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	to go down in the fall of 2021, we were finally to meet in person and have formal chapter in the		to go down in the fall of 2021, we were finally to meet in person and have formal chapter in the
	correct way, as well as have all of the events that we know and love, as I mentioned earlier.		correct way, as well as have all of the events that we know and love, as I mentioned earlier.
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 This year was an extremely exciting year for the Zeta Omicron chapter at the University of Richmond.  On January 20, we started our formal spring recruitment and we were able to welcome 37 new women into our chapter!  During this week, we not only enjoyed meeting our potential new members, but also welcoming back our members in the class of 2020 as they returned from their study abroad programs from the following semester.  Our Bid Day theme this year was Nascar!  Our current and new members all represented Kappa in fun t-shirts.  After hanging out in our Kappa cottage, taking tons of pictures, and getting to know our new members, we all went to a Go-carting facility and enjoyed dinner together.  Soon after recruitment week, we all celebrated our Junior Ring Dance with our Kappa families.  This was an awesome time getting to know the Junior's family members and being there to support them through the next step in their lives.
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 Sesquicentennial Celebration:  The chapter has begun to celebrate Kappa's 150th anniversary by beginning to talk about the donation we will be donating to honor the anniversary.
-Highlights of 2020
+==Highlights of 2020==
 This year was like no other for Zeta Omicron chapter at the University of Richmond.  On January 11th, 2020 we started our formal spring recruitment  and we were able to welcome 30 amazing girls into our chapter!  During this week, we not only enjoyed meeting our potential new members, but also welcoming back our members in the class of 2021 as they returned from their study abroad programs.
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 This year has been very interesting especially due to the limitations that Covid-19 has placed on us. At the University of
 Richmond, we had very tight restrictions and could not use our cottage or meet in person.

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 Sesquicentennial Celebration:  The chapter has begun to celebrate Kappa's 150th anniversary by beginning to talk about the donation we will be donating to honor the anniversary.
-=='''Highlights of 2020'''s:==
+Highlights of 2020
 This year was like no other for Zeta Omicron chapter at the University of Richmond.  On January 11th, 2020 we started our formal spring recruitment  and we were able to welcome 30 amazing girls into our chapter!  During this week, we not only enjoyed meeting our potential new members, but also welcoming back our members in the class of 2021 as they returned from their study abroad programs.
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 March came and all of our lives were flipped upside down by COVID-19.  Not only were classes moved online completely, but we were not able to do any of our chapter meetings in person.  Zoom chapter meetings continued throughout the semester, but all felt a piece of Kappa missing from our hearts.  Our campus initiations traditions did not happen, however our initiation was beautifully conducted over zoom.  Throughout the semester we did not let the pandemic negatively affect the bonds of sisterhood.  We held regular zoom meetings, organized zoom workout classes, and created a book/movie google doc to share our favorite "quarantine finds".
-This summer was not only unique because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also because of the racial climate in the United States.   We held conversations about racisms and exclusion to the chapter and gave all our members a safe space to discuss their thoughts on the unjust killings of black people across America , worries about the future, and brainstorm ideas as to how we could foster a more inclusive atmosphere at the University of Richmond.  Soon after, an Instagram page surfaced called "Abolish Greek Life" which encouraged all
+This summer was not only unique because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also because of the racial climate in the United States.   We held conversations about racism and exclusion to the chapter and gave all our members a safe space to discuss their thoughts on the unjust killings of black people across America , worries about the future, and brainstorm ideas as to how we could foster a more inclusive atmosphere at the University of Richmond.  Soon after, an Instagram page surfaced called "Abolish Greek Life" which encouraged all
 Greek members to disaffiliate from their respective sororities and fraternities.  The overwhelming majority of our members decided to stay, and a diversity and inclusion leadership team was created as a result.  They worked tirelessly to organize conversations, book clubs, and offer educational resources to our sisters.  We are confident that we will come out of this stronger, more educated, and more socially responsible women.
-We were lucky enough to come back to campus in the fall.  Although we could not meet as a big group, members still managed to see each other while maintaining social distance.  This year we were sadly not able to host our usual fall philanthropy, Kappa Kourtside, but we were still able to raise $710.  We donated this money to three different organizations: Higher Achievement Richmond, Operation Smile, and RIF.  We feel very proud of donating to Higher Achievement Richmond and Operation Smile because they are charities which are very close to our sisters' hearts.  One of our sisters co-foundedOperationSmile club at Richmond this year.  We are so proud of our community contributions as members of Kappa.
+We were lucky enough to come back to campus in the fall.  Although we could not meet as a big group, members still managed to see each other while maintaining social distance.  This year we were sadly not able to host our usual fall philanthropy, Kappa Kourtside, but we were still able to raise $710.  We donated this money to three different organizations: Higher Achievement Richmond, Operation Smile, and RIF.  We feel very proud of donating to Higher Achievement Richmond and Operation Smile because they are charities which are very close to our sisters' hearts.  One of our sisters co-founded OperationSmile club at Richmond this year.  We are so proud of our community contributions as members of Kappa.
 In mid October, we celebrated the 150th anniversary by watching the Founders Day video asynchronously.  We all thought it was really well done and enjoyed reflecting on our love and appreciation for Kappa at the following chapter.  After Thanksgiving break, we did not return on campus to school and continued online classes from home.  We decided to have transitions a little earlier this year, which was very successful  The current CC is very confident in the chapters' choice of new executive members.  They are all very passionate about Kappa and the success pf our chapter as a whole.
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 This year tested our resilience as a chapter in many ways.  However the bond of sisterhood has the power to keep Kappas together in the faces of extreme adversity.  As the vaccine gets distributed hopefully normalcy will resume.  We cannot wait to see what 2021 has in store for us because there is only going up from here!
-'''Chapter Convention Awards:'''
+After the summer of 2020, we decided as a chapter that we needed to create a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee.
+Due to the University of Richmond’s tight restrictions during the early months of 2021, we
+were unable to meet in person. We had zoom chapters every Sunday and had a virtual initiation. This
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+was very disappointing as the Senior class is the only class that has been able to experience all of
-'''Note to Chapter Registrar:'''
+these amazing traditions in person. We all pitched in and tried to have as many bonding experiences
-Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues 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.
+over Zoom as possible. As vaccines were mandatory at the University of Richmond and cases began
+to go down in the fall of 2021, we were finally to meet in person and have formal chapter in the
-Your efforts will ensure a complete and accurate history of your chapter for future generations to enjoy!
+correct way, as well as have all of the events that we know and love, as I mentioned earlier.

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 |Image= [[File:Zeta_Omicron.jpg|200px]]
 |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1987|05|02}}
-|College= [http://www.richmond.edu/ University of Richmond]
+|College= [https://www.richmond.edu/ University of Richmond]
 |Location= Richmond, VA
-|Homepage= [http://chapters.kappakappagamma.org/zetaomicron/ Zeta Omicron Homepage]
+|Homepage= [https://richmond.kappa.org/ Zeta Omicron Homepage]
-|Media= [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/index.php?title=Category:Zeta_Omicron Media related to Zeta Omicron Chapter]}}
+|Media= [https://wiki.kkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Zeta_Omicron Media related to Zeta Omicron Chapter]}}

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 Sesquicentennial Celebration:  The chapter has begun to celebrate Kappa's 150th anniversary by beginning to talk about the donation we will be donating to honor the anniversary.
-==Highlights of 2020s:==
+=='''Highlights of 2020'''s:==
-From chapter’s History Report: 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.:
+This year was like no other for Zeta Omicron chapter at the University of Richmond.  On January 11th, 2020 we started our formal spring recruitment  and we were able to welcome 30 amazing girls into our chapter!  During this week, we not only enjoyed meeting our potential new members, but also welcoming back our members in the class of 2021 as they returned from their study abroad programs.
-'''Housing:'''
+March came and all of our lives were flipped upside down by COVID-19.  Not only were classes moved online completely, but we were not able to do any of our chapter meetings in person.  Zoom chapter meetings continued throughout the semester, but all felt a piece of Kappa missing from our hearts.  Our campus initiations traditions did not happen, however our initiation was beautifully conducted over zoom.  Throughout the semester we did not let the pandemic negatively affect the bonds of sisterhood.  We held regular zoom meetings, organized zoom workout classes, and created a book/movie google doc to share our favorite "quarantine finds".
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 This summer was a great summer for all of our chapter members as they went off and worked internships and took classes all over the world. This summer was also great, because it was the Kappa Kappa Gamma General Convention. We sent three sisters to the convention this year to learn, meet new people, and vote on our important bylaws. This was a wonderful experience and opportunity for the three girls. Not only did they learn from the convention, but they brought back tools and tips to teach the other women in our chapter about leadership, inclusiveness, and sisterhood.
-After a wonderful summer, we started off with a great chapter meeting and bonding event where we made fleur-de-lis waffles and played games in our cottage. This was a great way to everyone to come back together and talk about their adventures over the summer. In September, we had our annual Red White Blue and Blue social which was a great way to show our Kappa and American pride! The week after, we had our fall philanthropy, Kappa Kourtside, where we raised $2580. We donated this money to RIF and to an organization called the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention was very important to us this year, because we had multiple members affected by suicide and we wanted to do everything we could to support them.
+After a wonderful summer, we started off with a great chapter meeting and bonding event where we made fleur-de-lis waffles and played games in our cottage. This was a great way to everyone to come back together and talk about their adventures over the summer. In September, we had our annual Red White Blue and Blue social which was a great way to show our Kappa and American pride! The week after, we had our fall philanthropy, Kappa Kourtside, where we raised $2580. We donated this money to RIF and to an organization called the
 At the beginning of October, we celebrated our very special Founders Day with a Founders Day quiz, a feast, and pumpkin decorating! This Founders Day was very fun and we got to show off our love and apperception for Kappa. Soon after, we decided to do continuous open bidding and gave bids to four amazing women who embody Kappa in so many different ways. We had a great new member period with them where we went out to dinner with them, watched movies, ate bagels in the cottage and more. We were so excited when we got to officially initiate them on Friday, November 16th.
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 After our Thanksgiving break, we decided to have one last bonding event. We had a holiday party where we had tons of food and we did a secret Santa. The last thing we did in December before saying goodbye to everyone for winter break was vote on our new CC and it was a huge success! We will officially vote on those members and do our transitions next semester. This was a great year for the Zeta Omicron chapter and we cannot wait to see what 2019 brings us!
 ==Highlights of 2020s:==

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	In October, we held a Kappa Kappa Gamma tailgate during Homecoming Weekend where we celebrated with many of our alums who came back to campus. It was fun to see all of the sisters that graduated last May! We had our second social of the semester in November, Kappa Kappa Galaxy where the sisters and their dates all dressed up in outer space-theme costumes. The week before Thanksgiving we held our own Kappa Thanksgiving, organized by VP Standards, and feasted on homemade Thanksgiving dinner and desserts. It was a great hit! In December, we hosted Kappaccino and gave out free coffee and sold donuts outside of the library during finals week. In addition, each of the pledge classes held their own Secret Santa, exchanging small gifts to get in the holiday spirit before leaving for Winter Break!		In October, we held a Kappa Kappa Gamma tailgate during Homecoming Weekend where we celebrated with many of our alums who came back to campus. It was fun to see all of the sisters that graduated last May! We had our second social of the semester in November, Kappa Kappa Galaxy where the sisters and their dates all dressed up in outer space-theme costumes. The week before Thanksgiving we held our own Kappa Thanksgiving, organized by VP Standards, and feasted on homemade Thanksgiving dinner and desserts. It was a great hit! In December, we hosted Kappaccino and gave out free coffee and sold donuts outside of the library during finals week. In addition, each of the pledge classes held their own Secret Santa, exchanging small gifts to get in the holiday spirit before leaving for Winter Break!
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		+	==Highlights of 2018==
		+
		+	This year was an exciting year for the Zeta Omicron chapter at the University of Richmond. On January 13th, 2018 we started our formal spring recruitment and we were able to welcome 28 amazing girls into our chapter! During this week, we not only enjoyed meeting our potential new members, but also welcoming back our members in the class of 2019 as they returned from their study abroad programs from the following semester.
		+
		+	Our Bid Day theme this year was “Welcome to the Big Leagues” and it was a hit! Our current and new members all repped Kappa in our new baseball jerseys. After hanging out in our kappa kottage, taking tons of pictures, and getting to know our new members, we all went to a trampoline place to jump around and eat some sweets. Soon after recruitment week, we all celebrated our Junior Ring Dance with our Kappa families. This was an awesome time getting to know the Junior’s family members and being there to support them through the next step in their lives.
		+
		+	After four weeks of our new members having temporary families and getting to know everyone in the chapter better, we finally had big little reveal week. This week was filled with tons of snacks, smiles, crafts, and of course surprises! This year was very special for us because we had a pair of twins! After an exciting week of big little reveal, we had our week of inspiration period. Inspiration period this year was filled with tons of special moments. After rock toss, flowerside, and fireside, we had a wonderful initiation. We were so excited to officially call our new members sisters. After our initiation, we had a delicious catered brunch. At the end of March, our new sisters got to experience their first Sapphire Ball! This was a great way to end the semester before our final exams.
		+
		+	This summer was a great summer for all of our chapter members as they went off and worked internships and took classes all over the world. This summer was also great, because it was the Kappa Kappa Gamma General Convention. We sent three sisters to the convention this year to learn, meet new people, and vote on our important bylaws. This was a wonderful experience and opportunity for the three girls. Not only did they learn from the convention, but they brought back tools and tips to teach the other women in our chapter about leadership, inclusiveness, and sisterhood.
		+
		+	After a wonderful summer, we started off with a great chapter meeting and bonding event where we made fleur-de-lis waffles and played games in our cottage. This was a great way to everyone to come back together and talk about their adventures over the summer. In September, we had our annual Red White Blue and Blue social which was a great way to show our Kappa and American pride! The week after, we had our fall philanthropy, Kappa Kourtside, where we raised $2580. We donated this money to RIF and to an organization called the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention was very important to us this year, because we had multiple members affected by suicide and we wanted to do everything we could to support them.
		+
		+	At the beginning of October, we celebrated our very special Founders Day with a Founders Day quiz, a feast, and pumpkin decorating! This Founders Day was very fun and we got to show off our love and apperception for Kappa. Soon after, we decided to do continuous open bidding and gave bids to four amazing women who embody Kappa in so many different ways. We had a great new member period with them where we went out to dinner with them, watched movies, ate bagels in the cottage and more. We were so excited when we got to officially initiate them on Friday, November 16th.
		+
		+	After our Thanksgiving break, we decided to have one last bonding event. We had a holiday party where we had tons of food and we did a secret Santa. The last thing we did in December before saying goodbye to everyone for winter break was vote on our new CC and it was a huge success! We will officially vote on those members and do our transitions next semester. This was a great year for the Zeta Omicron chapter and we cannot wait to see what 2019 brings us!
		+

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 Fraternity President Marian Klingbeil Williams, Θ - Missouri, presided at installation services for Zeta Omicron Chapter. Assisting her were Rebecca Stone Arbour, ΔI – LSU, director of alumnae; Cynthia McMillan Lanford, ΓΠ - Alabama, director of membership; and Marjorie Matson Converse, ΓΔ - Purdue, Fraternity extension chairman. June Miller Mohr, ΓΔ - Purdue, served as installation chairman assisted by Sue Curry Whitaker, I – DePauw and Mimi Stein Morton, Y – Northwestern, the coordinator of chapter development for this new chapter. Also instrumental in the success of the weekend were Colleen Blough, ΔO – Iowa State, Mary Clarke, ΔZ - Colorado College and Lisa Temple, ΓΞ - UCLA.
 Over the weekend more than 200 Kappas gathered with the new members, their families and friends capping off the affair with the Installation Banquet held at the historic Commonwealth Club in downtown Richmond.
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+==The Establishment and Installation of Zeta Omicron==
 As early as 1906, university guidelines prohibited the establishment of sororities, but in 1985, the students voted to establish national sororities. In October 1985 a panel of faculty, administrators and students interviewed nine National Panhellenic Conference groups, and six  were chosen to colonize: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Delta Delta, Pi Beta Phi, Chi Omega and Delta Gamma. On February 6, 1987, colonization teams from these groups arrived on campus to spend a week entertaining, informing and getting to know more than 600 women who had signed interest forms. In a unique undertaking in the Panhellenic world, 540 women donned pledge pins and installations occurred the weekend of May 2-4, 1987. Fraternity president Marian Klingbeil Williams presided over the installation services for Zeta Omicron chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. The installation of six women's Greek groups at the University of Richmond was a landmark event not only on this campus but nationwide.
+Fraternity President Marian Klingbeil Williams, Θ - Missouri, presided at installation services for Zeta Omicron Chapter. Assisting her were Rebecca Stone Arbour, ΔI – LSU, director of alumnae; Cynthia McMillan Lanford, ΓΠ - Alabama, director of membership; and Marjorie Matson Converse, ΓΔ - Purdue, Fraternity extension chairman. June Miller Mohr, ΓΔ - Purdue, served as installation chairman assisted by Sue Curry Whitaker, I – DePauw and Mimi Stein Morton, Y – Northwestern, the coordinator of chapter development for this new chapter. Also instrumental in the success of the weekend were Colleen Blough, ΔO – Iowa State, Mary Clarke, ΔZ - Colorado College and Lisa Temple, ΓΞ - UCLA.
 ==Highlights of the 1980s:==