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The University of Utah accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 Athletic Conference with the University of Colorado in 2011, resulting in a name change to the Pac-12.
==Highlights of 2012==
In 2012, spring semester, Delta Eta received the awards of: Best Philanthropy, Dean's Award of Excellence, and Most Improved GPA from the University of Utah Greek Council. In the fall, Greek council awarded Kappa the Best GPA and outstanding Greek council member to Julia Hicks, a PC-10 Kappa. Outside of the Greek council awards, Kappas were very involved in student government. We had several members who were elected to the ASUU general assembly in 2012. The Senior Class President of the University of Utah was a Kappa, Erika Minjarez.
Delta Eta Chapter slightly struggled with bonding and sisterhood throughout the year, but has made large improvements in this area entering 2013. Although there were some struggles concerning sisterhood, members never lost enthusiasm. On bid day 2012, the whole chapter welcomed a great new pledge class. In November, Delta Eta held inspiration week which really helped bond all the members. At the end of the week, Delta Eta initiated 35 lovely new girls.
==Highlights of 2013==
In spring of 2013, Delta Eta was awarded highest GPA out of all the sororities on Campus. We were able to follow it up again during the fall of 2013, and were again awarded first in grades on Greek row at the University of Utah. Delta Eta is proud to say that we have had the highest grades on the University of Utah campus for three semesters in a row.
Sisterhood is a bit of a struggle for Delta Eta; however, over the last year the chapter has come together as a whole and become a stronger group of young women. In the spring, we welcomed 2 new members and in fall we welcomed 39 new members. Delta Eta has grown its sisterhood through date nights, formals, sisterhoods, philanthropy, and Inspiration week. Tradition in Delta Eta is most apparent during Inspiration week. The first night is the returning of the pin ceremony, where the new members return their pins and become one step closer to initiation.
Kappa family night is the next night, where big and little kappa families spend the evening together. The next day is family pass downs and the first part of ritual for the new members. The fourth evening of the week is a progressive dinner with each pledge class. Each pledge class is responsible for preparing a course of a meal to share with the new members (for example: sophomores appetizers, juniors main course, seniors desert). This gives each pledge class time to bond with the new members. The last evening of I-Week is the fireside dinner, where all the members dress in black dresses and the first part of initiation begins. All the new members then proceed to sleep at the Delta Eta Chapter house so they are present for initiation come morning. While the new members are safe and sound in the Delta Eta house, each pledge class also has a sleep over. This week not only bonds the chapter as a whole, but also really brings the pledge classes closer together with each other.
There were several chapter goals set for Delta Eta in 2013. In fall of 2012, Delta Eta was put on a focus letter. The goals that were established in 2013 were set around bringing up chapter moral, getting off the focus letter, and setting the chapter off to a better start to uphold the standards of Kappa and the women involved in the organization. They varied because they were set to effect different areas of the chapter. A goal for each area:
•Self-Discovery and Intellectual Development: Receive the gracious living award at convention 2014.
•Interpersonal Development: Build unity by increasing personal support of Greek community with sisters.
•Leadership and Skill Building: Increase understanding of chapter goals by reviewing chapter plan at each committee meeting.
•Understanding an Appreciation of Kappa: Improve appreciation of fraternity by learning a new Kappa fact at each formal meeting.
Philanthropies were very successful for 2013. Delta Eta puts on two events per year (one per semester), “Kappa Soup” and “Kappa Gobble”. Kappa Soup takes place in the spring, and it’s an event where local businesses donate soups and everyone who attends can receive unlimited soup for five dollars. Kappa Gobble is similar; it takes place in November and businesses donate different types of pie. Many people on Greek row regard Kappa Gobble as their favorite philanthropy to go to. At Kappa Gobble in November 2013, over $2,500 was raised in just over three hours. Outside of Kappa sponsored events, members of Delta Eta were very philanthropic and participated in individual service events. With the community in mind, members of Delta Eta helped support the local humane society, the Salvation Army, Primary Children’s Hospital, reading to children at local elementary schools, YWCA, and Shriner’s Children hospital fundraiser carnival.
In February of 2013, twelve members of Delta Eta attended the Province Conference in Boulder, Colorado. While there, members participated in alumni presentations, connected with other Kappas from the region, and strengthened the bonds of sisterhood through a weekend of Kappa related activities. A slight mishap occurred when members were ready to travel home. Because of a large snow storm, a few members and a couple of alumni were stranded at the airport in Colorado. It’s moments like these that connected the girls with the advisers from our chapter and brought them closer together.
Approaching 2014, the University of Utah has been ranked 121 in the country by the best colleges and national universities magazine. The total undergraduate population is around 25,000 students. University of Utah football had a primarily unsuccessful season, only winning a few games. All of campus was excited when we beat our rivals, the BYU Cougars in the final “Holy War” football game for the next three years. ASUU (student government) put on many events, ranging from crimson nights to various types of fundraisers. You could always find a group of Kappas at any ASUU event.
2013 was a primarily successful year for Delta Eta and we are enthused about heading into the new year to create more memories and bond as a sisterhood in Kappa Kappa Gamma.
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