The Anchor Spring 2004

Hello AKPhi Alumnae! 

It’s your Alumni Secretary Sue DeMetropolis. This year has been an exciting one for Alpha Kappa Phi and it’s time for all you to catch up on everything that has been going on! It’s never too late to catch up on the latest AKPhi news, and here’s your chance!

Rush, Final Bids and Pledging

Our Formal Rush was held at the Historic Avon Inn on February the 10th. Dirty Rush was then held on February 12th with the fraternity Phi Kappa Chi. Final Bids was held on Valentine’s Day, February 14th with our “sweathearts” the Sig Taus. It was an unforgettable night. With the help of alumni from Spring ’00, we had a great night with our new Spring 2004 pledge class. Now into their fifth week of pledging, we have an incredible pledge class of nine little sailors. Our marvelous pledge mistress Stephanie Brown is doing a great job with her side kick Emily Roemmelt as Assistant.

Spring Weekend

Get your drinking shoes on for Spring Weekend. April will be approaching soon, and we would love to have as many alumni back as possible. There will be wine and cheese at the Ago house on Saturday April 24th from 12 pm till 2 pm for all Ago alumni to reconnect and have a fabulous ole’ time. This will then be followed by our annual Four-Way with the fraternities Phigs, Sig Taus, and our next-door neighbors, the Phi Lambs. We will be selling Alumni Weekend t-shirts and more to help raise money for the Ago Fund. The house will be rocking with a live band and tons of food, so come hang out, it will be a blast! We also will be compiling a collage of alumni’s favorite Ago Memory, so if you can e-mail ago@geneseo.edu with your Ago memory.

House Updates

Twenty-Six Wadsworth Street is still one of the most gorgeous houses on campus to this day. Thanks to the generous donations from our first annual Ago House Fund drive, we were able to do many renovations and improvements this past summer. Among the changes were new bunk beds in the Blue Room and Nursery, new carpeting in the upstairs hallway and back staircase, wallpapering the dining room, painting the living room, downstairs bathroom and foyer, and redoing the entire circular staircase and landing at the top of the stairs to restore it to its original hardwood state.

Ago House Fund

The Agos have resided at 26 Wadsworth since 1969. As the house gets older, more improvements and maintenance are needed. It is our hope that we can count on our alumni’s generosity to continue to improve the Ago house the way that it should be. As alumni, you can still help make a difference, so please consider the Ago House Fund so we can beautify this Victorian house we call “home” and that we can continue to have the best sorority house in Geneseo.

Spring 2004 Cabinet

These lovely ladies have been leading sorority for the past year:

President: Sue DeMetropolis
Vice-President: Laura Remmert
Treasurer: Catherine Culhane
Parliamentarian: Deirdre Gorman
Secretary: Elle Breloff
Pledge Mistress: Stephanie Brown
Critic: Nicole Pitti

Fall 2003 Cabinet

President: Kelli Knople
Vice-President: Laura Remmert
Treasurer: Catherine Culhane
Parliamentarian: Christine Harder
Secretary: Katie Quinn
Pledge Mistress: Stephanie Brown
Critic: Kyle Schiltz

Study Abroad Sisters

This semester has just not been the same without these cheery and fun-filled sisters. We have five sisters currently studying abroad, Shalini Sudarsanan (‘02) is over in Australia, Maria Levis (’02) and Keara O’Connor (’02) are in London, and Meghann Flynn (‘02) and Courtney Parish (’02) are off in Spain together. We wish them fun and a memorable time while traveling all around the world. Hurry back, we miss you all!!

Spring 2004 Pledges, Families, and Family Names

Little	Big	Big2	Family Name
Lauren Austin	Chrissy Simpson	Katie Green	Kamikaze Branch of the Bunny Family
Emily Barnhart	Kristin Pitt	Mackenzie Crick	Sexy Sarcastic Sicilian Beautiful Branch of the Bunny Shot Family
Rachel Ippolito	Erin Giralico	Courtney Parish	The Sweet and Innocent CMF Branch of the Scuba Family
Stacy Koch	Nicole Spiridigliozzi	Nicole Pitti	Great Blue Anchorette Branch of the Bunny Family
Sophie Lewin	Danielle Cross	Sue Yorio and Julie Yehl	Fruitloop Branch of the Wild Irish Rose Family
Dia Marino	Emily Roemmelt	Amy Behan	Beautiful Blue Bloomingdale Biatches Branch of the Rainbow Family
Marissa Mulder	Rachel Morrison	Jill Simoni	The Flirtatious Russian Apple Branch of the Bunny Family
Jenna Swanson	Therese Kling	Kelly Yorio	Glamorous Debutante Legacy of the Clueless Kamikazee Branch of the Bunny Family
Fiorella Uguccioni	Heather Peck	Kristen Jacobson	The Teddy Bear Family

 

Ago Updates!!

Congratulations to Mary Tsikalakis Bistrovich ('93) and her husband Rudy on their new addition to their family (“real” family). Amelia Rose was born November 9, 2003 at 9:11 am. She was 7lbs. 2 oz. and 20.5 inches.

Kimberly Laskie Ostrow (’94) and her husband had their first baby boy Ethan Zachary Ostrow on December 29, 2003 and her pledge sisters and her are getting together this summer for a reunion.

On July 19, 2003, Meghan Dolan ('97) married John Gullo (Sig Ep, '97). They had a beautiful wedding in Syracuse, NY and honeymooned in the Caribbean! Congratulations Meghan and John!

Congratulations to Mary Matychak ('87) for accepting a new position with her company in Massachusetts! Unfortunately this means Mary is resigning from her position as Secretary on our Corporation Board, but we are excited for her and this great opportunity. Thank you so much for your long commitment to us, it is truly appreciated. We will miss you, keep in touch!

Kelly Sivers ('99) was named one of the co-captains of the Buffalo Jills Cheerleading Squad, in only her second year supporting the team!

Kristine Walsh recently married Christopher Hoey an engineer from Canaan, CT and she has since changed her name to Kristine Hoey. They had a wonderful wedding on May 25, 2003 in Tucson, AZ and honeymooned in Maui. They have also moved into their first house. Kristine is still working as an accountant for Beach, Fleischman & Co, a local CPA firm in Tucson, and wants to say hi to her family in sorority.

Julie Yehl (’99) will be tying the knot to Shawn Lease in the Summer of ’04. Congratulations and Best Wishes Julie!

Emily Holleran (’99) is engaged to Dan Rose, who is also a 2002 graduate from Geneseo. The wedding is scheduled for August 2005. Congratulations Emily and Dan!

Theresa Campbell (’00) is engaged and the wedding is scheduled for summer 2004. Congratulations Theresa and Best Wishes.

Mackenzie Crick (’01) is engaged and the wedding will be held sometime this summer! Congratulations Mackenzie!

Homecoming 2003

Homecoming was a wonderful and fun filled weekend. With a tremendous turnout from Spring 1993 alumni, the Ago House was bumping. Despite the dreary, rainy day, AKPhi kept up the tradition of the float with the help of our DK friend Duke driving the float to the theme of “Saved by the Bell”. Thanks to all who came to hang out and reunite. We look forward to another great Homecoming this coming Fall 2004.

Alpha Kappa Phi’s New Advisors

We would like to introduce our brand new six advisors of sorority. Due to the birth of Mary’s new little girl, these six ladies have stepped it up to assist in filling Mary’s shoes. We are forever grateful for all of their help and support. It is very much appreciated.

Alex Bull (’94), Elaine Bull (’95), Tayla Branca (’97), Erica Thomas (’97), Kelly Sivers (’99), and Laura Luley (’99)

Treasurer Jennifer Kluge Sparcino (’87) is still taking care of the books for Alpha Kappa Phi Inc., thanks for your continued hard work!

We would also like to give a huge thank you to our Alumna Representative Alison Van Houten Knauf (’91) for all of her help this past summer with the Ago House improvements and for taking her time and dedication to keep this house the best on campus. We truly appreciate all she has done.

Philanthropies

AKPhi takes pride in the numerous charity events done in the Fall 2003 semester and now in Spring 2004. Together as a sorority, we were able to help a less fortunate family through “Adopt A Family”. Each sister helped brighten this family’s Christmas day by generously donating gifts to the children, including clothing, toys, and books. We also adopted a family for Thanksgiving. The sisters also volunteered their time for Habitat for Humanity, where girls went and assisted in building houses for the needy. We also visited a horse farm in the area that adopts sick horses and nurses them back to health!

Fundraising

Last fall, we organized the “Ago Lottery” Fundraiser, where we raised approximately $1,000 for sorority. The pledges are doing their annual Candy Drive and selling hotdogs outside the Inn Between.

Farewell Seniors

We would like to congratulate and wish the best of luck to our lovely seniors graduating this upcoming May! Good Luck in all your future endeavors!

Stephanie Brown, Elle Breloff , Narina Crain, Catherine Culhane, Sue DeMetropolis, Deirdre Gorman, Christine Harder, Kelli Knople, Kristin Pitt, Nicole Pitti, Katie Quinn, Sam Ruhl, Laura Remmert, Kyle Schiltz, and Kelly Yorio

Congratulations, you will be missed!

Please….Send Your Updates

If you would like to e-mail your updates for the next Spring edition of “The Anchor”, I will be more than happy to forward them to your next Alumni Secretary. You can e-mail me at smd11@geneseo.edu
or send your updates to:

Sue DeMetropolis
26 Wadsworth Street
Geneseo, NY 14454

My new address is…
My email address is…
I’m attending/have graduated from…
And I’m studying…
I have a job/new job at….
I’m getting married to…
Another reason to celebrate is…
I’ve heard from…
And she’s been…

I hope you have enjoyed all your Ago updates! Keep in touch!

Love in AKPhi,
Sue DeMetropolis

P.S. Don’t forget to check the Agonian Homepage for updates throughout the year! We will be planning a special celebration for our 120th anniversary next fall, so look for information about that! Also, Feel free to write to us there anytime as well!
http://www.geneseo.edu/~ago
ago@geneseo.edu