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| Founded | May 2, 1982 |
| College | Trinity College |
| Location | Hartford, CT |
| Homepage | Zeta Theta Homepage |
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841 initiates (as of June 2017)
Charter Members:
Some of Chapter’s Outstanding Alumnae:
Fraternity Council Officers:
Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:
Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:
Jane Swift, 2004, former governor of Massachusetts
Additional Outstanding Zeta Theta Alumnae:
Highlights of 2014
MEMBERSHIP
During the spring semester we did not take any new members because we do not take a spring pledge class due to the small size of our school. In the fall we took 19 new members who completed a 10-day program that explained and exhibited Kappa goals and ideals. During this 10 day period one member hosted the entire sorority at her house for a retreat in order for the new members to not only bond with each other, but to bond with the older members as well. After the 10-day period all 19 girls were initiated. Along with the 19 sophomores who were admitted, 6 juniors were initiated as well due to their new membership program being ended early by the Kappa national organization and their inability to be initiated as a result. The new membership program in the fall reflected necessary changes developed by our risk management chairman in conjunction with our new membership chairman to offer new members a true Kappa experience.
PHILANTHROPY
Throughout the 2014 year Zeta Theta made sure to uphold the philanthropic ideals associated with Kappa Kappa Gamma by participating in many philanthropic events that benefitted both Trinity and the surrounding Hartford area. Some events in which we participated and hosted are as follows:
-Kappa Kisses Created first Annual kappa Kisses Event. We sold “Kappa Kisses” to Trinity Community from Monday, Feb 10- Wednesday, Feb 12 during lunch and dinner. Our organization did not receive any profits from the fundraiser and donated $401 to the Interval House in Hartford, CT
-Relay for Life We had 100% participation from our chapter. We raised $700 for the charity.
- Greek Week Actively involved in planning Greek Week 2014 and planned all philanthropy events/fundraising activities for the week of Greek Week.
-Latino Community Services Throughout the spring semester members of our organization volunteered in their offices to help benefit the Hartford community.
-Trinity College “Do It Day” On Saturday, September 6th we gardened at the Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe house. This is an annual campus-wide event that helps “beautify” Hartford.
-Halloween on Vernon In conjunction with ACES and Psi Upsilon we helped organize games, face painting, pumpkin carving, and trick or treating for children from the Hartford community. We offered a safe and fun environment for children in the Hartford Community to enjoy Halloween festivities.
- Achieve Hartford Spelling Bee Each year Kappa Kappa Gamma volunteers at the school bordering campus to help put together a spelling bee for both students and parents. We help set up the event, organize the stage for the participants, and help guide parents and guests to the auditorium. After the event is over we take the leftover food to a nearby shelter in downtown Hartford.
-Thanksgiving Basket This past November we raised money to donate a basket filled with food for Thanksgiving so a family could enjoy a full thanksgiving meal.
-Pink Shabbat We raised money and made challah on November 21st to support the Hillel society.
-Sponsor a Snowman At the end of November we participated in this event by buying a gift for a young girl named Crystal for the holiday season.
-Capitol Squash This is a new philanthropy event our sorority has been participating in twice a week, along with other Greek organizations, we volunteer with this organization. It is an organization that combines a physical after school activity, squash, and tutoring for elementary school children in the Hartford area. We began this in the fall and will continue our participation through the end of the school year.
INVOLVEMENT OUTSIDE OF KAPPA
The members of Kappa Kappa Gamma are extremely diverse. We are involved in many clubs, teams, and organizations, and many have awards, accolades, and very noteworthy accomplishments. Out of the listed accomplishments and involvements below, many members of Kappa Kappa Gamma are applicable to multiple.
Academics:
Faculty honors
Teachers assistants Psi chi psychology honors society Honored for Outstanding Academic Achievements
Teachers assistant for environmental science and winter ecology
Research assistant for environmental science—made presentation at the geological society of America northeast conference in 2013
Presidential fellow for environmental science
Tri beta national biological society
Community:
Editor/Founder of literary arts magazine (Trinity Spine)
Members of relay for life planning committee Founder of Club Tennis Feature editor and writers of the Trinity College Tripod
Trinity College Tour Guides Member of barnyard organization Mock Trial members Student Task Force Member Mentor through ConnectiKids program Mentor through the InterArts program Student Volunteer at local Hartford Elementary School
Volunteer at the Montessori School
Orientation Leader
Assistant at Writing Center
First-year mentor
Intern at a Communications Office
Athletics:
Tennis Team Field Hockey
Dance Team
Club sailing
Club Tennis
AWARDS
Greek Woman of the Year- Emily Miscencik
Philanthropy Event of the Year
CHAPTER MEETINGS AND HOUSING
Meetings We hold weekly meetings in a classroom on campus every Wednesday night. The meetings usually last between 30 minutes to 60 minutes depending upon what needs to be covered in the meetings. We usually discuss any upcoming events that we have as a chapter and we vote on things that we want to organize and host in the future, whether they be philanthropic or with other organizations on campus.
Housing
During this past summer we moved from 32 Vernon Street Hartford, CT 06106 to 116 Allen Place Hartford, CT 06106. We were fully moved into and out of the old house in time for the new school year. We are renting our new house, as we did with our previous house. Our new house is much more up to date than our previous house and is closer to Trinity’s campus and is in a nicer location. Five sisters can live in the house and they reside on the second and third floors of the house. Their living space has a kitchen, living area, and bathroom that are separate from the meeting space that is available to all members on the first floor. The first floor offers a kitchen, bathroom, and living area as well. In addition there is a room with a bed dedicated to hosting visitors from Nationals. As a whole, our new house offers much better accommodations to those living in the house and for the chapter as a whole.
Highlights of 2015
MEMBERSHIP
During the spring semester we did not take any new members because we do not take a spring pledge class due to the small size of our school. In the fall we took 19 new members who completed a 10-day program that explained and exhibited Kappa goals and ideals. During this 10-day period we hosted a retreat at our chapter’s house hosted the retreat in order for the new members to not only bond with each other, but to bond with the older members as well. After the 10-day period all 19 girls were initiated. Along with the 19 sophomores who were admitted. We continued new member education following the end of the school mandated 10-day period to insure that our new members would have a full understanding of what is expected of a member of Kappa and all of the great opportunities Kappa has to offer to each new member. The new membership program in the fall reflected necessary changes developed by our risk management chairman in conjunction with our new membership chairman to offer new members a true Kappa experience.
PHILANTHROPY Throughout the 2015-year Zeta Theta made sure to uphold the philanthropic ideals associated with Kappa Kappa Gamma by participating in many philanthropic events that benefitted both Trinity and the surrounding Hartford area. Some events in which we participated and hosted are as follows:
-Capitol Squash: This was a new philanthropy event our chapter participated in twice a week throughout the spring semester, along with other Greek organizations. It is an organization that combines a physical after school activity, squash, and tutoring for elementary school children in the Hartford area.
-Kappa Kisses: We continued our second annual Kappa Kisses Event. We sold “Kappa Kisses” (candy grams with baggies of Hershey kisses) to Trinity Community from Monday, Feb 9- Friday February 13 during lunch and dinner. Our organization did not receive any profits from the fundraiser and donated $1025 to the Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services in Hartford, CT.
-Relay for Life: At the end of April we contributed our time and donations to the Relay for Life event Trinity held at the end of April. We had 100% participation from our chapter. We were able to raise around $700 for the charity.
- Greek Week: Actively involved in planning Greek Week 2014 and planned all philanthropy events/fundraising activities for the week of Greek Week at the end of April. We participated with all other Greek organizations on campus.
-Latino Community Services: Throughout the spring semester members of our organization volunteered in their offices to help benefit the Hartford community.
-Hartford Boys and Girls Club: Members of our organization volunteered weekly at the Boys and Girls club near our campus. This involved offering to help with afterschool activities and homework.
-Halloween on Vernon: In conjunction with ACES and Psi Upsilon we helped organize games, face painting, pumpkin carving, and trick or treating for children from the Hartford community. We offered a safe and fun environment for children and their families in the Hartford Community to enjoy Halloween festivities.
-Pink Shabbat: We raised money and made challah in November to support the Hillel society. We sold t-shirts to support the Hillel center and worked with members of the Hillel center to make challah for the Jewish holidays. This was a great bonding activity for the entire chapter and also allowed for many of us to interact with members of the Hillel center.
INVOLVEMENT OUTSIDE OF KAPPA The members of Kappa Kappa Gamma are extremely diverse. We are involved in many clubs, teams, and organizations, and many have awards, accolades, and very noteworthy accomplishments. Out of the listed accomplishments and involvements below, many members of Kappa Kappa Gamma are applicable to multiple.
Community: Editor/Founder of literary arts magazine (Trinity Spine)
Members of Relay for Life planning committee Founder of Club Tennis/ Club Tennis Participators
Feature editor and writers of the Trinity College Tripod
Trinity College Tour Guides Member of barnyard organization Mock Trial members Student Task Force Member Mentor through ConnectiKids program Mentor through the InterArts program Student Volunteer at local Hartford Elementary School
Volunteer at the Montessori School
Orientation Leader
Assistant at Writing Center
First-year mentor
Intern at a Communications Office
Singer with the female acapella group, Trinitones
Athletics: We have participated on the following teams: Tennis, Field Hockey Team, Soccer Team, Swimming and Diving Team, Equestrian Team,Dance Team, Club sailing, Club Tennis.
AWARDS: Philanthropy Event of the Year- We were awarded this for our Kappa Kisses event.
CHAPTER MEETINGS AND HOUSING Meetings In the spring semester we held weekly meetings in a classroom on campus every Wednesday night due to a majority of our chapter being on campus at the time. In the fall we held our meetings in the living room of our Kappa house because fewer people were on campus. The meetings usually last between 30 minutes to 60 minutes depending upon what needs to be covered in the meetings. We usually discuss any upcoming events that we have as a chapter and we vote on things that we want to organize and host in the future, whether they be philanthropic or with other organizations on campus.
Housing Two summers ago we moved from 32 Vernon Street Hartford, CT 06106 to 116 Allen Place Hartford, CT 06106. We were fully moved into our new house. We are renting our new house, as we did with our previous house. Our new house is much more up to date than our previous house and is closer to Trinity’s campus. It is in a nicer and safer location due to the fact that our school’s campus safety patrols the Allen place. Five sisters can live in the house and they reside on the second and third floors of the house. Their living space has a kitchen, living area, and bathroom that are separate from the meeting space that is available to all members on the first floor. The first floor offers a kitchen, bathroom, and living area as well. In addition, there is a room with a bed dedicated to hosting visitors from Nationals. As a whole, our new house offers much better accommodations to those living in the house and for the chapter as a whole.
Highlights of 2016
Summary: The members of Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Zeta Theta chapter are extremely diverse, yet the nature of our chapter is unified. We are involved in many clubs, teams, and organizations, and many have awards, accolades, and very noteworthy accomplishments. We work well together and treat each other with respect. This summer, we received an honorable mention for academic excellence at the National Convention. We pride ourselves on our academic success and continue to obtain the highest grade point average of all the Greek Organizations on Trinity’s campus.
Chapter Philanthropy: Throughout 2016, Zeta Theta made sure to uphold the philanthropic ideals associated with Kappa Kappa Gamma by participating in many philanthropic events that benefitted both Trinity and the surrounding Hartford area. Some events in which we participated and hosted are as follows:
Girls Academy: This year we were honored to be one of the 16 chapters, out of 140 chapters across the country, to be selected to hold a Girls Academy. Our chapter partnered with the Greater Hartford Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma and East Hartford middle school to offer 50 girls a unique, educational, day and a half long leadership retreat tailored specifically to the needs of middle school girls. Through the 5 aspects of the acronym GIRLS (Girls, Inspiring, Respect, Leadership, and Service), participants explored the issues of peer pressure, body image, bullying and finding their leadership potential—realities which they are faced with every day. The weekend consisted of a panel of inspirational women, talking about what it meant to be girls, learning about time-management, practicing public speaking, learning how to stand up against bullies, creating vision boards, and having fun! Members of our chapter took on the role of small group facilitators, leadership fair facilitator and logistics, and all sisters attended the graduation ceremony on Sunday where the girls performed skits and were awarded certificates of participation.
Kappa Kisses: We continued our tradition of holding the annual Kappa Kisses Event. We sold “Kappa Kisses” (candy grams with baggies of Hershey kisses) to the Trinity Community from Monday, Feb 9th- Friday February 13th during lunch and dinner at dining halls. Our organization did not receive any profits from the fundraiser and donated around $700 to the Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services in Hartford, CT.
Relay for Life: At the end of April we contributed our time and donations to the Relay for Life event at Trinity held at the end of April. We had 100% participation from our chapter and were able to donate to this cause.
Greek Week: Our chapter was actively involved in planning Greek Week 2016. We planned philanthropy events and fundraising activities for the week of Greek Week at the end of April. We participated with all other Greek organizations on campus.
Halloween on Vernon: Every year,in conjunction with ACES and Psi Upsilon, we help organize games, face painting, pumpkin carving, and trick or treating for children from the Hartford community. We offered a safe and fun environment for children and their families in the Hartford Community to enjoy Halloween festivities.
Pink Shabbat: Zeta theta: We co-sponsored 11th annual pink Shabbat, an event where all the funds raised were donated to Sharsheret, a national not-for-profit organization supporting young Jewish women and their families facing breast cancer.
BKind: For the second year, we worked with BKind, which was started to promote kindness in the world through random acts of kindness. Also, all donations to BKind are distributed to all different types of philanthropic projects around the world. During the week of November 13th-19th, as November 13th was National Kindness Day. We promoted random acts of kindness through raising money for BKind, motivational posters, thank you notes to Trinity’s staff, free coffee at our coffee shop, donating meals at dining halls to other students, etc. It was hugely successful and we would plan to partner with this organization in the future.
Project PACKS: Every other Thursday, we assisted with the packaging of backpacks for the Charleston house Project PACKS. Project PACKS, which stands for “providing academic change for kindling students,” is a campus organization that aims to help disadvantaged children focus in school. Working together with the Charleston House for Interfaith Cooperation, Project PACKS has donated an average of 40 food-filled backpacks per week to children who receive free or reduced-price meals at school, but may face hunger at home on the weekends.
Sponsoring "She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry:" Our chapter partnered with the Women & Gender Resource Action Center (WGRAC) and sponsored a showing of this movie that recounts the stories of women who fought for their own equality, and in the process created a world-wide revolution.
Partnering with the House of Bread: The House of Bread provides food, housing & shelter, education, medical/psychological, and legal services to almost 2,000 people in the Hartford area every day. At lunch and dinner during the week of November 9th through the 18th we provided the opportunity for people to make food and/or money donations to help this cause. We were able to raise around $200 for this cause.
Food Recovery Network Thanksgiving fundraiser: Our chapter donated $45 to the Food Recovery Network thanksgiving fundraiser and assisted in delivering food to the food pantry that the Food Recovery Network partners with.