 Proudly displaying the Standards of Excellence trophy they received during the University of California/Los Angeles’ Greek Gala are members of Alpha Iota, which was named the school’s most outstanding chapter. The KDs received the highest scores in three out of four categories: external relations, chapter management and policy compliance. |
 Delta Gammas took home top honors during the Greek banquet at Western Kentucky University, including the Outstanding Advisor Award presented to Marian Edmunds. Pictured from left, Sara Puckett received the Charlie Pride Spirit Award, and Lindsey Houchin was named the 2010 Greek Woman of the Year. Lindsey is a former chapter president, a Corre Anding Stegall Collegiate Leadership Award recipient, president of Order of Omega and a WKU Spirit Master. Sara is the Spirit Master co-chairman and a member of the Panhellenic executive council. In addition, Kappa Delta won the overall first place award for Greek Week and was recognized during the banquet for new-member education, outstanding scholarship and campus involvement and leadership. |
 In full regalia at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law ceremony are new graduates, back row, from left, Chelsea Castiglioni, Alpha Delta-Rhodes; Rebecca Wooldridge, Epsilon Omega-Kentucky; Melissa McHendrix, Alpha Xi-Louisville; front row, Molly Mattingly, Zeta Omicron-Wake Forest; and Ashley Gillenwater Eade, Sigma Upsilon-Indiana. |
  Charlotte Bucher, Chi-Denver, has released her first book, “Cecil Learns to Smile,” a story of how a chartreuse tree frog’s smile changes his life and shows its young readers that to overcome a problem, one does not hide from it. Char penned and illustrated the book in watercolors, which brought together her lifelong interests in writing and art. Char’s love for writing was sparked at age 16 when she wrote a weekly column for her hometown newspaper and served as editor of her high school newspaper. She earned a business degree with an emphasis in advertising and certification in botanical illustration and decorative art, which she taught for 28 years. “Cecil Learns to Smile” is available online through Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and OutskirtPress.com, which offers a trade discount in quantities of 10 or more. To check out more books by KD authors, visit www.kappadelta.org and click on the spring 2010 issue. |
 Eight-year-old Sydney is proud of her mom, Erin Kelly Merydith, who earned her doctorate degree in the American Psychological Association Combined Program in Counseling and School Psychology from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. The Xi-Pittsburgh alumna serves on the Epsilon Rho-Rochester chapter advisory board. |
 Eta Mu-Georgia College and State University chapter advisory board members, from left, Jodi Sappe, Libby Lindahl and Jennifer Brookins accept the Bobcat Award from the Department of Campus Life for “excellence in advising.” |
 From left, Shaheen Khan, Alpha Xi-Louisville, and Jessica Hancock, Delta Gamma-Western Kentucky, celebrate their graduation from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. The two KDs met during the first days of dental school and quickly became study buddies and then best friends. |
 Stacie Shurtz Garlieb, Beta Psi-Arizona State, is the president of Successful Impressions, a company that assists collegians and working professionals with career-search processes and skills. In partnership with University of Phoenix, Stacie also is the creator and presenter of the Career Workshop Series on resume building, interview preparation, interview skills, transition in the workforce and “re-careering.” She has been interviewed on television and radio news programs and has been a featured seminar speaker at the Arizona Women’s Expo and the national American Marketing Association Conference. |