Page 1 - Sigma Sidelights - Spring 2015

Spring 2015 | Alpha Gamma Delta | Alumni Relations Ofce | P.O. Box 80828, Atlanta, Georgia 30366 | 770-903-3987 AΓΔ House Association Update 2014 n April, 2014, there was an and the response has been fantastic! unexpected surprise for House I hope that you will come by soon IAssociation. The chapter and see the changes. announced that the project most Next challenge -the baths! As desperately needed was a complete of January 2015 we have the update of the bathrooms. Remember architectural plans and decorating the gang showers? Those left the ideas in place: three bathrooms in AΓΔ building in 1998, but nothing has summer, 2015. The goal: the light green tile will be gone, the stall been done there since. The light Top Ten green tiles are still EVERYWHERE, doors will fnally close, and we 10 including the ceiling along with the will have bathrooms that will be After 18 years on House Association Board, edge-eighteen years ago! I called our very own Chapter House rose boarder wall paper that was really cutting relevant to the 21st century. this change in projects caught me by surprise. award winning interior designer Joan Zaeske Upgrades Kaufman ’85 for her help. I guess that is why I appreciate my Alpha Gamma Delta Sisters as much as I do. We are It became obvious very quickly that the project was way too complex to plan in one month, so there for each other, we work together, and we we had to break the sad news to the Collegians get the job done. that we could not renovate the bathrooms in Thank you to those of you that make it happen! summer 2014. This project would require at Jody Wise Mitchell ’78, Sherry Blaha Leginski least one year to plan correctly. Quickly the ’72, Pat Holm Smith ’57, Sue Cullison Wallace Collegians responded, “We are more concerned ’78, Sarah Swanlund ’04, Sarah Spillman ’09, about making the frst foor more competitive Katie Stevenson Bermingham ’04, and Hillary with the other houses during recruitment.” Smith ’04. We were all stunned! The frst foor was redecorated a couple of years ago and I asked what they wanted to change. The request was, “everything but the colors.” I took a deep breath and called Joan Kaufman. In true Alpha Gam sisterhood she assured me that not only was she not upset but that she was EXCITED to do it. So the decorating committee was born. Joan, Sarah Swanlund ’04, Hillary Smith ’04, and Sue Cullison Wallace ’78 worked tirelessly to come up with a design New to View at the that is “modern, contemporary, and a hint of Pictured Left to Right: Sarah Swanlund ’04, Betsy Hendrick ’61, Karen Koenig ’79.5, and Katie Birmingham ’04 admire the new traditional.” The frst foor is a TOTAL remodel, décor on the frst foor of the Chapter House. Sigma Chapter House Thank you Collegiate Offcers Alex Nasca, Ada Semutthai, Marissa Vinson, and to all 1 Décor living room, gallery, of the Collegians that have offered insight to it. We look forward to working with our new BFF Lounge and Parsons- Shive Archives Room chapter offcers, Cait Mrumlinski, President, Katie Ehlers, VP Finance and Stephanie Dahl, 2 Carpeting frst foor Property Coordinator. Leather sofas Loyally in Epsilon Pi, 3 Fresh paint frst foor Karen Koenig, Sigma ’79.5 4 Bell room now Starbucks Sisters admire new décor in chapter house while celebrating the House Association President upswhale@aol.com reading room House Association Honor Roll event. Décor Committee pictured left to right: Mariann Gutshall ’70, Joan Kaufman ’85, and Sue Wallace ’78. 217-493-4778 5 New appliances in kitchen 6 Update landscaping front New Décor Fall 2014 of house 7 Fresh paint and furniture for house director apt 8 Update wireless system 9 Update phone and security system 10 Newly framed historic photos The Barbara Feurer Frase Lounge. The Living Room.