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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|2009|01|10}}
|College= [httphttps://www.scu.edu/ Santa Clara University]
|Location= Santa Clara, CA
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'''Highlights of the 2020s:''' (Information from chapter history reports, scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus or within chapter, overall nature of the chapter, chapter goals, challenges and how they were overcome, etc.)
==Highlights of 2018==
Eta Nu started off the year in January with the initiation of the Lambda class. I------------------------week was filled with fun bonding time as we reunited with our sisters who returned from studying abroad, played mini golf at a sisterhood event, and spent time with our Kappa families. Chapter elections were held right after initiation, and the previous and incoming chapter councils worked together on transitions. The chapter composite photos were taken in our house’s backyard in front of our beautiful wall of red flowers.
'''Note February continued with the installation of the new chapter council, as well as two separate philanthropy events. On Valentine’s day our chapter participated in a new event called Kappa Krush by selling and delivering roses to students across campus as a way to raise money for the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. Later in the month, some of our sisters participated in Dr. Seuss day to celebrate Reading is Fundamental by heading over to the local middle school to read to students. We also celebrated our new initiates during new initiate presents, and opened up our house to our parents during Santa Clara’s parents’ weekend. March brought the end of winter quarter, so our sisters spent a lot of time cramming in the library. The AE committee provided moral support through events like Pie for Pi and study snacks in the library. Sapphire ball closed out the quarter, giving all of our sisters a chance to spend time together and have fun before finals. We returned from spring break in April, ready to finish out the school year. The month was pretty calm, as our sisters adjusted to their new class schedules. May was a packed month for us as school started to come to a close. Our social calendar was packed as we had our final semi-formal of the year and our wedding to the brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Our sisters also began practicing for recruitment and got ready to say goodbye to our seniors. We ended the month by attending the Panhellenic Greek Awards, where Eta Nu won the Best Overall Chapter Registrar:'''award. June brought the last weeks of the year, but gave us just enough time for Kappa Karnival. The money raised at Karnival was donated to Lymelight Foundation, an organization founded by an alumnae of Eta Nu. All of our sisters’ studying paid off, as Eta Nu had the top GPA amongst the sororities at Santa Clara for spring quarter, and 22 of our sisters earned a 4.0 GPA. June, July, and August were filled with travel, internships, and planning for recruitment. Our President and Vice President of Standards attended the Kappa Kappa Gamma convention, where Eta Nu won the Academic Excellence award. The summer ended with our sisters eager to return to school and reunite. September began with all of our sisters returning to Santa Clara for work week, to get ready for recruitment. We spent time eating pizza at the beach in Capitola, learned Kappa songs, and practiced our conversations. Our sisters were well prepped for recruitment at the end of the month, and we had a great time meeting all of the PNMs. At the end of recruitment, we celebrated our 45 new members with a Kamp Kappa themed bid day complete with dancing, ice cream sundaes, and a grilled cheese food truck. October was spent getting to know our new members, and spending time with our sisters. We celebrated Founder’s Day in our backyard by making keychains, talking to Alumnae, and eating brunch. The Mu class began their new member experience and began going on owl pal dates with the Lambda class. We went on a hike in the Santa Cruz mountains for a sisterhood event, and had fun playing flag football at our joint philanthropy event with the brothers of Sigma Chi. Please refer November was filled with bonding as the Mu class had their new member retreat, and our sisters got ready for big little reveal. The Lambda class spent big little week decorating doors and dropping off baskets and treats. The month ended with Fall Ball, our first formal of the year. All of our sisters had a great time together before we left for thanksgiving break. December was devoted to your finals and getting ready for the holidays. Eta Nu earned the top GPA amongst sororities for the second quarter in a row, and 20 of our sisters earned a 4.0. Our sisters finished up the quarter and left campus for winter break. We spent a month celebrating the holidays and preparing for the initiation of our newest pledge class. ==Highlights of 2021== Eta Nu began the year of 2021 with the virtual Initiation of the Xi class. Due to the COVID-19pandemic, the chapter continued to meet virtually for council, chapter archives including , and all othermeetings. Nonetheless,I-week was an exciting time for the New Members to get to knoweach other and to spend time with their Kappa families, although it was through a computerscreen. Chapter elections took place after Initiation. Outgoing and incoming council officersworked together through transitions to prepare incoming officers for the year to come.In February, we excitedly installed our new chapter meeting minutes officers. We also had our firstphilanthropy event, Kappa Krush, in which we sold roses to the student body to be deliveredto a person of their choice. We delivered them all on Valentine’s Day to support a cause of ourchoice. We also finalized our spring quarter budget, gave out goodie bags to our members,and our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion chair and back issues Education chair gave an informativepresentation about Black History Month. We closed out the month with our annual NewInitiate Presents, where bigs were able to read sentimental letters to their newly-initiatedlittles.March marked the end of the winter quarter, so many of our sisters spent long hoursstudying for finals. The Key studying paid off, however, as we had 42 members achieve 4.0 GPA’sthis quarter, more than we have ever had! We also had 2 merit scholar recipients. Dr. Seussday kicked off this month. Several members helped to fill make recorded versions of Dr. Seussbooks to be shared with children in any gaps the area. Our last four New Members who were not ableto attend Initiation in January attended another chapter’s Initiation, marking thecompletion of the initiation of the Xi class!After returning from spring break, we kicked off the month of April by taking photos for ourannual chapter composite. Wellness Week followed, which was a week filled withpresentations and mental health and wellness resources. We also started a Book Clubsurrounding the above historical highlightstopic of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. If your We ended the month with anenergetic Cyclebar class that was open to the entire chapter archives are not complete! The month of May was filled with many fun events that brought our chapter together. Themonth began with a chapter-wide ice cream social event at our chapter house. Our secondphilanthropy event, please research your university libraryKrispy Kreme with KKG followed soon thereafter, campus newspaper which benefited Freeto Thrive. We also held a sisterhood event with a food truck at the Kappa house.It was muchneeded to enjoy some great food and get together with sisters after midterms. Lastly, ayearbook archives signing for newsworthy information about your our graduating seniors was held in the backyard of the Kappa house.June was a quieter month for our chapter as our members hit the books to study for their lastfinals week of the academic year. Luckily, the chapter was then free to have a relaxingsummer break!July and August were filled with sisters visiting their families back home, working, andholding internships. As September drew near, excitement built as our members were eagerto get back to school to reunite.Our chapter came back together in late September, and began straight away withrecruitment practice. Our Marshal also held a comprehensive Ritual Review to reintroducethe chapter to in-person formal chapterproceedings. Please double check your work We ended the month with our annualKappa Gala date event in the Kappa house backyard.It was very refreshing for accuracyour chapter toget back to regularly scheduled social events. Contact October began with long-awaited in-person recruitment. Our chapter spent the first week ofOctober practicing songs and recruitment protocols leading up to the action-packedweekend. We welcomed 46 New Members to join Eta Nu chapter Advisory or House Board . The Courage to CommitSummit gave our chapter a place to openly discuss the importance of diversity, equity, andinclusion. Following recruitment, our chapter enjoyed a Frankie’s Bikinis sale in the Kappabackyard, benefiting the JED Foundation. We also held COB recruitment this month, whichwelcomed 6 New Members to our chapter, bringing the total New Member count to 52.Lastly, we held our next philanthropy event this month, Kappa Chi, in which we partneredwith the fraternity of Sigma Chi in a carnival style event to raise money for the JEDFoundation.Our fall semi-formal took place in November, which gave our membersa fun place tosocialize after a long year and a half of quarantine. Our Xi class began Owl Pal dates with theNew Members in order to form friendships and potentially find a little sister to add to theirfamilies. Big Little Reveal soon followed, local Alumnae Association in which each New Member was warmly welcomedinto a Kappa family with decorative baskets and goodies. Thanksgiving break allowed for restand decompression after a difficult quarter at Santa Clara.December brought a month-long holiday break for our membersto relax and regroup for thenew quarter and the initiation of our new pledge class. Eta Nu Chapter supports Free to Thrive, an organization that “empowers survivors of humantrafficking to be free from exploitation and to thrive by providing them with holistic andtrauma-informed, legal and support services in collaboration with our service partners, andby increasing access to justice for all survivors.” Our chapter chose to support Free to Thrive tohelp improve survivors’ access to legal help and justice. Throughout every philanthropy event, our chapter supported each cause by publicizing andraising awareness about the fundraiser and cause. Members also helped to plan philanthropyevents.In total, we raised over $7, or your Province Director 000 for 5 different organizations. A major way our DEI officer emphasized diversity, equity, and inclusion was through theformation of Chapters a Kappa Book Club, which focused on literature predominantly surroundingthese issues. Additionally, early in the year, our DEI officer and Education officer made apresentation about Black History Month for assistancethe entire chapter. Your efforts will ensure Lastly, our Courage toCommit summit was presented by a guest speaker who provided a complete space for open discussionabout diversity, equity, and accurate history inclusion. Until this new academic year, almost all of your our chapter for future generations meetings and events were heldvirtually. Towards the end of the last academic school year, we had a few socially distant andoutdoor social events, adhering to guidelines provided. Luckily,recruitment was able tohappen in person with everyone wearing masks, which went well as everyone was vaccinated.Unfortunately, due to unprecedented circumstances on our university’s campus lately, we areopting to have Initiation online due to the stress everyone is under because of extenuatingcircumstances. Although we did need to enjoy!do most of this year through a computer screen, weremained thorough in our planned schedule and made sure our New Members felt welcomedas well.