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We have strengthened the overall nature of our chapter in this past year. We have fostered stronger relationships within the Greek community, and some of our sisters served on the Panhellenic governing body. In Spring 2013, our house was officially a hundred years old, and it was inducted into the historical home society. Also, we remain a very active chapter in terms of philanthropy, our chapter completed over 5,000 hours of service in this year. In Spring 2013, our chapter GPA was a 3.166. In Fall 2013, our GPA rose to a 3.197. Both of these semesters, our GPA ranked 11 out of 11 Panhellenic sororities, but we look forward to doing all we can do in the next year to continue raising our GPA and improving our chapter!
==Highlights of 2014==
2014 was an exciting year for Epsilon Gamma Chapter. In January and February we participated in spring recruitment that included events such as intimate dinner outings and an ice cream social. After spring recruitment, seven new members joined our chapter and we welcomed them with a fun Olympics themed bid day which included a trip to the ice skating rink. On March 28th and 29th the chapter held our Blue and Blue banquet and Initiation for the new members. Throughout the year our chapter continued to be active in various philanthropies such as donating books to the Cover to Cover project and promoting the importance of literacy in elementary school children throughout the Greek community. We also had many sisters participate in on-campus philanthropies such as UNC Dance Marathon and Relay for Life. Dance Marathon, which was held in March, is a 24 hour event that benefits UNC Children's hospitals. Relay for Life raises money for the American Cancer Society, and our chapter had a team participate. In March we held a barbeque called "Q for the Cause" with Kappa Alpha Order to support Relay for Life. We had several acapella groups perform at this event and those who attended were served delicious barbeque. In addition to our philanthropic endeavors, our chapter enjoyed many social events throughout the semester We had a fun Heartbreakers themed date function, a mixer with Kappa Alpha Order, pre-formal, and formal. Pre-Formal was held at He's Not Here and Formal was held at the Rizzo Conference Center. Sisterhood continued to play an important role in our chapter. We attended a great sisterhood retreat at the beach. We did many low ropes courses and participated in leadership and team building activities.
When we returned to school in August for the Fall 2014 semester, we got straight to work on fall recruitment. For the first time we held a work week before classes started to prepare for recruitment so sisters could focus on their classes. After plenty of hard work, 60 new members joined our chapter. To celebrate our new members we held a Masters themed bid day with an exciting trip to an arcade center. Once recruitment ended we had our "Q for the Cause" barbeque. Similarly to the spring semester event, we had acapella performances and enjoyed delicious barbeque. We also began participating in our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, by going to several elementary schools and reading with the children. We have also began collecting books for a low income elementary school to improve their literacy over the summer. October was a busy month for Epsilon Gamma. We held big-little reveal on October 2nd and we were all excited to welcome new members to our families. Our new members also went on their new member sleepover and played fun sisterhood games. We celebrated Founders Day on October 13th with a special ceremony and 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 "My Tie" date function, a parents weekend function, an "80s Ski Lodge" grab-a-date function, a mixer with Kappa Alpha Order and our semiformal event. Semiformal was held on November 21st at R&R Grill. We had a live band perform at the event. We also have participated in many sisterhood events. In September we went on a sisterhood retreat to Camp Hanes. The camp had many fun activities for us such as archery, canoeing, and leadership building games. We also had a holiday extravaganza that included sweatshirt painting, cookie decorating, and ornament making. We take great pride in all we have accomplished in this past calendar year and we look forward to seeing what 2015 has to offer us!
This year while UNC has faced academic scandal, our school has continued to flourish. Our basketball team won a magnificent home game against our rival Duke and made a great run in the NCAA tournament.
We have strengthened the overall nature of our chapter in this past year. We have fostered stronger relationships within the Greek community, and some of our sisters served on the PanHellenic governing body. In 2015 we look forward to welcoming a new chapter of Alpha Phi onto our campus. Our historic home underwent a few minor renovations and upgrades such as new bathrooms on the third floor, re-painting of the walls, and a new storage room for girls to put their coats and book bags. Also, we remain a very active chapter in terms of philanthropy; our chapter completed over 5,000 hours of community service this year. We continue to work hard on our academics as well and are continuously trying to improve our overall chapter GPA.
Our chapter holds meeting in our historic home on the corner of Pittsboro and McCauley streets. Epsilon Gamma owns our home and we have been in the same home since our chapter was founded at UNC in 1958. Our home houses approximately 33 girls. Unique to our chapter, we also have an annex that we call Study House. Study House contains rooms for group projects or meetings and also sisters old class materials to help those who are currently enrolled in those classes.
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