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paGE 28 A Polar Crisis Carla Cook of the Memphis Zoo reflects on the precarious habitat of the polar bear. Looking Back These mad hatters welcomed potential new members to Beta Tau, Syracuse, as kappa archives performers in a skit, “Anatole of paris.” This photo made its first appearance in 1946 The Key 40 years ago, in the fall 1975 issue.

spring 2015 on Page 20 They will learn and have what we give them. We are the ones who mustn’t underestimate them. —nancy Eckholm Burkert iLLusTrATOr OF JAMes AnD The giAnT peACh Spring 2015, Volume 132, no. 1

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2 Feedback Drawing in 3 Letter from the Editor by Daniel morrell 4 The Mix nancy Burkert, A must-have: Léda Jack- 20 illustrator of the son’s sweet pixie Lily original James and clothing line for children. the Giant Peach, captivates children and adults with her stacie grissom—the intricate drawings. secret ingredient behind BarkBox’s success.

From the Archives: On Thin ice The Monmouth gavel is by Carla Cook a cherished relic from Kappa’s history. Carla Cook’s trek to 28 Churchill, Manitoba, 37 Through the keyhole Canada, captures A Kappa Dad’s perspective the plight of the polar bear. 40 in Brief 42 key achievements 47 in Memoriam The Making of a 48 remix Career Contessa by Sommerann mCCullough

Lauren Mcgoodwin 32 advises millenials on how to write their

nancy burkert; carla cook carla cook burkert; nancy ;peter oumanski own career success story.

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Volume 132, No. 1 Spring 2015

The Key is the first college women’s fraternity magazine, published continuously since 1882.

Editor Kristin Johnson Sangid, Georgia Southern Associate Editor Kristen Desmond LeFevre, Indiana Contributing Editors Melisse Campbell, Mississippi Lucy First, DePauw Leanne Aurich Matullo, Pittsburgh SommerAnn McCullough, Denison Jodi Noding, Florida Kait Smith, Marist Editorial Board Chairman Judy Stewart Ducate, Texas Tech Fraternity Vice President Elizabeth Bailey, Mississippi Executive Director Kari Kittrell Director of Marketing and Communications Ashley Gilbert Moyer, Purdue Creative Content Specialist Sarah Kropp, Allegheny Design Em Dash Printed by The Watkins Printing Company, Columbus, Ohio

The Key (ISSN 1063-4665) is published by the Kappa Kappa Gamma Frater- nity and Foundation, 530 E. Town St., A Key Role Columbus, OH 43215. Printed in the United States of America, copyright Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity 2014. I was honored to be featured in the “Meet the Mother of Mayhem” Subscription price is $3. story in the fall edition of The Key. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Key P.O. Box 38 While the “Mayhem” side of provides young women not only The Key now. Keep up the Columbus, OH 43216-0038 my background makes for a with the means but also the fantastic work! Kappa Kappa Gamma good story, I want to specifically hope to succeed personally and —Jamie Fotioo Groat, Headquarters P.O. Box 38, Columbus, OH 43216-0038 thank the Kappa Foundation for professionally. It did for me and Arkansas playing a key role in making my continues to make a positive dif- Phone: 866-554-1870 (866-KKG-1870) career possible. ference in the lives of my fellow Hard Questions Email Kappa: [email protected] Email The Key: [email protected] Thanks to a Kappa Foundation Kappas. I am forever grateful. As the husband of one of your scholarship, I was able to —Lisa Hosfield Cochrane, members, I was dismayed to see To change your address or stop receiving The Key, email kkghq@kkg. continue at the University of Missouri the cover story of your fall 2014 org or call the number above. Please Missouri Journalism School issue, merely a feel-good puff include full name. (out-of-state tuition) and live Cover to Cover piece about football. In light of the in the Kappa house with 125 I love the new format, design, recent domestic violence cases amazing sisters. Because I didn’t and focus of the magazine. It’s involving football players, brain facebook.com/kappakappagamma facebook.com/TheKeyMagazine have to work while in school to one of the first times I’ve read damage studies and suicides, any twitter.com/kappakappagamma cover my expenses, I was able to an entire issue from cover to discussion of football, particularly linkedin.com Keyword: Kappa Kappa Gamma graduate in three years and be a cover without skimming. I loved among women, should ask hard www.kappa.org/blog teaching assistant my senior year. the fun, trendy articles … and questions about the nature and And we all know the teacher who knew a Kappa was the virtues of the sport. Ignoring them learns more than the student! “mother of mayhem”! I even and pretending like everything kappa archives The Kappa Foundation stopped mid-magazine and is well and good only does a disser- scholarship meant the world exclaimed to my husband how vice to women. to me—and still does today. It much more I’m enjoying —Tate Gardner, Los Angeles

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Deer in Headlights — well worth the commute Landmark early every week I drive more than an Decision

hour to volunteer as an adviser for the The snowden-gray Zeta Upsilon Chapter at Georgia Southern house, home to Kappa’s Fraternity University. On my way home from the chapter headquarters house, deer are ever present along the two- and The heritage Museum, was lane road. Their blank stares tell me they do dedicated as not comprehend the inherent danger of munching on the ditch-grass an Ohio state landmark on nov. N(as I like to call it) just feet from speeding cars. 20, 2014. On the national Occasionally one leaps out of they could do apart. I recently thank-you notes, consider register of historic the ditch and I slam my breaks, received a note that said, becoming an adviser or attend- launching my purse from the “Thank you. You do everything ing an event at a chapter. places since 1975, passenger seat and sending the for our chapter.” This sweet note Getting out from behind our the italianate contents of my trunk rattling gave me a good chuckle. Most electronic screens and spending mansion was about—and I pray this is not weeks I am in awe of what the face-to-face time with Kappas the night I hit a deer. In South collegiate members can accom- demonstrates commitment in a built in 1852 by Georgia they say it’s not if plish together. My unscientific physical way that words often philip snowden you hit a deer, but when. My theory is that young adults who cannot show. The commute is and purchased by husband would prefer I drive have grown up participating never too far, and meeting up Kappa’s executive our truck just in case of such a in extracurricular activities with other Kappas—of any age— when, but my car gets good gas embrace all that college has to is always a special occasion. secretary Clara mileage, which helps offset the offer: They log volunteer hours, Move over deer, I have a Pierce, Ohio environmental cost of driving. raise money for good causes, go Sunday night date to make. State, in 1951 for Since I work from home, I clock on mission trips, study abroad $1. Clara restored far less road time than ever and look forward to interacting before. I like to think road trips with alumnae. Seeing alumnae the building are for special occasions. attend their events is import- to operate as a While my Sunday night ant to them. I drive each week central office. commute means I might miss to the chapter because I want —Kristin Sangid, Editor the Oscars or “Downton Abbey,” them to know how important what I have found is something they are to me. bigger than me. A group of April is Adviser Appreciation women together can accom- Month, and while advisers plish better things than what throughout Kappa will cherish

get involved www.kappa.org | 3 “Babies are like little pixies, tiny little fairies, not tiny women, not tiny men, but babies; they’re pixies. i love being the head pixie.” — Léda Mcintosh Jackson CreATOr OF pixie LiLy

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4 | spring 2015 get involved www.kappa.org | 5 For Your Little Legacies — Léda Jackson’s Pixie Lily restores classic details of a bygone era to the world of children’s clothing

estled in a lush landscape of flowers and trees sits a pale yellow Craftsman cottage. The gray diamond checkerboard pattern on the porch is reminiscent of the 1930s, but the bright teal door and matching shutters add a touch of modern whimsy. Inside, blue floral wallpaper paired with white wain- scoting lends an old-world charm, befitting of the homes lining the streets Nof Charleston, S.C. The home reflects the simple and chic aesthetic of its Léda finds inspiration for her designs in owner, Léda McIntosh Jackson, Tulane, creator of Pixie Lily, which offers family heirlooms and vintage pieces. heirloom-quality clothing for babies and children. olivia rae james (4)

6 | spring 2015 mıxThe Left, Léda Jackson’s designs beckon Being Pixie has its classic sweet charm for baby; Below, parameters: The pieces are sketches and fabric samples often pastel and simple, with a vintage flair. Léda items. So, Léda took needle and subscribes to the reason- thread to airy cotton batiste and ing that babies are soft fashioned a day gown. “Even and need clothing com- though I flunked sewing, I could fortable to get on and off, trace the outfits on a brown with delicate details on paper bag from the grocery the back because they are store, leave a seam allowance, held so much. Her pieces make a French seam and remake reflect her simple, chic it.” And so, the very first Pixie aesthetic and the artistry of Lily garment was born. her French and Southern Entering 48 Society Street, ancestors from Louisiana Léda’s office and workshop, you to South Carolina. Each are greeted by racks of Pixie piece, from the bonnets Lily’s latest lines, “a return to to the blankets, comes the days when little ones were with this no-fuss elegance, not dressed as tiny adults but charm and attention to as the delightful little creatures detail. “My style is based they are,” says Léda. Receiving on a collection of vintage blankets, bonnets and infant pieces that I reference. gowns are edged in hand cro- I look at old patterns chet work, each piece with a tag because the bodies haven’t signed by the craftsperson. Léda changed.” Léda avoids the says it has taken a long time to bright trends of today’s reach the point where celeb- fashion. “I wince at babies rities and Kuwaiti princesses with those giant fuchsia clamor to dress their babies in flowers. I want to say, ‘your Pixie fashion. silk flower is beautiful, but The name Pixie Lily wasn’t I totally missed your baby.’” Léda’s first choice. She wanted Léda’s first step into the the name Tiger Lily, but it was business world was a show taken. “I thought babies are like in New York. She took five little pixies, tiny little fairies, not designs and two fabrics but tiny women, not tiny men, but only made one sale. By her babies; they’re pixies. I love being third show, people began to A self-admitted sewing class gave her an heirloom layette that the head pixie,” she says. recognize her brand. flunkie, Léda majored in art had been handmade for baby history and focused on raising Suzanne’s grandfather by aunts her children before starting in Mobile, Ala. The outfits were Pixie Lily. “I had never planned delicate and dainty but timeless. on doing anything like this,” “They were gorgeous soft says Léda. “I tried to take an white flannel pieces, embroi- intro to sculpture course, and dered with white flowers and I went the first day and [the trimmed with white grosgrain professor] asked us to keep a and handmade soutache but- sketchbook and I withdrew. tons,” says Léda. Though the I can’t even draw! I can draw pieces were more than 50 years enough to have [my ideas] old, they had been meticulously translated, but I don’t have any maintained and looked new. background like that.” When baby Suzanne wore them, After Léda’s daughter Suzanne people would ask Léda where was born in 1996, Léda’s mother they could purchase similar

get involved www.kappa.org | 7 pastels with hand- crocheted trims allow With her clothing line the child to be the focus. featured in more than 500 national and international specialty boutiques, Léda has launched a stationery line called Pixie Papier with Lydia Wherry, a friend who has a letterpress line. Each piece is handcrafted using a vintage Chandler & Price letterpress, which embosses the text and image onto the paper versus traditional printing in which the ink is absorbed by the paper. Taking inspiration from Suzanne, each invitation says, “Please Come to a Little When she began in 2000, me I had to have buttons on the Party,” something Suzanne the line had an ethnic feel, legs because mamas aren’t going would say as a child. “I love with mandarin collars and a to remove a garment in the night the sweetness of a hand-writ- Moroccan hooded robe, called a to change a diaper. The smartest ten invitation.” djellaba, made of silk. Her only thing I ever did was not getting Today, Léda lives with her customer for that line was a emotionally tied to what I husband, Edward, two chil- Kuwaiti princess who ordered was doing.” dren, Suzanne and Chisolm, 12 of the gowns. Others said it With the growth of Pixie Lily, five chickens and two bee- was beautiful, but the fabric Léda still enjoys interacting hives. Now that her children was not right. Léda adapted. with customers. “I love picking have grown, Léda leaves Pixie “You can’t be so married to your up the phone and talking with a Lily parents with a bit of project emotionally that you mother who dresses her babies advice: “Enjoy them, celebrate will not change.” She was quick in Pixie Lily and it’s great when them and let them be little olivia rae james (3) to ask what she needed to do mothers send me pictures or call Pixies as long as possible. xoxo, to get onto the shelves of major to tell me how much they love The Pixies.” retailers as well as smaller bou- their Pixie Lily. It is such a joy,” —By Catherine Roebuck and tiques. “At shows, people told she says. Maggie Sims Coons, Hillsdale

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Barking Up the Right Tree — Stacie Grissom explains how working like a dog has its rewards.

hen I saw the tweet, I didn’t think … I just answered. Anyone looking for an awesome new job around content and Wcommunity at a startup? (MUST LOVE DOGS!) #NYC It was 2012, and I was working at an e-com- subscribers. And BarkPost is a full-fledged media merce company in Indianapolis—my first job after company that works on campaigns with national graduating from DePauw with a degree in English. brands like Roomba and Sony. In my free time, I wrote a do-it-yourself crafting It sounds glamorous when I tie it all up with a bow blog and contributed to a few websites. But I just like that, but the truth is this: on day one of my job, couldn’t shake my dream of living and working in BarkBox was no sexy startup. We were a group of What I’ve learned New York City. And that’s when the “Must Love scrappy people who were willing to sit in a window- Dogs” tweet showed up in my Twitter feed. less Chinatown room and work our tails off, pun is that in the Several tweets, a few phone calls and one intended. What I’ve learned is that in the startup startup world, flight later, I stood outside BarkBox’s eccentric world, age and position simply don’t matter if you’re age and position New York City headquarters, deep in the heart willing to work fast, smart and hard. And when you’ve of Chinatown. The location was befuddling, but got a business centered on something as raucously fun simply don’t I took a deep breath, told myself that at the very as dogs, magical and explosive things can happen. matter if you’re worst I’d have a bizarre story to tell at cocktail Today when I’m networking with celebrity willing to work fast, parties, and buzzed myself in to the building. Internet dogs, or writing a BarkPost article about smart and hard. By that afternoon I was hired as employee a beagle stealing chicken nuggets from a toaster, I number three of BarkBox. I was charged with sometimes think back to what brought me to all of launching BarkPost, the content and community these wonderful, dog-gone canine-obsessed people. branch of the company. Soon, I became com- Occasionally a pang of anxiety flushes over me when pletely accustomed to the regular neighborhood I consider how easy it would have been to dismiss trash fires and the olfactory array unique to that tweet, but usually there’s too much work to do— Chinatown in July. Two years later, BarkBox has or a furry belly to scratch—to dwell on the thought Stacie hugs Frida, one of

photos courtesy bark box photos courtesy 50 employees and more than 200,000 for too long. —By Stacie Grissom, DePauw BarkBox’s “office dogs.”

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Elfa closet system “Elfa is my favorite product. You can create a custom solution in any size space, no matter how big or small.” Prices vary.

Keeping It All Contained — hile the hope of a clean and organized closet springs eternal, it is often a dreaded task. Erin Balint WHogue, North Texas, from The Container Store, shares her favorite tools for tackling a modern gal’s closet. Huggable Hangers “Slim, non-slip hangers take up minimal space Quilted Boot and retain the shape of shapers your clothing.” “Boot shapers hold $9.99 for 10 boots upright so they are easy to see and prevent wrinkles, creases and folds.” $19.99, pair Three sprouts owl Bin and caddy Erin likes reusable bins for giving gifts. “These are my favorite to fill with books or toys!” starting

at $14.99 courtesy of the container store

gleaner Fuzz remover “This fabric shaver is a must-have. It safely shaves those pesky pills off any type of fabric.” $19.99

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stackers crown yourself “This system can be reconfigured as trends change—perfect for “Queen of clean” statement necklaces and large earrings.” starting at Too overwhelmed to tackle that stuffed $19.99 closet? Channel your inner organizer as these experts guide you to declutter and create a About Erin’s Gig system for a debris-free home. My Dream Job Tips for an —Compiled by Detroit News Homestyle As a senior buyer at The organized closet editor Jodi Noding, Florida Container Store, Erin has an “I organize clothes in my closet uncontained enthusiasm for by type and then color. It helps organizing. “I’ve been here 10 me narrow down what I’m years, and it’s better than the going to wear and to know what day I started. I love designing I have when I’m shopping. a product and seeing it in a Because I have a shoe problem, friend’s home.” I have an in-out policy: when I buy a new pair, one has to go.” My organizing Philosophy Often the hardest “decision on The container store’s is, ‘What am I going to wear cult Following today?’ If your closet is clean “Our customers don’t just like it can be fun to answer. How us—they love us. And it excites many times are you in your us to give them the gift of Organize It’s All Too Much closet each day? Most say ‘one organization. So many people Your Home: by Peter WalSh to two times,’ but in reality it’s say, ‘I’ve been looking for a Clutter Cures for more like eight. An organized solution for this forever and Every Room Dig deep into why it’s so closet is a way to begin and you have it.’ We love that, and hard to throw things away, end the day in a good mood.” we celebrate that.” Chock-full of storage ideas, this and what to do about it. book captivates the imagina- tion and will spark creativity.

Erin’s Top Tip It’s all about visibility and accessibility— if you can’t see it or reach it, you won’t wear it.

Five Days to a Throw Out Fifty Clutter-Free House Things by SanDra Felton anD by gail blanke marSha SimS The author moves readers enlist good friends to go through getting rid of the through your house from physical stuff right through floor to ceiling in a week. A the “mental mess” that leads bit scary—but a lot of fun to clutter in the first place. with the right team.

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Sandy’s Silver Lining — Perseverance Pays Off for Long Island Doctor Shefali Shah

isaster has struck.” • That’s the text Dr. Shefali Shah, “ Princeton, received after Hurricane Sandy struck Long Island, N.Y., Din October 2012. The text was no exaggeration. The hurricane— one of the deadliest and costliest cyclones on record—wreaked havoc on the coasts of New York and New Jersey. More than 100 people died. Streets and homes flooded. Millions lost power. Many lost hope.

Shefali is an otolaryngologist move, but we took home what the tile myself,” says Shefali, who “every time or ear, nose and throat (ENT) we could.” also spent her own money to fully i hold that physician who owns a private After the storm, Shefali’s rebuild her business. Shefali then practice on Long Beach, a husband drove to her practice to applied for and received a Rose scope, i think barrier island that was one of assess the damage. Because the McGill grant from the Kappa of Kappa and the worst-hit by the storm. As bay on Long Beach had nowhere Foundation, which enabled her the help i got.” coastal towns were evacuated, to drain, five feet of water had to buy equipment vital to running Shefali and her family did what collected in her office. “We lost her practice. “I use it on a day-to- they could to stormproof her everything on the first floor.” day basis,” she says. “Every time I practice, but the dueling harsh Shefali had a choice: give up hold that scope, I think of Kappa elements of the storm— or rebuild. She chose the latter. and the help I got.” wind and water—made prepa- “I am thankful to have many Many towns damaged by rations difficult. colleagues who offered to let Sandy, including Long Beach, “It was a dilemma; we didn’t me practice in their office,” says are still rebuilding. Shefali know what to do,” says Shefali. Shefali, who took over never imagined that her “new” Strong winds made moving one floor of a borrowed space practice would be the busiest things to the second floor risky, on Mondays and Thursdays, its ever been. “With perse- but potential flooding made the which enabled her to begin verance,” Shefali says, “you first floor unsafe, too. In the the rebuilding while still can take a tragedy and turn it end, they struck a balance: “We seeing patients. into an opportunity to posi-

put some stuff at counter level Just three months after the tively impact the lives of those Left, Flooded streets and homes and put some upstairs. Much of storm, on Jan. 1, 2013, Shefali around you.” at Beach haven on Oct. 30, 2012,

courtesy shefali shah shefali courtesy the equipment was too heavy to re-opened her practice. “I laid —By Kait Smith, Marist after hurricane sandy

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hoW to Fuel young athleteS Snacks are FUEL. Not treats, not rewards. They provide energy so think “premium” fuel, not low-octane. Jill recommends:

Variety. Fruit, vegetables, grains and high-quality protein sources. Kid Food 2.0 PaCk Protein. it maintains your ath- lete’s blood sugar, hun- — ger and mood: cheese sticks, nuts, nut but- ather knows best—at least for Jill Lindeman Castle, IndIana. ters, deli meat, jerky, yogurt, milk, hummus A chemistry major, Jill took her dad’s suggestion to try a nutrition or edamame. class—and was hooked. Now, as a nutritionist and author, Jill shares Don’t Forget F CarbohyDrateS. healthy eating strategies for parents on her blog, Just the Right Bite. Muscles rely on carbs for fuel: juice, fruit “My career has taken a lot of for parenting magazines as an is that kids choose to be picky. leather, fruit and turns along the way,” Jill says. expert on childhood eating and “Actually, it’s a normal stage,” veggie sticks as well Those turns include creating nutrition. Jill’s newest book, Eat Jill explains. “It becomes more as crackers, unsweet- clinical pediatric diets at a hos- Like a Champion—a sports nutri- about how parents are reacting. ened dry cereal, pita, pital, being a stay-at-home mom tion book for kids and teens—is … It can be a short blip, or it can bagel, pretzels or gra- and counseling families in pri- due out this spring. last for years.” ham crackers. vate practice. Jill started a blog Jill gets asked “lots of ques- Jill also says that many moms in 2009 “for a creative outlet. I tions on picky eaters and kids don’t realize how their body think your was able to write, provide tips gaining too much weight,” she image affects their daughter’s Drink. Water, fruit and strategies.” The blog led to says. “Parents want to know self-image. “Girls notice how juice and sports her first book, Fearless Feeding: how to interact with children they feel, and it shapes their drinks are appropriate How to Raise Healthy Eaters in a healthy way so they have a attitudes about themselves. at an extended com- from High Chair to High School. good relationship with food.” Today’s teens all think they need

petition. For events Dovetailing with a national But her answers aren’t univer- to diet, and they skip meals or janos radler/getty images less than an hour, trend in revamping nutrition sal; so much depends on the cut way back.” But Jill says that keep it to water. plain in schools, Jill contributes to child. She says a lot of myths instead of diets what they need and flavored milk are sites like about.com, bundoo. persist about feeding kids. is good overall nutrition infor- good choices during com, National Alliance for Youth “One myth is that breast milk mation and to understand the and after competition. Sports, USA Swimming and U.S. is enough, but after six months, science behind it. Rowing and is a go-to source they need food.” Another myth —By Jodi Noding, Florida

14 | spring 2015 Kappa Kandy sweet selections for sisters everywhere

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rom a chapter house that once served as a Civil War hospital, to another that housed the Fheadquarters of the Red Cross, Kappa’s houses have their share of history behind them. Take a tour of these six places that Kappas call home—and learn some of the stories their walls would tell (if only they could speak).

red Cross residence Bluegrass Charm beta tau, SyrAcUSE beta Chi, KENTUcKy

Early happenings at Beta Cross, with members taking Built in the 1800s, the Beta while their current house Tau took place in members’ an active part in the war effort Chi house is located in the belonged to Alpha Gamma homes and rental facilities by hosting first aid courses. heart of Bluegrass Country in Delta. Now the Kappas use the top left: adam walburger; holly streisel until a permanent home was Today, the chapter hosts Lexington, Ky. The house was house for activities like Fleur- built. In 1931, the chapter weekly sisterhood events, the used as a hospital during the de-lis Week, the week before moved to Comstock Avenue. Family Weekend brunch and Civil War and then as a fami- Recruitment used for practic- In 1934, actor and musician- the annual Kappa Karwash ly’s grand Southern mansion. ing songs. The chapter hosted Buddy Rogers attended a philanthropy event. Beta Tau’s The Beta Chi Chapter was its second GIRLS Academy at party at the house. During Chef Patty is renowned on not the first sorority to own Bryan Station Middle School World War II, the Kappa campus: an Instagram account this house on Maxwell Street. this past February. Ashley house was used as the univer- (@whatpattymakes) was cre- Previously, Beta Chi members Judd visited in 2015 after sity’s headquarters for the Red ated to document her dishes. lived in the house next door, cheering on the Wildcats.

16 | spring 2015 panhellenic pride smart house ePSilon uPSilon, BAyLOr nebraSka, SIGMA

Epsilon Upsilon meets in suite clocking in at 4,000 square Sigma had at least six were added later. Chapter the Stacy Riddle Forum, named feet—plenty of space for Sing different houses before a members enjoy special events for Stacy Riddle Baumgartner, practice, when the chapter fund was started to build a like the Standards Breakfast Baylor. The Riddle Foundation prepares for All-University Sing, home. When the house was and Boo & Boo event with donated $1.5 million so that a Broadway-style tradition at built in 1925, it was the first alumnae during Halloween. Stacy’s sisterhood experience Baylor since 1953. Previously, sorority house on campus, In 2014, the House Board could be passed on to future they leased a room from the uni- which earned it a spot on the updated the facility with Baylor Greek women. The forum versity, the Cornelia Smith Room National Register of Historic LED lighting, security cam- has nine suites, with Kappa’s of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Places. Two large additions eras and finger scanners.

inspired interior Congressional Quarters FloriDa, EPSILON PhI ePSilon, ILLINOIS WESLEyAN

When Epsilon Phi launched building was renovated to Much like Kappa’s women’s fraternities was in 1978, members gathered welcome the chapter that fall. Founders, Epsilon members lifted in 1927, the chapter in various places around Ever outgrowing their space, first met where they could: rented the home of former Gainesville, Fla., including the they have built several addi- in an old dormitory, class- Congressman Frank H. Funk. student union and a rented tions over the last 31 years, rooms and members’ homes The next year, 1401 North bungalow. But in 1983, the capping off with the latest one before being granted use of Main Street was purchased chapter purchased a religious in 2014. With the renovation a campus building room in and became the chapter’s center that had been built as complete they are able to host 1889. Since it was near to the home for 35 years. When the Alpha Gamma Rho house events such as Kappa Kasino, chapel, members stopped by more room was needed, a decades earlier. Situated an annual poker tourna- often, and it was Epsilon’s housing campaign resulted across from the university’s ment benefiting Reading Is home for the next 36 years. in the building of the current

top right: emma deaconson; calla kessler; tom morrissey; courtesy epsilon epsilon courtesy calla kessler; tom morrissey; top right: emma deaconson; administration building, the Fundamental. After a ban on houses for home on Graham Street.

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Clara Pierce, Ohio State, was Executive Secretary of Kappa Kappa Gamma from 1929–1969. She urged members to “aspire nobly … adventure daringly … but serve humbly.” Dear Clara: In our family, even the most basic rule, NO PHONES AT THE DINNER TABLE, ends up with escape clauses: “I’m waiting to hear back about homework.” Our cellphones are often on the table, as if the next call or text is more important than the people present. Do you have any advice? —Signed, Phoning It In

Dear Phoning: During dinner, because he didn’t get my to feel disconnected from the put phones in silent mode and RSVP until the day it was group. At a recent girls night away—perhaps in a designated due. What are the rules out, they chatted about their basket. Keeping your phone on for RSVPs? love lives and careers, and your lap—as if the downward- —Signed, RSVPeeved all I could talk about was my cast eyes and the blue screen- daughter’s poop schedule… glow pallor aren’t dead give- Dear Peeved: Responding just and no one had anything to aways—is not a solution. in time runs the risk of making say in response. I felt so alone. As for the escape clauses— your grandfather feel slight- What happened? well, there’s always the chance ed—or worse—that you were —Signed, Still One of the Girls of emergency or special holding out for a better offer. situations. If one arises, excuse Next time, send your RSVP as Dear Girl: You and your girl- yourself to handle it and then soon as you know your response. friends are at different places return to the present conver- Ideally, an RSVP should be in the in your lives right now, and sation (depositing the phone mail within two days of receipt. that’s ok. It may take them some back into the basket) as soon If you are unsure whether you time to understand that your as possible. can attend, a phone call is in life is now measured by your order. Follow up as soon as your daughter’s latest developmental Dear Clara: I recently at- schedule firms up. milestones. tended my grandmother’s Your friends may not relate birthday party. My grandfa- Dear Clara: I was the first to your diaper-filled days, and ther mailed the invitations a of my close friends to get they may wonder if you still month ahead. I felt terrible married, and when I found have room for them in your life. doug distel Have a question when my grandfather said he out I was pregnant, they were The best thing to do is to talk to for Clara? wondered if I had “dropped excited for me. But since my them—they are probably feeling {}[email protected] off the face of the Earth” daughter’s birth, I’ve started the same loss you are!

18 | spring 2015 The From the Archives mıx The Monmouth gavel

When Old Main—the centerpiece of the Monmouth College campus— The wood for the gavel was salvaged from a fire at Old Main in 1907. burned in 1907, Monmouth’s first lady, Mrs. Thomas McMichael, had two gavels made from the remains of its grand staircase—one for Kappa and one for her own pi Beta phi. grand president georgia Hayden Lloyd-Jones, Wisconsin, first used the gavel to open the 1928g eneral Convention. it passed through the hands of 11 Fraternity presidents at 18 subsequent Conventions. After being charred in a second fire—this time at Fraternity headquarters—it was retired to the archives in 1965. —By Kait Smith, Marist catherine roebuck catherine

get involved www.kappa.org | 19 20 | spring 2015 The key to Nancy Burkert’s career spent illustrating some of the world’s best-known children’s books? Treat them like adults. By Daniel Morrell Drawing In

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22 | spring 2015 Nancy Burkert, Wisconsin, calls this letter a “leap of uninformed faith.” At the time, Knopf was the tops when it came to publishers. Nancy “discovered line,” a technique that would heavily influence her was an unknown artist who knew little of the publishing world and style. “One of the important courses was a course in the techniques was working without an agent. Believing it wise to start at the top, of the Old Masters, where, as in etching, you build tone with line,” she typed up a pitch, packaged it with some of her original work and she says. The coursework required producing dozens of copies of hoped for the best. the drawings of these early European artists in an effort to learn Her faith was rewarded. An editor at Knopf fell in love with her the methods. The experience would shape her style. “It began to be illustrations and eventually set her up with the job of illustrating what I felt was my most personal technique.” Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, thus launching the career of After graduation, Bob started teaching printmaking, drawing one of the most respected illustrators of children’s and painting at the University of Wisconsin, literature in the world. Milwaukee, and both of them also began working It has been a career defined by not only critical as illustrators for textbooks. “[American play- acclaim, but also by adherence to a trademark real- wright] Moss Hart said ‘there’s a goad and a goal.’ ism—a style that has not only avoided patronizing Well, we needed some income,” says Nancy. “And her young audience but also helped change the then I decided that I’ve always—going back to way people think about the form. that ninth-grade little project, to say what I might like to do with my life—I have always loved illus- trated books, and they were very meaningful to Nancy’s first love wasn’t art. me as a child.” It was baseball. Four years later, she sent the pitch to Knopf. Growing up in Wisconsin, she loved to watch the The original story she included with her let- Racine Belles, a team in the WWII-era women’s ter—Jefferson Brady and the Aerial Lady, which baseball league. (The league was later popularized detailed what happens to kites when they get lost by the 1992 movie A League of Their Own). She in the sky—was put aside as she began to tackle took a particular liking to Choo-Choo Hickson, the Dahl project. It was Dahl’s first big foray into the Belles’ catcher—a position that Nancy also children’s literature, years before Charlie and the played in her youth league. While she amassed a Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Matilda collection of black eyes, busted fingers and even a would cement his legacy. Up to that point, the bat swing to the face without losing her appreciation of the game, English author was known for his adult fiction, much of it the mur- art eventually became more of a focus. “Parents give lessons of all der mystery variety. kinds to kids to sort of see what takes,” says Nancy. “And then if you’re But in his correspondence, Dahl betrayed no unease about working praised a little bit, it sticks.” with a relatively unknown illustrator in his first high-profile attempt In high school, Nancy wrote her first “book” as part of a civics class at writing for a new audience. In a letter to his editor at Knopf in assignment that asked students what they might want to do in life. A August 1960, Dahl responded to his editor’s suggestion of Nancy for voracious reader, she thought she might like to write and illustrate the book decisively: “I agree with you completely. Nancy Burkert is children’s books, and she turned in an illustrated story about a cater- our illustrator.” pillar that didn’t want to turn into a butterfly, complete with covers. There were a number of edits back and forth between Nancy, the It was a prophetic choice, but after she was encouraged to take her editor and Dahl—the details of characters are reshaped, there is a idea to the folks at Racine’s own Western Printing—which published request for her to make James appear a bit more sullen, and some everything from comics to cookbooks—to see if they had any interest in worried notes about the deadlines. In one letter to the publisher in putting it out, they sent her home, asking instead to see illustrations for March 1961, Nancy notes that, “I don’t ‘grind it out’—my kind of work The Three Little Pigs. But that wasn’t a story she wanted to tell. takes many hours.” She met her husband Bob Burkert—also an artist—while in This wasn’t a stalling tactic. Nancy’s dedication to craftsman- high school, and after they completed their undergrad studies at ship is a defining characteristic of her work. Her detailed sketches the University of Wisconsin, Madison, both pursued masters’ in of insects for James and the Giant Peach resemble the field fine arts there, Nancy earning hers in 1955. It was here that she sketches of an entomologist. Her work on The Scroobius Pip—a

get involved www.kappa.org | 23 poem by British author Edward Lear that includes dozens of ani- Jane Curley, art historian and frequent curator for the Eric Carle courtesy houghton reading room, harvard univeresity (7) mals—took her to a number of museums to study and sketch the Museum of Picture Book Art, says that Nancy’s organization and form of various faunae. While preparing illustrations for a col- research shows a rare diligence. “Nobody beats her at this,” says lection of Emily Dickinson’s poems, she traveled to the writer’s Curley. “She goes deep. She does not do anything lightly.” historically preserved home in Western Massachusetts to ensure that her illustrations were accurate. Today, Nancy and her husband live “There is a kind of aura of perfect in her work,” says author and chil- in Orleans, Massachusetts, a small town on Cape Cod, a peninsula dren’s book critic Leonard Marcus. Marcus actually traces his interest jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean from the state’s southeastern edge. in the field to his discovery of Burkert’s work in the early 1970s, when She is deliberate and cerebral when reflecting on her work, but every he came across her picture book of the Grimms’ Snow White in a book- sentence settles into a smile. store while working on his MFA at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. “I After James and the Giant Peach was released in 1961, she worked found myself drawn to it,” says Marcus. “It made me wonder why this on illustrations for two books before taking on a legendary name: kind of work wasn’t represented in museums. How children’s book art Hans Christian Anderson. Her work for Anderson’s The Nightingale, was valued is a question I have pursued ever since.” which tells the story of a Chinese emperor who is saved by a songbird,

24 | spring 2015 put her stylistic evolution on display. “I did try to put into effect my character in James and Giant Peach was modeled after the son of her new love of Chinese art,” says Nancy. “You can see that I’m struggling friend and artist Harold Altman.) between my Renaissance perspective and trying to incorporate that After years of illustrating the works of others, she eventually flatness [of Chinese art].” returned to the promise of her original Knopf pitch, writing and illus- Cultural influences would often guide her work as well. In 1968’s trating her own work, which would eventually take the better part of Scroobius Pip, she was reactive to the national conversation about the seven years. The result, Valentine and Orson, was released in 1989. A extinction of the blue whale. “It was a paean to nature and the world,” decade-and-a-half later, Nancy became the second-ever exhibitor at says Nancy. the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, following Where the Wild One of her career highlights came in 1973, when Snow White was Things Are author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. recognized with both a Caldecott honor (the “runner-up” to the Though the style has evolved and the topics have changed during Caldecott Medal) and a “notable book” distinction from the New her more than five decades of work, her approach has never wavered. York Times. True to her method, Nancy employed a real-life model “This may sound very strange, but I don’t think too much about the for the character of Snow White—in this case, her adolescent daugh- child. I’m thinking about the story and how to illuminate it. …Let the ter, Claire. (Family and friends appear often in her work. The James chips fall where they may with the readership. Otherwise, you might

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26 | spring 2015 “I think if children aren’t helped to know the difference between a maple leaf and an oak leaf, they’re not going to be all that interested in conservation or the love of differentiation and uniqueness and biodiversity, and all those good things.” begin to talk down or be too accommodating to what is supposed to beautiful and complex and subtle.” “Sendak was probably the first be what children want.” artist who said you have to take children’s books more seriously,” says Besides, cartoons simply aren’t part of who Nancy is as an art- art critic Curley. “And Nancy is certainly part of that movement. This ist. She has a long background in Renaissance training and a love is beautiful art that stands on its own.” of Chinese, Flemish and American primitive art. “My heroes were And children deserve a challenge, Nancy says. [Arthur] Rackham”—a famous British book illustrator known for his She recalls a recent trip to the symphony, where she spotted a detail—“and all the artists I studied in art school,” she says. cluster of 11-year-old children in the audience near the stage. “They Early in her career, she found this view to be uncommon. “When I don’t have to have only Peter and the Wolf or Young Person’s Guide to started out, I felt quite alone in what I was trying to do, which was speci- the Orchestra, or any of the other things which are supposedly what ficity of form,” she says. But there was a purpose in her attention to detail: they can handle.” Her early partner Dahl famously felt the same way, “I think if children aren’t helped to know the difference between a maple something picked up in the original New York Times review of James leaf and an oak leaf, they’re not going to be all that interested in conserva- and the Giant Peach, which noted that the book was evidence that tion or the love of differentiation and uniqueness and biodiversity, and all Dahl “believes that you don’t write down to children. …If the book is those good things,” says Nancy. “I did in fact feel a bit the—not rebel—but fascinating, they will learn the words they don’t know.” that I was holding up a tradition that had changed and been neglected.” Nancy offers another anecdote to the argument, this one about “There are some artists who draw in a loose style or in a casual driving her grandson to nursery school and watching him become style, meant in part to give children the impression that they could captivated by Haydn as it came on the radio. “It’s that same attitude also make art themselves,” says author Leonard. “Whereas Nancy across the board: They will learn and have what we give them. We are is the kind of illustrator who is reaching for the stars. Her work is the ones who mustn’t underestimate them.”

get involved www.kappa.org | 27 On Thin ice Carla Cook’s journey bears witness to the loss of sub-arCtiC iCe— and its effeCt on the Creatures who rely on it to survive. By Carla Cook, ArkAnsAs photo by daniel j. Cox On Feb. 25, 2014, I receIved an emaIl that wOuld change my lIFe. “cOngratulatIOns and welcOme! we are very glad tO have yOu jOIn Our eFFOrt tO save pOlar bears.”

It was actually happening—Polar Bears International accepted me as used as military training ground there is an existing trail system, which a member of the 2014 Climate Alliance. Representing my employer, is used to prevent harm to the surrounding tundra. As fate would have the Memphis Zoo, I would spend a week in Churchill, Manitoba, it, we did not have to wait long before our driver stopped the buggy, Canada—the Polar Bear Capital of the World. looked through his binoculars and announced that we were approach- The 2014 Climate Alliance included leaders in the field of zoo edu- ing our first bears. I always have visited polar bears in zoos. In the last cation. We came from as far away as Denmark and Austria, with the 17 years, most of my waking hours have been spent working at the majority from the U.S. and Canada. Though it would be months before Memphis Zoo. Yet the excitement of seeing these bears in their natural we’d pack our bags, we soon began training online in polar bear science, environment was not diminished. as well as the effects of climate change on these magnificent creatures. As we approached our first bears, time may as well have stopped. Not The Churchill polar bears are part of the Western Hudson Bay polar yet really knowing the members of my team, I held in a shriek of joy. bear population. They are the most studied of the 19 different popula- I can’t say the same for the tears. There in front of me were two polar tions of polar bears in the wild. Experts say that since 1987, the number bears snuggling together in the cold. We had been warned that seeing of bears in this particular population has decreased by 15–20 percent. polar bears would not be guaranteed. (I had likened this to a warning They estimate there are about 900 polar bears in the Western Hudson of not spotting an Elvis look-a-like during Elvis Week in Memphis: I’m Bay. These bears rely on sea ice to hunt the seals they eat during the win- not going to promise you will see a version of The King, but if you don’t it ter and spring. When summer arrives the sea ice melts, and the bears would only be because you kept your eyes closed.) are forced onto land. For approximately four months they stay there, We saw six more bears that day, along with several other arc- surviving on their fat reserves until the ice freezes and makes hunting tic creatures, including ptarmigans and snow buntings. Later that possible. Pregnant polar bears stay on land even longer, coming off the evening, nature interrupted our after-dinner work session with yet ice for eight months to give birth and care for their cubs. another surprise—the aurora borealis. We ran to the balcony of the On Oct. 5, we met in Winnipeg and flew to Churchill. The anticipa- Churchill Northern Studies Centre to watch as green and pink waves tion was overwhelming. As our small plane approached Churchill, I shimmered in the night sky. They seemed to dance to a soundtrack could see the tundra from the tiny window. Instead of the white land- only they could hear. I felt blessed to be in this place where beauty scape I had anticipated, the tundra was brown and wet. It would be danced with harshness as only nature could choreograph. several weeks before the polar bears matched the landscape. The harshness of the tundra is matched by the delicacy of its eco- Our hosts from Polar Bears International met us with open arms and, system. Small climate changes have huge impacts, and with each slight thankfully, warm coats to borrow for the week. We were soon on to increase in temperature the habitat of the polar bear literally melts our first stop: Hudson Bay Beach, where I stepped onto the beach and away. Since the 1970s, the sea ice in this area has begun melting about was overwhelmed with the salty smell of the ocean and the crash of the three weeks earlier than in years past. Each of those weeks translates waves. The smell and the sound were in contradiction to the bitter cold to a difference in body weight of 22 pounds per bear. Add the three or and wind. A “Polar Bear Alert” sign warned that polar bears could be on more weeks it takes for the sea ice to freeze, and the result is bears that top: carla cook the beach and provided a phone number to call should we see one. are in poorer body condition, hungrier and less likely to survive. Soon enough, we arrived at Frontiers North Adventures’ Tundra The polar bears near Churchill often wander into town looking for Buggy for our first trek onto the tundra. Because the land was once food. Manitoba Conservation keeps the the townspeople and the bears

30 | spring 2015 Clockwise from left: Mom and cubs snooze; Carla at Hudson Bay Beach; the group watches beluga whales swimming in the Churchill River at Cape Merry; a snowy owl makes an appearance in Churchill.

safe through a Polar Bear Alert Program, which includes a Polar Bear Hudson Bay for future generations by sharing the message of climate Holding Facility also known as “Polar Bear Jail.” If a polar bear is spotted change and the plight of the polar bears in our communities. Just as the near Churchill, the alert team is called. The team tries to scare away any bears had inspired change in us, we had to inspire change in others. bears with loud noises. If that doesn’t work or if the bear is near humans, Climate consists of weather patterns that are averaged over many alert rangers use seal meat to entice the bear into a trap for the trip to jail. years. There are natural increases and decreases in our planet’s tempera- Jailed bears stay for 30 days until relocated far into the tundra, hopefully tures and natural times of wet and dry. The key is that in the past these learning the lesson to stay away from Churchill. changes have occurred at a pace that allowed bears and other animals I enjoyed sending messages home, letting everyone know that I had to adjust. These adjustments take place over hundreds of years as the been to “jail.” Though we did not go inside, at least one of the 14 bears animals who have adapted survive and reproduce. However, since the in residence that day was banging around, eagerly letting us know of his Industrial Revolution humans have contributed significantly to climate presence. I was the first to suggest that we try out the traps ourselves. change by burning fossil fuels, which has added carbon dioxide and After all, how many people can say they have been inside a bear trap? other heat-trapping gasses to the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide and other The town of Churchill has much more to offer than just a bear jail. We gasses also occur naturally, but the burning of fossil fuels has added were lucky enough to meet many Churchillians eager to share the his- additional gases. These added gases act like an extra blanket around the tory of this remarkable place they call home. We ate authentic Canadian earth. As energy enters our atmosphere from the sun, some of the energy food including bannock, Saskatoon jam and moose sausage, and were heats the earth while the rest bounces back to the sun. This blanket that treated to two incredible nights out on the tundra in Frontiers North we have created is trapping the heat and warming the climate. Adventures’ Tundra Buggy Lodge. Entertainment during our stay in the Far too soon, my time in Churchill ended. After looking a polar lodge was provided by nature. An arctic fox pranced up to the lodge one bear in the eyes, it’s not enough just to tell people about my trip and night to peer in on us. A snowy owl sat long enough for us to snap her show them beautiful photos. The bears deserve more. photo before she gracefully spread her wings and flew away. An arctic I committed to two immediate changes. First, I enrolled in my utility hare posed with her beautiful white fur and little black tips of color company’s green energy option. By adding $24 per month to my bill, I on her ears. When we touched our feet to the tundra, the ground was offset my home’s energy use. After one year I will have conserved the bouncy beneath us, and we played like children at recess. One afternoon same amount of energy as recycling 45,966 aluminum cans. Second, I as we made our way through the trails we came upon a mother bear and took aim at my coffee habit. For years I have stopped for a morning cof- her cubs. We inched further, stopping less than 50 feet away. This sweet fee on the way to work—idling the car in the drive-thru while waiting. momma did not seem bothered by our presence, perhaps because her Now I use a reusable cup, park and go inside. No more idling. Plus I avoid cubs continued to rest and only occasionally peeked at us. adding the disposable cup to a landfill. Most importantly, it starts my day Later that night, reality bit. As we shared the wonder of the experi- thinking of what else I can do for the bears. ence, Krista Wright, executive director of PBI, reminded us that as we What changes could you make that would help change the world? sat in this lodge with a heater and the warmth of new friendships, the Join me in making a change to help our planet and its animal inhabit- mom and cubs were out in the snow and sleet, at least six weeks away ants. Just think of what we can accomplish together. from being able to eat. The likelihood of both cubs becoming adults was

clockwise top left; carla cook; jhale,denver zoo; kt miller/pbi; carla cook miller/pbi; carla cook kt clockwise top left; carla cook; jhale,denver zoo; not good. We would need to help maintain the polar bears of Western Carla Cook is the director of education for the Memphis Zoo.

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The Making of a Career Contessa The tale of one millennial’s ascent from unemployment to career advice guru

By SommerAnn mccullough, Denison illusTraTions by peTer ouManski

hen Lauren McGoodwin, OregOn, gradu- on her own faltering start, Lauren envisioned a website with realistic ated from college in 2009, it was the depth of conversations about career expectations and providing readers with the Great Recession. Without a job or a plan, tools to navigate the world of work. She decided that her new site— Lauren felt adrift for the first time in her life. Career Contessa—would showcase the career stories of real-life, “I always knew where I was going,” Lauren successful women. “The contessas are modern, educated, influential says. “This was the first time that my life was and career-driven women,” Lauren explains. And it’s the contessas’ unscheduled and I didn’t know what was going on.” stories that make the site unique: The way Lauren sees it, reading WAfter career fairs, interview coaching sessions and career interviews of successful women—the stories behind their success—is workshops, Lauren took a position in the University of Southern more helpful than scanning job websites. California’s admissions department. “It wasn’t the job for me, but The site offers a daily blog and weekly in-depth career stories rent doesn’t pay itself,” she says. She eventually switched gears— from contessas like Alli Webb, founder of Drybar; Sarah Knight, per- landing a position in recruiting with the online media-streaming sonal assistant to Giuliana Rancic at E! Entertainment; and Rachel Jo service Hulu and working on her master’s degree in communica- Silver, director of social media for Birchbox. Lauren hopes readers tion at USC. will be inspired and will use what they learn to set realistic expecta- But Hulu wasn’t the dream job she’d hoped it would be. Reflecting tions and directions for their own career paths.

get involved www.kappa.org | 33 conSult the Career ConTessa We asked you to send us

your most pressing questions about ~ Lauren’s advice ~ all things career. You asked… Know That every and Lauren answered! Job Matters. “i didn’t always have the best attitude about having a job right after school. but what i realized is every job, no matter how big or how small, matters.” I’M a sTudenT graduaTIng in December with a B.A. in literature. My ultimate goal is to end up in a Ph.D. program and teaching, but when I’m getting my master’s, I have to work. I’m looking to apply to positions in higher education, but I’m finding that although I’m qualified I graduaTed about two years ago and have had great in my abilities, I don’t have the education requirements. Can I internships and opportunities, but none of them have translated still apply for these positions while I’m completing the required into a successful long-term position. i have a fashion merchandising education (i.e., my master’s)? How can I present myself so that and marketing degree. interviewers see fashion and go, “oh, well employers will want me despite my lack of education? this job has nothing to do with fashion.“ i have been looking for shelby scott, Illinois merchandising, e-commerce and marketing positions and have hit wall after wall. advice? shrioni Hunnel, Georgia Southern Hi shelby, applying online AND dropping I would suggest looking for roles off your resume in person at within admissions and aca- the office. It’s always a good Hi shrioni, companies and jobs you want demic advising departments at idea to network with employees here are a few tips for pursuing to target. ask someone currently a variety of colleges and univer- in your target departments or a career that might be slightly in that job or working for that sities. Begin your search broadly roles by asking them for an outside the realm of your previ- company for an informational so that you can narrow down informational interview—any ous experience: interview. Just remember to by other factors later on as you sort of personal connection (be Spread the word: follow up not ask them for a job—you’re see fit. When you come across authentic!) will help you get a with all your previous employ- there to gather information. a job opening, I recommend foot in the door. ers and let them know you’re Follow up: There are plenty looking for full-time employ- of people who send informa- ment. never underestimate the tional interview requests, but value of tapping into a network few people follow up. by staying of people you’ve worked with in touch with your contacts, you directly; they know how good show initiative and are at the top ~ Laurens advice ~ you are at what you do. send an of their list when a job opening individual email to each contact comes across their desk. Find your Passion. asking them to keep you in rememBer: it’s all about how for lauren, that meant university recruiting, and mind if any opportunities come you craft your story—educa- later, helping women achieve success through Career their way. include the types of tion, experience, interests—to Contessa. “i always tell people i didn’t lack ambition, roles you’re seeking and attach the hiring manager. They don’t i lacked direction and so i am really inspired every day your résumé. include a link to care that you majored in fash- to help provide that ‘aha’ moment or that direction for your linkedin profile in your ion, but they do care how that someone else out there,” lauren said. email signature. affects your story and how you Be conSiStent: Carve out can apply those skills to the time each week to identify specific role they’re hiring.

34 | Spring 2015 ~ Laurens advice ~ My naMe Is CaMI and i’m a senior working as a recruiting intern, so i’m exposed to a lot of résumés, linkedin, etc. do your homework. What, in your opinion, is the most revealing question that an inter- lauren credits the research she did via viewee can ask her interviewer? Thank you! informational interviews for helping her land  Cami Morrow, Texas her dream job. Though perhaps not the most experienced candidate, “i was able to say this is the job for me and here is what i can bring to the Hi Cami, • who will Be my direct table based on my experience.” it’s always important to ask supervisor? questions at the end of your • what proceSS will be used interview because it’s a time to to evaluate my performance? actively participate with your • what iS the typical career interviewer and show them that path for people in this position? you’ve done your homework • doeS the company offer on the company and position. any opportunities for profes- I Have THree CHIldren in their This is also your time to gain as sional development? twenties, along with two teens. how do i effectively use my much clarity about the com- i think it’s important to start connections to open doors for them without looking like an pany, department and job so your career within a company overbearing “helicopter” parent to their potential employers? you can feel confident accepting that offers opportunities for What’s a mom to do? the job if offered. some ques- growth but before you can grow, amy Mcliney Hart, Kansas tions to ask: you need to be clear on what • will there Be any form of you’re doing day-to-day so you training provided? feel confident. Hi amy, run the job-search show. be There is definitely a dif- available to be supportive ference between being a and offer advice—just let helicopter parent and being your child define what sup- effective. remember that portive means. some want a ~ Lauren’s advice ~ part of your job as a parent is sounding board, some want to help your child find a job reassurance that things will get engaged. on her own. i have no doubt be okay, and some want to no, not to your significant other. instead of that you and your children talk about anything but their shutting down when a job is less than ideal, lauren are close (it’s a millennial job search. in the end, pay instead encourages engagement in the workplace— thing), and you might even attention to the cues given get to know your co-workers, ask questions feel anxious on your child’s and if your child is telling and be involved in meetings. behalf, but let your child you to back off, respect that.

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HoW long sHould I KeeP Jobs The dream Job Can Wait. on my résumé? Or rather, how many should I list? Also, I had “you have to get started; you have to take a job. several internships during school because they were required if you don’t get started, you’re waiting around for my degree. Should I list all of them? I didn’t have a paid for the perfect job to land in your lap and it’s job during this time, but I’m afraid it looks cluttered and like I never going to happen like that.” jumped around from job to job even though they were for a set length of time. Kristen Hulberg, UC Santa Cruz

Hi Kristen, every job. Under additional I aM CurIous abouT TaKIng TIMe I like to split résumé expe- experience, list jobs that don’t off between undergrad and graduate school. Do you suggest taking rience into two categories: directly relate. These jobs time off in order to prepare for standardize testing and to complete related experience and should be listed in chrono- volunteer work needed for most graduate programs? additional experience. Related logical order but you don’t Milissa Caruso, Syracuse experience includes any need to include bullet points. professional experience that Focus less on the number of relates or showcases skills jobs you list and more on the Hi Milissa, about your interests and long- included in the job you’re story your résumé tells. The Time off allows you to get expe- term goals; you’ll get much, applying to. List chronologi- ultimate goal is to present riences through work, volunteer, much more out of your grad cally with bullet points that yourself as the best possible travel, and anything else you school experience if you know elaborate what you did and candidate. Always look to the need to help you really narrow why you’re there, what you want your results. Don’t worry information given in the job down what field you might like to focus on, and what you’re that you haven’t included description for guidance. to pursue a graduate degree in. trying to accomplish with Take some time to really think your degree.

WhAt’S An informAtionAl intervieW? an informational interview is a simple way to get a foot in the door. Send the email. The key to informational interview success? ask for adviCe, noT here’s where you need to be brave: write a brief email or connect for a Job. here are some quick pointers to get started: via linkedin. share your reason for reaching out. Mention your warm connection. give an interview timeframe and place; for example, “i reSearch. would welcome the chance to speak with you about your role for 30 use linkedin, kappa’s Member locator, and your alumni networks minutes. i can meet at your office or can take you out for coffee.” to research individuals who had a similar college major, work for a company you like, or who pursued a particular career field. once prepare and interview. you find an individual you’d like to interview, read up on her back- once an interview is scheduled, prepare! read about the company ground and locate her contact information. and the industry. prepare at least five questions to carry the conver- sation. dress to impress. while you’re not in the hot seat per se, you Find a warm connection, iF poSSiBle. want to make a lasting impression. it can be scary to reach out to directors, presidents, Ceos, and the like, but it’s easier if you have a warm connection. so do your homework. Follow up! is this person a kappa? did she go to your school? do you both volun- email and send a handwritten note thanking your interviewee for her teer for habitat? use this warm connection in your introductory email. time. This step is crucial. if you enjoyed learning about her organiza- no connection? no problem, just be purposeful in your approach. tion, say so! you never know if this could be your foot in the door.

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With a family full of Kappas, a dad sheds light on the mystery and magic of sisterhood. —By Carl Hess photo by Christina Gandolfo

I’m a Kappa dad. But I’m not entered college, go from point this is really the essence of the only a Kappa dad. I’m also a Kappa A to point B, from incoming Kappa sisterhood. Here is this husband, a Kappa brother-in-law, freshman to graduating seniors. group of girls who are not only a Kappa uncle and a Kappa son- I have seen how they grew and smart and motivated, but also in-law. I have lived Kappa for 25 developed in their four years of loving and nurturing. They are years, spanning three generations. college. And I have seen Kappa supportive in the defeats, which So, of course I know everything play a huge part in all of that. are inevitable during this time in there is to know about Kappa, ev- No matter the campus, college life, and they are rejoicing in the ery detail and nuance, right? is a crazy place—fantastic, beau- victories. They laugh, they cry, Wrong. I don’t know anything. tiful, difficult—but also known they yell, they console. But along I can’t know anything, by design. for its chaos. It is not only aca- the way they extract everything I don’t know the handshake, demically challenging, but also they possibly can from the expe- the songs, the chants, or the so socially challenging as to be rience. Together. They learned incantations. In fact, I can safely totally unmanageable and over- right from wrong. And weak say that I am totally ignorant of whelming. Kappa was a haven, a from strong. That’s a lot to learn. every Kappa ritual. Sure, I know sanctuary from all the craziness Did Kappa take them from there are some symbols. There’s (and even from the world to crayons to perfume? No, it did a key for one, there’s an owl some extent). This concept was much more. somewhere, and there’s a flower explained to me years ago by my Kappa took my girls—as it that looks like it belongs in a Van mother-in-law, Joie, who is also takes so many girls—from point Gogh painting. But as for the a Kappa. A safe, solid, stationary A to point B. From nervous, rest of it, dads are on a need-to- foundation from which to build, somewhat awkward girls know basis, and we do not need and ultimately take control, is bursting with anxiety and raw to know. priceless. Kappa took the crush- potential to self-reliant, con- But I have seen and feel ing chaos of the place and made fident women, realizing their qualified to comment on the it manageable. Even more than potential. Ready for the world. tangibles: the positive effects of that, the Kappa experience gave Largely because of the love and the Kappa sisterhood on those our girls a pleasant, constructive support they got and gave in a around me across three genera- and productive experience to the sisterhood they will have for life. tions. I have witnessed my own point of flourishing. Because that’s the final thing. two daughters, one year apart, Beyond that, Kappa provided Kappa doesn’t stop at point B. It and those around them as they an atmosphere of growth. And goes to point C, and beyond.

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Becky Holt, Wyoming, was terrified when her father told no more Snail mail ... her what no college student wants to hear: family financial difficulties might prevent her Submit References online from finishing her studies. A complicated shoulder Your alumna voice is an important part of Recruitment. In 2015, alumnae surgery had left Becky’s mother will use an online system via Kappa’s website to submit references. No longer with nerve damage and limited use of her right hand. Although do you need to print the form, find an envelope, find the chapter address and she was able to return to work, find a stamp. Just log in at www.kappa.org/references and follow the direc- she was fired without pay as tions. Your reference will be automatically sent to the chapter. Check out the a result of her injuries. Her mother sued and won an initial resources on the Kappa website for how to make the most of this new tool. wrongful termination case, but –By Susan Pile, Miami (Ohio) two years later her disability benefits were denied. At the same time, Becky’s father began receiving fewer hours in his job with the post office. The family’s savings had already been depleted to pay Becky’s mother’s medical bills, tuition for Becky and her sister, and Becky’s Kappa bills.

Becky is the first member of from top: Chelsea Schnyer, behance.net/schnyerdesign her family to join a Greek-letter organization, and she went through Recruitment on a whim, intending just to meet new people but eventually pledged Kappa. As a member, Becky learned about Rose McGill aid, but she did not consider applying until Brittany Howell encour- aged her. “She made me realize my financial situation was an emergency,” says Becky. And now, thanks to a grant

40 | spring 2015 from the Kappa Foundation’s price of belonging to a sorority Rose McGill Fund, Becky will contributing to students’ inabil- be able to finish college with a ity to finish college? major in zoology and pursue her Happily, the answer seems to dream of becoming a zookeeper be a resounding “no.” Fifty-eight or veterinarian—without the percent of sorority members stress of financial worries. “It is graduate from college in four not just a check—it’s the support years, compared to 46 percent of that comes with it,” Becky says. their non-Greek counterparts. A recent Harvard study Beyond the types of financial aid notes that 48 percent of college opportunities that helped Becky dropouts leave school because to continue her studies, Greek they can’t afford to continue. life offers fundamental support With Greek women paying dues that non-Greek students may and other incidental costs, is the find difficult to access.

IN theIR woRds ARKAnSAS The Case of the Haze-Free KKG — •— Missing Badge For National hazing Prevention week, Epsilon Upsilon, Baylor, captured the spirit with hashtag “hazeFreeKKG.”

over to discover that it was her special,” says Jeff. mother’s badge. The best she can calculate, the Until finding it under the rug, badge was missing for a “couple Jeff didn’t even know that her of years,” she says. Fortunately mother’s key had been lost. Her it was found well before time mother had died in 1977, only to initiate Jeff’s two Kappa nine years after Jeff had been daughters, one at Princeton and initiated with the badge. Jeff’s one at SMU. Jeff made sure the sister had worn the key and lost key came home with her each it, unbeknown to Jeff. Finding time. It has never been out of her it under the rug was “very possession since she found it.

the best oF The Best Jeffrey Taylor Rice, Arkansas, away from the family. — •— comes from a family of Kappas: In the 1970s while Jeff’s hus- Kappa recognizes alumnae who excel her mother, aunt, sister and band was in law school in Dallas, in their career, professional or volunteer life. two daughters are all members. Jeff traveled to Fayetteville, Ark., Many of the women in Jeff’s for work. While she was in town to nominate a Kappa for a 2016 Alumnae family have been initiated she decided to go over to the Achievement Award, visit www.kappa.org/ with the badge that originally Kappa house for a visit. As she members. Go to More Resources> belonged to Jeff’s mother, Anita walked across the blue carpeting General Resources>Alumnae Achievement Shafer Taylor, Arkansas, who in the entryway, she felt some- was initiated in 1945. thing under her foot. Peeling Award Nomination. Due may 15, 2015. But it almost was not meant to back the carpet, she discovered

top right : courtesy kornerbooth photography; bottom left: darrel rice photography; bottom kornerbooth top right : courtesy be, for this badge nearly slipped a small gold key. She turned it

get involved www.kappa.org | 41 change for beautification proj- started Children and Youth First ects around town, as part of the USA, which provides a progres- success of her program. sive education and safe home for underprivileged children Lisa Feringa mcClean through Life Vision Academy, a Kentucky. Lisa created school run by Children & Youth children’s clothing brand Bella First in Kathmandu, Nepal. Bliss with her business partner With Theresa Solinger and Kelley Farish. On a mission to Samantha Berlin, both Colgate, find clothing for special occa- the team supports 37 children sions but sturdy enough for the in a full-boarding educational playground, Lisa started with facility. a tiny collection of handmade sweaters from Peru in 1998. Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis Bella Bliss is offered at more Connecticut. For her work than 600 children’s boutiques. as founder of Classes 4 Classes, the University of Connecticut keyAChIeVeMeNts Carolyn Byrd Simpson Alumni Association awarded Texas Tech. The Texas Kaitlin a Humanitarian Award. Office for Prevention of Kaitlin was a first grade teacher mimi Krogius Walters well as the boundary between Developmental Disabilities at Sandy Hook Elementary UCLA. Mimi was elected to the emergency medicine and presented Carolyn with a Child School in Newtown, Conn., in U.S. House of Representatives public health. Safety Award. Carolyn was 2012. She founded Classes 4 in November 2014. She will recognized for her work with Classes to inspire students to represent California’s 45th Laura Tetley Todd the South Plains Coalition learn compassion, kindness and congressional district in Orange Mississippi. Next time you for Child Abuse Prevention empathy. Kaitlin blogs about County in the 114th Congress. visit Graceland, swing over and the GO BLUE Lubbock education for The Huffington One of five new Republican law- to historic and charming Campaign, which encouraged Post and is a keynote and com- makers elected in 2014, Mimi Collierville, Tenn. In September, people to wear blue on April 4 mencement speaker. Her book, also was elected to serve as the the Memphis suburb was named to demonstrate a community Choosing Hope, will be pub- Freshman Representative to the “America’s Best Main Street” by commitment against child lished in spring 2015. House Republican Leadership Parade Magazine. As execu- abuse. Carolyn is a United Way Team. Mimi began her career in tive director of Main Street Success By 6 Director. missy Tullis Tannen public service in 1996, serving as Collierville, Laura credits a span Vanderbilt. Missy and her a city councilwoman and mayor of programs, including Pennies Amanda Brown husband Scott started Boll & in Laguna Niguel. She later for Preservation, a program for Colgate. A senior Peace and Branch, a source for affordable was elected to the California school children to collect loose Conflict Studies major, Amanda organic and ethically sourced State Assembly in 2002 and has served in the California State Senate since 2008. KiRSTEn RUTniK giLLiBRAnD, Dartmouth Debra Houry • Emory. Debra is director of — — the CDC’s National Center for Kirsten’s memoir, Off the Sidelines: Injury Prevention and Control. Raise Your Voice, Change the World, was Previously Debra was an asso- ciate professor at the Emory published in september 2014. Recounting University School of Medicine her personal and political journey, Kirsten and an attending physician at beckons women to speak up for what Emory University Hospital and they believe in order to effect change. she Grady Memorial Hospital. She also has served as the director also has begun a campaign to mobilize of the Emory Center for Injury women across the country to take part in Control at EUSOM/Rollins elective politics. Kirsten has served in the School of Public Health. Debra U.s. house of Representatives and was first received a doctorate of med- icine and master’s in public sworn in as U.s. senator from New York in health from Tulane University. 2009, filling hillary Clinton’s seat. Her research focuses on injury and violence prevention, as

42 | spring 2015 bed linens. Through their nonprofit partner, Not For Sale, a portion of each sale helps pro- moLLy reeD heLm, tCu vide shelter, food, education • and hope to women and chil- — — dren who are victims of Chief thinker at Purple Ink, Molly was human trafficking. recently selected by the Journal Record as an oklahoma Woman of the Year honoree. t racey mumford Chosen as one of 50 women who make Bucknell. Tracey joined The Michael J. Fox Foundation for a difference in oklahoma, Molly provides Parkinson’s Research in 2011 as marketing and writing for nonprofits and the senior associate director of businesses. she serves on the oklahoma research partnerships. As the Women’s Coalition, oU Children’s hospital world’s largest private fund for Parkinson’s research, the founda- Foundation, Park Avenue thrift and enid tion is dedicated to fast-tracking Public school Foundation. she and her a cure for the disease. husband, Geoff, have two sons and live in enid. melissa Dawson Drake. Northern Illinois University hired Melissa as put NIU student athletes on a Arts (NEA) in Washington, D.C. of ArtTable, an organization senior associate athletic director path to graduation and success. She manages grant-making to dedicated to advancing women’s and director of student-athlete museums and visual arts organi- leadership in the visual arts field. academic support services. Wendy clark zations, as well as NEA’s special Melissa leads the academic sup- Michigan. Wendy was initiatives, such as the Blue Star mary filman port unit for Huskie Athletics appointed director of museums, Museums program, which offers ferguson-Paré and works with academic visual arts and indemnity at the free museum access to military Toronto. Mary received an departments and counselors to National Endowment for the families. Wendy is a member honorary doctor of letters from

get involved www.kappa.org Nipissing University for her U.S. House of Representatives eat.” Gillian says. It can’t be too president of content develop- lifetime of achievement in the since 2001 as the delegate from smelly or too hot or too cold. ment and strategy for Digital Canadian health care system. West Virginia’s 2nd district. It can’t take too long to eat. Wellness, the company that Mary recently retired as vice After being elected in 2000, she Sound familiar? manages and produces all of president of professional affairs became the first Republican To solve the problem of what’s “The Biggest Loser” online and chief nurse executive at woman elected to Congress for breakfast, lunch and dinner, products, as well as the club and University Health Network of from West Virginia. During Gillian created LaLa Lunchbox boot camp. Erin is in charge of Toronto. Mary was instrumen- her seven terms as a congress- and LaLa Breakfast—a suite of the company’s programming, tal in establishing a scholar woman, Shelley has been an mobile apps that take the stress editorial content and talent practitioner program in which advocate for the mining indus- out of meal planning for families management. nursing students learn, under try, sponsoring the Mine Safety and empower kids with food a clinical mentor, the con- Accountability Act and intro- choices. Kids select foods for rosemary Dunaway tinuum of care with patients ducing the Coal Jobs Protection their meals with the help of the trible and families to be self-directed, Act of 2013. app’s fun monsters, colors and Texas. Rosemary has been patient-centered scholars in sounds, and those choices turn appointed to Virginia Governor nursing. She is a member of the Gillian fein into a handy grocery list for Terry McAuliffe’s Task Force Order of Canada and the recipi- Northwestern. A busy parents. “Kids love having the on Combating Campus Sexual ent of the Queen Elizabeth II mother of three children, freedom to choose their food,” Violence. The task force will Diamond Jubilee Medal. Gillian worked in health care says Gillian. work with schools, campus for almost a decade. Providing LaLa Lunchbox and LaLa police, law enforcement and shelley moore capito delicious and healthful food for Breakfast are available to pur- advocates in Virginia to prevent Duke. Shelley was elected in her family is paramount. “Like chase from Apple’s AppStore. sexual violence on college 2014 as the first female U.S. many kids, my little lady has campuses. Rosemary founded senator from West Virginia. loads of opinions about what erin moyer-carballea Fear 2 Freedom, a global non- Shelley had been serving in the she does and doesn’t want to Miami. Erin is the vice profit organization dedicated to restoring joy in the lives of sexual assault victims.

Karima el-hakkaoui UC Santa Barbara. Karima has co-authored and designed The Wedding A to Z: Everything You Need to Know… and Stuff You Never Thought to Ask. Organized alphabetically by topic, this helpful book doesn’t take itself too seriously but has great tips from wedding industry experts, including a best man’s checklist and ways to involve your future mother-in- law. Random House.

r ebecca Krone Kramer Johns Hopkins. Rebecca has been named to Forbes’ 2015 list of 30 Under 30 in manufacturing. She leads JAne BeAIrD, WAKE FOREST the Fabrication Laboratory • at Purdue, researching soft — — materials for use in robotics Jane worked as actress Anne hathaway’s photo double and stand and other industrial applica- in for the upcoming movie The Intern. After graduating from new tions. Rebecca received her York University with a bFA in studio art, Jane attended Parsons B.S. in mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins, an M.S. in school of design and worked for Lord and taylor. The Intern is mechanical engineering from scheduled for release in september 2015. Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in engineering sciences from Harvard.

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d. 10/14 * Pennsylvania, University of Shaffer, Elisabeth, ’77, d. 11/14 Guyer, Joy Brown, ’57, d. 11/14 Beyer, Barbara Sickels, ’46, d. 7/14 Bohlen, Betty White, ’40, d. 10/14 Simon, Marilyn, ’58, d. 6/14 Roberts, Stephanie Kerbawy, ’61, d. 9/14 Whitman College Swanson, Lois Ladley, ’54, d. 11/14 Purdue University Gajda, Frances Mann, ’50, d. 10/14 minnesota, University of Belcher, Suzanne Biddle, ’54, d. 8/14 Gayman, Mary Hansell, ’41, d. 10/14 DePauw University Maytham, Gloria Goode, ’51, d. 9/14 Corbett, Mary Swisher, ’76, d. 12/14 Moersch, Mary Reid, ’46, d. 7/14 Bunn, Elizabeth Maxwell, ’34, d. 7/14 Wehinger, Margaret Quigley, ’41, d. 10/14 Heidler, Sallie Ferguson, ’53, d. 11/14 Huse, Betty Goldsmith, ’44, d. 10/14 William & mary, College of mississippi, University of Kraege, Anne Beekman, ’67, d. 8/14 Landstrom, Eloise Quick, ’46, d. 9/14 Brown, Janice Ferrell, ’51, d. 6/14 Moore, Jane Berkebile, ’56, d. 11/14 Nicholson, Abby MacDougald, ’92, d. 8/14 Schueler, Nan Ward, ’38, d. 8/14 Gilges, Patsy Mantz, ’58, d. 10/14 Somers, Jane Rhue, ’29, d. 7/14 missouri, University of * San Jose State University Mead, Jane Kyle, ’49, d. 9/14 Williams, Lamar Harper, ’47, d. 10/14 Bruton, Joan Landon, ’54, d. 8/14 Luzietti, Geraldine Andersen, ’49, d. 8/14 Wisconsin, University of Drake University monmouth College South Carolina, University of Kentnich, Arlis Edgington, ’56, d. 8/14 Shaw, Elizabeth Orr, ’42, d. 7/14 Cleland, Gwendolyn Anderson, ’40, d. 9/14 Cadwell, Amy Hampton Knight, ’92, d. 7/14 Wyoming, University of Winnie, Mary Hunter, ’38, d. 12/14 Munn, Janice Warner, ’39, d. 9/14 Southern methodist University McDonald, Sara Yetter, ’44, d. 8/14 Duke University Roberts, Virginia Beckwith, ’48, d. 8/14 Goodwin, Karen Walter, ’67, d. 6/14 Drill, Isobel Craven, ’34, d. 9/14 montana, University of Nairn, Mary King, ’42, d. 12/14 * Inactive chapters.

get involved www.kappa.org | 47 In 1961, when Judy Walker Broadwell was Rush Chairman for the 60 members of Gamma delta, Purdue, she assigned a clean-up committee to empty ashtrays and refill cigarette boxes between rounds. while smoking inside during Recruitment is unheard of today, some aspects of Recruitment are more relaxed—no taffeta required. Flannery Baltazar, current Membership Chairman at eta Lambda, Loyola, offers a modern take on Recruitment while Judy shares her memories of the event remixSome things change ... Some stay the same formerly known as “Rush.” Flannery baltazar Judy walker broadwell Loyola Facing off Purdue Class of 2015 {} Class of 1961 Quota is based on the number of What was quota? Since all members lived in the house, potential new members in Recruitment. quota was based on the number of empty Last year quota was 60. beds; usually we took from 18-25 women. “town girls” were free in our quota since they lived at home.

We practiced conversation skills, singing How did you We learned etiquette: how to sit gracefully, and have a program on voting. Alumnae stand how to serve food to the rushees and how to in as potential new members, and we practice prepare? properly light a rushee’s cigarette. recruiting them.

We meet women during classes How did you meet We relied on references and observed and invite them to educational or their behavior on campus and at fraternity philanthropy events. potential members? parties.

For the first round, we wear T-shirts; What did you wear? Skirts and sweaters for the first round, blue dresses for the second round and white church dresses for the second round and dresses for preference. bid day is full of glitter, cocktail dresses for pref night. temporary tattoos and colorful face paint.

Potential members are not allowed to Any fond memories? A clean-up committee straightened leave with any gifts. once, a guest tried the house between parties. their most to smuggle out a mini-cupcake via the long important job: empty the ashtrays and refill sleeve of her dress when she found out she the cigarette boxes and trays of matches, couldn’t leave with it. which were printed with KKG!

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