Wish you joy this holiday season! OCTOBER 2021 VIEW IN BROWSER (Mary) The LowDown a Sigma Kappa quarterly newsletter [FROM THE ARCHIVES] "We tread our paths so easily, Now worn quite smooth by other feet, We scarce will deign to look upon The rougher paths, which may ours meet. So we forget that our smooth way Was once as rough and hard as these; That many traveled painfully, That we might travel on in lease." - Grace Foster, Alpha, Colby College From the Autumn 1921 Sigma Kappa Triangle, celebrating 50 years of women's admission to Colby College 'TIS THE SEASON FOR KINDNESS HEADLINES Parents who lost kids As we approach an election year, it is important to to hazing trying to remember that Sigma Kappa values individuality and prevent it from diversity of expression and stresses the importance of happening again treating each other with care and respect. The Sorority strives to provide women lifelong opportunities for support Announcing in their social, intellectual and spiritual development. TheSororityLife.com Colleges search for ways to protect SPREAD A LITTLE LOVE TO A SISTER students from the opioid epidemic Everyone needs a little love! Join sisters the week of Feb. 17 Penn State soon to for the first national Heart Exchange. This is a virtual event unveil "report card" that you can participate in from the comfort of your home. on Enjoy virtually "meeting" a new sister and spreading fraternity/sorority life sisterhood across the country. Keep an eye on Sigma at 55 colleges Kappa's Facebook page for a Heart Exchange event. Sign-up for the Heart Exchange will open in early January. The degrees of separation between the genders in college HONOR AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN keep growing A shockingly low number of women are Do you know an outstanding non-sorority woman who confident about their would make a great member of Sigma Kappa? If so, retirement prospects nominate her to be an honor initiate at this summer's national convention! Any member of Sigma Kappa can Autumn 2019 Sigma nominate someone to be an honor initiate. In the past, we Kappa Triangle: have initiated Alzheimer's scientists, professional athletes, Navigating Change and distinguished student affairs professionals, among other highly accomplished women. Click here to nominate a deserving woman today! BOOK CLUB READS WELCOME, LAMBDA KAPPA! December: "One Day in December" by Josie Silver This fall, we were fortunate enough to join the Panhellenic community at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), January: "The Year located in Daytona Beach, Fla. On Nov. 24, National of Yes" by Shonda President Sara Chacon, Gamma Alpha, and a team of Rhimes national officers, staff and local alumnae hosted the Initiation ceremony and welcomed 46 women into our Book Club Mystic Bond. An Installation Brunch with friends and families Travel Club followed. Lambda Kappa will receive their charter at the Dallas RLC in January. Welcome Lambda Kappa to our Cooking Club sisterhood! STAY A BIG "THANK YOU"! CONNECTED The Sigma Kappa Foundation's first-ever 1874 Minutes of OAY Giving was a huge success thanks to you! More than 575 donors gave nearly $78,000 toward programs and initiatives that will enrich the lives of our collegiate and READ THE alumnae members alike, such as Regional Leadership Conferences, the leadership consultant program, service BLOG immersion, the PULSE annual fund, and many more. If you didn't get a chance to donate during 1874 Minutes of THE Giving, you can still do so before the end of the year here! LOWDOWN PODCAST [FAST FACTS] HEY NOW, YOU'RE NATIONAL COUNCIL SIGMA KAPPA AN ALL STAR! RECOMMENDATIONS NOW FOUNDATION Have you or a Sigma OPEN TRUSTEE Kappa you know Every member of Sigma NOMINATIONS accomplished something Kappa is welcome Sigma Kappa Foundation big or small, personal or to recommend deserving trustee nominations and professional? We want sisters for national council. applications will be to hear about it! Share Learn more about the process open Nov. 1-Dec. 1. with us here! and qualifications Watch the website and here. Recommendations close social media for a link. Nov. 1. YOU SPOKE, WE LISTENED The LowDown was created in response to what our members have said they wanted to hear from us. Like it? Love it? Have ideas? Email our director of publications. SIGMA KAPPA Live with Heart 2021 SIGMA KAPPA SORORITY I 695 PRO-MED LANE, SUITE 300, CARMEL, IN 46032-5323 Visit Sigma Kappa 317-872-3275 If you would not like to receive email from Sigma Kappa anymore, please unsubscribe here. L higher logic