SAVE THE DATE:PENGUIN PAL SOCIAL 9/21

JEWELRY FUNDRAISER 9/22- 9/23 GREY’S ANATOMY SOCIAL 9/23

UNITY WEEKEND 9/24-9/26THETA CHI BOWLING SOCIAL 9/30

MADD WALK 10/1-10/2PUMPKIN CARVING SOCIAL 10/7

LIGHT THE NIGHT 10/9PENGUINS PASS IT ON 10/13-15

PAINTING B&G CLUB 10/16INITIATION 10/23TRICK OR TREAT FOR CANS/

HALLOWEEN SOCIAL10/27BLOOD DRIVE 11/2-3

SEMI-FORMAL 11/6ALUMNI DAY 11/13

POTATO DROP 11/20

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Hello! `I hope everyone’s enjoying being back! Thank you guys for helping spread the word about rush! We’re super excited about our beautiful new baby penguins! The Executive Board is SO excited for this year, and as you can see by the dates on the right, there will be plenty to do! Please let me know if I can ever help you out with anything!

Penguin Love, `Michele

RUSH RETREATRUSH WEEK

AWESOME ALUM

spending time with our two cats. I wish everyone the very best and enjoy reading the spotlight every

weekend! I attached a few pictures of Robert and I and the proposal! The

M&Ms were in a jewelry box that he gave me the night before our 2 year

anniversary. They read "Will you marry me Kara?" Very sweet!!

After spending four years in South Dakota attending graduate school, I am now living in Biloxi, MS with my fiance, Robert Boyer. We are getting

married on January 15, 2011 in Athens, GA and cannot wait for the

date to get here! I am working at VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care

System as the staff psychologist for the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-

Intensive Outpatient Program (PTSD-IOP). I work specifically with

Veterans diagnosed with PTSD due to combat trauma. It keeps me very busy but it is tons of fun and quite

challenging! There is never a boring day at the office for me. Robert and I enjoy visiting the local sites and

KARA VICK

Dear Gamma Sig Ladies,

I miss you all dearly and wish I was closer so I could see you all more often.

The past year has been a whirlwind. This past February I moved to north

west Georgia to a small town just south of Rome called Cedartown. I moved

here to teach at Murphy-Harpst Children Center (Harpst Academy). The

school is a residential behavioral institution for children who are in custody

of the state. The majority of the kids receive special education services and

cannot be in a public setting because of their severe behavior issues. From

Feb. to June I was the supplemental instructor and I worked with

Elementary and Middle school students who needed extra help with math

and reading. This school year I am THE elementary teacher. I teach all of the

elementary students and all subjects. I currently have 3rd, 4th, and 5th

grade students (no younger ones yet). And this year I will also be the Art

Teacher for the entire Academy (elementary art, middle school art, and high

school art). And our school has never had a mascot or school colors, so the

superintendent approved my design for a school mascot. We are now the

Harpst Academy Mustangs and our school colors are black and silver. I am

going to have a contest to let the students name the mascot. (We have horse

therapy for the students and this is why we chose a horse mascot.)

I love my job so much! It can be very difficult but it's worth it. These kids all

have a special place in my heart.

Also, on the 23rd of this month I will be buying my first house!!!!! I'm super

excited! I am attaching a picture for you to see. It's a 2 bed and 1.5 bath

house with hardwood floors and a giant kitchen. I can't wait to get in the

place and start painting! I have big decorating plans for that kitchen.

I am so proud of all of you for all that you've accomplished with Gamma Sig.

It's so amazing to see the videos you talented ladies have put together to

spread the word of GSS. My school actually has college student volunteers

that come for spring break to work around campus and play with the kids.

We should work together and maybe you ladies could plan an alternative

spring break and come here! These kids would greatly benefit from your

good hearts and smiling faces!

I hope you are all having a wonderful fall semester thus far. Best wishes for

Rush this year! I know you will accomplish all you have set forth to do. Keep

up the amazing work ladies!

Much love,

Holly Turner

wee-oop!

HOLLY TURNER

Looking forward to a great semester!