• • • I • I n fall 2017, women's social club Pi Theta Phi (PTP) released an app on Google Playand the Apple App Store. Senior Erin Raimondi started creating the app in May 2017 after being elected president of the social club. After her election, Raimondi in formed the club's officers of her plans and reached out to others who could help her. "I had a talent team," Raimondi said. "I would send them pictures throughout the summer." Junior Paden Shelburne, who was part of the talent team, liked the idea of incorporating technology into PT P 's activities. The team would help write some of the content and give their opinion while Raimondi was deciding how to construct the application. "I wanted it to be an app for the past, present and future of PTP," Raimondi said. As the semester began, the app allowed for non-members to gain access, including a section which provided information for prospective members to help decide if they wanted to be in the club. It also included a section for alumni that had videos and pictures so they could keep up with current events in the club. Another one of Raimondi's goals for creating the app was to allow club Ill • V c:' ~ <Ii 0 0 Q) ·15 Q) 0 CI) w "§ ~ V) a:: .c Q) V -~ u c:: -~ :0 <( Q.J ..Q, ::J 0 V ~ 0.. .c c:: w Ol 0 ~ Q) -::, c:: 0 ·o -::, ·v; 0 :;J Vl Q) :i >- ·c 0 ~ a:: z ~ ·c '6 Q) 0 Q) c:: Vl .0 Vl ~ -~ w 0 U) 0 ~ ~ Q) -::, L E j X -::, ~ Q) ·o c:: a:: a:: 0 0 -::, c:: c 0 Q) _J Vl members to sign up for PTP's activities faster and easier than before. The club had tried several different apps and other forms of software to help track attendance and other information, but none of them worked the way Raimondi wished. The new app used Google Sheets and Google Docs for event sign-ups and included a calendar of events for its members. "It's all centrally located," Shelburne said. "It has the potential to have everything right there." Senior Jamie Welfare appreciated how technology made meetings more efficient. "Instead of waiting 30 to 40 minutes trying to sign in on a computer, [members] can just pull up the app and walk in," Welfare said. "They have a code word, and they can sign in." Raimondi thought that other social clubs would follow their example. "I'm hoping other clubs will use it just because I know that it can be really frustrating," Raimondi said. "Communication can get really crazy." As mixers and club week arrived, the PTP app proved effective in making information-sharing manageable something that would benefit future officers, members and alumni of the club. I The Pi Theta Phi (PTP) app plays an active role in aiding communication and promoting the club to prospective members. When PTP launched the app in fall 2017, they were able to utilize it during club recruitment and take attendance at events like club meetings, mixers and more. // Photo by Kazu Fujisawa • I • 0 ' C OJ "Tl m )> -I C :0 m Cf) U1 <D - I Ill ti C QJ > w V
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