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WINTER 2022 | VOLUME 136, NO.1

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THETA TOPICS DIAMOND THETAS

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WHAT'S YOUR THETA STORY?

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THETA ONLINE

Get a preview of the things you can do and find in Theta’s variety of communication channels and media outlets.

THETA FOUNDATION

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LIFE LOYAL

EDITOR’S LETTER

A Digital Theta

BY: ISABELLA MARKOVSKI-DICKEY | ALPHA/DEPAUW

Technology and the digital expanse are as robust as ever. It’s obvious that the more time that passes, the more we live out lives online, experiencing many of our real-life emotions and real-life events on our computers, phones, and tablets. The pandemic has really forced organizations— Theta included—to improve their digital presence and to make the most of the time a client, customer, or member spends online. What personalization settings can be self-editable? How can our e-communications be more tailored and customized to the audience? How easy or difficult is it to access important information we want everyone to know?

This issue will be a little different than the usual issue

In addition to the digital focus of this issue, you'll find a few other treats.

e A foreword of our intention to share our members’ stories appears on page 6. It’s more important than ever to see Theta through the lens of our collegians and alumnae firsthand.

¢ Theta Foundation discusses how it supports educational programming for the Fraternity and how it helps our members reach their fullest potential on page 7.

¢ This issue’s Life Loyal feature on pages 22-23 asks, “What’s your Life Loyal story?’ Help us share why being Life Loyal is important to you and adds meaning to your membership in Theta.

We’re actively utilizing and adapting technology to enhance the member experience for you. After all, Kappa Alpha Theta is the organization it is today because you are a part of it.

of the Theta magazine. In it you will find a preview of

each of Theta’s digital channels and how Theta exercises its presence online. We’ve worked hard to make our

online member experience the best it can be, and we’re constantly working to explore new options and to further

develop what we have.

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FRATERNITY PRESIDENT

Mandy Burgett Wushinske, Zeta Sigma/Ohio Northern

CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Elizabeth Sierk Corridan, Beta Omicron/Iowa

EDITOR

Isabella Markovski-Dickey, Alpha/DePauw

LEAD CREATIVE Claire Bowles White

PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR Lorie Larson Land, Alpha Chi/Purdue

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NOTICES:

Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity, founded at Indiana Asbury College (DePauw University), Greencastle, Indiana, on January 27, 1870, is the first Greek-letter fraternity for women.

“Kappa Alpha Theta,’ “Theta,” its coat of arms, its badges, and the Leading Women logo ate registered trademarks of Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity.

Because Kappa Alpha Theta is not an officially recognized student organization at Santa Clara, Georgetown, and Harvard, these schools prohibit using their names in any published reference to out Eta Lambda, Theta Iota, or Zeta Xi Chapters. We designate those chapters with a tilde (~).

While some terms used in telling members’ stories and personal experience are not currently in use, they were accurate at the time of these members’ college experiences.

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