Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine, Vol. 120 no. 2

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Will This Issue Be My Favorite? MAGAZINE
Executive Director Elizabeth Sierk Corridan
The worst thing about magazine featured actors, authors, and television
Director of Communications/ Elizabeth Appel Rinck
journalism is that there are no second personalities, this issue offers the first Editor
chances. Certainly if something dis- profile in more than a decade of a Art Director Maureen Fahey Bowers
pleases in one issue, there is an oppor- radio star. Associate Editor Stephanie Hilgedag Mussel)
tunity to learn from mistakes and to do I'm proud of our coverage of Editorial Assistant Leslie Fasone
things differently in the next edition. Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
And that—to quote a famous maga- As Fraternity President Karen Grand Council
zine publisher—is a good thing. Ledbetter writes in her Founders Day Fraternity President Karen Albrecht Ledbetter
But in every edition of every maga- message (page 12), it is during disas- Fraternity Vice-President College Kathleen Markey
zine, there's something that the editor ters like Katrina that "... Thetas do Fraternity Vice-President Alumnae Deborah Bornmann Allen
wishes she could fix. And she wants to what we do best—supporting one Fraternity Vice-President Education Katie Busby
fix it now! No matter how impractical another and providing for others." On Fraternity Vice-President Finance Lyn Stewart Simensen
the idea, she wants to recall every pages 4 and 5, you can read letters and Facilities
copy and make changes before anyone from Thetas impacted by the storm, Fraternity Vice-President Amy Hayner Kates
Membership
else reads another word. and, beginning on page 22, more in-
Unfortunately, the boring headline; depth stories from both alumnae and FraternitPyu Vbilciec- RPerleastiidoennst Carole Frankovich BropP,
the typo that remained hidden through collegians. Especially during this sea- Foundation President Anne Sadler Budill
multiple proof-reading sessions; the son, it is important to remember that
article that, upon publication, is not the absence of the Gulf Coast from the Fraternity Headquarters 8740 Founders Road
nearly as insightful as it seemed ini- daily news doesn't mean that every- Indianapolis. IN 46268-1300
tially cannot be changed. These exam- thing is back to normal. It will take Phone [phone]
1.800.526.1870
ples of imperfection are still "out many years to rebuilt and revitalize
FAX [phone]
there," still resting in magazine racks New Orleans and other hurricane-rav-
E-mail [email protected]
and lying on the bottom of bird cages aged areas.
Web Site www.kappaalphatheta.org
and, in the case of The Kappa Alpha Finally, this issue of The Magazine
Theta Magazine, still housed perma- introduces a new feature, and I'm
The Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine (ISSN 0746-3529) is pub-
nently in the Fraternity archives. excited about the possibilities. "In Her lished quarterly by Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity for Women,
Perhaps that's why it's impossible Own Words" is a Q&A with a Theta 8740 Founders Road. Indianapolis, IN 46268. Postmaster:
send address changes to The Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine.
for me to say that I have a favorite who holds a unusual job, practices an 8740 Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Periodical-class
issue of The Magazine. While there intriguing hobby, or has had a recent postage paid at Indianapolis, IN, and additional mailing offices.
have been covers that I have loved and adventure. The inaugural version, on Yearly subscription $1. Printed in the United States.
articles that have moved me and pho- page 21, introduces a designer who
tos that have made me smile, there's recently launched an on-line jewelry Send copy and correspondence to:
always something else that makes me business. Elizabeth Rinck, Editor
KAO Fraternity Headquarters,
cringe. There's always something that When the Winter 2005-06 issue 8740 Founders Road. Indianapolis, IN 46268-1300
I wish I could go back and tweak. arrives in your mailbox, I hope that 317-876-8593 or 888-526-1870, ext. 150
E-mail: [email protected]
That said, I am fairly happy with you're happy with it. Since—as I men-
this, the Winter 2005-06 issue.( Keep tioned—I'm writing this a couple of Send notices of deaths to:
in mind, please, that I am writing this weeks before publication, I hope that KAO Fraternity Headquarters.
before publication, before thousands I'm still happy with it! Maybe this Attn.: Membership Coordinator
8740 Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1300
of copies have been printed and that issue (I say this to myself four times a 317-876-8593 or 888-526-1870, ext. 107
ugly misspelling has reared its head.) year.) will be "the one," the favorite E-mail: [email protected]
I'm delighted by the cover. It's that doesn't make me want to stage a
Send notices of address changes to:
"Theta-ful," commemorating our massive recall. KAO Fraternity Headquarters,
anniversary, and it's also festive, befit- Attn.: Data Entry
ting the season. Loyally, 8740 Founders Road, Indianapolis. IN 46268-1300
317-876-8593 or 888-526-1870. ext. 323
I'm satisfied with the variety of E-mail: info@ kappaalphatheta.org
articles: everything from an overview
of the recent meeting of the National Connections Deadlines Autumn July 11
Panhellenic Conference (page 26) to Liz Appe Rinck Winter October 23
Spring January 31
an eyewitness record of the 1906 San F/Butler Summer April 11
Francisco earthquake contained in a Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity, founded at Indiana Asbury
Theta undergraduate's scrapbook College (DePauw University), Greencastle, Indiana, on
January 27, 1870, is the first Greek-letter fraternity known
(page 25) to a selection of photos of among women.
Theta facilities (page 29). "Kappa Alpha Theta," its coat of arms, and its badges are
I'm pleased by the profile article ; registered trademarks of Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity.
beginning on page 18. Although we've 02 005 Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity
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THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE WINTER 2005-06
CONTENTS
WINTER 2005-06 • VOLUME 120 • NUMBER 2
REGULAR FEATURES
OVER THE DESKTOP • 2 SITE TO SEE • 13
LETTERS • 4 THROUGH THE YEARS • 25
FOUNDATION • 6 CONNECTIONS • 28
THETA TIMES • 7 HONORARY 8c MEMORIAL
GIFTS • 30
SNAPSHOTS • 8
IN MEMORIAM • 31
SPECIAL FEATURES
FOUNDERS DAY AND FRIENDSHIP FUND MESSAGE • 12
During devastating times, Theta sisterhood shines most brightly.
WE ARE THETA • 14
Fraternity life after college for six Theta alumnae.
RECONNECT WITH THETA • 15
Renew Theta ties by joining (or starting!) an alumnae chapter.
GRAND CONVENTION 2006 • 16
The top ten reasons to join us in San Antonio.
WELCOME TO HOBBYVILLE • 18
Jen Hobby Newell, BN/Florida State, is living on the air in Atlanta.
KAO ALUMNAE DIRECTORY
IN HER OWN WORDS • 21
Harris Direct is currently helping KA() produce a new
Q & A with a creative entrepreneur. Fraternity alumnae directory to help you rekindle old
friendships, discover previously unknown alumnae in
your community, and find new Theta friends should you
A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH • 22 move to a new city. The directory will contain complete
Thetas from the Gulf Coast share their Hurricane Katrina experiences. listings of alumnae, including e-mail addresses and
professional and personal information, and will provide
current information for our Fraternity database.
WOMEN OF VISION; WOMEN OF ACTION • 26
Please take the time to update your personal
The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) convenes in Texas. information when you are contacted by Harris Direct.
A PLACE TO CALL HOME • 29
KAPPA ALPHA THETA
Postcards from Theta facilities.
MISSION STATEMENT
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW,
KAPPA ALPHA THETA EXISTS TO NURTURE
EACH MEMBER THROUGHOUT HER COLLEGE
AND ALUMNAE EXPERIENCE AND TO OFFER
LIFELONG OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL,
ON THE COVER INTELLECTUAL, AND MORAL GROWTH
AS SHE MEETS THE HIGHER AND BROADER
January 27, 2006, is Founders Day and marks Kappa Alpha Theta's DEMANDS OF MATURE LIFE.
136th anniversary.
WINTER 2005-06 THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE 3
LETTERS
HEART TO HEART
Editor's note: In the wake of
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Thetas
everywhere sought to express their
care and concern for their sisters in
hurricane-affected areas. Individuals
and alumnae and college chapters
donated generously to the Friendship
Fund, which provides gifts to Thetas
experiencing extreme hardship due to
devastating occurrences such as nat-
ural disasters. A letter about the avail-
ability of Friendship Fund gifts was
sent via e-mail to Thetas living on the
Gulf Coast, and information was also
posted on the Fraternity website. We from New Orleans. And certainly, the me, even though they
are pleased to print some oft he love and generosity shown Lauren by do not know me. That
responses to the letter her 'adopted' chapter has made the is the true meaning of
journey so much smoother. I'm confi- sisterhood. When I
dent her time with the Gamma Delta pledged, I did it for
I want to share a fantastic Theta sis- women will be one of the more memo- the parties, but now that I am an alum, I
terhood story with you! My daughter, rable experiences she'll have in her realize that there is a much stronger
Lauren, is a member of the Alpha Phi college career! bond.
Chapter at Tulane. She and two fellow I am a member of another KATIE BLUE
Thetas evacuated New Orleans on the Panhellenic organization, and over the AK/LSU
Saturday before the hurricane hit, and years as Lauren's grown up, I've
they left virtually everything behind, talked at great length about the many, Thank you so much for the kind let-
thinking they'd be back on campus in many, many opportunities being a ter reaching out to those of us who
a few days. As we now know, that was member of a Greek group can offer a were hit by Hurricane Katrina. My
not the case! young woman. Lauren's had the husband and I are safe, and we are
The ensuing week was difficult for chance to see that in a most personal currently staying with my family in
us: just watching the devastation in way, and I thank all Kappa Alpha New York. We didn't take much when
New Orleans, a city these girls love so Thetas, but particularly those at the we left, so these have been tough
much, was very tough emotionally. By University of Georgia, for opening times. We are still not sure whether we
Labor Day weekend, Lauren simply their hearts and home to her. have a home to go back to, but time
wanted to get to a school somewhere CINDI KURCZEWSKI will tell. We are both currently in our
and get back to as close to 'routine' as PROUD THETA MOM second year of residency training at
possible. She had been accepted by the Tulane, he in internal medicine and I
University of Georgia, and we'd been I don't think I truly understood the in dermatology. Our programs are try-
following the updates posted on the meaning of sisterhood until I read your ing to figure out temporary relocation
Theta website each day, so on Labor letter this morning. It is amazing to plans.
Day evening, she sent an e-mail to know that in a time of crisis like this, Obviously, this has been a very dif-
Gamma Delta Chapter president Katie there are people all over the country ficult time. Thank you again for your
Kimbrell. who care about me. care and concern
Within an hour, Katie had returned I initially evacuated to Houston, but ALISON NEWMAN STALLINGS
the e-mail and called Lauren, encour- I will return to Baton Rouge and finish ZZICOLGATE
aging her to join the UGA chapter for nursing school there. LSU Nursing
the year. Over the next several hours, and Medical schools are located in Thank you so much for your con-
Lauren also received e-mails from New Orleans and suffered a lot of cern and prayers. It is so good to know
other Gamma Delta Chapter members, damage. My house and my family that there are good people like you out
inviting her to join them for lunch and members are alive and well. However, there, willing to help. I feel fortunate
other activities around campus. the hospital I loved and considered a to tell you that all of my family and
Within 24 hours, the chapter had second home will have to be demol- friends are safe and accounted for.
welcomed her to their home, and she ished. I am one of the lucky ones. A Unfortunately, my husband and I live
was greeted with banners, flowers and really good friend of mine, and a fel- in St. Bernard Parish, and our home
cards. I think she was overwhelmed by low Delta Kappa, lost everything; was victim to approximately 15 feet of
the sisterhood shown her by this fan- however, her family is safe. water, along with our vehicles. At the
tastic group of girls. Once again, I thank you for your time of the storm, I was working at
Thankfully, our challenges are few generosity and well wishes. It was so Chalmette Medical Center as a nurse. I
compared to so many of the refugees nice to hear from people who care about was stranded in this area for six days
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with no communication with my fami- New Orleans and Shreveport. We lived Bridgette Evans Harris, 23, mental
ly. We set up a MASH unit out of a uptown, which is the highest area of health assistant; Victoria Harris, 20
nearby jail where our patients were New Orleans, but obviously, most months; Tyreal Evans, 3 (sweet as can
air-lifted in helicopters to safety. were not as fortunate. be); Tylcia Evans, 5 (I'd keep this one
This has been an unbelievable life Please continue to gather clothes, if I could, she loves to read); Tyre11
experience and is very humbling. So school supplies, and money for the Evans, 8 (just had his 8th birthday
many people have offered help, and Red Cross and help out where you party); Kim Raymond Harris, 8 (play-
we are very thankful. Now that we are can. This is going to be a really long ing football and loving it); Tynisha
all united and have a roof over our road, and we all need to lend a hand. Evans, 9 (just got brand-new glasses
heads, I feel like I couldn't ask for To stay connected to New Orleans you so she can read at school); Nathaniel
anything more. Thank you for your can go to www.nola.com or Harris, Jr., 12,( also playing football,
sincere e-mail, and please keep us in www.ww1tv.com for news. tells me he is the fastest one on the
your prayers. KATIE LIND team).
ELIZABETH VILLARRUBIA LOTT BUSMU EVELYN JONES WALTER
ZW/SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FA/OHIO WESLEYAN
I lived in New Orleans for the past
I think that is wonderful that we are year working with Habitat for Editor's note: Cynthia McCaleb,
all willing to help! I live and work in Humanity. My service was over on who journeyed to Sri Lanka and
Gulf Shores, Ala., and we only lost August 26, and I moved on the 27th. Sumatra to aid tsunami victims, was
power for a few days. In comparison, Then hurricane Katrina came on the featured in the Autumn 2005 issue of
we were very lucky. I have several 29th. I consider myself very lucky to The Magazine.
pledge sisters and other sisters from have been in Mobile. I am currently Thank you so much for this oppor-
the Delta Omicron Chapter at the volunteering with the relief effort, tunity to share my story. I know in my
University of Alabama who lived in answering phones and sending work heart that the Lord wants us to build
New Orleans or their families did. Let crews to clean up Mississippi. My bridges. We are all so much alike. The
us all keep them in our thoughts and heart goes out to all of those Thetas tsunami victims so needed to hear that
prayers as they begin to rebuild their along the coast, and all I can say is we wept for them that grim day after
lives. wow regarding the friendship fund. I Christmas.
DANA CORLEY MILLS am so moved. Thank you. They so needed to know that hun-
AO/ALABAMA ELIZABETH LAYTON dreds of people made my trip possible,
ZtP/SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI that I represented thousands, if not mil-
Thank you for the e-mail that you lions, of other women who wanted to
REACHING OUT
sent to all of us affected by Katrina. I be there to show them our loving con-
just wanted to let you know that it In September, a displaced family cern. We so need to hear how they live
meant a lot that you were thinking of from New Orleans arrived in as we do, love and grieve as we do.
us. My uptown New Orleans house, Richmond to live in our home. I learned how the women kid each
while still standing, was ruined by the Nathaniel Harris and Bridgette Evans other about their husbands and
waters from the levee break. My hus- Harris and their seven children ages boyfriends; they joke about the same
band and I evacuated before the storm, one through 12 were all under our intimate things that we do among
and so we are both safe. roof, and we had a ball! We researched close friends. In spite of the color of
I initially stayed with my sister in for a couple weeks about how we their skin and the shapes of their faces,
North Carolina but then moved to could fill our fun new home with a their language with sounds that are
Baltimore to continue my internship. I family who needed some shelter, and next-to-impossible for our tongues to
was supposed to move to Baltimore through our church (West End make, their religious and cultural prac-
next July for my residency in anesthe- Presbyterian), we got the Harris/Evans tices that seem so ancient in origin, the
siology at Johns Hopkins—the family! similarities among us are deeper and
timetable just got moved up by nine Until November 1, when the family more true than the differences will
months. I am lucky to be employed, moved into their own home, church ever be. It was such a huge blessing to
and my husband works in Africa and members provided meals every night be able to go. Sharing the lessons I
so his job wasn't affected, either. It for 11, clothes, supplies,j ob finder learned is part of the commitment I
will take time, but eventually we'll assistance and housing. Three of the made. Thank you very much for help-
replace things. I'll probably look up kids arrived with chickenpox, and ing me do so.
the alumnae chapter in Baltimore— almost everyone in the family had some CYNTHIA THOMPSON MCCALEB
how could I not want to meet more of sort of upper respiratory infection from AO/FLOR1DA
such a great group of people? the shelter in Texas, but all regained
MEREDITH BRANDT ADAMS health quickly. Our neighborhood,
AiDnfULANE church and school have all graciously
poured out their love to this family.
My family is safe and sound living Allow me to introduce you to them.
in Alexandria, La., which is between Nathaniel Harris, 34, welder;
WINTER 2005-06 THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE 5
FOUNDATION NEWS - WINTER 2005-06
FOUNDATION
(T he Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation strengthens and empowers
members through philanthropy and education.
2004-2006
Board of Trustees
Friendship Fund
Anne Sadler Budill, President
AX/Purdue "I have been overwhelmed by my giftf rom the Friendship Fund. I have been
Kathleen Bennett Tonkel, thinking and thinkingf or days about some brilliant and clever thing I could say
Vice-President to convey myf eelings that such an unconditional gift has been bestowed upon
H/Michigan
me. The conclusion I keep coming back to is to simply sayf rom my heart,
Melanie McLendon Dowell
AE/Arizona State Thank you to Thetas everywhere and to all my dear Theta friendsf or the
Suzanne Sterling King Friendship Fund and the comfort it has given me in this, my mostf raiful and
I-C./Texas Tech
sorrowful time.
Kim Harvey Looney
All/Tennessee
When we are young, our vision of the future is often one that holds a bright promise of
Lisa Edelmann McLaughlin
success and happiness. As we grow older, we find that real life can be very different. Who
BP/Duke
dreams of a future with catastrophic illness like cancer, natural disasters, or extreme person-
Jill Pedicord Peterson
al financial distress? Certainly no one envisioned the destruction of the recent hurricanes.
BF/Colorado State
Yet, whether we expect them or not, many of us are affected by life-altering situations.
Karen Albrecht Ledbetter,
Thanks to gifts from the Friendship Fund, Thetas in need have a source of comfort and
Fraternity President
financial support.
FT/Tulsa
The Friendship Fund was established in 1926 to help Theta alumna sisters in need.
Deborah Bornmann Allen,
Fraternity Vice-President Alumnae Management of the fund was assumed by Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation in 1994. In
AO/Florida 2003, the Foundation opened Friendship Fund eligibility to all members, both alumnae
and collegian. During the past 80 years, the Friendship Fund has grown substantially from
the first pennies contributed during Founders Day celebrations.
One important aspect of the Friendship Fund remains the confidentiality surrounding
the giving of gifts. Members write on behalf of a sister, and the proposed recipient often
KAPPA ALPHA THETA
never knows who recommended her for the gift. Equally important, a gift from the
FOUNDATION
Friendship Fund is given without expectation of repayment.
8740 FOUNDERS ROAD "Theta for a lifetime" is a phrase heard at the beginning of membership in Kappa Alpha
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46268-1300 Theta. The Friendship Fund is a tangible demonstration that the care and support ofT heta
phone [phone] members does last a lifetime.
800.KA0.1870 Gifts from the Friendship Fund are already assisting our sisters from the Gulf Coast area
who lost homes and jobs because of last fall's hurricanes. While many individuals, college
fax [phone]
chapters, and alumnae chapters have donated to the Friendship Fund, the need is still
web www.kappaalphatheta.org/foundation
great. To make a gift to the Friendship Fund, please mail a check made payable to the
Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation to 8740 Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Please
note "Friendship Fund" on the memo line. Also, you may donate via www.kappaalpha-
theta.org. Thank you for your continued support!
Thanks to theP lowing college and alumnae chapters who donated to the Friendship Fund in 2005.
College_ BZ/Oklahoma State AY/Eastern Kentucky Alumnae Sacramento Valley
B/Indiana BO/Idaho AO/Clemson Brentwood Alumnae Alumnae Chapter
Chapter
D/Illinois BA/William & Mary AX/Virginia San Francisco Alumnae
H/Michigan BN/Florida State EE/Baylor Dallas Alumnae Chapter Chapter
0/Ohio Wesleyan BE/UCLA EH/Centre College Dayton Alumnae Chapter Seattle Alumnae Chapter
0/USC BE/SMU EII/Bucknell Houston Alumnae Spokane Alumnae Chapter
(DA/Stanford BY/British Columbia ZZ/Colgate Chapter
St. Petersburg, FL
X/Syracuse BO/Colorado College ZHAVofford Houston Northwest Alumnae Chapter
WUC Berkeley FA/Georgia ZM/MIT Alumnae Chapter
Toronto Alumnae Chapter
AE/Brown Fl/Kentucky Zisl/UC Davis
Indianapolis Alumnae
AHNanderbilt PO/Texas Tech ZE/Harvard Chapter West Shores Alumnae Chpt.
AO/Texas PP/Texas Christian ZI/Ohio Northern Wichita Alumnae Chapter
Lafayette Alumnae Chapter
AM/Missouri AA/Whitman College HI/San Diego Williamsburg Alumnae
Lubbock Alumnae Chapter
AX/Purdue AE/Arizona State HA/Santa Clara Chapter
AT/Lawrence AH/Kansas State Pasadena Alumnae Winston Salem Alumnae
Chapter
BF/Colorado State AO/Alabama Chapter
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*This list was current as of November 8, 2005
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THETA TIMES
THETA IN THE NEWS
DISTRICT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES
The success of AlcoholEdu, the inno-
This January and February, more than 1,150 Thetas will gather in nine cities
vative online alcohol education program
across the US for the sixth annual District Leadership Conferences( DLC). College
that Kappa Alpha Theta launched at all
chapter presidents and the vice-presidents finance, education, administration, devel-
college chapters in 2002, was recently
opment, external relations, and membership, plus advisors will receive education
recognized by MTV News.
and training in leadership, personal development, and Theta-specific programs.
Although alcohol-related incidents
Dates and locations for DLC 2005 are below; more information is available at
kill nearly 1,400 college students per
www.kappaalphatheta.org.
year, AlcoholEdu has an impressive
success rate: 53 percent of those who District I District VI
have completed the course said it Hyatt Regency Downtown Marriott Dallas/Fort Worth Airport North
Indianapolis, Ind. Irving, Texas
would change the way they use alco-
Jan. 20-22, 2006 Feb. 3-5, 2006
hol. The MTV article cites Kappa
District II District VII
Alpha Theta as the first Greek group
Wyndham Pittsburgh Airport Renaissance Montura Los Angeles
to mandate AlcoholEdu for all its
Coraopolis, Pa. Airport Hotel
members. To read the full text of the Jan. 20-22, 2006 Los Angeles, Calif.
article, go to www.MTV.com and District III Feb. 10-12, 2006
search for alcoholedu. Hyatt Harborside Logan Airport District VIII
Boston, Mass. Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront
NEW ALUMNAE Feb. 24-26, 2006 Portland, Ore.
District IV Jan. 27-29, 2006
CHAPTERS
Dulles Airport Marriott District IX
Congratulations to the Richmond, Dulles, Va. Omaha Marriott
Va., Alumnae Chapter; the Gainesville, Feb. 24-26, 2006 Omaha, Neb.
Fla., Alumnae Chapter; and the District V Jan. 20-22, 2006
Corpus Christi, Texas, Alumnae Marriott Atlanta Airport
Chapter, which were granted charters Atlanta, Ga.
Feb. 10-12, 2006
by Grand Council in October. For
more information on alumnae chap-
ters, please turn to pages 14 and 15. WC/VIRGINIA PLANNING A REUNION?
Delta Chi Chapter at the University
MILESTONE YEARS If you are trying to locate Thetas
of Virginia is planning a 30th anniver-
from your chapter for a reunion, place a
The Fraternity headquarters staff sary celebration in Charlottesville, Va,
reunion notice in The Magazine! Send
comprises 18 people, two-thirds of the end of April.
a brief notice to Reunions, The Kappa
whom have worked for Theta for more More details will be available in our
Alpha Theta Magazine, 8740 Founders
than five years! This year, Stephanie mailings and the discussion area of the
Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Be sure
Mansell, assistant director of commu- Theta website. Please register your
to include a contact name, phone num-
nications, and Kathy Young, finance current contact information via either
ber, and e-mail address.
assistant, celebrate their five-year the website or by calling Fraternity
Notices for reunions to be held May
anniversaries. headquarters. You may also contact
through July must be received by January
Lauren Pirrung ([email protected])
REUNIONS ANNOUNCED 31; for August through October, received
for more information.
by April 11; for November through
BCD/PENN STATE
AIP/UC RIVERSIDE January, received by July 11; and for
The Diamond Jubilee reunion of the
Members of the Delta Psi Chapter February through April, by October 23.
Beta Phi Chapter at Penn State will
at UC Riverside will be celebrating the WRITE TO US!
take place May 5-7, 2006. For addi-
30th anniversary of the chapter's
tional information, please contact Do you have a comment about an
founding on May 6, 2006, on the UC
Marilyn Doan Jenkins article in this or any other issue of The
Riverside campus. For more informa-
([email protected] or 814-231-2556) Magazine? Do you have a Theta issue
tion, please contact Erica Benson
BE/ALBERTA Hallock ([email protected]) or on your mind? Then let us hear from
The diamond anniversary of the Beta Jennifer Chapman Root you! We are pleased to receive letters
Chi Chapter at the University of Alberta ([email protected] or 626-374- from our readers; we value your input.
will be celebrated May 19-21, 2006, at 5185) or go to Letters to The Magazine may be sent
the Hotel McDonald in Edmonton, www.geocities.com/KATdeltapsi/ via mail (Liz Rinck, Kappa Alpha
Alberta. For more information, please Theta, 8740 Founders Rd., Indianapolis,
contact Jackie Kalmakoff Fetter IN 46268), fax [phone]), or
([email protected] or 780-431-2667). e-mail ([email protected]).
WINTER 2005-06 THE KAPPA ALPHA THETA MAGAZINE 7
SNAPSHOTS
Reverend Beverley Conner McEachern,
BN/Florida State, celebrated her 25th year as an
ordained priest in the Episcopal Church. One of the
first women of 35 ordained nationally in the
Episcopal Church, McEachern currently resides in
Hamilton, Ga, where she serves as rector of St.
Nicholas Church. As a cancer survivor herself,
McEachern reaches out to community patients and
families who have been affected by the disease.
Steva Austill,
AO/Alabama, director
of paid media for
DavisDenny Advertising
and Related Services,
was awarded the
Media Director of the
Year award for the
third consecutive year.
Austill is the only indi-
KkiE COLLINGS, LACEY STORER,A LYSE HOWELL, WHITNEY CLARK, and LARA vidual or firm in the
H s I INGS, ALL DELTA ETA, celebrated their graduation from KANSAS STATE history of the awards
I ERSITY in May. to have been recognized three years in a row
The independent fea-
ture film Crab Orchard,
produced by Ruby
Handler Jacobs,
AA/W ashington, won
the International
Family Film Festival
Director's Gold Award,
and was chosen as
the fest's favorite film
by the event's board
of directors in early
October. Crab Orchard was also voted a finalist in
the audience-chosen category Best
Feature/Drama. Jacobs and her husband are the
owners of the recently opened full-service film
facility, Rio Grande Studios, in Albuquerque, NM.
Sister Adele Rowland,
0/Southern California,
Wendy Humphrey, rprrcu, and Jennifer Heather Brown, AD/Texas A&M; Meghan is the winner of a 2005
Crawford, El/Westminster, vacationed McManus, AO/Florida; Brittney Riley, Mother Teresa Award.
together in Florence, Ore. Humphrey is a Fl/Kentucky; and Carrie Badanes, BA/William Rowland, a member of
lawyer, living in Amarillo, Texas, and & Mary, met while studying abroad in Spain. the Dominican Sisters
Crawford lives in Eugene, Ore., working as Together they traveled to Portugal and posed at the of San Rafael, is a pho-
tographer and
CFO with a management company. site that—before the European discovery of
describes her photog-
America—was believed to be the end of the world.
raphy as a form of art
ministry. Rowland is the
In late September, the Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter gathered for their first chapter only artist in the coun-
meeting of the year to discuss revitalization and future plans. Nearly 40 Thetas try who does photo montage as fine art in color
attended the event. Debbie Allen, AO/Florida, Fraternity vice-president alumnae, Jody L Johnson,
installed the newly elected officers of the group: President Wendy Goshert, BO/lowa, was recent-
F/Bulter; President-Elect Kelly Johnson Oles, BK/Drake; Treasurer Liz ly named to the "Top
Copher Browning, A/DePauw; and Secretary Katie 50 Female Texas
Mitchell, Super Lawyers 2005"
F/Butler. list. Johnson is a part-
ner in the family law
firm of Allison &
Johnson, LLP, in
Plano, Texas.
Dia Davidson, FA/
Georgia, wakes up
Lexington, Ky, every morning as the anchor for
LEX18 News at Sunrise, a two-hour morning
newscast. Davidson received her bachelor's in
psychology in Georgia and then went on to
receive her master's in print-broadcast journal-
ism at Temple University. She is also a reporter
for the Lex18 News at Noon and 12:30.
ALUMNAE
In October, Thetas and their
spouses participated in
Knoxville's Race for the Cure.
This was the first year that the
Knoxville Alumnae Chapter
participated as a team. Pictured
at the finish are Mindy George
Aldridge, F/Butler; Jamie
Blythe, ZONVake Forest;
Sarah Moore Campbell,
F/Butler; Kirsten Kral
Campbell, AY/Eastern Kentucky; Clint Aldridge; Tracey Thornblade
Belmont, ZI/ Washington & Lee; Kelly Morris Forester, Al2/Texas A&M,
and Martta Howard, EN/Virginia Tech.
Prairie Mathews and Shannon Muntz Mueggenborg,
Last May, the
both AO/Oklahoma; and Alisha Kensing, PD/Texas
Sacramento
Tech, graduated from Southwest Flight Attendant train-
Alumnae
ing last summer at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. These
Chapter held its
Thetas flying on Southwest Airlines are based in
annual party for
Oakland, Calif.
the graduating
seniors of Zeta
Nu Chapter at
UC Davis.
Alumnae and
collegians cele-
brated their past
experiences as
Thetas, and the
graduating
seniors shared
their future plans.
Dee Dee Soucek
Marineau, Debbie Bickel
The Gamma Mu Chapter at Maryland welcomed
Delbusto, Sandy Tucker
more than 30 alumnae in September for the unveiling of
Kerr, Liz Appel Rinck,
phase one of the facility corporation board's strategic
and Jamie Markland
plan to update the chapter house. The family room has
Miller, all members of
been remodeled and future projects will focus on both
Gamma Chapter, cele-
maintaining the structural integrity of the house and con-
brated Homecoming 2005
tinuing to update the facility's interior.
and Butler University's
Casey 150th anniversary this fall.
Mochel,
Four Thetas from different
Amelie
chapters—Ann Burnet
Chopin, and
Schnare, Al/Washington-
Emily
St Louis; Fraternity
Booth, all
President Karen Albrecht
AVTulane,
Ledbetter, fl'/Tulsa; Joyce
stand in
Bond Patton, K/Kansas;
front of
and Dianne Eddins
Rosenblatt
Dorney, K/Kansas—attend-
Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska. These Thetas traveled from
ed the Kirkwood High
New Orleans to Omaha to support Tulane's Green Wave
School reunion in St. Louis,
baseball team in the 2005 College World Series last June.
Mo.
Theta Alumnae posed dur-
ing the 2005 BOTAR
Mimi Staelin Ferrell, H/Michigan;
(Belles of the American
Gayle Snavely Medill,
Royal) Ball. The event held
T/Northwestern; Marcia Wolff
in October celebrated its
Thompson, FY/Miami; Susan
56th year of supporting the
Goodwillie Banks, fl/Albion; Gail
American Royal through
Phillipps Gunning, FT/Rollins, all
service and funding. Thetas
high school graduates from Ottowa
in attendance include (left)
Hills High School in Toldeo, Ohio,
Corker DaHam,
reunited at their 45th high school
AM/Missouri; Kim Manka Mann and Betsy Winetroub,
class reunion. Of the 42 young women in their grad-
both K/Kansas; and Amy Blair, AM/Missouri.
uating class, six pledged Theta at different universities.
AUTHORS
Karen Conde in action while serving in Vietnam in 1968.
Adler, Jude has since remarried to Mike Dennis,
AM/Missouri, president and CEO of Oregon Aero, whose
co-authored personal mission and company mission is to
The BBQ help Marines and other military personnel by
Queens'B ig developing safe and more comfortable prod-
Book of T/Northwestern, is publicized as the first ucts for soldiers.
Barbecue with self-improvement book written for twenty-
her colleague, something women by a twenty-something Mary Kaye Milmoe
Judith Fertig. It woman. This book documents Hassler's per- Chryssicas,
is the first BBQ sonal story and struggles, while offering guid- AH/Vanderbilt, has pub-
Queens cook- ance to readers who are asking deep ques- lished a book, I Love
book in a series tions about their role and direction in life. Yoga!, about the benefits
of four offering more than 300 recipes on of teaching yoga to young
grilling, smoking, planking, rotisserie cook- Jane Myers Perrine, children. Chryssicas
ing, and more. Adler and Fertig are on a 20- AH/Kansas State, began teaching yoga to
city tour and offer recipes, tips, and their tour announces the publication her own children; her pro-
schedule at www.BBQQueens.com. This is of her third book, The Path gram has since grown and been successfully
the tenth cookbook written by Adler and her to Love. Perrine received implemented in both private and public
eighth BBQ cookbook. her master's in divinity in schools and local yoga studios.
1987 and has since
Diane Wigstone, authored two other inspira- Chick Living: Frugal and
AY/Washburn, pub- tional fiction novels and has Fabulous, by Kris
lished Hopef or served churches in Indiana, Koedertiz Melcher,
Hollywood: Georgia, and Texas. AM/Missouri, is a book
Reclaiming the Soul about living frugally and
of Film and TV. "Stella the Stone Goose... fabulously on a low bud-
Wigstone, who has and other bedtime stories," Stahel get. The book is a practi-
worked in film and written by Kathryn r- the cal guide for recent col-
television for several Wieland Dombey, '419 Stone lege graduates who are
years as a producer, A/DePauw, is a compila- A Goose living on their own that
director, and writer, tion of bedtime stories doc- "... will show you how to
wrote the book to umenting the many adven- be smart, sophisticated, and savvy."
encourage Hollywood to become a place of tures of Stella, a lawn orna-
positive messages and stories. Wigstone has ment goose. The book was Dana Cunningham,
also worked as a licensed minister in many inspired by and written for AH/Vanderbilt, recently
Hollywood ministries and was the director of her grandchildren, whom she has included as released on CD Silent
creative arts and worship at the First characters in the book. Night, a collection of carols _
arranged for piano and
Presbyterian Church of Hollywood when she
A personal story by Jude Hodge Dennis, cello. Cunningham has also
began writing this book.
M/Allegheny, has been included in the new released Dancing in the Gate and began
Twenty-Something, Twenty-Everything: A book Chicken Soupf or the Military Wife's recording her third album this fall.
Quarter-Life Woman's Guide to Balance and Soul. "Anticipation" tells of her experience as
Direction, published by Christine Hassler, the wife of Denny Andrews, a Marine killed
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Cornelia Clark, Hunter will oversee the state's coordinating Tracy Sparkman, TT/Tulsa, was recently promot-
AHNanderbilt was board for Oklahoma's public colleges and uni- ed to the position of director with Beijo Bags, a
named to the versities during the coming year. national company with unique and trendy hand-
Tennessee Supreme bags, totes, backpacks, and accessories. You
Last July,
Court by Governor Susan Dinkel may view the entire line of handbags at the
Phil Bredesen on company's website, www.beijobags.com.
Jensen,
September 19 to fill
the vacancy created A/DePauw, At the Biennial
by the retirement of had the Session of the
the chief justice. opportunity to National Panhellenic
Justice Clark received fly the skies of Conference (NPC) in
her master's from Indiana with October, Cindy Heine
Harvard University and her law degree from the United Stellhorn, B/Indiana,
Vanderbilt University, and is the fourth woman States Air was honored by out-
Force
named to the Tennessee Supreme Court. A few going NPC Chairman
Thunderbirds.
of her credentials include serving as the director Martha Brown for her
She was one
of the Tennessee Administrative Office of the many contributions
of two jour-
Courts; former circuit judge; former partner to NPC and its 26
nalists chosen
with a Nashville Firm; and adjunct professor at member groups
to fly in an F-
Vanderbilt University School of Law.
16 Fighting Veronika Rozmahelova, EZ/Mississippl, is the
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Falcon air- first international student to pledge a sorority at
Education named Cheryl Plaxico Hunter, plane with the University of Mississippi. Rozmahelova
BZ/Oklahoma State, of Oklahoma City as the joined Kappa Alpha Theta after participating in
board chairman. An Oklahoma City attorney, Thunderbirds. formal recruitment last fall.
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