Dear Potential New Members,

We are honored to serve as Alpha Delta Pi’s 2026 Recruitment Chairs! Our role is to represent ADPi within Panhellenic and to the Auburn community. We work together to lead workshops that help prepare our members for recruitment and organize every detail of the process. But, above all, our greatest privilege is welcoming you into our chapter and showing you what makes the ADPi sisterhood so special. With a diverse group of personalities and interests, our members create countless opportunities to learn and grow together. The sisterhood we’ve found in ADPi has been a source of support, challenge, and personal growth for us, and we are overjoyed to share it with each of you!

As you take this exciting step into one of the biggest transitions of your life, we remember exactly how you’re feeling—whether it’s pure excitement, nervousness about the unknown, or a mix of both. Our hope is that during this process, you’ll feel welcomed, supported, and free to be your true self as you navigate these changes.

This sisterhood has become our home away from home here at Auburn. As upcoming seniors, we look back on our time here with gratitude for the laughter, the support, the accountability, and the lifelong friendships we’ve found—friendships we’ve always hoped for. Through this year’s recruitment, we hope you’ll find your own home away from home within ADPi.

With love,

Tate Gardner, Vice President of Primary Recruitment

Amelia Powell, Vice President of Marketing

Hey Y’all!!

My name is Claire Willoughby and I have the privilege of serving as this year’s Vice President of New Member Education! My role in this position is to provide support for our chapter's new pledge class and walk alongside them during their first year at Auburn. I am here to make this exciting transition as smooth as possible by guiding them and being there for them in any way that they need while teaching them the history and values of Alpha Delta Pi. Most importantly, I am here for each and every one of our new members by aiding them in their transition to college and Greek life. Through this process, I hope these young women know there is somebody in their corner that will always be cheering for them. I intend to spend intentional and individual time with each of the new members in order to make them feel incredibly loved, seen, and known.

Pledge class of 2026, I cannot tell y’all how excited I am to get to know each of you! I know the transition to college can be really difficult, but I want you to know that you will not have to do it alone. I was in your shoes not too long ago, and I remember it all too well. I want you to know that I will always be here to lead you, guide you, and cheer you on as you begin your time at Auburn. Freshman year was really hard for me at first, and I truly don’t think I would have made it without the older girls in ADPi who loved me so well during this time. That is exactly what I want to be for you. I will be there to grab lunch between class, grab a coffee, go for a long walk, sit and cry with you, and love and support you to the very best of my ability. I cannot wait to love on and do life in Auburn with each of you! Additionally, I have selected a group of 35 current ADPi women who will be assisting me and walking through this transition with each of you. These first 8 weeks of being an ADPi are incredibly sweet and exciting, so soak them up!

You are exactly where you are supposed to be because the Lord has intentionally placed each of you at Auburn and in ADPi. He sees you and knows you, and you can take comfort in that when nothing else around you is comfortable. I have been praying for you for so long, and I am so expectant to see what the Lord has in store for each of you this year. I am so excited to have a front row seat!!!

I cannot even tell you how excited and thankful I am to be in this position. I cannot wait to hug and love on each of you this year! I love you already!!! Boom boom!

With love and excitement,

Claire Willoughby

Click the link below to visit Auburn Panhellenic's website & to learn more about Auburn's Fall Formal Recruitment as a whole!