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'''Chapter:'''
In August of 2013 the Gamma Alpha chapter welcomed a new house mom; Mom Julia. She has been a great addition to the house and the chapter members appreciate all the hard work she does. There are over 170 active Gamma Alpha members. Each one of us brings such unique qualities to this chapter and mesh together very well. The women of this chapter balance schoolwork, part-time jobs and extra-curricular activities in addition to Chapter events and activities. We have really taken advantage of social media to promote our house in a positive way. With having a Twitter account, @ksukappa, everyone is able to tweet about how special Kappa is to them. During the past year our chapter worked on maintaining a positive reputation at Kansas State University. We can’t wait to see how much more we can achieve in the next calendar year.
==Highlights of 2014==
2014 Summary:
Twenty-fourteen was a great year for the women of Gamma Alpha chapter at Kansas State
University. Not only did Kappa win first place at the 2014 homecoming competition, our all house
GPA was ranked in the top three for Greek houses at Kansas State. We hosted two fantastic
philanthropies, Sundae Funday and Kappaccino. This year’s recruitment was one for the books as
we welcomed 59 new members into our house. The new members fit in perfectly and we are proud
to call them our sisters. Twenty-fourteen was Gamma Alpha’s 98th anniversity and we welcomed
many Gamma Alpha Alumni to have lunch with us, tour the house before the renovations and meet
our new members. Complete renovation of the second and third floors began in December and is
scheduled to be completed by end of summer 2015. The current in-house members are temporarily
living in the Jardine Apartment Complex during the spring semester of 2015.
Philanthropy:
Gamma Alpha participated in two very strong philanthropies. Our first one was in the spring and we
called it Sundae Funday. For this philanthropy we partnered with Gamma Phi Beta and we hosted
an ice cream bar, which allowed students at Kansas State to create their favorite treat while raising
money for a great cause. We raised over $1700 to go to our philanthropy. We also partnered with
Farmhouse for their philanthropy called Philanthocakes. We made thousands of pancakes and
served the students at Kansas State University. The turnout was so great we had a line out the door
and down the block. Our second philanthropy, which we held in November, was called Kappaccino.
We rented a booth at the student union and sold Kappaccino’s to students, which was perfect
considering the temperature was close to freezing that week. Our total amount raised came to about
$700 dollars.
Campus:
Our campus is continuing to grow in size and with that we are excited to announce that Kansas
State University will be adding a women’s soccer team to our athletic programs. Plus, the Bill Snyder
Football Stadium is currently being expanded to seat even more fans to cheer on our amazing
football team!! Our university is continually improving and changing to fit the needs of our student
body. Kansas State also launched a plan to become one of the top 50 research universities in the
country by 2025.
Chapter:
The Gamma Alpha chapter is growing robustly in size. We went from having 170 active members
in 2013 to having 190 active members in 2014 and with that we are becoming very close with each
other during chapter meetings. This is our house moms second year being Gamma Alpha’s chapter
house mom and she has been wonderful. She loves knowing how our days have been and she is
always a great listener. The women of our chapter are very busy balancing schoolwork, jobs and
extra curricular activities in addition to being a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma(the best sorority
on campus). We have a twitter and Facebook page where members can post just how special Kappa
really is. We are also working on setting up an Instagram account to help promote our chapter and
the philanthropies even more. At Kappa’s National Convention over the summer we also received
the award of excellence in chapter management.
==Highlights of 2020s:==