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This year has been a great one for Eta Chapter! We just transitioned our new Chapter Council and are very excited to see what the pilot structure has in store for our chapter. Overall, our chapter has continued to uphold our academic excellence, improved our philanthropic involvement, and strengthened the bonds we hold with one another. We will continue to grow individually and as a chapter throughout the coming years and are excited to see what they have in store for Eta Chapter![[File:Eta Chapter Bid Day.png|thumb|Eta Bid Day]]
==Highlights of 2019==
In 2019, Eta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has an eventful year! Once again Eta Chapter focused on maintaining high academic standards, participated in many philanthropy events in our community, and continued to stregthen our bonds as a chapter.
As a chapter we held many exciting sisterhood events throughout the year. These sisterhoods include going to a pumpkin patch, having a sister trivia night, a movie night, and a tour of an art museum. These events help our chapter get to know the new members and a to streghthen our bonds with one another.
Academic:
There was a strong focus with maintaining high academic standards through out the year. We continued to participate in "Letters at the Library" where members can study together and grouped members by majors in order to set up a mentoring program. Our overall chapter GPA was 3.468 and many of our members were acknowledged for getting a 4.0 at our academic banquet. Scholarships were awarded to Sami Stroebel, Brynn Tonn, Katya Mikhailenko, Paige Mezzatesta, Lexie Ippolito, and Courtney Morrison.
Chapter Facility:
Both our informal and formal chapter meetings are held in our beautiful living room of our chapter owned house. This past fall, Eta Chapter initiated 77 women, and we are extremely excited to welcome them into Kappa Kappa Gamma. Our New Member Chair, Alexa Vogel, educated the new members on the chapter and helped them fit into the chapter.
Chapter Philanthropy:
In addition to strong academics, Eta chapter contined to grow in our philanthropy. This past year we held our annual Hoops for Hope tournament and raised over $18,000 to benefit the UW Madison Children's Hospital. This event was a 4 v 4 basketball tournament that allowed many people in the Greek community to come together to support a great cause. In the fall we held our "Grabba Grabba Pizza" fundraiser where we stood outside of our house and sold slices of pizza to people on the street. This event raised over $12,000 for our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental. Kappa Kappa Gamma performed in Humorology, the largest non-profit student service organization in Wisconsin. Kappa Kappa Gamma paired with Alpha Chi Omega, Beta Theta Pi, and Acacia to perform along with five other casts and were awarded best acapella, funniest script, and best one liner. The Kappa Kappa Gamma directos were Maia Hentges and Sami Stroebel. Throughout the year there were many events to raise money and our cast alone raised over $78,000 out of $405,000 to benefit Badger Childhood Cancer Network.
The panhellenic community is currently in the process of getting a new chapter on campus that has yet to be determined. Eta Chapter prides itself in our academic exellence, our sisterhood events, and our overall community involvement. We continue to work to improve overall as a chapter. "
Eta Chapter supports Reading is Fundamental, UW Children's Hospital, Badger Childhood Cancer Network. We chose these philanthropies because it is a great way to benefit local organizations and give back to the community.
The chapter celebrated Founders Day by having a dinner planned for the entire chapter as well as a few alumnae. The alumnae then went through and introduced themselves and told them what Kappa meant to them. We had the Minnie Stewart van stop by our chapter house which allowed our members to experience part of Kappa's history.
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