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Reading is Fundamental is the motivation behind a majority of our events. Kappa Karaoke is an event dedicated to raising money for this cause, and it is our largest philanthropy event of the year. The wide scope of the philanthropy allows us to run book drives, donate our time, and fundraise, all for a concise cause. Furthermore, we enjoy having a hands-on support approach to improve childhood literacy by traveling to a local elementary school to read to children every week. Being able to see the difference we are making in children’s academic success is a special and valuable opportunity. For these reason we continue to partner with Emerson Elementary.
==Highlights of 2016:==
2016 has been a year of growth and expansion for the Pi Deuteron chapter. Our new members, as they do each year, added diversity in experiences, backgrounds and personality to our chapter. Many traditions in our chapter, such as presenting the Jill Costello and Linda Morrison awards to exceptional members, were continued. In addition, we continued our participation in our annual philanthropic activities as well as our campus involvement. Overall, our chapter council this year worked toward bridging Pi Deuteron’s history and tradition, as well as working toward inspiring chapter participation and enthusiasm in chapter events.
A main goal for this years’ chapter council was to increase chapter awareness of Pi Deuteron history and ritual. Both the Marshal and Registrar worked together to engage members in our history. At each Monday night, we made it a goal to share a scrapbook with the chapter, as well as give a brief comment about the time period each scrap book was created in. The goal was to share chapter history as well as bridge the past and present, showing that Kappa ideals, goals and values have been sustained and consistent throughout history.
In addition to the scrapbooks, our Marshal led us in engaging ritual review, making sure to define the significance and origin of our traditions. Another goal of our chapter was to increase chapter participation and excitement in our activities and history. Chapter council decided to create “Kappa Kash” as a way to increase involvement in our chapter.
Involvement in philanthropic activities as well as answering trivia questions could lead to Kappa Kash. At the end of the academic year we will put all the Kappa Kash earned in a raffle, and those who have the most Kappa Kash will be most likely to win prizes. So far this has increased involvement in chapter activities such as Girl’s Academy and other philanthropic events. In addition, chapter council worked towards making standards more transparent and approachable, holding mock standards meetings during meeting and emphasizing clear communication between members and the standards committee. To continue sisterhood bonding our activities chair scheduled chapter outings.
Finally, we decided we wanted to work as a chapter council to lead by example and be effective and efficient. To do this, we worked on communicating everything we were working on during Chapter Council meetings, we encouraged the house to be more involved and worked hard to help one another whenever we could.
Our chapter continued our varied member’s involvements through campus led groups and events. These include clubs like ONE for social justice, Active for Alzheimer’s, Order of Omega, and Berkeley Consulting. Our involvement extends through the athletic department with members on the dance, cheer, crew, sand volleyball, and other sports teams. Additionally, our chapter wide GPA average continues to rise each semester, showing our dedication to academics. With such a rich and all-encompassing group of members, our chapter never has a lack of philanthropic, academic or extracurricular commitments.
==Highlights of 2020:==