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Emily Bechard '21* Anna Blumenthal '21 Bailey Bowles '21 Sofia Bowman '21 Destiny Brandl '21 Lily Brawer '21 Natalie Brown '22 Addie Chezem '22 Emily DeMars '21* Ava Deschaine '21 Amelia DeVries '21 Payton Elliott '21 Riley Ervin '21 Mia Everett '23 Emily Geers '21 Izzy Gonzalez '22 Quincy Hepler '21 Abby King '21 Sophie Kramer '21 Grace Krieg '21 Alyssa Krol '21 Anna-Marie Larmon '21 Juliet MacMurray '21 Hailey Meggers '21 Mady Morrell '21* Amanda Ochoa '21 Channing Osborne '21 Liya Patel '22* Anna Peters '21 Julia Powel '21* Ryleigh Reigle '21 Ava Rinklin '21 Erin Ruggles '21 Erin Schaller '21 Lindsey Schmidt '21 Meredith Talbott '21 Kennady Wilkerson '21* Paige Williams '21 Rachel Wilson '21 Elizabeth Wright '21 *Graduated in December 2024 Please note: All references to year in this publication are initiation year. CONGRATULATIONS, SENIORS! Q: What made Tri Delta the right choice for you? A: Jan. recruitment is the reason I could join Tri Delta. ere was time to get to Lawrence and settle into a campus routine, prepare a budget to prove we could afford it and meet people on campus. e suite, rather than dormitory- style living, fit my idea of creature comforts. Q: How did being a member of eta Omega Chapter help shape you as a person? A: e chapter house was one of my first communities as an adult. From that community came awareness of qualities for future communities, even influencing my choice of life partner and in-laws. "Warmth" and "welcome" are descriptors of my eta Omega experience. e foundation in faith (I Corinthians 13) was a beacon in 1961 and is a basis for my continual faith development. Q: What roles did you hold as an undergraduate? A: It was a confidence builder when the house nominated me to represent them in roles on campus. I always had an outside job, too (campus business office, residence hall counselor and research assistant), and lived in the house for two years. Senior year, I was chaplain. During graduate school, I lived in the chancellor's guest house as hostess while teaching beginning speech communication and creating newspaper advertisements for Hallmark Cards, where I later worked full-time. Q: What has your life been like since college? A: Life, now, is being retired from work in urban redevelopment. Our group purchased historic commercial buildings that were proposed for condemnation by Kansas City, Missouri. We restored the buildings, rented them to businesses or started our own businesses. Our signature restoration project was the Uptown eater complex in the Midtown area of Kansas City. All the buildings still operate and stimulated other redevelopment. I have been married nearly 60 years with two sons, two daughters-in-law and four grandchildren. Living nearby in Shawnee, Kansas, means getting to bleed red and blue in person. I served on the house corporation board and have enjoyed the area Tri Delta alumnae group. I worked with the alumnae annual art auction fundraiser. What a joy to be at the ribbon cutting for the new house! e atmosphere was full of the same warmth and welcome. Q: What advice would you offer to undergraduate sisters? A: Carefully make decisions (rushing to avoid traffic or unwanted contact are exceptions). Have reasonable expectations (disappointment often is based on unrealized, sometimes unreasonable, expectations). Asking for help saves time and worry (think office hours of teachers, etc.). Exercise regularly and absorb the beauty of nature. You can connect with Joyce at joycthompson@hotmail.com. REFLECTING ON TRI DELTA AND BEYOND Joyce Neaderhiser Thompson '61 Shares Her Story

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