Carol Runs!

Carol Sweeney ran a 5K on August 3 near Jackson, Michigan at Clark Lake. She was 1st in her age group! 

Farewell for now...

Dear Sisters,
We are moving to our new home near Lake Tahoe next week, so I want to say farewell for now. The Phoenix Alumnae Chapter has been a big part of my life for three decades, and although I will be 700 miles away, I will remain part of the group. I hope to return for Founders Day in October and will keep up with everything via email, the blog, and Facebook. 

Thank you all for enriching my life and for your caring support during dark days. I am blessed to have so many wonderful sisters. Please stay in touch!

Ann Santos

Nutcrackers

Phoenix alum Dusty Tingstrom put her creative talents to work and crafted a pink-and-green Delta Zeta girl nutcracker and a green-and-gold "Packers" nutcracker for past alum chapter president Ann Santos to add to her collection.

Last Meeting of Alumnae Year 2012-2013

Lorna Green presents a memento to Karen Lange, who has retired after more than three decades as corresponding secretary of the Phoenix Alumnae Chapter. Her long service to the chapter has been invaluable.

Officers for 2013-2014 are Monica Montez, president; Mary Chandler, recording secretary; Dusty Tingstrom, corresponding secretary; Nancy Herzog, vice president; and Lorna Green, treasurer. Not shown: Cathy Sewell, Lamp editor; Paige Pawlikow, Panhellenic delegate; and Nicole Barnett, Panhellenic alternate. Installation took place at the luncheon on May 18.

And the GWA Alumnae Award Winners Are...

Collegiate Appreciation Awards:

CA State Univ/Fullerton-Iota Upsilon			Ciera Shepard
CA State Univ/Los Angeles-Theta Rho			Tania Roney/Suzanne Hsu
CA State Univ/Northridge-Pi Gamma			Lorrie Samalot
Loyola-Marymount Univ.-Xi Omicron			Amanda Atkins
San Diego State Univ.-Gamma Omicron			Beth Luton
University of Idaho-Pi Kappa			Heidi Lyons
Univ. Of San Francisco-Xi Lambda			Jennifer Baldwin
Univ. of Washington-Kappa			Christina Berry

Alumna Appreciation Award
DZ Valley Diamonds Alumnae Chapter			Linda Erwin
Greater Seattle Alumnae Chapter			Michelle Face/Sara Hinkley
Las Vegas Alumnae Chapter			Krista Hinman
Long Beach Alumnae Chapter			Skye Wheeler/Dawn Williams
Orange County Alumnae Chapter			Margaret Caffey (Peggy)
Pasadena Foothill Alumnae Chapter			Crystal Diaz
Phoenix  Valley Alumnae Chapter                   Dorothy Charles San Diego Alumnae Chapter Beth Luton Santa Clara County Alumnae Chapter Neda Mirzaei AAD Special Recognition: Learn2Listen Program- Greater Seattle. Alumnae Collegiate Relations Award: Long Beach/Delta Alpha Panhellenic Pride Award: Susan Norman of Phoenix & Allison Peterson/Lisa Dion of Seattle Outstanding GWA Alumnae Sister of the Year Paula Harfst/Seattle Philanthropy Award Orange County

News from Region Weekend

Region Weekend was hosted by the Pi Gamma chapter at California State University Northridge and the San Fernando Alumnae chapter on Friday 4/26- Sunday 4/28 at the Hilton Hotel in Woodland Hills, Calif. 

 

Friday night the San Fernando alumnae hosted a lovely reception at the home of Heather Wang's grandparents in Chatsworth. It was a gorgeous day and we enjoyed a delicious meal of catered sandwiches, home-made salads and desserts. The chairs were decorated with bows the theme of the weekend. "Delta Zeta, the sisterhood that ties us together!" We had a great time meeting everyone and enjoying the food. Thanks again to Lorrie, Heather and the SF chapter! 32 alumnae attended the reception from all over the region/area.

 

Region/Area shirts were adorable with big bows! Amanda Allegra, Pi Gamma CCD, Neda Nickfardjam chapter president, their committee and Kim Jones RCD did an amazing job of putting together the weekend of sisterhood.

 

Saturday events included registration, DZ Dezigns, Rose Tree (raising over $180 for the Foundation)and a formal welcome of DZ VIPS. Guests and presenters included, Past National President Michelle Smith, past National officer, Karen Campbell, National Ritual Chairman Cindy Holmes, State Alumnae Chairman-California Elaine Jeffers, Vicki Bowman, Region Financial advisor, Kelly Janousek, Region Academics advisor, Paula Harfst, region recruitment advisor. Pi Gamma member, Fernanda Moran led the whole group in learning the Creed in sign language.

 

At the luncheon we had the opportunity to enjoy the keynote speaker, Jamison Keller, CSUN coordinator of Fraternity & Sorority Life and Faculty, Empowerment through Sisterhood. Three break-out sessions: Living our Values with Cindy Holmes and Karen Campbell; It's Greek to Them with Steve Jones (on how to best present yourself in interviews, resumes etc.)and Save the Drama fo yo Mama! with alumna Karla Aragon.

The dinner and awards were followed by a Fun Night at a local bowling alley.

 

At the awards banquet, Kim Jones revealed the new title for the Pride of the Region Award, the Michelle Albrecht Smith Chapter Excellence Award. The exciting thing was Past National President Michelle was present.This year the award was presented by Michelle to the Xi Omicron Chapter at Loyola Marymount University!