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A huge change that we had to adjust to was deferred recruitment. I order to switch from fall to spring, we had a formal recruitment in the fall for sophomores and ware gearing up for another one in January for freshman. This created a lot of extra work and innovation for our chapter as we had to make many adjustments to our schedule, housing, and budget. Additionally, changes were made to the housing board staff, we gained 10 new members in the fall, and we integrated the GYN system into our chapter to track study hours and maintain an accessible calendar.
==Highlights of 2016==
This year, Gamma Epsilon had their first formal spring recruitment and informal fall recruitment. This past
calender year we gained Spring 2016 and Fall 2016, making wonderful additions to our chapter. We
received an award for parent and alumni engagement in Cathedral Standards of Excellence, as well
as a Standards award at the Kappa convention. We had several successful sisterhood events; in
October, we went to Sorgels, the local pumpkin patch, and in December, we had a holiday event
where we decorated the house for the holidays and decorated cookies. We participated in several
philanthropy events hosted by other sororities and fraternities; we won Pi Kappa Alpha's wiffleball
tournament, which raised money for one of their brothers that was diagnosed with Leukemia. We
also placed first in Tri Sigma's Twister event, which raised money for their philanthropy. Our
chapter has also focused a lot on enhancing our leadership skills. In order to improve on this, one
of our upcoming Chapter Council members volunteered to participate in a Greek leadership
academy, which taught Greek members how to be a supportive member, a strong leader, and
handle conflict.
This year, our chapter really focused on trying to become more involved both in our Greek
comminuty and on our campus with other non-greek organizations. One way we showed a great
deal of support for greek life was by participating in the University of Pittsburgh's annual Pitt
Dance Marathon. There, we had seventeen of our sisters raised over one hundred dollars each for
Children's Miracle Network by either participating as a dancer (participants who stood and danced
for the full sixteen hours) or dreamers (participants who remained active for eight hours). Through
this, our sisters spent the day dancing and raising money with other greek organizations in order to
raise money for the kids. Gamma Epsilon also wanted to support other clubs outside of the greek
community, and one way we achieved this goal was by supporting one of Pitts improvisation clubs,
Rukus. We collaborated with Rukus in order to support the arts and raise money for the club by
sending almost half of our chapter to watch one of their performances and provide them with
monetary contributions, part of which they donated to us to help support our philanthropy.
'''Chapter Philanthropy'''
This year, Gamma Epsilon had many philanthropic accomplishments. At this years dog days
fundraiser, we were able to raise a record breaking amount for our chapter of approximately $600.
We also had almost every sister make a dish or a treat to donate to our lunch-box auction, at which
we were able to raise close to $400 for Reading is Fundamental. Not only did we have great success
through our philanthropy events, we also raised and donated money to Sigma Chi's Derby Day philanthropy event, which raises funds for research at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and we came in second place for the event. Our chapter also partnered with the fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, for the 2016 Greek Sing competition where we placed third with our Cinderella themed performance.
We also chose to support Children's Miracle Network by participating in Pitt Dance Marathon and
Greek Sing because it is the greek wide philanthropy. We pair up with the other sororities and
fraternities on campus and collectively participate in events such as these in order to raise money
as a community.
'''Chapter Facility'''
Our chapter has continued to hold its meetings in our on-campus, chapter-owned house. These
occur once every Sunday at 8PM, with our chapter council meeting forty-five minutes prior to
discuss weekly events and important news.
==Highlights of 2020s:==