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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.
==Highlights of 2014==
Over the course of 2014, the Eta Theta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma experienced a lot of pain, joy, and growth. Our hearts broke to hear of the loss of one of our sisters, Haley Rue, who passed away in July while traveling in Germany. Haley was from Tacoma, Washington, and passed away at 19. She was a rising sophomore. She was so loved by her sisters for her sparkling personality and love of life. She loved traveling, writing, photography, and was very athletic. Her kindness and loyalty will forever be remembered by her sisters.
In February we welcomed thirty-seven new members as our "Xi" class. Initiation week was held March 31st to April 4th, with Fireside and Iniation held on April 4th and 5th.
We welcomed Caroline Washnock, a leadership consultant, from October 12th to October 17th. After spending the week with us, she praised our chapter's leadership, involvement on campus, and supportive nature, and encouraged us to work on improved attendence at chapter meetings and increased programming. Since this meeting, both of the aforementioned have increased.
We were pleased to maintain our chapter GPA above 3.5. We implemented Sunday Quiet Hours in the space for designated quiet time to reinforce our emphasis on academic excellence as a chapter. We continued to encourage forming Kappa study groups in the space, and would provide snacks for study groups hard at work before exams. As an additional resource, our Academic Excellence Chair, Anna, hosted Kappa Koffee occassionally to be available to discuss classes and provide academic assistance and access to Harvard resources when possible.
Kappa had a fantastic year philanthropically, partnering with some new organizations and improving our relationship with existing philanthropies. During our Reading is Fundamental event, we were pleased to welcome local Cambridge area school children to the Atrium for a book signing and donated over 200 books to elementary school following the event. In April 24, were able to coordinate some fun programming and crafts to promote reading, as well as pass out books from Recruitment for children at a local YMCA. We also partnered with a new philanthropy: Headbands of Hope. For each of the 50 headbands sold at the event, a headband was given to a terminally ill pediatric cancer patient. On September 11th, members of our chapter worked to create a beautiful memorial outside of Annenburg that was very appreciated by the entire student body. We set up a Kappa Boutique at which members donated clothes and other goods to be "bought" by other members, all proceeds going to the Salvation Army.
We were pleased to host our annual Spring and Fall formals, Sapphire Ball and Kappa Kappa Glamour, at Seaport, Boston and Hyatt Regency, respectively. We also held Kappa Krush at Fire and Ice. In March, we repped our adopted Boston pride at a Red Sox game at Fenway Stadium. In the Fall, we went apple picking and again went bowling. We ended the year with an amazing catered Thai dinner to celebrate Thanksgiving, and finally held our annual Christmas dinner in the Atrium. We were proud to welcome a largely new council in December, and see Marcy Laub move from Philanthropy chair to take on the role of President.
The panhellenic council was pleased to welcome a new sorority last year, Alpha Phi, and February marked the first official recruitment in which all four sororities, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma, and Alpha Phi, participated. A record number of 272 prospective new members.
Chapter meetings are held on Monday nights in a rented facility on campus. It is owned by a men's social organization on campus. Our chapter has leased our space on Church Street in Cambridge over the past few years. The location is very central in the square and a nice escape for our members from the hustle of Harvard Square. It is conveniently close to the Yard which is especially nice for our new members who spend a lot of time in the space for new member meetings and can spend time there getting to know the rest of the chapter. The lease on this space will be up next year, at which time the membership will consider moving to a larger space that is large enough to accommodate the whole chapter for chapter meetings. We do not house members in our space, and our membership lives in on campus housing throughout their four years here, as is standard at Harvard.
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