Gamma Phi Beta - University of Kansas

Sigma Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta P.O. Box 3796 Lawrence, KS 66046 Address Service Requested SIGMA NEWS @KU_GammaPhi l kansasgphi Kansas Gamma Phi Beta f kansasgammaphi o President Kate Gurley '18 kugphipresident@gmail.com (913) 998-0764 Membership Vice President Crosby Jones '17 kugphimvp@gmail.com Administra ve Vice President Quincy Strawhecker '18 Public Rela ons Vice President Ellie Druten '18 Financial Vice President Alexis Szweda '18 Educa on Vice President Carly Huyber '18 Panhellenic Affairs Vice President Ellie Druten '18 House Manager Olivia Su on '19 Recording Secretary Caroline Heimbach '18 New Member Educators Sydney Hanson '17 Emily Johnson '18 Philanthropy Chairwoman Cameron Wood '18 Lucy Bailey | Kansas City, Kan. Violet Bartle* | Lawrence, Kan. Maya Bascom | Lawrence, Kan. Sophia Birch | Springdale, Ark. Isabel Brower | Overland Park, Kan. Caitlin Broz | Mount Prospect, Ill. Julia Cecil* | Overland Park, Kan. Ellie Chestler† | Long Grove, Ill. Gabrielle Clark* | Evergreen, Colo. Victoria Cohen | Springfield, Va. Molly Crader | Overland Park, Kan. Faith Creelman | Lake St. Louis, Mo. Madeline Dalke† | Overland Park, Kan. Lydia Davis | Overland Park, Kan. Ka e Davoren | Overland Park, Kan. Mackenzie Delaney | Omaha, Neb. Bridget Devers | Shawnee, Kan. Zara Diedel | Olathe, Kan. Sophia Fields | Lee's Summit, Mo. Lauren Fries | Overland Park, Kan. Lauren Gee | Downers Grove, Ill. Abby Gorman† | Overland Park, Kan. Kiersten Gouger | Olathe, Kan. Mariah Guerrero | Moore, Okla. Ava Hause† | Fort Collins, Colo. Erica Hayes† | Liberty, Mo. Chloe Hernandez† | Eudora, Kan. Avarie Honkomp | Primghar, Iowa Morgan Huppert† | Parker, Colo. Bria Kea ng* | Lawrence, Kan. Faith Kelly | Overland Park, Kan. Rachel Kerr* | Overland Park, Kan. Maya Kerschen | Iowa City, Iowa Emma Kerwin | Leawood, Kan. Makenzie Krug* | Overland Park, Kan. Sammy Lighty | Normal, Ill. Sydney Li erick | Shawnee, Kan. Arianna Long | Kansas City, Mo. Grace Ludwick | Overland Park, Kan. Maddie Mayfield* | Shawnee, Kan. Julia Mullinax | Overland Park, Kan. Lily Nicoll | Mount Prospect, Ill. Miranda Nolte | Olathe, Kan. Tara Parks | Overland Park, Kan. Olivia Pelliccia | Olathe, Kan. Erin Pemberton | Overland Park, Kan. Elle Peterson | Olathe, Kan. Rachel Raphaeli | Buffalo Grove, Ill. Wrigley Russell | Overland Park, Kan. Ella Ruston | LaGrange Park, Ill. Peri Schwanke | Overland Park, Kan. Shaw, Chloe | Andover, Kan. Skyler Shirinian | Olathe, Kan. Lindsey Skinner | Clive, Iowa Cameron Smith* | Olathe, Kan. Kayleigh Stevens | Omaha, Neb. Caroline Stoothoff | Overland Park, Kan. Anna Stovall | Overland Park, Kan. Julia Swayne | Overland Park, Kan. Kelly Teed | Naperville, Ill. Grace Todd | Wichita, Kan. Lillian Todd | Kansas City, Mo. Sterre Van der Anker | Plainfield, Ill. Bailey Vaupell | Overland Park, Kan. Abigail Waller | Faye ville, Ark. Shauna Warner† | Centennial, Colo. Pryce Williams | Kimberling City, Mo. Molly Winne* | Leawood, Kan. Julia Wise | Saint Charles, Mo. Leah Witmer | La Grange, Ill. Anna Wood | La Grange Park, Ill. Whitney Woods | Lee's Summit, Mo. *Direct legacy (grandmother, mother, sister) †Indirect legacy (aunt, cousin) Welcome, New Members Nancy Lou Hood Slaten '56 passed away on June 2, 2019, at the age of 83 a er a ba le with heart disease. She started her educa on career as a second grade teacher at Morris Hill Elementary on Fort Riley, Kan., and then taught kindergarten at Westwood Elementary in Junc on City, Kan. Nancy then served USD 475 school board from 1977 to 1987, including a two-year s nt as president. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Teacher's Society, the American Associa on of University Women, and a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church U.S.A. of Junc on City. Nancy owned, managed, and operated the George and Bessie Flower Apartments in Junc on City. The apartments were originally built by her grandfather in the 1920s. In the 1990s, she built and managed a three-plex. Nancy managed all her rental proper es un l her passing. She and her late husband, Larry, had three children, four grandsons, and a great-granddaughter. Chapter Officers IN MEMORIAM Ryann Jones '19 and Samantha Bower '19 on Bid Day. New member educators, Emily Johnson '18 and Sydney Hanson '17, on (virtual) Bid Day.

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