Xi Chapter of Sigma Kappa
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Lawrence, KS 66044-2100
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from K-State in December of 2019 with
an engineering degree. He hopes to be an
engineering officer in the Marines. Her son,
Ben, is a junior at K-State and is studying
engineering. Pamela is still best friends with
Shannon Parker '85 and loves all her Sigma
Kappa sisters.
Laura McKee Sweet '88 is the president of
Nexus-Women's Leadership Alliance and the
chairwoman of the performing arts sector of the
International Association of Venue Managers.
Laura and her husband, Mike, live in Des
Moines, Iowa, and celebrated the birth of their
fourth grandchild, Marigold Joy Hook, in July
2019. Email: laurajanesweet@gmail.com
Caryl Francis Niedens '89 shares that her son
is a freshman at KU and joined Alpha Sigma
Phi. She lives in Westwood, Kan. Email:
carylfrancisnieden@gmail.com
Kerri Lesh '01 teaches at the University of
Nevada, Reno after earning her Ph.D. in 2019.
She lives in Reno.
Traci McMaster Keefer '05 is an event
producer for Fresh Wata & FWR Rental
Haus, where she creates unique experiences
for companies nationwide with clients such as
Spotify, Lyft, MGM Resorts International, Life
Is Beautiful Music Festival, Hilton Honors, and
Univision. She lives in Henderson, Nev., with
her husband, Case. Email: traci.mcmaster@
gmail.com
Pamela Carper Schmidt '12 is a technical
project manager for Koch Business Solutions. She
and her husband, Connor, a KU Kappa Sigma,
were married in June 2019. They reside in Olathe,
Kan. Email: carperpamelac@gmail.com
Thank You for Your
Generous Contributions
to Xi Chapter
W
e send our sincere appreciation to the sisters and friends of Xi Chapter, listed below, who
donated to our spring and fall 2019 appeals. Their gifts raised $7,005 to Xi Chapter's
Annual Fund, which will go a long way toward building on the already bright futures of our
undergraduate sisters.
Join these
women by making
a gift today using our
new online giving
form at tinyurl.com/
xisigmakappa.
Alumnae
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Carolyn Miller
In memory of
Mary Jane Pistorius Taylor '44
Zelina Higginbottom Hickox '47
Mary Brewer Akright '48
Diane Danley Sandidge '48
Eleanor Major Berkley '54
Retta Jones Harnar '54
Julianne Sawyer '54
Mary Sue Childers Foster '58
Sally Nixon Winfrey '59
Rita Harris Clifford '60
Cynthia Childers Dunn '61
Julia Leakey '61
Betty McLain Brown '62
Joan Howard '63
Barbara Musgrave Kerns '65
Sally Corlis Spooner '65
Lauren S. Cameron '66
Betty C. Sterling '66
Ellen R. Holtsberg '67
Dianna Johnson Nelson '67
In memory of
Kathleen Sowers Mawdsley '66
Cheryl Miller Peterson '67
Barbara Deetjen Bromby '68
Myrtle Burkle Mohart '68
Gail Johnson Scott '69
Sally A. Swetnam '69
Jan Mahanna Goracke '71
Diane McCarthy Knowles '71
Sharon McCarthy Uhlig '73
Barbara Hannas Johnson '74
Judi J. Polson '74
Donna Howell Zuber '74
Martha Haefele Domme '75
Regina Jones Squires '75
Wendy Gottberg '78
Janet Schulenberg Wiens '78
Bonita Henry Beeken '82
Shalene Bayless Link '83
Tricia Walton Powell, M.D. '86
Melissa Murphy Hulsing '87
Candy Niemann Wolken '87
Linda M. Bacheller '89
Meg Fisher '89
Dana Baasen Rosenthal '90
Kathleen Brangan Held '92
Holly Coulter Dunlap '95
Samantha Ventsam '95
Megan Kopff '05
