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We started off the fall with formal recruitment where we sang songs, met potential new members, and even had a fun new cheer, which was borrowed from our sisters at Ole Miss to make sure our excitement & pride for Kappa shined through. To adjust with the new "no frills" policy, we incorporated our colors, light blue & dark blue, in our decor to show Kappa spirit! After all of our hard work, 42 new sisters ran home to us on bid day! During the Fall of 2016, we welcomed 42 new members into sisterhood of Kappa Kappa Gamma. For bid day on September 7th, the theme was “Go Kappa – That Blue and Blue looks good on you.” Our house was decorated with two banners, blue streamers, and blue balloons. When new members arrived at the house, they received a new tank top as well as a bag with fun Kappa gifts. Both new members and sisters alike enjoyed the inflatable slide, photo booth, and DJ. To help welcome our new members we had our first cocktail on September 9th on the day after Bid day to celebrate. To immerse the new members into all things Kappa, Epsilon Gamma took the new members to Sky zone, a trampoline park, for their new member retreat on September 16th. The girls jumped the night away, making lasting friendships and great memories.
On September 18th Epsilon Gamma hosted a academic excellence banquet to celebrate the 94 sisters who made the Dean's list last year, 47 of whom made the Dean’s list both semesters. Continuing our annual tradition, Kappa Kappa Gamma partnered with Kappa Alpha fraternity to host Q for the Cause on September 22nd. This benefit dinner is held at the Kappa house and raises money to support Earlier.org, a nonprofit that funds breast cancer research and that was started by an alumna of Epsilon Gamma chapter. To help our sisters celebrate family weekend, Epsilon Gamma hosted a parents cocktail at the Ackland Art Museum on the 23rd.
At the end of an 8-week new member education period, the new members were initiated on November 5th. Both the pledge class of Spring and Fall of 2016 are great additions to the Epsilon Gamma chapter. We have enjoyed every moment spent with these new members, and as sisters of Epsilon Gamma they bring not only enthusiasm but also appreciation of what it truly means to be a Kappa sister. With the presidential election this year, many of our sisters took the opportunity to get involved on campus and registered voters so that everyone could do their civil duty. Our sisters also kindly offered to help with the initiation of our new sisters at North Carolina State University and 50 sisters traveled to State to help with the installation. The sisters of Epsilon Gamma also had the incredible opportunity to meet the fraternities current president at the installation. After that, we had our Semi-formal at R&R Grille on November 12th to enjoy some time with our sisters and dates before Thanksgiving break. We had our last event of the year with Pi Lambda Phi at the Library on December 1st. The theme was ZooNC and this event was planned by the event assistant and everyone had a fantastic time.
Epsilon Gamma was awarded the academic excellence award at convention this year for most improved academics. We were also awarded the Chapter Progress award by our Panhellenic community and a senior Emily Beaty recei ved received an Outstanding Senior Award also from our Panhellenic community. When we returned to school in August for the Fall 2015 semester, we got straight to work on fall recruitment. Work week was held the week before classes started to prepare for recruitment. This way, sisters could focus on their classes when school started and we would be all set for Recruitment. Afterplenty of hard work, 48 new members joined our chapter. Bid Day, was so exciting and welcoming forour new members and our sisters. With an American theme and lots of yummy food, including a food truck, bid day was a success. Once recruitment ended and school had settled in, Epsilon Gamma had our annual "Q for the Cause" barbeque dinner, with all funds going to Earlier.org. By partnering with Kappa Alpha Order, we were able to raise more money for our local philanthropy. Earlier.org is an organization started an Epsilon Gamma alumna that works to find an earlier test for breast cancer. We continued our work with Reading is Fundamental, by going to several elementary schools and reading with the children at after school programs in the Triangle. This year, we also partnered with Pi Beta Phi to celebrate Read Across America Day on March 2. In the spring of 2015, after many months of collecting children's books, we donated over 4,000 books to a North Carolina elementary school. October was a busy month for Epsilon Gamma. We held big-little reveal on October 8th and we were all excited to welcome new members to our families. Our new members attended their new member retreat at our house where they played games and got to know each other better, a good time was had by all. We celebrated Founder's Day on October 13th with a special ceremony, where we welcomed alumni back, and indulged in some delicious desserts. Blue and Blue Banquet and Initiation were held the weekend of October 24th and 25th. We were delighted to call our new members our sisters! Social events also played a large role in the fall semester. We had a “Lazy Afternoon” date function following recruitment, a parent’s weekend function, a “Throwdown for your Hometown” mixer with Lambda Chi Alpha, a “Woodstock” themed mixer with Alpha Sigma Phi, and a Halloween mixer with Sigma Phi Epsilon. We also had our semi formal event,which was enjoyed by all. Semi Formal was held on November 14th at R&R Grill with a live band performing at the event. Epsilon Gamma also held many sisterhood events this year. In October we took a sisterhood event to the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh where sisters rode rides and enjoyed somedelicious food. In November, we traveled to the mountains for our sisterhood retreat, which was held at Blue Ridge Assembly. The camp had many fun activities for us, such as a high ropes course, hiking trails, and sisterhood games. The retreat was a great way for our sisters to get away from campus and getto strengthen our sisterhood. We also had a holiday extravaganza that included making gingerbread houses, holiday cards, and enjoying the holiday season with our sisters. We take great pride in all we have accomplished in this past calendar year and we look forward to seeing what 2016 has to offer us! The 2015 calendar year contained many exciting things on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. It hascertainly been a year of standout athletics from many of the teams around campus. Firstly our football had a stellar season that led them to the ACC championship in December. Unfortunately the Tarheelsfell short of a victory against Clemson, however our Kappa sisters enjoyed attending football games and supporting the Tarheels together! The UNC men’s basketball team is also off to a great start for their season, with numerous polls ranking them as the number one team in the nation. Epsilon Gamma sisterswill most definitely have a lot to look forward to on the court in 2016! In the academic sphere, UNC biochemist, Aziz Sancar, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Chemistry for his work with the mapping of cancer cells. In light of the recent academic scandal it is clear that the University of NorthCarolina Chapel Hill has a bright future ahead whether it be in academics or in athletics! '''Chapter Philanthropy:''' Epsilon Gamma continues to support several organizations, among them Reading is Fundamental, ournational philanthropy, and Earlier.org, a foundation dedicated to the early detection of breast cancer areour main focuses. We support RIF by going weekly to local elementary schools and reading with thechildren. We have also had sisters start a library at a disadvantaged school, E.K. Powe Elementary, andEpsilon Gamma helped to provide books for these students to take home over the summer. Our chapter supports RIF, not only because it is Kappa’s national philanthropy, but also because thesisters of Epsilon Gamma believe that interacting with today’s youth is a great way to make a difference.Sisters continually love to work with the children of local elementary schools and are consistentlyasking to go back. We support Earlier.org because an Epsilon Gamma alumnus, Martha Kaley, foundedthe sight and we continue to support her throughout her endeavors to find an earlier method of detectingbreast cancer.
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