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[Top row (left to right):

Sophomore Stephanie Jones,

freshman Myssa Abuahmad,

freshman Ashlee

Higgenbotham, junior

Stephanie Hicks, freshman

Essence Hall, freshman Tasha

Wilson. Bottom Row (left to

right): Freshman Whitney

Simmons, freshman Mystique

Hammett, freshman Gloria

Sanchez. Not Pictured:

Sophomore Kathleen Palomo

and freshman Jessica Gomez.]

On September 9,

2011, Sigma Kappa Omega

Beta Chapter proudly

presented bids to eleven

Pearls! If you have not heard,

Pearl is now the proper way to

refer to an SKO Beta Pledge.

Rush week,

organized by Rush Chair Katy

Clark, consisted of Speed

Dating, Sand Volleyball, and

Taco Night. Fifteen girls came

out to Rush with the Sigma

Sweethearts! Interview night

was conducted on September

9, after which the Sigma

Sweethearts presented eleven

bids to prospective new

members.

Bid day took place on September 10,

2011. A princess-themed pool party

in Magnolia, TX, the sisters spent the

whole day bonding with the lovely

Pearls. Done the SKO way, Bid day,

planned by Pearl Moms Krystina

Christiansen and Katy Clark, was

complete with good music, better

food, and the best company!

The ten year

anniversary of Sigma Kappa

Omega is quickly approaching

and to celebrate, Sigma Kappa

Omega Alpha Chapter will be

hosting a Founder’s Week

dinner.

The dinner will occur

on October 28, 2011 at 7pm at

the Village Conference Room

at Stephen F. Austin State

University. Food will be

provided. We ask that you

wear cocktail attire.

The Sigma

Sweethearts ask that you

RSVP immediately if you plan

on going to this event. Please

contact Sigma Kappa

Omega or Beta Vice President

Amanda Gunn at

amg058@shsu.edu to RSVP or

with any questions.

Pearls at Bid Day Fall 2011

I’m Not a Pledge; I’m a

Pearl!

I N S I D E

T H I S

I S S U E :

Sigma Times “With beauty and grace.”

V O L U M E # 1 I S S U E # 2

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 1

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P A G E 2

Project Princess hearts to benefit underprivileged

high school seniors that cannot

afford a dress or tux for prom.

This year, the Sigma

Sweethearts will be sponsoring

two Huntsville High School

seniors with an all-expenses paid

prom night, complete with

wardrobe, hair, nails, and dinner.

The Sigma Sweethearts

Sigma

Kappa Omega Beta

Chapter kicked off

the first semiannual

Project Princess on

the week of

September 19th.

Project Princess is a

philanthropy created

by the Sigma Sweet

will be taking donations of

GENTLY used formal and cocktail

dresses, tuxedos, dress shoes,

purses and ties. This semester,

over 15 dresses have already been

donated!

If you would like to

donate to Project Princess, please

contact the Sigma Sweethearts.

Contact information can be found

on the next page.

Amanda Bolting, MGC

Academic Chair! Sigma Kappa Omega

is proud to announce that

sister Amanda Bolting has

become the newest

Multicultural Greek Council

Academic Chair. Elections were

held on September 20th at the

MGC meeting.

“At first I was very

cautious about voicing my

desire to be academic chair

because I knew there were so

many other people interested

in the position,” Amanda has

said, “however, it was the

support of my sisters in SKO

and even others in MGC who

convinced me to run”.

As committee chair,

Amanda plans to increase the

number of study hours each

organization must complete

each month, as well as

continue the MGC academic

scholarship in which she

helped create. “I am very

proud of all the progress the

committee has made and am

excited about the rest of the

semester to come”. This will be

Amanda’s

third semester on the MGC

academic committee.

Amanda joins two

other sisters who are also

MGC Committee chairs:

sister Krystina Christiansen,

rush and expansion chair,

and sister Joanne Iglesias,

internal chair.

Upcoming Events November

Sisterhood Retreat

Founder’s Week

Italian Plate Sale

Initiation

Pearl Presentation

December

Alumnae BBQ

Butterfly Banquet

MGC Social

MGC Banquet

Green Acres Visit

October

Alzheimer’s Week

Adopt-A-Highway

Sisterhood at Sam

Houston State Park

Induction

S I G M A T I M E S

New Semester; New Changes

P A G E 3 V O L U M E # 1 I S S U E # 2

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 1

This fall, the Sigma

Sweethearts have decided that an

increase in grade point average is

needed. Members must now

maintain a 2.3 GPA, replacing the old

standard of the 2.25 GPA

requirement. The Sigma Sweethearts

hope to raise this as time goes on.

Active members will now be required

to complete two study hours a week.

The Sigma Sweethearts have drafted

an academic philosophy with goals

including holding each member

responsible to retain and increase

their individual GPA and having one

of the top three sorority GPAs on

campus.

Another change that will

affect everybody is the change in

dues. Sigma Kappa Omega has

decided to raise active dues from

$175/semester to $200/semester.

Also, in order to be part of the

alumnae chapter, there will be

$40/semester alumnae dues. The

alumnae dues will go towards

alumnae events, such as the alumnae

BBQ in December.

Alumnae News! Alumna Ashley Crochet

and family welcomed baby Ashlynn

Elizabeth Hutchinson on September

14, 2011 at 3:08pm. Ashlynn

weighed in at 5lbs 5oz and 18.5in

long. Congratulations!

“This year, the

Sigma

Sweethearts

have decided to

focus on

increasing SKO’s

academic

standing with

the philosophy

that academics

must ALWAYS

come first”

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