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We hold our meetings in our chapter owned house near the UC Berkeley campus. The house that our chapter owns today provides room and board for approximately 69 members each semester. Prior to our current house on 2328 Piedmont Avenue, we owned one other house.
==Highlights of 2015==
The year 2015 has been an exciting addition to the Pi Deuteron chapter. From the events we participated in to the new members we received, our chapter continues to flourish. Many traditions in our chapter, like presenting the Jill Costello Award and Linda Morrison Award to exceptional members, were continued along with our annual philanthropic endeavors and campus involvements. Our chapter council worked toward accomplishing goals and improving the chapter as a whole.
This past year we have been working on five goals as a chapter council. Our first focus was to make standards more welcoming and have more of a positive presence. To do this, we made the standards room a more welcoming environment, we had standards do a programming to go over procedure, and they worked to be more transparent throughout the semester. The next obstacle we wanted to tackle was the lack of emphasis on ritual in the house. We had monthly ritual reviews, started meetings with an inspirational quote or a piece of Kappa history, and held special ritual reviews for the newest initiated pledge class. Our third goal was to make pre-recruitment work week more effective and enjoyable. We decided to hold two pre-recruitment meetings during the Spring to learn the recruitment songs, we created MVPs of the day and gave out prizes to those who were positive and working hard during work week and we decided not to move on to another song or dance until we knew the one we were previously working on. Next, we wanted to work on getting the house more involved on campus. We started spotlighting a member of the house each week for their accomplishments and involvement, we listed the philanthropies other houses were hosting a month in advance and created a list of what different clubs girls in the house are involved in. Finally, we decided we wanted to work as a chapter council to lead by example and be effective and efficient. To do this, we worked on communicating everything we were working on during Chapter Council meetings, we encouraged the house to be more involved and worked hard to help one another whenever we could.
Finally, our chapter continued our varied member’s involvements through campus led groups and events. These include clubs like ONE for social justice, Active for Alzheimer’s, Order of Omega, and Berkeley Consulting. Our involvement extends through the athletic department with members on the dance, cheer, crew, sand volleyball, and other sports teams. Additionally, our chapter wide GPA average continues to rise each semester, showing our dedication to academics. With such a rich and all-encompassing group of members, our chapter never has a lack of philanthropic, academic or extracurricular commitments.
The construction of the Lower Sproul area has been completed and now houses the Student Union Complex, a lively, 24/7 student center. Students are now able to engage in social and academic activities in a vibrant and safe area at all hours of the day. In regards to our chapter, our PanHellenic Council continues to highlight the importance of educating members on relevant and important issues concerning all aspects of the Greek System, such as safety, health, assault, and alcohol/drug consumption awareness. The nature of our chapter reflects the dynamic and dedicated involvement of our members both in the Greek System and on campus. Our chapter includes members from the Cal Dance and Cheer teams, other athletics such as rowing, lacrosse and soccer, members of the honors fraternity Honor of Omega, participants in the internship program Cal in the Capital, and much more. The chapter’s participation in a myriad of activities allows us to cultivate strong relationships both within and outside the Greek System.
What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
Our chapter continues to participate in diverse philanthropic, academic and worldly endeavors. This year our chapter was able to raise $2,000 for our philanthropy via Kappa Karaoke, as well as participate in external philanthropy events such as a football tournament, diamond cup, AOPi spike out and many more. In addition to these external philanthropy events, members also participated in Jog For Jill in memory of Jill Costello. We had members researching and studying abroad in countries such as Kenya and India. In addition, we had members participating in Cal’s Zero Waste Initiative, spreading awareness on measures to decrease both personal and chapter waste.
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
Reading is Fundamental is the motivation behind a majority of our events. Kappa Karaoke is an event dedicated to raising money for this cause, and it is our largest philanthropy event of the year. The wide scope of the philanthropy allows us to run book drives, donate our time, and fundraise, all for a concise cause. Furthermore, we enjoy having a hands-on support approach to improve childhood literacy by traveling to a local elementary school to read to children every week. Being able to see the difference we are making in children’s academic success is a special and valuable opportunity. For these reason we continue to partner with Emerson Elementary.
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