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Eta Upsilon does not have an established chapter house yet, but they hope to have one in the future. The chapter meetings are held in classroom buildings at WSU.
==Highlights of 2015==
In 2015 Eta Upsilon at Wichita State University (WSU) has made some ground breaking accomplishments. This is our second year on Wichita State’s campus, but have already reached major milestones. In January the chapter held Leadership Day in which old officers transitioned the new officers. On this day Sandy Sipes, a professor at WSU, came and spoke to the women about the importance of communication. This helped remind the women that communication is key to having any organization run smoothly. After winter break, Eta Upsilon jumped right into Greek events. In January the chapter was involved in many different Panhellenic service events such as Bras for a Cause and all Greek Clean Up. Additionally, took part in other fraternities and sororities philanthropy events which included Gamma Phi Beta’s Grilled Cheese, Beta Theta Pi’s Wok N’ Roll, and Pi Kappa Alpha Tricycle races. The ladies of Eta Upsilon participated in Shock the Yard, a step show held by the Multicultural Greek Council. They participated in this show with the women of Gamma Phi Beta.
Eta Upsilon was also involved with many campus activities. Several of our members were nominated for Shocker Leadership awards. Two of our girls, Lauren McGuire and Mineka Rose were elected to the Student Senate. Mariah Smith was also chosen as Treasurer for the Student Government Association.
In the spring the chapter held its first ever food philanthropy event, Custard with Kappa. It was held at the Delta Gamma’s house. Freddy’s Frozen Custard donated custard cookies. The tickets were only $3. Over $1,000 was raised. 75% went to the Fundamental learning center and 25% went to Reading is Fundamental. Eta Upsilon then went to Oaklawn Elementary where the read, played literacy games, and donated over 100 books so that each child could go home with their own book.
The Public Relations Chairman made an effort to get the GIN System up and running to have members utilize it better. In addition she wrote and distributed the annual newsletter. Throughout the spring semester, Eta Upsilon had mixers with the fraternities, Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Upsilon, and Sigma Phi Epsilon. In addition had a mixer with the sorority, Delta Delta Delta. The chapter held its formal date party on May 1st at the Tallgrass Country Club with the theme Great Gatsby. The chapter then held its first candle light ceremony for Autumn Slater on her engagement.
Eta Upsilon was also able to send fourteen girls to regional meeting in Chicago, Illinois. The chapter then held senior sendoff on May 8th sending 9 seniors off into the real world. They are now part of the alumni association, in which they are very involved with. Not only did the chapter say goodbye to the 9 seniors, but Chapter Consultant, Chelsea Dyer. She was the consultant for two years. She is now a Province Direct of Chapters, and is working in Wichita with the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
At WSU there were many great achievements with basketball. ESPN Game day came to Wichita. WSU basketball then made it all the way to the Sweet Sixteen. Fred Van Fleet and Ron Baker announced their return for their senior seasons at WSU.
Eta Upsilon took a brief summer break, but in August had pre recruitment work week. Leadership consultant, S.E, came and gave very helpful suggestions to help make recruitment successful.
In September, Eta Upsilon participated in formal recruitment for the second year. The Phi Delta Theta house was used once again, but Eta Upsilon does have a lounge in the student dorms. Chapter Council, and other events took place here. Leadership Consultants, S.E and Alyssa came to help. Formal recruitment was a huge success. Eta Upsilon was the second preference house, and gained 28 new members from formal recruitment, and then two more girls from the fall continuous open bidding. In October, the ladies participated in many different actives such as sisterhoods, I-engage lunches, mixers, and Songfest.
Eta Upsilon had many social events. The biggest one was our first overnight sisterhood that was held in the Kappa Lounge. It was a big success full of fun memories. The women also had many mixers with the some of the fraternities which included, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, and Lambda Chi Alpha. They also participated in other Greek’s philanthropy fundraisers such as Dodge N’ Dive with Delta Delta Delta. Eta Upsilon won their first trophy with intramurals with the game being racquetball.
In November the first annual Kappa Olympics took place. This helped raise money for the local and national philanthropy along with collecting children’s books that will be donated to Oaklawn Elementary in upcoming spring semester.
At initiation in the fall the women initiated 27 new members. Eta Upsilon was able to do R.R for the first time.
A big announcement took place in the fall. Eta Upsilon is proud to have a house! This was also thanks to the amazing house board association and alumni association. It is located near the other sororities. Eta Upsilon hopes to be able to utilize in the spring, and then have girls live in the house in the fall of 2016. A small way of saying thanks was at the second birthday celebration. This was a time where the ladies celebrated being on campus for two years, thanking the advisors for the constant support, and the alumni association for all that they do.
The 2016 officers for WSU KKG are:
President- Pam Saenz
Vice President of Standards- Lauren Stiles
Vice President of Organization- Haley Valcoure
Vice President of Academic Excellence- Alyssa Rule
Recording Secretary- Lauren Chapman
Corresponding Secretary- Ellie Frayer
Treasurer-Libby Graber
Registrar- Emily Thon
Marshal-Mineka Rose
Education Chairman-Amy Pham
House Chairman- Darah Witherspoon
Membership Chairman-Mariah Smith
New Member Chairman-Madison Jewell
Panhellenic Delegate-Timory Hills
Philanthropy Chairman-Anne Perez
Public Relations Chairman-Caitlin Lee
Risk Management Chairman-Sloan Nicolay
Event Chairman- Samantha Murry