Whether you are a recent graduate from any Gamma Phi Beta collegiate chapter, busy

with family and work, or a recent empty nester – there is a place for you in our alumnae chapter. As collegiate members, we made a lifetime commitment, and staying involved and connected to our sisterhood as alumnae is important, not only for Gamma Phi Beta, but also for ourselves!

I remember being an active collegiate and hearing the phrase “You get out what you put in.” Those words still ring true to me today. I personally have had many years in which I have not been involved as an alumna, and I thought I was far too busy with motherhood, work and life. But I realized I was missing my friends and being a part of something that I truly enjoyed: Gamma Phi Beta.

Over the last year, I loved CONNECTing with my sisters at our wine tasting at the Candle Club. I enjoyed making an IMPACT at the chapter house by helping the collegiates with mock-recruitment, and I was honored to meet our 50-year members at last year’s Founders Day, where we SHINEd with more than 125 women in attendance.

There is no need to hold an office or come to every event, but we would love to see you – purely because we want our sisters in Gamma Phi Beta to get involved, to be a support system for one another and to have fun! Be sure to join us this year at one of our planned events as we continue to CONNECT, IMPACT and SHINE in Wichita!

IIKE,Emily (Gleason) StewartBeta Chi 2002

TO MY SISTERS IN GAMMA PHI BETA,

INSIDE THIS ISSUE2 - House Corporation Board Update3 - Women’s Panhellenic Update3 - Founders Day4 - Upcoming Events 5 - Collegiate Update

6 - Alumnae Dues Update7 - Celebrations8 - Officers and Board 8 - Website Announcement10 - Dues Payment Form

FALL 2014WICHITA ALUMNAE CHAPTER

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President’s Letter

HOUSE CORPORATION BOARD UPDATE

If you haven’t been by the Beta Chi chapter house lately, then you need to check it out! Things have been humming there all summer and with lots of

changes – everything from major improvements to general “sprucing up” for Recruitment. Under the watchful eye of HCB Property Manager, Mylene Atnip and her husband Mike, the Beta Chi chapter now has a newly poured parking lot, all new landscaping and outside décor.

It’s almost impossible to list everything that has been done under Mylene and Mike’s guidance. Mike has served as our manager for both the paving and landscape projects, made countless improvements and repairs to both the outside and inside of the house as well as well as patching and painting several interior walls. Mylene organized two work weekends in August for the HCB members and any other sisters who wanted to help where we painted and cleaned, and painted some more to give the house a much-needed facelift.

Lori Marceau and her son Cole donated their time to paint the walls in the basement. Then helped paint the patio fence to match the color of the house, while Anne Corriston and her friend, Danny, put in many hours painting trim in the chapter room and hallway. Special thanks go out to Janet Rhodes who “blinged” the house bathroom with all sorts of fun and functional accessories. Janet also contributed several large ceramic pots for plantings on the front porch and patio.

Another special thank you goes out to Jill Dobbins, who commissioned a polished metal replica of the Gamma Phi Beta badge that is now hanging over the

fireplace in the chapter living room. Be sure you take time to go inside the house to have a look – it is simply stunning!

Some of these changes have been talked about by HCB members for many years, and we were finally able to make them a reality this summer. With some help from alumna sister Janet Wright, the Board was able to secure a loan to finance these much-needed improvements. The repairs and renovations were long overdue and the entire board is pleased we could turn these plans into reality and provide a home of which all of our Beta Chi sisters can be truly proud. I know I have not mentioned everyone who contributed to the projects we’ve accomplished this summer, so next time you see a member of HCB, please give them your thanks. I’m grateful for this wonderfully generous, talented, hard-working and fun group of women that are serving Gamma Phi Beta with me – and the husbands, sons and friends as well! They are truly the BEST. In IIKE, Beth Harlenske, HCB board president

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• Amazing jewelry from Staats Jewelers• Dinner and show from Crown Uptown• Beauty basket from ‘The Salon’ at Happiness Plaza• Dinner and show from Mosley Street Melodrama • WSU wreath from Designs by Dawn• Beautiful earrings from Lucinda’s• One-hour massage from Beau Monde• Items designed by BX alumna Haley Remsberg• Basket from Soma Intimates• Jamberry nail basket from BX alumna Emily Stephens• A delicious cake from WOW Cakes• Plus, a custom-designed WSU T-shirt quilt by BX alumna Lori Marceau! Perfect for any Shocker fan! • When you visit these vendors or see these individuals, please THANK THEM for their support of

Gamma Phi Beta!

FOUNDERS DAY IS APPROACHINGMark your calendars! The 2014 Founders Day

celebration will be held Saturday, November 8 at The Petroleum Club from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Enjoy a delicious brunch with your sisters as we celebrate with door prizes, auction items and a live fashion show by Robin’s. Robin’s will be sure to bring

the latest trends in fashion apparel and accessories straight to us. See more at www.shoprobins.com. The cost is $22 per person and is payable from the newsletter, at the fall Oct. 8 meeting or on our new website, www.gammaphibetawichita.com ($1 convenience fee).

WICHITA ALUMNAE PANHELLENIC UPDATE

The Wichita Alumni Panhellenic held its annual fundraising tea and card party at Botanica in

April. Proceeds from this year’s event enabled the Wichita Alumni Panhellenic to award scholarships, in the amount of $1,000 each, to three amazing young women from different area high schools. The scholarship recipients were:• Becca Andres, daughter of Holmes & Lahna Andres, from Maize High School, with plans to attend Kansas State University.

• Emily Rausch, daughter of Neil & Rose Rausch, from Goddard High School, with plans to attend Wichita State University.• Amanda Simon, daughter of Joseph & Julie Simon, from Garden Plain High School, with plans to attend Emporia State.

Funding for the scholarships is also generated from an annual holiday greenery sale. Orders will begin in October, and you will receive an email that will include a color brochure of the items available for sale. A nice feature of this fundraiser is the ability to order items and have them directly shipped to the recipient. So if you have family or friends living out of town and would like to send them some holiday cheer, the direct delivery option is very convenient. The fresh evergreen wreaths, garlands and other holiday decorations will be delivered right after Thanksgiving, just in time for the holidays. And, the revenue generated goes toward next year’s scholarships. Contact Lori Manning Marceau to place your order, 371-3557 or lmarceau1123@gmail.com.

We are still looking for items to include in our silent auction/raffle. If you have any

items, goods or services you would like to donate, please contact the alumnae group at

GammaPhiAlum@gmail.com or Haley (Staats) Parker at staatshaley@gmail.com.

Don’t miss out on your opportunity to bid on these silent auction items!

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Fall Alumnae Meeting: October 8: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. @ Gamma Phi Beta, Beta Chi Chapter House

Paint The Towne: Enjoy a night out with your sisters, socialize and paint your own canvas. No experience needed. The cost for this event is $30 per person, which includes all supplies, food and wine. Registration closes one week before the event. October 20: 7 to 9 p.m. @ Paint The Towne - East (8027 E. Peach Tree Ln.)

Founders Day: Enjoy a delicious brunch with your sisters as we celebrate with door prizes, auction items, and a live fashion show by Robin’s. Cost per woman is $22. November 8: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. @ The Petroleum Club

Holiday Party: Everyone is invited to the Beta Chi chapter house to kick-off the holiday season. The active and alumnae chapter are co-hosting this come-and-go event. There will be hors d’oeuvres served and a trunk show featuring many vendors such as Thirty-One, Premier Jewelry, Scentsy and more. What a great opportunity to get some shopping done early as well as mix and mingle. A percentage of sales will be donated to Girls on the Run. If you are interested in being a vendor at this event, please contact Carson Claybrook at acarson.claybrook@gmail.com. December 6: 1-3 p.m. @ Gamma Phi Beta, Beta Chi Chapter House

Wine-Tasting: Second annual Wine Tasting to celebrate the anniversary of Beta Chi’s installment at WSU. Bring a friend and come join in on the fun. More details to come. February 2015

Senior Crescent Dinner: The alumnae group is hosting a dinner to welcome Beta Chi’s graduating seniors to our alumnae chapter. This is a great time to meet our newest young alumnae and to reconnect with your sisters. April 30, 2015 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. @ TBA

Family Day @ Eck: All Gamma Phi alumnae, family and friends are welcome to join us on the hill to watch the Shocker Men’s Baseball team in action. More details to come. May 2015

SOCIAL SISTERS & FRIENDSOn the last Thursday of each month bring a sister or friend, grab a drink and socialize with us.

September 25: 5:30-7 @ Mike’s Wine and Dive October 30: 5:30-7 @ Larry Bud’s EastNovember 20: 5:30-7 @ Mort’s

January 29: TBAFebruary 26: TBAMarch 26: TBAMay 21: TBA

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upcoming events

SHINE ONRECRUITMENT

Thrift Shop Semi-Formal: October 17

Crescent Classic “Gamma Phive K”: October 18 from 7:30 a.m. to noon.The philanthropy committee has been working very hard to get the “Gamma Phive K” to be as successful as possible, and it will only be successful if people participate!How to register: go to www.gammaphibetawsu.com/gammaphivek and follow the directions. Early registration ends September 18, and registration ends October 3. When you register, you get a T-shirt, snack, water bottle and a color packet for $15. After Oct. 18, the cost will be $20.

Songfest: October 25 @ 7 p.m.

Founders Day: November 8

Mom/Dot and 4L’s: November 15 @ 4 p.m.

Initiation: November 16 @ 9 a.m.

UPCOMING BETA CHI EVENTS

Fall 2014 Panhellenic Recruitment was a success! The Beta Chi

collegiate chapter welcomed 39 new members to their

chapter on Bid Day! The theme was “New Bids on the Block,” and everyone had fun eating, dancing, taking pictures

and playing life-sized Jenga and Twister. The chapter would like

to THANK YOU for all of your help with serving, bringing food/

drinks and support during recruitment!

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collegiatespotlight

Our chapter relies on membership dues to support our area collegiate chapters, philanthropic efforts and activities throughout the year. Paying your alumnae membership dues is just one of the ways you can show you are a Gamma Phi Beta for life.

Your alumnae dues support Gamma Phi Beta Wichita Alumnae Chapter by:• Providing support and hosting events for the collegiate chapter of Wichita State University• Communicating with sisters through our website, publications and social networking sites• Funding events such as Founders Day, Senior Celebration and business meetings• Funding our yearly newsletter and website tools as well as providing assistance to collegians for Convention

and scholarships• Donating to the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation, Camp Fire USA and Girls on the Run to build strong girls• Sending delegates to Convention in order to help make our alumnae chapter a success

DUES LEVELS:• Connect: $50 ($25 IH, $25 Local Dues)• Impact: $75 ($25 IH, $25 Local Dues, $25 donation to Local chapter)• Shine: $100 ($25 IH, $25 Local Dues, $50 donation to Local chapter)• Shine Beyond: $100+ ($25 IH, $25 Local Dues, $50+ to Local chapter)

The Wichita Alumnae Chapter local dues are valid from August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2015.Your IH payment will be sent to International Headquarters via our financial vice president.

ALUMNAE DUES

Thank you to the following people who paid their 2013-2014 International and Local dues and helped make the last year such a great success! We had 56 sisters pay their alumnae dues and raised $2,250 in local dues. Our goal this year is to increase both of these numbers.

SHINE BEYOND - $100+Diane (Converse) GansSandra (Gutru) ReillySandra (Riedl) Stump

SHINE - $100Brenda (Bender) BenningElizabeth HarlenskeLinda (Parmiter) JacobsRobyn (Whitten) JohnsonNancy (Elliott) MartinMary (Sims) MrossSusan (Jabara) ReganJanet (Lansdown) Rhodes

IMPACT - $75Dana CastorErica GaitherSusan (McKay) LavenderJanet (Heft) Wright

CONNECT - $50Susan (Loger) AddingtonLinda (Lansdown) AndersonMylene (Sayler) AtnipMisha (Bengel) BenderDixie (Ashton) BridgesTacy (Pounds) ContrarasJanice (Shoff) DeeringHeather (Hastings) GullicRenee (Farha) HahnPam (Keeny) HesseKatherine (Reid) HoffmanKatie (Kessinger) Hund Joyce (Cole) HutgrenJane (Warner) LinkLori (Manning) MarceauJenna (Scheer) McDonaldErin (Cyphert) McEwenLee MeyerNicole Miller

Dara (McKinney) MyersTracee (Patee) O’GradyTiffany PylesKatie RapleJennifer ReganDianne (Kreissler) RosellKimberly (Volz) SandlinJennifer SelenkeDana SimonVirginia (Hill) SoperEmily (Gleason) Stewart Katherine (Finley) SwartzJeanne (Guenther) TillerSusan WilesLori (Meyer) WilliamsGayle (Capsey) WilsonKathy (Wilson) RandallAnn (Clark) WommackPaula (Shanbour) ZarichLaura (Wedel) Zellers

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The Wichita Alumnae Group welcomed 15 recent graduates from the Wichita State University Beta Chi chapter, on May 15, 2014. More than 30 ladies gathered for a dinner to celebrate sisterhood and connect the newest members of our alumnae group.

More than 35 sisters and guests attended our first Wine Mixer at the Candle Club to celebrate the anniversary of Beta Chi’s installment at WSU. Some wonderful wines and delicious desserts were enjoyed by all! And, best of all, everyone had a chance to catch up with our sisters! Don’t miss the next Wine Mixer — Feb. 2015.

Congrats to Beta Chi alumna Lori Marceau on her retirement from the Wichita Police Department after 33 years.

Congrats to Kathy (Wilson) Randall for being selected as the Co-Continuing Legal Education Committee Liaison on the Kansas Bar Association Young Lawyer Section.

Congrats to the following Beta Chi alumnae on their recent marriages:

• Laura (Calhoun) Ronnfeldt• Charolette (McKellip) Renollet

Congrats to new mommies:• Emily (Gleason) Stewart gave birth to baby Brody Finn• Lindsay (Mullins) Carbajal gave birth to baby Elias

Welcome Erin Clopine, Kansas State alumna, and Jordan Dowd, Clemson University alumna, to our Wichita Alumnae Chapter!

A few members of the Wichita Alumnae chapter volunteered their time during Recruitment at the Beta Chi chapter this September. Thank you to all who helped and brought food!

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Emily (Gleason) StewartPresidentengleason@gmail.com316-258-0995

Tracee (Patee) O’GradyVice Presidenttogrady@ksdui.org

Tessie Arambula Financial Vice Presidenttmarambula@gmail.com

Lori (Manning) MarceauPanhellenic Replori.marceau@cox.net

Carly (Moore) McLaughlinAlternate Panhellenic Repcarly-moore@utulsa.edu

Carson ClaybrookProgramming Vice Presidentacarson.claybrook@gmail.com

Sandy StumpFounders Day Chairwomansstump@centralstatescapital.com

Brianna KitchingsPhilanthropy/Community Service Chairwomanbrkitchings@gmail.com,

Katie (Kessinger) Hund - ChairCommunications & PR Vice Presidenthund.katie@gmail.com

Allison GettingsWebsite Chairwomana.gettings2@gmail.com

Erica GaitherSocial Media Chairwomanericag15@hotmail.com

Laura Peterson-MillerSenior Celebration Chairwomanlpm@cox.net

Haley (Staats) ParkerFounders Day Assistant Chairwomanstaatshaley@gmail.com

Jenna (Scheer) McDonald & Courtney RhodesCollegiate Liaisons (BX Chapter Advisors)Jennascheer1@gmail.comcerhodes@wichita.edu

Chandler KelleyCollegiate-Alumnae Relations Chair(BX Active Collegiate)Chandlershea@hotmail.com

Caitlin PowersSocial Sisters Chairwomancaitlin477@gmail.com

Erin ClopineMembership Vice President eeclopine@gmail.com

Stacey (Spillman) RyanRecommendations Chairwomanstaceyspillman@hotmail.com

2014 - 2015OFFICERS

Please contact Emily Gleason Stewart at engleason@gmail.com if you would like to get involved.

our website got a

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The Wichita Alumnae Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta cordially invites you to attend our annual

Saturday, November 8, 2014The Petroleum Club

100 North Broadway – Suite 900Wichita, Kansas 67202

Founders Day Celebration

Golden Crescent 50-Year Members to berecognized at Founders Day:Carolyn (Donlevy) Black, Beta Chi Chapter, Wichita State UniversityConstance (Myers) Gaston, Sigma Chapter, University of Kansas Barbara (Jones) Huff, Beta Chi Chapter, Wichita State UniversitySherry (Smith) Mundhenke, Beta Upsilon Chapter, Kansas State UniversitySharon (Bailey) Pedroja, Beta Chi Chapter, Wichita State UniversityMary (Brainerd) Schechter, Beta Upsilon Chapter, Kansas State UniversityPatricia (Callen) Valko, Beta Upsilon Chapter, Kansas State University

MenuFresh Fruit

Assorted PastriesMuffins

Cinnamon RollsScrambled Eggs

Egg CasseroleBiscuits & Gravy

BaconHam

SausageHashbrowns

Beverages:Iced Tea, Coffee and Water

*Please note: Park in the Bank of America parking garage. On the day of our event you may park anywhere in the garage, including the reserved spaces.

The entrance ramp is on the west side of Broadway – about half a block north of Douglas Street. Take the walkway on the third level of the garage into the building and veer to the right. A guard will be on duty, and there will be signs to direct you. Take the elevator up to the 9th floor.

Schedule9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Registration, door prizes and auction items displayed

10:30 a.m.Brunch buffet opens

11 a.m.Fashion show by Robin’s

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Collegiate, Alum & House Corp. updates, awards, Founders Day Ceremony and pictures

$22 per person Payable by newsletter insert, at

our fall meeting or on the Wichita Gamma Phi Beta Alumnae website:www.gammaphibetawichita.com

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DUES PAYMENT FORM 2014-2015 Name: _____________________________________ Collegiate Chapter: _________ Initiation Year: ________Address: ______________________________________________ City: __________ State: ___ Zip: _________Phone: _____________________ Email: ________________________________________________________

I have included a check payment (made out to “Gamma Phi Beta”) for the following dues level (circle one):• Connect: $50 ($25 IH, $25 Local Dues)• Impact: $75 ($25 IH, $25 Local Dues, $25 donation to Local chapter)• Shine: $100 ($25 IH, $25 Local Dues, $50 donation to Local chapter)• Shine Beyond: $100+ ($25 IH, $25 Local Dues, $50+ to Local chapter)

I have included payment for the following events (circle all that apply):

• Founders Day, Nov. 8: $22 per person• Paint the Towne event, Oct. 20: $30 per person

Please mail payment with this form to:

Wichita Alumnae Group of Gamma Phi Beta6302 N. MarjorieWichita, KS 67208

Or pay online at www.gammaphibetawichita.com.

If you have any questions about dues, please contact Tessie Arambula, the alumnae Financial Vice President at tmarambula@gmail.com.

WICHITA ALUMNAE GROUP OF GAMMA PHI BETA2994 N Penstemon Wichita, KS 67226