Alpha Xi Delta - University of South Dakota

Alpha Xi Delta at the University of South Dakota Becca Evans Aune '04 Stephanie Sinclair Jorgensen '04 Rheana Mesner Tacke 04 Cara Jones Davis '05 Buehner Family Gift Stephanie Buehner De Groot '05 Tiffany Buehner Ramert '09 Stephanie Dahl '08 Kayla Gengler Schroeder '09 Breana Lannen '10 BetXi Circle ($1,000 to $2,499) Mildred Fiksdal O'Neill '44 Mary Ireland Matheson '62 Mary Hamilton Beck '63 In memory of Jane Vincent Smith '63 Virginia L. Larimer '63 Sandra Utesch Sievers '64 Judith McIntosh Baudler '65 Mary Lee LeRoy '65 Sheila Roark Von Wald '65 Carol Lenz Gugat '66 Beverly Allison Mickelson '66 Donna Lenz Johnson '67 Marilyn Peterson McCann '67 Julie Livingston '68 In memory of Margaret Hubbard Flemmer '68 Debbie Menke Nixon '68 Mary Aschenbrenner Collins '70 Marjorie Snyder Dubansky '70 In honor of the 1970 Pledge Class Dee Ann Bonacker Stevens '70 Vicki Hauck Sullivan '70 Burns Family Gift Cheri Burns '73 Patte Burns Downing '75 Kathy Burns Peterson '78 Deborah Carson Devine '73 Deborah Townsend Haffner '73 In honor of the Class of 1976 Leslie Henderson Ashmore '75 Mary Donnelly Christensen '75 Carol Nalevanko '76 Connie Fogelman Schroeder '76 Jean Brink Smith '76 Dawn Donnelly Glover '77 Katherine Putz '77 Theresa Steensma Zavadil '79 In memory of Mary Swanson '80 Nanette Kaufman Christofferson '84 Joan Sheppard Gonzalez '85 Kim Jensen '87 Denise Petersen-Johnson '88 Stephanie Jones '92 Erin Cameron '96 Melissa Bouchier Kubousek '96 Margo West Northrup '96 Kati Bachmayer '97 Casey Jacobson '97 Amy Johnson Berendes '98 Jennifer Buck Krifka '98 Michele Morse Bordewyk '05 Maggie Pearson '05 Mikala Semerad Gibbs '06 Danielle Meyer Krier '06 Sarah Maxe '09 Anna Te Slaa Rempe '09 Annie M. Miller '10 Loyalty Circle ($500 to $999) Terry Hendrick In memory of Mary Hendrick Wilcox '68 Paul and Roberta Johnson In honor of Jenna Johnson '13 Barbara Shafer Kraemer '39 Joanne Bratsberg Steichen '47 In memory of Phyllis Brisbine Lucille Connaughton Van Valkenburg '51 In memory of Edna E. Brinkman Barbetta Krogman '59 In memory of LaVonne Houchen '59 Peggy Neiles '60 In memory of Mary Jane Hatfield Benefiel '60 and Bonnie Hofer Raab '60 Candace Rae Cameron '62 Buseman Sisters Jeanette Buseman Higbe '63 Marilyn Buseman Dreyer '64 Peggy Schnabel Hohm '65 Martee Robinson '66 Nancy Sullivan Giovannetti '67 Mary Flemmer Husman '67 Julie Stine Stevens '68 In memory of Margaret Hubbard Flemmer '68 and Mary Hendrick Wilcox '68 Susan Scoblic Morrison '71 Coyla Klemme Trotzig '73 Carolyn Hales Costar '74 Marti Johnson Pollard '74 Bobbi Nies Viedt '74 Cindy Nies Bennett '75 Jane Persinger Dokken '76 Tamara Jensen Lillemoe '78 Jeannine Cazer Fowler '80 Lisa Olson Rasmussen '81 Susan Logan Gallant '83 Crystal Clement Rimsza '83 Debra Schunneman Esche '84 Trudy A. Morgan '85 Gina Haan Samuelson '86 Carmen Ahlers Stoen '87 Heather Schone Engen '89 Erika Prahl Cromwell '92 Jill Goehring Hamilton '94 Katherine Flanery Hill '94 Sherry Weisz Merkwan '94 Tiffany Buehner Ramert '09 Kassie Hoiland '11 O ur founders, in 1893 at Lombard College, had as their goal to enrich the lives of every Alpha Xi Delta by nurturing unity, cooperation and leadership. We revitalized these goals during our campaign to raise funds for our beautiful, new house. It is time to celebrate. I want to thank and acknowledge Mary Duncan '98 and the Epsilon Corporation Board for their hard work and leadership in bringing together a team to build this beautiful house. As capital campaign chairman, raising money for this project, I want to share what I felt. We not only built a house, we built a network of cooperation and love between sisters. This project renewed friendships and reminded us how much we love our sisterhood and what our sorority stands for. In some cases new friendships were formed. Class leaders reconnected with their sisters. We gathered at reunions large and small. We all had a common goal to build a brand-new house. But in reconnecting with sisters, we shared our experiences living in the house and how Alpha Xi Delta enhanced our lives! We built a unity and a renewed appreciation for our sorority. During the campaign, partly to calm myself, I would close my eyes and visualize a beautiful new house and the feeling of walking into the entryway and knowing Alpha Xi Delta would have a bright, secure future! Part of this visualization involved a beautiful chandelier right as you walked in. When Mary Duncan told me the amount allotted for furniture and lighting early in the campaign, I was alarmed! A lighting design, based on our budget, was sent out and I couldn't accept it. This didn't fit into my dream! I knew that we needed to build a house first. I could understand that. We didn't have enough money. So in a few days, I called Linda Eagan '65, Vicki Foley '65, Mary Ann McAtee '67, Cynthia Jewett '67, Kay Olson '68, Carol Ricciardello '76, and Mary Ricciardello Sandvig '74. Together we quickly raised a $70,000 matching Alumnae Support Makes a Difference Mary Brandon Miller '67 Reflects on Capital Campaign (Continued on page 6) "Part of my dream was to feel the joy of knowing our sisters had all come together to make a new house a reality. I now know that so many of us had that same dream."

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