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Past Executive Council and Foundation Board of Director Receives Golden Violet When Elizabeth (Liz) Wakeman Hoffert Her position in an insurance attended Southeast Missouri State company spanned over forty-one University, sorority recruitment did not years: the company changed take place until her second semester names three times, she had 13 of freshman year. By that time, Liz had different positions and worked met many girls from various chapters in eight different offices around and in different classes on campus the country. Liz lived in St. Louis, and at meals. As a result, she felt at Chicago, Morris Plains, and finally ease about joining Tri Sigma’s Beta Xi in Phoenix. She managed to join chapter and was immediately chosen an alumnae chapter in each of the Treasurer of her pledge class. those locations. She remembers her initiation and Not surprisingly, she became her first Tri Sigma Convention, both active in each group: of which helped her make a national Membership Chair, Chapter At the 2016 National Convention in Chicago, connection to our sisterhood. Her Suzan Bosarge, Gamma Mu, presented Liz Treasurer, Ritual Chair and with the Founders Award. life and work saw her moving several Outreach Chair. Liz’s national times after graduation. service to Tri Sigma, which continues to the present
Having previously served on the RPM Board and the joint committee to establish the Tri Sigma Foundation, Liz continued her service as a member of the inaugural 1992 Foundation Board of Directors.
time, began in 1989 and is an outstanding example of giving back to our sisterhood. She has held several positions on the Tri Sigma Foundation, including Board Treasurer. In the alumnae area, she was an Alumnae Coordinator and Extension Coordinator, as well as Alumnae Vice President. From 2010-2016, Liz served as a National Vice President on Executive Council. She has attended 10 triennial Conventions and has been a vital part of countless other events, meetings and leadership programs. Through all this, Liz says she has made some very close friends through Tri Sigma, women she would have never met, and it has allowed her to give back to her community. Continued on page 10