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The original Kappa house was built in the 1800s and was owned by a University of Idaho professor. A new addition was built onto the house in 1923 and another addition from 1954-1955. We have always had members live in the house. All the freshmen live in the house while sophomores, juniors, and seniors have the option to apply to live out of the house. Currently we have 73 members living in the house but it ranges from year to year, usually fluctuating between 68 and 75 members. The chapter members rent the house.
==Highlights of 2015==
On January 13th the beautiful Beta Kappa Chapter House opened back up for everyone to return for spring 2015 semester. After taking the day to settle in classes started the very next day on January 14th. After getting used to the new routine of the semester we had leadership day on January 24th where new goals and ideas were discussed and created for the year. On the 11th of February we enjoyed a Valentines date dinner where everyone got have a tasty meal with someone special. Also for Valentines day we made flower grams to be delivered on the 14th of February all proceeds went to Alternatives to Violence on the Palouse.
February 15th-22nd Hanna Johnson, the leadership consultant, came to visit again. The previous fall semester we had received first in grades, we held our scholarship banquet on February 23th and Ellison Schultz was chosen to wear the scholarship key for the following year. We had our second annual big chill/skate date on February 27th. We volunteered for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival here in Moscow on February 28th.
From March 9th-13th we had midterms. Luckily after a week of tests we were rewarded with spring recess the following week from March 16th-20th. To kick off the second half of the semester we returned and had Greek week and partnered with Phi Delta Theta and Lambda Chi Alpha. On March 26th-27th we had our first Vandal Friday where Seniors in high school came to visit the university and enroll in classes.
The following weekend we hosted the second Vandal Friday on April 2nd-3rd. On April 4th we had a recruitment workshop to refresh ourselves and better prepare for recruitment in the fall. On April 11th we had Saturday of Service where we helped out in the Moscow community. On April 16th we had our second annual Junior Hoopla where the juniors little’s made paddles for them. We were so excited to have our moms in town from April 17th- 19th. On April 26th Patti Perry, a member of house board received her 50th pin. On April 28th Katelin Bartles was named Sigma Chi’s Sweetheart.
On April 27th-May 1st we gave recognition to our seniors by having senior week. We had an ice cream sisterhood with Kappa Delta on May 3rd. Dead week was May 4th-8th. On May 8th we had Symposium with Tri-Delta and Delta Gamma where we ate pizza at our house and Delta Gamma’s and had popsicles and played lawn games at Tri-Delta. Finals were May 11th- May 15th. The house closed for the summer on May 15th and Spring Commencement Ceremony was May 16th.
Everyone returned to the beautiful white house on the hill on August 7th. After a couple of day of getting settled in we were excited for recruitment and began workweek on August 9th. Recruitment was August 14th-17th. While it was a fun, exciting, and stressful four days we successfully welcomed 27 new members into our home on bid night August 17th. On August 19th we enjoyed our all house retreat at Silverwood theme park where we got some thrills from the rides and sun in the water park. Classes then began on August 24th and that evening the new members had their formal pledging ceremony.
On September 24th we had our Scholarship banquet to honor those who did well in the spring semester. We had big/little find out on September 24th. We welcomed our dads to campus for the weekend on September 25th-27th for some good old Vandal football.
We had Inspiration Week October 4th-10th and our 26 new members became members. We had a small founders day celebration in our dining room where we did a small ritual and enjoyed some cupcakes on October 13th. We had midterms October 12th- 16th. We had Kappa Krush on October 16th where we brought our dates over to have panda express and take some fun photos. Homecoming week was October 19th-24th. We had a fun sister hood on October 23rd where we went to the Haunted Palouse and went through 2 haunted houses and a haunted hayride which were frightening and fun. We had an etiquette dinner during formal dinner with the campus nutritionist on October 26th.
The leadership consultant, Carly Wooldridge, came to visit November 1st-6th and gave us great ideas. On November 2nd Andrea Bennett was pinned by Phi Delta Theta Chris Steinmetz, how wonderful to see true love. On November 4th we had a sisterhood and watched Magic Mike XXL and enjoyed tasty snack. We had an appreciation for our cook Katie, as it was her last day cooking on November 6th. We had a puppy philanthropy on November 7th where several of us went and volunteered at the humane society with Sigma Chi. Monmouth Duo was a blast with Pi Beta Phi on November 7th. Make a Difference Day was on November 14th where we went and helped local communities with projects. On November 15th Nicole Noble was elected to Panhellenic as the Secretary. Fall Recess was from November 23rd-27th.
We had a card making sisterhood with Gamma Phi Beta on December 2nd where we made cards for the local Gritman Medical Center to give to their patients for the holiday season. Dead week was from December 7th-11th. During this week we had a Christmas date dinner on the 9th where we got to show off our beautifully decorated home and have a nice meal we also had a Secret Santa Sisterhood to show appreciation for each other on the 10th. Finals week Began on December 14th.
Some recent changes to our campus were that we welcomed a new dean of students, Blaine Eckles and new assistant Greek advisor, Leyalle Harris. We also currently don’t have a Greek advisor.
Chapter Philanthropy:
What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
We have traditionally raised money or donated time to Alternatives to Violence on the Palouse, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Make a Difference Day, The Children’s Center, and Saturday of Service.
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
We chose these organization because they have demonstrated need and we are more than willing to help them out.
==Highlights of 2020s:==