On any given day Madeline Tackeberry is meeting with chapter advisors, taking calls from national headquarters in St. Louis, and running a successful sorority on campus as the chapters president.

“When I came to school here I never imagined that I would become the president of Pi Beta Phi chapter” Tackeberry said. “I am from nine hours away and did not know a soul. It is crazy to me that this all happened but I would not change it for the world.”

Tackeberry mentions the fact that advisors recently asked her if she would be willing to stay an extra semester to rerun for president. This is something no other past president has been asked before from her chapter. Although, Tackeberry acts as if that is not a big deal, it indeed is.

When Tackeberry was asked what made Pi Beta Phi so important to her personally and why she considered to stay longer to rerun. Tackeberry talked about all the important elements that Pi Beta Phi brought to the campus, community, the members of the chapter, and for her.

“Pi Beta Phi was the first women’s organization to be founded, create a national philanthropy project, set up alumnae clubs, and construct AAC at every chapter,” Tackebery went on to say. “Therefore, we have pioneered many critical elements that have been adopted by every sorority.”

Tackeberry takes great pride in everything in she does when it comes to her role as the chapter president. She has taken this job by storm and made it her life. Everyday her life consists of emailing, texting, and calling women from all over about chapter matters.

In the next few weeks Tackeberry will hand over her job title to a new woman in the chapter. For her this is bitter sweet ending. Tackeberry is excited for her future after college and has plans to work as a field consult for Pi Beta Phi for a year or so. With this job she would help colonize a new chapter of Pi Beta Phi at some school in the United States.

Caroline Garraway, a senior at Ole Miss, talked about how she felt so blessed to watch someone run this chapter so well.

“My mom was the president of Pi Beta Phi many many years ago. It is been so cool to see how well Madeline has done her job and how much effort she puts towards it everyday. Madeline has definitely made this chapter better than it was before. My mom would be so proud of the work she has done and the legacy she will leave,” Garraway said.

Tackeberry has felt extremely loved during her time as chapter president. The support that women from all around have given her encouraged her through many of the hardships she has had to face in the past year. She went on to talk about the pleasure it has been to serve the girls in her chapter as president.

Annemarie Hale, a senior at Ole Miss, met Madeline recently and ever since than has looked up to her.

“She works so hard and to me that is so inspiring. She has made this job her life and so I see why they would ask to rerun. She is so organized and takes her job very seriously. She really cares for everyone she is serving and it shows by her actions,” Hale said.

Tackeberry has created many lasting friendships through this title she holds. She talked about how some people struggled to find the balance between being her friend and respecting her as the president.

Some of the greatest friends Tackeberry has came from Pi Beta Phi and because of that she feels forever grateful for this chapter. Even though her job is coming to an end and she is graduating in the spring she feels confident she will always stay close to these girls in the chapter.

“This chapter is full of movers, shakers, and world change makers. We consist of severely strong, always opinionated, wildly fierce, perfectly passionate, and fearlessly free women…. and I would have it no other way,” Tackeberry said.

According to Ballot Pedia, North Carolina has 1,518,465 students enrolled in the public school system around the state. The state has 2,557 public schools in the state for all those students. The graduation rate of North Carolina students is 82.5%. “There was roughly one administrator for every 283 students, compared to the national average of one administrator for every 295 students. On average North Carolina spent $8,390 per pupil in 2013, which ranked it 43rd highest in the nation” (BallotPedia).

According to Ballot Pedia, South Carolina has 735,998 students enrolled in the public school system around the state. The state has 1,239 public schools in the state for all those students. The graduation rate of South Carolina students is 77.6%. “There was roughly one administrator for every 274 students, compared to the national average of one administrator for every 295 students. On average South Carolina spent $9,514 per pupil in 2013, which ranked it 33rd highest in the nation” (BallotPedia).

North Carolina has more public schools and students enrolled in schools than South Carolina does. Yet, South Carolina spends over thousand more dollars each year on each student. When it comes to the academic portion of comparison between the two schools, North Carolina ranks higher in everything. In reading and math, North Carolina scored at least ten percent higher than South Carolina did. North Carolina teachers make few thousand dollars more than South Carolina teachers do as well. With this information provided by Ballot Pedia, it proves that public school education from North Carolina should be better than one from South Carolina.

Mac Juraschek, a student from the North Carolina public school system, is now attending college at the University of South Carolina. Juraschek loved his education from the North Carolina school system. “I believe that because of the education I had I was prepared for college very well. I know some people who I see at school struggle because there schooling did not prepare them for the pressure and work load that college brings,” Juraschek said. Since he attends a public university in South Carolina he does not think that it compares to their K — 12 public school system and believes that his public university is held at a much higher standard.

Austin Robison, a student from the South Carolina public school system, is now attending college at the University of South Carolina. Robison has spent his whole education in the South Carolina public school system from kindergarten to college. “I went to a great public school in South Carolina and knew I would always go to USC. I think my education prepared me for college and I like that I never left the state,” Robison said. He knows that South Carolina is not known for having the best public education when it comes to K — 12 but Robison believes his school system did a good job.

These two men are both products of the public school system. Although they attended different K — 12 schools they ended up at the same university. They both felt as if they were prepared for college even though one school system is known to better than the other. The data shows that education in both are still high but North Carolina’s is just a little higher. In every state there are different counties and districts that have better schools within the state. This data that is provided is just the average of the state. This means that there could be some schools in South Carolina that perform better than schools in North Carolina but in all North Carolina ranked higher overall. Each of these students is performing well in school and has their education from back home to thank.