R H O C H A P T E R O F G A M M A P H I B E T A A T T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F I O W A
FALL
2014
O
nce again this summer, the chapter house was full
of construction workers from the day the collegians
moved out in May, until a week before they arrived on
August 16. Our project was to complete the sprinkler system
and included demolition of the dining room ceiling for the
new pipes and replacement of the ceiling. Our contractors
designed more efficient lighting in the dining room, as well
as disguised the living room and foyer sprinkler system pipes
with new crown molding.
This is the final large project
($108,000) in the master plan the HCB
identified as a priority nine years ago.
This project was paid in part by the
members' monthly building fund, and
will be paid in total by the chapter's
2014-15 building fund assessment. In
the past nine years we have completed
a new roof; purchased a new boiler,
range, water heater; installed air-
conditioning, replacement windows
and back doors; renovated the dining
room, kitchen, and stairs; and replaced
the hall carpeting. Another project
was a formerly empty basement room.
It is now the chapter meeting room
with more than 100 wooden folding
chairs and fresh paint.
Now we will focus on reducing the construction loans. Thank
you to all who made a donation to the HCB. We are pleased
to welcome Erica Kaldenberg, Omega '02, as the new house
corporation president and to introduce Joanie Calder as the new
house director.
In PKE,
Rhonda Staley, Gamma Psi '71
Rho House Corporation
Property Manager, Treasurer
(319) 321-2404 / rstaleydesign@gmail.com
Rho Chapter House Never Looked Better
House Corporation Completes Summer Projects
Above: The HCB purchased 100 new
chairs for weekly chapter meetings.
Below: The dining room ceiling was
renovated to handle new sprinkler pipes.
Rho Chapter on the steps of the old capitol building.
RHO CHAPTER'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Friday, November 13, through Sunday, November 15, 2015
Contact Katy Herbold '00 at katyherbold@gmail.com with questions.
H O U S E C O R P O R A T I O N
PRESIDENT
Erica Kaaldenberg, Omega '02
ekaldenberg@gmail.com
VICE PRESIDENT
Dana Oberhoffer Cooney '99
PROPERTY MANAGER, TREASURER
Rhonda Staley, Gamma Psi '71
rstaleydesign@gmail.com
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Shea Veatch McConnell '01
smcconnell01@hotmail.com
Jeanette Kinsey '59
jeanette.kinsey@gmail.com
