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Overall, 2015 has been a success for the Delta Eta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Certainly, in the years after, with joy and with laughter, we’ll always remember 2015. Moving forward with such a great year behind us, we look forward to seeing what 2016 has in store.
==Highlights of 2016==
The Delta Eta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has continued to grow and develop during the 2016 year. By the way of chapter population, we have been incredibly fortunate. During spring recruitment, we welcomed twelve new members, and we celebrated as we initiated each of them. At the end of spring semester, our chapter watched as 18 members became Alumna when they graduated in May. Following fall recruitment, we welcomed 38 new women, including three legacies into our fraternity. It’s always an exciting time and a boost to sisterhood to see as the PNM goes through recruitment, receives a bid, becomes a full sister following initiation, and eventually gracefully transition to alumna status.
This year during Fall Recruitment, in an attempt to recruit more ‘real’ women, we worked to bring out the values of our PNM’s through a values based recruitment. Each new member had the opportunity to get to know the women in our chapter and our commitment to philanthropy as they were educated through games and activities about RIF and our other philanthropies.
Every year, one of the most anticipated and memorable days is Bid Day. We were so fortunate to have two this year, following spring and fall recruitment. There are many traditions that we routinely follow – The seniors collect all of our new members at the union, they each get a T-Shirt, we sit in a circle and introduce ourselves, etc. As all the new members come running down the street, the actives take them to the intersection in front of the house where the actives form a large circle around all the new members. We sing “Pat,” and at the chorus we run to the center, we grab all of the new members and pull them out and teach them the song.
This year, we strived to continue a strong sense of philanthropy amongst our chapter and Greek community. During the spring, we held our second annual Kappa Kupcake. Those attending could have as many cupcakes as they could possibly eat for an entrance charge of five dollars. It proved to be very successful, and the money raised went to the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.
In the fall, we had two philanthropy events. The first was called Kappa Klassic and it was the second annual golf tournament held for the Delta Eta Chapter’s philanthropies. The enrollment, at just 40 participants, was lower than expected, but those who did attend had an excellent time. We expect that with time, it will grow in popularity and should become a wildly successful philanthropy event in the years to come. The second philanthropy event in the fall, and by far more successful event, was Kappa Gobble. The premise, as always, is pie for all attendees. The entrance fee is five dollars and all the proceeds went to the Christmas Box House, our local philanthropy for Delta Eta.
As first and foremost college students, academics are always on our mind. Unfortunately, in the spring we did not reach our goal of being first in grades. We came in second behind Pi Beta Phi. This caused a new burst of motivation and dedication to our academics. Our Vice-President of Academic Excellence, Anna Uthe started a new incentive program in which members could check in with a member of her committee and clock her study hours in the library. At the end of the semester a raffle would be held for the girls with the highest number of study hours. This program was wildly successful, and because of Anna’s dedication to excellence the Delta Eta Chapter came in first place in grades in the fall semester.
Delta Eta resides on the University of Utah campus and our members are always involved in many of the organizations. Whether it’s UPC, the Alumni Board, ASUU, Intramural sports, or TAing, it is likely that you will find a Kappa nearly everywhere!
At the beginning of the year, the chapter came up with a few goals to work towards. The first regarded Chapter Involvement. We had hoped to readdress the chapter goals every month and ensure that our involvement through campus and in Kappa was continually improving. We hope to improve this in the following year. The second chapter goal regarded recruitment. It was expected that Kamp Kappa would be lengthened and that member morale would be improved during recruitment. This was heartily addressed and was a successful change. Our recruitment was more value based and as a chapter we feel our new pledge class exemplified this. The final chapter goal regarded attendance. The chapter felt that we needed to strengthen our reputation in the community by becoming more involved with other chapters’ philanthropy events.
Overall, 2016 has been a success for the Delta Eta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Certainly, in the years after, with joy and with laughter, we’ll always remember 2016. Moving forward with such a great year behind us, we look forward to seeing what 2017 has in store.
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