Our mission is to glorify God by being a diverse Christian sisterhood, committed to love and purity.
GATA just spent a wonderful weekend with our fabulous alumni, Nika Maples and Becky Brooks, at the Heart of Texas Baptist Camp. We were so blessed by Nika and Becky as they shared their testimonies and how GATA has continued to impact their lives. We had beautiful weather as we worshiped together, bonded as sisters and shared so many laughs. What a great way to start to bring the semester to a close with our sisters!
As of Wednesday night, there are thirty-five beautiful new flamin’ GATAs! The girls were transformed from little baby Flames…
…to members of this long-standing sisterhood with the gift of their brand new jerseys:
You can see all the lovely new faces sing on the GATA fountain for the first time as members (glad to have their shoes on, in the freezing cold!) with their sisters on GATA Shayla’s Facebook page.
The final count is in — thirty-seven girls have donned the red lipstick and white button-downs of the GATA Flame, joining us in our ninetieth year of rich legacy! A full afternoon of teas, four rockin’ rushes, and one crazy Bid Night later, these girls are revving up for pledging.
Meet the new pledge class officers!
— Flame President is the ever-energetic Corinne Morris.
— The position of Flame Secretary & PR Officer will be filled by the lovely Taylor Edwards.
— Flame Joanna Stewart will bring the spiritual enrichment, serving as Flame Chaplain.
— Miss Tori McFadden will serve as Flame Float Director. She’ll be working with GATAs Sara Morris and Stephanie Smith on the float for this year’s Homecoming parade.
— Heading up Homecoming Breakfast for the new pledge class is Flame Skye Mileger.
— This year’s Grub will be a smashing party thrown by Flame Randee Nelson.
— Flame Intramural Director, Shayla Herndon, will lead our Flames to victory on the field.
The current members and new Flames would all like to give a huge thank you to our GATA alums who have been so supportive with the influx of this new pledge class! The blog will keep you informed about all the awesome goings-on in GATA this year. If you’d like to add or update your contact information, email Sara Morris at sem06l@acu.edu.
Kelsey Burgy’s talent for making delicious cupcakes is no secret. Several GATA Bake Sales have proven her skills. But it wasn’t until the Denver Post recently awarded her first place in its cupcake contest that the world learned how artistic she could be with these sweet confections.
In June, the Post called amateur bakers all over Colorado to submit their best original cupcake designs for judging. And Kelsey responded!
She submitted this adorable panda cake, affectionately named “Mr. Panda” by the Southeast Christian Preschool students she’s teaching this summer
You can read more about Kelsey’s scrumdiddlyumptious submission and see the rest of the entries here.
This year, GATA is making a comeback in a big way, starting with our two spring rushes: the Pinkberry rush, and the GATA Shore rush.
More than 100 freshman girls are already geared up for our Pinkberry rush, which will feature real Pinkberry frozen yogurt, great music, and mingling with the lovely GATA ladies.
The fun starts Thursday, April 14 at 9 pm at the ACU Labyrinth, in front of the new Hunter Welcome Center.
Our second spring rush is Jersey Shore – GATA style. Like the fist-pumping New Jerseyans on the sho
w, GATAs and freshmen should be prepared for a fun and eventful night. Who knows what will happen when you combine self-tanner, sandy beaches, bump-its and some pumping techno music? Prizes will be given to the girls with the highest hair bump, best New Jersey accent and the best overall Jersey Shore star impersonations. Rushees will enjoy the music videos, skits, tasty funnel cakes and fries in a cone at Bonnie Kellum’s house, 1102 Washington Blvd., at 7 pm on Thursday, April 22.
As a special bonus, girls who attend both rushes may see themselves on the GATA video – we’ll be taping at the Pinkberry rush and showing the video at the GATA Shore rush!