Beyond the Gazebo
To honor its 50th anniversary back in 1978, the Queens Chi Omega chapter erected a gazebo on the exact spot of the first Chi O house. Relocated several times along the way, the gazebo now stands next to Belk Chapel. Wherever it stood, the story goes like this: if you and your love share a kiss in the Chi Omega Gazebo, you
two will be together always. And from the looks of these pictures from Queens couples, gazebo power applies not only to love and marriage, but also to the baby carriage!
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1. Ruby Palmer MHA ’20 and her study partner, Julie Johnson MHA ’20, tied the knot on November 5. The happy couple met in the MHA program and went through each class together. Over a year into the program, they realized their relationship was growing beyond the classroom and their friendship bloomed into love. Ruby and Julie were married at First Presbyterian Church Charlotte and are delighted to share this happy news with their fellow Royals!
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2. Andrew Hodge ’10, and Mallory Ruhling Hodge ’12, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania welcomed their second child, Cooper Andrew Hodge, in April 2022. Big sister, Mason Charlotte is smitten with her baby brother.
3. Ryon Bellamy ’19 and Sadler Lindsay ’20 have decided to tie the knot! The two Queens alums met in 2015 in Hayes Hall during Lindsay’s “official visit” for women’s lacrosse. It’s a love story that began and flourished over the years on Queens campus. Now living in Greensboro, North Carolina, Bellamy serves as a firefighter and Lindsay works as a pediatric ICU nurse. Congratulations on their engagement!
Jackie Kirshtein Succheralli and her husband, Mark, welcomed their second daughter, Olivia, in December 2021. Big sister Blakelyn loves her new role and can’t get enough of her little sister. In October 2020, Jackie accepted a new job as an associate project manager for the pharmacy division of Inovalon. She currently splits her time between her role and assisting the training department with creating training courses.
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as a case management supervisor, Susan Guthrie transferred within the organization in September 2021 to serve as clinical operations supervisor. in September 2021. She works remotely and travels around North Carolina to various sites.
Amanda ’06 and Kyle ’07 McGrath’s biggest change this year was moving to a new home. Their daughter, Bennett, is now in fifth grade and son, Chandler, is in first. Kyle is busy playing in Excel at Bank of America. Amanda is busy crying
that the current freshman class will graduate 20 years after she did.
Christa (Soderstrom) Danilowicz ’06 met Gayle (Gilman) Mone, class of 1973, on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. this spring. Christa works for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod & the Islands, where Gayle was honored at an annual fundraiser for her 22-plus year friendship as a Big Sister to her Little Sister Lizzie. Christa and Gayle discovered they were both Queens alums when first meeting over lunch to discuss details of the event, and the rest is history!
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