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Beta Tau Connection, Fall 2016
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This newsletter summarizes the events and activities of Beta Tau Chapter at the University of Florida, including articles about the chapter house dedication ceremony, alumnae news, and accomplishments made both collectively and by individual members.
Date/Date Range:
00/00/2016
People Mentioned/Pictured:
Watson, Jeanneen C. Coleman
Chapter:
Beta Tau
University:
University of Florida
Beta Tau Connection, Fall 2016
Beta Tau
ConnEKtion
Beta Tau Chapter House Corporation of Sigma Kappa Sorority at the University of Florida
Fall 2016
SIGMA KAPPA
Chapler House Complete
Thank You, Alumnae, for Your Continued Support
W
e did it! Our new house is open, occupied,
For me, the completion of this project signals a
Weekend. To borrow a phrase used by the Gators
and being enjoyed by sisters. What a
major feat accomplished. As a collegian sister,
- next woman up! If you have interest in giving
showstopper it is! During recruitment and our
I often heard "if you do X for y timeframe,
back to our chapter, now is a great time to get
grand opening, the feedback was phenomenal.
then you will get a new house." I don't know
started! Our housing board is high functioning
This house was carefully designed and detailed
where that started, or who kept it going, but
and benefits from diverse backgrounds. Are you
to ensure that we kept the warm, cozy feeling
I do know that we were meeting those goals
in business, accounting, building, design, law
of our prior home while giving the amenities
and I didn't see movement. At some point, I
and contracts, art, education, PR or HR? Do you
desired today, and the execution exceeded our
realized we were going to have to step up if we
plan gatherings like a pro, excel at fundraising,
expectations.
wanted a new house. Gabrielle Ferro Miller
or enjoy mentoring? Likely the answer is yes
'04 said to me, "I'll join the housing board
to at least one of these. If needed, grab a friend
if you do." Quickly, we were leading small
and step up! This is a call to action. Our chapter
renovation projects, and soon thereafter, holding
deserves driven leaders like you. Send me an
the Treasurer and President positions. Over the
e-mail and I will help you get started!
next five or SO years, as the chapter size grew,
the housing board saved enough to make the
Another dedicated and determined sister,
down payment on our new house. We held
stakeholder meetings with sisters and alumnae,
spent countless hours perfecting with our design
Jennifer
team, and made regular field walkthroughs
Jennifer Grinnan Lyons '04
with our contractor verifying every detail. As
President
anticipated, the outcome was worth it.
skhouseuf@gmail.com
After eight years on the Beta Tau housing board,
I have met my goal rebuilding the house-and
Turn to page 2 to see more
will pass the reins along to the next leaders this
pictures from the dedication!
spring at the Annual Meeting during Alumnae
Beta Tau ConnEKtion
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Beta Tau Celebrates New House with Dedication Event
O
n September 18, we welcomed hundreds
peek into our fantastically diverse sisterhood.
of Sigma Kappa National President Sara Seely
of sisters, family and friends, and fellow
Each sleeping floor has amenities including a TV
Chacon, Gamma Alpha '00, University of
Greeks to our new home during our Beta Tau
lounge area, kitchenette, laundry room, and study
Northern Colorado, and National Housing
Chapter House Grand Opening event.
room. The second floor houses Sigma Kappa
President Susan Willis, Epsilon Epsilon '87,
sisters in the traditional communal living style -
University of Georgia.
The celebration kicked-off with a ribbon cutting
double rooms with central shared baths. The third
ceremony on the front porch; where the house
floor has suite style living with both double and
There were SO many great moments throughout
corporation board, advisory board, and executive
single room options with in-suite baths.
the day: many reunions over brunch or in halls
council came together to formally open our new
while touring, legacies playing yard games
home. Upon entering, guests could see the grand
The event continued with a catered brunch in
while others looked to their bricks inlaid in the
staircase opening gracefully to a marble entry
the dining area that seats 150 for meals, 250 for
back courtyard, trading sorority memories and
dotted with flowers for the occasion. The first
chapter events, and has a modern serving line
history on couches, and an overwhelmingly
floor boasts many sitting areas, a laptop bar,
for ease at such meals. Our awards program was
jubilant atmosphere. It was a heart-warming
conference room, craft room, and guest suite.
hosted in the dining room with speeches given
experience to be able to be a part of and help
by officers and letters read by National Housing
to host.
Current collegian sisters took visitors on tours of
Corporation Coordinator of New Housing Mary
the second and third floors. Bedrooms smartly
Ann Spangler Lattimore, Gamma Phi '78,
Article written by Cara Huntley '08
decorated to individual themes gave visitors a
North Carolina State University, on behalf
) )
Mini
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Sigma Kappa
Live with Heart
Settling into
Sigma Kappa Helps Develop Successful
Alumna Carol Bogan Steiner '63
Our New Home
W
hen Carol Bogan Steiner '63 joined Sigma Kappa, things
were much different at the University of Florida. There were
T
Beta Tau Chapter of Sigma Kappa has had an amazing year. In the
only about 2,000 women at the university at that time, compared to
spring, we participated in multiple external philanthropies held by other
the more than 19,000 today. The 40-50 women of Sigma Kappa in
Greek organizations. We also hosted our annual fundraiser for the Sigma
the '60s all lived in the chapter house if they wished. Carol viewed
Kappa Foundation, Sigma Sweets, where we raised close to $4,000! We
the house as a home away from home and
also hosted our biennial father/daughter weekend, where chapter members
she was able to develop close relationships
attended a basketball game and went skeet and trap shooting with their
fathers.
with the other sisters living there.
OUR NEW HOME
Carol's favorite memories from living in
the chapter house were, "Doing things
Throughout spring and summer 2016, it was exciting to watch our brand
with friends, talking, laughing, singing,
new house be constructed, with the project reaching completion at the
going out to dinner on weekends, playing
beginning of the fall semester. We are SO grateful and humbled by our
intercollegiate sports, Homecoming
amazing new home and look forward to the memories we will make in it.
weekend activities, and house decorations."
She made lifelong friends in her time at
WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS
Beta Tau that she continues to see regularly. You can read more
After recruitment, we were lucky enough to welcome 87 women into our
about the friendships and travels of the seven sisters who have kept
chapter on Bid Day as part of the fall 2016 new member class. In addition
in touch through the years in her article, "A Friendship Good as
to our new members, we are extremely proud of all that our active chapter
Gold," which was featured in the spring 2016 issue of Sigma Kappa
women have been accomplishing. Our very own Lucy Toman '14 was
Triangle.
named Executive Director of Project Makeover, and we had three women
tapped into Florida Blue Key throughout the 2015-16 school year.
Serving as both the Pledge Tainer and President for Beta Tau, Carol
had the chance to develop skills as a mentor, communicator, and
The positivity is only growing as we dive into the rest of the fall
leader throughout her undergraduate years. She earned a bachelor's
semester. On behalf of the chapter, I would like to thank our alumnae
degree in nursing from UF in 1966. After graduating, Carol married
for their continued support to us, which allows Beta Tau to continue
her husband, Jim, and moved to Cape Canaveral, where he worked
to thrive. It was great to see many familiar faces at the Grand Opening
for Boeing and she worked as a public health nurse for Brevard
of our new house on September 18. Please feel free to come visit the
County Health Department. After moving to Atlanta in 1969,
chapter at any time!
Carol continued her work as a nurse, earning her master's degree
in nursing with a specialty in public health nursing from Emory
Loyally,
University in Atlanta.
Kylie Werk '13
President
Carol taught at Georgia State University for five years, helping
sigmakappapresident@gmail.com
develop their BSN program. After teaching, she worked for the
Georgia Division of Public Heath for 30 years. In those years, Carol
accomplished a great deal in a variety of departments-developing
and implementing programs, training nurses across the state,
conducting public health research, and obtaining federal funding for
new cancer control programs.
In reflecting on how Sigma Kappa shaped her career and all she has
accomplished in life thus far, Carol said, "Sigma Kappa gave me
the warmth, friendship, and security I needed as a young woman to
make my way on the big UF campus SO I could grow, learn, and
develop into a confident, nursing professional, ready to enter the
working world. Sigma Kappa was a key anchor."
Carol and Jim continue to live in Atlanta, Ga., today. They have one
child, Harmon, who teaches cello and lives in Connecticut. Carol
and Jim enjoy day hiking on the National Scenic Appalachian Trail
(A.T.), where they have hiked 800 miles of the 2,190 total miles
of the A.T. They are currently writing a book, The Appalachian
Trail Day Hikers Guide, Slackpacking Downhill to Fine Wine and
Accommodations in Georgia and North Carolina, to be released in
Talley Ewald '14 and Emily Owens '14 participate in an annual philanthropy,
2017. You can reach Carol at carolsteiner@hotmail.com.
Beta Bring It On, as part of the UF Competitive Cheerleading Team.
Save the Date
Beta Tau
ALUMNAE WEEKEND
April 1-2 with our
annual meeting on April 2
ConnEKtion
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Rhoda Norris Adams-Reiss '51 is retired.
She remains physically active, is active in her
Alumnae News
Windi Bell Glogowski '88 works in healthcare,
but her biggest and best role is being a mother to
church, and keeps in touch with family and
her two sons. Aaron is an acting major at UCF,
friends. Rhonda lives in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
and Carter is a junior in high school. They are
E-mail: fredandrhonda@gmail.com
in Sigma Kappa, and she still remembers it like
touring colleges, and while Carter has his sights
it was yesterday. E-mail: kpbrill47@gmail.com
on an Ivy League school, he is giving thought to
June Jolley Dyches '56 traveled the world for
going to Florida. Windi and her family live in
20 years with her Navy husband, James. She
Karen Witherell Adamson '71 and her
Safety Harbor, Fla. E-mail: windi.glogowski@
received her master's from the University of
husband, Michael, just welcomed their first
gmail.com
Oklahoma in counseling and guidance while
granddaughter, Sarah Jean. Karen hopes that
James was stationed in the Panama Canal zone.
she will be a future Sigma Kappa Gator. Karen
Trista Anderson Gangestad '93 and her
June wrote a book in 2005, A Jolley Good Time,
and Michael live in Lake Mary, Fla. E-mail:
husband, Jamie, welcomed another daughter,
about her life. She is retired, and she and James
kadamson32746@yahoo.com
Winnie Ann, in September 2015. E-mail:
live in Marco Island, Fla.
dlfellen@yahoo.com
Cameron Quinn '77 is one of a handful of
Kathleen Ryan Cole '61 reports that she
election administrators to serve at the federal,
Jennifer Hirsch Keefe '94 shares that last
writes features for the Ocala Star-Banner as a
state, and local levels. She is a lawyer, and
December she graduated from the University of
correspondent. E-mail: kathyryancole@yahoo.com
also teaches election law at George Mason
Central Florida with a degree in higher education
University Law School. This spring, Cameron
policy studies. She is now a Grant Director at
Marilyn King '65 is the secretary of the board
traveled to Thailand and Myanmar. E-mail:
Valencia College in Orlando, where she has
of the Delaware Academy of Science, member
cquinn@sprintmail.com
taught since 2008.
of the board of New Sweden Centre, secretary
of Mainline Stitchers of American Needlework
Adrian Pearson Ogletree '79 and her
Tara Port '01 has been teaching for 10 years
Guild, secretary of First State Mini Club, and
husband, Macon, have been married for 30
and was the Teacher of the Year for the 2015-
enjoying retirement. Now she has miniature
years. She works full time as a staff nurse on
16 academic school year. Tara and her wife,
settings in two museums as a part of DAS and
the medical and telemetry floor of Rockdale
Clara, have a 5-year-old son who just started
NSC. E-mail: mking4071@comcast.net
Medical Center. The couple is raising two
baseball and they love to run together. E-mail:
future Sigma Kappas, granddaughters Jayden
taraport31@gmail.com
Katherine Price Brill '66 reports that life is full
and Jodi. Adrian enjoys volunteering with the
of family, Bible study, and church ministry to
Atlanta Sigma Kappa alumnae at Mountain
Erin Hart Parke '02 graduated with her Ph.D.
young moms. She is thankful for the leadership
View Personal Care Home at monthly bingo
in English education at USF Tampa. She and
training she gained as president of Beta Tau
games. E-mail: adrian_ogletree@hotmail.com
her family live in Saint Petersburg, Fla. E-mail:
and as a big sister. Fifty years of membership
aoibhinn@gmail.com
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Beta Tau Connection, Fall 2016
This newsletter summarizes the events and activities of Beta Tau Chapter at the University of Florida, including articles about the chapter house dedication ceremony, alumnae news, and accomplishments made both collectively and by individual members.
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This newsletter summarizes the events and activities of Beta Tau Chapter at the University of Florida, including articles about the chapter house dedication ceremony, alumnae news, and accomplishments made both collectively and by individual members.
Alumnae
Beta Tau Chapter House Corporation Board
Beta Tau Chapter Houses
Building Dedications
Chapter Activities
Chapter Awards
Chapter Events
Chapter House Corporation Boards
Chapter Houses
Chapter Life
Collegiate Chapters
Collegiate Members
Honors and Awards
Recruitment
Sigma Kappa Digitization Days
Beta Tau Chapter House Corporation Board
Beta Tau Chapter Houses
Building Dedications
Chapter Activities
Chapter Awards
Chapter Events
Chapter House Corporation Boards
Chapter Houses
Chapter Life
Collegiate Chapters
Collegiate Members
Honors and Awards
Recruitment
Sigma Kappa Digitization Days