Gamma Phi Beta - University of Kansas

Legacy Club ($2,500 and above) Susan K. Harper '69 Friendship Club ($1,000 to $2,499) Lou Ann Murray Hansen '58 Marjorie Anne Fischer Dozier '63 Julia Jardes Estes '69 Karen Zupko '69 Sara Christensen Wagner '84 Sisters Forever Club ($500 to $999) Catherine Campbell Dunmire '53 Marcia Nelson Cassidy '59 Jan McEwen Davey '65 Susan Rogers Seidel '79 Robin C. Beery '86 Charity Warlick Manley '97 Kelle Burmeister Gilmore '98 Mom Hayward Club ($100 to $499) Mary Stout Mize '48 Shirley Grounds Duncan '50 Adele Heying Korth '50 Mary Valentine Husted '54 Marjorie Woodson Brownlee '55 Mary Sharon Cole Wells '55 Donna Dee Duncan Floyd '56 Mary Kastner Kerwin '58 Janet Goldsby Myers '58 Jane Gochnauer Goss '67 Dana Rulon Frye '70 Jananne Hewett McLaughlin '71 Ruth Wenstrand Baron '74 Gail Schuler Jennings '74 Jill Mitchell Langan '81 Jennifer Mason Holt '83 Lisa Miguelino Duchman '88 Jennifer Brownlee Blumberg '90 Julee Hawk Goeser '90 Andrea Bond Graham '97 Whitney Altman Marcellino '98 Jaclyn Binder Stanley '99 Brown and Mode Club (Up to $99) Marilyn Pollom Adams '51 Shirley Broady Speidel '51 Susan Fischer '66 In memory of Marynell Dyatt Reece '41 Trish Bailey Boger '68 Mary Grubb Kreeger '68 Melodie Boswell Woerman '73 Jill McLeod Anderson '82 Connie Ward Hulst '86 Kasey Dalton Strahm '93 Bethany Stanbrough Tegtmeier '04 L auren Brown Korte '09 fell in love with the Gamma Phi sisterhood when she entered recruit- ment at KU. "The women I found at GPhi were extremely kind and welcoming," she says. "They shared my goals and I could see it was a place where I would fit." What Lauren saw during recruitment only became stronger as time went on and Sigma Chapter framed her time as an undergraduate. "I can't imagine having gone through four years of college without Gamma Phi Beta. It was my total college experience and I made such great connections— those friendships are the ones that are still strongest for me today." Now, several years out of school, many of those friends have made their homes in Kansas City. The group gets together every Monday to watch The Bachelor and meets regularly for dinners and trips. "I think the women from that time in one's life just get a different piece of you that other people don't know. You do so much growing and maturing in those four years and they love you then and still love you now." Professionally, Lauren has excelled in her chosen career post-college. Currently in her third year of teaching first grade in the Olathe School District, Lauren has already planted deep roots in her school and community. In 2016, she was one of 32 recipients of the Kansas Horizon Award, which the Kansas State Department of Education presents to recognize the exemplary work of teachers during their first year in the classroom. "I'm from a long line of teachers and my whole life I've known that this is what I wanted to do. I've loved con- necting with students, seeing the lightbulb go off for them, and being a part of their story. My time in Gamma Phi absolutely helped prepare me for this part of life. In the house, there are all different sorts of people and the expe- rience of living and working with them showed me how to find value in all personalities and all different types of people. It taught me how to make connections and become invested in other people's lives." Beyond the school day, Lauren keeps busy coaching Girls on the Run, a running club at school and also Gamma Phi's philanthropy. She exercises on her own with cycling classes and produces a monthly spread for KC Lifestyle Magazine. She and her husband, Zack, were married last June and live in Prairie Village. She can be reached at lekorte@olatheschools.org. SIGMA NEWS 2 Lauren Brown Korte '09 Grateful for Lessons Learned at Gamma Phi Thank You, LoYaL Sigma SiSTerS O ur sincere thanks go to each sister who has made a contribution to Sigma Chapter. Your gifts make possible the necessary work that happens at our Gamma Phi Beta home. Listed here are the donors to the fall 2016 appeal, shown in their cumulative annual giving level since spring 2011. If an error has been made in recording your gift, we sincerely apologize. If a correction your giving record is needed, please send it to Sigma Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta, P.O. Box 3796, Lawrence, KS 66046. 2017 Chapter Officers President Lauren Frederick '14 Pearcy, Ark. Administrative Vice President Emalee Crosser '15 Lenexa, Kan. Financial Vice President Mary Joyce '14 Leawood, Kan. Education Vice President Kaycee Peterson '14 Avondale, Pa. Membership Vice President Audrey DeVries '14 Lenexa, Kan. Public Relations Vice President Lauren Barbour '15 Leawood, Kan. Panhellenic Affairs Vice President Anna Karlin '14 Lenexa, Kan. House Manager Rachel Kimberling '15 Overland Park, Kan.

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