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| |Founded= {{start date and years ago|2007|04|29}} | | |Founded= {{start date and years ago|2007|04|29}} |
− | |College= [https://www.ucsc.edu/ University of California, Santa Cruz] | + | |College= [http://www.ucsc.edu/ University of California, Santa Cruz] |
| |Location= Santa Cruz, CA | | |Location= Santa Cruz, CA |
− | |Homepage= [https://ucsc.kappa.org/ Eta Mu Homepage] | + | |Homepage= [http://ucsckkg.celect.org/welcome Eta Mu Homepage] |
− | |Media= [https://wiki.kkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Eta_Mu Media related to Eta Mu Chapter]}} | + | |Media= [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/index.php?title=Category:Eta_Mu Media related to Eta Mu Chapter]}} |
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− | ==Highlights of 2021==
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− | Although this year for Eta Mu was mainly online, we still managed to strengthen our
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− | connections with each other. Starting off the year, we had workshop for the whole chapter
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− | hosted by the Behind Happy Faces Program. The Behind Happy Faces Program is a two-part
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− | system to teach lessons. The curriculum utilizes creative PowerPoint presentations to expose
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− | participants to the knowledge necessary for understanding mental health in their lives. The
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− | interactive exercises that coincide with the PowerPoint presentations have been constructed
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− | to maximize retention and improve participants’ emotional relationships to themselves and
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− | others. This system is designed to deliver information in a short time frame, in order to meet
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− | participants where they are, in the culture that they live. This program helped us be more
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− | honest with each other and reflect on our mental health in especially in a college setting. In
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− | February, we had our annual Presents Brunch for our Phi Class to celebrate big/little pairings
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− | and bigs were able to present speeches about their littles. During Spring Quarter, we had
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− | COB Recruitment and were able to get nine new members for Chi Class and I initiated them
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− | through a virtual ceremony. We then celebrated Eta Mu’s Birthday by meeting at a nearby
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− | park to take pictures and hang out socially-distanced. Towards the end of the quarter, our
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− | Membership Chair came up with Kappa Kash which helped incentivize members to come to
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− | events and promote Kappa Events in turn for points and prizes. We then hosted a senior
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− | banquet for our seniors before graduation in June.
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− | During Fall Quarter, we had another virtual formal recruitment and were able to get 24 new
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− | members for Psi Class. We were able to do bid day in person at a nearby park as well as
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− | big/little reveal, so that was amazing to see and hopefully made the new members feel
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− | welcomed. Not many events were held to due to COVID procedures in place on campus and
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− | off campus and all of our meetings remained online. I initiated Psi Class on November 21st
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− | and following that day we voted on our new Chapter Council for 2022. It was more of a slow
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− | year but I hope that as COVID procedures loosen, our chapter can have more events next year
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− | in person.
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− | We support Mental Health for America to live fully in the service of others by becoming
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− | advocates for mental health and well-being. Kappa members will unite to educate, raise
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− | awareness and reduce the stigma around mental health and well-being through fundraising
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− | and service.
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− | This year we raised money for our philanthropy through a virtual Kappa Talent Show, a Yoga
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− | event, and a fundraiser at Woodstock’s Pizza.
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− | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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− | We had a number of DEI presentations this year held by our DEI Chair. We hosted cultural
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− | presentations during meetings that spotlighted member’s cultures. We also hosted
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− | presentations on African-American History Month, Asian American Heritage Month, and
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− | some discussion panels on more gender-neutral language within sororities.
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− | Operating in a Pandemic
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− | Mostly everything was online until Fall Quarter where there were a few events held in person
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− | including bid day, big/little reveal, and philanthropy events. However, all meetings were
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− | online including elections and initiation.
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− | [[File:Eta Mu1.jpg|thumb|recruitment]]
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− | [[File:Traveling.jpg|thumb|Chicago]]
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− | [[File:Social Distancing.jpg|thumb|buying plants]]
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− | [[File:Graduation.jpg|thumb|some of the graduates]]
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