The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

Alpha Kappa of Mu State

Mission Statement

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional
and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.

August 2008 Newsletter

Last names beginning with the letters A through L will be responsible for bringing breakfast foods.

I am so excited to begin my biennium as Alpha Kappa's new president! I can only hope that I provide the level of leadership and dedication as Betty Niedoroda. She was instrumental in building our chapter and its programs while serving as president over the past two years. Thank you Betty! We sincerely appreciate all that you did for us. I, in particular, learned so much about our society while serving with Betty. She piqued my interest about our DKG society.

If you've had time to travel through the Delta Kappa Gamma International website you too may have discovered valuable information. A couple of important discoveries that I made were about passion and mentoring. Did you know that the Delta Kappa Gamma program theme is titled, Passion for Learning: The Essence of Growth? Did you know that mentoring is being emphasized by Mu State and DKG International? The next time you are seated in front of your computer or newsletters take a few minutes to travel through the information. I guarantee that you will learn quite a bit about the organization and the initiatives it promotes. Let's consider passion and mentoring as we plan our programs for 08-09!

I look forward to our first meeting together on August 23rd. We have some wonderful information to share.

The summer luncheon was well received. It was fun to hear the chatter about Dawn's new baby, Susan's new publication, Delores' retirement, Judy's travel to antique car shows, Anne's travel to the Outer Banks, Rhonda's travel to Africa and the Carolinas, Jessica's recent addition and her move to Tennessee, the upcoming wedding of Teresa's daughter, Martha's surgery, and many other "hot" topics.

Our committees will have the opportunity to plan some wonderful programs for our future meetings. Do you remember our first program planned by the Communication Committee last year? Dr. Selena Snowden, audiologist, shared information about current technology used to enhance listening. At one point she mentioned Bluetooth technology and someone asked her where the term "Bluetooth" originated. Dr. Snowden asked that I share its origin. Bluetooth was the name of a 10th century Viking king, Harald Bluetooth. He united Norway and Denmark! It's always fun to learn from our programs!

• A list of our committees and their members. You'll also find the charge for each committee and the schedule of programs planned by our committees. If, for some reason, you need to be placed on a different committee, please contact Janice. If you are a committee chair, please take note of the date when your committee will provide its program during a scheduled meeting.
• The Recommendation for Membership form. Our Membership Committee is anxious to talk to everyone about our plans for a "membership explosion".
• The Biennium Report for our chapter.
• Minutes from our last meeting.

New Officers….

If you have any questions, ideas, news, please don't hesitate to contact one of your chapter's officers. They include:

Webpage…

If your address, phone number, email address, or site of work changes, please be sure to contact Janice and Connie. Connie would especially appreciate updates concerning events and happenings that are web-worthy. She is doing a remarkable job updating information and managing our webpage and she always appreciates calls or email with new i nformation to post. It's comforting to know that you can simply visit our webpage to find a member's email address. How nice!!!

Each and every member who values our society of women educators and our passion to educate and mentor!