/span><\/strong><\/span> is fulfilled through our chapter&#8217;s participation in\u00a0intramural sports throughout the year. During the spring, Alphas play\u00a0anything\u00a0from basketball to soccer, and during the fall, we play flag football, tennis and many more! \u00a0Our\u00a0members\u00a0also participate in Rec classes run by other Alpha Betas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #d72832;\"><strong>social aim<\/strong> <\/span>is fulfilled through date parties and formals, as well as dinners and activities with various campus\u00a0organization\u00a0such\u00a0as fraternities. \u00a0Some sisterhood activities Alpha Beta\u00a0members\u00a0participate in include game nights, bowling at Leisure World, having\u00a0barbecues, seeing movies at the Kirksville Cinema, and eating together on\u00a0campus. Spending time with each other<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #d72832;\"><strong>spiritual aim<\/strong><\/span> is fulfilled through personal reflection and growing connections with other members. \u00a0These are essential aspects of personal well-being. \u00a0Alpha Beta has several programs to aid its\u00a0members\u00a0in achieving their desired level of\u00a0spirituality\u00a0and forming deep bonds of sisterhood among all members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each member of Alpha Sigma Alpha is encouraged to be intellectually alert, physically fit, socially just and spiritually minded. The intellectual aim is fulfilled through chapter programs implemented to provide members with more opportunities to\u00a0excel\u00a0in academics. \u00a0Our chapter assigns Major Moms to new\u00a0members\u00a0to help them pick the right classes and understand more about their major&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2382,"featured_media":0,"parent":1960,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-558","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2382"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1963,"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/558\/revisions\/1963"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphasigmaalpha.truman.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}