Gamma Phi Beta - University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Gamma Phi Beta Pi Chapter Earns Highest Campus GPA Sisters Spread Awareness about Drunk Driving Fun-Filled Semester Members dress up in retro clothes for the first dance of the year. Pi Chapter kicked off the fall semester with a bang! After a fantastic recruitment, we welcomed 45 new members. We have kept busy with academics, volunteer work, and fun socials. Our first dance of the year was themed What Used to Be Cool. We enjoyed breaking out the butterfly hairclips and choker necklaces that reminded us of the past. We also enjoyed watching a movie at the Joyo Theatre with the men of Phi Kappa Theta on October 12. We celebrated Halloween in style with a dance on November 1 and will finish the semester with our winter formal on December 6. Undergraduates Earn 3.58 GPA Emily Isom '10, Abbie Foley '12, Anna Kathol '12, and Kelli Kuntz '12 prepare for recruitment. We earned the top GPA on campus last semester with a 3.58! We are striving for our goal of a 3.6 this semester. Members continue to earn scholarships and campuswide recognition for their incredible academic achievements. Pi Chapter is home to two women in Mortar Board, Hannah Krick '11 and Kiya Stack '10, and three in Omicron Delta Kappa, Brooke Jensen '10, Emily Trofholz 10, and Erin DuBois '10. Mortar Board and ODK are both honor societies on campus. partnered with organizations on campus to make the event bigger and better this year. Liz Ripa '11, our philanthropy chairwoman, did a fantastic job of spreading the word on campus and gaining sponsors. Elaine Pasqua spoke to students about high-risk behaviors. We are dedicated to spreading awareness about drunk driving in remembrance of Laura Cockson '96. GFB Named Homecoming Winners We celebrated Homecoming week with lots of volunteering, hard work, and school spirit. Members created a skit with Theta Xi, FarmHouse, and Beta Sigma Psi and took home first place in Monday Night Live. As the week continued, we spent countless hours working on our float. During Homecoming week, we donated blood, danced at the east campus concert, and cheered during the parade. Allie Skidmore Bell '10 and I were both on the 2013 UNL Homecoming Court. It was announced during halftime at the football game that Gamma Phi Beta won Homecoming for the second year in a row! We couldn't be more proud of our school spirit. We hope you will visit the chapter house and see all that we have accomplished. Members Volunteer in Lincoln Sisters learn a new cheer on Bid Day. The chapter never ceases to commit time to volunteering around the Lincoln community. Many sisters volunteer for Girls on the Run, Relay for Life, St. Elizabeth's, Up 'til Dawn, Dance Marathon, and many other organizations. Our annual fall philanthropy, Do It Sober, was on October 7. We In IIKE, Hannah Riggle '10 Chapter President h3riggle@yahoo.com Alumnae News Lois Cole Schaffer '48 and her husband, Larry, reside in O'Neill, Neb., and have two children, Dewey and Elizabeth. Lois and Larry are in good health and both enjoy helping with Meals on Wheels and spending time with their grandchildren. Lois is also active in her church. Karen Fuquay Maggio '89 is a teacher for Denver Public Schools. She and her husband, Tom, have two daughters, Elizabeth and Lauren. They live in Denver, Colo. E-mail: keren.maggio@gmail.com Members of the 1998 pledge class attend a sister's wedding. Members of the 1996 pledge class reunited over the summer. Sisters attend the wedding of Jamie Skorupa Pepper '00. Sisters attend the wedding of Natalie Reidmann Stuntz '01. Hannah Hassler '06 is a special events recruitment coordinator for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln admissions office. Last summer she served as the Region 5 regional coordinator of recruitment. E-mail: hannahrhassler@gmail.com Danielle Tucker '09 is an assistant merchant for Express. She resides in Columbus, Ohio. E-mail: dtucker@huskers.unl.edu page 3

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