Spring 2013 by Sigma Kappa Beta Theta

What’s Inside

Beta Theta | Marietta College Spring 2013

A Spring Wrapup The Spring semester was very productive for the Beta Theta Chapter of Sigma Kappa. With the new officers in place, we were able to get down to business quickly. Senior Adrienne Prentice was crowned Delta Queen at Delta Tau Delta’s annual philanthropy contest. This coveted award landed Prentice a spot on the Delt’s Composite. Under the direction of Activities Chair Kelsey Schenck ’16, Beta Theta started practicing for Greek Week early. Our LipSync was titled “I put a Spell on You,” and we took second place with our fantasy themed dance. Overall, we placed fourth in Greek Week. At the All greek Awards, Sigma Kappa Beta Theta won the Member Education Award and the Alunmi Programs Award. Emily Kennedy ’13, was awarded the living the ritual award. The semester wrapped up with our sping formal on the Valley Gem and a week to honor our seniors. On Thursday, April 25, 2013, 17 seniors became alumnae through the Order of the Triangle. As 17 members graduated to enter the real world, many current members are holding internships this summer. All officers are planning for an exciting fall semester.

Kappas gone Entrepenurial Since their time at Marietta College, many women have started their own businesses. Here is a look at a few women who have done just that, and are making their own dreams come true through small businesses. Two Desgins Tara Tuten Owens (2003) Owens is a graphic dsigner who started Two Designs in 2010 as a way to showcase her design work. She creates logos, wedding invitations and packages, baby shower/wedding shower invites, birthday invites, shirt designs and more. Website: www.two2designs.blogspot.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/two2designs Jasmine’s Attic Laurel Cisler (2006) In December 2012, Cisler started an Etsy shop called Jasmine’s Attic where she sells a variety of toys and accessories for pets. She sells catnip, bandanas, toys, and bowties that are all handmade by her in Springfield, Ohio. Website: www.etsy.com/shop/JasminesAttic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JasminesAttic Baby Goga LLC Angie Wagner (1992) Six years ago, Wagner started Baby Goga LLC, a company that produces The Little Lasso. The Little Lasso is a handmade (by Wagner!) sippy cup tether for on the go parents and babies. The product is currently in over 120 boutiques across the US and Canada. Website: www.thelittlelasso.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheLittleLasso Sports Zone Jenny DeSantis (2004) Earlier this year, DeSantis opened a new birthday party facility. Combining her love of sports and children, DeSantis opened an interactive facility in Cockeysville, MD just outside of Baltimore. Website: www.sportszonemd.com Niki’s Noggin Wraps Niki Crippen (2006) Since the summer of 2012, Niki and her mother have been making headwraps that are similar to headbands. They are sewn by hand and are sold on Etsy as they become available.

Be a Part of the Legacy! Sigma Kappa Beta Theta alumna and chapter President (â&#x20AC;&#x2122;08), Rachel Mecklenborg invites fellow Beta Theta alumni and active members to connect with sorority sisters across generations and the nation. Throughout her sorority membership, Rachel experienced the pride members have in their respective sororities. She realized the most popular and effective way to showcase your sorority pride to the campus, community, and ultimately the world is to sport a one-of-a-kind, catchy sorority tee for those in your company to admire. Through her sorority experience and creative spirit grew Rachel's idea for Legacy Letters, an online marketplace for sorority members and alumnae to buy and sell their uniquely created and vintage sorority t-shirts. After six months of hard work, Rachel is ready to bring her idea into fruition and is proud to announce the Legacy Letters website will be ready to launch this summer. About Legacy Letters Legacy Letters offers a way for sorority women to connect over the simple sale of a t-shirt. The sellers post a photo of the shirt, set the price, and tell the t-shirtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story. Buyers can then sort by sorority, chapter, size, color, style etc. and learn the history of their new shirt. Alumnae can now recycle traditions and share their memories with the next generation of sorority women throughout the nation. Follow Legacy Letters on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sororitylegacyletters to learn more about the company and be one of the first to find out when the website is open for business! a look at a few women who have done just that, and are making their own dreams come true through small businesses.

Alumnae Updates Jenny DeSantis(2004) Jenny and her husband, Will, just celebrated another anniversary. With their three children, Willie, Bella, and Maximus, they reside in the Baltimore, MD area. Willie is graduating kindergarten and led his schools soccer league in goals outdoor and indoor seasons! Bella graduated from preschool and just had her first dance recital. She will start kindergarten in the fall and Maximus will start preschool. We would love to hear what is happening in your life. We need news for the next Pearl issue. Please send us any updates, news, events, or anything you would like to share. Keep us informed so we can inform your sisters from Beta Theta! You can mail stories and pictures to the house. 231 Fourth Street Marietta, Ohio 45750 Or email them to: cjo002@marietta.edu

Graduation! Now What? Kaci Cunningham will be attending DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate Tennessee. Lauren Currie will be moving to Boston, MA at the end of July to serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA at Lesley University Lauren Franko is currently still job hunting in the Cleveland area. In the mean time, she is in the management in training program at Build-a-Bear workshop. Brenna Goethel is currently home in Nashville Tennessee looking for a job within broadcasting, television and video production or media relations. Mallory Haynes just moved to the Pittsburgh area and is working at Hertz as a Branch Manager Trainee. Jessica Herron is currently interning at Lakeside Chautauqua in the Group Sales/Events office with what has now added up to SIX other marietta alums/students. In August she will begin a year of service with AmeriCorps FEMA Emily Kennedy will be attending The University of Akron to get her master's in Curriculum and Instruction with teacher licensure. Kara Kliethermes is home in Fairmount, WV working as a clinical associate. She is applying to Physician Assistant schools, hoping to start next summer or fall. Alyssa McGrath will be attending Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI to get her Master's in English Literature. She will also be teaching Writing 101 classes. Julie Normand is looking to go to Physical Therapy school. In the mean time, she plans to become a CNA or EMT in her year off and is currently working at Target in Maine. Jessica Penny will be working as a Student Services Representative at International Studies Abroad in Austin, TX. Adrienne Prentice is working as a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Specialist with Oil & Gas Title Abstracting in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Chyrsten Regelski is moving to Newport News, VA and attending Old Dominion University to get her Masters in Athletic Training with a focus in being an educator. She is also a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Christopher Newport University and will be working with their football and lacrosse teams. Ellen Schott will be moving to Carthage, TX which is 3 hours northeast of Houston to work for Anadarko Petroleum as a production engineer. Kelly Sommers will be returning to Marietta to complete her student teaching, then will be applying to City Year and other teaching positions. Alex VanGundy will be in Columbus, OH working as an Executive Team Lead at Target. Carrie White is currently searching for jobs in Cincinnati and wedding planning for her wedding in August.

1 2

Sigma Kappas on Senate Leadership, Communication, and Change are all goals sought out every year by the Marietta College Student Senate. Each senate is comprised of students elected by their peers to represent to the best of their ability the student body of Marietta College. So how does this relate to Sigma Kappa? This year’s senate is turning out to be an extremely unique one, in that of the twenty-one member senate, four of the five women on senate are sisters of Sigma Kappa. Sophomores, Daley Buckwell and Caitlin Yager will be serving as senators of their class, Charlee Ottersberg will be serving as Parliamentarian to the senate, and I, Jessica Johnson will be serving as President. It is an immense honor to get elected to a position on senate, because each member of senate has the opportunity to make a direct impact on the campus of Marietta. As a member of Senate, Daley, Cailtin, Charlee, and I have the chance to grow to become a voice for our student body in administrative decisions, campus concerns, and budgetary affairs. Our values of Sigma Kappa will help to guide us as we

work to create better communication and invoke change beneficial to everyone at Marietta. Student Senate is a great tradition at Marietta, and one that has long been represented by many great sisters of Sigma Kappa. Here is to us, Sigma Kappas trying to leave our mark on Senate, like many sisters before us.

Fall 2013 Recruitment September 22 and 23 Open Houses September 24 Chapter Night September 26 Philantrophy Night September 27 Preference Night September 28 Bid Day Homecoming (Invitation to Follow) October 12 Open House and hors d'oeuvres October 13 Sigma Kappa Brunch

1 2

Recruitment is Just Around the Corner This past Greek Awards Sigma Kappa had the honor again to win the Member Education Award, proving two years in a row that our new members are amazing additions to our chapter and our VPNME is always hard at work to make their transition into our chapter an easy one. As summer nears however, we are looking towards the addition of new members in 2013 and all of the hard work that goes in to the recruitment process.

and the phrase 'we remember their love when they can no longer remember'. This is the third shirt we will be purchasing for recruitment, including a PR shirt that myself and our t-shirt chair, Briana Kelley, and I are working on. After they are finalized, we would like to send you images of the shirts and an offer to purchase one if you would like. We will have a shirt that we wear for the Panhellenic Picnic and PR before recruitment, a shirt for Sigma Kappachino, and the Alzheimer's shirt.

The wonderful season of Formal Recruitment is coming up quickly, and our sisters have already begun preparation for the fall. While the official dates are set for September 21st-28th, we have much to get in order before then. Our themes include Sigma Kappachino, a play on Starbucks and Sisterhood, Sail Away with Sigma K, a nautical pastel theme, Sigma Kappa's Making a Statement, classic black dresses with our favorite statement piece accessory, Philanthropy Night, and Preference Night.

I am very excited for this upcoming recruitment especially because of the opportunity we have to engage our PNM's in all 5 of our philanthropies, which we previously have not had the time to dedicate to! This has added a night to recruitment, which in turn has increased the total costs for recruitment more than we budgeted for last year. Any donations or time that you could commit to assisting myself and our sisters in the creation of a wonderful recruitment would be greatly appreciated. Adding another day has increased the recruitment budget around 20% and added more work for our sisters when it comes to decorations and food. Please consider assisting us in the creation of an even better recruitment this fall!

Philanthropy Night has been added this year by the Panhellenic Council to add a night that gives girls a more thorough understanding of the general philanthropic work we do in the Marietta community, as well as how our sorority's philanthropy is celebrated. This follows our Alzheimer's Walk on September 7th, and although we will expand on all 5 of our philanthropies that night, we will have Alzheimer's v-necks for the outfit that night. We will incorporate the elephant

LITD, Alina Kielbasa Vice President of Membership Â

Sigma Kappa Swag

This year, we have decided to offer our recruitment shirts and b id day shirts to Alumnae. The price of each shirt will be between $14 and $18 depending on the amount ordered. If you are interested in ordering a shirt, please contact T-‐Shirt Chair Brie Kelley at bmk006@marietta.edu We will also be selling canvas monogramed bags. These will be the bags given to new members on bid day and will be $13. If you are interested in ordering a bag, please contact VP of New Member Education Amy Kauffman at aek001@marietta.edu