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'''Note to Chapter Registrar:''' Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues ==Highlights of ''The Key'' to fill in any gaps in the above historical highlights. If your chapter archives are not complete, please research your university library, campus newspaper and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your chapter. Please double check your work for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistance. 2018==
Your Each year, the Eta Pi Chapter of KKG at NYU consistently adds wonderful, strong women to its ever-growing network of initiated sisters and alumni, and 2018 turned out to be an incredibly special year for many reasons. We have once more proven to be a very close group of strong women who work hard to support each other in every endeavor. We have 149 initiated sisters from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures, states and countries. At the 149th Kappa Kappa Gamma Chapter Convention held in June 2018, our chapter received an honorable mention for academic achievement. At the FSL awards this past spring, our chapter received the “Chapter of the Year” award, a huge honor that filled our sisters with pride at how far we have come together. Our former president, Maria Guadagno, also received the “President of the Year” award, further demonstrating how positive leadership does not go unnoticed and is highly valued! Our seventh year on campus was full of wonderful achievements on a local level as well. Our House Chair, Sami Robbins, has done a wonderful job hosting sisterhood events that are enjoyable, creative and flexible with our sisters increasingly busy schedules! She gave a stellar presentation and received the first housing pick of the Greek life houses, where Eta Pi has the best view at NYU! We have a large living space that can accommodate our growing chapter’s events and recruitment processes, and the ladies that have the privilege of living there are extremely close! A consistent highlight are the monthly brunches held in the Penthouse at Lafayette Street, where a chef comes in to cook on the first Saturday morning of each month. Our chapter had stellar academic achievement in the spring semester, with 24 women receiving the honor of being a KKGenius (a GPA of 3.7 or higher). 9 women finished out the semester with a perfect 4.0! One of our sisters, Olivia O’Hare, was even asked to join the prestigious Omega Nu Lambda chapter of Greek Honor Society: The Order of Omega! We could not be prouder of the outstanding achievements of our sisters both inside and outside the classroom. Every event serves to bring our sisters even closer and provide some relaxation amidst the stressful school year. Headed by Shreya Jois, our events team did an outstanding job organizing two date parties, semi-formal, and formal for all of our sisters! Ending the school year at Hudson Terrace was a fun way to bond with all of our sisters, and the leadership by the events team was crucial in developing sisterly bonds.Our Founder’s Day was a huge success thanks to the efforts will ensure of our Education Chair, Andrea Castillo at the Lord & Taylor rooftop! We had over 120 guests in attendance, and the alumni and active members were so excited by the location and overall experience of the celebration of Kappa. We found our lovely new kappa class during fall formal recruitment this year led by Kenzie Mullin, with the theme of “Greetings from Kappa” and the tagline: life takes you unexpected places, while kappa welcomes you home. Our theme appeared to be an overall hit amongst the PNM’s as we recruited and initiated fifty-two new sisters at a beautiful and well-run initiation ceremony headed by Perry Byrne. We also have one new member to initiate in the spring of 2019! Prachi Deshpande, our new member chair, did an excellent job organizing our Bid Day event and educating our new members on everything about Kappa in order to better prepare them for initiation and becoming an active member. Greek Life at NYU continues to build as a stronger and larger presence on campus. Our Panhel Delegate, Frankie Shapiro, has done an excellent job in organizing events with other chapters of Greek life, and our leadership overall has steadily improved on campus! We had 3 Kappas serve on the board of Panhel: Lydia Mitchell, the VP of Finance, Lexi Taylor, the VP of Recruitment Counsellors, and Claudia Yuan, who was the President this calendar year! We could not be more proud of the leadership displayed by these young women.In order to fundraise for our philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, our philanthropy chair, Olivia Clancy, organized a complete game night at the house, and accurate history a hot cocoa sale (which was a huge hit). In the spring, we also hosted a book drive to raise awareness about RIF. Our final Philanthropy event of your chapter the year was our reading is Key Event on December 12th at Public School 64, where we read to and crafted with children from kindergarten to third grade.In 2018, Eta Pi had around 70 dancers sign up and raise money for the B+ Foundation Dance Marathon at NYU known as NYDM. Our team raised over $40,000 for the cause which broke our own personal fundraising goal and our record from last year. We loved dancing for future generations our spirited B+ Hero Aubrey, and we are so excited that she continues to enjoyremain in remission!Our sisters love interacting with Aubrey at different events, and we even held a birthday party for her at the house this year.The presidential badge was given by the New York Alumnae Association at the chapter’s installment. The badge was passed down to Jen Morrisette, Ivana Rodrigues, Rebecca Calvo, Maddie Jerge, Annalise Bissa, then Maria Guadagno, and now resides with Acacia Dougan, who will pass it to Paris Reise for her 2019 term. The badge is inscribed with “HΠ” “NYU” and “11/05/11”.
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'''New York University, New York City, established 1831'''
'''325 368 initiates (as of June 20172018)'''''
Approved by the chapter: December 11, 2016
==Highlights of 2017==
The year 2017 has been another exceptional year for the Eta Pi Chapter at NYU. Our sisterhood
continues to be comprised of ambitious and hardworking women who are always there for each
other. We have 168 initiated members from diverse backgrounds, cultures, states and countries.
At the 20162017 Fraternity and Sorority Life awards this past spring, our chapter was given the award for Outstanding Community Involvement. We sent sisters to the Kappa Leadership Conference in the spring and Leadership Academy in the fall. Our sixth year on campus has
proved to be our best one yet and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for our chapter. Our chapter has a strong sense of community and sisterhood, strengthened by the various sisterhood events held by our Vice President of Standards, Katherine Salsgiver, and our Events
Chairman, Monica Spafford. Events ranging from a Spa Day to a Picnic at Smorgasburg to a PopupShop Event had sisters enjoying spending time together while exploring NYC. We hosted an unforgettable Formal, Date Party and Family Weekend Brunch in the spring and a wonderful
Semi Formal this fall, organized by Monica. Once again we received first housing pick of the Greek life penthouses. Our House Chairmen, Jenny DeCandia and Hannah Nelson, provided a warm and welcoming space for sisterhood events and Kappotlucks.
Eta Pi’s members have once again shown their dedication toward academia. We had 42 Kappa Kappa Geniuses (girls with a GPA above 3.7) and 11 girls with 4.0 GPA’s in the spring along with sisters initiated to Order of Omega. In order to help our sisters though their academic
pursuits our Vice President of Academic Excellence, Angella Jiang, reserves study rooms at the campus library after chapter and 24 hours a day during exam weeks. She also organized our annual Keyed in Networking Brunch which allowed our sisters to network with alumnae and further excel in their fields.
This Fall, Eta Pi welcomed our wonderful new Iota class during formal recruitment led by our
Membership Chairman, Ximena Tellez. Our recruitment theme, Start the Spark with Kappa
Kappa Gamma, celebrated female empowerment! The new member process began with an outer
space themed bid day, showing our newest members that Kappa’s Out Of This World. The new
member period continued with an exciting big/little week and weekly new member meetings all
planned and led by our New Member Chairman, Acacia Dougan. Acacia prepared the Iotas to
become active members and helped them acclimate to life in the chapter. We initiated our
fiftyone new members in early November at a beautiful and meaningful ceremony organized by
chapter Marshal, Morrisa Cohen. This year’s Initiation Ceremony was made even more special
by our incredible alumnae involvement, including attendance by four Kappa moms and a
biological sister along with numerous Eta Pi alumnae.
As always, Eta Pi has continued to participate within the NYU Greek Community assisted by our
Panhellenic Delegate, Kate Goodman. Going above and beyond, Kate led our chapter through a
successful Alice in Wonderland themed Greek Week, planned events with other chapters, and
updated the chapter bylaws to allow sisters to fulfil their semesterly Panhel requirement by
attending one Panhel GA meeting or by attending two events put on by other chapters. This
change has allowed our sisters to support other organizations’ events, spreading even more
Panhel love! Additionally, we had many sisters serve in leadership positions within the
Panhellenic community, including members who served as Recruitment Guides for Fall Formal
Recruitment and two sisters, the maximum number possible, on the 2017 Panhellenic Executive
Board. Representing KKG beautifully, Morrisa Cohen served as Vice President of Judicial
Affairs and Claudia Yuan served as Graphic Design Chair.
2017 was filled with social and philanthropy events cosponsored
with other organizations including sandwich making for the Bowery Mission, game nights, and a Greekwide
Assassins Game! Maria Free, our Philanthropy Chairman, held our annual Reading Is Key event at PS64,
making crafts and helping the kids write their own short stories. Our largest philanthropy effort
of the year has been starting the Eta Pi Scholarship Fund. Thanks to the House Board,
Headquarters, and the NYC Kappa network, we are more than halfway to our fundraising goal!
In 2017, Eta Pi had over 30 dancers, 20 volunteers and 2 executive board members participate in
the 5th annual New York Dance Marathon to raise money for the Andrew McDonough B+
Foundation. Led by our NYDM Team Captain, Paris Reise, we hosted chapter fundraisers, sent
emails, and participated in fundraising challenges to raise $38,000, contributing to the record breaking grand total of over $603,000 for the fight against childhood cancer! Throughout the
year we were also able to spend time with our B+ Hero, Aubrey, thanks to the coordination of
our B+ Hero Liaison, Niyousha Ahmadi. We went bowling, played in the park, painted,
celebrated her 9th birthday in our penthouse, and even had sisters go to her house in Brooklyn
multiple times a week to tutor her. Our sisters have spent countless hours in 2017 fighting
childhood cancer through planning, fundraising, and spending time with Aubrey; we are so
proud of their hard work.
A highlight of 2017 was our annual Founders Day Celebration, co-hosted with the New York Alumnae Association. With over 180 sisters, both active and alumnae, we celebrated our six incredible founders, 147 years of Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Eta Pi’s fifth birthday! We had the
honor of having Fraternity President, Beth Black, as our keynote speaker for the event, which
proved to be truly inspiring. It is definitely an event our chapter will remember for years to come!
The Presidential badge was given by the New York Alumnae Association at the chapter's
installment. The badge was passed down to Jen Morrisette, then Ivana Rodrigues, then Rebecca
Calvo, then Madeline Jerge, then Annalise Bissa, and it currently resides with the 2017 Eta Pi
President, Maria Guadagno. The badge is inscribed with “ΗΠ”, “NYU” and “11/8/11.”