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|Image= [[File:Epsilon_Omega.jpg|200px]]
|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1979|03|10}}
|College= [httphttps://www.dickinson.edu/ Dickinson College]
|Location= Carlisle, PA
|Homepage= [httphttps://www2.dickinson.edu/storg/kappa.org/ Epsilon Omega Homepage]|Media= [httphttps://wiki.kappakappagammakkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Epsilon_Omega Media related to Epsilon Omega Chapter]}}
'''1,126 211 initiates (as of June 20152018)'''
There have been no significant changes on campus. The overall nature of our chapter is very positive and optimistic. We plan on have just as a successful 2014 as we did a 2013. Our chapter is excited to continue on this progressive path in the year to come.
==Highlights of 2015==
Epsilon Omega Chapter started off 2015 with a bang when we welcomed 26 new Kappas into our fraternity. This is the first time the school has done recruitment in the spring of students’ first year at Dickinson, and it was a great success! We also gave out COB bids to two very special and deserving girls.
We started the year with philanthropy in mind when we held our annual Kappa Kisses fundraiser. We made Valentine’s Day cards, attached chocolate kisses to them, and students were able to send notes to friends. We raised $740 for the Domestic Violence Services in the area. Our Kappas also assisted in serving a Pancake Breakfast for the local Children’s Center. It was extremely rewarding and we have continued our relationship with the coordinator there. We also sent Kappas to the Winter Carnival at North Dickinson Elementary School. The volunteers ran games, sold refreshments, and overall had an amazing, energetic afternoon!
Other highlights of the spring semester include the college’s Relay for Life. Many of our sisters have witnessed the horrifying effects of cancer, so we all walked that night in letters to support them and everyone else who has battled cancer. We ended the year with the Senior Brunch. This was an incredibly sentimental morning, as we wish our seniors could stay with us, but it was great to have one last sisterhood event with them.
We began the new academic year volunteering for the annual 5K, Run for Steph. This is an event on campus that is very close to our hearts and helps to bring us closer together. We hosted Lip Sync in October. There was an impressive turnout—we raised around $3,725 as well as collected many books. The money and books were donated to our national philanthropy Reading is Fundamental. Our sisters continue to volunteer for Homework Club, which is an after school program at two local elementary schools. This is an incredibly rewarding and memorable experience for them, and many girls continue their volunteer work there all throughout their time at Dickinson. Our chapter attended a gender based violence prevention workshop with Kelly Wilt, the Violence Prevention Coordinator at Dickinson. It was an engaging and eye opening presentation. We can’t wait to work with Kelly again!
The Epsilon Omega chapter named Lauren Gessner ’16 as the recipient for the Kauffman Key. She was voted by her sisters as demonstrating a true and joyful love of learning, of friends, and of Kappa that serves as an inspiration and model to all chapter members. We also started polished sister awards this semester. Sisters can nominate other Kappas who have been working hard and have been in good spirits, as well as have been put together. The “polished sisters” receive a bottle of Essie nail polish as a prize. This has been a fun way to recognize those who have represented Kappa well.
This calendar year, our chapter has faced a few challenges but has worked tirelessly to overcome them and improve. In response to our focus letter, we implemented Round Robins for the Chapter Council. In response to our chapter’s mediocre GPA, Kate Eby ’18, our Vice President of Academic Excellence, has initiated changes within the chapter to encourage our sisters to improve their academics. We are implementing a period of concern for 2016, sisters with ‘U’s on their roll call grades are required to meet with the VPAE and President, etc. While our LC was here, she listed officer training and leadership as one of Epsilon Omega’s weaknesses. To fix this, all members of Chapter Council updated their leadership binders and included extra tips for the next girl to hold the position. We also are bringing in a leadership trainer and having a leadership workshop when we get back to school in January 2016. A challenge we foresee in 2016 is a large group of girls going through recruitment. To be proactive with this issue, it is now mandatory for all seniors to attend every night of recruitment. We are bursting with excitement to meet our next class of Kappas and see what 2016 has in store for us!
Our campus has continued to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Greek life on campus. We have worked with the other Greek organizations on campus to support each other and the college, showing all that Kappa and Greek life in general add to campus life. The Blue Ribbon Project was started to evaluate Greek life from a third party perspective. This is a great way for us to voice our opinions of Greek life. In order to unify the sororities on campus with administration and faculty, we held a Teacher Appreciation night. We are motivated to continue working with the college to improve the impression of Greek life on campus!
The nature of the Epsilon Omega chapter in general is one of extreme pride, sisterhood, and optimism. We are looking forward to continuing to make a difference on campus and in the community. All the members of Epsilon Omega know that we are an organization that is only as strong as our weakest link. Everyday we strive to be the best fraternity of women as possible and will continue to work together in order to achieve all of our goals!
Chapter Philanthropy:
What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
We support our national philanthropies, Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Organization. We also support the Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland County and Perry County.
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
Our chapter has a devotion to literacy and education. We also love children and try to involve them in our philanthropy efforts whenever we can!
==Highlights OF 2016==
Epsilon Omega Chapter started off Fall 2015 as we welcomed 36 new Kappas into our
fraternity. This was the second time we ever had Spring recruitment in the Spring instead of the fall
and we were so excited about having such a large class!
We started the year with philanthropy in mind when we held our annual Kappa Kisses fundraiser.
We made Valentine’s Day cards, attached chocolate kisses to them, and students were able to send
notes to friends. We raised a lot money for Domestic Violence Services in the area. Our Kappas also
assisted in serving a Pancake Breakfast for the local Children’s Center. It was extremely rewarding
and we have continued our relationship with the coordinator there. We also sent Kappas to the
Winter Carnival at North Dickinson Elementary School. The volunteers ran games, sold
refreshments, and overall had an amazing, energetic afternoon! Other highlights of the spring
semester include the college’s Relay for Life. Many of our sisters have witnessed the horrifying
effects of cancer, so we all walked that night in letters to support them and everyone else who has
battled cancer.
We began the new academic year volunteering for the annual 5K, Run for Steph. This is an event
on campus that is very close to our hearts and helps to bring us closer together. We hosted Lip
Sync in October. We raised over 3000 dollars and the money and books were donated to our
national philanthropy Reading is Fundamental. Our sisters continue to volunteer for Homework
Club, which is an after school program at two local elementary schools. This is an incredibly
rewarding and memorable experience for them, and many girls continue their volunteer work there
all throughout their time at Dickinson. We also did an event this fall we called Kappacinos. We sat
outside on our academic quad and handed out free coffee to all the faculty and staff that walked by.
We had a sign out explaining our philanthropy and asked for donations if anyone felt generous and
wanted to donate. Overall, it was very fun and a great success.
We continued polished sister awards this semester. Sisters can nominate other Kappas who have
been working hard and have been in good spirits, as well as have been put together. The “polished
sisters” receive a bottle of Essie nail polish as a prize. This has been a fun way to recognize those
who have represented Kappa well. We also have “Standards Standouts” that the standards
committee nominates to reward in front of the chapter. This could be anyone who has been an
exemplary student, and an exemplary Kappa. They get a little goodie bag with all fun Kappa gifts.
We also have “Officer of the Month.” This is something similar where we acknowledge a girl on
our chapter council who is doing her job successfully. It is nice to be recognized in your chapter
and feel rewarded for the job you are doing.
This calendar year, our chapter has faced a few challenges but has worked tirelessly to overcome
them and improve. In response to our focus letter, we have continued to implement Round Robins
for the Chapter Council. In response to our chapter’s mediocre GPA, Maddie Vance ’19, our Vice President of Academic Excellence, has initiated changes within the chapter to encourage our sisters to improve their academics. We are implementing a period of concern for 2016, sisters with ‘U’s on their roll call grades are required to meet with the VPAE and President, etc. She also has started a “smartie panties” reward system where members nominate other sisters for their good grades. Maddie picks a few girls to recognize throughout our chapter and gives them little rewards for their hard work. We just recently had a Kappa trainer come in and work with our leaving and coming in chapter council. It was a very productive and meaningful way for our chapter’s leaders to come together and work with each other to figure out how to better our sorority as a whole for next semester. We spoke about ways to positively run recruitment and ensure we give bids to the best possible group of girls next semester.
Our campus has continued to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Greek life on campus. We have worked with the other Greek organizations on campus to support each other and the college, showing all that Kappa and Greek life in general add to campus life. The Blue Ribbon Project was started to evaluate Greek life from a third party perspective. This is a great way for us to voice our opinions of Greek life. In order to unify the sororities on campus with administration and faculty, we held a Teacher Appreciation night. We are motivated to continue working with the college to improve the impression of Greek life on campus!
The nature of the Epsilon Omega chapter in general is one of extreme pride, sisterhood, and optimism. We are looking forward to continuing to make a difference on campus and in the community. All the members of Epsilon Omega know that we are an organization that is only as strong as our weakest link. Everyday we strive to be the best fraternity of women as possible and will continue to work together in order to achieve all of our goals!
We have a new President as of this past fall so it has been our chapter and all of Panhel's goal to make a good impression and have him support Greek life. It is very important to us to ensure that our administration sees all the good we do for our school as a whole. Since Dickinson College is relatively small, we have a smaller chapter in size comparison to many other chapters nationwide. This allows us to be not only know every individial member's name, but also formulate relationships with our sisters beyond our weekly chapter meetings. We all see eachother every day, multiple times a day, on campus and because of this, our chapter is a strong cohesive unit.
'''Chapter Philanthropy'''
We support our national philanthropies, Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Organization. We also support the Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland County and Perry County.
Our chapter has a devotion to literacy and education. We also love children and try to involve them in our philanthropy efforts whenever we can.
Kappa continues to have a house where 17 members live. However due to the large size of our chapter we meet in a large classroom in one of our academic buildings known as "Denny."
==Highlights of 2017==
Epsilon Omega Chapter had a great start to 2017! We welcomed 29 new Kappas into our fraternity in Februrary. Although we were sad to see one of our new members transfer to North Eastern at the end of the semester, the rest of the new recruietment class has been an amazing addition to our chapter.
We started the year with philanthropy in mind when we held our annual Kappa Kisses fundraiser. We made Valentine’s Day cards, attached chocolate kisses to them, and students were able to send notes to friends. We raised a lot money for Domestic Violence Services in the area.
Our Kappas also assisted in serving a Pancake Breakfast for the local Children’s Center. It was extremely rewarding and we have continued our relationship with the coordinator there. We also sent Kappas to the Winter Carnival at North Dickinson Elementary School. The volunteers ran games, sold refreshments, and overall had an amazing, energetic afternoon! Other highlights of the spring semester include the college’s Relay for Life. Many of our sisters have witnessed the horrifying effects of cancer, so we all walked that night in letters to support them and everyone else who has battled cancer. We also participated in Run for Hope, an annual 5K event run through Dickinson College in support of Cumberland Country YWCA for Domestic Violence Prevention.
We began the new academic year volunteering for the annual 5K, Run for Steph. This is an event on campus that is very close to our hearts and helps to bring us closer together because it is in memory of a Kappa alumi. We hosted Lip Sync in October. We raised over 4000 dollars and the money and books were donated to our national philanthropy Reading is Fundamental. Our sisters continue to volunteer for Homework Club, which is an after school program at two local elementary schools. This is an incredibly rewarding and memorable experience for them, and many girls continue their volunteer work there all throughout their time at Dickinson. We also did an event this fall we called Kappacinos. We sat outside on our academic quad and handed out free coffee to all the students, faculty, and staff that walked by. We had a sign out explaining our philanthropy and asked for donations if anyone felt generous and wanted to donate. Overall, it was very fun and a great success.
We began a new award called "Supportive Sister" where the sister who is found to support the chapter the most in the month prior is given a bag of goodies and wears a very large decorated bra gifted from her sisters. This has been a fun way to recognize those who have represented Kappa well. We also have “Standards Standouts” that the standards committee nominates to reward in front of the chapter. This could be anyone who has been an exemplary student, and an exemplary Kappa. They get a little goodie bag with all fun Kappa gifts. We also have “Officer of the Month.” This is something similar where we acknowledge a girl on our chapter council who is doing her job successfully. It is nice to be recognized in your chapter and feel rewarded for the job you are doing.
A new addition to boosting moral and participation on campus is the positive point system we created. Through three separate teams; the key, the owl, and the fleur de leis, girls were given points for attending events on campus. The team with the most amount of points recieves a prize at the end of the semester.
This calendar year, our chapter has worked very hard as a community. In response to our focus letter, we have continued to implement Round Robins for the Chapter Council. In response to continuing to boost our chapter's GPA, our Vice President of Academic Excellence, has continued to encourage our sisters to improve and focus on their academics. We have continued to utilize "smartie panties" as an incentive to work hard and produce good grades that can be shared with your sisters. We have also worked on bettering the chapters understanding of the standards process through severeal different presentations in chapter. In addition, we have continued to recognize the instiutions and Kappa's hazing policies and traditions to ensure a positive experience for everyone in the organiztaion. Lastly, we have addressed chapter functioning such as increasing transperency and emphasizing the importance of wearing your letters 24/7. In result of our hard works, we have officially been removed from our focus letter. In order to maintain constant communication with our advisors and headquarters we will continue to utilize Round Robbins.
We just recently had a Kappa trainer come in and work with our leaving and coming in chapter council. It was a very productive and meaningful way for our chapter’s leaders to come together and work with each other to figure out how to better our sorority as a whole for next semester. We spoke about ways to positively run recruitment and ensure we give bids to the best possible group of girls next semester. In addition to the leadership transitioning we have decided to go paperless and transferred our binders into Google Docs. Each position has their own gmail with the information needed to function in their role on chapter council.
==Highlights of 2020s:==