Abbie Judd

From President, to internships, to connecting with Christ, Judd does it all.

In spring of 2018, Judd was voted into the presidental position of Gamma Phi Beta at Texas State University.

It was then that people started to think that all she did was live and breathe Gamma Phi.

After the Greek life suspension in the spring of 2018, President Abbie Judd, had Gamma Phi Beta focus on academics, service hours and greek unity. "My expectation for Gamma Phi, following the suspension, is to rise up," said Judd. "Expressing expectations to the chapter about what it means to be a mentor creates positive relationships within the sisterhood."

Texas State greek life is focusing on bringing all the chapters together to promote unity. "We are shifting our focus to strengthen our greek unity by leading by example," said Judd. "The Gamma Phi Beta executive team believes all officers set the tone of the chapter and participating in other chapter's activities helps us achieve that goal."

Spend more than 10 minutes with Judd and you will be mistaken to think that she is just a sterotypical sorority girl.

Still not convinced?

"Our main goal is to have every Greek know someone within their chapter who is truly following Christ."

A 10 week summer mission trip in Branson to get closer to Christ lets Judd recharge.

In my first interview with Abbie, we touched mostly on her sorority routines, her major and briefly discussed her mission trips. I had to come back to these topics in our second interview because I could see how much she lights up when she talks about it. "It is important that I keep Christ in my heart because everything that I do can get very stressful," said Judd. "I love to watch people connect with Christ in a way that I have been so fortuante to." As a Cru member, Judd is apart of a caring community that is passionate about connecting people to Jesus Christ. "We meet weekly to talk about what the Lord is doing within the ministry and our discipleships," said Judd. The past summer, Judd went on a 10 week summer mission trip in Branson, MO. January 1-5 she will be attending a winder conference in Fort Worth to get closer to Christ with fellow peers.

She has learned how to be a leader through Christ and has implimented this through her Greek family, Parthenon. Parthenon meets every Sunday so other people in Greek life have a mutual place to get together and be in fellowship. They also study the Lord's word. "Our main goal is to have every Greek know someone within their chapter who is truly following Christ," said Judd.

As a member of Gamma Phi, you must take at least 12 hours (full time). So, on top of all of her religious work and presidental duties, she is also in the radiation therapy program at Texas State University. For her major, shes interns Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. In the internship she volunteers every other weeked at cancer supporting events such as Livestrong, Light the Night, and Relay for Life. She also attends conferences to network.

After my short video clips with Abbie it was clear that she was stressed with the camera in her face. I stopped recording and she instantly opened up more. "My mom and dad wanted me to be an anchor for a news channel," said Judd. "But I just do not like talking in front of the camera." I thought that was interesting because she is, after all, the president of Gamma Phi Beta. After talking about how much we both hate on-camera interviews, I decided to take a tour of her room since she spends a lot of time in there.

"My bedroom is my safe space, I get a lot of work done in here and I don't let many people into my santuary."

Mattison Ditter - @mattisonditter