Issue 3, Summer 2003
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The last formal meetings of the term: August 13th, 2003 |
Introduction to the Newsletter Welcome to the
3rd edition of the Gamma Gamma Chapter Tri Delta newsletter! We have
had a lot going on this summer, and we are so excited to share it with
everyone. The goal of the newsletter is to put our current members,
parents, and alumnae in contact with each other in the hope of developing
a better sense of our Tri Delta community. If you have any comments
or suggestions for improvement, please email our current Alumnae Relations
Chair, who can always be reached at gammagamma@dartmouth.edu. Thanks
for reading, and enjoy. -Kristine Charbonneau '05, Summer Alumni Relations Chair; and Carolyn Steinmetz '05, Summer Vice President of Public Relations |
A Note from
the Summer President
Claire Arthurs, '05
Dear Sisters, Alumnae, Family and Friends:
Sophomore Summer represents
a unique time in the 'Dartmouth experience': Only a few months after becoming
Sisters, the '05 class was met with the challenge of leading the house and
given the privilege to make it our own. With only a few weeks to settle in
before the term got busy, both in terms of school and house events, we were
all a little apprehensive about our new roles. Events at the beginning of
the term such as the "Welcome Back" BBQ, and a Sisters' Only "Murder
Mystery" Dinner helped to break the ice and get us all excited about
meeting each other, working together and all the fun times that lay ahead!
Throughout the term,
Sisters willingly took advantage of opportunities to get to know one another,
and to get involved in the house. Each officer had many duties and fulfilled
them above and beyond the standards of the college, and the chapter. Individual
members were enthusiastic about attending meetings, and were always anxious
to participate in TriDelt sponsored events around campus.
One highlight of Sophomore
Summer that many classes share is Tubestock, and our class was no different!
Our T-Shirt Chairs made cute and spirited T-shirts to commemorate the event,
and our Tubestock Chairs planned a delicious bagel brunch, as well as built
a sturdy raft for all the Deltas on the river to enjoy!
Whether it was philanthropy
events, social events, Wednesday night meetings, house clean up days, the
formal, or just hanging out with other sisters, this term has been an amazing
opportunity to get to know each other and has been a phenomenal success!
As we leave this amazing
term behind, we will each take a different path. Some staying on campus, others
returning home, and still others traveling to exciting internships and study
abroad programs. Regardless of our destination, we will leave our Sophomore
Summer having gained confidence in ourselves as members and leaders of the
house, and having formed everlasting friendships.
Dluv,
Claire
Caitlin, Claire, and Kaitlin at the
first formal meetings of the term
Administration Team
Vice
President of Administration - Kaitlin Jaxheimer
Our summer sisterhood exuded tons of sparkles and strength of leadership.
Not only did our sisters bond, but they have finally immersed themselves into
the house and taken it on as their own by creating many events that filled
our calendar to the brim. As the active sisterhood was smaller than most other
terms, a higher percentage of women were officers who took their jobs seriously,
held themselves and their sisters accountable for their actions as sisters
and leaders, and also took pride in their roles in the house. This delta-pride
is certainly contagious and we hope that we can help it to continue to spread
to the upperclassmen when they return!
Houseman - Colleen
Harrison
As house manager for the summer I was in charge of maintaining the physical
property and keeping the sisters living in the house up to date with news
from the Office of Residential Life. I also supervised a two-day house clean-up
during which we completely reorganized the Tribrary and made the house fabulous
for the Sophomore Parents' Weekend Brunch. As the term draws to a close, I
am now working on arranging storage and interim services for the sisters.
Prouty Walk Participants display their numbers
Secretary - Kate
Strayer-Benton
As secretary, I attended all Chapter and Officers' Council Meetings and kept
a written record of the minutes. Despite a freak river accident leaving me
temporarily disabled with an injury to my right wrist/thumb, I was able to
overcome the challenge and maintain order, continuing to serve the Gamma Gamma
Chapter of Delta Delta Delta as the Summer Secretary. All OC Meeting Minutes
are available electronically, blitz k8 with requests. The notebook containing
all minutes will remain on file at 1 Occum Road.
Chapter Development Team
Vice President
Chapter Development - Caitlin Farrell
We've had a fabulous summer term! We've had amazing, strong women over at
Tridelt; tea talks with Mrs. Susan Wright and Dean Sylvia Langford provided
great opportunities to talk informally and discuss issues like women's changing
roles on campus while munching on delicious mini-muffins. During Secret Summer
Sister week, '05 sisters were secretly matched and then showered one another
with coupons for free massages, chocolate chip cookies, dolphin balloons,
etc.. The week accumulated in a big bagel brunch right before Tubestock, as
sisters revealed their identities. During the field consultant visit, there
was a big BBQ, and despite the rain, we had plenty of hotdogs and hamburgers
for everyone. We hosted a sundae-social also that weekend to provide sisters
another chance to meet and chat with the national representative.
Continuing Education Chair - Sarah Messner
Each week at meetings I recognized "Sisters of the Week" and told
everyone a little bit about a few sisters. I gave two presentations at meetings
- an M&M activity to learn about each other, and an activity to learn
a bit more about how tridelt was founded, where I read the history of tridelt.
**Genevieve Deppe really enjoyed Sarah Messner's "M& M" activity.
She said "I thought it was a good way to get to know sisters better that
you might otherwise not get a chance to talk to in that same friendly atmosphere."**
Academic Chair - Juliana
Lisi
Each week, Tridelt recognizes girls whose performance in class or their field
of study is to be commended. Sisters blitz in names and "Smart Cookies"
are awarded to each "smart" sister. This term, Tridelt hosted a
professor lecture by Graziella Parati, of the Italian, Comparative Literature,
and Women's Studies departments. Also, this term's project has been to get
a house computer set up for communal use.
Finance
Team
Vice President
of Finance - Amanda Jaber
I handled most of the money issues for TriDelt this summer. This term we really
focused on personal accountability, and all of the officers were helpful when
it came to staying within their budget and handing in receipts. We are also
working towards a more strict 30 - 60 - 90 policy. We tried to distribute
the budget so that members would have the opportunity to participate in more
events. It was an unforgettable summer. Thanks for all the memories. To support
our programming and campus events, we would hope that both our alumnae and
family members would consider sending any modest donation, with checks being
made payable to Delta Delta Delta Fund.
Treasurer -Maria Perez
Maria diligently attended all necessary meetings and was a great assistant
to Amanda Jaber with her finance duties.
Public Relations Team
Vice President of
Public Relations - Carolyn Steinmetz
I have been implementing a new program where we receive the weekly newsletters
over blitz as well as in our hinman boxes. To boost our relations with other
sororities, I am starting to send out notes wishing other sororities at Dartmouth
good luck on finals. Hopefully this will be continued.
Alumni Relations Chair
- Kristy Charbonneau
I was pretty busy early on in the summer with Alumni Penpals program, which
seemed to get a great response! From what I hear, girls have already contacted
their penpals and the process is underway. I have also been keeping my ear
out for any alums coming to the area, and if there are any coming for the
rest of the summer, please blitz me, because you are welcome at the house
if school is still in session!
Panhell Representative
- Jhilam Biswas
My job was to attend all of the Pan Hel meetings, help with the programs the
group organized, and relay information from the all-school sorority council
to meetings at Tridelt. I also had two other representatives who came with
me to all of the meetings: Sudeshna Chatterjee and Margot Laporte who were
Panhell Delegates.
Philanthropy Chair - Renee DeLellis
This term was full of
philanthropy and fun! We participated in 8 projects and completed over 120
hours of service as a house. Outside of house service projects, our members
completed over 600 hours of service.
We did three bake sales to make over $1400 for organizations such as Hannah's
House, WISE and Students Fighting Hunger.
Our house was a rest/water stop for the Prouty Walk/Run for Cancer and we
also helped serve dinner and make cookies for Circus Schmercus, an event that
benefits Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) so we did very creative projects
to help TriDelt's main service support group, cancer research and treatment.
Our sisters also cooked a complete meal for SEAD, a group that brings underprivledged
students up to Dartmouth's campus in order to further their interests in schooling
with the aim of helping them attend college. We also provided an end of the
term BBQ and water fight for the kids and mentors in DREAM. This was in conjunction
with the brothers of AD. It was really amazing to hang out with these boys
in a non-frat environment. I can foresee great things with these young men
;)
We also had an awesome day restoring a house in Lebanon. About nine sisters
helped COVER with their summer house project. Helping ranged from tearing
up and resetting a wooden floor to scraping off paint to puttying walls and
sweeping. Overall, it was a great experience to get "down and dirty"
and actually see instant gratification. The house definitely looked better
as we left...I think all the girls want to see the finished project! Here's
hoping for many more hours of philanthropy and lots of fun!
Social Events - Felicia Yu and Sarah Stein
After the first full week of class, we had a barbeque with Phidelt. It was
a great way to start the summer off! There was lots of food, and the brothers
did all the grilling, and we brought the cookies obviously. For July 4th,
we had a barbeque with Chi Heorot and in between eating and talking to the
brothers, everyone was in the Heorot pool or playing on the Tridelt slip-n-slide.
On July 12th, we threw a semi-formal-attire Crush Party with Sigma Delta.
Each girl had the option of inviting two crushes. It was quite a success,
the crushes were excited to come and many were dressed quite nicely. We had
joint meetings with ChiGam in July which is good for a change of pace. We
had mixers with a number of fraternities including: Theta Delt (Pajama Party
theme), Trikap, Sig Ep, and Alpha Chi in July and early August. We are hoping
to have an event with Chi Heorot this coming up weekend where the sisters
are able to mingle with the brothers before their potential dance party.
Formal Chairs - Tracey
Shechtman and Neha Kulkarni
Our formal this year was held at the Lilac Inn in Brandon, Vermont. The boys
of Sig Ep cohosted the affair. The hotel was beautiful, the food was great,
and Muffie (the manager of the inn) was awesome! Despite being eaten alive
by mosquitos, everyone seemed to really enjoy the entire evening.
Fun times at the Summer Formal on August 7th, 2003
Risk Management Chair - Megan Escherich
Tridelt co-sponsored two events this summer. One was a women's health discussion with KDE led by the director of women's health at Dicks House, Elizabeth Hirsh. Elizabeth came to the house and we had a very informative discussion about physical, emotional and sexual health that included such topics as birth control, STI prevention, and the resources that Dick's house provides. The second event that we will host is an eating disorders awareness/discussion panel with Alpha Xi. Nutritionist Claudette Peck and coordinator of health education programs Laura Rubinstein will facilitate a discussion that we intend to open to the campus about body image at Dartmouth.
Membership Team
VP Member Development
The position really
focuses on strengthening the sisterhood and in particular during Sophomore
Summer works to get girls excited about being members of TriDelta and hopefully
encourage them to look into holding leadership positions in the future. This
summer, we had a few different sisters' only events. The first was a murder
mystery dinner, which we all got dressed up for and some sisters played different
parts in. We had one "delta day" which was basically snacks on the
green on a Thursday, a way for sisters to congregate at a time that they might
not normally. We also went blueberry picking, which was tons of fun and made
for some delicious muffins and pies! Our last Sisters-Only event will be a
trip to club Electra where we can dance it up with some townies!
House Improvements
Chair - Eve Russell
As the "house improvements chair" I was in charge of making some
aesthetic changes to the house. Initially these things were going to be larger
scale improvements (painting the chapter room etc.) but the improvements,
when we found out there was no budget, became smaller scale (tape off ceilings,
cleaning walls). Sisters all came to the house on one of two days and took
part in various chores. We focused our efforts on the "tri-berry"
and the chapter room and saw great improvement in the organization and overall
look of the place.
Scrapbook Chairs -
Layne Moffett and Jessica Sharpless
Layne and I as scrapbook co-chairs make the summer scrapbook. We take photos,
collect those of others, note fun events and projects, and write a bit of
fun information about each girl. We will be distributing these scrapbooks
at the end of the summer or beginning of the fall.
T-Shirt Chairs -
Kim Rosensteel and Noa Gafni
As t-shirt chairs we designed 3 delta fun shirts for our sisters to wear:
A summer lovin' class shirt, a Tubestock T, and a sexy tank. They were all
a big hit!
On the morning of Tubestock!
Recently, several of our alums sent in updates on activities they've been
involved in, new jobs they've taken, etc. Thank you all for responding, people
seem really busy! ** If you have a piece of news you'd like to share with
your fellow Deltas and would like to include it in our next newsletter, please
email gammagamma@dartmouth.edu **
Cathleen Thomas '93 says that after 8 years in advertising and marketing, most recently at Ofoto, she is now a stay-at-home mom. She loves it! Griffin Henry Thomas was born in November 2001. She and Chad Thomas '93 got married in 1998, after dating since their freshman year. They have been living in the Bay Area since graduation.
Kiley Barnhorst MacDonald '94 has some exciting news - Marjorie Moon MacDonald ("Jorie") was born on June 22nd, 2003, joining her older brother Lachlan, who is 2 1/2. Both kids are a lot of fun and are keeping her and her husband Rick busy. They are living in LA and she is about to start her second year at UCLA Law. Hope everyone is doing well!
Christina McGinnes
'94 is really busy because she is moving back to Boston after 3 yrs in
London. Her new address is:
Christina McGinnes
10 Old Colony Road
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
ph: 781.235.5037
No job so to speak of yet...She'll deal w/ that when she is back after Labor
Day!
Karen (Smith) Kahrl '96 had a beautiful baby girl in February, named Ella. Karen, her husband Ben and Ella live in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Kathy Luz '96 is getting married on September 6 to Mark Cote. She is a lawyer in Boston for Goodwin Procter.
Diane Fernandes '96 is also a lawyer in Boston and works for Ropes and Gray.
Karen (Smith) Kahrl '96 had a beautiful baby girl in February, named Ella. Karen, her husband Ben and Ella live in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Kathy Luz '96 is getting married on September 6 to Mark Cote. She is a lawyer in Boston for Goodwin Procter.
Diane Fernandes '96 is also a lawyer in Boston and works for Ropes and Gray.
Katie Burt '96 is doing her residency in Internal Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA. She recently got engaged to Craig Driver and they are getting married August, 2004.
Ann Craig '97
has left Choate to go back to school, and will be at NYU for the next five
years working on a PhD in Spanish. Here is her new address:
Ann Craig
595 West End Ave. #9C
NY, NY 10024
Wendy Simon '98 recently became engaged. Her boyfriend proposed on their trip to Block Island. They were sitting on the beach at Mohegan Bluffs sharing a bottle of wine when he popped the question, and of course she said yes!
Lou Moore '98 is leaving her dear home state of Texas once again and heading "back east" for graduate school. She'll be in the master's of English program at Rutgers in Camden, NJ and living in Philadelphia with her boyfriend Christian, who is beginning the MBA program at Wharton. If any of her sisters are going to be in the Philly area, please let her know (sweetloum@yahoo.com) and she'll treat you to a cheese steak. And if anyone is living in Philly already, please blitz her - she doesn't know too many folks in Philly! She hopes everyone is doing well - she wishes she could've seen the 98's at the reunion, but her brother graduated from Stanford that same weekend, and considering that he sat through a three-hour ceremony in the pouring rain for her back in 98, she couldn't miss seeing him walk.
Aimee Bakeman (Cain) '98 is also living in Tampa with her husband, Travis. On May 20, Aimee gave birth to their first child, a son named Reece Alexander who, according to Melissa Nagare, is the cutest thing EVER. Aimee and Melissa worked together at PwC until she joined Fujitsu as a consultant in 2000.
Manisha Shah '99 has been living in Boston for 2 1/2 years now after graduating from Thayer with her MEM. She works for a small strategy consulting firm focused on high tech and has had the pleasure of traveling to London and DC for work. Also, she is getting married! She got engaged in April to a wonderful man, John, who recently graduated from law school in Boston and who she has been dating for three years. They plan to get married in summer 2004 in CT and some fellow tridelts, Michele Carlucci '99 and Lindsey Sternberg '99, will be her bridesmaids as well as Fatema Choudhury '99, who will be a bridal attendant. They all keep in close touch and all three of them are doing well! She is still on her alum email address and would love to hear from any of her fellow tridelts who she has lost touch with!! she hopes everyone is well!!
Melissa Nagare '99 has been living in Tampa since graduation, working as a consultant for PwC and now IBM. This fall she is getting married to Benjamin Rich who she met at PwC down in Tampa.
After two years in the glamourous world of retail management, Jamie Labell '00 left Brooks Brothers to begin business school at Boston College. She just moved back in with fellow '00 Delta, Emily Wasco and they live together in an apartment on Dartmouth Street in Boston. Also, she got engaged on August 9th to Lee Rubin, who attends Tufts Med School with Emily. She could not be happier! If anyone would like some dating advice, she suggest asking Emily Wasco. In the past week, the two couples she introduced both got engaged!
Erin Maxwell '01 is currently training full-time in Europe for the Olympics in the Women's 470 Class in sailing. She is sailing with Dartmouth alum Jen Morgan '02who is her partner. The World Championships are this September in Cadiz, Spain and they hope to be top ten in the World by then. Then November 6-16th is the Olympic Trials in Houston, TX. If they win the Trials, which they have a good chance of since they are the current National Champions, they'll continue on to represent the US at the Olympics in Athens Greece in Summer of 2004. People can learn more about their sailing at their website: Maxwellmorgan470.com.
Tatiana Fernandez '03 has spent her summer in NY. She says it has been awesome and punctuated by delightful encounters with Sarah Hong '03 twice a week at her LSAT prep class. She will be moving to Washington, D.C. this fall and living in a great place with a friend from high school. She's working at a law firm for the rest of the year and hopefully starting law school next year! If anyone is down in D.C., she asks them to give her a blitz!
Kate Reibel '03 is moving to New York in September to start a Masters program at Christie's studying modern art, connoisseurship, and the history of the art market.
Betsy Colman '03 is living in Worcester, MA with Emily Pollakowski '01. They both just had their first day of medical school on August 11th at Umass. They are both a little scared, but excited--and glad to have each other : )