Sigma Kappa - University of Kansas

Xi Chapter of Sigma Kappa 3514 Clinton Pkwy., Ste. A312 Lawrence, KS 66047-2145 Address Service Requested H H H H Star sigma Attention: This newsletter is intended for alumnae and parents. If your daughter still attends the University of Kansas, she will receive a copy at the chapter house. If she has graduated, please send us her permanent address to update our records. Thank you. Alumnae News Marjorie Albright Hazlett '50 enjoys living in Lawrence, watching KU football and basketball, and spending time with her family and 25-year- old grandson, Matthew. E-mail: margecharge@ sunflower.com Mary Sue Childers Foster '58 retired as professor emeritus in June 2017 from Wichita State University after 51 years of teaching art education courses. She was elected to two positions on the 11-member board of the National Art Education Association. She served as VP of the Western Region and then as director of higher education. Her research interests took her on two extended trips to Japanese schools. Her interest in textiles led to a weaving experience on a kente cloth loom in Bonwire, Ghana, in Africa. E-mail: marysue.foster@gmail.com Nancy Polson Schuetz '65 teaches English Language Learners at three grade schools. Last summer she and her husband, Perry, spent several weeks in Panama visiting a friend. They toured the Panama Canal, visited a remote Indian village in the jungle, and saw Panamanian folk dancers in colorful pollera dresses. It was a great way to see the country. Nancy and Perry live in Great Bend, Kan. E-mail: nancyschuetz292@hotmail.com Linda Westphal Cherner '68 and her husband, Bob, are enjoying their retirement, which allows for more time to spend with their four grandchildren and to travel both nationally and internationally. She has also increased her volunteer efforts for her passion of women's reproductive rights. E-mail: llcherner@gmail.com Sally Swetnam '69 is busy playing golf and volunteering, both for a medical center and for the Milwaukee Symphony. She loves traveling and has been to France, Spain, Italy, England, Hawaii, and the Canadian Rockies, just to name a few places. The recently took her nephews on a Disney Cruise. E-mail: swetnasa@wi.rr.com Martha Cushman '70 earned a master's degree in music (voice) from the University of Illinois and worked as an assistant professor at the University of Southern Mississippi for five years. Her career then morphed into sales and marketing, and she was a Midwest sales manager for two different meat and poultry companies. Martha lives in Decatur, Ill., and hopes to move to the Pacific Northwest in the next few years to be closer to family. She is currently a substitute teacher for two high schools. E-mail: martha_ cushman@yahoo.com Susan Prost Thiess '70 is very excited to be a new grandmother. Her first grandchild, Everett Jacob Thiess, was born on December 20, 2017, and is a healthy, happy baby living in Washington, D.C., with her son, David, and daughter-in-law, Becky. Susan lives in Port Barrington, Ill. E-mail: susan.thiess@bairdwarner.com Judith Polson '74 lives in New York City and serves on the National Board of Directors of the National Organization for Women, representing the Northern District. She also serves as the board chair for both NOW–NYC and NOW–NYS. E-mail: jpolson@nyc.rr.com Lynlea Hall Keightley '82 and her husband, John, live in Hendersonville, Tenn., and became the proud grandparents of Bron Verlin Miller (parents Ashlyn and Logan Miller) last spring. He is their first grandchild. E-mail: lynlea.keightley@gmail.com Sharon Panter '82 works as a claims assistant for Arthur J. Gallagher. She also does graphic design for CD covers for musicians in the St. Louis area for fun. Last summer, she and a few Xi Chapter alumnae got together for dinner and drinks. E-mail: skmont@yahoo.com Shana Burton Johnson '95 lives in Snohomish, Wash., and practices at Evergreen Health in Kirkland, Wash. She has attended more than 725 births as a certified nurse midwife. E-mail: shanalburton@hotmail.com Kelle Fine Oestreich '95 accepted a position with Johnson County Community College, teaching in their respiration therapy program. She and her husband, Trent, have been married for 18 years and have four boys: Luke (14), Colin (11), Levi (8), and Finn (2). E-mail: koestreich76@gmail.com Kristen Riccardi Schrader '95 lives in Philadelphia with her husband and three kids. She works on multimedia productions and TV commercials for Campbell Soup Company's global brands. E-mail: krisriccardi@hotmail.com Ashley Marriott Borniger '00 and her husband, Chris, live in Bel Aire, Kan., and have one son, Austin. E-mail: ashley.borniger@gmail.com Jenna Domann '09 is vice president of communication for the Charleston, S.C., alumnae chapter and an active member at alumnae events. She began a position as an advisor for the local Sigma Kappa chapter this school year. E-mail: jenna.domann@gmail.com Want to submit your own alumnae news? E-mail your update to us at xiabs.skku@gmail.com.

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