We Love Our Alumnae!
Alumnae Newsletter Fall 2007 :
The chapter's current membership is 50 sisters... please extend a heartfelt welcome to our new initiates Kate Stone (Cincinnati, OH) and Courtney Thompson (Rochester, NY).
Executive Council:
President: Caitrin Kilbane
Executive VP: Mallory Cheeseman
VP Finance: Janelle Mahowald
VP Scholarship: Kendra Plant
VP New Member Ed: Kristina Steiner
VP Alumnae Relations: Megan Clark
Foundation: Lynsey Smith
Recording Secretary: Katie Stewart
Panhellenic Delegate: Rachel Sampson
VP Membership: Katie Hupp
Corresponding Secretary: Amy Kuhn
Planning Council:
Sisterhood Chair: Rho Gamma
Philanthropy Chair: Bridget Blake
Asst. VP New member Ed.: Sarah Kendrick
Social Chair: Sarah Umberger
Asst. Social Chair: Taylor Lathrop
Public Relations: Tara Osborne
Continuing Membership Chair: Barbara Hartley
Ritual: Gretchen Dellner
Asst. VP Finance: Nikki Pighetti
Triangle Correspondant: Jennifer Entsminger
Historian: Kate Stone
Webmaster: Courtney Thompson
Greek Week Delegates: Tina Barbour, Holly Kellar, Kristy Parker
RespEKt Chairs: Jacque Cooper, Amanda Peebels
Panhellenic Executive Council:
Panhellenic Recruitment Chair: Brittany Sloneker
Four officers at COTS (Collegiate Officer Training School)
Recent Events:
Week
of Giving (November
12th-16th) We made cards for the other sororities and fraternities on campus and baked them muffins. We also visited a nursing home and made the residents cards. We ended the week with a sisterhood event.
Founders' Day
(November 11)
Homecoming (October) Our chapter won the House Decorating Contest this year! We decorated our house with a theme of “The seven Wonders of Witt.”
Week of Recycling (October 22nd) We organized a week of recycling the week of Oct. 22nd. It included a competition between all the Greek houses. The Alpha Delta Pi’s won the competition.
Sister
BondingFrom our Advisory Board Chairman:
Do you know what RESPSKT is??? Do you want to find out??? The Gamma Omega chapter's Advisory Board is actively recruiting alumnae in good standing as board members. No special skills are required-- just a genuine interest in guiding our collegiate sisters in Sigma Kappa!! You will have the opportunity to work closely with some of Wittenberg's most amazing young women in the capacity of your choosing. Extra help and guidance are always needed with membership recruitment but, there is always a need for further assistance with philanthropy and new member education as well. Whatever peeks your interest or seems tailored to your area of expertise, a rewarding opportunity awaits you! Please contact Jessica Boynton Shaffer, Gamma Omega 1999, Gamma Omega Advisory Board Chairman and Recruitment Supervisor ekshaffer@aol.com
RespΣKt Program Events this Fall:
-Increased involvement
in other sororities and fraternities events on campus.
-Started
a “Pass It On Book” where a member writes something nice about a member and then
passes the book on to her.
-Sent cards to members who are abroad as well as the other chapter houses on
campus.
-Collected canned
goods for a local food pantry
-Collected school supplies for local elementary schools
From Our Members:
Lynsey Smith- member since Jan. 2007
When I told my friends and family that I had decided to join a sorority, they all reacted in the same way: “What?! You’re the LAST person I ever thought would do that!” I never even considered Greek life when I was looking at colleges, or even for the first half of my freshman year at Wittenberg. Sororities were for girly-girls who liked to gossip and wear makeup and were nothing more than drama-filled packs of girls who were all exactly alike. That definitely wasn’t for me. For all of high school, my closest friends had always been guys and I had never been particularly involved in any sports or organizations. Sorority life just didn’t appeal to me.But after a couple of weeks at Wittenberg I started to learn how diverse and involved Greek life was on our campus. I had many friends who were in fraternities and sororities, and they all advocated it as one of their favorite aspects of being a student at Witt. My misconceptions about what it meant to be in a sorority slowly faded out, but I still didn’t think it was really for me. I could appreciate why others would value being a part of a Greek house, but I didn’t think I would ever fit into something like that. This notion was completely shattered when I decided to go through recruitment just for fun this spring and came to the Sigma Kappa house for my first time. Every single girl I met made me feel completely at ease, and I didn’t feel shy or uncomfortable like I often do when I meet new people. I knew from the first day that Sigma Kappa was the house for me, and as unlikely as I thought it would be for me to go Greek, I am now a proud sister. I have not regretted my decision, despite the raised eyebrows and surprised exclamations I’ve received from my friends back home. I always tell them that they just don’t understand—that even though I never thought I would, I just somehow FIT with Sigma Kappa and I am utterly and completely happy to be a part of this house.
Spring Scholarship Picnic at our advisor’s house, Dr. Brown
We, the sisters of Gamma Omega of Sigma Kappa, wish to thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter and invite you to contact our Advisory Board Chairman, Jessica Boynton Shaffer, at ekshaffer@aol.com, if you would like to help the chapter with its future success.
Gamma Omega
840 N. Fountain Ave.
Springfield, OH 45504
Hey Gamma Omega Alumnae!
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