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approximately 180 members. 
Residents live in 27 single 
and double bedrooms, each 
with its own bathroom. 
Along with the commer-
cial kitchen for communal 
meals, the four-story ele-
vator-equipped structure 
includes a smaller “regular” 
kitchen where residents can 
fix their own meals, meeting 
rooms, a media room and a 
spacious workout studio.
“Every time I pull up to 
the house, I just get this spe-
cial feeling in my heart,” said 
Rodnick. “Dreams do come 
true. The house is a testimo-
nial to hard work, commit-
ment and love.”
The sisters are thrilled 
with their new home. “It’s 
like I get to be at camp 
all year round with my 
45 favorite people,” said 
Ari Beard, a junior from 
Huntington Woods. 
Laela Saulson, a junior 
from Franklin, agreed. 
“Bonding with my sisters 
has been so much easier 
because we now have com-
munal meeting spaces,” she 
said, adding that it was great 
to have 26 doors to knock 
on right in the house if she 
needs anything. And Anna 
Weinbaum, a sophomore 

from Bloomfield Hills, said 
she couldn’t ask for a better 
way to spend her college 
years.
In addition to fostering 
sisterhood and personal 
connections, SDT devotes 
energy to several philan-
thropic efforts, raising funds 
for Prevent Child Abuse 
America, Jewish Women 
International and the SDT 
Foundation.
The upcoming dedication 
celebration activities include 
a ribbon-cutting ceremony 
on Friday, Nov. 4, a watch 
party for the football game 
between MSU and Illinois 
on Saturday, Nov. 5, followed 
by dinner, and a brunch 
to celebrate Founders Day, 
with tours of the house, on 
Sunday, Nov. 6.
Cicurel says she is delight-
ed that the sorority sisters 
who followed her were able 
to accomplish so much by 
building on the foundation 
she and her friends estab-
lished back in the mid-
1980s. 
“I was super-proud as my 
kids’ friends became SDT 
sisters at MSU and now as 
people come up to me and 
tell me their daughter has 
joined SDT,” she said. 

The commercial 
kitchen

