Gamma Phi Beta - University of Kansas

In Memoriam Joan Squires Campbell '51 passed away on August 2 in Emporia, Kan. Joan grew up in Lawrence, attended Lawrence High School, and majored in physical education at KU. While at KU she was a member of the Honor Mortar Board Society her senior year. Alumnae News Marilyn Mason Bobbitt '75 has three grand- children and lives in Independence, Mo. She is a case manager for HCA CenterPoint. E-mail: rrbobbitt@gmail.com Brenda Harden '78 went on a Carnival cruise from Galveston to Cozumel and back in April with Sigma sisters. "It was for a group of girls celebrating a big birthday!" Women on the cruise included: Toni Mogel Schulte '77, Pam Mason Vowels '77, Ann Hartley Bush '76, Brenda Press Harden '78, Deb Oliver Humphrey '77, Susan Moore Palmer '77, Michelle Whitson Stone '77, Diane Anderson Patton '78, Joy Schul Anderson '77, Jane Robinson Leach '77, Linda McConnell Whaley Brooks '77, Meg Curtis Reggae '77, Cindy Emig Penzler '78, and Ann Covalt Clinkscales '78. "We had a great time and even went zip lining one day. Never a dull moment!" SIGMA NEWS 2 S igma Chapter was represented by collegians Blake Gustafson '16, Jordan Heath '16, Rylie Hess '17 and advisor Sally Ramseyer Beck '74 at the 78th Gamma Phi Beta Convention in Dallas, Texas, in June. They enhanced their leadership skills, attended educational programming, conducted sorority business, and met hundreds of collegians and alumnae while celebrating sisterhood and having fun. One of the highlights of the week was the 2018 Awards Banquet, where Sigma was honored with the Scholarship Excellence Award and the Collegiate/ Alumnae Relations Excellence Award. The Sigma members also cheered loudly for Sigma alumna Christie Kroeger '87, a member of the Tampa Bay alumnae group, who received the Shining Star Award to recognize her commitment to community involvement in addition to her contributions to Gamma Phi Beta. Convention Recognition YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE O ur sincere thanks go to each sister who has made a contribution to Sigma Chapter. Your gifts make possible the necessary work that happens at our Gamma Phi Beta home. Listed here are the donors to the spring 2018 appeal. If an error has been made in recording to your gift, we sincerely apologize. If a correction to your giving record is needed, please send it to Sigma Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta, P.O. Box 3796, Lawrence, KS 66046. Jill McLeod Anderson '82 Jan McEwen Davey '65 Catherine Campbell Dunmire '53 Karlene Howell Ferguson '59 Kelle Burmeister Gilmore '98 Jeanne Gorman '69 Andrea Bond Graham '97 Cindy Amundson Harmison '80 Susan K. Harper '69 Ginny Clough Hayward '16 Gail Schuler Jennings '73 Susan Zeck Lee '73 Rhonda LaHue Mordy, D.O. '78 Ann Williams Overman '54 Maggie Dickinson Schnackenberg '48 Susan Rogers Seidel '79 Bridget Staker '92 Sara Hernandez Wenke '99 Linda French Wilson '64 Jean Elson Woods '57 Alumnae Update (Left) Sigma members Blake Gustafson '16, Rylie Hess '17, Sally Ramseyer Beck '74, and Jordan Heath '16 show off their Scholastic Excellence Award.

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