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(Information from chapter history reports, scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus or within chapter, overall nature of the chapter, chapter goals, challenges and how they were overcome, etc.)
==Highlights of 2011==
The Leadership Consultant visited the chapter during Recruitment 2011 and gave the chapter suggestions to help it strengthen itself. During the first month of the year, the chapter was busy holding various events: a Fleur-de-Lis dinner, Valentines for Vets, a philanthropy study break and the Sapphire Ball winter formal.
Kappa’s visibility on campus was raised by regular gear days when the members proudly wore their letters while doing activities such as eating together in the dining hall or working out together at the university gym.
The chapter’s greatest challenge continued to be getting Harvard to officially recognize sororities and fraternities on campus. Harvard revoked the official status of recognizing fraternities in 1984 because of “gender-discriminatory recruitment policies of the social organizations.” Since the other Harvard Greek organizations also struggle with this challenge, each organization hoped to legitimize the reputation of men’s and women’s fraternities on the campus. The chapter knew it must help Harvard to understand that being part of an organization surrounded by sisters or brothers one can depend on and trust is an integral part of self-development during the years of one’s undergraduate education and beyond.
==Highlights of 2013==
Overall 2013 represented a great year for the Eta Theta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at Harvard University. Our chapter was active in organizing wonderful philanthropy, academic, and social events over the course of the year. We started this year by participating in recruitment and welcoming a diverse group of 66 new members. We purchased new member pins this year and were able to begin their journey as sisters in Kappa Kappa Gamma with the pledge ceremony. Throughout the new member period, our co-chairs guided the new members to learn about all areas of Kappa, paired them with their big sister, and shared the magic of Kappa.
Additionally, the Eta Theta Chapter sent a delegation of 7 active members and two advisors to the Annual Alpha-Rho Province Meeting on April 5th-7th dates. These members were thrilled to meet Kappas from a wide variety of chapters and learn new skills to bring back to the chapter from the various workshops. The chapter received the award for the Most Improved from our Province Director of Chapters.
In regard to our philanthropic activities, our chapter was very involved in a variety of projects and events. Annually our chapter participates in Tough Mudder, Relay for Life, and Give Blood for Your Mother sponsored by the Red Cross. This fall we planned a brand new event for our philanthropy Reading is Fundamental by inviting author Eileen Christelow of the children’s books “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.” We were able to invite her to read to children from the community and donate 250 books for local children as well. Overall, the event was quite successful and is something we hope to continue each fall.
Academically our chapter continues to thrive. We encouraged both academic achievement as well as time to relax and maintain health through study breaks bi-weekly and providing resources to study groups. Additionally we recognized the achievements of our seniors who completed their thesis and the overall academic accomplishments of our members at our annual professors tea. This event allows members to grow a relationship with one of their faculty members by inviting them to have refreshments as well as showing our faculty the multitude of academic accomplishments of our members. We also had many helpful events for our seniors to prepare them for next year including an Ann Taylor event on professional dress, and personal finance workshop.
We also were able to have fun with our sisters through a variety of events. We hosted two formal events this year Sapphire and Glamour, which were a smashing success. Additionally we hosted Kosmic Bowling and our Kappa Krush date events that our members thoroughly enjoyed. We also spent time with our sisters apple picking at Honey Pot Hills, Blue and Blue and Holiday dinners and many more.
As you may know, this past Spring the Boston Marathon Bombing occurred. As a chapter in Cambridge, a suburb of Boston, we were impacted by the event as well. From the day of the marathon emails were sent over the list about chapter members who were running and where they were, and making sure that everyone was safe. We also received mail and love from other Kappa chapters which was greatly appreciated.
This year was an important one for Greek life at Harvard as we welcomed a new sorority onto campus. Due to the continued increased interest in Greek Life, an Alpha Phi chapter participated in its first recruitment last year. This addition shows the strength of the Greek community on campus and continued interest among students. Unfortunately Greek life still continues to be unrecognized by the University at large.
Our chapter has continued to grow this year as we welcomed a new class of 66 new members this January after recruitment. After participating in various new member activities and informational presentations about our chapter activities and fraternity history they became members this spring. Our space continues to serve as a hub of everything Kappa on campus. Whether it is movie nights, Valentine’s breakfast or study time, the space serves as a comfortable space for all our members. Additionally, our members continue to be extremely active on campus in a wide variety of extracurricular activities as well as maintaining excellent academic success.
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