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Our chapter holds meeting in our historic home on the corner of Pittsboro and McCauley streets. Epsilon Gamma owns our home and we have been in the same home since our chapter was founded at UNC in 1958. Our home houses approximately 33 girls. Unique to our chapter, we also have an annex that we call Study House. Study House contains rooms for group projects or meetings and also sisters old class materials to help those who are currently enrolled in those classes.
==Highlights of 2015==
2015 was another great year for Epsilon Gamma Chapter. In January and February we participated in
spring recruitment, which allowed us to welcome 14 new members to our chapter. During spring
recruitment, we held fun and intimate events such as an outing at a local bakery and a night where we
invited pnms to our historic home to watch a UNC basketball game. The Spring recruitment Bid Day
went off without a hitch, where we welcomed the new members to our chapter. A Mardi Gras theme was
well received by our chapter and its new members as we traveled to a local bowling alley. Epsilon
Gamma held Blue and Blue Banquet and initiation on the weekend of March 27-28. Before initiation,
the new members were able to bond and learn about the rich history of Kappa through the New Member
meetings.
This year, we partnered with new Greek organizations to put on a philanthropy event called
“Walk a Mile” on April 9th, which helped to raise awareness, and start the conversation about sexual
assault. This event was the first time that all four Greek councils at UNC had partnered together, an
accomplishment Epsilon Gamma is proud to be a part of. In March, our chapter had a team participate
in UNC’s Dance Marathon, a 24-hour marathon benefitting UNC Hospitals. This year the marathon,
with the help of Epsilon Gamma sisters, raised over half a million dollars. While EG was busy being
involved on campus and hosting philanthropy events, we also held many social events including mixers,
cocktails, formal, and post formal. Some of the highlight events of the spring semester were the Derby
themed mixer, the Valentine’s Day Heartbreakers cocktail and formal and post-formal. Formal was held
on Friday April 10 at Top of the Hill, a landmark location in Chapel Hill. After much dancing and fun,
Epsilon Gamma had a post-formal the following afternoon at He’s Not Here, another notorious UNC
landmark. Formal and post-formal cocktail were the last events of the spring semester and both events
were a great way to send off our senior sisters who were moving on to bright futures!
When we returned to school in August for the Fall 2015 semester, we got straight to work on fall
recruitment. Work week was held the week before classes started to prepare for recruitment. This way,
sisters could focus on their classes when school started and we would be all set for Recruitment. After
plenty of hard work, 48 new members joined our chapter. Bid Day, was so exciting and welcoming for
our new members and our sisters. With an American theme and lots of yummy food, including a food
truck, bid day was a success.
Once recruitment ended and school had settled in, Epsilon Gamma had our annual "Q for the Cause" barbeque dinner, with all funds going to Earlier.org. By partnering with Kappa Alpha Order, we were able to raise more money for our local philanthropy. Earlier.org is an organization started an Epsilon Gamma alumna that works to find an earlier test for breast cancer. We continued our work with Reading is Fundamental, by going to several elementary schools and reading with the children at after school programs in the Triangle. This year, we also partnered with Pi Beta Phi to celebrate Read Across America Day on March 2. In the spring of 2015, after many months of collecting children's books, we donated over 4,000 books to a North Carolina elementary school. October was a busy month for Epsilon Gamma. We held big-little reveal on October 8th and we were all excited to welcome new members to our families. Our new members attended their new member retreat at our
house where they played games and got to know each other better, a good time was had by all. We
celebrated Founder's Day on October 13th with a special ceremony, where we welcomed alumni back,
and indulged in some delicious desserts. Blue and Blue Banquet and Initiation were held the weekend
of October 24th and 25th. We were delighted to call our new members our sisters! Social events also
played a large role in the fall semester.
We had a “Lazy Afternoon” date function following recruitment, a parent’s weekend function, a
“Throwdown for your Hometown” mixer with Lambda Chi Alpha, a “Woodstock” themed mixer with
Alpha Sigma Phi, and a Halloween mixer with Sigma Phi Epsilon. We also had our semi formal event,
which was enjoyed by all. Semi Formal was held on November 14th at R&R Grill with a live band
performing at the event. Epsilon Gamma also held many sisterhood events this year. In October we took
a sisterhood event to the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh where sisters rode rides and enjoyed some
delicious food. In November, we traveled to the mountains for our sisterhood retreat, which was held at
Blue Ridge Assembly. The camp had many fun activities for us, such as a high ropes course, hiking
trails, and sisterhood games. The retreat was a great way for our sisters to get away from campus and get
to strengthen our sisterhood. We also had a holiday extravaganza that included making gingerbread
houses, holiday cards, and enjoying the holiday season with our sisters. We take great pride in all we
have accomplished in this past calendar year and we look forward to seeing what 2016 has to offer us!
Describe the recent changes on your campus and describe the overall nature of your chapter.
The 2015 calendar year contained many exciting things on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. It has
certainly been a year of standout athletics from many of the teams around campus. Firstly our football
had a stellar season that led them to the ACC championship in December. Unfortunately the Tarheels
fell short of a victory against Clemson, however our Kappa sisters enjoyed attending football games and
supporting the Tarheels together! The UNC men’s basketball team is also off to a great start for their
season, with numerous polls ranking them as the number one team in the nation. Epsilon Gamma sisters
will most definitely have a lot to look forward to on the court in 2016! In the academic sphere, UNC
biochemist, Aziz Sancar, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Chemistry for his work with the
mapping of cancer cells. In light of the recent academic scandal it is clear that the University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill has a bright future ahead whether it be in academics or in athletics!
Chapter Philanthropy:
What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in
your community?
Epsilon Gamma continues to support several organizations, among them Reading is Fundamental, our
national philanthropy, and Earlier.org, a foundation dedicated to the early detection of breast cancer are
our main focuses. We support RIF by going weekly to local elementary schools and reading with the
children. We have also had sisters start a library at a disadvantaged school, E.K. Powe Elementary, and
Epsilon Gamma helped to provide books for these students to take home over the summer.
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
Our chapter supports RIF, not only because it is Kappa’s national philanthropy, but also because the
sisters of Epsilon Gamma believe that interacting with today’s youth is a great way to make a difference.
Sisters continually love to work with the children of local elementary schools and are consistently
asking to go back. We support Earlier.org because an Epsilon Gamma alumnus, Martha Kaley, founded
the sight and we continue to support her throughout her endeavors to find an earlier method of detecting
breast cancer.
==Highlights of 2020s:==