Symbol and Sister Sightings

A group of Beta Epsilon alumnae gather together for Leslie Echols' going away party. Pictured from L-R: Advisory Board Chairman Katie McKinney, Heidi Waltman, Leslie Echols, Megan Hayes, Emily Aclin, Erin Eaton Second Row: Emily Douglas and Lindsey Lewis.

The gentlemen of ΣΦΕ at California State University, Sacramento made a cake in honor of the Epsilon Lambda Chapter's elections night in November 2011. The ladies enjoyed the cake and even local alumnae and advisors were excited by the gift!

Anne Jones Kellogg and sister Patty Jones-Arnold were members of the Gamma Alpha Chapter at University of Northern Colorado in the late 1970s. Anne's daughter, Melissa Kellogg Hageman, joined the same chapter several years ago and in the Fall of 2011 Patty's daughter, Liz, also joined the chapter. Patty is having a wonderful time visiting the house and getting to know all of the collegiate women. Patty was able to attend Liz's Initiation ceremony, Violet Ball and Christmas dinner.

From left to right: Melissa Kellogg Hageman (niece), Anne Jones Kellogg (sister), Patty Jones-Arnold and Liz Arnold (daughter).

Beth Ennis, Beta Eta, University of Massachusetts Amherst, is one of the featured "calendar girls" in the 2012 Linked By Pink calendar appearing as Miss August. Linked By Pink is a local Pennsylvania non-profit whose mission is to increase awareness of young breast cancer while raising funds for local patients and their families. Proceeds from the 2012 calendar sales will support Linked By Pink and the PA Breast Cancer Coalition. Beth currently serves Sigma Kappa as a member of the national investment committee and is a member of the Cleveland West Shore Alumnae chapter. If you're interested in learning more about Linked By Pink or the 2012 calendar, please email Beth at eaennis@yahoo.com.

The Sigma Kappa Alumnae in Siouxland meet monthly for coffee and annually for Founder’s Day. This photo was right before celebrating Founders' Day together. We are missing one of our regular members, Lynn Johnson.
From L to R: Barbara Groom, Sara Walker Lincoln, Karen Bourne, Carrie Mead Fischer, Mary McDuff, Julia Bextermiller Bryan.

Ashleigh Neel (right), Delta Chi, and Lindsey Lewis (left), Beta Epsilon, met at a Gymboree class with their babies, Ahni and Henry.  The two discovered ther are both Sigma Kappas through random conversation. 

Sigma Kappa letter cookies made for the newly colonized Kappa Tau's of University of West Georgia.

Sigma Kappa on the ceiling at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy! Taken on a trip this summer. Submitted by Tricia Cesarino, Theta Chi, West Virginia University

Ann Van
Selmbrouck Burns, Robin Werner Petix and Heather Knight, Delta Delta,
Central Michigan University, participated in the Susan G.
Komen 3-Day Walk to support a sister and roommate who was diagnosed with breast
cancer. We walked 60 miles for three days through the
metro Detroit area. Together with our team, we raised $17,000 to
support breast health awareness and cancer research.

This window is in The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ostedt Germany. My great grandfather, Heinrich Oetke, was baptized in this church in 1855. This was one of the highlights of my genealogy trip to Germany! Submitted by Carole Oetke Townsend, Beta Tau, University of Florida.

Susie Rutter Phillips, Halley Hafner Jones and Merla Cook Eaton, all Alpha Kappa, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. We were in the 1961 pledge class together and have remained friends for 50 years. Here we are at Machu Pichu in Peru in May of 2011. The flowers commemorate that we all were in each other's weddings.

Janah Valenzuela, Theta Beta, and Andi Nunez, Theta Beta, University of La Verne, ran across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia in May 2011.

Kari (Robinson) Olec, Gamma Zeta, Northern IL University, recently got married (October 23, 2010) and shared her wedding day with a whole group of Sigma Kappas

From right to left: Pamela Levy, Valerie Shather, Rheana Trejo-Peltier, Kristen Hepburn, Alexis Moreno, Rebecca Villalpando, Danielle Davisson and Sandy Mas-Fernandez. All from the Theta Beta chapter at university of La Verne.

Anna Grigorian-Routon, Theta Epsilon, University of California, Riverside, stands with her Sigma Kappa sisters and bridesmaids. Her big sister (Diana Zaragoza), one of her little sisters (Cyndi Maurer), and her Grand-Little Sister (Kelly Peck) were three of her bridesmaids. Also pictured are her two pledge sisters, Amy DeQuintal-Fuerstch and Denice Ibanez, another little sister, Cyndi Maurer and two of her former advisors-turned friends, Jessica Rinner Bailey and Nikyah Thomas Pheiffer, Theta Beta, University of LaVerne.

Submitted by Anna Grigorian-Routon, Theta Epsilon, University of California, Riverside. My big sister, Diana (Zaragoza) Palatto also a Theta Epsilon was married to Gilberto Palatto on October 30, 2010 at the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. The photo shows the Sigma Kappas in attendance with the newly-weds..

Submitted by Jeanmarie O'Leary, Delta, Boston University. A great reunion/engagement party for Theresa Vuono, Delta, Boston University. Sisters from the Delta Chapter years 2008-2010 celebrated Theresa's engagement and cheered on their favorite New York Yankees!

Pat Johnson Mount, Eta, Illinois Wesleyan University and Barbara Cole Notch, Mu, University of Washington: Forty-plus years ago I met Barbara as a result of marrying her cousin. While celebrating her wedding anniversary in August , I needed to swing by the Beta Eta chapter house to check on things. My husband was explaining to Barbara that I was Chairman of the Advisory Board for Beta Eta of Sigma Kappa. She piped up with “I’m a Sigma Kappa” and that was the first time either of us knew we had a Sigma Kappa connection. Small world!

Kimberly Belles, Delta Delta , Central Michigan University submitted this photo of her Delta Delta sisters enjoying a 1970s Rewind in Marco Island/Ft. Myers, Florida in April 2010.

Sigma Kappas under the clock at the Holiday Inn in Burbank on August 21, 2010. Back Row: Left to Right: Jodene Bush Catterlin, Jo Swan, Rae Lagerdahl Scott, Ona Skinner Dodson, Betty Muir Johnston, Nan McColloch Andrews, Margie Dunn Haas, Nancy Carpenter Golding, Betty Welker Walker, Walda Welday Gorian. Front Row: Left to Right: Ann Walker Schneider, Carol Franz Parker, Sally Taylor Olson

Sigma Kappa Beta Sigma Chapter, Purdue University sisters, Sue McNab and Paula Teske pose for a photo in front of the Parthenon as they joined with other friends on a Rick Steves Tour of Greece in May 2010. These Sigma Kappa sisters select tours to Europe every other year, sometimes with others, sometimes on their own. Sue is Vice President and Chief People Services Officer of PEMCO Financial Services in Seattle. Paula is a Certified Family Law Specialist with her own Law Practice in Los Angeles.

Celebrating her marriage on April 30, 2010 with her Alpha Sigma Sisters, (from left to right) Elizabeth Bacheson, Ashley (Seidelson) Mills, Jaime (Carter) Dray, Laura Zorch and Leslie (Underwood) Dallas.

April 2010 the Lincoln, Nebraska Alumnae Chapter joined for their Violet Luncheon, including the 50 year honorees from the Alpha Kappa Chapter, University of Nebraska and many of the alumnae from Alpha Kappa, classes '60-'62. Submitted by Halley Jones, Alpha Kappa, University of Nebraska

Liz Rimer, Epsilon Xi, Adrian College, submitted this photo of cupcakes made to look like the Sigma Kappa badge. Alison Love and Jennifer Roth made them for a North Harris County Alumnae Chapter meeting.

From the wedding of Cindy Richardson Lattimer, Theta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From Left - Teresa Creech Glassman, Jenna McFarlane Ballestrino, Leigh Edwards Krasnoff, Cindy Richardson Lattimer, Sherrie Young, Stephanie Oliver, Amy Machaj Wirth.

The sisters of Delta Mu gathered for a reunion during Homecoming weekend at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Attending were sisters from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. It was a great time for sisters to rekindle friendships as well as make new ones. Although the chapter left campus in 1995, the Sigma Kappa bond of sisterhood proved to be alive and well on campus during the weekend.

Submitted by Haley Groves, Alpha Theta, University of Louisville, found in Seattle, OR.

Submitted by Haley Groves, Alpha Theta, University of Louisville, found in Seattle, OR.

Submitted by Chassie Elliot Long, Theta Phi, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. These are wind chimes in my back yard after a snowfall earlier this year.

Submitted by Jennifer Clark, Zeta Upsilon, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Submitted by Halley Hafner Jones, Alpha Kappa, University of Nebraska..

Submitted by Halley Hafner Jones, Alpha Kappa, University of Nebraska..

Submitted by Heather Knight, Delta Delta, Central Michigan University. Every summer seven of us Sigma Kappas from the Delta Delta Chapter gather for "girls' weekend." This year we decided to go "back to where it all started" and spent the weekend in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. The highlight of the weekend was going back to the Sigma Kappa house for a look around.