Volume , No. The Fall KeyA KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA PUBLICATION (ANGING/N Saving an Endangered Species The KeyA KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA PUBLICATION Volume 130, No. 3 Fall 2013 CONTENTS The Key is the first college women’s departments fraternity magazine, published continuously since 1882. EDITORIAL BOARD 2 President’s Message Kappa is a gift to treasure. Editor Kristin Johnson Sangid, Georgia Southern Associate Editor Kristen Desmond LeFevre, Indiana 7 In Memoriam Honoring those we have loved and lost. Alumna News/Profiles Editor Ann Graham Schnaedter, Missouri Collegiate News Editor Kate Greene, Ohio State 10 Foundation News Retiring—Foundation Executive Director Contributing Editor ANN STAFFORD T RUESDELL Melisse Campbell, Mississippi ; meet the tennis mom—NANCY EYERMANN FOLAND. Lessons Contributing Editor Jenny Struthers Hoover, Bowling Green from an educator—DR. JENNIFER ROYER. Contributing Editor Laura Shock Scherer, Bowling Green 28 Accent on Alumnae Editorial Board Chairman Aspiring women like ALEX BROWN (writer); Judy Stewart Ducate, Texas Tech PAULA T ALLMAN (researcher) and business Fraternity Vice President JULIE ALLINSON Elizabeth Bailey, Mississippi owner (eyebobs) are shaking things up. Executive Director Kari Kittrell Director of Marketing and Communications 40 Collegiate News Ashley Gilbert Moyer, Purdue Twenty-one chapters show us how they celebrate sisterhood, philanthropy and Graphic Designer leadership. Victoria McDonald, Q.V. Design 48 The Final Fleur Printed by The Watkins Printing Company, LOIS CATHERMAN HEENEHAN wonders what Columbus, Ohio Epsilon members were doing in 1892—with The Key (ISSN 1063-4665) is published bananas and tennis rackets. quarterly by Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 530 E. Town St., Columbus, OH 43215. Printed in the United States of America, copyright Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity 2013. Subscription price is $3. Preferred periodical postage paid On the Cover at Columbus, Ohio Taken by Bill Hunt in Borneo, Indonesia, this photo POSTMASTER: shows REBECCA REEDER-HUNT, TCU, bonding with an Send address changes to orphaned and gentle orangutan, a species she has The Key come to love and been inspired to help. P.O. Box 38 Columbus, OH 43216-0038 The Key of Kappa Kappa features Gamma links each member with the Fraternity. The mission of The Key is s4OINFORM INSPIRE and challenge s4OPROMOTELEADERSHIP scholarship and friendship s4OSUSTAINANDNURTURE loyalty and interest Page 14 s4ORECOGNIZETHE accomplishments of Wild Thing, I Think individuals, groups, the I Love You Fraternity and its Foundation Orangutans in the wild s4OPROVIDEAFORUMFOR an exchange of information are merely hanging on— and opinion REBECCA REEDER-HUNT tells us why. s4OBEAPERMANENTRECORD Kappa Kappa Gamma Headquarters P.O. Box 38 Columbus, OH 43216-0038 Phone: 866-554-1870 (866-KKG-1870) Fax: 614-228-7809 Email Kappa: [email protected] Email The Key: [email protected] Upload photos to The Key: http://uploads.kappa.org To change your address or to stop receiving The Key, email [email protected] or call Fraternity Headquarters at the number above. Please include full name. www.facebook.com/ kappakappagamma www.facebook.com/TheKeyMagazine www.twitter.com/ kappakappagamma Page 20 Page 36 www.linkedin.com One Tough Kat Commuting to 1600 Keyword: Kappa Kappa Gamma Meet Major KATHRYN SHAW, a Pennsylvania Avenue with RACQUEL RUSSELL https://www.kappa.org/ military police officer with an KKGBlog.aspx incredible spirit for volunteerism. WWWKAPPAORGs&ALLs4HE+EYs1 President’s Message The Gift of Kappa s Kappas we hear about how our ritual is what common, learning together—all of these benefits distinguishes Kappas from other organiza- of friendship are right there if you decide to take Ations. Yet so many members never experience advantage of them—and it will feel effortless! Kappa again once they leave school. So what does it Our world is more connected than ever, but it mean to BE a Kappa? hasn’t changed the foundation of true relation- Clara Pierce, Ohio State, Executive Secretary ships. Shared values and experiences are the for the Fraternity from 1929 to 1969 said simply, “To building blocks of sisterhood, but it is openness be a Kappa is to be a good citizen.” I like that! She and trust that create lifelong friendships. went on, “To attain this goal one must have under- We all need courage to extend ourselves, to standing of the other person’s point of view and how be accepting of our differences, reveling in our she lives.” Now that’s impact. likenesses. We need to enjoy the cultivation of new Do you dream of doing great things? What and life-long female friendships. Kappa is here for inspires you? Kappa empowers women to pursue a each of you so that by being members of Kappa lifetime of excellence. And that preparation begins Kappa Gamma, together we can help our women when we are first initiated, but it doesn’t end with reach their full potential. Together, we create an graduation. environment for women who want to be. “The more I give to Kappa, the more I receive Vera Lewis Marine from Kappa,” says , Colorado Loyally, College, the 1998 Loyalty Award recipient (she also happens to be my mom!). Vera’s words are especially appropriate at this time of year. Fall always seems to be the busiest season of all and as women we have so many things competing for our time. Among Julie Marine Leshay, careers, family obligations, trying to eat healthy Colorado College and exercise—and sneak in a little personal time Fraternity President for reading or watching a favorite show, where does [email protected] Kappa fit in the day? Here’s the thing—friendships are often the first thing we let go when we can’t find enough time in the day, yet friendships with other women are a source of strength, allowing us to nurture and repair our minds. Building successful friendships with other women is essential to all of us. It has been proven it makes us stronger of mind and healthier of body. Building successful friendships has no ending. As Winston Churchill said, “Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is the courage that counts.” Laughing, talking, finding things in 2s4HE+EY s &ALL sWWWKAPPAORG fraternity news Nominate the Future Leaders of Kappa Kappa Gamma Qualifications: Any Kappa in good standing who has served the Fraternity within the past 10 years as a member of the Fraternity, Regional or Associate Councils, chairman of a Fraternity standing or special committee, Fraternity Council assistant, Leadership The strength of Kappa can be attributed Consultant or member of the Foundation Board of Trustees is qualified to the leaders of our Fraternity during to be considered for an elected position. the past 143 years. Their vision, wisdom and courage have made it the exceptional What positions are being elected? organization that we all know and love. The positions to be elected at the 2014 General Convention include Make sure your voice is heard by all Fraternity Council positions, seven Regional Director of Alumnae positions and seven Regional Director of Chapters positions. recommending a qualified candidate. How to nominate: Please submit recommendations to the Nominating Committee no later than Feb. 14, 2014. Find the form at www.kappa.org/members. Send recommendations to Fraternity Nominating Chairman, MARTHA ALLEN KUMLER, Ohio State, 11270 Lancaster Kirkersville Rd. NW, Baltimore, OH 43105-9630 or email [email protected]. Every member has the opportunity to participate in the nominating process. Please consider seeking one of these positions or nominating an outstanding leader you know. Who will lead the Fraternity in the next biennium?you! Kappa is counting on The Key s3 WWWKAPPAORGs&ALLs Fraternity News ,ETTERSto the Editor #UTE#UT !LLISON DAUGHTEROF !UBREY!BBOTT0ASANT!UB I have many wonderful friends from my years "AYLOR"AY ANDGRANDDAUGHTEROF as a Kappa and none of them look like the cover 6ICKI3TERNENBERG!BBOTT6IC of the woman on the summer edition of The Key. "AYLOR"AY I am writing because I do not often respond so negatively to magazine covers. However, when I looked at the cover of the summer version of The Key, I was mortified, insulted and felt that Kappa needs my feedback if they are to come into the 21st century and survive, if they want to be an inspiration to the next generation of women. Who needs to be reminded of unfortunate years gone by when women were only allowed to stay at home? What is the image that you are trying to 7ELOVE%LLEN create in future women leaders? There are many 3HIRLEY´S 'EORGIA women who admirably choose to stay at home 3OUTHERN SPOOFOF to raise their children, and this is not the vision THESUMMERCOVER they have of themselves. They are rewarded by their fulfillment in spending their life dedicated to their families. This is not what is portrayed in this Note: For some, the summer cover implied picture. I realize that your audience is from a wide that women should be in curlers. It was intended age range, but who on earth wants to be reminded to be a humorous look at a woman who possibly of a time when women were oppressed or lacked had a surprising change in her career path, the self-confidence to get out of those curlers? something that she could not have envisioned Please look forward to what women have become when beginning her career. Many of us have had and are striving to be, not backward to a time when to deal with surprising changes in our lives. opportunity was not theirs to grasp. ------------------------------------------------------- Carole Warde, USC, MD, FACP Educational Lead, Veterans Assessment and Improvement Laboratory #ORRECTION The Key enjoyed The Cat at Cason Cottage by ------------------------------------------------------- Marsha Love, but we were so excited that we I love the cover! And I look forward to reading got the name wrong.