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Alumna volunteer receives high honor
Alumna nominated for award honoring work for sorority and community Marie Sherwood Tayrien, , was recently honored as Alpha Sigma Alpha’s nominee for the Greater Kansas City Panhellenic Woman of the Year award. Every sorority in the Greater Kansas City Alumnae Panhellenic nominates one woman each year who has done outstanding work for her sorority and community. Marie has served in many volunteer capacities for Alpha Sigma Alpha. She
Ann and one of her students at the finish line of a Special Olympics skiing event.
Rose Marie “Rosie” Fellin, , is one of the recipients of the Gift of Time Award sponsored by the Springfield Council of Churches in Springfield, MO, for her contributions to the Beta Sigma Chapter on the Missouri State University campus. She has been a volunteer for Alpha Sigma Alpha since 1947 and continues to volunteer on a daily basis. She has served as national treasurer and
Alumna dedicates herself to volunteer coaching
Marie and Lori White Scott, , at national convention in Boston, MA.
has served the Greater Kansas City Alumnae Chapter as secretary and just recently as president. For the past five years, she has been the financial advisor to Zeta Zeta Chapter, University of Central Missouri. Marie is on the District 9 District Meeting Team. Through this position, she has coordinated three silent auctions at District Day that have raised thousands of dollars for the Alpha Sigma Alpha Foundation. Marie also volunteers in the community at the Ronald McDonald Family Room, KCPT (Kansas City public television) auction and Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City. Marie became a member of Beta Gamma Chapter at Northeastern State University in 1974. She has a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern and a masters from Avila University in Kansas City, MO. Marie is a certified public accountant and works at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Melissa Koch Merriam,
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For more than two decades as a coach for Special Olympics, Ann M. Russo, , is a star. Ann’s involvement in Special Olympics predates her involvement in Alpha Sigma Alpha. She first became involved in high school, where, to fulfill a gym requirement, she volunteered to instruct the athletes in swimming. Ann’s volunteer coaching career spans 24 years. In addition to swimming, she coaches volleyball, tennis, and skiing. Ann says she enjoys seeing the athletes improve over time, as well as how they enjoy themselves while they’re playing sports. Her volleyball team, the Fighting Hawks, has won medals in several tournaments, including the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania Fall Festival. The festival, held at Villanova University, is the largest annual student-run Special Olympics event. An avid athlete herself, Ann plays volleyball and skis. She is the vice president of a local ski club. This member of Philadelphia Metro Alumnae Chapter is employed as a product coordinator/analyst at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Ann holds a bachelor of arts in computer science from Temple University, where she was vice president of programming and ritual for Kappa Kappa Chapter. Lori Sherel,
Rose Marie Fellin “Gift of Time” Award recipient at the unveiling of her portrait in the Busch Municipal Building.
national headquarters executive director. Rosie currently serves as Beta Sigma Chapter’s financial advisor, housing director and the housing corporation board treasurer. Rosie has made herself available to help, console, guide, encourage and nurture the young women of tomorrow through her time to Alpha Sigma Alpha. Alpha Sigma Alpha would not be the strong sorority on the MSU campus it is today without Rosie. As a member, she has given her life to the betterment of young women through her daily guidance. Even with two hip replacements she keeps on going like the Energizer bunny. Not much gets or keeps her down. In recent years she also has been active in her church’s financial committee as well as serving as treasurer of the Greene County American Cancer Association for 20 years. Deborah H. Clary, WINTER 2008