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|Name= Epsilon Rho
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|Name= Zeta Zeta
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|GreekSymbol= EP
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|Image= [[File:Epsilon_Rho.jpg|200px]]
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|Image= [[File:Zeta_Zeta.jpg|200px]]
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1976|02|28}}
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1982|02|20}}
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|College= [http://www.tamu.edu/ Texas A&M University]
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|College= [https://www.westminster-mo.edu/Pages/default.aspx Westminster College]
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|Location= College Station, TX
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|Location= Fulton, MO
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|Homepage= [http://www.aggiekappa.com/ Epsilon Rho Homepage]
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|Homepage= [https://westminstermo.kappa.org/ Zeta Zeta Homepage]
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|Media= [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/index.php?title=Category:Epsilon_Rho Media related to Epsilon_Rho Chapter]}}
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|Media= [https://wiki.kkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Zeta_Zeta Media related to Zeta Zeta Chapter]}}
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'''Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, Founded 1851'''
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'''Zeta Zeta founded February 20, 1982'''
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'''704 initiates (as of June 2018)'''
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'''2,335 initiates (as of June 2018)'''
 
  
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'''Epsilon Rho, Texas A&M'''
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'''Some of Zeta Zeta's Outstanding Alumnae:'''
  
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'''Founded February 28, 1976'''
 
  
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'''Texas A&M University founded in 1876 in College Station, Texas'''
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'''Fraternity Council Members:'''
  
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'''30 charter members'''
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Jamie Ogden (Jamieson), Traveling Consultant 1985-1986;
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Kari Albert, Leadership Consultant 2004-2005
  
  
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==Installation==
 
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As far as Kappas were concerned, the year 1976 at Texas A&M University was triply special. In addition to being America’s Bicentennial, it was also the university’s Centennial, and most special for 31 new Kappas, the Installation of Epsilon Rho Chapter, which took place during February 27–29, 1976.
 
  
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It was also a special occasion for the 24 Kappa alumnae of the Bryan/College Station area who worked so hard—first in helping to colonize the chapter, then in seeing that the girls received all the help and advice they needed, and finally in arranging and staging the Installation weekend. A Beta Omicron, Tulane alumna, hosted a lovely reception at her beautiful College Station home on Friday evening for the installation team, local alumnae, and members of Gamma Phi, SMU, the installing chapter.
 
  
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The Sunday afternoon reception honoring the new chapter was a beautifully fitting climax to the installation activities. Parents, some from hundreds of miles away, joined with campus friends and local alumnae in congratulating the new members. Guests had the opportunity to view the many beautiful gifts presented to the chapter during the previous night’s banquet.
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'''Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:'''
  
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An impressive array of Fraternity officials was on hand for the occasion including Marian Schroeder Graham, Beta Phi, Montana, Fraternity President, who captivated the girls to the point that they wanted to know what you have to do to become Fraternity President; Marian Klingbeil Williams, Theta, Missouri, Director of Personnel (Standards) and Rebecca Stone Arbour, Delta Iota, LSU, Director of Chapters were also present, in addition to the Theta Province Director of Alumnae, a Field Secretary, the Chairman of Chapter Advisory Boards, and Extension Committee members.
 
  
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Louise Little Barbeck, Gamma Phi, SMU, former Fraternity President, was the featured speaker at the installation banquet Saturday evening at the Briarcrest Country Club.
 
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Active members from Gamma Phi, SMU, sister chapter to Epsilon Rho, were also on hand to help with Initiation and celebrate Kappa’s fifth chapter in Texas. Local Kappa alumnae helped immensely in every area of chapter life.
 
  
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==Texas A&M==
 
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Located in College Station, about half-way between Houston and Waco, the TAMU campus was undergoing much growth and building construction at the time of Epsilon Rho’s founding. Established in 1876 at Texas’s first public institution of higher learning, the old Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College was renamed Texas A&M University.
 
  
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Kappa Kappa Gamma was the ninth sorority to be installed at Texas A&M, all of them within the previous two years, and it was said to be the last for at least three years. Since the university did not recognize sororities at that time, Panhellenic declared a moratorium on additional colonization in order to see what the official university attitude would be once the women’s groups had a chance to prove themselves in the previously all-male land of the Aggies.
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'''Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:'''
  
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'''Housing'''
 
  
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The nine groups were in the process of setting up lodges in an apartment complex just being completed. Many of their members planned to rent apartments in the same complex, making it the center of Aggie sorority activity for the next three years.
 
  
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==Highlights of the late 1970s==                   
 
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During the remainder of the 1970s, Epsilon Rho faced the challenges of not having a house in which to hold recruitment or meetings. However, the chapter was able to hold successful Recruitment events in other locations, such as the Ramada Inn. In 1975, chapter meetings were hosted in the party room of the Barcelona Apartments. The following year, the sisters were able to move Recruitment from the Barcelona Apartments to their new "Kappa Korner," which was located in Sausilito Apartments on Munson and Highway 30.
 
  
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'''Additional Outstanding Zeta Zeta Alumnae'''
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Epsilon Rho was without a chapter house of its own, but many members lived in rented apartments.
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Beth Howard (Stubbs), Chapter Consultant 2000-2001;
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Ruchi Kalra, Chapter Consultant 2001-2002
  
  
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In November of 1979, Epsilon Rho participated in an all-Greek philanthropy project for the United Way in which they helped to raise $2900 by "kidnapping" prominent people in the community and holding them for "ransom" in Manor East Mall. Also, Epsilon Rho participated in Sigma Chi's Derby Days philanthropy event every year.
 
  
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==Highlights of the 1980s==
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The 1980s were a productive decade for Epsilon Rho. The chapter participated in Fall Rush each year and regularly welcomed an average of 50 new Kappas into the chapter. The sisters were kept busy with a variety of development programs, including an officer retreat and a standards workshop. Panhellenic activities were important to the chapter, and the Kappas gladly took part in the Panhellenic Alcohol Awareness Week each year. Additionally, Epsilon Rho scheduled events with other Greek-letter organizations, such as Monmouth Duo with Pi Beta Phi and Kite and Key with Kappa Alpha Theta. The chapter also participated in Chi Omega’s Songfest every year.
 
  
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The chapter’s social calendar was always full with fun activities such as a Christmas formal and a flag football game. One of the highlights of the year was Parents’ Day and the related events. First, the chapter hosted a Parents’ Day Picnic in which the members gathered informally with their families. The Kappa Pickers group often provided the entertainment for the picnic. That evening, the families again came together, but for a much more formal event, Pledge Presentation. At this event, the fathers or escorts of the newest Kappas officially presented the young women to the chapter and then danced the night away. At the end of each year, Epsilon Rho said goodbye to the graduating seniors at the Senior Roast.
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Founders Day was a large celebration each year. The chapter paired with the local alumnae association for the annual Founders Day Banquet, an elegant event that included the presentation of awards to both the active and alumna members. In April 1987, Epsilon Rho proudly hosted Theta Province Meeting.
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Founded in 1851, Westminster College is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate college with a curriculum based on the liberal arts with an emphasis on developmental experience. The College is dedicated to teaching excellence and an education centered on key values (integrity, fairness, respect, and responsibility) that prepare our graduates to become leaders of character.  
  
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Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech on campus in 1946, and in recent years George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, and Lech Walesa have participated in the College's international lecture series. Prominent on campus are National Churchill Museum and the monumental sculpture "Breakthrough," created from sections of the Berlin Wall.
  
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For the early part of the decade, Epsilon Rho members were without a home on campus. Without a house, meetings, Initiation, and other functions were held in other locations such as churches, the homes of alumnae, and hotels. By the mid-1980s, a chapter house was completed and 48 Kappas were able to call the new house home. The house became the focus for many fun activities, such as the annual door decorating contest for Parents’ Day and House Mother Appreciation Week. By the end of the decade, Epsilon Rho’s house received a few upgrades: a storage shed, fresh paint for the exterior, new blinds in the windows, and updated upholstery for the TV room furniture.
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The College is located in Fulton, Missouri, a community of 13,000 residents that is approximately 25 miles from both Columbia and Jefferson City.  
  
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Philanthropy was important to the Epsilon Rho women. The chapter regularly participated in Cleaning Up the Grove with the Aggie Men’s Club and Kappa Alptha Theta. In 1987, Epsilon Rho organized a cookbook fundraiser that raised $1,900 for charity, specifically a local mental health center and the Rose McGill Fund. In 1988, the chapter hosted its first Kappa Klassic Golf Tournament, which again benefitted the mental health clinic. Other philanthropic activities included singing Christmas carols at local retirement home, participating in the Adopt-A-Grandparent Project, and spending time with underprivileged children during a Greek Week event. Epsilon Rho also made donations to CROP, a Christian fund that donates 25% of its money to community needs and 75% to world hunger, and to a Texas A&M graduate in need of a liver transplant.
 
  
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==Highlights of the 1980s==
  
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==Highlights of the 1990s==
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'''Colonization (Information from The KEY, winter 1981)'''
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Throughout the 1990s, Epsilon Rho welcomed many more large pledge classes into the chapter. In order to ensure that all members, old and new, knew each other, the chapter held retreats, sleepovers at the house, picnics, and a variety of other sisterhood activities. Several times a year, the Kappas got together for big/little sister nights with ice cream and yogurt. In 1991, the chapter held a sister-only pumpkin carving contest and Easter egg hunt. That same year, Epsilon Rho won the Excellence in Pledge Education award during Greek Week.
 
  
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The chapter also hosted useful development programs each month, including Responsible Behavior, Risk Management, and Professionalism. Social activities included Pledge Presentation, the Butterbash Ball Fall Casual, and the Valentine’s Day semi-formal. Epsilon Rho often paired up with other Greek-letter organizations for events, such as Kite N Key with Theta, Monmouth Formal with Pi Phi, Owl-O-Ween with Chi Omega, and the Ranch Party with the Tri-Delts. The chapter even accompanied ZBT to Country Western dance lessons.
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During this decade, coeds danced to rock and pop music; wore leg warmers, leggings, and pumps; watched M*A*S*H, Happy Days, and The Love Boat on television, and had serious discussions about Ronald Reagan politics and the Cold War.
  
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Alumnae involvement was also important to Epsilon Rho. The Founders Day Banquet was held each year with the local alumnae association. For the Initiation Banquet, chapter alumnae and the mothers of initiates joined Epsilon Rho in welcoming the new Kappas.  
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But on the evening of Sunday, September 6, 1981, 35 exceedingly happy Kappa New Members made it a night to remember in Fulton, Missouri. Zeta Zeta colony became a realization at Westminster College, and the town of Fulton might never forget it. The Kappa song - taught during open house events by the Theta, Missouri, Kappa Pickers - was sung from one end of town to the other!
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A colonization team had arrived at the request of the college. Westminster, a small school with an enrollment of 664 students, had opened its doors to women students only two years earlier. Becky Stone Arbour, LSU, Director of Personnel (Standards), and Martha Galleher Cox, Ohio Wesleyan, Chairman of Nominating, arrived to assist  Province Officers, Lynn Latham Chaney, LSU, and Barbara Rossiter Huhn, Ohio Wesleyan; Field Secretary (Leadership Consultant) Laura Jackson, Oklahoma State; and Graduate Counselor (Chapter Consultant) Linda Grebe, Lafayette. These ladies, plus the actives and alumnae of Zeta Province, enjoyed working together during recruitment activities.
  
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Epsilon Rho had many achievements throughout the decade. The chapter was repeatedly recognized for scholarship on campus. In1990, the Kappas won Chi Omega’s Songfest.
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The college administration was most supportive. Its Food Services provided and served soft drinks, doughnuts and coffee for open house Saturday morning; iced tea and cookies Saturday afternoon; a lovely brunch for the preference event; a sundae and cookie party for round two; and a pizza party with soft drinks after pledging—all this only at cost.
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The only snag in the near perfect event was that not enough New Member pins had been ordered. The happy problem was solved by five girls wearing ribbons for a few days until their pins arrived.
  
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The chapter maintained a house on campus throughout the 1990s.
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'''Installation (Information from The KEY, spring 1982)'''
  
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Zeta Zeta was officially installed the weekend of February 19-21, 1982. The First Christian Church in Fulton was the setting for the initiation ceremony held February 20. That evening a banquet was held at the Stables Restaurant. Many gifts arrived from various active and alumnae groups in Zeta Province.
  
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Epsilon Rho participated in a variety of philanthropic activities throughout the 1990s. The chapter was always a part of the Big Event, a Texas A&M-sponsored event to help out around the Bryan/College Station area. The Kappas also contributed to FestiveFall, another event sponsored by the University.
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On Sunday a special church service was held at the Churchill Memorial Chapel. Restored on the Westminster campus in 1969, the 16th century Christopher Wren Chapel was brought from England to commemorate Churchill’s historic 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech delivered at Westminster. As an extra bonus, the father of two initiates was the preacher.
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The chapter held a community-wide spaghetti dinner that raised $2000 for charity as well as a canned food drive with Sigma Nu. The Kappas volunteered their time to paint bathrooms and pick up trash at a local park. In 1991, the sisters worked together to send Valentine’s Day cards to troops stationed in the Gulf.
 
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The chapter’s annual Kappa Klassic Golf Tournament prospered in the 1990s, and, in 1994, the event raised $15,000 for a local mental health clinic.  
 
  
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The highlight of the fall semester for this brand new chapter, was winning the English Cup, a scholarship trophy awarded to the organization with the top GPA on campus.
  
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==Highlights of 2000-2010==
 
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Epsilon Rho welcomed the new millennium with numerous sisterhood activities to strengthen the bonds of friendship. These sister-only events included a New Member retreat, a day of Valentine’s Day cookie decorating, and a pizza party study break. Other fun activities included the December semi-formal and the "Farewell Fleur de Lis" party to say goodbye to graduating seniors. Each year, the chapter held a Monmouth formal with Pi Beta Phi, Owloween with Chi Omega, and the Ranch Party with the Tri-Delts.
 
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The chapter also spent time thanking their parents for their never-ending love and support. A Mother/Daughter Tea was held in the fall, and a Dad’s Day Baseball Game proved to be a big hit with the fathers.
 
  
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Epsilon Rho continued to maintain a residence at Texas A&M University throughout the decade.
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Sororities at Westminster College each had a room in a dormitory for their meetings. Women were required to live in a college-approved residence hall or college-owned house.
  
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Epsilon Rho continued to focus on philanthropy throughout the decade. Each year, the chapter participated in the University-sponsored Big Event. Kappa Kaddies, the annual philanthropy golf tournament, proved to be a huge success year after year. In 2007, the event raised $8,000 for Big Brothers/Big Sisters in Bryan. The following year, $14,000 was raised through the Kappa Kaddies event. The chapter began another annual philanthropy event, Kappa Krawfish. The crawfish boil was a success and raised hundreds of dollars for philanthropy.
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Callaway County Library Bond issues
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By mid-decade, Epsilon Rho began concentrating on Reading Is Fundamental, Kappa’s philanthropy. The chapter held a community-wide book drive to collect books and raise money.  The books were donated to elementary schools in the Bryan/ College Station area.
 
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Epsilon Rho was very busy as the chapter entered the second decade of the twenty-first century. The Kappas focused on providing members with personal development programs that would prepare them for life after college. In 2011, KKG Connections was held with alumnae from Dallas and served as a networking opportunity. Special programs were held for the seniors such as a professional etiquette presentation and a workshop on how to stay connected with the Fraternity after graduation. The seniors also hosted a potluck dinner, and the recipes were later compiled into a senior cookbook. The entire chapter enjoyed the programming as well. The Education Committee sponsored speakers who gave presentations about self-defense, nutrition, exercise, and more. Epsilon Rho also had Chapter Chaplains for the benefit of the sisters.
 
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The chapter also had fun during a variety of social events. Examples of such activities include the February semi-formal, Monmouth with Pi Phi, KKG BBQ, and K-K-Jean, which was held at a local boutique.
 
  
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Epsilon Rho’s chapter house holds 46 members. The sisters are able to enjoy a large backyard and a spacious patio, one of the only ones found on Sorority Row. In 2011, the chapter added a second grill to the patio, which permits the members to enjoy many outdoor meals throughout the year.
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During its second decade of existence Zeta Zeta prided itself on its academic accomplishments. The chapter generally had either the first or second highest grades in the Greek community. 
  
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Epsilon Rho continued the tradition of participating in Texas A&M’s Big Event. The 2011 Kappa Krawfish event was held on Parents’ Weekend. The 400 guests were able to enjoy entertainment provided by a local band as well as the chapter’s Kappa Pickers and Stomp Team. The event was a huge success and raised around $10,000 for charity.
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However, the chapter had its social side too. Zeta Zeta usually began each fall with a New Member party, Mothers’ Weekend, and the Sapphire Ball. To promote sisterhood the chapter had fall retreats. One involved a high and low ropes course to strengthen communication, leadership skills and bonding as a chapter.
  
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A new philanthropic event was Kappa Kook Out, which was held at the house in the fall. Over $10,000 was donated to the Nehemiah Foundation of Navasota. The chapter volunteered at the Nehemiah center to tutor and spend time with local at-risk children. Many of the sisters volunteered at Nehemiah a few times a week, and the chapter was able to accumulate over 1,000 service hours in one semester.
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New Members – generally numbering about 25 –  participated in many fun activities including the Kappa Krush, Kappa Klasic, a semi-formal Christmas party, a scholarship banquet, intramurals, homecoming, Delta Tau Delta Bleed Purple, Sigma Chi Derby Days – many times placing first or second - and Greek Week. The chapter placed first or second in homecoming and was tops in intramural softball and volleyball.
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Epsilon Rho also gave to the Texas A&M community through Kappa Kappa Chino, a daytime event where Kappas passed out free coffee provided by Starbucks to students at various locations around campus.
 
  
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January: The Epsilon Rho executive council started out the 2011 year by attending an officer retreat at the home of advisor, Carole Gruen. At the retreat officers had the unique opportunity to increase the unity of the executive council by sharing ideas and engaging in fun team building activities.  
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Sororities at Westminster College each had a room in a dormitory for their meetings. Women were required to live in a college-approved residence hall or college-owned house. Kappa was the second largest living unit on campus.
  
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February: On February 27th, we held Semiformal at Downtown 202 in Bryan, Texas.
 
  
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March: March 5th was "Dad's Day" for the Epsilon Rho Chapter. March was highlighted with the successful and fun campus-wide service opportunity, The Big Event on the 27th in which the Owl, Minerva, and Sapphire groups were paired with the fraternity Ol' Ags to volunteer yardwork services to locals. We ended the month with our first recruitment workshop which was held from 2-4pm on Sunday the 27th .
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April: April 2nd was our annual formal dance, Monmouth, hosted with the sorority Pi Beta Phi at The Hilton. On Sunday the 3rd, KKG Connections was held with a few Alumni from Dallas from 2-4pm. The purpose of KKG Connections is to get to know your local alumni and have connections when you graduate and start life in the real world. Friday the 8th was Texas A&M's Annual Chilifest Cook Off. Sunday the 10th was Epsilon Rho's second Chapter Workshop from 2-4pm, where everyone was required to get their dresses approved for recruitment. Wednesday April 13th was Stompfest, a stomp competition among the sororities and fraternities. The theme was "Back to the Basics" and Epsilon Rho dressed to the theme of "A&M Traditions" and we won second place. On the 16th Kappa BBQ which was a purely social event took place and parents and friends were invited for a delicious home cooked meal.  
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Zeta Zeta took first place in many college and community philanthropic activities. During this 10-year-period Zeta Zeta sponsored the American Red Cross Blood Drive, and joined the men of Phi Delta Theta in annual Easter Egg Hunts for children in the Fulton community. It participated in Kappa Alpha Theta's Cupids for Casa, and Beta Theta Pi’s Save the World. Other philanthropies Kappas were involved in included the Westminster Dog Show which raised money for the Fulton Animal Shelter, the Wiley House Soup Kitchen, Special Olympics, the Missouri School for the Deaf, and the Klean the Forest Campaign.
  
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May: Senior Date Party was themed, "Viva los Seniors" and was held on May 2nd at Schotzis. In order to prepare for finals, the Kappa house was a quiet zone and our chapter room was used as the "Kappa Library" to study. Compared to previous years, more and more actives are taking advantage of the “Kappa Library” as a resource and this year there were many delicious snacks to choose from, provided by our VP of Academic Excellence.
 
  
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June & July: Summer was a time for recruitment preparation. Melanie Urmeovich the Head of Recruitment and her assistants spent a lot of time in College Station. Epsilon Rho won the prestigious Panhellenic award from A&M for our outstanding participation in Texas A&M University’s Panhellenic system. August: PC '10 moved into the house on the 13th and then we began the month with work week on Sunday the 14th. During this week, we held a special night for our parents and friends to preview our skit that we were to perform for the potential new members during recruitment. We celebrated Bid Day and the arrival of our 44 new members, including 6 sophomores, with the theme, "Don't Mess with Kappa" where the chapter dressed in Texan attire and boots.
 
  
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September: On the 25th we had KKG Ritual Review, where actives went over Kappa rituals and practices songs. On the 29th, our informal social event, K-K-Jean was held at The Tap. In September, Kali Davis attended Leadership Academy in Ohio on behalf of Epsilon Rho, and met many different Kappas from around the country.
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October: October 16th was Chapter Ritual Review from 2-4pm. Composite pictures were taken on the 12th, 13th and 14th of October. October was a big month for Epsilon Rho because on Friday the 21st, KKG Fireside took place. The new members came to the house after their lovely Italian dinner and joined the actives for an evening of fun and surprises. They spent the night and bonded with the actives until they were left for a peaceful night of rest, waiting in anticipation for the morning to come. The women were initiated on Friday October 21st. We also started volunteering at Nehemiah, our local philanthropy during October. We celebrated Founders Day at our October 17th meeting where there was a founders day cake and our officers spoke about the history of Founder's Day and Sarah Atkins was formally affiliated as well. Brittany Sutherland, the Nominating Committee Chair explained what nominating committee is and when nominations would take place. The next week on the 25th , Owloween took place and we implemented a new system to make check in for events easier through googledocs. Sunday the 30th, Mom's Day was organized by Megan Montgomery at the Kappa house from 2-4pm. 130 mother and daughters total were present and there were snacks and treats provided while they decorated mugs purchased from U-Paint-It. Trick-or-Treat on Sorority Row took place on Halloween and Kappa was paired with Sig Ep.  
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Wisdom is one of Kappa's five virtues, and the women of Zeta Zeta Chapter strove to continue performing well in academics. During this decade Zeta Zeta generally ranked first or second among Greek organizations academically, was awarded the English Cup for best overall grades, and received many individual academic awards, including Student Foundation member for the freshman and senior class, Pre-Law Student of the Year, and Student Government Association Outstanding Senior.
  
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November: On Friday November 4th, New Member Presentation was held. This is an event in which the new members are presented by a male family member or friend at David Gardner, the jewelry store. The next morning was Tri Deltas Game day, which many Kappas participated in. During the month of November PC 11 had an anti-hazing meeting that was required by Panhellenic. At the November 14th meeting, the slate was presented and elected on November 21st.  
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The women of Zeta Zeta chapter also excelled in leadership. Each semester there was a sisterhood retreat which gave the chapter an opportunity to bond through an activity and have fun. These included a memorable retreat at the Lake of the Ozarks, a murder mystery dinner, and a high and low ropes course.
  
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Our new philanthropy event, Kappa Kook Out took place on Thursday November 17th from 5-8 pm and it was a huge success! The week before the event banners were held alll round campus, at Academic Plaza, on West Campus, in the Commons and on the corner of Texas and George Bush. We set up for the event all afternoon with three letter signs on each sign of the house and one in the back yard, many tables and chairs in the back yard with red plaid table cloths. Country music was played and the event was truly a success. Over $10,000 was donated to the Nehemiah Foundation of Navasota this past year, and our donation made a significant impact on their ability to serve the surrounding community of Navasota. On November 30th, we held Kappa Kappa Chino, which is a nonprofit, non-fundraising event where Kappas volunteer their time to pass out free coffee, provided by Starbucks on various locations around campus.  
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It held its traditional social events - the Kappa Krush, the Christmas Formal, New Member Party, the Sapphire Ball, and others throughout the year. An event that Zeta Zeta chapter looked forward to each year was the Mom/Dad Weekend. Every other year it alternated between a Mom Weekend and a Dad Weekend. The Kappas looked forward to being able to introduce their families to their Kappa sisters. Many Kappas participated in Westminster athletics. Soccer, softball, basketball, tennis, volleyball, track, cross country intramurals provided a fun way for sisters to spend time in friendly competition with other organizations. Kappa won overall Intramurals several times.
  
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The Kappa Powder Puff Team, which is part of Panhellenic Intramurals, placed 4th out of 18 teams - Congratulations! December: We began the month on Thursday December 1st where we had Ranch Party with Tri Delta. On December 4th from 2-5pm the newly elected officers had their "Triplet Meeting", where they had training with the previous officers and alumnae advisors. Academic Banquet was December 5th and PC'09 was awarded the PC with the highest GPA. We also have 8 young women who have 4.0 GPA's overall. KKP (Most Valuable Kappa) awards, were presented to; Stephanie Gonzales of PC'11, Meredith Barnes of PC'10, Sarah Wiggins of PC'09, and Brittany Sutherland of PC'08. Exams began the next Friday December 9th through Wednesday the 14th, then all the Kappas went home for a wonderful break.  
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In 2005 Zeta Zeta hosted Zeta Province Meeting. Workshops included Ritual Revisited, Motivation/Team Building, Hazing and Traditions, Values and Respect, Stress Management, Advisory Board/House Board, and Alumnae Programming. Proceeds from snack items sold during breaks were donated to the Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Kappa Alpha Theta Foundations in honor of a Westminster freshman who was killed in an automobile accident.
  
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Epsilon Rho worked to achieve the chapter GPR and remain in high scholastic standing among the sororities on campus. Girls who got A's on tests were rewarded and "No Skippy" recognized girls who did not skip class. After surpassing the GPR goal of 3.33 for the fall semester 0f 2009, the chapter voted on a GPR goal of 3.35 which challenged every girl to work hard in school. The "Test Bank" served as a great way for girl's to look at old tests in a certain subject, allowing them to practice and prepare for an upcoming test. When the chapter room isn't in use for chapter meetings, it is set up the Kappa library with tables and lamps for girls to study in a quiet location. By providing these helpful resources, the 2011 spring and fall GPR's were 3.3. Currently 8 actives have an overall GPR of 4.0 and around 15 actives achieved a 4.0 GPR for the 2011 fall semester.  
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The Kappas participated in Open Rush for the first time in 2009. The next year Zeta Zeta created programming especially to help New Members understand the importance of academics and how to achieve academic goals. The Vice President of Academic Excellence organized times for all Kappas to get together and study in the lounge and gave awards to girls who studied the most hours each week. A pair of "Smarty Pants" was given to a sister who had a particularly great academic week. The chapter also assigned each New Member an academic mentor, an older sister with her same major or field of study, to help and guide her throughout the year. The work paid off when Zeta Zeta received the Most Improved Chapter: Academic Excellence Award at Convention.
  
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In order to increase participation on campus in the chapter as well as support other organizations, the executive council implemented a points system and split the chapter into six "Kore" groups. Members would receive a point everytime they attended another organizations philanthropy, and each group was assigned to attend a certain philanthropy event. The “Kore” groups also helped in making sign-in at meeting faster and more efficient. Girls now check in by group rather than new member class like in previous years. We also announced a new, hands-on philanthropy approach in which girls would have the opportunity to volunteer at the Nehemiah center and work with local children several times a week. Through Nehemiah, the chapter worked on the service component of philanthropy by tutoring and playing with at risk children. In the year of 2011, approximately half of the women in each pledge class volunteered at Nehemiah a few times a week and we had a combined number of 1,000 service hours.
 
  
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Sororities at Westminster College each had a room in a dormitory for their meetings. Women were required to live in a college-approved residence hall or college-owned house. Zeta Zeta continued to be the second largest living group on the Westminster campus.
  
  
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==Highlights of 2012==
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'''Philanthropy:'''
  
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January: The Epsilon Rho executive council started out the year 2012 by attending an officer retreat at the home of advisor Carol Gruen. During the retreat goals were made for the new year, decisions were discussed, and a positive attitude was implemented. Officers were able to strengthen the unity of the Council and get to know each other through team building activities. A profit share was held at Chick Fil A on the 26th and at Red Mango on the 31st. Profit Shares consist of encouraging members and friends to go to a specific place, like a restaurant, and tell the cashier that you are in support of a certain organization, like Kappa. The restaurant then donates a portion of the proceeds raised during that day and it is a win-win situation. The restaurant gets more business because of our marketing and we earn money for our philanthropy. Through these profit shares we raised $300 for the Nehemiah Center of Navasota during the month of January.  
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Throughout this decade, Zeta Zeta began its philanthropic efforts during recruitment.  Current members, along with potential New Members, stuffed teddy bears for the children at the Missouri School for the Deaf.  Each bear came with a birth certificate and a special message written on the back. Another time they assembled back-to-school pencil boxes filled with pencils, crayons, stickers, and other school items for the children. Each month the chapter made small crafts for each elementary age child at the School. It was always an exciting time and the children were always very happy to see the Kappas.
  
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February: On February 10th, we enjoyed a sisterhood event where actives were invited to the midnight premiere of The Vow. Our annual philanthropy event, Reading is Fundamental, took place on February 11th at the Nehemiah Center of Navasota. RIF included one-on-one reading with the kids, Valentine themed cookie decorating, many arts and crafts activities, a performance by our very own Kappa Pickers, and a book reading by an Aggie football player. Each child was able to choose 2 books to take home and the rest of the books were donated to the Nehemiah Center of Navasota. The LEAD Conference was held in Austin this month. The entire Executive Council attended and gained leadership skills from alumnae and members of other chapters. Our Semi-Formal, themed “Texas Tuxes,” was held on February 16th. Our Events committee organized a fashion show for the Monday meeting before to assist actives and their dates in dressing in the perfect attire. On the 27th, guest speaker Jessica Bowers spoke at our chapter meeting about the harmful effects of alcohol.  A profit share was held at Froyoyo on the 28th for the Nehemiah Center of Navasota.
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Zeta Zeta was honored to receive Westminster’s Drosten Cup for outstanding philanthropy and service. Many philanthropic activities involved other fraternities at Westminster including the Delta Tau Delta Bleed Purple Week, the Kappa Alpha Theta Cupids for Casa, the Beta Theta Pi Save the World Week and Sigma Chi Derby Days. Kappas placed first or second several times in Derby Days. Members joined the men of Phi Delta Theta to hold annual Easter Egg Hunts for the children of the Fulton, Missouri, community. Kappas also participated in the Westminster Dog Show to raise money for the local animal shelter.
  
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March: On the 3rd, we invited our Dad’s to College Station for lunch at a local favorite, The Dixie Chicken. We then took them to an A&M baseball game at the newly renovated Olsen Field. The 18th marked the beginning of our Senior Programming series with a lesson on Interviewing and Business Professionalism. On the 19th, Dr. Elizabeth Grey spoke at our Monday meeting on the value of saying "I don't know" in both the medical field and in every day life. PC'10 had their own sisterhood event on the 20th with a viewing party of Pretty Little Liars and a plethora of pizza rolls. On the 4th and 25th, a Recruitment workshop was held for our newest members to enhance their understanding of Kappa Recruitment. A profit share was held at Fuddruckers on the 6th and at Spoons on the 22nd to benefit the Nehemiah Center of Navasota. Senior Programming continued on the 25th with helpful insight into Networking and Entrepreneurship. On the 26th, Kelsey Schmidt gave a presentation at our Monday meeting about the history of Kappa Kappa Gamma.  The month ended with Parents Weekend, which was hosted at the Kappa house with lunch.
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One year the Teeing Off for a Better World Golf Tournament raised almost $5,000 for the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation and Reading Is Fundamental. Other volunteer opportunities included the Wiley House Soup Kitchen, Special Olympics, Klean the Forest Campaign, and the American Red Cross Campus Blood Drive. In 2008 Kappa Kappa Gamma won first place during Homecoming Week and donated the winnings to a fellow sister to cover her on-going medical bills. Also, since several Kappas were directly affected by Multiple Sclerosis, the chapter participated in WalkMS, volunteering to host a rest stop at BikeMS, and sell t-shirts.  The women of Zeta Zeta excelled in community service and did everything they could to ensure a tradition of leadership in service to others.  
  
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April:  We kicked off the month with our annual philanthropy event, Kappa Krawfish! All proceeds were donated to the Nehemiah Center of Navasota. Seniors were prepped on Eating Healthy and leading a Balanced Lifestyle on the 1st. A Recruitment workshop was held on the 15th to help the entire chapter prepare for a successful Recruitment. Our annual "Monmouth" formal with Pi Beta Phi was held on the 5th, complete with a photo booth, casino, and face painting. PC' 09 had their own Sisterhood Event on the 10th with a Potluck Dinner. Seniors heard about how to manage their money after graduation with a lesson on "I'm Graduating, Now what" on the 15th. On the 17th, the in-house girls participated in a dinner swap with the girls of Alpha Chi Omega. Creative ideas about how to get involved in a community after college were shared with the seniors on the 22nd. Senior Programming ended on the 29th with an Alumna Presentation and Senior Banquet at Alumna Connie Appelt's house, the president of the College Station Alum Association. Our graduating seniors were given the chance to network with and learn from these women in a very unique and personal way. The Academic Banquet was held on the 30th, where girls were rewarded with gifts for their academic excellence. 
 
  
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May: We celebrated our graduating seniors on May 1st with an 80s themed date party and took advantage of the "Kappa Library" while preparing for finals.
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June & July: From June 20-24th, five members of our Executive Council were able to attend Kappa Convention. The girls attended several programs throughout the day to gain creativity and insight on how to better lead our chapter. They left inspired after hearing so many great ideas and hearing the national Kappa President speak.
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Membership Honorable Mention – 2006;
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Standards Honorable Mention - 2008; 
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Ritual Honorable Mention - 2008 
  
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August: The Fall season began with 48 members of PC '11 moving into the house and embarking on Recruitment Work Week. During this week, we held a special night for our parents and friends to preview our “Monopoly” skit that we were to perform for the potential new members during Recruitment. We then kicked off Recruitment with a “Candy Land”  day one and finished up with a “Don’t Mess with Kappa” themed Bid Day. Leadership Consultant Jessica Pereira stayed with us the entire week to help us build upon our Recruitment. She was immensely helpful. The new members spent the night at the Kappa House that night and the chapter was thrilled to have a new pledge class filled bright young women joining our sorority. The first meeting marked the announcement of our new academic program. The Period of Concern plan called for supervised study hours at either the Kappa Library or an on campus library, and supervision would be provided by the Academics Committee and the officers. With this new system the girls are held to a higher standard and are held accountable. We also required all of the girls on POC to meet with each of their professors and get to know them personally. These new changes were implemented with the hope of seeing an improvement in the Epsilon Rho Academics overall. After much hard work, the new Kappa website was introduced by our Public Relations chair.
 
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September:  At our Formal Meeting on the 3rd, Formal Pledging began. Owl Groups were announced, a program that combined New Members with active members, creating a group for girls from different pledge classes to get to know each other. They were also given the chance to pull tickets for the Florida Football Game as a pledge class with the New Member Executive. During the Monday meeting on the 10th, the new Kappa Kolor points system was announced, requiring girls to get two points for participation in our brand new philanthropy event. PC 11 attended Ritual Review on the 9th and the entire chapter attended Ritual Review on the 16th.  We kicked off our socials with the first date party on the 20th. The theme was “Two by two” and it was held at The Tap. Actives revealed themselves to their new little sisters on the 23rd. at the Kappa house in a unique way.
 
  
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October: October was a big month for our chapter as we initiated our new members! We hosted a profit share at the local burger joint, Grub, to raise money for our philanthropy on the 2nd. One last Ritual Review was held for the entire chapter on the 7th.  On the 8th, girls were split up according to their majors and were able to answer questions that the new PC had about professors and classes.  On the 9th, a profit share was held at Chick-Fil-A to earn money to support the Nehemiah Center of Navasota. During the week leading up to initiation, the 9th through the 11th, our Marshal committee planned nightly mixers for the pledge classes to get to know each other. After a week of activities, Fireside was held on the 12th and Initiation was held on the 13th. 55 members were initiated. Founders Day was celebrated with a presentation given by the Education committee during the Monday meeting on the 15th.  An interesting video was displayed and both cookie cake and sparkling grape juice were served afterwards. The intramural chair organized a discount gym membership for actives at Athletes Prime, which has included many workout classes during the semester. To give members a chance to get more involved with philanthropic activity, girls went to "Lights After School" to help Lincoln Center host a carnival for kids. A group of girls gathered to go to "Trick or TREATs" at a local Animal Shelter on the 26th, , giving animals treats and taking dogs outside to exercise them. On October 27th, we hosted our first annual Kappa Kolor Run. Participants ran a 5k where they had different colored powdered paint thrown on them at each kilometer. The event was a huge success and raised about $11,000 for our local philanthropy, the Nehemiah Center of Navasota. On the 29th, the Academic's Banquet was held at the Monday meeting. Girls were rewarded for their academic excellence. We also raised money to contribute to the family we sponsored with Rose McGill Holiday Sharing through the Kappa Foundation. The chapter celebrated Halloween with Chi Omega at the “Owloween” date party at Hurricane Harry’s on the 30th. Members then passed out candy on sorority row with Kappa Alpha Order to young trick-or-treaters on the 31st. 
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November: The new members were presented at the Kappa House on November 3rd at the New Member Presentation, featuring a performance by the Kappa Pickers. Mom’s Day took place the 4th and members had the option to paint mugs, tiles or crosses with their mothers. On the 15th, “Ranch Party” was hosted with Tri Delta.  We voted on our new Chapter Council on the 19th, securing a responsible and driven group of girls. On the 26th, the in-house girls helped decorate the Kappa House for the holiday season! Actives passed out free coffee and donuts on campus at our semi-annual event, Kappa Kappa Chino on the 28th. The intramurals team placed 2nd in the flag football league and 3rd in the indoor soccer league. The team also participated in a powderpuff tournament put on by the men of Ol' Ags and won 4th in the tournament. We worked hard all semester with the men of Squadron 17 to ensure a great dance performance at Chi Omega’s fundraiser, Songfest. The first night took place on November 30th and the Kappa Pickers performed between acts. We earned money to donate to Nehemiah because of our dedicated participation.
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The Meg Cherry Smith Excellence in Upholding Standards – 2005;
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The Jane Froman Philanthropy Award – 2005;
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The Advisory Board Award – 2005;
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The Most Improved Overall Chapter honorable mention – 2005;
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Philanthropy Honorable Mention - 2009; 
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Public Relations - 2009; 
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Most Improved Chapter – 2009
  
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December: This month was a season to be jolly amid studying for finals in the “Kappa Library”. While the Stompfest Team prepared for their final performance on the night of the 1st,  9 of our other lucky members participated in Houston Alumni Association's Kappa Pilgrimage. Girls had brunch at an alumnae's house and toured some of the most beautiful homes in Houston. The "Triplet Meeting" occurred on the 2nd, where the new officers had the chance to meet with the previous officers and their advisors. Our Vice President of Standards hosted a Christmas party after the Monday meeting that took place on the 3rd. Girls dressed in tacky Christmas sweaters, decorated cookies with festive icings and sprinkles, and exchanged ornaments. Upon finals, our Chaplains hosted a Hot Chocolate Bar and provided bible verse cut outs to remind girls what the Christmas season was about on December 9th.
 
  
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During the past year, Texas A&M joined the SEC Conference. Spirits are high at the recent winning of the Heismann by our very own Johnny Manziel. The Memorial Student Center opened on September 1st after two and a half years of renovation. This has given students a place to study together, eat together, and get to know each other in a central location. The campus feels more united for it. Texas A&M still holds true to it's reputation of kindness and chivalry, and the student body radiates with pride for attending such an incredible University.
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==Highlights of 2011-2019==
  
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==Highlights of 2013==
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==Highlights of 2011==
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Zeta Zeta began the year by holding chapter elections and initiating a new Chapter Council. We kicked off the year with the annual Sapphire Ball, Dad's Weekend, and participation in Westminster's Greek Week. Philanthropy was a huge focus for our chapter this year and we began in the spring with trips to Missouri School for the Deaf and an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of Fulton co-hosted by Phi Delta Theta. Kappa also competed in many philanthropy weeks hosted by other Fraternities on campus and won Delta Tau Delta's Bleed Purple and Beta Theta Pi's Save the World. This Spring we had fun bonding together during some crazy relay races arranged by the Vice President of Standards.
  
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January: The Epsilon Rho executive officers started out 2013 with an officer’s retreat at Academic Advisor, Sarah Elmore’s house in Bryan, TX. This was the first time the new council had the opportunity to sit down and prepare for the year ahead. All of the officers expressed their goals for 2013, planned the chapter calendar, and made important decisions regarding the Epsilon Rho Chapter as a whole. Officers were able to get to know one another and strengthen the bond of the Council. January 14th, 2013 was the first chapter meeting to start the semester.
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We also participated in Spring Recruitment and initiated four new beautiful sisters. In April, we sent the Chapter Council to Province, while four members stayed the whole weekend and received our Philanthropy Award. Our chapter received the Drosten Cup award for having the best Philanthropy. During the fall, Kappa competed in Homecoming week and hosted the 4th annual "Teeing off for a Better World" Golf Tournament as well as many other smaller philanthropy events in order to raise money for national and local philanthropies. We participated in fall Recruitment and initiated fourteen wonderful new members who we are now proud to call sisters. We continued volunteering at events such as "Into the Streets", "Klean" the Forest, and Missouri School for the Deaf, as well as kept active by participating and winning several intramural sports, including softball. We bonded as sisters throughout the fall with social events such as Kappa Krush and our semi-formal Christmas Party. It was a wonderful year for the Kappas full of much success and we are eager for yet another wonderful year.  
  
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February: For Valentines Day, instead of having a normal day at Nehemiah we had a Valentines Day Party on the 14th, which included decorating cookies. Nehemiah Center of Navasota is an after school program to help at-risk kids enhance their growth. Each girl in our chapter is required to volunteer at least two times per semester in Navasota to help the kids with their homework, read with them, and play on the playground. Our annual RIF event (Reading is Fundamental) on the 16th was very exciting for the kids at The Nehemiah Center of Navasota. The Kappa Pickers performed and two A&M football players read books to the kids to get them excited about reading. Our chapter donated many books for the kids to take home and encourage them to read. Five wonderful Houston Alums came to the event along with kids at Nehemiah and their families. They enjoyed new books to take home, along with hot dogs, chips, and lemonade to snack on during the event.  
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'''Campus:''' Founded in 1851, Westminster College is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate college with a curriculum based on the liberal arts. The College is dedicated to reaching excellence and an education centered on key values (integrity, fairness, respect, and responsibility) that prepare our graduates to become leaders of character. Westminster is a very small and friendly college that offers multiple activities. Westminster's atmosphere is very welcoming, and the classroom atmosphere is small and personable. Westminster offers many great opportunities to excel as an individual both academically and socially. Chapter: Zeta Zeta prides itself on its numerous academic and social accomplishments on campus and in the community. Zeta Zeta received the second highest grades in the entire Greek community in the Spring semester, earned first place in many philanthropic events, participated in many Westminster activities, and excelled at intramural. Westminster's Kappas are leaders in many different capacities on campus and always aim to instill the five virtues of Kappa: wisdom, sincerity, loyalty, inner beauty, and friendship through everything they do. They strive to bring a welcoming and warming attitude to incoming and current students of Westminster College.  
  
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To educate PC’12 on Recruitment, a Rookie Workshop was held on Sunday the 24th from 2:00pm to 4:00 pm. The new pledge class was informed and advised on how to vote and what Work Week and Recruitment would entail. On the 23rd, all Fathers were invited for a day in College Station to eat lunch at the Dixie Chicken and attend a Texas A&M basketball game in Read Arena. The 24th marked our first speaker of the semester. He was a local police officer who talked about different laws pertaining to alcohol. “Texas Tuxes”, our annual Semi-Formal Date Party, was held on the 28th.
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One of the Zeta Zeta Chapter's biggest challenges this year was improving our academics and the help our chapter provides for its sisters with their classes. In order to improve our chapter's average GPA, we created more programming to help girls, especially the new members to understand the importance of academics and how to achieve academic goals. We worked with our advisers to create a Focus Plan for our chapter. This consisted of so many mandatory hours in the library or in the classrooms. Depending on their current GPA, a Kappa would have to do a certain amount of study hours each week. The Vice President of Academic Excellence organized times for all Kappas to get together and study in the lounge and library, gave awards to girls who studied the most hours that week, and passed around a pair of "Smarty Pants" to a sister who had a particularly great academic week. The chapter also assigned each new member an academic mentor, which is an older sister with her same major or field of study to help and guide her throughout the year. We received the second highest grades on campus due to our Focus Plan. We have high hopes for continued excellence in academics and have set even higher goals for 2012.  
  
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March: We kicked this month off with the Province Meeting in Lubbock on the 1st-3rd. Twelve officers attended this meeting, learning many strategies to help make our chapter as successful as possible. During this retreat we were awarded with the Philanthropy Excellence Award for our dedication and support to our local philanthropy the Nehemiah Center of Navasota. This award encouraged us to continue working on all areas of our chapter. We had the honor of hosting Chelsea, our Leadership Consultant, during the 17th through the 22nd. Chelsea not only helped us address issues that are challenges for us, she also highlighted the areas where we excel. On Saturday the 23rd our chapter participated in Big Event along with an all Men’s Organization called Ol Ags. Big Event is a university wide community service project that A&M created to give back to the community around us. Recruitment team conducted another Rookie Workshop on the 24th for PC’12 to prepare them for Work Week and Recruitment. Also on the 24th was the kick off of Senior Programming.  At their meeting they discussed interview tips along with dressing for success for professional interviews. Lastly, Professor Welch from Mays Business School, came to talk to the chapter about self motivation and dreaming big.
 
  
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April: At our chapter meeting on April 1st, we had our guest speaker, Dr. Stoker speak to us about interviewing. He stressed the importance of being prepared for the interview and also expressing your knowledge about the company rather than just talking about your qualifications.  Chapter Workshop was held on the 7th from 2 to 4 to prepare the entire chapter for success during Recruitment. Senior Programming was also held on April 7th with a chance to go ice-skating at a local ice rink. April 10th was the exciting roommate reveal for the girls living in the house for the upcoming year. During Aggie Parents Weekend, Kappa hosted a luncheon at the Kappa house for anyone who could attend with their parents. Kappa Krawfish, a philanthropy event, was held at Veteran’s Park on April 14th with around 300 people who showed up to eat crawfish and support Kappa. The Kappa Pickers performed along with a local band Votary and all the proceeds went to the Nehemiah Center of Navasota.  Also on this Sunday was a yoga class at the rec center as the activity for Senior Programming. On April 21st a Kappa Trainer came to visit and presented a PowerPoint show on Ritual. She expressed the importance of Ritual and how it binds us all together.
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Along with the Kappa trainer was a cooking class for the seniors at Marci Cory’s beautiful home. Our annual formal called Monmouth was held on the 18th along with Pi Beta Phi. We had a live band, photo booth, casino, and face painting that kept everyone occupied and having fun the whole night. Senior Programming ended on the 28th with a dinner that six alums attended with Houston alums hosting. The seniors were transferred to Alum status by Carolyn Hoyle, a local alum, who performed the ritual. The Houston alums made the traditional small blue pillow for each of the new alums to keep their Key safe and a few alums told their stories of why Kappa has been an important part of their adult life. The last date party for the semester had a theme of YouTube Hits chosen and voted by the seniors graduating in May. This date party was held on the 30th, which was the last day of classes to kick off the week of finals.  
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Zeta Zeta began the year by holding chapter elections and initiating a new Chapter Council. We kicked off  the year with the annual Sapphire Ball and Mom's Weekend. We had a great time participating in various philanthropy events and each was a huge focus for our chapter! We made monthly visits to the Missouri School for the Deaf where we created crafts and spent time with the students. Along with the men of Phi Delta Theta, we hosted an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of Fulton.
  
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May: We took advantage of the “Kappa Library” in the house while preparing for finals and also congratulated the graduating seniors for the semester.
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Kappa also competed in many of the fraternity's philantropy weeks here on campus including Beta Theta Pi's Save the World, Sigma Chi Derby Days, and Delta Tau Delt's Bleed Purple and a campus-hosted dogeball tournament.  During our Spring Recruitment we initated two beautiful sisters into our chapter. In April, we hosted Reading is Key at the Fulton Public Library and handed out free booksto the children of Fulton. The Zeta Zeta chapter also celebrated our 30th Anniversary by Alumni Brunch, inviting alumni to a formal chapter and into the lounge.
  
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August: As the fall semester was about to begin, 44 members of PC’12  moved into the Kappa house to embark on Work Week held on the 12th through the 16th. During this week all the members of the chapter work rigorously to prepare for Recruitment. During this week we have one special night when we invite parents and friends to our preview of our recruitment skit. This year was especially exciting because our theme of our skit was changed from Monopoly to Disney. The amazing recruitment team worked very hard to change and improve our skit, which turned out as a great success. Recruitment began on the 19th and started with the theme “Candy Land” and ended with “Don’t Mess With Kappa” theme for Bid Day on the 24th. We welcomed the new sixty nine wonderful and bright young women of Pledge Class 2013 on Bid Day. We also had the wonderful opportunity to welcome our new house mom, Momma Hurley to our family. This first meeting of this semester marked an announcement of achieving 2nd ranked in grades for Panhellenic for the past semester with an overall GPA of 3.36. We also announced that our chapter won the Penny Wars, which was a competition put on by Panhellenic the past semester. During this meeting all the current officers introduced themselves and expressed what their duties are to the new pledge class of PC’13.
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For the second year in a row, the ladies of Zeta Zeta received the Drosten Cup for our outstaning cumulutaive hours of service hours. In the fall, Kappa hosted our 5th annual "Teering of for a Better World" Golf Tournament at a nearby golf course. Our fall recuitment resulted in the intiation of 15 ladies who we are very honored and excited to call our sisters.  We continued volunteering at events such as "Into the Streets", Missouri School for the Deaf, as well as kept active by participating in and winning intramural sports, including futsol. Because a large number of seniors were to be gradutating at semester, we held our Senior Week in early December.  
  
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September: To kick off this month we sent a check to the Nehemiah Center of Navasota for $9,590.68 from our earnings from Kappa Kolor and Kappa Krawfish. We also sent a check for $1000 to the Kappa Foundation. September 8th was a day full of activities. First PC’13 had their retreat starting at 12pm to 5pm. Girls participated in many activities throughout the day to get to know one another. That night 65 girls attended the Panhellenic event to the Women’s A&M Soccer game vs. Baylor. Kappa won this event with the most attendance and received $100 toward our local philanthropy. The 12th - 15th, one of our chapter members was honored to attend Leadership Academy. She learned through this retreat how to channel her values and passions into being a better leader personally and in Kappa. As a way for the new pledge class to get to know one another, girls had the opportunity to pull tickets together for the SMU football game on the 13th. Big Little Reveal is an especially exciting night for the new pledge class and occurred at the Kappa House on the 18th. September 19th marked our first date party of the semester. The theme was “New Kappa’s on the Block”, which was celebrated with 90s costumes.  On the 22nd, the first Ritual Review was held for PC’12, and the entire chapter attended a Ritual Review on the 29th. On the 23rd the Academics Award Ceremony was held. We celebrated girls who made great grades last semester, which included 10 girls who upheld their overall 4.0’s and 32 girls who received 4.0’s for the past semester. At the Monday meeting on the 30th for our guest speaker we had girls within out chapter speak about their experiences with study abroad. This gave other Kappa’s within our chapter a chance to learn about all the opportunities throughout A&M pertaining to the study abroad program.  
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One of our sisterhood bonding events included going to a corn maze in Columbia, MO along with movie nights in the lounge.We continuted to bond throughout the fall with social events such as Kappa Krush and our semi-formal Christmas Party. It was a wonderful year for the Kappas of Zeta Zeta, filled with all kinds of success and we eargly look forward to yet another wonderful year together.
  
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October: This month started off quickly with Inspiration Week (I-Week). On the 1st, PC’13 and PC’12 had a mixer to paint pumpkins at the Kappa House. On the 2nd, PC’13 and PC’11 had a chance to mingle and make s’mores. And lastly on the 3rd, PC’13 and PC’10 devoured ice cream sundaes and PC’10 shared their experiences with the new pledge class. Then came the exciting weekend of ritual. Fireside was concluded on the 4th and initiation on the 5th. 68 new members were successfully initiated and had a wonderful time sleeping at the Kappa house on Friday night.  
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Founded in 1851, Westminster College is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate college with a curriculum based on the liberal arts.  The College is dedicated to reaching excellence and an education centered on key values (integrity, fairness, respect, and responsibility) that prepare our graduates to become leaders of character. Westminster is a very small and friendly college that offers multiple activities. Westminster's atmosphere is very welcoming, and the classroom atmosphere is small and personable.  Westminster offers many great opportunities to excel as an individual both academically and socially. Westminster College recently added another campus located in Mesa, Arizona where classes will begin being held in the fall of 2013.
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Zeta Zeta prides itself on its numerous academic and social accomplishments on campus and in the community. Again, Zeta Zeta received the second highest grades in the entire Greek community in the Fall semester, participated in many Westminster activities, and excelled at intramurals.  Westminster's Kappas continually take leadership positions across campus.  All the sisters strive to live with the 5 virtues of Kappa (wisdom, sincerity, loyalty, inner beauty, and friendship) in their everyday lives here on campus and through everything they do.  They strive to bring a welcoming and warming attitude to incoming and current students of Westminster College.
  
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At our Monday Meeting we celebrated Founders Day with Lisa Hunziker, our guest speaker and alumna. Lisa spoke to the chapter about “Kappa Throughout the Years” and how special membership is in Kappa and how Kappa lasts a lifetime. After our meeting we had cookie cake and refreshments to celebrate. We conducted a Profit Share at Northgate Vintage on the 17th. Profit Shares consist of encouraging members and friends to go to a specific place, at a specific time and when checking out inform the cashier that you are in support of a certain organization like Kappa. The place the holds the profit share, like Northgate Vintage, donates a portion of the proceeds raised to our organization.
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It is a great and easy way to help raise money for Kappa and our philanthropies. October 20th marked the New Member Presentation at the Kappa House along with Moms Day at Briarcrest Country Club. All the new members were presented to family and friends that afternoon after a successful Mom’s Day. We had 40 girls attend a “Dinner Swap” with the Sorority of Delta Delta Delta on the 23rd. This was the most girls we have ever had attend a dinner swap. We had our second date party for the semester called “Owl-o-ween” on October 24th. Sixteen Kappa’s attended the Aggie Greek Award Banquet on the 25th, which we were honored to accept the “Outstanding Community Relations” Award. On the 28th we had our Sister Sorority Event with Alpha Chi Omega at Froyoyo after the meeting, in which we had 59 girls attend. Our sister sorority is matched up by Panhellenic to encourage sororities to mix with each other. Lastly to end this exciting month, we had Trick or Treat on Sorority Row on the 31st. We had a chance to pass out candy and do an activity with all the kids that attended. We were paired with a men’s organization Alpha Tau Omega.
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Zeta Zeta began 2013 by holding chapter council elections and installing a new Chapter Council. During our Spring Recruitment we initiated four lovely and beautiful sisters into our chapter. We then had Father’s Weekend, where we had lunch and a silent action. Later we had our annual Sapphire Ball. We made monthly visits to the local Missouri School for the Deaf, where we had a Valentine’s party and several other days where we crafted and spent time with the children. Zeta Zeta participated in a number of philanthropy weeks, both at Westminster College and our neighboring school, William Woods University. These included: Fiji Islander and Sigma Chi’s Derby Day. In February, we hosted our local Reading is Key at the Fulton Public Library, in which our theme was Dr. Seuss. There we handed out books to the local children and had fun events to participate in during the morning. We were able to keep fit by participating in the college’s spring intramural sports, and winning the basketball intramurals.  
  
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November: We kicked off November with another Panhellenic event hosted by Dillard’s. One hundred and ten girls from our chapter attended, which made us the chapter with the highest attendance. On the 4th we had a wonderful guest speaker who spoke about dressing for success and gave us interview tips for use in our future. We had our second Leadership Consultant arrive on the 3rd and stay all the way through the 8th. Emilee provided us with things we really need to focus on and also with attributes that we can continue to succeed in. On November 6th we had a Sisterhood event at our local bowling ally. Girls in all different pledge classes attended and had a blast bowling. We had another Profit Share at Newks Restaurant on the 12th to help raise awareness and money for our Kappa Kolor Run. The 16th marked our 2nd Annual Kappa Kolor Run, where many family and friends came out to run the 5K. This year we had four hundred and twenty five participants for the College Station community as well as students within A&M. The Texas A&M Yell Leaders started off the race with a few “Yells” to get everyone pumped up for the race. We also had a silent auction that was a huge success to raise money for Nehemiah. November 17th was the Powder Puff tournament, where we had 25 girls participate in. November 20th Kappa’s attended the Hunger Games Premiere with another sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta as another sister sorority mixer. “Ranch Party” on November 21st was our final Date Party for the semester. This party was with another sorority, Delta Delta Delta and was held at a ranch in Bryan, TX. On November 24th Chaplains put on a Kappa Fellowship Night at the Kappa house for movies and fun. Also that night was a tree decorating party that our new house mom hosted to get girls excited about the holidays. At every meeting this month we collected donations for the Rose McGill Holiday Sharing to help out a Kappa’s family in financial need this holiday season. We met our goal and bought gift cards from places requested by the family.
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For the fourth year in a row, the amazing ladies of Zeta Zeta received the Drosten Cup for our outstanding cumulative hours of community service. During the fall, Zeta Zeta competed in many philanthropy weeks, including Delta Tau Delta’s Bleed Purple, Beta Theta Pi’s Save the World, and Phi Delta Theta’s philanthropy week. We also volunteered in a variety of events on campus such as Homecoming Week, “Into the Streets” and Missouri School for the Deaf. We then hosted our sixth annual “Teeing Off for a Better World” Golf Tournament and raised the largest amount of money thus far. We participated in Fall Recruitment and initiated 17 wonderful new members who we are proud to call our sisters. We continued to participate in intramural sports such as softball and won futsal intramurals. We were able to grow closer as sisters in the fall with social events such as Kappa Kappa Jean, our themed formal, and winter formal. Overall, it was a tremendous year for the Zeta Zeta Kappas filled with many smiles and much success. We are excited for another wonderful year to come.
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Westminster College was founded in 1851 and continues to be a private, educational, residential, selective, undergraduate college today. With a curriculum based on liberal arts, the college is based on reaching excellence through education and preparing graduates to become leaders of the future. Westminster is a very small college with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and a classroom atmosphere that is small and personable. Westminster has many great opportunities both academically and socially.  
  
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December: As activities were winding down, the Public Relations Chair hosted Kappa Chino on December 3rd. Kappa Chino is where our chapter gives our free Starbucks coffee and donuts to people on campus near finals week. This year we had fifty-two Kappa’s stop by the station to help out and hand out free coffee to anyone who wants it. During this week and the next the “Kappa Library” was opened at the Kappa House. Lastly, to close out the year we had out triplet meeting with all the advisors, previous officers, and new officers.  
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Zeta Zeta prides itself in being very competitive both academically and with social accomplishments. Zeta Zeta earned first in several philanthropic events, as well as intramurals. We participated in many campus activities and won the Drosten Cup. Westminster Kappa’s are leaders on campus and excel at displaying the five virtues of Kappa: wisdom, sincerity, loyalty, friendship, and inner beauty. They strive to welcome and have a warm attitude to all those incoming students as well as with our fellow sisters.
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2013 was a very big year for Texas A&M that included immense changes for our University. In July President Loftin announced that he is stepping down as President of Texas A&M University. Much of our University was upset by this announcement because President Loftin embodied A&M and made extensive changes to our school. Although he is leaving, his idea of a new and improved Kyle Field will continue on. Reconstruction to our football stadium began right after our last home game against Mississippi State on November 9th.  The new stadium will be the biggest in the SEC and will hold 102, 500 screaming fans. And lastly, although he didn’t win, Johnny Manziel was once again a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. He himself changed Texas A&M football along side Coach Sumlin, who in December signed a six-year extension contract.  
 
  
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Our chapter is very genuine and down to earth. We love to volunteer at our local philanthropy and continue to look at Nehemiah as an opportunity to stay positive and help the wonderful kids who need support. We are also a very spirited chapter and love to have fun.
 
  
 
==Highlights of 2014==
 
==Highlights of 2014==
  
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January: The Epsilon Rho chapter officers for 2014 attended an officer’s retreat Friday January 10th through Saturday 11th at adviser, Carol’s Gruen’s, ranch house. This was the first time the 2014 officers worked together to plan for a great year for our chapter. The officers established goals for the entire chapter to accomplish in 2014, created the chapter calendar for the fall, and made important decisions about the Epsilon Rho Chapter as a whole. This 2 day retreat allowed all the officers to bond as friends and officers and helped our Chapter Council grow. The first meeting of the year was on Monday, January 13th, 2014. A Leadership consultant, Emilie Blake, came to our chapter from January 26th – 31st.  She had been a Leadership Consultant for us the year before. It was a great opportunity to strengthen our relationship with her while she gave us feedback on our chapter’s strengths and focus areas and assessed our progress since her last visit.  
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Zeta Zeta began 2014 by holding Chapter Council elections and installing a new chapter council. During our Spring Recruitment we initiated one lovely and beautiful sister into our chapter. We then had Mom's Weekend, where we had lunch and a silent auction. Later on we had our annual Sapphire Ball. We made monthly visits to the local Missouri School for the Deaf, where we did arts and craft projects and played outdoors with the children. Zeta Zeta participated in a number of Philanthropy weeks throughout the year. In the spring we participated in Sigma Alpha Epsilon's, and Sigma Chi's Derby Days  philanthropy week. In February we hosted our Reading is Key event at the Fulton Public Library, in which our theme was A Very Hungry Kappaillar. There we did arts and crafts, read books, and handed out free books to the children who attended. We also hosted A Very Hungry Kappapillar Pie Eating Contest in our school gym to raise money for Reading is Fundamental, and to get students on campus involved and more knowledgeable about the topic. This was a fun event to do with the student body and to help raise money. In April we partnered with Phi Delta Theta and put on an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of the Fulton community.  
  
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February: Our chapter had a great time country dancing at our Semi-formal, “Texas Tuxes”, on February 6th. On February 8th, our officers attended, adviser, Carol Gruen’s ranch house again for a meeting with the University of Texas Kappa’s Chapter Council. We shared ideas, talked about our chapter’s pros and cons, and bonded with each other and our advisors. Our chapter also hosted a Valentine’s Day party on the 13th. The party was also to celebrate our house mom, Martha Hurley’s, birthday. We decorated cookies and sang Happy Birthday to Mom Hurley.  
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Our Zeta Zeta girls stayed in shape by participating in various spring intramural sports including basketball, and volleyball. For the fifth year in a row the amazing ladies of Zeta Zeta received the Drosten Cup for our outstanding cumulative hours of community service. We pride ourselves on this award and strive to keep winning in it in the years to come. Fall semester began and we initiated 13 wonderful new sisters to our chapter. We volunteered in a variety of events on campus such as Homecoming Week, "Into the Streets", and Missouri School for the Deaf. We then hosted out seventh annual "Teeing Off for a Better World" Golf Tournament which turned out very successful. We continued to participate in fall intramural sports including futsal, and softball. We were able to grow closer as sisters in the fall with several social events including "If It Ain't Neon It Shouldn't Be On", our themed formal, and winter formal. A major event for our Chapter this year was a visit from President and Executive Officer of Reading is Fundamental Carol Rasco. She came and stayed at Westminster for a few days and during her stay she educated our Chapter on the importance of Reading is Fundamental, and was a guest speaker at a Lunch and Learn event on our campus. We were so grateful to have the opportunity for her to come to our campus. Overall, it was a tremendous year for the Zeta Zeta Kappas filled with many smiles and much success. We are looking forward to another wonderful year to come.
  
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The Nehemiah Center of Navasota is an after school program to help at-risk kids reach their full potential. Every Epsilon Rho member must volunteer at least two times a semester. The girls help the kids with their homework, help with arts and crafts, read with them, and play activities outside. On the 15th we hosted our annual RIF event (Reading is Fundamental) for the kids at the Nehemiah Center. The kids had a fun day as two Texas A&M football players read books to 13 kids and the Kappa Pickers sang 3 songs. Our Academics Banquet was on Monday the 17th. PC 13 and PC 12 had a fun evening on February 20th at the Kappa house for paddle pass. PC13 gave cute, personalized paddles to their big sisters. Dad’s Day on Saturday, February 22th was a success. Kappa’s and their dads had lunch at a local restaurant, the Dixie Chicken. Afterwards, everyone went to a basketball game. PC 13 had a meeting, Rookie Workshop, on Sunday February 23rd. The girls learned about work week, recruitment, and the voting process for Recruitment. At a chapter meeting of February 24th, Sara Tharp and Christa Peyton, our Marshal advisor, explained the importance of Ritual.
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Westminster College was founded in 1851 and continues to be a private, educational, residential, selective undergraduate college today. With a curriculum based on liberal arts, the college is based on reaching excellence through education and preparing graduates to become leaders of the future. Westminster is a very small college with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere that is small and personable. Westminster has great opportunities both academically and socially that will help students excel outside of college.  
  
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March: Kappa was a part of the first Panhellenic Preview Day on Saturday, March 22nd. Every sorority had a booth and members outside of their house so potential new members who were interested in recruitment could talk to each sorority or ask questions. The first day of senior programming was on March 23rd. As our spring philanthropy, Kappa Kook-out, was near, members held banners between March 24th and April 1st advertising to the student body. The Senior Date Party was a few days later on March 27th. Since the theme was Kappa Kappa Grammy’s, everyone creatively dressed up as their favorite celebrity or artist. As a way to give back to the College Station community, Kappa and the fraternity, Kappa Alpha Order, participated together in Big Event on March 29th. Big Event was founded at Texas A&M, and is an annual university wide community service project for students to serve the local residents in College Station. Our chapters split into smaller groups and did whatever the locals needed help with, such as pulled weeds, raked, and spruced up peoples front and back yards. There was another Rookie Workshop on March 30th, which furthered PC13’s preparation for work week and Recruitment. The same day the seniors had Senior Programming.  
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Zeta Zeta prides itself on being very competitive both academically and with social accomplishments. Zeta Zeta earned first in several philanthropic events, as well as intramurals. We participated in many campus activities and wont the Drosten Cup Award. Kappa's are leaders on campus and excel at displaying the five virtues of Kappa: wisdom. sincerity, loyalty, friendship, and inner beauty. They strive to welcome and have a warm attitude to all those incoming students as well as with our fellow sisters.  
  
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April: Our chapter kicked April off with our philanthropy event, Kappa Kook-out, on the 1st at the Kappa House from 5-8pm. Everyone had a great time eating burgers, and taking pictures with fun props at the photo station. A local musician played live music and the Pickers sang. The line of people who attended was down the street! We raised around $5,000 for the Nehemiah Center of Navasota. A Recruitment workshop was held on April 6th to prepare all members for an effective recruitment. That same day there was a senior programming meeting.  On April 10th we had our formal, Monmouth, with the sorority Pi Beta Phi. The night was filled with a live band, face painting, photo booth, and fun games! Saturday, April 12th was the annual Kappa Krawfish event, on Parents Weekend. It is not a philanthropy event, but a relaxing event for Epsilon Rho’s members, their families and friends to eat crawfish at the Kappa house. PC 13 began learning Kappa’s rituals for initiation at Ritual Review on the 13th.  Seniors attended a senior programming meeting the same day. April 16th was PC 13’s roommate reveal at the Kappa house. Chapter members volunteered at Kappa Chino on the 22nd. They had a great opportunity serving Aggies free coffee and food on campus. The next Sunday, April 27th, the senior members had another Senior Programming meeting. As the semester began to end, our chapter had its last meeting of the semester on April 28. At this meeting our chapter was awarded first place in the SAE philanthropy event and received $3,700 towards our philanthropy, Nehemiah.
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Our Chapter holds its meetings in the Kappa Kappa Gamma lounge that resides in the basement of Weigle Hall which is a residence hall on campus. This lounge is owned by Westminster College.  Zeta Zeta does not have a house on Westminster's Campus. We have a lounge where we meet for chapter and chapter council meetings, as well as sisterhood bonding events. This is also a place where members are free to come and hangout, do homework, or socialize any time. There is no designated place for Kappas to live but our sisters have a close bond and a lot of girls choose to live together even as a pledge in the on campus housing. This is the member's choice and it is nice to see that our members are close and choose to live together even though we do not have designated housing for Kappas.
  
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May: On May 4th, the Senior Programming Dinner was held. The local alums hosted a dinner for the seniors at Kay Cox’s house. The chapter room became the “Kappa Library” for all the members as finals approached.
 
  
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June: Our chapter had the privilege to host the Kappa Convention in Houston, TX. Four of our officers and a few of our advisors attended the convention from June 25th to 29th. They attended workshops, meetings, banquets, a speaker, and much more. We received the Best Advisory Board Award and Honorable Mention for Gracious Living, Panhellenic, and Philanthropy. During the convention, the officers saw the heart of Kappa Kappa Gamma. They learned that Kappa Kappa Gamma is bigger than just our chapter, but Kappa’s all across the country make a difference in this sorority.
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==Highlights of 2015==
  
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Zeta Zeta started the year off strong this year with a great new Chapter Council. We began by attending our monthly trips to our local philanthropy at Missouri School for the Deaf. These trips are always so much fun seeing the smiles on the kid’s faces when we visit them. In February, we put on our annual Reading is Key event for Reading is Fundamental. This year our theme for this event was Kappily Ever After. We had so much fun making Disney themed crafts with the children of Fulton and reading to them. The kids had such a great time and were so excited they got to take home a free book. Throughout the semester we also supported the philanthropies of other Greek organizations on campus. We participated in Beta Theta Pi’s philanthropy week to support Chads Coalition and Phi Gamma Delta’s philanthropy week to support Special Olympics. For some more fun with our sisters we teamed up for volleyball and futsol intramurals.
  
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August: As the summer ended, PC 13 moved into the Kappa house on August 16th. From August 18th to the 22nd our chapter attended Work Week. We worked extremely hard for a great recruitment. Over the week, we kept spirits high with costume themes everyday, dunking booth, slip and slide, and snow cones. The Nehemiah board visited our chapter one day during work week thanking us for all our support and donations. It was very special to us to see Epsilon Rho’s impact on Nehemiah. Saturday, the 23rd our parents and friends supported us by watching our wonderful Disney themed skit for recruitment. As a result, we received great feedback. The next week, August 25th through the 29th, our chapter and Recruitment team gave 110% during Recruitment. Our first theme of the week was “Candy Land”. We changed our philanthropy day this year. We explained Nehemiah and our national philanthropy through parodies of famous songs. Girls dress up as the iconic singers and sang the parts. It was a hit! As a result of our hard work, our chapter received 89 wonderful girls to our chapter! We were ecstatic to welcome them on August 30th with the theme “Don’t Mess With Kappa.”
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In April we had our annual Sapphire Ball which was a wonderful time spent dancing with our sisters. At the end of the semester we won the Drosten Cup for our outstanding cumulative hours of community service. We have won this award for the sixth year in a row; it is an incredible reward for all of our hard work! Each year we continue to strive to receive this award.
  
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September: September 1st was the beginning of school. This was also the first new member meeting at 6pm each week following the first weekly chapter meeting at 7pm. The officers described their positions during the chapter meeting for PC 14. PC 14 had formal pledging at the next meeting on September 8th, which was a formal meeting. Our chapter had a special opportunity on the 14th as a trainer, Sharon Gober, from Fraternity Council talked to our entire chapter. She taught us about the use of committees and ritual, and our chapter grew stronger from her advice. The Panhellenic soccer game was held on the same day. Our chapter won the highest attendance of the game. This is our second year to win. During our next meeting, September 22nd, we had an academic celebration. The members who earned excellent grades received gifts. 33 girls earned 4.0’s during the fall semester. September 30th was an exciting night for PC 14 because it was Big Little reveal at the Kappa house.
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We returned from summer break ready to take on recruitment. We had a successful recruitment and we welcomed eleven lovely new members to our chapter. These girls are the perfect addition to Zeta Zeta for they make our chapter complete. They joined right in to our softball and basketball intramurals. We continued our monthly trips to Missouri School for the Deaf.
  
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October: Composite pictures were taken on the first and second of October at the park nearby the Kappa house. The first date party of the fall semester was on the second as well. The theme was “Peace, Love, and Kappa” and everyone dressed up in 70’s theme costumes. On Sunday the 5th, PC13 attended a ritual review meeting. They prepared for initiation and fireside through entertaining activities. For the Ole Miss vs. Texas A&M game, Epsilon Rho hosted a Kappa Parents tailgate on Saturday the 11th at Spence Park for our members and their families. Everyone ate delicious barbeque and played games.
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In September we held our eighth annual “Teeing Off for a Better World” golf tournament where we raised almost $5,000 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We had our first formal of the school year in October which was a themed formal. This year was a Decades theme and it was fun to see all the girls dressed up in all different decades.
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In the fall we participated in several philanthropy weeks for other organizations. We participated in Alpha Gamma Delta’s philanthropy week for American Diabetes Association, Beta Theta Pi’s for Chads Coalition, and Delta Tau Delta’s for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).  We joined in on Kappa Alpha Theta’s Queso for Casa event to help them raise money for their national philanthropy CASA.  Westminster Greek life is known to be a very PanHellenic community and Zeta Zeta is always eager to support other Greek organizations in any way we can.
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After initiating our eleven new members this semester we held elections. Everything went smoothly and we elected a wonderful new Chapter council. These girls will carry our chapter to success throughout the next year. We closed the semester with our annual Winter Formal. It was a great way to celebrate a successful semester and bond with our sisters. We look forward to what the next year brings.
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Westminster College got a new President, Dr. Benjamin Ola Akande. Dr. Akande has been doing great things to improve Westminster’s campus. He also is supportive of Greek life and has been pushing to help us all grow. Our chapter is going through a process to get a floor in a residence hall for girls to live in since there are no sorority houses on campus. This is a work in progress but we hope that it will help our chapter grow in numbers, improve Greek life on campus, and some day lead to a house in the future. Our chapter has a positive outlook on the future and we are not only making changes to our chapter for ourselves, but also for future members to come.
 
   
 
   
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The next day all our members attended the chapter ritual workshop. We prepared for Fireside and practiced ritual to ensure that initiation would run smoothly. Our chapter celebrated Founders Day at our formal meeting on October 13th.The education officer, Monica Priwin, and her committee gave a presentation to the chapter. Everyone had dessert and spent time together after the meeting to continue the celebration.
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To celebrate PC 14’s initiation, our chapter had a Sisterhood-Initiation week event on the 22nd. Everyone spent the evening together watching Hocus Pocus and eating s’mores at the Kappa house. October 24th was a memorable night for our sorority. Our chapter had Fireside at the Kappa house for PC 14. The Aggie Greek Awards Banquet was that night.  Epsilon Rho received the Loyalty award and the Selfless Service Award. Only 8 awards were presented and we received two. Also, our President, Rachel Huber, was a finalist for Sorority Woman of the Year. These awards were great accomplishments for our chapter. The next morning, we had initiation. 88 wonderful girls in PC 14 officially became members of our chapter. On October 28th we had a date party with the sorority Chi Omega. It was “Owl-oween” themed and everyone decked out in creative Halloween costumes. It was great having an event with another sorority. On Halloween, Our sorority participated in the Panhellenic Trick or Treat on the Row event. Kids who lived in the area played games in front of the Kappa house with our members from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
 
  
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November: On November 8th our chapter hosted our biggest philanthropy event, Kappa Kolor Run. It is a 5k run around sorority row in College Station. Chapter members are stationed throughout the race throwing powdered paint at the runners. Every runner received a t-shirt before the race and food was provided for everyone afterwards. Another part of the event was a silent auction; we had great items such as a weekend at a beach house, beat headphones, and a puppy. In all the three years our chapter has hosted Kappa Kolor, this was the highest attended race and the most money every raised. About 950 people attended the race, which greatly surpassed our expectations. Our chapter raised around $35,000 in total. This was a huge accomplishment for us and appreciated by our philanthropy, Nehemiah.
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Our chapter has traditionally raised money for Reading is Fundamental and Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We donate each year to the Rose McGill Holiday Sharing Program to help a person in need during the holidays. We do local and school wide service events yearly for instance Into the Streets where we clean up the streets of Fulton and Martin Luther King Service day. We also volunteer at the local soup kitchen.  
  
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Later that day, our chapter celebrated Mom’s Day. Our members and their moms went to the Hilton in College station for a luncheon. There was great food, a raffle, and everyone spent great quality time together. For a fun treat, we had a sisterhood event on the 19th. Just our chapter saw the premiere of the Hunger Games at the movie theatre in College Station. The next evening, November 20th, our chapter had our last date party of the semester, Ranch Party, with the sorority Tri Delta in Bryan, TX. Everyone put on their cowboy boots and had a great time two stepping the night away. On November 21st and 22nd, we participated in Songfest, which is a dance competition hosted by Chi Omega that organizations pair up to compete in for two days. This is a great way for organizations to make friends with their partners and raise money for their philanthropies. We competed with the fraternity Beta Theta Pi and raised $2,000 for Nehemiah.  
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We chose these organizations because they match our virtues and we strive to always help our community in any way we can.
  
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December: On the December 1st meeting, the new officers for 2015 were inducted. On Sunday the 7th, the new and old officers, and advisors attended the Triplet meeting to discuss each position for the new officers. On December 8th, we had karaoke at the Kappa house for our last meeting. The girls sang songs and ate yummy desserts for a relaxing last meeting before finals.
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==Highlights of 2016==
  
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Over the year, Texas A&M stadium has been under construction. The new stadium will be the biggest in the SEC and will hold 102,500 screaming fans. Our Previous president, President Loftin, stepped down last year and was not replaced in 2014. He has been replaced by Michael Young in the beginning of 2015. Epsilon Rho is very genuine and down to earth chapter. We love to volunteer at our local philanthropy, Nehemiah. It has been an a wonderful opportunity that positively impacts spirited kids who need support and even our members. We are also a very enthusiastic chapter and love friendly competition. We are flexible, and willing to try new things for the benefit of the chapter overall.  
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The Zeta Zeta Chapter returned to Westminster College for the spring semester on January 11, 2016. The year became busy right off the bat with a Greek Leadership Workshop where several of our members learned how to be influential leaders in the Greek community at Westminster College. At the end of January we held COB and gave a bid to our sweet Jenny Blake. We had a Hawaiian-themed Bid Day celebration a few days later where we ate kabobs and had a wonderful time. Inspiration Week quickly followed at the beginning of March, and Jenny was initiated on March 5th at Washington University. Additionally, we held our annual Reading is Key event which benefitted Reading is Fundamental.
  
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Our Chapter holds its meetings in the chapter room of the Epsilon Rho Kappa house. The facility is a house owned by the chapter. Our chapter house, which we own, was built in 1981. We added an addition in 2000. Girls from in newest pledge class have the opportunity to live in the house. 49 sisters (including 3 officers) can live in the house.
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Throughout the semester we participated in many service events including: our monthly trips to Missouri School for the Deaf, the local food bank, the Panhellenic Dance-a-thon, and others. We also participated in Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s annual philanthropy week in which we took first place! A few weeks later, Zeta Zeta also partook in Phi Delta Theta’s annual philanthropy week. On March 12, we had our biannual Mom’s Weekend; we spent the day visiting with our moms and painting canvases. The end of March brought about our annual Easter Egg Hunt, which we co-hosted with the men of Phi Delta Theta. Numerous children from the surrounding community came to The Hill to hunt for eggs and we had a blast. In April we hosted our first annual philanthropy week, and it was hugely successful. It was jungle themed and the participants had an awesome time helping us raise money for Reading is Fundamental and The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.
  
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Over the summer, three of our sisters went to the National Convention in San Diego. They had an exciting, eventful time, and brought home good news. Zeta Zeta was awarded for being the most improved chapter of 74 members or less in academic excellence in the biennium; additionally, we were awarded for the greatest giving of any small Kappa chapter to the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. The Kappa floor in Weigle Hall was also renovated to prepare for the upcoming school year.
  
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We ended the semester with our annual Sapphire Ball at a beautiful venue, and graduation on May 7th.
  
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January: The Epsilon Rho chapter officers for 2015 attended an officer’s retreat in College Station on January 16th and 17th. This was the first time the 2015 officers worked together to plan for a great year for our chapter. The officers established goals for the entire chapter to accomplish in 2015, created the chapter calendar for the fall, and made important decisions about the Epsilon Rho Chapter as a whole. This 2 day retreat allowed all the officers to bond as friends and officers and helped our Chapter Council grow. The first meeting of the year was on Monday, January 26th, 2015.  
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Zeta Zeta began the fall semester with formal recruitment. On August 28th, we welcomed 20 beautiful, bright new faces at our donut-themed Bid Day celebration. Our new members were pledged in and began New Member Programming which they completed before an exciting Big/Little reveal and Inspiration Week in mid-October. On October 23rd, we welcomed them into our beautiful sisterhood and they now wear the golden key.
  
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February: The In-House girls had a Super Bowl party on Sunday, February 1th. Then there was a Valentine’s Day party for the entire chapter on the 11th at the Kappa house. Our chapter had a great time country dancing at our Semi-formal, “Texas Tuxes”, on February 12th. The Nehemiah Center of Navasota is an after school program to help at-risk kids reach their full potential. Every Epsilon Rho member must volunteer at least two times a semester. The girls help the kids with their homework, help with arts and crafts, read with them, and play activities outside. On the 13th we hosted our annual RIF event (Reading is Fundamental) for the kids at the Nehemiah Center. We had Texas A&M football players come out to see the kids!! Our chapter participated in Panhellenic Preview day on February 15th. This is an opportunity for incoming freshman girls to meet each sorority. A group of our chapter council attended the Province meeting on February 20th-22nd in Dallas. They worked with other Kappa chapters and brought back valuable tools to build our chapter. We celebrated all the hard work our members put into school by hosting an Academics Banquet on Monday the 23rd. PC 14 and PC 13 had a fun evening on February 25th at the Kappa house for paddle pass. PC14 gave cute, personalized paddles to their big sisters. Dad’s day was on February 28th. Our dad’s came to College Station for a BBQ cookout and then attended an A&M Basketball game with their daughters.
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We also held our two annual fall semester formals, Kappa Krush and Winter Formal, and participated in Delta Tau Delta’s philanthropy week and took home first place! Additionally, we hosted an extremely successful golf tournament, Teeing Off for a Better World, where we raised over $8,000 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We are extremely happy with 2016 and we cannot wait to grow stronger together in the years to come.
  
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March: We had a Leadership Consultant visit our chapter from March 1st-6th. She observed how our chapter functions, and provided feedback about our chapters strengths and weaknesses. PC 14 had a Ritual Review meeting on March 1st where they learned about Fireside and Initiation. There also was a Rookie Workshop meeting on Sunday, March 8th to prepare PC 14 for work week and recruitment. Roommate Reveal was March 11th. This was when PC14 discovered their roommates and their room assignment in the Kappa house for the next school year. The first Senior Programming meeting was on March 23rd. As a way to give back to the College Station community, Kappa and the fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, partnered together for Big Event on March 28th. This event was founded at Texas A&M, and is an annual university wide community service project for students to serve the local residents in College Station. Our chapters split into smaller groups and did whatever the locals needed help with, such as pulled weeds, raked, and spruced up peoples front and back yards. The second Rookie Workshop was on March 29th, which furthered PC14’s preparation for Work Week and Recruitment. There was a Senior Programming meeting on the 29th as well. We held our spring philanthropy event, Kappa Kook-Out, on March 31st at the Kappa House. Everyone had a great time eating burgers, and taking pictures, listening to music and the Pickers. We raised around $4,100 for the Nehemiah Center of Navasota.
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Over the summer of 2016, the second floor of Weigle Hall, as well as the common lounge and our chapter lounge, were renovated extensively. Zeta Zeta now has our own private floor where several of our members live. This change has brought our chapter closer together and we are confident that we will only continue to grow stronger and closer due to this new change on campus.
  
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April: We had a sisterhood event in place of our weekly chapter meeting on April 6th. We had a “Kappa Karnival” at the Kappa house with corndogs, fun slides, and cotton candy! Everyone dressed up in their High School colors for a fun “High School Heroes” Senior Date Party on Tuesday, April 7th. There was a Recruitment workshop for the entire chapter held on April 12th to prepare all members for an effective recruitment. The third Senior Programming meeting was held on April 12th. On April 15th, Kappa participated in Stompfest, which is a dance competition between different organizations at Texas A&M. Our theme was the Disney channel movie “Holes” and we received third place! We had Kappa Con Queso on April 18th. We had a Mexican restaurant, Chuy’s, cater lunch at the Kappa house for Texas A&M Parents weekend. The fourth Senior Programming event was on April 19th. On April 23rd we had our formal, Monmouth, with the sorority Pi Beta Phi. It was masquerade themed and had a live band, dancing, face painting, and fun games! As the semester began to end, our chapter had its last meeting of the semester on April 27th.  
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Historically, Zeta Zeta has supported many organizations including: The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, Reading is Fundamental, Missouri School for the Deaf, and the various philanthropies of our fellow Greek organizations in Fulton.  We choose to support Missouri School for the Deaf because it is a hands on experience where we can see our chapter making a difference in our own local community. No matter the nature of one’s day, they cannot leave MSD without a smile on their face. The children adore the days we arrive to spend time with them and form special relationships.
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Additionally, we support the various organizations that other Greek organizations support in order to bring the Greek community together more so we can all make an even larger impact on the world.
  
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May: On May 3rd the Senior Programming Dinner was held by the Bryan/College Station Alumnae Association. The chapter room became the “Kappa Library” for all the members as finals approached. Our house mother, Martha Hurley, hosted a brunch on May 6th for everyone before finals.
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Zeta Zeta holds chapter meetings in the basement lounge of Weigle Hall at Westminster. Our lounge was renovated over the summer and we have many new, donated pieces of furniture and art from Zeta Zeta alumni.
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August: As the summer ended, PC 13 moved into the Kappa house on August 15th. From August 17th to the 21nd our chapter attended Work Week. We worked extremely hard for a great recruitment. Over the week, we kept spirits high with costume themes everyday, and a petting zoo came to Kappa with a baby  monkey and camel. Saturday, the 22nd our parents and friends supported us by watching our wonderful new skit for recruitment, which was “Kappa Through the Decades”. As a result, we received great feedback. The next week, August 23rd through the 28th, our chapter and Recruitment team gave 110% during Recruitment. “Candy Land” was our first theme, which was used the first two days of Recruitment. On Philanthropy Day, which also consisted of two days, we explained our local and national philanthropies. Girls dress up as iconic singers and sang their parts through parodies of famous songs. On skit day, we introduced our new “Kappa Through the Decades”, which was a hit! As a result of our hard work, our chapter received 88 wonderful new girls! We were ecstatic to welcome them on August 29th with the theme “Don’t Mess With Kappa.” August 31st was the first day of school. The first new member meeting was at 6pm that evening with the first weekly chapter meeting following at 7pm.
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==Highlights of 2017==
  
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September: PC 14 had formal pledging at the September 7th meeting. We had a wonderful LC visit us from September 13th-18th who reminded our chapter what it means to be a Kappa. She also showed us our chapters strengths and what we can improve on this year. September 22nd was an exciting night for PC 15 because it was Big Little reveal at the Kappa house. Our first date party, Kappa Kappa Galaxy, was held on September 24th. It was out of this world!
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he Zeta Zeta Chapter returned to Westminster College for the spring semester on January 16, 2017. Throughout the semester we participated in many service events including: a Westminster blood drive, a Circle of Sisterhood philanthropy week, Cupcakes for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Sexual Assault Week, and more. We also participated in Kappa Alpha Order and Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s annual philanthropy weeks in which we took first place for both! A few weeks later, Zeta Zeta also partook in Phi Delta Theta’s annual philanthropy week. We hosted our Reading is Key event in February at the Fulton library where we read books and made crafts with children of the local community.  
  
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October: To kick off October, PC 14 had a Ritual Review on Sunday, October 4th to prepare for Initiation and Fireside. During our next meeting, October 5th, we had an academic banquet. The members who earned excellent grades received gift cards or small gifts. Composite pictures were taken on the 8th and 9th of October at the park near the Kappa house. The entire chapter attended Ritual Review on October 11th. We prepared for Fireside and practiced ritual to ensure that initiation would run smoothly. Our chapter spiced things up for Founders Day on October 12th by attending a zumba class just for our sorority. Everyone had a blast!
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On March 11, we held our biannual Dad’s Weekend; we spent the day visiting with our dads and playing yard games. The end of March brought about our Kappa Kappa Gamma philanthropy week which was Disney themed where we raised $1848 for Reading is Fundamental and the Special Learning Center.  
  
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To celebrate PC 15’s initiation, Epsilon Rho went ice skating for our Initiation week event on the 14th. Our chapter had Fireside at the Kappa house for PC 15 on Friday the 16th. The next morning, we had Initiation. 88 wonderful girls in PC 15 officially became members of our chapter. On October 29th we had a date party with the sorority Chi Omega. It was “Owl-oween” themed and everyone decked out in creative Halloween costumes. It was great having an event with another sorority. On October 30th Epsilon Rho planned to participate in the Panhellenic Trick or Treat on the Row event, but it was canceled due to bad weather. Every year kids who live in the area play games in front of the Kappa house with our members from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
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The chapter started off April with our annual Easter Egg Hunt, which we co-hosted with the men of Phi Delta Theta. Numerous children from the surrounding community came to The Westminster Hill to hunt for eggs and we had a blast. And we were proud to send a delegate to attend the Kappa Kappa Gamma Leadership Academy, where she brought back numerous ideas to share with our chapter. We ended the semester by participating in the Beta Theta Pi philanthropy week and we hosted our annual Sapphire Ball at a beautiful venue. We also joined a new local philanthropy called the Special Learning Center, an educational institution for children with developmental delays and disabilites. We have visited with the children several times since partnering with them and donated a total of $924 from our previous philanthropy events.
  
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November: During November, our chapter went through the voting process for the upcoming 2016 Chapter Council and planned for our biggest philanthropy event, Kappa Kolor Run. We had two profit shares for the event; one at Chipotle on October 10th and another one at Chick Fil A on October 17th. For a fun treat, we had a sisterhood event on the 18th. Our chapter saw the premiere of Hunger Games at the movie theatre in College Station. We held banners around campus for a few weeks leading up to Kappa Kolor, which was on November 21st. It is a 5k run around sorority row in College Station. Chapter members are stationed throughout the race throwing powdered paint at the runners. Every runner received a t-shirt before the race and food was provided for everyone afterwards. Another part of the event was a silent auction; we had great items such as a David Yurman bracelet, and an Apple watch. In the three years our chapter has hosted Kappa Kolor, this was the most money raised. About 885 people attended the race and our chapter raised $50,572.29 in total. This was a huge accomplishment for us and appreciated by our philanthropy, Nehemiah Center of Navastoa. That weekend our chapter also celebrated Mom’s Day. Our members and their moms attended a Happy Hour Meet and Great on Friday October 20th. There was a shopping event at a local boutique just for Kappas and our moms as well a tour of the Kappa house on the 21st. Finally, there was a luncheon at the Traditions Country Club Century Room on the 22nd. On November 20th and 21st, Epsilon Rho participated in Songfest, which is a dance competition hosted by Chi Omega that organizations pair up to compete in for two days. This is a great way for organizations to make friends with their partners and raise money for their philanthropies. We competed with Squadron 17, which is part of the Texas A&M Corps, and we raised $2,200 for Nehemiah. Elections for the new officers were on November 23rd, and they were inducted at the November 30th meeting.
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Zeta Zeta began the fall semester with formal recruitment. On August 25th, we welcomed 11 beautiful, bright new faces at our Vegas-themed Bid Day celebration. Our new members were pledged in and began New Member Programming which they completed before an exciting Big/Little reveal and Inspiration Week on the first of October. On October 8th, we welcomed them into our beautiful sisterhood and they now wear the golden key.
  
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December: Our chapter had our last date party of the semester, Ranch Party, on December 3rd with the sorority Tri Delta in Bryan, TX. Everyone put on their cowboy boots and had a great time two stepping the night away. On Sunday the 6th, the new and old officers, and advisors attended the Triplet meeting to discuss each position for the new officers. On December 7th, we had a Christmas party as our last meeting of the year.
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We also held our two annual fall semester formals, Kappa Krush and Winter Formal, and participated in various service events throughout the fall semester such as: Mac n Cheese with Alpha Gamma Deltas, a Special Learning Center Trunk or Treat, a Westminster Blood Drive and a Special Learning Center Parent’s Café, where we cared for the children so that the parents could have some time to themselves. Additionally, we hosted an extremely successful golf tournament in September, where we raised $7,070 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. Ending the semester, we just handed out a bid to a wonderful woman and she is going through her New Member Programming. We are excited to be initiating our new member in the beginning of the Spring Semester, due to special request. We are extremely pleased with 2017 and we cannot wait to grow stronger together in the years to come.
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Describe the recent changes on your campus and describe the overall nature of your chapter.
 
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Several great changes happened over 2015. Texas A&M was honored to have Dr. Michael K. Young step in as our new President in May. While he is not an Aggie, he has extensive experience and has been a great leader this past semester. Texas A&M also finally finished their new football stadium over the summer. The new stadium will be the largest in the SEC and will hold 102,500 fans. Epsilon Rho is very genuine and down to earth chapter. We love to volunteer at our local philanthropy, Nehemiah. It has been a wonderful opportunity that positively impacts spirited kids and even our members. We are also a very enthusiastic chapter, love friendly competition, and love supporting other chapters at Texas A&M. We are flexible, and willing to try new things for the benefit of the chapter overall.
 
  
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Chapter Philanthropy:
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Over the summer of 2016, the second floor of Weigle Hall, as well as the common lounge and our chapter lounge, were renovated extensively. We continued to update this floor with new decorations and personalized the name boxes for the new members to live on the floor for the fall of 2017. The first year we had this floor there were 11 members living there but for 2017, we have 18 members living in and this change has brought our chapter closer together as majority of our chapter are housemates. We are confident that we will only continue to grow stronger and closer due to this new change on campus.
  
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What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
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Historically, Zeta Zeta has supported many organizations including: The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, Reading is Fundamental, Missouri School for the Deaf, the Special Learning Center and the various philanthropies of our fellow Greek organizations in Fulton. We recently chose to support the Special Learning Center (SLC) because it is a hands on experience where we can see our chapter making a difference in a nearby local community. No matter the nature of one’s day, they cannot leave SLC without a smile on their face. The children adore the days we arrive to spend time with them and form special relationships.
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Additionally, we support the various organizations that other Greek organizations support in order to bring the Greek community together more so we can all make an even larger impact on the world.
  
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Epsilon Rho raises money for The Nehemiah Center in Navasota, which is an after school program for young children in the town of Navasota, TX. We have members of our sorority volunteer at Nehemiah everyday. We raised 4,100.39 from Kappa Kookout in the Spring, and $50,572.29 for Kappa Kolor in Fall of 2015. We also raised $2,200 for Nehemiah through Songfest.
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Zeta Zeta holds chapter meetings in the basement lounge of Weigle Hall at Westminster. Our lounge was renovated over the summer and we have many new, donated pieces of furniture and art from Zeta Zeta alumni.
  
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Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
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==Highlights of 2018==
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We chose Nehemiah because they are a loving organization that is positively changing kids lives. The people who run Nehemiah are so passionate, but they need help encouraging and working with the children. We felt a desire to get involved and help Nehemiah in anyway we can. Since our National Philanthropy is Reading is Fundamental, we promote the importance of reading. We want to build strong reading skills in these children, and illustrate how school provides endless opportunities.
 
  
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==Highlights of 2019==
  
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==Highlights of 2016==
 
  
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The spring semester was an eventful one to say the least. In February, Epsilon Rho celebrated 40
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The Zeta Zeta Chapter returned for the spring semester on January 14th. This year we decided to change our normal winter formal from December to January and started our semester with a Kappa New Years formal which our chapter enjoyed. Later on, March 2nd we hosted our biannual Dad’s Weekend where we spent the day visiting with our dads, eating delicious food, and playing yard games.  
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years of establishment at Texas A&M. Alumnae of all ages gathered to compare stories, remember
 
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times as collegiate students, and experience what our chapter is like today. The most favored event
 
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of the weekend was the mock recruitment styled presentation at the Kappa house. Later that
 
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month, our Chaplains hosted the first ever Kappa Kampfire, where chapter members use their
 
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talents to lead worship music and encourage one another. In March, our chapter raised $7,929 for
 
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Nehemiah at Kappa Kookout, a picnic-styled philanthropy event hosted in the backyard and
 
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$13,000 by winning first place in Paddy Murphy, a philanthropy fundraising competition hosted by
 
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the men’s fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In April, Kappa paired up with a fraternity in the
 
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National Pan-Hellenic Council to proudly take home a trophy at Stompfest while benefiting
 
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Nehemiah. We ended the semester off with a bang at Kappa Sapphire Ball, where chapter members
 
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and their dates enjoyed a formal party at Pebble Creek Country Club.
 
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In June, members from Epsilon Rho attended National Convention in San Diego where our
 
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chapter was awarded the National Philanthropy Award, the KKG Foundation Award, and the
 
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Honarable Member for the Heritage Award.
 
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At the beginning of the fall semester in September, we welcomed a pledge class of 81 women to our
 
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chapter after the most successful recruitment week yet. We were ecstatic to meet our new family
 
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members at Big Little Reveal and later initiate them in October. The first weekend in November
 
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was a busy one for Epsilon Rho. We raised $51,462.25 at our philanthropy event, Kappa Kolor 5k
 
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Run on Saturday morning and spent the remainder of the weekend enjoying time with our mothers
 
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at various Kappa Mom’s Day events. Throughout the semester, chapter members participated in
 
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"Kappa Kindness" as a way to say thank you to Bryan/College Station by delivering sweets to local
 
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law enforcement officers and children at the Boys and Girls Club as well as a special performance
 
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by our Kappa Pickers at a local nursing home. In December, Kappas and their dates two-stepped
 
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the night away at our final social event of the year, Ranch Party, in celebration of our many
 
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accomplishments in 2016 and in anticipation of a great year to come.
 
  
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This year, the first ever woman Student Body President was elected at Texas A&M University. This
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At the beginning of April, we held our final formal event of the semester, Sapphire Ball at Canterbury Hill Winery near Jefferson City. On April 10th our chapter participated in an annual community service day known as Campus Beautification at Westminster College where our sisters helped to make our campus look better while helping the environment.  Our Alum weekend was that next weekend and on April 13th we hosted our yearly Alum event where we performed ritual with our alum and then went to our lounge where we chatted and ate lunch together. Ending our semester, we hosted a Reading is Fundamental event at the public library where there was lunch and we got the chance to read and hand out books while making crafts with children in the community.
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monumental moment empowered women campus-wide and within our chapter
 
  
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The Nehemiah Center of Navasota is our local philanthropy and where most of our time,
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Our chapter returned to Westminster College on August 16th in preparation for work week and recruitment. We had 15 girls move onto our floor to live on for this academic year which helps to bring our chapter closer together. During this week we held many fun sisterhood bonding events such as a photoshoot, themed dress up days, and prizes given out at the end of each work day. We started with floor tours on the 22nd and recruitment lasted until August 25th where we welcomed 7 beautiful new faces at our Ice themed Bid day celebration. Our members were pledged in the following day and began New Member Programing.  
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fundraising, and effort goes. We have 5-10 actives volunteering at the after-school program every
 
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day of the semester. Additionally, we host Kappa Kolor 5k Run and Kappa Kookout to raise money
 
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to help provide better facilities, equipment, and books for the kids at Nehemiah.
 
  
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Our chapter chose to support this organization due to previous relationships and the many
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On September 14th we held our annual Kappa Klassic golf tournament where we grossed $7,150 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation and later that month, we had the chance to participate in a Behind Happy Faces, a presentation where we all discussed and brainstormed various ways to help with mental health in our chapter.  
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opportunities it provides us to encourage literacy, or Reading Is Fundamental, to children
 
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attending the after-school program.
 
  
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We meet in the chapter room of our sorority house
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October was a busy month for the Zeta Zeta chapter as we kicked it off with Inspiration (initiation) week with a Friends themed Big/little reveal on October 1st and ended the week with the initation of our new members as well as a banquet in the afternoon of October 6th. We then celebrated Founder’s Day as a chapter by taking out older composites and scrapbooks and having dinner together while playing Kappa trivia games in our lounge. We also enjoyed our annual fall Kappa Krush formal that was Cowboy vs. Alien theme. To end the month, members of our chapter participated in a trunk or treat event help by our campus for local kids as well as held a dodgeball tournament for the local adoption center for dogs/animals in our area where we raised $200.
  
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For Oral History Project we recommend Carling Repass (heartwarming, funny story)
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To mark the end of the year, we held our annual leadership/transition day where as a chapter we bonded over leadership skill training in groups and discussed how to better our chapter for our future CC and all members. We concluded our last chapter of the semester with a sisterhood bonding gift exchange.
  
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Throughout the year we had a couple of LCs’ visit our chapter, Becca and Kat who provided us with excellent advice that we have applied to our chapter to make it run more efficient and cohesively. We also had the opportunity to send a representative to the Kappa Leadership Academy where she brought back many ideas to share to better our chapter and grow our leadership skills. 
  
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For founders day, we met in our chapter lounge to have dinner together. We brought out old composities from our zeta zeta chapter as well as scrapbooks and then played a trivia game regarding which famous and succesful women were Kappa alum.
  
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==Highlights of 2017==
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We also participated in many philanthropy events on campus such as Alpha Gamma Delta’s Taco Tuesday to help battle child hunger, Cupcakes for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), pancakes with FIGI (USO Nonprofit), and KA and AGD’s Poker for Pearls (Child hunger and Muscular Dystrophy Association). Our chapter was involved in other campus events such as intramural sports like volleyball, futsal, and softball. We also participated in philanthropy weeks for Kappa Alpha Order, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delta Theta and Beta Theta Pi where we took first place in all!
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Besides campus philanthropy’s, we also went to our local philanthropy, the Special Learning Center numerous times. SLC is an educational institution for children with developmental delays and disabilities.  It is a hands-on experience where we can see a direct difference we make in our community. We get to spend time with the kids during parent cafes where the parents can have some time to themselves. We also participated in a Trunk or Treat event near Halloween where we decorated a car and passed out candy to kids at SLC.
  
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The spring semester was an awesome one for Kappa. We kicked off the beginning of the new year with
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In preparation for the sesquicentennial (150th) celebration of Kappa, our chapter welcomed the Minnie Stewart Van on November 17th where our sisters got to experience a virtual reality representation of the start of Kappa and got the unique chance to see artifacts from the first couple charter chapters. This was a great experience that was so special to us as we were reminded of the significance of our ritual and chapter history. We got to reflect on why we were here and our purpose within Kappa. We invited alumnae to lunch with the chapter the day of the visit.
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a chapter favorite, Kappa's Semi-Formal where member's danced all night long. To begin March, Kappa
 
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hosted our annual Kappa Dad's weekend. Dads and daughters attended lunch, took tours of Kyle Field,
 
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and finished off the weekend at a Texas A&M Baseball game. The following weekend, Kappa was awarded
 
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the Loyalty Award at the Aggie Greek Banquet. Loyalty is one of A&M core values and it was an
 
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incredible honor to receive this award. Later in March, our chapter hosted our annual spring
 
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philanthropy event, Kappa Kookout, which was a huge success! We raised $6,703 for our local
 
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philanthropy, The Nehemiah Center of Navasota, and we even had the Aggie Ranglers come and perform
 
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for some live entertainment. In addition to the money from Kookout, Kappa raised $14,000 for
 
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Nehemiah by participating and winning first place in Paddy Murphy, a philanthropy fundraising
 
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competition hosted by the men's fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In April, a few of our Chapter
 
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Council members attended the Kappa Leadership Conference in St. Louis, Missouri and got to meet
 
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Kappas from all over the nation. To end the semester with a bang, Kappa paired up with Pi Phi to
 
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host Monmouth, our formal party where members brought dates and got to celebrate the end of a great
 
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semester.
 
  
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The fall semester was an eventful one to say the least. Due to Hurricane Harvey, a major hurricane
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Our Zeta Zeta chapter met new milestones this year with one of our members being awarded a Kappa scholarship. Our chapter also had the highest grades for any Greek organization on campus for the Spring semester of 2019. We recently implemented Sunshine Chair into our weekly chapter meetings where one person is appointed to tell the chapter something positive that happened to them over the course of the previous week. The chosen sister then chooses another girl to be it next week. This has brought our chapter closer together as we get to hear about each other’s weeks as well as keeps us in a positive mood during chapter.  
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that devastated the city of Houston and many surrounding cities with record-breaking floods, Bid
 
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Day was cancelled and the girls received their bids via phone call or FaceTime from their Rho
 
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Gams. Fortunately, a couple weekends into school, Kappa was able to recreate bid day at the Kappa
 
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House and celebrate our lovely 88 new members! The next couple of weeks were full of fun and
 
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excitement for the new and old Kappas. At the end of September, Kappa had their first date party of
 
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the year, followed by big little reveal, and then we got to initiate our fantastic new members in
 
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October. Following initiation, Kappa teamed up with Chi Omega to host "Owloween" where members got
 
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to dress up to celebrate Halloween with their dates. In November, Kappa raised
 
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$24,442 for Nehemiah through our annual Kappa Kolor Auction. In December, Kappas and their dates
 
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two-stepped the night away at our final social event of the year, Ranch Party, in celebration of
 
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our many accomplishments in 2017 and in anticipation of a great year to come.
 
  
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As mentioned above, Hurricane Harvey devastated the city of Houston. Unfortunately, many of our
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On campus we know have to implement a financial transparnecy part of recruitment as well as no longer have a full philanthropy week.  
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members and their families were affected by this natural disaster. Thankfully, Kappas were able to
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Our chapter has been very postive and hard working as we hold many philanthropy events  and particpate in other events as well. We also partiicpate in many intramurals and hold the highest grades in any greek organization on campus.
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reach out and to receive help from the Rose McGill foundation. The moments like this when we are
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able to help out our loved ones in time of need is what makes our chapter proud to be Kappas.
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Our local philanthropy is the Special Learning Center in Jefferson City. The focus of this school is to help younger kids grow with their disabilties or developmental delays and to be able to expand their abilities that every child has.  Being able to donate our time to a wide array of kids dealing with different disabilities and coming from all differnent backgrounds allows the parents to then have time to get groceries or other tasks that may seem simple to others but are a big deal to them.  
  
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or founders day we met in our chapter lounge to have dinner together. We brought out old composities from our zeta zeta chapter as well as scrapbooks and then played a trivia game regarding which famous and succesful women were Kappa alum.
  
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The acceptance rate at Texas A&M has grown exponentially in the past couple of years which has
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==Highlights of 2020==
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increased the number of participants in recruitment, allowing each chapter to welcome more members.
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The Zeta Zeta chapter returned to Westminster College for the Spring semester of the 2019-2020 school year on January 13th. Just a few weeks after this we had our first formal of the new year on February 1st. This formal was 1920’s themed to celebrate being in 2020. This was a great way to connect with each other after winter break. 
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On February 20th, the chapter hosted a Kappasta philanthropy event. Our chapter, as well as other sorority and fraternity chapters donated different pasta and students came and bought it for dinner. All the money raised from this went to The Special Learning Center in Jefferson City and Reading is Fundamental. 
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This leads us to March 23rd which was the day that campus closed due to the COVID-19 virus. Classes went to a virtual format for the rest of the semester which meant some changes for our chapter. Because we could not all be together, we began having virtual chapters in order to carry out our matter of business. Obviously COVID brought about changes that no one was expecting. Having to do chapter virtually and being away from each other for months was not easy, but our bond with each other only grew stronger as we got through the tough times together. 
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Coming back for the Fall semester of the 2020-2021 year we knew that things were going to look different. Three of our members also received scholarships from Kappa for the school year. We knew that we were not going to be able to have formals, philanthropy events like our annual golf tournament, no intramural and no LC visits. Although this was sad were able to look at the bright side and are still able to grow and be together in one way or another as a chapter. Classes started for the Fall semester on August 12th. That week we had work week and began preparing for our hybrid recruitment. Recruitment started on the 21st with our virtual open house on Zoom. The next day we did a virtual philanthropy day also on Zoom. The next morning, we were able to do an in-person preference day in small groups with masks and socially distanced. That evening we had 12 girls run down the hill and then we got 4 COB the next day. 
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They were pledged in the following Monday and they started new member programming. We then had initiation on October 4th. Because we have such a small chapter we were one of the only chapters that were granted permission to have initiation in person which was the closest thing to normal that had happened all semester which was really great. 
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For Founder’s Day on October 13th, we had a virtual zoom call where we played Kappa trivia games and had the chance to talk to past Zeta Zeta alumna and hear about their experiences as a member of Kappa and ask her questions. Later in the semester we were able to safely follow CDC guidelines and have a sisterhood bonding event where were we carved pumpkins together before Halloween. 
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During our last chapter of the semester, we had another safe sisterhood bonding event where we had a Thanksgiving dinner together. After we ate, we made tie blankets to give to the children at the Special Learning Center in Jefferson City. 
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This year we also had three of our members receive scholarships through the Kappa Kappa Gamma foundation for the 2020-2021 school year.
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==Highlights of 2021==
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The Zeta Zeta chapter of Westminster College returned to campus on January 18th for the spring semester. This semester appeared different than our previous years due to Covid when it came down to events. We did not have our annual winter formal. Throughout this semester we tried to incorporate many sisterhood bonding events and more philanthropy events because of this. 
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On February 7th our chapter got together after chapter and made blankets for our local philanthropy, The Special Learning Center located in Jefferson City. 
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On February 18th, our chapter participated in a philanthropy event for Alpha Gama Delta(Child hunger and Muscular Dystrophy Association). 
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On March 21st our chapter got together and made baskets to donate to The Special Learning Center. We put easter themed gifts together in a basket for the kids. 
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On March 31st, the chapter hosted a Kappasta philanthropy event. This is when our sorority and fraternity chapters donated different pasta sauces and students came and bought it for lunch. All of the money we raised went to The Special Learning Center in Jefferson City and Reading is Fundamental. 
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Our chapter unfortunately was not able to go to our local philanthropy this semester, so our philanthropy chairman found a local group called Spring Team who was ecstatic for volunteers. Our chapter really enjoyed this new philanthropy event, so we would try to as often as possible. On February 27th, March 20th and April 10th our whole chapter went out and helped cleaned the stream bordering our campus. Our chapter chopped down honeysuckle trees and picked up trash around campus. (Honeysuckle trees kill all plant life surrounding them and take over). Throughout the rest of the semester our chapter 
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On April 13th we participated in Cupcakes for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Kappa Alpha Theta. April 18th-25th our chapter set up a book drive through Amazon. We collected books and then donated them to a local school in Fulton. On April 21st our chapter participated in Kappa Alpha Orders philanthropy event.
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On April 20th our chapter was honored the Drosten Cup award. This award combines outstanding service and scholarship. Our chapter holds the highest-grade percentage on campus competing against all other organizations and clubs. 
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Our chapter returned to Westminster College for the fall semester on August 12th. We immediately started work week and prepping for a great recruitment. For sisterhood bonding during recruitment our chapter all participated in a planner party where we had snacks and wrote down assignments in our planner for the upcoming semester. We had 14 girls move onto our floor to live this whole academic year. During recruitment we started with floor tours on August 16th and then recruitment lasted until August 29th where we welcomed 8 new lovely members at our Jungle themed Bid Day celebration. Our members were pledged in the following day and then began the New Member Programming. 
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On September 25th we held our annual Kappa Klassic golf tournament where we grossed $8,575 for the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. 
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October was busy as always for our chapter starting it off with initiation week. On October 3rd we had our Big/Little reveal then exactly one week later we had a wonderful initiation on October 10th. We had all the parents of our new members join us in a lunch celebration this afternoon. Following this we celebrated Founder’s Day as a chapter by bonding and eating ice-cream floats in our lounge. We later in the month had our first formal event after a year of not having one! We enjoyed our annual fall Kappa Krush formal which was themed Dynamic Duo. To end this month, right before Halloween, our chapter participated in Trunk or Treat for The Special Learning Center on October 28th. 
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For an end of year event, we held our annual transition day where we discussed how to better our chapter and how to help our future CC members and all of our members. Then the following week we held Thanksgiving as a chapter for a sisterhood bonding event. Throughout this semester our chapter strived for involvement with clubs and events such as intramurals. We also held ourselves accountable for our academics. Having one member receive a scholarship from the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation is a huge accomplishment for us as well. 
  
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The Nehemiah Center of Navasota is our local philanthropy and where most of our time, fundraising,  
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==Highlights of 2022==
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and effort goes. We have 5-10 actives volunteering at the after-school program every day of the
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The Zeta Zeta Chapter of Westminster College returned to campus on January 17th, 2022, for the spring semester. Right off the bat, we decided who to focus our partnership with for our new, and exciting, National Philanthropy, Mental Health Awareness. We picked NEDA, National Eating Disorders, and we were immediately eager to start planning ways to help this organization. We had three girls receive scholarships from the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation for the upcoming academic year. For such a small chapter, we feel as if this is a huge accomplishment and couldn’t be more thankful. Our chapter also received the highest grades awards for the academic year. Our Marshal also implemented a improved “golden hanger award” to a member who dressed the best in key clothes! This was set in place for encouragement for girls to continue wearing key clothes the day after ritual events to class. The award switched to a necklace that the girl gets to wear that week, if she pleases. We also started off the new year with a group visit to The Special Learning Center, our local philanthropy, in Jefferson City on February 2nd, 2022. This was a great way to start off our philanthropic participation for the upcoming year.  
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semester. In the spring, we raised $15,000 for RIF and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.
 
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Our chapter chose to support this organization due to previous relationships and the many
 
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opportunities it provides us to encourage literacy, or Reading Is Fundamental, to children
 
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attending the after-school program.
 
  
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The chapter room in the Kappa Kappa Gamma house.
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We held our first formal of the year on March 4th. This was “Night in Nashville” themed, and the girls all had such a blast. This was a great first sisterhood bonding event that we partook in. Shortly after this, we began participating in other chapters philanthropy days. In March we participated in Alpha Gamma Delta’s Mac and Cheese cook off, where funds went towards Child hunger and Muscular Dystrophy Association. In the middle of March, we participated in Kappa Alpha Order’s and Beta Theta Pi’s Greek philanthropy week. We also donated, but not participated in, Cupcakes for Court Appointed Special Advocates for Kappa Alpha Theta.  
  
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Right before spring break, we hosted our annual Kappasta Philanthropy event. This event is when other sororities and fraternities on campus donate different pasta sauces and students come and buy a bowl for lunch. All the money we raised went towards The Special Learning Center and National Eating Disorder Awareness. We raised in total around 600 dollars.
  
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After returning from Spring Break, our chapter hosted an Easter Egg hunt. This was an exciting way to get together for another sisterhood bonding event. Going into April, during Alumni weekend, on April 9th, we allowed any Kappa Alumna to come visit the kappa lounge to look at old scrapbooks and memories from their time at Westminster. We engaged in old stories while eating around a charcuterie board. Following that night, some active Kappa’s attended the Women of Westminster ceremony dinner. The President of Westminster recognized significant women and shared his plans for building sorority houses in the upcoming years. We were fortunate to say that a Kappa Alumni, was the main guest speaker!
  
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Also, during April, we participated in Delt’s car wash philanthropy event for JDFR. To end the month, we were able to host the first annual Sapphire Ball since covid. This was bittersweet for all the members who have not had one the past two years. This event was located at a local Winery in Jefferson City. To end the year, on May 14th, we said goodbye to 9 lovely senior members at the graduation ceremony. We had one Kappa graduate receive the Westminster College Alumna Association Outstanding Senior Award.
  
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Over the summer, we had one member attend the National Convention in Palm Springs, California. She had an amazing experience meeting different active Kappa’s and alumni from different chapters. She sat in on business meetings regarding the Bylaws, as well as educational sessions to better our chapter.
  
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Our chapter returned to Westminster College on August 17th to prepare for work week and recruitment. We had 12 girls move on the floor for this academic year. For the week of recruitment practice, we held different themed dress up days for practice, a pajama party, and a photoshoot on the hill. Both of these allowed our sisters to get closer to one another. Also, this year, Westminster developed a new schedule for recruitment, and it consisted of informal and formal events during a two-week time span. Panhel hosted a diversity meeting right before our first informal pre-recruitment event, on August 21st, which consisted of smoothies and coffee at JCI. We held two other mixed informal events with the other two sororities as well as facility tours and Meet the Greeks in the Quad. Recruitment lasted until September 5th when we welcomed 7 lovely new girls during our Mad Happy themed Bid Day celebration. Our members were then pledged in two days later and began their New Member Programming facilitated by our New Member Chair.  
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Monday January 14th and 15th at our Vice President of Standards’ ranch house.  This was the
 
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first time that the 2018 officers worked together and were able to make a great outline and plan
 
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for the 2018 year four Epsilon Rho.  The officers established goals regarding how to complete
 
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our action plan in the best way possible, as well as creating a tentative calendar for the next
 
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year.  This two day retreat allowed all the officers to bond as both friends and leaders in Kappa,
 
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and helped the relationships among chapter council grow.  The first meeting of the year was
 
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held January 22nd.  February was a big month for us. The standards committee hosted a
 
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sisterhood event for Valentines Day and Mom Hurley’s birthday; both provided opportunities for
 
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the chapter to bond and to share how much we appreciate our house mom. We had our annual
 
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semi-formal on February 22nd.  Every member volunteers at least two times per semester at the
 
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Nehemiah Center of Navasota, an after school program to help at-risk kids reach their full
 
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potential.  The girls help the kids with their homework, help with arts and crafts, read with them,
 
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and play activities outside. We had this all of Spring.  We also hosted our Spring philanthropy
 
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event Kappa Kookout. This event was held at our house during Dad’s Weekend, and is a BBQ
 
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cookout that helps raise money for our philanthropies. We raised $13,833.69 for our
 
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philanthropies: Nehemiah Center of Navasota, the Kappa Kappa Gamma foundation, and
 
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Reading is Fundamental.  In March, we had a fantastic date party with a wig theme.  We also
 
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had an Easter sisterhood event, and the standards committee had an egg hunt around the
 
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Kappa House for chapter members after our chapter meeting.  In February, March, and April,
 
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our Membership chairman held recruitment workshops to help the new pledge class learn about
 
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the recruitment process and how our specific chapter functions during work week and
 
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recruitment week.  In April, a Leadership Consultant visited us and we were able to reflect on
 
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how we were doing as a Chapter Council and as a chapter so far this semester. We had our
 
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annual formal in April, and there was fun music and good food to enjoy with our Kappa sisters!
 
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Our spring semester was over and our members were able to have a relaxing, travel-filled, and
 
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successful summer!
 
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The fall semester was a fantastic one for Kappa!  We started the semester with work week,
 
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which all of our active members attended.  During this week we were able to prepare for
 
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recruitment and get excited about our new pledge class.  Recruitment week was August
 
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19th-25th.  Bid day was August 25th, and we were so excited to welcome our 86 new members
 
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with carnival themed foods and lots of blue and blue.  At the end of September, we had a
 
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bowling date party, which then led into October where we had our big/little reveal. The new
 
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members were then able to be fully initiated by the end of October!  Our initiation was extremely
 
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successful, and was followed by our Founders Day celebration where the alumni who traveled
 
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in for initiation were also able to be a part of the celebration. The last weekend of October was
 
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extremely busy as we had both our Mom’s Weekend and also our Fall Philanthropy event,
 
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Kappa Kolor Run. Our moms were able to run in the race, and the event was super fun,
 
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successful, and of course, colorful!  We raised $23,278.96 for all of our philanthropies.  Our
 
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service involvement for the semester changed this Fall, as we decided to change directions and
 
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start supporting a different local philanthropy, Books and a Blanket. Books and a Blanket was
 
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started by two elementary school girls who work to promote literacy among young girls by giving
 
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them more access to books. They focus on children in grades pre-K to 6th grade. Their project
 
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ensures that students have books to read and a blanket to keep them warm.  We saw so much
 
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potential in helping this organization, and decided to support them instead of the Nehemiah
 
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Center of Navasota as it was more local to our campus.  One of our sisterhood events this
 
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semester was making blankets for this philanthropy.  We have also started to emphasize our
 
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national philanthropies, Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.
 
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Our members have been able to participate in “Reading is Key” Events, where we travel to local
 
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elementary schools in Bryan/College Station and read to different classes, while also providing
 
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each student with their own book. We have had multiple book drives this year, had bookmark
 
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decorating events for the children, profit shares, and Reading is Key events. In October we also
 
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had our “Owloween” date party where we teamed up with Chi Omega and were able to dress up
 
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in funny costumes and celebrate Halloween together.  In November, we two-stepped the night
 
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away as we co-hosted the Ranch date party with Tri-Delta.  This was a fantastic way to end our
 
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year!  In December, we had our annual Triplet meeting where the outgoing and incoming
 
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officers and their advisors met and talked about the transition of Chapter Council. We had an
 
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incredible 2018, and we are so excited for the new Chapter Council and the 2019 year!!
 
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The Nehemiah Center of Navasota was our local philanthropy in the Spring, but in the Fall we
 
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changed to Books and a Blanket. Our chapter chose to support Books and a Blanket because it
 
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allows us to be hands on with local elementary schools in Bryan/College Station and to promote
 
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literacy right around our campus. We are becoming more involved in our national philanthropies,
 
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Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We had several members
 
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benefit from the Kappa Kappa Gamma foundation after Hurricane Harvey, and so we love
 
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supporting them especially as it hits very close to home with us.
 
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In 2018, Texas A&M saw some changes.  Our football program received a new head coach,
 
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Jimbo Fisher, and we have been really excited about our football season this year.
 
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Our chapter meets in the chapter room of the Kappa Kappa Gamma house.
 
  
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On September 16th, we had one member fly to Ohio to attend the Leadership Academy Retreat. This member learned leadership skills regarding vision, grip, relationships, confidence, and adaptability through various programs as well as outdoor activities. This member had a blast and reported back to the chapter sharing her experience.
  
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On September 28th, The Center of Faith and Services partnered with Stream Team, a organization we used as our local philanthropy when Covid was occurring, so all Kappa members attended and helped clean up our campus and Stinson Creek. On September 21st, we baked Oreo balls for Alpha Gamma Delta’s bake off in order to support their national philanthropy. 
  
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October was a busy month for Kappa. We started the month off with our annual Golf Tournament on the 8th. We raised a total of $5,600 for NEDA and Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. Immediately following this, we all begin practicing for initiation. Our Inspiration week started off on October 16th with Big/Little reveal and ended on October 23rd with initiating 6 new girls into our chapter as well as a banquet for lunch. For Founder’s Day we all got together and sang Kappa songs and bonded. We pushed off the Ceremony to happen the first week of November due to all the chaos during October 14th. Right after initiation, we immediately were visited by an LC worker. Emma, the LC worker, provided amazing advice to better our chapter. She spoke with all members with a position over zoom, sat in on one of our chapters, and held a closing meeting on October 27th. Also, during the week of the 23rd-27th it was Body Positivity Week. Going along with our national philanthropy, NEDA, National Eating Disorder Association, we decided to host a programming table in JCI during the week to educate body positivity to fellow students around the campus. To end the month, on Halloween, we participated in CAB’s event of Spooky Sidewalk. We decorated a truck and passed out candy to kids who live in Fulton on Westminster Hill.
  
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The new 2019 Epsilon Rho Chapter Council attended their Officers' Retreat at the Kappa house upon returning from winter break, brainstorming new and innovative ideas to present to the chapter.  The officers established their goals for the year and created a calendar of activities.  The first meeting of the new year was held the last Monday of January.
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Throughout the year, we saw our new DEI officer go above and beyond at fulfilling her position. She incorporated numerous education sessions, one every month, in order to educate our chapter on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Moving forward to the last two months of 2022, we plan in November to create baskets for the SLC kids for Thanksgiving. We also soon will be hosting elections and transitions to new positions.
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The month of February began with our Kappa semi-formal, with the theme "My Tie," in which a Kappa sister sets you up on a blind date and you wear the date's tie to the party, revealing the secret match.  On Valentine's Day the following week, the Standards Committee hosted a sisterhood event, celebrating our House Mother, Mama Hurley's,  birthday with treats and music.  Other February events included a Candle Pass for a recently engaged member, as well as the Academic Banquet, highlighting the many academic achievements of our members.
 
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The first weekend of March was Dad's Weekend!  We had our annual Kappa Kookout on Friday at the Kappa house, and enjoyed barbecue with our dads.  We also raised $11,368 for our philanthropies: Reading is Fundamental, the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, and Books in a Blanket.  The following two days consisted of a crawfish boil, golf tournament, and skeet shoot, all fun ways for dads and daughters to spend time together.  We rounded out the month by participating in A&M's The Big Event with BYX, a Christian men's organization.  We split up into teams and spent the day helping out the community in various capacities, such as planting gardens, painting fences, and more.
 
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At the beginning of April, Big and Little Sisters exchanges wooden plaques and keys decorated with each other's names.  We also hosted Parent's Weekend with an Mexican food event called "Kappa Con Queso."  We also held our first of many Recruitment workshops- a great way for the Recruitment Committee to introduce the newest pledge class to the process and what it entails.  Later in the month, we had a visit by a Leadership Consultant, who helped us reflect on what we excel at as a chapter, as well as what we could improve on.  On April 27th, we held a retirement party for our beloved Mama Hurley and shared videos and pictures with her as keepsakes.  Finally, we had a great time at Kappa Formal on April 30th, getting dressed up and dancing with our dates and sisters!  As the semester drew to a close, the Academic Committee held "Kappa Libraries", proving the Kappa house as a quiet place to study for finals- complete with study snacks.  With finals complete, all Kappas were free to enjoy their summers to the fullest!
 
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Work Week started in mid-August, a great way for everyone to reconnect and prepare for the incoming pledge class, as well as meet our new House Mother, Mama Rose. Recruitment began August 18th, culminating in Bid Day on August 24th.  We welcomed our 74 new members with open arms, snow cones, and fajitas, with our theme House of Blues!  PC 18 received their new member pins on August 26th during formal pledging.  We were excited at the end of the month to pull football tickets with Squadron 17 for the Texas State game! 
 
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We had a Karaoke Date Party at the beginning of September, dressing head to toe in denim.  The Marshal committee hosted a Ritual Review for PC 18 so that they could understand the ins and outs of Initiation to make it special for their Littles.  We also had Big/Little Reveal on September 25th, dressing up in costumes and spending time with our Kappa families.  Our philanthropy Chairman and her committee did a fantastic job implementing a new philanthropic event, Kappa Karnival.  We had carnival games, cotton candy, dunk tanks, music, and more, raising $21,764 for our much deserving philanthropies.
 
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October 14th marked the beginning of Inspiration Week, with the return of the new member pin at our chapter meeting.  On Wednesday, the Kappa house hosted an ice cream social for all members to partake in sundaes and for Bigs to give their Littles Initiation baskets full of Kappa items.  A Leadership Consultant was also present throughout the week to meet with officers, give advice, and visit College Station points of interest, such as the Bush Library with chapter members.  We held Fireside on Friday, with Halloween movies and fajitas afterwards, and Initiation the following morning. We had a very successful Initiation, with the chapter voting to try a Combined Service.  Immediately following Initiation, we held a Founders Day Luncheon to celebrate Kappa's heritage with current members and alumnae alike.  We ended October with Owloween, a Halloween date party with the Chi Omegas.
 
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The weekend of Friday, November 8th was Mom's Weekend!  We painted holiday canvases with our moms and had brunch.  That same weekend, Kappas participated in Songfest with Squadron 17, a philanthropy event put on by Chi Omega to raise money for the philanthropies of all organizations involved.  With the theme "Ocean's 8", we put on several choreographed dance routines for attendees in Rudder Auditorium.  Later in the month, we had our annual Ranch Date Party, a country western themed party with Tri Delta. We put on our boots and two-stepped with our dates while listening to live country music.  The new officers were installed November 18th, and the incoming and outgoing Chapter Councils held a transition meeting with our advisors on the 24th.  In between the two, we had a "Date Dash" to celebrate the holidays!  Finally, we had our Angel Tree Dash, a fun event where we all go out and buy items for children in need for the holidays.
 
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2019 was truly a fantastic year for Kappa with many fun and fulfilling events.  Throughout the year we held book drives, profit shares, and Reading is Key events where we went to local elementary schools to read and do crafts with the children.  Through this, we were able to bond with our sisters and help the Bryan-College Station community, as well as our national Kappa community.
 

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Zeta Zeta
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FoundedFebruary 20, 1982 (1982-02-20) (43 years ago)
CollegeWestminster College
LocationFulton, MO
HomepageZeta Zeta Homepage
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Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, Founded 1851


Zeta Zeta founded February 20, 1982


704 initiates (as of June 2018)



Some of Zeta Zeta's Outstanding Alumnae:


Fraternity Council Members:

Jamie Ogden (Jamieson), Traveling Consultant 1985-1986; Kari Albert, Leadership Consultant 2004-2005



Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:



Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:



Additional Outstanding Zeta Zeta Alumnae

Beth Howard (Stubbs), Chapter Consultant 2000-2001; Ruchi Kalra, Chapter Consultant 2001-2002



History of Westminster College:[edit]

Founded in 1851, Westminster College is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate college with a curriculum based on the liberal arts with an emphasis on developmental experience. The College is dedicated to teaching excellence and an education centered on key values (integrity, fairness, respect, and responsibility) that prepare our graduates to become leaders of character.

Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech on campus in 1946, and in recent years George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, and Lech Walesa have participated in the College's international lecture series. Prominent on campus are National Churchill Museum and the monumental sculpture "Breakthrough," created from sections of the Berlin Wall.

The College is located in Fulton, Missouri, a community of 13,000 residents that is approximately 25 miles from both Columbia and Jefferson City.


Highlights of the 1980s[edit]

Colonization (Information from The KEY, winter 1981)

During this decade, coeds danced to rock and pop music; wore leg warmers, leggings, and pumps; watched M*A*S*H, Happy Days, and The Love Boat on television, and had serious discussions about Ronald Reagan politics and the Cold War.

But on the evening of Sunday, September 6, 1981, 35 exceedingly happy Kappa New Members made it a night to remember in Fulton, Missouri. Zeta Zeta colony became a realization at Westminster College, and the town of Fulton might never forget it. The Kappa song - taught during open house events by the Theta, Missouri, Kappa Pickers - was sung from one end of town to the other! A colonization team had arrived at the request of the college. Westminster, a small school with an enrollment of 664 students, had opened its doors to women students only two years earlier. Becky Stone Arbour, LSU, Director of Personnel (Standards), and Martha Galleher Cox, Ohio Wesleyan, Chairman of Nominating, arrived to assist Province Officers, Lynn Latham Chaney, LSU, and Barbara Rossiter Huhn, Ohio Wesleyan; Field Secretary (Leadership Consultant) Laura Jackson, Oklahoma State; and Graduate Counselor (Chapter Consultant) Linda Grebe, Lafayette. These ladies, plus the actives and alumnae of Zeta Province, enjoyed working together during recruitment activities.

The college administration was most supportive. Its Food Services provided and served soft drinks, doughnuts and coffee for open house Saturday morning; iced tea and cookies Saturday afternoon; a lovely brunch for the preference event; a sundae and cookie party for round two; and a pizza party with soft drinks after pledging—all this only at cost.

The only snag in the near perfect event was that not enough New Member pins had been ordered. The happy problem was solved by five girls wearing ribbons for a few days until their pins arrived.


Installation (Information from The KEY, spring 1982)

Zeta Zeta was officially installed the weekend of February 19-21, 1982. The First Christian Church in Fulton was the setting for the initiation ceremony held February 20. That evening a banquet was held at the Stables Restaurant. Many gifts arrived from various active and alumnae groups in Zeta Province.

On Sunday a special church service was held at the Churchill Memorial Chapel. Restored on the Westminster campus in 1969, the 16th century Christopher Wren Chapel was brought from England to commemorate Churchill’s historic 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech delivered at Westminster. As an extra bonus, the father of two initiates was the preacher.

The highlight of the fall semester for this brand new chapter, was winning the English Cup, a scholarship trophy awarded to the organization with the top GPA on campus.


Housing:

Sororities at Westminster College each had a room in a dormitory for their meetings. Women were required to live in a college-approved residence hall or college-owned house.


Philanthropy:

Callaway County Library Bond issues


Highlights of the 1990s[edit]

During its second decade of existence Zeta Zeta prided itself on its academic accomplishments. The chapter generally had either the first or second highest grades in the Greek community.

However, the chapter had its social side too. Zeta Zeta usually began each fall with a New Member party, Mothers’ Weekend, and the Sapphire Ball. To promote sisterhood the chapter had fall retreats. One involved a high and low ropes course to strengthen communication, leadership skills and bonding as a chapter.

New Members – generally numbering about 25 – participated in many fun activities including the Kappa Krush, Kappa Klasic, a semi-formal Christmas party, a scholarship banquet, intramurals, homecoming, Delta Tau Delta Bleed Purple, Sigma Chi Derby Days – many times placing first or second - and Greek Week. The chapter placed first or second in homecoming and was tops in intramural softball and volleyball.


Housing:

Sororities at Westminster College each had a room in a dormitory for their meetings. Women were required to live in a college-approved residence hall or college-owned house. Kappa was the second largest living unit on campus.


Philanthropy:

Zeta Zeta took first place in many college and community philanthropic activities. During this 10-year-period Zeta Zeta sponsored the American Red Cross Blood Drive, and joined the men of Phi Delta Theta in annual Easter Egg Hunts for children in the Fulton community. It participated in Kappa Alpha Theta's Cupids for Casa, and Beta Theta Pi’s Save the World. Other philanthropies Kappas were involved in included the Westminster Dog Show which raised money for the Fulton Animal Shelter, the Wiley House Soup Kitchen, Special Olympics, the Missouri School for the Deaf, and the Klean the Forest Campaign.


Highlights of 2000-2010[edit]

Wisdom is one of Kappa's five virtues, and the women of Zeta Zeta Chapter strove to continue performing well in academics. During this decade Zeta Zeta generally ranked first or second among Greek organizations academically, was awarded the English Cup for best overall grades, and received many individual academic awards, including Student Foundation member for the freshman and senior class, Pre-Law Student of the Year, and Student Government Association Outstanding Senior.

The women of Zeta Zeta chapter also excelled in leadership. Each semester there was a sisterhood retreat which gave the chapter an opportunity to bond through an activity and have fun. These included a memorable retreat at the Lake of the Ozarks, a murder mystery dinner, and a high and low ropes course.

It held its traditional social events - the Kappa Krush, the Christmas Formal, New Member Party, the Sapphire Ball, and others throughout the year. An event that Zeta Zeta chapter looked forward to each year was the Mom/Dad Weekend. Every other year it alternated between a Mom Weekend and a Dad Weekend. The Kappas looked forward to being able to introduce their families to their Kappa sisters. Many Kappas participated in Westminster athletics. Soccer, softball, basketball, tennis, volleyball, track, cross country intramurals provided a fun way for sisters to spend time in friendly competition with other organizations. Kappa won overall Intramurals several times.

In 2005 Zeta Zeta hosted Zeta Province Meeting. Workshops included Ritual Revisited, Motivation/Team Building, Hazing and Traditions, Values and Respect, Stress Management, Advisory Board/House Board, and Alumnae Programming. Proceeds from snack items sold during breaks were donated to the Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Kappa Alpha Theta Foundations in honor of a Westminster freshman who was killed in an automobile accident.

The Kappas participated in Open Rush for the first time in 2009. The next year Zeta Zeta created programming especially to help New Members understand the importance of academics and how to achieve academic goals. The Vice President of Academic Excellence organized times for all Kappas to get together and study in the lounge and gave awards to girls who studied the most hours each week. A pair of "Smarty Pants" was given to a sister who had a particularly great academic week. The chapter also assigned each New Member an academic mentor, an older sister with her same major or field of study, to help and guide her throughout the year. The work paid off when Zeta Zeta received the Most Improved Chapter: Academic Excellence Award at Convention.


Housing:

Sororities at Westminster College each had a room in a dormitory for their meetings. Women were required to live in a college-approved residence hall or college-owned house. Zeta Zeta continued to be the second largest living group on the Westminster campus.


Philanthropy:

Throughout this decade, Zeta Zeta began its philanthropic efforts during recruitment. Current members, along with potential New Members, stuffed teddy bears for the children at the Missouri School for the Deaf. Each bear came with a birth certificate and a special message written on the back. Another time they assembled back-to-school pencil boxes filled with pencils, crayons, stickers, and other school items for the children. Each month the chapter made small crafts for each elementary age child at the School. It was always an exciting time and the children were always very happy to see the Kappas.

Zeta Zeta was honored to receive Westminster’s Drosten Cup for outstanding philanthropy and service. Many philanthropic activities involved other fraternities at Westminster including the Delta Tau Delta Bleed Purple Week, the Kappa Alpha Theta Cupids for Casa, the Beta Theta Pi Save the World Week and Sigma Chi Derby Days. Kappas placed first or second several times in Derby Days. Members joined the men of Phi Delta Theta to hold annual Easter Egg Hunts for the children of the Fulton, Missouri, community. Kappas also participated in the Westminster Dog Show to raise money for the local animal shelter.

One year the Teeing Off for a Better World Golf Tournament raised almost $5,000 for the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation and Reading Is Fundamental. Other volunteer opportunities included the Wiley House Soup Kitchen, Special Olympics, Klean the Forest Campaign, and the American Red Cross Campus Blood Drive. In 2008 Kappa Kappa Gamma won first place during Homecoming Week and donated the winnings to a fellow sister to cover her on-going medical bills. Also, since several Kappas were directly affected by Multiple Sclerosis, the chapter participated in WalkMS, volunteering to host a rest stop at BikeMS, and sell t-shirts. The women of Zeta Zeta excelled in community service and did everything they could to ensure a tradition of leadership in service to others.


Chapter Convention Awards

Membership Honorable Mention – 2006; Standards Honorable Mention - 2008; Ritual Honorable Mention - 2008


Province Meeting Awards

The Meg Cherry Smith Excellence in Upholding Standards – 2005; The Jane Froman Philanthropy Award – 2005; The Advisory Board Award – 2005; The Most Improved Overall Chapter honorable mention – 2005; Philanthropy Honorable Mention - 2009; Public Relations - 2009; Most Improved Chapter – 2009


Highlights of 2011-2019[edit]

(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 2011[edit]

Zeta Zeta began the year by holding chapter elections and initiating a new Chapter Council. We kicked off the year with the annual Sapphire Ball, Dad's Weekend, and participation in Westminster's Greek Week. Philanthropy was a huge focus for our chapter this year and we began in the spring with trips to Missouri School for the Deaf and an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of Fulton co-hosted by Phi Delta Theta. Kappa also competed in many philanthropy weeks hosted by other Fraternities on campus and won Delta Tau Delta's Bleed Purple and Beta Theta Pi's Save the World. This Spring we had fun bonding together during some crazy relay races arranged by the Vice President of Standards.

We also participated in Spring Recruitment and initiated four new beautiful sisters. In April, we sent the Chapter Council to Province, while four members stayed the whole weekend and received our Philanthropy Award. Our chapter received the Drosten Cup award for having the best Philanthropy. During the fall, Kappa competed in Homecoming week and hosted the 4th annual "Teeing off for a Better World" Golf Tournament as well as many other smaller philanthropy events in order to raise money for national and local philanthropies. We participated in fall Recruitment and initiated fourteen wonderful new members who we are now proud to call sisters. We continued volunteering at events such as "Into the Streets", "Klean" the Forest, and Missouri School for the Deaf, as well as kept active by participating and winning several intramural sports, including softball. We bonded as sisters throughout the fall with social events such as Kappa Krush and our semi-formal Christmas Party. It was a wonderful year for the Kappas full of much success and we are eager for yet another wonderful year.

Campus: Founded in 1851, Westminster College is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate college with a curriculum based on the liberal arts. The College is dedicated to reaching excellence and an education centered on key values (integrity, fairness, respect, and responsibility) that prepare our graduates to become leaders of character. Westminster is a very small and friendly college that offers multiple activities. Westminster's atmosphere is very welcoming, and the classroom atmosphere is small and personable. Westminster offers many great opportunities to excel as an individual both academically and socially. Chapter: Zeta Zeta prides itself on its numerous academic and social accomplishments on campus and in the community. Zeta Zeta received the second highest grades in the entire Greek community in the Spring semester, earned first place in many philanthropic events, participated in many Westminster activities, and excelled at intramural. Westminster's Kappas are leaders in many different capacities on campus and always aim to instill the five virtues of Kappa: wisdom, sincerity, loyalty, inner beauty, and friendship through everything they do. They strive to bring a welcoming and warming attitude to incoming and current students of Westminster College.

One of the Zeta Zeta Chapter's biggest challenges this year was improving our academics and the help our chapter provides for its sisters with their classes. In order to improve our chapter's average GPA, we created more programming to help girls, especially the new members to understand the importance of academics and how to achieve academic goals. We worked with our advisers to create a Focus Plan for our chapter. This consisted of so many mandatory hours in the library or in the classrooms. Depending on their current GPA, a Kappa would have to do a certain amount of study hours each week. The Vice President of Academic Excellence organized times for all Kappas to get together and study in the lounge and library, gave awards to girls who studied the most hours that week, and passed around a pair of "Smarty Pants" to a sister who had a particularly great academic week. The chapter also assigned each new member an academic mentor, which is an older sister with her same major or field of study to help and guide her throughout the year. We received the second highest grades on campus due to our Focus Plan. We have high hopes for continued excellence in academics and have set even higher goals for 2012.


Highlights of 2012[edit]

Zeta Zeta began the year by holding chapter elections and initiating a new Chapter Council. We kicked off the year with the annual Sapphire Ball and Mom's Weekend. We had a great time participating in various philanthropy events and each was a huge focus for our chapter! We made monthly visits to the Missouri School for the Deaf where we created crafts and spent time with the students. Along with the men of Phi Delta Theta, we hosted an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of Fulton.

Kappa also competed in many of the fraternity's philantropy weeks here on campus including Beta Theta Pi's Save the World, Sigma Chi Derby Days, and Delta Tau Delt's Bleed Purple and a campus-hosted dogeball tournament. During our Spring Recruitment we initated two beautiful sisters into our chapter. In April, we hosted Reading is Key at the Fulton Public Library and handed out free booksto the children of Fulton. The Zeta Zeta chapter also celebrated our 30th Anniversary by Alumni Brunch, inviting alumni to a formal chapter and into the lounge.

For the second year in a row, the ladies of Zeta Zeta received the Drosten Cup for our outstaning cumulutaive hours of service hours. In the fall, Kappa hosted our 5th annual "Teering of for a Better World" Golf Tournament at a nearby golf course. Our fall recuitment resulted in the intiation of 15 ladies who we are very honored and excited to call our sisters. We continued volunteering at events such as "Into the Streets", Missouri School for the Deaf, as well as kept active by participating in and winning intramural sports, including futsol. Because a large number of seniors were to be gradutating at semester, we held our Senior Week in early December.

One of our sisterhood bonding events included going to a corn maze in Columbia, MO along with movie nights in the lounge.We continuted to bond throughout the fall with social events such as Kappa Krush and our semi-formal Christmas Party. It was a wonderful year for the Kappas of Zeta Zeta, filled with all kinds of success and we eargly look forward to yet another wonderful year together.

Founded in 1851, Westminster College is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate college with a curriculum based on the liberal arts. The College is dedicated to reaching excellence and an education centered on key values (integrity, fairness, respect, and responsibility) that prepare our graduates to become leaders of character. Westminster is a very small and friendly college that offers multiple activities. Westminster's atmosphere is very welcoming, and the classroom atmosphere is small and personable. Westminster offers many great opportunities to excel as an individual both academically and socially. Westminster College recently added another campus located in Mesa, Arizona where classes will begin being held in the fall of 2013.

Zeta Zeta prides itself on its numerous academic and social accomplishments on campus and in the community. Again, Zeta Zeta received the second highest grades in the entire Greek community in the Fall semester, participated in many Westminster activities, and excelled at intramurals. Westminster's Kappas continually take leadership positions across campus. All the sisters strive to live with the 5 virtues of Kappa (wisdom, sincerity, loyalty, inner beauty, and friendship) in their everyday lives here on campus and through everything they do. They strive to bring a welcoming and warming attitude to incoming and current students of Westminster College.

Highlights of 2013[edit]

Zeta Zeta began 2013 by holding chapter council elections and installing a new Chapter Council. During our Spring Recruitment we initiated four lovely and beautiful sisters into our chapter. We then had Father’s Weekend, where we had lunch and a silent action. Later we had our annual Sapphire Ball. We made monthly visits to the local Missouri School for the Deaf, where we had a Valentine’s party and several other days where we crafted and spent time with the children. Zeta Zeta participated in a number of philanthropy weeks, both at Westminster College and our neighboring school, William Woods University. These included: Fiji Islander and Sigma Chi’s Derby Day. In February, we hosted our local Reading is Key at the Fulton Public Library, in which our theme was Dr. Seuss. There we handed out books to the local children and had fun events to participate in during the morning. We were able to keep fit by participating in the college’s spring intramural sports, and winning the basketball intramurals.

For the fourth year in a row, the amazing ladies of Zeta Zeta received the Drosten Cup for our outstanding cumulative hours of community service. During the fall, Zeta Zeta competed in many philanthropy weeks, including Delta Tau Delta’s Bleed Purple, Beta Theta Pi’s Save the World, and Phi Delta Theta’s philanthropy week. We also volunteered in a variety of events on campus such as Homecoming Week, “Into the Streets” and Missouri School for the Deaf. We then hosted our sixth annual “Teeing Off for a Better World” Golf Tournament and raised the largest amount of money thus far. We participated in Fall Recruitment and initiated 17 wonderful new members who we are proud to call our sisters. We continued to participate in intramural sports such as softball and won futsal intramurals. We were able to grow closer as sisters in the fall with social events such as Kappa Kappa Jean, our themed formal, and winter formal. Overall, it was a tremendous year for the Zeta Zeta Kappas filled with many smiles and much success. We are excited for another wonderful year to come.

Campus: Westminster College was founded in 1851 and continues to be a private, educational, residential, selective, undergraduate college today. With a curriculum based on liberal arts, the college is based on reaching excellence through education and preparing graduates to become leaders of the future. Westminster is a very small college with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and a classroom atmosphere that is small and personable. Westminster has many great opportunities both academically and socially.

Chapter: Zeta Zeta prides itself in being very competitive both academically and with social accomplishments. Zeta Zeta earned first in several philanthropic events, as well as intramurals. We participated in many campus activities and won the Drosten Cup. Westminster Kappa’s are leaders on campus and excel at displaying the five virtues of Kappa: wisdom, sincerity, loyalty, friendship, and inner beauty. They strive to welcome and have a warm attitude to all those incoming students as well as with our fellow sisters.


Highlights of 2014[edit]

Zeta Zeta began 2014 by holding Chapter Council elections and installing a new chapter council. During our Spring Recruitment we initiated one lovely and beautiful sister into our chapter. We then had Mom's Weekend, where we had lunch and a silent auction. Later on we had our annual Sapphire Ball. We made monthly visits to the local Missouri School for the Deaf, where we did arts and craft projects and played outdoors with the children. Zeta Zeta participated in a number of Philanthropy weeks throughout the year. In the spring we participated in Sigma Alpha Epsilon's, and Sigma Chi's Derby Days philanthropy week. In February we hosted our Reading is Key event at the Fulton Public Library, in which our theme was A Very Hungry Kappaillar. There we did arts and crafts, read books, and handed out free books to the children who attended. We also hosted A Very Hungry Kappapillar Pie Eating Contest in our school gym to raise money for Reading is Fundamental, and to get students on campus involved and more knowledgeable about the topic. This was a fun event to do with the student body and to help raise money. In April we partnered with Phi Delta Theta and put on an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of the Fulton community.

Our Zeta Zeta girls stayed in shape by participating in various spring intramural sports including basketball, and volleyball. For the fifth year in a row the amazing ladies of Zeta Zeta received the Drosten Cup for our outstanding cumulative hours of community service. We pride ourselves on this award and strive to keep winning in it in the years to come. Fall semester began and we initiated 13 wonderful new sisters to our chapter. We volunteered in a variety of events on campus such as Homecoming Week, "Into the Streets", and Missouri School for the Deaf. We then hosted out seventh annual "Teeing Off for a Better World" Golf Tournament which turned out very successful. We continued to participate in fall intramural sports including futsal, and softball. We were able to grow closer as sisters in the fall with several social events including "If It Ain't Neon It Shouldn't Be On", our themed formal, and winter formal. A major event for our Chapter this year was a visit from President and Executive Officer of Reading is Fundamental Carol Rasco. She came and stayed at Westminster for a few days and during her stay she educated our Chapter on the importance of Reading is Fundamental, and was a guest speaker at a Lunch and Learn event on our campus. We were so grateful to have the opportunity for her to come to our campus. Overall, it was a tremendous year for the Zeta Zeta Kappas filled with many smiles and much success. We are looking forward to another wonderful year to come.

Campus: Westminster College was founded in 1851 and continues to be a private, educational, residential, selective undergraduate college today. With a curriculum based on liberal arts, the college is based on reaching excellence through education and preparing graduates to become leaders of the future. Westminster is a very small college with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere that is small and personable. Westminster has great opportunities both academically and socially that will help students excel outside of college.

Chapter: Zeta Zeta prides itself on being very competitive both academically and with social accomplishments. Zeta Zeta earned first in several philanthropic events, as well as intramurals. We participated in many campus activities and wont the Drosten Cup Award. Kappa's are leaders on campus and excel at displaying the five virtues of Kappa: wisdom. sincerity, loyalty, friendship, and inner beauty. They strive to welcome and have a warm attitude to all those incoming students as well as with our fellow sisters.

Our Chapter holds its meetings in the Kappa Kappa Gamma lounge that resides in the basement of Weigle Hall which is a residence hall on campus. This lounge is owned by Westminster College. Zeta Zeta does not have a house on Westminster's Campus. We have a lounge where we meet for chapter and chapter council meetings, as well as sisterhood bonding events. This is also a place where members are free to come and hangout, do homework, or socialize any time. There is no designated place for Kappas to live but our sisters have a close bond and a lot of girls choose to live together even as a pledge in the on campus housing. This is the member's choice and it is nice to see that our members are close and choose to live together even though we do not have designated housing for Kappas.


Highlights of 2015[edit]

Zeta Zeta started the year off strong this year with a great new Chapter Council. We began by attending our monthly trips to our local philanthropy at Missouri School for the Deaf. These trips are always so much fun seeing the smiles on the kid’s faces when we visit them. In February, we put on our annual Reading is Key event for Reading is Fundamental. This year our theme for this event was Kappily Ever After. We had so much fun making Disney themed crafts with the children of Fulton and reading to them. The kids had such a great time and were so excited they got to take home a free book. Throughout the semester we also supported the philanthropies of other Greek organizations on campus. We participated in Beta Theta Pi’s philanthropy week to support Chads Coalition and Phi Gamma Delta’s philanthropy week to support Special Olympics. For some more fun with our sisters we teamed up for volleyball and futsol intramurals.

In April we had our annual Sapphire Ball which was a wonderful time spent dancing with our sisters. At the end of the semester we won the Drosten Cup for our outstanding cumulative hours of community service. We have won this award for the sixth year in a row; it is an incredible reward for all of our hard work! Each year we continue to strive to receive this award.

We returned from summer break ready to take on recruitment. We had a successful recruitment and we welcomed eleven lovely new members to our chapter. These girls are the perfect addition to Zeta Zeta for they make our chapter complete. They joined right in to our softball and basketball intramurals. We continued our monthly trips to Missouri School for the Deaf.

In September we held our eighth annual “Teeing Off for a Better World” golf tournament where we raised almost $5,000 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We had our first formal of the school year in October which was a themed formal. This year was a Decades theme and it was fun to see all the girls dressed up in all different decades.

In the fall we participated in several philanthropy weeks for other organizations. We participated in Alpha Gamma Delta’s philanthropy week for American Diabetes Association, Beta Theta Pi’s for Chads Coalition, and Delta Tau Delta’s for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). We joined in on Kappa Alpha Theta’s Queso for Casa event to help them raise money for their national philanthropy CASA. Westminster Greek life is known to be a very PanHellenic community and Zeta Zeta is always eager to support other Greek organizations in any way we can.

After initiating our eleven new members this semester we held elections. Everything went smoothly and we elected a wonderful new Chapter council. These girls will carry our chapter to success throughout the next year. We closed the semester with our annual Winter Formal. It was a great way to celebrate a successful semester and bond with our sisters. We look forward to what the next year brings.

Westminster College got a new President, Dr. Benjamin Ola Akande. Dr. Akande has been doing great things to improve Westminster’s campus. He also is supportive of Greek life and has been pushing to help us all grow. Our chapter is going through a process to get a floor in a residence hall for girls to live in since there are no sorority houses on campus. This is a work in progress but we hope that it will help our chapter grow in numbers, improve Greek life on campus, and some day lead to a house in the future. Our chapter has a positive outlook on the future and we are not only making changes to our chapter for ourselves, but also for future members to come.

Chapter Philanthropy:

What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community? Our chapter has traditionally raised money for Reading is Fundamental and Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We donate each year to the Rose McGill Holiday Sharing Program to help a person in need during the holidays. We do local and school wide service events yearly for instance Into the Streets where we clean up the streets of Fulton and Martin Luther King Service day. We also volunteer at the local soup kitchen.

Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support? We chose these organizations because they match our virtues and we strive to always help our community in any way we can.

Highlights of 2016[edit]

The Zeta Zeta Chapter returned to Westminster College for the spring semester on January 11, 2016. The year became busy right off the bat with a Greek Leadership Workshop where several of our members learned how to be influential leaders in the Greek community at Westminster College. At the end of January we held COB and gave a bid to our sweet Jenny Blake. We had a Hawaiian-themed Bid Day celebration a few days later where we ate kabobs and had a wonderful time. Inspiration Week quickly followed at the beginning of March, and Jenny was initiated on March 5th at Washington University. Additionally, we held our annual Reading is Key event which benefitted Reading is Fundamental.

Throughout the semester we participated in many service events including: our monthly trips to Missouri School for the Deaf, the local food bank, the Panhellenic Dance-a-thon, and others. We also participated in Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s annual philanthropy week in which we took first place! A few weeks later, Zeta Zeta also partook in Phi Delta Theta’s annual philanthropy week. On March 12, we had our biannual Mom’s Weekend; we spent the day visiting with our moms and painting canvases. The end of March brought about our annual Easter Egg Hunt, which we co-hosted with the men of Phi Delta Theta. Numerous children from the surrounding community came to The Hill to hunt for eggs and we had a blast. In April we hosted our first annual philanthropy week, and it was hugely successful. It was jungle themed and the participants had an awesome time helping us raise money for Reading is Fundamental and The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.

Over the summer, three of our sisters went to the National Convention in San Diego. They had an exciting, eventful time, and brought home good news. Zeta Zeta was awarded for being the most improved chapter of 74 members or less in academic excellence in the biennium; additionally, we were awarded for the greatest giving of any small Kappa chapter to the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. The Kappa floor in Weigle Hall was also renovated to prepare for the upcoming school year.

We ended the semester with our annual Sapphire Ball at a beautiful venue, and graduation on May 7th.

Zeta Zeta began the fall semester with formal recruitment. On August 28th, we welcomed 20 beautiful, bright new faces at our donut-themed Bid Day celebration. Our new members were pledged in and began New Member Programming which they completed before an exciting Big/Little reveal and Inspiration Week in mid-October. On October 23rd, we welcomed them into our beautiful sisterhood and they now wear the golden key.

We also held our two annual fall semester formals, Kappa Krush and Winter Formal, and participated in Delta Tau Delta’s philanthropy week and took home first place! Additionally, we hosted an extremely successful golf tournament, Teeing Off for a Better World, where we raised over $8,000 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We are extremely happy with 2016 and we cannot wait to grow stronger together in the years to come.

Over the summer of 2016, the second floor of Weigle Hall, as well as the common lounge and our chapter lounge, were renovated extensively. Zeta Zeta now has our own private floor where several of our members live. This change has brought our chapter closer together and we are confident that we will only continue to grow stronger and closer due to this new change on campus.

Historically, Zeta Zeta has supported many organizations including: The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, Reading is Fundamental, Missouri School for the Deaf, and the various philanthropies of our fellow Greek organizations in Fulton. We choose to support Missouri School for the Deaf because it is a hands on experience where we can see our chapter making a difference in our own local community. No matter the nature of one’s day, they cannot leave MSD without a smile on their face. The children adore the days we arrive to spend time with them and form special relationships. Additionally, we support the various organizations that other Greek organizations support in order to bring the Greek community together more so we can all make an even larger impact on the world.

Zeta Zeta holds chapter meetings in the basement lounge of Weigle Hall at Westminster. Our lounge was renovated over the summer and we have many new, donated pieces of furniture and art from Zeta Zeta alumni.


Zeta Zeta facility - Weigle Hall
Zeta Zeta facility - Weigle Hall
Zeta Zeta facility - Weigle Hall

Highlights of 2017[edit]

he Zeta Zeta Chapter returned to Westminster College for the spring semester on January 16, 2017. Throughout the semester we participated in many service events including: a Westminster blood drive, a Circle of Sisterhood philanthropy week, Cupcakes for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Sexual Assault Week, and more. We also participated in Kappa Alpha Order and Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s annual philanthropy weeks in which we took first place for both! A few weeks later, Zeta Zeta also partook in Phi Delta Theta’s annual philanthropy week. We hosted our Reading is Key event in February at the Fulton library where we read books and made crafts with children of the local community.

On March 11, we held our biannual Dad’s Weekend; we spent the day visiting with our dads and playing yard games. The end of March brought about our Kappa Kappa Gamma philanthropy week which was Disney themed where we raised $1848 for Reading is Fundamental and the Special Learning Center.

The chapter started off April with our annual Easter Egg Hunt, which we co-hosted with the men of Phi Delta Theta. Numerous children from the surrounding community came to The Westminster Hill to hunt for eggs and we had a blast. And we were proud to send a delegate to attend the Kappa Kappa Gamma Leadership Academy, where she brought back numerous ideas to share with our chapter. We ended the semester by participating in the Beta Theta Pi philanthropy week and we hosted our annual Sapphire Ball at a beautiful venue. We also joined a new local philanthropy called the Special Learning Center, an educational institution for children with developmental delays and disabilites. We have visited with the children several times since partnering with them and donated a total of $924 from our previous philanthropy events.

Zeta Zeta began the fall semester with formal recruitment. On August 25th, we welcomed 11 beautiful, bright new faces at our Vegas-themed Bid Day celebration. Our new members were pledged in and began New Member Programming which they completed before an exciting Big/Little reveal and Inspiration Week on the first of October. On October 8th, we welcomed them into our beautiful sisterhood and they now wear the golden key.

We also held our two annual fall semester formals, Kappa Krush and Winter Formal, and participated in various service events throughout the fall semester such as: Mac n Cheese with Alpha Gamma Deltas, a Special Learning Center Trunk or Treat, a Westminster Blood Drive and a Special Learning Center Parent’s Café, where we cared for the children so that the parents could have some time to themselves. Additionally, we hosted an extremely successful golf tournament in September, where we raised $7,070 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. Ending the semester, we just handed out a bid to a wonderful woman and she is going through her New Member Programming. We are excited to be initiating our new member in the beginning of the Spring Semester, due to special request. We are extremely pleased with 2017 and we cannot wait to grow stronger together in the years to come.

Over the summer of 2016, the second floor of Weigle Hall, as well as the common lounge and our chapter lounge, were renovated extensively. We continued to update this floor with new decorations and personalized the name boxes for the new members to live on the floor for the fall of 2017. The first year we had this floor there were 11 members living there but for 2017, we have 18 members living in and this change has brought our chapter closer together as majority of our chapter are housemates. We are confident that we will only continue to grow stronger and closer due to this new change on campus.

Historically, Zeta Zeta has supported many organizations including: The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, Reading is Fundamental, Missouri School for the Deaf, the Special Learning Center and the various philanthropies of our fellow Greek organizations in Fulton. We recently chose to support the Special Learning Center (SLC) because it is a hands on experience where we can see our chapter making a difference in a nearby local community. No matter the nature of one’s day, they cannot leave SLC without a smile on their face. The children adore the days we arrive to spend time with them and form special relationships.

Additionally, we support the various organizations that other Greek organizations support in order to bring the Greek community together more so we can all make an even larger impact on the world.

Zeta Zeta holds chapter meetings in the basement lounge of Weigle Hall at Westminster. Our lounge was renovated over the summer and we have many new, donated pieces of furniture and art from Zeta Zeta alumni.

Highlights of 2018[edit]

Highlights of 2019[edit]

The Zeta Zeta Chapter returned for the spring semester on January 14th. This year we decided to change our normal winter formal from December to January and started our semester with a Kappa New Years formal which our chapter enjoyed. Later on, March 2nd we hosted our biannual Dad’s Weekend where we spent the day visiting with our dads, eating delicious food, and playing yard games.

At the beginning of April, we held our final formal event of the semester, Sapphire Ball at Canterbury Hill Winery near Jefferson City. On April 10th our chapter participated in an annual community service day known as Campus Beautification at Westminster College where our sisters helped to make our campus look better while helping the environment. Our Alum weekend was that next weekend and on April 13th we hosted our yearly Alum event where we performed ritual with our alum and then went to our lounge where we chatted and ate lunch together. Ending our semester, we hosted a Reading is Fundamental event at the public library where there was lunch and we got the chance to read and hand out books while making crafts with children in the community.

Our chapter returned to Westminster College on August 16th in preparation for work week and recruitment. We had 15 girls move onto our floor to live on for this academic year which helps to bring our chapter closer together. During this week we held many fun sisterhood bonding events such as a photoshoot, themed dress up days, and prizes given out at the end of each work day. We started with floor tours on the 22nd and recruitment lasted until August 25th where we welcomed 7 beautiful new faces at our Ice themed Bid day celebration. Our members were pledged in the following day and began New Member Programing.

On September 14th we held our annual Kappa Klassic golf tournament where we grossed $7,150 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation and later that month, we had the chance to participate in a Behind Happy Faces, a presentation where we all discussed and brainstormed various ways to help with mental health in our chapter.

October was a busy month for the Zeta Zeta chapter as we kicked it off with Inspiration (initiation) week with a Friends themed Big/little reveal on October 1st and ended the week with the initation of our new members as well as a banquet in the afternoon of October 6th. We then celebrated Founder’s Day as a chapter by taking out older composites and scrapbooks and having dinner together while playing Kappa trivia games in our lounge. We also enjoyed our annual fall Kappa Krush formal that was Cowboy vs. Alien theme. To end the month, members of our chapter participated in a trunk or treat event help by our campus for local kids as well as held a dodgeball tournament for the local adoption center for dogs/animals in our area where we raised $200.

To mark the end of the year, we held our annual leadership/transition day where as a chapter we bonded over leadership skill training in groups and discussed how to better our chapter for our future CC and all members. We concluded our last chapter of the semester with a sisterhood bonding gift exchange.

Throughout the year we had a couple of LCs’ visit our chapter, Becca and Kat who provided us with excellent advice that we have applied to our chapter to make it run more efficient and cohesively. We also had the opportunity to send a representative to the Kappa Leadership Academy where she brought back many ideas to share to better our chapter and grow our leadership skills.

For founders day, we met in our chapter lounge to have dinner together. We brought out old composities from our zeta zeta chapter as well as scrapbooks and then played a trivia game regarding which famous and succesful women were Kappa alum.

We also participated in many philanthropy events on campus such as Alpha Gamma Delta’s Taco Tuesday to help battle child hunger, Cupcakes for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), pancakes with FIGI (USO Nonprofit), and KA and AGD’s Poker for Pearls (Child hunger and Muscular Dystrophy Association). Our chapter was involved in other campus events such as intramural sports like volleyball, futsal, and softball. We also participated in philanthropy weeks for Kappa Alpha Order, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delta Theta and Beta Theta Pi where we took first place in all! Besides campus philanthropy’s, we also went to our local philanthropy, the Special Learning Center numerous times. SLC is an educational institution for children with developmental delays and disabilities. It is a hands-on experience where we can see a direct difference we make in our community. We get to spend time with the kids during parent cafes where the parents can have some time to themselves. We also participated in a Trunk or Treat event near Halloween where we decorated a car and passed out candy to kids at SLC.

In preparation for the sesquicentennial (150th) celebration of Kappa, our chapter welcomed the Minnie Stewart Van on November 17th where our sisters got to experience a virtual reality representation of the start of Kappa and got the unique chance to see artifacts from the first couple charter chapters. This was a great experience that was so special to us as we were reminded of the significance of our ritual and chapter history. We got to reflect on why we were here and our purpose within Kappa. We invited alumnae to lunch with the chapter the day of the visit.

Our Zeta Zeta chapter met new milestones this year with one of our members being awarded a Kappa scholarship. Our chapter also had the highest grades for any Greek organization on campus for the Spring semester of 2019. We recently implemented Sunshine Chair into our weekly chapter meetings where one person is appointed to tell the chapter something positive that happened to them over the course of the previous week. The chosen sister then chooses another girl to be it next week. This has brought our chapter closer together as we get to hear about each other’s weeks as well as keeps us in a positive mood during chapter.

On campus we know have to implement a financial transparnecy part of recruitment as well as no longer have a full philanthropy week. Our chapter has been very postive and hard working as we hold many philanthropy events and particpate in other events as well. We also partiicpate in many intramurals and hold the highest grades in any greek organization on campus.

Our local philanthropy is the Special Learning Center in Jefferson City. The focus of this school is to help younger kids grow with their disabilties or developmental delays and to be able to expand their abilities that every child has. Being able to donate our time to a wide array of kids dealing with different disabilities and coming from all differnent backgrounds allows the parents to then have time to get groceries or other tasks that may seem simple to others but are a big deal to them.

or founders day we met in our chapter lounge to have dinner together. We brought out old composities from our zeta zeta chapter as well as scrapbooks and then played a trivia game regarding which famous and succesful women were Kappa alum.

Highlights of 2020[edit]

The Zeta Zeta chapter returned to Westminster College for the Spring semester of the 2019-2020 school year on January 13th. Just a few weeks after this we had our first formal of the new year on February 1st. This formal was 1920’s themed to celebrate being in 2020. This was a great way to connect with each other after winter break.

On February 20th, the chapter hosted a Kappasta philanthropy event. Our chapter, as well as other sorority and fraternity chapters donated different pasta and students came and bought it for dinner. All the money raised from this went to The Special Learning Center in Jefferson City and Reading is Fundamental.

This leads us to March 23rd which was the day that campus closed due to the COVID-19 virus. Classes went to a virtual format for the rest of the semester which meant some changes for our chapter. Because we could not all be together, we began having virtual chapters in order to carry out our matter of business. Obviously COVID brought about changes that no one was expecting. Having to do chapter virtually and being away from each other for months was not easy, but our bond with each other only grew stronger as we got through the tough times together.

Coming back for the Fall semester of the 2020-2021 year we knew that things were going to look different. Three of our members also received scholarships from Kappa for the school year. We knew that we were not going to be able to have formals, philanthropy events like our annual golf tournament, no intramural and no LC visits. Although this was sad were able to look at the bright side and are still able to grow and be together in one way or another as a chapter. Classes started for the Fall semester on August 12th. That week we had work week and began preparing for our hybrid recruitment. Recruitment started on the 21st with our virtual open house on Zoom. The next day we did a virtual philanthropy day also on Zoom. The next morning, we were able to do an in-person preference day in small groups with masks and socially distanced. That evening we had 12 girls run down the hill and then we got 4 COB the next day.

They were pledged in the following Monday and they started new member programming. We then had initiation on October 4th. Because we have such a small chapter we were one of the only chapters that were granted permission to have initiation in person which was the closest thing to normal that had happened all semester which was really great.

For Founder’s Day on October 13th, we had a virtual zoom call where we played Kappa trivia games and had the chance to talk to past Zeta Zeta alumna and hear about their experiences as a member of Kappa and ask her questions. Later in the semester we were able to safely follow CDC guidelines and have a sisterhood bonding event where were we carved pumpkins together before Halloween.

During our last chapter of the semester, we had another safe sisterhood bonding event where we had a Thanksgiving dinner together. After we ate, we made tie blankets to give to the children at the Special Learning Center in Jefferson City.

This year we also had three of our members receive scholarships through the Kappa Kappa Gamma foundation for the 2020-2021 school year.

Highlights of 2021[edit]

The Zeta Zeta chapter of Westminster College returned to campus on January 18th for the spring semester. This semester appeared different than our previous years due to Covid when it came down to events. We did not have our annual winter formal. Throughout this semester we tried to incorporate many sisterhood bonding events and more philanthropy events because of this.

On February 7th our chapter got together after chapter and made blankets for our local philanthropy, The Special Learning Center located in Jefferson City.

On February 18th, our chapter participated in a philanthropy event for Alpha Gama Delta(Child hunger and Muscular Dystrophy Association).

On March 21st our chapter got together and made baskets to donate to The Special Learning Center. We put easter themed gifts together in a basket for the kids.

On March 31st, the chapter hosted a Kappasta philanthropy event. This is when our sorority and fraternity chapters donated different pasta sauces and students came and bought it for lunch. All of the money we raised went to The Special Learning Center in Jefferson City and Reading is Fundamental.

Our chapter unfortunately was not able to go to our local philanthropy this semester, so our philanthropy chairman found a local group called Spring Team who was ecstatic for volunteers. Our chapter really enjoyed this new philanthropy event, so we would try to as often as possible. On February 27th, March 20th and April 10th our whole chapter went out and helped cleaned the stream bordering our campus. Our chapter chopped down honeysuckle trees and picked up trash around campus. (Honeysuckle trees kill all plant life surrounding them and take over). Throughout the rest of the semester our chapter

On April 13th we participated in Cupcakes for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Kappa Alpha Theta. April 18th-25th our chapter set up a book drive through Amazon. We collected books and then donated them to a local school in Fulton. On April 21st our chapter participated in Kappa Alpha Orders philanthropy event.

On April 20th our chapter was honored the Drosten Cup award. This award combines outstanding service and scholarship. Our chapter holds the highest-grade percentage on campus competing against all other organizations and clubs.

Our chapter returned to Westminster College for the fall semester on August 12th. We immediately started work week and prepping for a great recruitment. For sisterhood bonding during recruitment our chapter all participated in a planner party where we had snacks and wrote down assignments in our planner for the upcoming semester. We had 14 girls move onto our floor to live this whole academic year. During recruitment we started with floor tours on August 16th and then recruitment lasted until August 29th where we welcomed 8 new lovely members at our Jungle themed Bid Day celebration. Our members were pledged in the following day and then began the New Member Programming.

On September 25th we held our annual Kappa Klassic golf tournament where we grossed $8,575 for the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.

October was busy as always for our chapter starting it off with initiation week. On October 3rd we had our Big/Little reveal then exactly one week later we had a wonderful initiation on October 10th. We had all the parents of our new members join us in a lunch celebration this afternoon. Following this we celebrated Founder’s Day as a chapter by bonding and eating ice-cream floats in our lounge. We later in the month had our first formal event after a year of not having one! We enjoyed our annual fall Kappa Krush formal which was themed Dynamic Duo. To end this month, right before Halloween, our chapter participated in Trunk or Treat for The Special Learning Center on October 28th.

For an end of year event, we held our annual transition day where we discussed how to better our chapter and how to help our future CC members and all of our members. Then the following week we held Thanksgiving as a chapter for a sisterhood bonding event. Throughout this semester our chapter strived for involvement with clubs and events such as intramurals. We also held ourselves accountable for our academics. Having one member receive a scholarship from the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation is a huge accomplishment for us as well.

Highlights of 2022[edit]

The Zeta Zeta Chapter of Westminster College returned to campus on January 17th, 2022, for the spring semester. Right off the bat, we decided who to focus our partnership with for our new, and exciting, National Philanthropy, Mental Health Awareness. We picked NEDA, National Eating Disorders, and we were immediately eager to start planning ways to help this organization. We had three girls receive scholarships from the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation for the upcoming academic year. For such a small chapter, we feel as if this is a huge accomplishment and couldn’t be more thankful. Our chapter also received the highest grades awards for the academic year. Our Marshal also implemented a improved “golden hanger award” to a member who dressed the best in key clothes! This was set in place for encouragement for girls to continue wearing key clothes the day after ritual events to class. The award switched to a necklace that the girl gets to wear that week, if she pleases. We also started off the new year with a group visit to The Special Learning Center, our local philanthropy, in Jefferson City on February 2nd, 2022. This was a great way to start off our philanthropic participation for the upcoming year.

We held our first formal of the year on March 4th. This was “Night in Nashville” themed, and the girls all had such a blast. This was a great first sisterhood bonding event that we partook in. Shortly after this, we began participating in other chapters philanthropy days. In March we participated in Alpha Gamma Delta’s Mac and Cheese cook off, where funds went towards Child hunger and Muscular Dystrophy Association. In the middle of March, we participated in Kappa Alpha Order’s and Beta Theta Pi’s Greek philanthropy week. We also donated, but not participated in, Cupcakes for Court Appointed Special Advocates for Kappa Alpha Theta.

Right before spring break, we hosted our annual Kappasta Philanthropy event. This event is when other sororities and fraternities on campus donate different pasta sauces and students come and buy a bowl for lunch. All the money we raised went towards The Special Learning Center and National Eating Disorder Awareness. We raised in total around 600 dollars.

After returning from Spring Break, our chapter hosted an Easter Egg hunt. This was an exciting way to get together for another sisterhood bonding event. Going into April, during Alumni weekend, on April 9th, we allowed any Kappa Alumna to come visit the kappa lounge to look at old scrapbooks and memories from their time at Westminster. We engaged in old stories while eating around a charcuterie board. Following that night, some active Kappa’s attended the Women of Westminster ceremony dinner. The President of Westminster recognized significant women and shared his plans for building sorority houses in the upcoming years. We were fortunate to say that a Kappa Alumni, was the main guest speaker!

Also, during April, we participated in Delt’s car wash philanthropy event for JDFR. To end the month, we were able to host the first annual Sapphire Ball since covid. This was bittersweet for all the members who have not had one the past two years. This event was located at a local Winery in Jefferson City. To end the year, on May 14th, we said goodbye to 9 lovely senior members at the graduation ceremony. We had one Kappa graduate receive the Westminster College Alumna Association Outstanding Senior Award.

Over the summer, we had one member attend the National Convention in Palm Springs, California. She had an amazing experience meeting different active Kappa’s and alumni from different chapters. She sat in on business meetings regarding the Bylaws, as well as educational sessions to better our chapter.

Our chapter returned to Westminster College on August 17th to prepare for work week and recruitment. We had 12 girls move on the floor for this academic year. For the week of recruitment practice, we held different themed dress up days for practice, a pajama party, and a photoshoot on the hill. Both of these allowed our sisters to get closer to one another. Also, this year, Westminster developed a new schedule for recruitment, and it consisted of informal and formal events during a two-week time span. Panhel hosted a diversity meeting right before our first informal pre-recruitment event, on August 21st, which consisted of smoothies and coffee at JCI. We held two other mixed informal events with the other two sororities as well as facility tours and Meet the Greeks in the Quad. Recruitment lasted until September 5th when we welcomed 7 lovely new girls during our Mad Happy themed Bid Day celebration. Our members were then pledged in two days later and began their New Member Programming facilitated by our New Member Chair.

On September 16th, we had one member fly to Ohio to attend the Leadership Academy Retreat. This member learned leadership skills regarding vision, grip, relationships, confidence, and adaptability through various programs as well as outdoor activities. This member had a blast and reported back to the chapter sharing her experience.

On September 28th, The Center of Faith and Services partnered with Stream Team, a organization we used as our local philanthropy when Covid was occurring, so all Kappa members attended and helped clean up our campus and Stinson Creek. On September 21st, we baked Oreo balls for Alpha Gamma Delta’s bake off in order to support their national philanthropy.

October was a busy month for Kappa. We started the month off with our annual Golf Tournament on the 8th. We raised a total of $5,600 for NEDA and Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. Immediately following this, we all begin practicing for initiation. Our Inspiration week started off on October 16th with Big/Little reveal and ended on October 23rd with initiating 6 new girls into our chapter as well as a banquet for lunch. For Founder’s Day we all got together and sang Kappa songs and bonded. We pushed off the Ceremony to happen the first week of November due to all the chaos during October 14th. Right after initiation, we immediately were visited by an LC worker. Emma, the LC worker, provided amazing advice to better our chapter. She spoke with all members with a position over zoom, sat in on one of our chapters, and held a closing meeting on October 27th. Also, during the week of the 23rd-27th it was Body Positivity Week. Going along with our national philanthropy, NEDA, National Eating Disorder Association, we decided to host a programming table in JCI during the week to educate body positivity to fellow students around the campus. To end the month, on Halloween, we participated in CAB’s event of Spooky Sidewalk. We decorated a truck and passed out candy to kids who live in Fulton on Westminster Hill.

Throughout the year, we saw our new DEI officer go above and beyond at fulfilling her position. She incorporated numerous education sessions, one every month, in order to educate our chapter on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Moving forward to the last two months of 2022, we plan in November to create baskets for the SLC kids for Thanksgiving. We also soon will be hosting elections and transitions to new positions.

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