Open for updates from the national organization! 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 DO WE HAVE YOUR DETAILS CORRECT? HEADLINES Staying in touch with you is important to Sigma Kappa! If any of the information below is not correct, log in to The Fraternity sigmakappa.org to update your profile or send us your Dilemma: Would updated information here. abolishing them Name: actually reduce Main Phone: campus sexual Preferred Mailing Address: assault? Dr. Lori S. White, Lambda, sworn in as HELP US RAISE $147,000 DURING 1874 MINUTES DePauw University's OF GIVING first woman and first person of color The Sigma Kappa Foundation will kick off 1874 Minutes of president Giving at 4:44 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 8 and end on Founders' Day, Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 11:59 p.m. ET. 10 Native Women You Proceeds support the PULSE fund, which is used to fund Should Have Learned philanthropic initiatives, unmet and emerging needs of our About in History Class members, leadership and personal development programs, sisters in need and education. Please join us for this exciting Maria Ressa is the event and hear stories of appreciation, growth, and impact. 18th woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize For 147 years, collegians have been finding their home in in its 126-year history Sigma Kappa turning an often unfamiliar territory into a special place. The lifelong Sigma Kappa experience includes Highlights from the a global network of resources, helps one find community in Alzheimer's new places and creates forever friendships. We invite you to Association celebrate our Mystic Bond during the Foundation's 1874 International Minutes of Giving by helping to raise $147,000. Our goal in Conference 2021 raising this money is to continue to open doors for Sigma Kappas and provide programming that will make our Sunbeam Gala 2021 members stronger. A Festive Evening of Friends We are accepting challenges for matching gifts based on chapter of initiation, career type, or be creative and propose your own challenge audience. For example, a donor may offer to match the first $500 in gifts from the Alpha Chapter. To learn more, please contact Lisa Swiontek by Oct. 20. We BOOK CLUB will also be offering incentives to some of our virtual clubs. READS Look for your chance to be entered to win a fabulous door prize if you donate to the Book Club, Cooking Club, One October: "Come Fly Heart Club or Travel Club Facebook group challenges. Keep the World: The Jet- your eyes open for social media postings and emails with Age Story of the more details later this month. And thank you for supporting Women of Pan Am" a lifelong experience in Sigma Kappa. by Julia Cooke November: "Notorious RBG: The CAREERHOUSE IS BACK Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg" by Irin Carmon and Careerhouse career design course in back in 2022, and Shana Knizhnik thanks to the generosity of Sigma Kappa Foundation donors, it is available at no cost to members! Here's what Book Club members had to say about last year's course: Travel Club "I have a much clearer idea of what I'm looking for and what will make me happy in my career. A lot of Cooking Club classes and career coaches skip what we did in One Heart Club session one. That class was SO GREAT for me." "I was laid off in May, and have felt very lost after job hunting for so long with little results. From this course I revamped my resume, which has gotten a lot more notice, and I will feel more comfortable negotiating AFFINITY when the time comes. I had a promising first interview GROUPS with a company I love this week and I'm hopeful again." Connect with Sigma "This course has made me so much more confident! I Kappas of similar loved meeting every week and connecting with sisters backgrounds, with different backgrounds and realizing we are all in interests, careers and each other's corners for the first time in months I'm life stages with our actually getting hits from companies to setup Facebook affinity interviews." groups. Join one or "This experience really helped me build confidence in create your own here! the job market and provided me the tools to be genuine & vulnerable in interviews at companies that align with my values!! My interview last week went well and just got an email for setting up interview at HOLIDAYS one of my dream companies!" October 31 - Careerhouse is open to all Sigma Kappa members free of Halloween charge. Registration opens in late October. Spread the word! November - Native American Heritage Month November 4 - 2022 ADVISORY BOARD STRUCTURE RESOURCES Diwali November 9 - Founders' Day Advisory board supervisors and local advisors, are you November 11 - wondering how you will transition into the new advisory Veterans Day board structure in 2022? Have questions about what it November 20 - means for you in your role? Check out the Advisory Board Transgender Implementation Guide for suggested next steps and a list of Day of Remembrance FAQs. Additional resources are accessible on the Sigma November 25 - Kappa website > Governance > Additional Resources > Thanksgiving Local Advisory Board Resources. November 28 - Hanukkah FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE SOON We would love to highlight and recognize the various Sigma Kappa Foundation is pleased to offer scholarships to holidays, awareness benefit both undergraduate and graduate students for the and heritage months 2022-23 academic year. The application will be open Dec. that our members 1, 2021-Feb. 10, 2022. Click here to learn more about celebrate. Please use available scholarships and for the application link once it is this form to share live. We are so excited to share that for the 2021-22 more about your story academic year, 90 of our members were awarded on social media or scholarships totaling $125,100. send us a short video capturing your celebration. This will REQUEST A LIVE WITH HEART FACILITATOR VISIT help us honor our diversity during It's not too late to request a Live With Heart Facilitator heritage and Team visit for this term! Interested in having a facilitator awareness months. visit your chapter virtually this fall for a member development session between 30 and 60 minutes? Click HERE to request a visit today! ANYONE can request a visit for a collegiate chapter. Questions? Email FOLLOW facilitators@sigmakappa.org. SIGMA KAPPA WEEK OF GIVING - SAVE THE DATES Sigma Kappa invites our members to celebrate our history of sisterhood and service to others leading up to Founders' Day on Nov. 9. Kick off the week by participating in our first-ever Week of Giving live event hosted by all three Sigma Kappa board presidents on Monday, Nov. 1, 8-9 p.m. ET. This event will showcase our refreshed Founders' Day ceremony. Register here! Continue celebrating Week of Giving by sharing your "why Sigma Kappa" story and using the themed days as inspiration. Check out the week's opportunities for giving here and find out how you can share your photos and stories with us. COLBY AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN! Since 1984, the Colby Award has been presented to Sigma Kappa alumnae at national convention in recognition of their career achievements. The Colby Award, named in honor of Colby College where Sigma Kappa was founded in 1874, is the highest honor bestowed upon alumnae members by the national organization. Nominees for this award must be nationally known in their area of expertise. All submissions are for the 2022 Colby Awards are due by Nov. 30. Learn more about the nomination process here! [FAST FACTS] HEY NOW, YOU'RE SIGMA KAPPA NATIONAL COUNCIL AN ALL STAR! FOUNDATION RECOMMENDATIONS NOW Have you or a Sigma TRUSTEE OPEN Kappa you know NOMINATIONS Every member of Sigma accomplished something Sigma Kappa Foundation Kappa is welcome big or small, personal or trustee nominations and to recommend deserving professional? We want applications will be sisters for national council. to hear about it! Share open Nov. 1-Dec. 1. Learn more about the process with us here! 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