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==Highlights of 2011-2019==
==Highlights of 2012==
In the previous calendar year the members of the Epsilon Zeta chapter have been very involved on campus and in our community. At the national convention this summer we received honorable mention for our excellence in Ritual. We have several sisters in the following academic based honor societies, Phi Eta Sigma, Order of Omega and Rho Lambda. We also have three sisters who are Relay for Life team captains, eight Rho Gammas, two Dance Marathon assistants, one Dance Marathon Morale Captain. We also have sisters pursuing career based interests; our sister Brianna Barnabee was the Florida Public Relations Association Digital Coordinator; Angeline Lenz was the membership chair for the Society of Women in Engineering; and Ashley Cook writes for the campus fashion Magazine, Clutch.
We also have campus representatives for companies in our chapter from Victoria's Secret, Lily Pulitzer, Southern Tide and Vineyard Vines.One of our chapter goals for the 2012 calendar year was to increase campus involvement and we accomplished that goal by older sisters encouraging and helping the younger girls to apply for positions. In fall 2012 we had more sisters apply for leadership positions around campus than ever before in our chapter.
The Florida State University campus has a very diverse culture that is always evolving. Here in Tallahassee we have students and professors from all different backgrounds who contribute to the melting pot style of campus we call home. Florida State has a very stong strong Panhallenic association which provides us with a large greek life that supports us in our philanthropysphilanthropy, social events and community involvement. The nature of our chapter is similar to that of FSU's campus in that we are very unique. We have 219 active members, all of which share the values of love, friendship and loyalty but have very different personalities. We are a chapter with a lot of acceptance of and embrace our differences in the process of bettering ourselves as women, a goal evry every single member strides for and contributes to our chapter. ==Highlights of 2013== Many of the sisters of the Epsilon Zeta chapter have the honor of accepting the Bright Futures scholarship that helps to alleviate tuition for students attending universities in the state of Florida. A few of our new sisters have received further scholarships, including the Freshman Scholarship that is good for $1,200 a semester. Our academic success continued in the 2013 school year by a large number of sisters being recognized with high honors on the Dean’s List as well as the President’s List for many semesters in a row. Not only has our chapter been involved academically, but our focus on philanthropic involvement is also very important to us. Both our Kappa Krawfish Boil in the Spring and our Kappa Kombat event in the Fall supporting the Gretchen Everheart School and Reading is Fundamental had the highest level of participation from the Greek community that it has ever seen. So much so that our Kappa Krawfish Boil ran out of crawfish for our guests due to the large turnout. We returned the support in our Greek community by participating in Chi Omega’s Kisses for the Troops, Gamma Phi Beta’s GPhi-Joe event, the Theta fest for Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Delta Pi’s BBQ event supporting the Ronald McDonald House Charities, as well as Alpha Phi’s Red Dress Gala supporting the American Heart Association and many more. Our philanthropic involvement continued to improve our fraternal relations by participating in Theta Chi’s Cheers for Children, Alpha Tau Omega’s Fratiator, Pi Kappa Alpha’s Christmas for the Children, just to name a few. Our sisters continued to be involved in one of the largest events that takes place on campus- Dance Marathon at FSU. With more than half of our chapter participating in Dance Marathon at FSU, whether as a dancer, Morale Captain, or selected to be on the Executive Board of the event, Kappa Kappa Gamma’s participation in the success of this event was detrimental to its success. We continued to be involved in Light the Night in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, as well as Relay for Life, of which our chapter originally brought to the Florida State University. Last year, Kappa Kappa Gamma placed first in the event for Relay for Life for our hard work and participation. Epsilon Zeta members have also been involved in world and local events including many mission trips by sisters to Haiti, and Jamaica. One of our sisters also helped to campaign for the Republican party, while others work at the capital just a short trip from campus. Another sister worked as a group leader for Vacation Church Camp over the summer, while others were camp counselors at their local summer camps as well. Within our chapter, sisters have noticed many positive changes that have helped us improve a large amount when compared to 2012. Sisters have reported an increase in confidence within ourselves due to the support of our sisters. Weekly awards, such as Supportive Sister and Sister of the Week, have helped our chapter work to be the best sisters we can e to each other. Every week, the Supportive Sister of the week receives an oversized pink bra, of which they are to add to the decorations however they wish. They receive the bra by supporting another sister during a hard time, or just by lending a helping hand. Sister of the Week is given to a woman who has done something excellent during the week, whether it is doing exceptionally well on a test or representing our chapter in a positive way on campus. Sisters have also noticed the improvement in outside involvement, both in the Tallahassee community and Panhellenic. There has also been a push to become more well-rounded in Kappa by acquiring leadership positions around campus and in the community. Due to our increase in participation of other chapter’s events within the Greek community, our events including Kappa Krawfish Boil and Kappa Kombat have become more successful, which helps to improve our personal relations as well. Within the Panhellenic community, Kappa Kappa Gamma has continued to stay involved by serving on the Panhellenic recruitment staff, both on the technology team and as Rho Gamma’s. Our sisters helped to welcome home over 1,000 new members into the Panhellenic Community to join wonderful sisterhoods. At the end of 2013, one of our very own sisters, Maria Stamatoinokis, was selected to be the Head Rho Gamma for Fall 2014. During our Founder’s Day event held in the back yard, both sisters and Alumni gathered around to celebrate and honor the six founders of our fraternity. This event, filled with singing, writing to other chapters congratulating their Founder’s Day, reflecting on our chapter’s history, candle lightings in honor of our founders, and many other ritual events helped to remind the women of Epsilon Zeta why we are a part of such an incredible sisterhood. As one of our goals for the 2013 calendar year was to be more involved around campus, the sisters of the Epsilon Zeta chapter certainly achieved this goal. Multiple sisters are involved in the Student Government Association at FSU, as well as the National Society of Leadership Success, FSU’s School Newspaper The Odyssey, Seminole’s Futures Ambassadors, a Union Productions volunteer, membership in the Freshman Leadership Institute, as well as Hall Ambassadors for Dormitories, and many clubs relating to our sister’s selected majors. These membership positions around campus have helped Kappa to establish ourselves as leaders who are helping to evolve our university into one of the best universities in the nation. Many of our sisters have reported the nature of our chapter as being a loving, dedicated, and diverse group of women. A large amount responded by elaborating on the sisterly love that we show one another. Our chapter was described the most by our sisters as being supportive, determined, classy, and sisterly. These four adjectives portrays the kind of relationships we build with not only our sisters, but our Panhellenic sisters, the entire Greek community, and the local and national communities our chapter touches as well.
==Highlights of the 2020s==