Sigma Kappa - University of Kansas

Page 3 H H H Sigma kappa Jane Sullivan Hursh '49 In memory of Helen Ward Sullivan '15 and Mary Frances Sullivan Larson '40 In honor of Megan Sullivan '10 Donna Karr Kibbey '49 In memory of Thelma Sprout Keller '50 In honor of a great university Marjorie Albright Hazlett '50 Shirley Rothberger Hodges '50 Lois Clough Herriman '52 Phyllis Wilson Dammer '53 Velma Gaston Farrar '53 Eleanor Mayor Berkley '54 Janice Adriance Fonkelsrud '55 Arlene Abel Luchsinger '57 Rita Harris Clifford '60 Judith Fraser-Flamer '61 Carol Walker Heiman '61 Julia Jarvis Leakey '61 Paula Masoner Lohmeier '61 Betty Mclain Brown '62 Patricia Meyer Nall '62 Kathlyn Reed '62 In memory of Ruth Krehbiel Reed '27 Mary Linda Jewell Sullivan '62 Deanna Dalbom Weeks '62 Joan Lee Howard '63 Loneta Wilson Schmollinger '64 Barbara Musgrave Kerns '65 Nancy Polson Schuetz '65 Valerie Lewis Hammons '66 Jeanine Ninemires Morton '66 Harriet Tia Franks '67 Ellen Holtsberg '67 Cynthia Miller Wright '67 Barbara Deetjen Bromby '68 Kathleen Leary Holly '68 Deborah Green Murrell '68 Catherine Ecroyd '69 Marty Paulson Pope '69 Carolyn Rothery '69 Gail Johnson Scott '69 Linda Richards Stoker '69 Sharen Opperman Mingee '70 Denise Eldridge Gossage '72 Julianne Chaney Jarvis '72 Susan Brazee Tucker '72 Barbara Hannas Johnson '75 Martha Haefele Domme '75 Holly Wilbur Lowe '75 In memory of Anneliesse Schnierle Engelmann '50 Regina Jones Squires '75 Vicki Farrar Thompson '75 In memory of Anneliese Schnierle Engelmann '50 Joyce Siler Bellassai '76 Karen Schlager Stansberry '77 Anne Dawkins Barbour '78 Melinda McClellan Burton '78 Sheila Norton Christiansen '78 Janet Schulenberg Wiens '78 In memory of Helen and John Schulenberg Barbara Blinn Wolfe '80 Stephanie King '81 Mary Sauder-Newman '82 Kendra Gooch Schoeman '82 Shalene Bayless Link '83 Denise Ellena Berland '84 Laura Bulgren '84 Amy Wallner Ward '85 Laura McKee Sweet '88 Tish Holub Taylor, Ph.D. '88 Julie Jakobe Benelli '89 Sarah Strief Bonefas '89 Dana Baasen Rosenthal '90 Christy Cain Neilson '91 Kimberly Schrameyer Simonds '91 Gretchen Havner '92 Amelia Kovar-Donohue '92 Marcy Smoler Woodhouse '92 Susan Yager Velesco '93 Samantha Ventsam '95 Wendy Wiedel Horan '96 Kara Donohoe Manning '96 Carly Zimmerman Stowell '96 Elizabeth Wristen Wakeman '96 Melissa Yeager '96 Stacey Hurst Morgan '97 Melissa Gard '98 Lesley Hughes '98 Kelli Jenkinson '98 Rachel Burger Welland '98 Ana Duran Williams '98 Katie Ellena '99 Laura King Bourdelais '00 Angela Harness '01 Christy Rachow Larson '02 Blair Schipper '02 Melissa Malone Godinez '03 Ashley Conrad '06 Pucetti Family Gift Ariel Pucetti '09 Rachel Pucetti '13 Megan Sullivan '10 and Family In memory of Miss Norinne Join your sisters and donate now! Donate online at sigmakappaxi. kintera.org/campaign S abrina Ahmed '08 never just dreamed of success, she worked for it. And where did that get her? She now has her dream job of being a morning TV news anchor, has been nominated for an Emmy because of her hard work and dedication as a reporter, as well as getting to interview interesting people such as Chris Harrison, host of the Bachelor. Her extremely successful career has not just been the result of her work since college, but a dream since she was a little girl that she has made a reality. She grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, as one of seven children. Her mother worked for a TV news station and, ever since she first appeared on her mother's show, Sabrina knew that she was destined to be in TV news. That dream led her to the University of Kansas where she found two new loves: the Kansas Jayhawks and Sigma Kappa. When she came to KU she went through formal recruitment, which is where she found Sigma Kappa. The girls there were genuine and Sabrina knew that she had found a place to fit in. For her, memories of Sigma Kappa are filled with laughter, late nights, and spending time with her sisters. They became her best friends, her sisters, and her mentors. While at KU, she enjoyed other pursuits such as the working on the Kansan and interning for 6News. But one of her favorite activities of her college career was helping produce Rock Chalk Revue. Rock Chalk Revue is a variety show put on the students of KU to benefit charity. This experience helped her to branch out to others who were not in Sigma Kappa to collaborate on the show. Sabrina has since come a long way from producing Rock Chalk Revue. She now is a morning news anchor for ABC5 in Des Moines. When she first arrived, she was not planning on being an anchor. But shortly after, the station went through a restructuring process that left them without a morning news anchor. While not having very much anchor experience, Sabrina offered to be the morning anchor. She stepped up to the plate, not knowing if it would work out, and now she is doing well at it. She has interviewed people such as a hot air balloon pilot, an 18-year- old girl who was kidnapped at gunpoint, and a man who stopped a bank robber. Meeting so many new and interesting people is a favorite part of her job, Sabrina says. A key part of being successful in her mind is loving her job. "If you don't love and enjoy your job, you won't be good at it." Another highlight of her career was being nominated for an Emmy by the National Academy of Television, Upper Midwest Division. Sabrina speaks of the occasion as humbling and she felt honored to be a part of it. To celebrate with her, Sabrina brought her mother and shared a night of eager anticipation and entertainment. Sabrina spends her time in Des Moines with her family and volunteering with the Boys and Girls Club. She can be contacted at sabrinaahmed@gmail.com. Good Things Come to Those Who Work for It

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