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==Highlights of 2021==
This year marked the year of recovery from Covid-19 for Sigma chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Navigating the new “normal” was an obstacle the 2021 Sigma chapter council had to face head on. However, we were still able to hold events and traditions to keep chapter morale high. At the beginning of the year the new officers were installed at a formal meeting, and the 2020 VPO Riley Cosson helped wrap up transitions for the new officers. The most memorable moment of our year was the fact that we introduced Stevie, our house dog! Stevie is under the direct care of Stacia, our house mom. He loves running around the house when gets zoomies, cuddling with the girls on the couch, and greeting the girls every time they enter the house. Stevie has been one of the most unique, positive, and wonderful additions to our Sigma chapter house.
Newly installed Chapter President Ellie Hellmen, helped oversee all operations throughout the 2021 Spring and Fall semesters. Ellie did a wonderful job of making the Sunday night council meetings more proactive by allowing very engaging conversation that included all of the council's opinions. She assisted the recruitment chair with a very successful recruitment the first two weeks of August, and was a wonderful leader and resource for all the new members to talk to throughout the Fall semester.
Vice President of Standards, Riley Cosson, kept our chapter connected through multiple sisterhood events. Two examples of events she did this year was “Stevie's Birthday Party” and “Mental Health Study Week. Stevie’s birthday party was an all house event where there was games, bonding, and lots of cake! During dead week we had our “mental health study week” where there were activities every night for girls to voluntarily participate in. This helped the girls with their stress management, and was a great idea from Riley for us to participate in.
Vice President Organization, Abby Butler, helped keep the chapter organized through infographics, and scheduling. One thing Abby did this year that really helped with the chapter's organization was creating infographics that were sent out to the chapter whenever there was a Kappa event occurring. This helped keep the chapter organized and aware of any events going on. As seen below, I have included an example of an infographic Abby created to stay organized. She helped with the annual LC meetings this year as well. Since everything was online and over zoom, she helped keep us accountable for our meetings. Along with this she assisted in a very smooth transition for the incoming council of 2022.
Vice President Academic Excellence, Sarah Rpgoz, did an excellent job of managing our APP girls the past two semesters. Along with this she was able to help raise our all house GPA to a 3.623. She accomplished this through weekly study nights, which included bonding in the Sigma house basement doing homework, studying, and eating snacks all while encouraging a healthy school-social life relationship with all the girls.
Secretary, Jordan Kuhn, organized meetings half in person and half online during covid to be conscientious of social distancing and others health while encouraging people to go with
gift cards. She took attendance for all events including recruitment and meetings. When meetings had to be on zoom for events, she overlooked the chapter to make sure they were there and engaged. Jordan also organized the chapter composites with GreekYearbook including our house dog Stevie on it and ordered new member keys in the midst of the supply shortage.
Treasurer, Sydney Holsinger, faced issues with the house not being filled and working with council to brainstorm ideas to either cut the budget or supplement it with other sources. Sydney came together with house board to cut the budget accordingly so that we don’t have to cut out our important events and experience for our members. She also managed the chapter budget and member billing statements as usual but also helped the house chair with preventing the same situation in future years.
Marshal, Jamie Guszak,led different ritual events in the most “normal” way possible this year to try and navigate state and local COVID 19 guidelines. In the Spring there was a senior fireside service, and in the fall she led a combined initiation for the new member pledge class of 2021. We were able to do the combined service in the basement of our Sigma chapter house, which helped restore tradition after last year's initiation. Bringing tradition back to Sigma chapter was one of the most important parts of initiation this year, and it was successfully achieved through ritual at monday night meetings and initiation.
Education, Riley Miller, planned a wonderful celebrate sigma getting it approved by the university following all covid guidelines sadly not being able to have all the alumni and parents of seniors there. She organized senior week and founders day incorporating Kappa ritual, planned monthly programs within the chapter along with organizations outside of Kappa, and worked with the district specialist for the national Kappa program that is put on every semester.
House chair, Hadley Hiatt, collaborated with houseboard throughout the year on a variety of topics including raising dues for live outs and guest meals for next year and working with advisors to fill the house. She held an amazing staff dinner to recognize the hard work of our cooks Donna, Nicole, and Trent, and house director Stacia. Throughout the semester, Hadley worked weekly with the cooks and house director with meals and created a weekly cleaning list. She was able to gather a ton of volunteers for hashing for every Monday night dinner, do room pref and draw people for the parking spots on Kappa.
Membership chairman, Dalia Nabulsi led a very successful recruitment in the acquisition of the new member pledge class of 2021. Recruitment week followed a very long work week where girls spent many hours preparing, and practicing for recruitment, which all paid off! Dalia also helped with COB recruitment (continuous open bidding) where we welcomed even more new members to our house.
New Member, Lily Parizek, welcomed the new member to Kappa with a Bid Day theme of Kappa Kloud 9. She met with New Members every Sunday evening discussing Kappa values
and Minerva. Lily did several bonding activities with the new members and met with other chapters on campus creating sober social activities to meet more people.
Panhellenic chair, Maggie McCabe, collaborated with other chapters delegates to promote greek life and campus involvement. She attended meetings every other Thursday to learn of other Panhellenic chapters activities and plan sisterhood events. Maggie led Sigma chapter during greek week in the spring and homecoming week activities in the fall.
Philanthropy chair, Jessi Burd, worked tirelessly on multiple philanthropies throughout the year. Sigma chapter continued with our tradition to vote on the philanthropies we want to raise money for throughout the year, that way all of the girls in the house get a voice. However, Jessi also incorporated voting on our new national philanthropy mid semester. This allows Sigma chapter to support the national philanthropy of mental health, but also our own. Jessi was able to execute our big philanthropy in the face of COVID restrictions with the University. Through this she was able to lead our philanthropy to raise $5300 for the National Brain Tumor Society via Krispy Kreme x KKG.
Public Relations chair, Rachel Dempsy, has done such an amazing job in her position, she was reelected for the 2022 council year. Rachel updated all social media accounts to look cohesive by posting regularly. On these social media accounts she made special posts for every single new member in PC 21, which was a great way to make them feel special.
Event and Risk, Tauhni Willenborg and Natalee Noble, lead the way in creating fun and safe events for the chapter this year. In the heat of Covid they put on the Spring Soiree, which was a dinner social for our sisters and the safest way in the midst of the pandemic. The next event they helped plan was the American social which was done with another sorority and two fraternities on campus. They faced the challenges of a low number of bus drivers so they went with the idea of party buses which was a fun/alternative way than we usually do. They also put on Parents Weekend, which consisted of a formal dinner and dance party at Suite 111 followed by candle making, pizza, and cornhole the next day. As a last celebration to the end of the semester was the Masquerade formal at Das Haus with Phi Delt and Beta. Throughout all of these events, they completed all the proper paperwork, collection of COI’s, and approval of contracts.
==Highlights of 2022=
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