| Zeta Sigma | |
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| Founded | April 22, 1989 |
| College | University of North Texas |
| Location | Denton, TX |
| Homepage | Zeta Sigma Homepage |
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834 initiates (as of June 2014)
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Highlights of 2011
The Zeta Sigma Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had a very successful and rewarding year in two thousand and eleven. The spring semester started right away with Greek Week events. KKG was paired with the gentlemen of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Omega Delta Phi. At Greek Awards, Kappa received the involvement cup, intramural award for the seventh year in a row, and excellence in service award. Our annual Reading is Key event was held at Riviera Elementary school, benefiting our philanthropy and the local children of Denton who participated. We also received two Eagle Awards. We then held the annual Easter Egg Hunt where children from around Denton came to a local park and enjoyed a petting zoo, dress up bunny, and of course an egg hunt!
The ladies of Zeta Sigma stayed busy during the spring by participating in, and winning first place in, Sigma Chi's Derby Days. We also participated in many other events such as Shack-A-Thon, where we were partnered with the gentlemen of Sigma Chi and won. After such an exciting spring, fall was just as eventful.
The fall semester started off with a great recruitment where we were blessed to add 25 new young ladies to our chapter. Next up was a Super Hero themed homecoming where we were partnered with the gentlemen of Delta Sigma Phi and Phi Kappa Tau. Kappa performed a Super Man themed dance, made a beautiful spirit wall, and constructed a "Super Scrappy" themed float which received honorable mention in the spirit parade. Owl-O-Ween, which was hosted along with Chi Omega, was so much fun and showcased some of the most inventive costumes ranging from a bag of Jelly Beans to the Spice Girls.
KKG also held the 7th annual Chili Cook Off that included live music, a pie eating contest, and of course plenty of chili to taste. The event was held before the UNT football game during tailgating and all entrée fees and book donations went to support Reading is Key. Next we competed in the Josh Abbot Band Sorority contest where sororities from across the country competed to win a private concert and a contribution to their philanthropy. The ladies of Zeta Sigma were overjoyed to win second place and receive a $1500 contribution to our philanthropy! Many of our members also attended Alpha Phi's Pancake Phiest and Kappa Delta's Quesadilla night to help support these other sororities philanthropies. Then a holiday themed sisterhood event, complete with cookie decorating and watching the movie Elf, helped us all to get into the holiday spirit and to grow closer as sisters. The year came to an end with a truly spectacular Alice in Wonderland themed formal held at Texas Motor Speed Way. The decorations were beautiful, the food was delicious, the music was good, and the time spent all together was even better. The Zeta Sigma Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma truly had an amazing year and all the hard work paid off. Sisterhood was strengthened, philanthropy went above and beyond with raising money and awareness, and Kappa's presence at UNT and in the Greek community was at an all-time high.
Campus: The University of North Texas is a steadily growing and exceptionally diverse university. It is composed of students from all walks of life making for a very friendly, open minded, and intellectual student body. UNT offers many different programs for students to get involved in and many resources for students to better themselves and their academic career. Chapter: The Zeta Sigma Chapter has become a very successful and well known chapter on the UNT Campus. We are constantly working to better ourselves and this chapter in order to make Kappa the very best it can be.
During this past year, Kappa has been very successful when it comes to philanthropy and sisterhood bonding. However grades have sometimes posed a problem for this chapter. Kappa has made many changes and is working harder than ever to ensure that Zeta Sigma understands the importance of maintaining high grade standards and understanding the consequences for the chapter as a whole when we do not meet these goals. We have three required study hours a week with a log to keep track of the hours. Signatures of whoever we are studying with are also required on the log. We have a no "skippy jar" which is an incentive to not skip class. You may enter your name into the jar with a chance of winning a prize if you have not skipped class that week. You are also recognized at the end of the semester if you have not skipped any classes. This chapter is doing everything possible to make sure our grades are higher so we can continue to excell as a chapter.
Highlights of 2012
The Zeta Sigma chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had a very successful and rewarding year in two thousand and twelve. The spring semester began right away a successful bid day, welcoming 4 beautiful new members to Zeta Sigma! We continued the semester with Greek Week events. Kappa was paired with the gentlemen of Kappa Alpha and Phi Gamma Delta for a “Greek out the Holidays” theme, competing as Valentines Day. As a team, we received second place in Greek Games. Kappa participated in Josh Abbott Band’s Sorority Spirit contest, and won second place overall, winning a private concert at our home and $1,000 donated to our philanthropy. The ladies of Zeta Sigma also participated in other Greek Life events, such as ADPi Mocktails, Sigma Chi Derby Days, and Kappa Alpha’s Sorority Showdown, as well as university wide events, such as the Big Event community service day, participated in the Orientation PlayFair, and we were awarded the “We Mean Green” award for our excellent environmental efforts. We held a “Zumba” sisterhood event, with an instructor who came and did a fun Zumba workout with us, followed by healthy snacks.
Zeta Sigma held their annual spring date party, with the theme being Casino Royale, a fun night filled with casino games and dancing. The Zeta Sigma chapter is also proud to have won the 2012 Finance award at the Kappa Kappa Gamma convention this past year.
The fall semester began with our biggest bid day yet, welcoming 41 beautiful new members to our chapter, expanding it to the largest chapter we’ve had. Our 8th annual philanthropy event, Kappa Chili Cookoff followed, which included plenty of chili to taste. The event was held before a UNT football game during tailgating and $2,000 and and over $100 in book donations went to support Reading is Fundamental. We held our first annual Kappa Kolor Run, which was a philanthropic 5k which benefitted one of our active sisters who was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphoma, and raised over $10,000. We had a great turnout with over 300 participants, and everyone enjoyed the fun atmosphere.
Highlights of 2013
The Zeta Sigma chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had a very successful and rewarding year for two thousand and thirteen. The spring semester started right away with Greek Week events. KKG was paired with the gentlemen of Pi Kappa Alpha. Greek week was a huge success! On top of winning Greek week, the chapter also won awards for the chapter progress award, program of the year award and runner up for the involvement cup award. We then held the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Cumberland Children’s home in Denton, where we gave out candy to children, played games with them, and had plenty of coloring and fun to go around. We also had a mixer with Chi Omega making Easter cards and filling eggs. Later in the spring we participated in Fashion Speaks Autism in which we brought in vendors such as Lilly Pulitzer, Vineyard Vines, Brown Bag, and Mad Jewels and they sold their merchandise, donating some of their profit to Autism Speaks which is an organization that benefits autism research.
KKG also participated in Alpha Delta Pi’s Mocktails which is a philanthropy event where teams participate to make the most tasteful alcohol free drink along with the theme. Kappa also participated in UNT Big Event which is a campus-wide community service event that we participate in, and it's always a lot of fun! We were assigned to help at spirit horse therapeutic center where we helped them with landscaping. Another highlight from the year was our second place win for the Josh Abbott Band contest we won $3,000 and t-shirts and Josh Abbot Band came to our house and performed! Kappa held many sister sorority events that bonded the entire chapter.
The first sisterhood event where the girls went camping and bonded over s’mores, creating fun kappa related songs and other such fun memories. Then Kappa had a sisterhood event where they had a blast roller-skating and got to know one another. After such an exciting spring, fall was just as eventful.
The fall semester started off with a Top Gun themed Homecoming where we were partnered with the gentlemen of Sigma Chi, Omega Delta Phi and Iota Phi Theta. Kappa performed a Top Gun themed dance, and constructed an amazing Top Gun float in the shape of an airplane which received honorable mention in the spirit parade. Kappa also participated in Spooktober held by Phi Kappa Tau in October. We got most participation and third place overall! Owl-O-Ween, which Kappa hosted along with Chi Omega, was so much fun and showcased some of the most inventive costumes ranging from a bag of Jelly Beans to a couple dressed up as Cat-Dog.
KKG also hosted the 9th annual Chili Cook Off that was hosted at Rockin’ Rodeo including raffle ticket winners, a pie eating contest, and of course plenty of chili to taste. All of the entrée fees and book donations went to support Reading is Fundamental. Our chapter had a total of over 2,500 hours of community service this semester! KKG also held a prom dress drive in the fall with Sigma Lambda Gamma. We also had a roller skating mixer with the gentlemen of Alpha Tau Omega!
Kappa went to Denton’s after school program and read to the kids a book of their choice and had fun coloring afterwards. Kappa also held an All-Greek Scholarship presentation with the gentlemen of Phi Gamma Delta to help students with their upcoming finals and tips for studying. The year came to an end with a truly spectacular Winter Wonderland themed formal at Texas Motor Speed Way. The decorations were beautiful, the food was delicious, the music was good, and the time spent all together was even better. The Zeta Sigma Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma truly had an amazing year and all the hard work paid off. Sisterhood was strengthened, philanthropy went above and beyond with raising money and awareness, and Kappa’s presence at UNT and in the Greek community was at an all-time high.
Campus:The University of North Texas is a steadily growing and exceptionally diverse university. It is composed of students from all walks of life making for a very friendly, open minded and intellectual student body. UNT offers many different programs for students to get involved in and many resources for students to better themselves and their academic career. Chapter: The Zeta Sigma Chapter has become a very successful and well known chapter on the UNT Campus. We are constantly working to better ourselves and this chapter in order to make Kappa the very best it can be.
2013
The Zeta Sigma chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had a very successful and rewarding year for two thousand and thirteen. The spring semester started right away with Greek Week events. KKG was paired with the gentlemen of Pi Kappa Alpha. Greek week was a huge success! On top of winning Greek week, the chapter also won awards for the chapter progress award, program of the year award and runner up for the involvement cup award. We then held the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Cumberland Children’s home in Denton, where we gave out candy to children, played games with them, and had plenty of coloring and fun to go around.
We also had a mixer with Chi Omega making Easter cards and filling eggs. Later in the spring we participated in Fashion Speaks Autism in which we brought in vendors such as Lilly Pulitzer, Vineyard Vines, Brown Bag, and Mad Jewels and they sold their merchandise, donating some of their profit to Autism Speaks which is an organization that benefits autism research. KKG also participated in Alpha Delta Pi’s Mocktails which is a philanthropy event where teams participate to make the most tasteful alcohol free drink along with the theme. Kappa also participated in UNT Big Event which is a campus-wide community service event that we participate in, and it's always a lot of fun! We were assigned to help at spirit horse therapeutic center where we helped them with landscaping. Another highlight from the year was our second place win for the Josh Abbott Band contest we won $3,000 and t-shirts and Josh Abbot Band came to our house and performed! Kappa held many sister sorority events that bonded the entire chapter. The first sisterhood event where the girls went camping and bonded over s’mores, creating fun kappa related songs and other such fun memories. Then Kappa had a sisterhood event where they had a blast roller-skating and got to know one another.
After such an exciting spring, fall was just as eventful. The fall semester started off with a Top Gun themed Homecoming where we were partnered with the gentlemen of Sigma Chi, Omega Delta Phi and Iota Phi Theta. Kappa performed a Top Gun themed dance, and constructed an amazing Top Gun float in the shape of an airplane which received honorable mention in the spirit parade. Kappa also participated in Spooktober held by Phi Kappa Tau in October. We got most participation and third place overall! Owl-O-Ween, which Kappa hosted along with Chi Omega, was so much fun and showcased some of the most inventive costumes ranging from a bag of Jelly Beans to a couple dressed up as Cat-Dog. KKG also hosted the 9th annual Chili Cook Off that was hosted at Rockin’ Rodeo including raffle ticket winners, a pie eating contest, and of course plenty of chili to taste.
All of the entrée fees and book donations went to support Reading is Fundamental. Our chapter had a total of over 2,500 hours of community service this semester! KKG also held a prom dress drive in the fall with Sigma Lambda Gamma. We also had a roller skating mixer with the gentlemen of Alpha Tau Omega! Kappa went to Denton’s after school program and read to the kids a book of their choice and had fun coloring afterwards. Kappa also held an All-Greek Scholarship presentation with the gentlemen of Phi Gamma Delta to help students with their upcoming finals and tips for studying. The year came to an end with a truly spectacular Winter Wonderland themed formal at Texas Motor Speed Way. The decorations were beautiful, the food was delicious, the music was good, and the time spent all together was even better. The Zeta Sigma Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma truly had an amazing year and all the hard work paid off. Sisterhood was strengthened, philanthropy went above and beyond with raising money and awareness, and Kappa’s presence at UNT and in the Greek community was at an all-time high.
Campus: The University of North Texas is a steadily growing and exceptionally diverse university. It is composed of students from all walks of life making for a very friendly, open minded and intellectual student body. UNT offers many different programs for students to get involved in and many resources for students to better themselves and their academic career.
Chapter: The Zeta Sigma Chapter has become a very successful and well known chapter on the UNT Campus. We are constantly working to better ourselves and this chapter in order to make Kappa the very best it can be.
Owl-O-Ween, our fall date party hosted with the ladies of Chi Omega, featured sisters and dates in creative costumes such as garden gnomes to a bobsled team. Homecoming followed, where we were paired with the gentlemen of Kappa Sigma and Pi Kappa Phi. Our theme this year was Once Upon a Homecoming, and our team created a float and a dance routine to the theme of the Brothers Grimm. Kappa held a great sisterhood event, featuring an etiquette teacher who showed us the ropes of business etiquette. We learned how to dress for interviews and how to network with professionals.
Our year came to an end with our fall formal, held at Ashton Gardens, with a beautiful Night in Paris theme. The food was great, and spending time with sisters was even better. The Zeta Sigma Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had an amazing year and all of the hard work paid off. Sisterhood was strengthened through sisterhood events, philanthropy went above and beyond with raising money and awareness, and Kappa’s presence at UNT and in the Greek community was outstanding.
The University of North Texas is a steadily growing and exceptionally diverse university. It is composed of students from all walks of life, making for a very friendly, open minded, and intellectual student body. UNT offers many different programs for students to get involved in and many resources for students to better themselves and their academic career.