Sigma Kappa - Missouri State University

3 Sigma Kappa Janice received a bachelor's of science in education, which took her to Colorado first and then on to Southern California. After more 30 years as an English teacher, she retired and lives with her husband, Joe, in San Clemente, California. They have been avid travelers and even hosted a Turkish exchange student who has become a part of their extended family. Delta Upsilon showed Janice the importance of sisterhood, camaraderie, good friends, and that there are good people no matter where you go. She highlights that there are so many more opportunities for women in higher education now and encourages current Sigma Kappa's to get a strong education. "Be able to take care of yourself; discover what you'd like to do; be the best you can at whatever you endeavor." Janice Ballestracci '60 Paves the Way (Continued from page 1) WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS Delta Upsilon initiated 96 new members. Whitney Arthur Brooke Baysinger Carly Beck Brianna Bellamy Abby Blaes Hannah Bogue Paige Bybee Kaitlin Cablish Allison Childs Grace Childs Alaina Collins Lorna Dalton Jenna DeJong Hope DeRouse Josie Dinsdale Polly Dinsdale Madi Duenke Liz Eastin Courtney Folk Mayce Foster Libby Freesmeier Madison Fry Shelby Fulk Megan Galey Madison Gorder Madelyn Gordon Katie Griffiths Marisa Hacker Brenna Hancock Alexia Harman Paige Heldenbrand Hannah Heller Olivia Henson Emily Herd Amber Hinken Alyx Hoberecht Kristen Hoffner Calee Hollis Kelsey Horner Kayla Howard Kylie Hull Ceceley Hulsey Chey Jennings Andria Jeziorski Bri Johnston Megan Kemna Rachael Kirane Ariel Kirkpatrick Mandy Klemp Madison Kliethermes Nicole Klug Kayla Knipfel Kamryn Koetting Sara Kostelnick Lizzie Kuerz Tara Lester Molly Limmer Kenzie Lodholz Darcy Loomis Megan Loughran Pia Ludwig Makayla Mansavage Abby McConnell Katie McCormick Lindsey Moore Savannah Nelson Jena Pennington Tessa Phongsavath Carmen Piccioni Elizabeth Reeves Annie Rhoades Kayla Ross Jessie Saleh Jordan Schaibly Maddie Scharig Grace Schroeder Patrese Shanks Madison Shaw Bailey Sieving Brooke Smith Megan Stalling Laura Stecher Hannah Steele Sabrina Stickney Payton Stillman Nikki Sund Hannah Swyers Miranda Thomas Taylor Thompson Audrey Tighe Molly Tindall Sara Tough Hannah Verkamp Alyson Voelker Erin Walker Ryleigh Watson Alumnae News Connie Plank Clausen '66 proudly reports that her daughter, Annem, became a Sigma Kappa at BGSU. E-mail: cjclausen@comcast.net Deborah Deulen Foster '67 retired from nursing in 2011 to move to College Station, Texas, with her husband, Rick, to be closer to their sons and grandchildren. They are very active in the A&M Church of Christ and are on a committee to welcome new members by helping with a dessert night once a month. They are also in charge of activities for the over 55 group at the church. They stay busy with everything above and spending time with their grandchildren. They are enjoying getting to be Texans and knowing the warm friends they have made. She was pledge trainer during her time in Sigma Kappa. After college, she was the program director for the Medical Assistant program at Rutledge Junior College. Deborah even got the program nationally accredited. E-mail: rdfoster289@att.net Mary Roderique Masters '67 is in her third year of retirement after teaching for 13 years. She spent 22 years as a parent educator with the Parents as Teachers program. Her husband is still working as a business consultant, but gets to come home every weekend, or his company will fly her to him. Both of their daughters and their families live in St. Petersburg, FL. They have two precious granddaughters, Claire (3) and Catelyn (3 months). They keep the airways busy traveling to see them. E-mail: mary. masters@sbcglobal.net Georgia Friar Detwiler '70 is retired. Her after-retirement events include co-curator of a local museum and hospital auxiliary volunteer, where she was president for three years and is a board member. E-mail: jgmbdet@yahoo.com Linda Schumacher Darnell '73 retired from education and now is living in Florida. E-mail: darnell005@att.net Barbara Blair Hammond '77 reports that her daughter, Allison, just graduated from Missouri State. E-mail: abcd.hammond@ gmail.com Traci Sooter '81 is leading a team of students and faculty mentors at Drury University and Crowder College in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon. They are one of 20 teams selected to compete in the decathlon in October 2015. Their house is very different in that they added another layer of complexity above solar because of the Joplin tornado. They are remaking the house disaster resilient, specifically to resist tornados. Check out the website at solar.drury.edu. Scroll down and watch the short video about the house. E-mail: tsooter@drury.edu Sonya Bowen Trent '86 retired after 25 years of teaching. Her daughter, Makayla, graduated from high school and is attending Missouri State University. Her son, Jacob, turned 21 and is a tech at Springfield Imports. Her husband, Jon, is fire chief for Nixa Fire District. E-mail: sktrent@cebridge.net Cynthia Phyfer Bright '88 graduated from SEMO in 1991 with a BSBA in personnel human resources management. She lived in Hawaii and overseas in Japan. She received her MSW from Mizzou in 2000 and EDS in school counseling in 2004. She has been a school counselor for 17 years and has spent the past eight at Forder Elementary in Mehlville School District in St. Louis. She would like (Continued on page 4)

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