It’s been a while since I’ve done an update post, but now seems as good a time as any. Enjoy!
One of my favorite GLO paintings is of Tade Hartsuff Kuhns who served as Kappa Kappa Gamma’s first Grand President in 1881. When Kappa moved its headquarters, the painting received a refreshing. It’s back in its new permanent home. Elizabeth Gowdy Baker, the woman who painted it was a Kappa, too, and there is an interesting backstory.
Congratulations!
Carrie Underwood is a member of Tri Sigma. On Friday night, Alex Leavenworth, also a Tri Sigma, will be singing with Underwood as the winner of a contest.
I think Emily Buice, an Alpha Gamma Delta, might be the first SIUC student chosen to participate in the Fraternal Government Relations Coalition jaunt to Washington, DC. Buice is also the Service to Southern Award winner, a very big deal here at SIUC. She will work for her organization after graduation having been hired as the alumnae development specialist for AGD. Congratulations!
Must Reads
If you haven’t read the latest issue of AFA Essentials, now is a good time to do it. The editor is a very special Pi Phi friend.
Another of my favorite Pi Phis has an instagram of the books she’s read, and she is an avid reader. Follow @becquebooks and get glimpses of my granddog and grandcats.
Condolences to Phi Delta Theta and Beta Theta Pi
Moms and Grads
Delta Zeta’s Mother’s Day post reminded me that DZ Founder Julia Bishop Coleman was the first President of the Ohio State Chapter of P.E.O. The current President of Ohio State Chapter is Kylie Towers Smith, Kappa Kappa Gamma. I’m looking forward to attending the Convention of Ohio State Chapter later this month as she presides.
Another crop of GLO alums are donning graduation gowns, cords, and sashes. Fraternity and Sorority Membership Doesn’t End With Graduation is one of my favorite posts. This post brought me a smile. We all know a few people who must have earned the same degree.
A Special P.E.O. Meeting
I spent two days in Kansas with my daughter and her husband and their fur babies. I attended a meeting of her P.E.O. chapter where the refreshments were appropriate to the time of P.E.O.’s founding. The chapter also restaged this 1888 picture of P.E.O.s. It was a very special meeting. Thanks for hosting me!
