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''' Beta Pi founded February 4, 1905, by eight members of the local sorority Alpha Kappa Gamma.'''  '''2,924 368 initiates (as of June 20162018)'''''

'''Charter membersSome of Eta Pi's Outstanding Alumnae:''' Ottie Armstrong, Marion Rose Blethen, Hazel Bragdon, Ethel Janet Brown, Jessamine Garrett, Edna Tileston Guillixson, Maud McMicken(If you have chapter alumna who have received recognition in any of these three categories, Celia Dexter Sheltonplease list them with the date(s) of recognition. )

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'''Alumnae Achievement Award recipients:''' Claire Drew Forbes (Walker), 1956, National “Advertising Woman of the Year;” started Santa Barbara, California’s first advertising agency;Mary Lucas Richardson, 1958, Chief of the Division of Rheumatic Fever, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health for the Pennsylvania Department of Health;Aryness Joy Wickens, 1958, Deputy assistant secretary for employment and manpower in the U.S. Department of Labor; adviser to U.S. delegates to International Labor Conference;Patricia Lang Harris, 1982, First woman elected president of the World Congress of Rehabilitation International; Mary Maxwell Gates, 1986, Gates served 18 years (1975–1993) on the University of Washington board of regents. She was the first female president of King County’s United Way, the first woman to chair the national United Way’s executive committee where she served most notably with IBM's CEO, John Opel, and the first woman on the First Interstate Bank of Washington's board of directors; Mary Maxwell Gates, 1986 '''Additional Outstanding Beta Pi Alumnae:''' Jane Seastrom (Lytle) Ph.D., Graduate Consultant 1966-1968; ------------  ==The Early Years (from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma 1870-1976)== The wife of the president of the pioneer university of the northwest, the University of Washington, gathered around her From a small group of girls from the student body and began to instill in them the ideals of a national fraternity. She was Helen H. Wadsworth Graves, Boston, and, of course, the aims which she was trying to make these girls understand were Kappa aims and ideals. The University of that day was a crude, raw, small institution. Sororities at that time were unknown. The girls whom Mrs. Graves selected as seeming to her best suited as material for Kappa formed a local sorority, Alpha Kappa Gamma.  In due course of time, two other UW organizations petitioned national sororities for charters, Delta Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta. The Thetas took the petitioning of their group with sufficient seriousness and sent a delegate to investigate. This group was doomed to disappointment. The delegate, before she left, however, allowed it to become known that if the Alpha Kappa Gammas, who were then striving vainly for some recognition from Kappa Kappa Gamma, would join them, a Theta charter would be granted. But the girls whose eyes were full of keys could not see a kite. They clung to their original hope, undaunted that the nearest Kappa chapters, those in California, were the ones most bitterly opposed to their becoming Kappas.The group of would-be Thetas eventually petitioned Gamma Phi Beta, and a chapter was established in 1903. In the same year, Delta Gamma decided to award a charter to its petitioning group, who seeing the difficulties of the would-be Kappas, offered them a chance to become Delta Gammas before the installing officer arrived. At last, on February 4, 1905, the Alpha Kappa Gammas saw success crown their efforts and their dreams realized. They were admitted to the Kappa sisterhood. In that year, the 44th year in the age of the university, the university had 811 students enrolled, 250 (12 percent) of whom were women.  To attempt to divorce the history of Beta Pi from that of the university from that time forward is impossible. The growth of the chapter so wholly depended upon the amazing growth of the little outpost of culture which was almost lost among its 352 acres of tangled underbrush and giant firs. The campus had already moved from its original location in downtown Seattle to its current location. At that time, the University of Washington was entirely housed in three buildings, linked together by a footpath through the woods. It was not until 1909, when the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a world's fair built on the south end of the UW campus publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest, took place that the university began to step into its own as a state university. The primary physical legacy of the exposition shaped the University of Washington campus. Rainier Vista and Drumheller Fountain, the focus of the exposition, are today a central axis of the university's overall plan.  Most of the exposition158 during NYU's buildings were designed as temporary structures, intended to last only for the duration of the fair. Some were more permanent and survived for a time, but were subsequently demolished as the university grew. Today, after extensive renovation and restoration, Architecture Hall and Cunningham Hall are campus buildings which remind us of when the world came to Seattle for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.  ==Highlights of the 1910s and 1920s== In the fall of 1912, the problems of a large chapter confronted the amazed members of Beta Pi because before then their chapter had averaged between 20 and 25 girls. But when the rushing season was half finished, they discovered that they wanted an appallingly large freshman class. Consternation reigned. Even with the strictest of “enee-menee-minee-moes” they wanted 16 girls. A special dispensation from the Fraternity was hastily wired for. It arrived, just in time, and for many years after, Beta Pi overflowed the usual chapter limit. The first UW nickname was changed from Sun Dodgers to Huskies in 1922. It was recommended by a committee of studentssemester, coaches, faculty, alumni and businessmen. Washington’s first appearance in the Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, Calif., was January 1, 1924. The game with Navy ended in a tie. ==Highlights of the 1930s== At the 1930 General Convention funding, for a full-time Traveling Secretary was approved. Helen Snyder (Andres, Steiner), a Beta Pi who had been a Graduate Counselor in 1929, received the first appointment. During her three years as Field Secretary, she helped Clara O. Pierce, Ohio State, write the first Pledge Handbook and Instructions for Pledge Training. After serving as Director of Standards, Mrs. Andres became Grand President of the Fraternity for 1935-1936. She continued to serve the Fraternity as Panhellenic Delegate, Director of Chapters and chairman of many committees the rest of her life. ==World War II Era==Kappa activities were drastically affected by the start of World War II in 1941. The Christmas party and serenading were cut short by rumors of approaching enemy planes and an impending blackout. Bedlam reigned while the older girls tried to hang blackout curtains. The war threat made the remaining 10 days of Fall Quarter a nightmare. The Kappas were the recipients of their share of fraternity pranks. A long-standing tradition began in 1916 by the Fijis who climbed onto the roof of the chapter house where they painted “ICE.” After that Beta Pi was known as the “ice house.” Kappa’s tradition of leadership and scholarship continued in 1937 when the chapter ranked first scholastically for the second consecutive year. Kappas held campus offices and numerous members were pledged to honorees including Mortar Board, Totem Club, Matrix Table and W-Key and drama, art, educational and political science honorees. An open house for parents and students held on pledge night, nicknamed “Stock Show,” began in the 1940s. The pledges dressed in long dresses stood in a receiving line in the living room and refreshments were served enrollment has grown to the guests in the dining room. After the house closed and the pledges were in bed on the sleeping porches, the fraternities came to serenade. ==Highlights of the 1950s== For the Kappas, the 1950s were years of strong academic and extra-curricular participation. It was often written by Beta Pi Recording Secretaries, “There is hardly a committee or activity that doesn’t have a Kappa on it.” Beta Pi began its Golden Jubilee year, 50-year anniversary, in November 1954 with a tea attended by 300 alumnae, actives, mother’s club members, friends and Fraternity president Edith Reese Crabtree, Wooster.  Another eventful date was January 20, 1955, when three generations of Kappas, more than 300 strong50, honored their oldest and their 24 newest members at a gala initiation banquet at the Seattle Tennis Club. Forty girls had been initiated the first year of Beta Pi and 000 students attending 14 of these members in addition to four of the charter members were present at the banquet.Attending was Director of Membership Eleanore Goodridge Campbell, Colorado, who spoke on My Fraternity –What Should It Expect From Me?  Fundraising by a Beta Pi alumnae committee raised enough money to endow the Golden Jubilee Scholarship in the University’s Financial Aid office. This endowment continues today.In sports, the Kappas were active, participating in volleyball, badminton, basketball, tennis and swimming. In 1957, the chapter received Panhellenic’s Sportsmanship and Participation Trophy for its effort. The chapter also received various honors in the academic area: Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board and honoraries for German, education, sociology and speech; highest scholastic average of sorority pledge class (1958-59). The Scholarship Trophy was awarded for three consecutive years and then permanently (1957-60). High credit was given to members in the areas of music schools and journalism.Social life was well coordinated. A fall pledge dance began social activities. A traditional roller-skating party followed colleges at Christmastime. The formal winter ball was always a highlight. Occasionally a dance and picnic were held during the spring quarter and the year always ended with the senior breakfast. The Kappas were the recipients of their share of fraternity pranks. A long-standing tradition, which began five major centers in 1916 when some Fijis climbed onto the roof of the chapter house where they painted “ICE,” continued. The Fijis let mice loose in the house on a pledge night in the 1940s, Manhattan and, in 1950 on pledge night, they floured the house. This event resulted sites in press headlines and large cleaning bills sent to that fraternityAfrica, of course. In 1951 was a panty raid. Kappa was the only sorority to have a tape recording of the housemother “defending” the house. To the chuckles of the girlsAsia, this recording was broadcast locally Europe and nationally.  Good relations existed between Kappas and the fraternities, as shown by the large number of Sigma Chi Sweethearts, Pi Kappa Alpha Dream Girls and Phi Sigma Kappa Moonlight GirlsSouth America. The scholastic activities center of Beta Pi were matched, if not surpassed by NYU is its social life. ==Highlights of the 1960s== The 1960s were years marked by many changes at the University of Washington, and Beta Pi Chapter was caught up in the spirit of change. Dress codes were liberalized or eliminated when blue jeans became the uniform of the age. Curfews, too, were liberalized. In fact, with parental consent, it was a girl’s own responsibility to determine what time she arrived home at night. Girls could obtain “21” keys after their first quarter in school. As independence was becoming one of the major goals of students, the change in the rules of the chapter reflected this. There were some changes in house rules such as abolishing study table, Square campus hours and bed hours for freshmen.  Tradition, however, still remained an important force, uniting the sisters of the chapter. Holidays especially showed this to be true. Halloweens were celebrated by annual parties with the chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta. Every Thanksgiving, Beta Pi joined with the members of Chi Psi fraternity to sponsor a turkey dinner for a group of under-privileged children in the Seattle area. The 1960 Rose Bowl saw Washington’s first victory over the Big Ten when the Huskies beat Wisconsin, 44-8. The estimated 25,000 people who traveled south from the State of Washington to watch the game in Pasadena was by far the biggest exodus from outside California in the history of the game. Beta Pi collegiates and alumnae were there for this victory. Though the 1960s seemed to show a “generation gap,” the alumnae and mothers of Beta Pi continued to be welcome advisers and confidants to a group of girls, who, although more independently minded, remained united by Kappa’s ideals and values.  '''Housing''' It was in 1912 that the Kappas laid their first plans for a new home. The most conservative of seniors admitted that not another person could be crowded into the swarming hives on the third floor, and the chapter moved to a new but temporary house as soon as rushing was over.However, when college opened in 1913, the Kappas had moved into their own home. In 1919, they signed the ownership papers for this lovely, white Colonial house. It was paid for by the time it was outgrown. The board of directors of the Beta Pi Association announced in 1925 that when it had accumulated $10,000 in cash, definite plans for a new house could be made. All of the various branches of Beta Pi—the long-suffering house board, actives, alumnae, mothers and fathers clubs—having duly struggled and saved, brought about the realization of Beta Pi’s fond hopes. The house that had been the pride of 1913 was uprooted from its corner lot and deposited a few blocks away, while a beautiful brick building of the Norman-English type rose in its place. This chapter house has been remodeled through the years and still houses Beta Pi chapter members at 4504 18th Avenue NE.Some new ideas were introduced in the early 1930s to improve the chapter. The Mothers Club and the house girls redecorated the Town Girls’ Room. Attractive furnishings were provided by the Beta Pi House Board. Another change was brought about when it was decided to have the freshmen live in the house for three days during their first quarter. The purpose of this experiment was to build unity. The chapter was particularly popular in the 1950s. The smallest pledge class was 24 (1954), while the largest numbered 32 (1950 and 1957). At that time, the out-of-town girls lived in the chapter house and the “townies” lived at home. All members ate lunch at the house during the week and dinner on Monday night after chapter meeting. Pledges living in the house in the 1950s were expected to attend study table in the dining room Sunday through Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and be in bed by 11 p.m. If a pledge didn’t want to go to study table, she had to be located in bed.  In the 1960’s, with the main house full, Kappa decided that it needed to expand. It approached the owner of the property right next door to the main house to see if he was willing to sell. Ideally, Kappa hoped to connect his building to the main house and use it as a new wing. The owner was not willing to sell at that time but he did give Kappa an option to be the first people to purchase the property upon his death. As a Plan B, Kappa purchased the property on the other side of the next-door property and converted the existing house into an annex for the main house, capable of housing approximately 15 members. This property’s address is 4514 18th Avenue ---------------------------------The previous information was excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1976. The information that follows has been gleaned from available resources including Chapter History Reports, chapter meeting minutes, letters and comments from chapter members and alumnae, the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Archives, and The Key. Each chapter is expected to update its history record annually. Contact Fraternity Headquarters at kkghq@kkg.org with questions.-------------------------------- ==Highlights heart of the 1970s== The 1970s brought increased involvement in politics, community projects and extra-curricular activities. A dozen members participated in STAY/Neighborhood House Tutors, and one girl was in an educational project, the Renton Intern ProgramGreenwich Village. One chapter member was a Republican Convention delegate, and seven studied abroad in university programs. Congress enacted Title IX in 1972. This amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states that “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded Students come from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal assistance.” This amendment was designed to bring about gender equity in athletics. Many Kappas have been active members of various Husky sports since Title IX was adopted.  During the 1970s, a general trend of the Beta Pis was their involvement in numerous community and Greek events. They were very active in several philanthropies, participated in countless social events, sorority events and fraternity exchanges. Members of the chapter were crowned queens of different fraternities including Alpha Sigma Epsilon Rose Queen in 1977 and 1978 and Lambda Chi Crescent Queen in 1978. Homecoming was a major activity each year. At that time, the entire Greek community decorated their respective houses, and some members competed for the Homecoming Court.  Some new programs introduced in the 1970s included the popular Kappa Aunt Project, through which the Mothers’ Club and eastside alumnae provided the freshmen with “foster aunts.” To help meet the costs of living in the house, chapter members could work in the kitchen. During the fall quarter of 1971, the senior live-out policy came into effect, allowing seniors the opportunity to move out for a quarter. The chapter members were assigned phone duty during specific times in the afternoon and evening. During their assigned times, the member on duty was responsible for taking messages and notifying the women in the house if they received a phone call. The intercom was used at that time to let the women know if they had a phone call or a visitor on the main floor. The Kappas ate their meals in a family-style buffet, and they had special steak dinners several times a month. Smoking was allowed in the dining room. Etiquette and presentation was also very important to Beta Pi women. The chapter hosted a Nordstrom fashion coordinator and cosmetics team who spoke about the importance of personal presentation. Some of these clothing styles that they spoke about included skinny jeans (preferably by Guess), Keds sneakers, over-sized sweaters, leotard aerobic wear, Ray Bans, bobbed hair, leather bomber jackets, Levi’s and clogs.The number of girls participating in rush increased in 1972. Panhellenic started an uphill trend striving for more positive publicity and showing its relevant place in society. In 1975, Karla Graue was crowned Miss Seafair for the annual festival held in Seattle during August. The festival includes different events and activities such as a Blue Angels Air Show, hydroplane boat racing, a milk-carton derby and a torchlight parade. Along with her title of Miss Seafair, Karla received a scholarship for her leadership qualities and academic ambitions.In March 1977, Beta Pi hosted more than 50 Kappas from the other chapters in the province for the 27th Biennial Iota Province Meeting. During the weekend, the delegates and members of Beta Pi participated in a number of workshops and seminars during which challenges, successes and the progress of chapters in the province were discussed. The Province Meeting also hosted distinguished guest speakers such as Mary Maxwell Gates, Beta Pi 1950. Beta Pi was recognized for achieving the highest scholarship in the province during the 1975-1977 biennium. In 1978, the women of Beta Pi took a road trip down to Pasadena to see the Husky football team defeat the University of Michigan, 27-20, in the Rose Bowl. This was a very memorable event for the Kappas, the entire university and the greater Seattle community, as it was the Huskies first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1964. The Husky football success did not end there. They continued what fans considered “the Purple Reign” for several years, participating in many other bowl games. Many students wore “Purple Reign” sweatshirts every day.  The chapter was excited when the Seattle Sonics won the NBA Championship in 1979 and the release of Saturday Night Fever in 1977  '''Housing''' As membership of Beta Pi chapter increased, it was a challenge to find enough space to house the growing numbers of women pledging the chapter. One attempt to solve this issue was allowing the “townies” to sleep a certain number of nights each week state in the house and the rest of the week live at home. This allowed membership to stay consistent union and allowed the chapter to house more members while still staying within the house capacity as set by the fire code.  Sadly, that solution did not completely fix the problem, so in 1975 the house board purchased the single-family home two doors from the Kappa house on 18th Avenue NE, and the first Kappa Annex was created. The annex allowed more women to join the Fraternity and live consistently on Kappa property. As a bonus, it offered more freedom of choice for housing options for the older chapter members.  ==Highlights of the 1980s== Challenges faced by the women of Beta Pi in the early ‘80s were alcohol at fraternity exchanges and women sleeping overnight at fraternities. If a member committed either of these offenses, she was sent to the Standards Committee. In an attempt to change the drinking/party culture at the University and to be an example for the rest of the Greek System, the chapter held the first “dry” exchange in the Greek System to promote socializing without alcohol involvement. These “dry” exchanges have continued and are very popular among the current Greek System chapters. Significant events going on in Washington and in the country that affected the chapter along with the University and surrounding community were the eruption of Mount St. Helens in May 1980, Ronald Reagan’s presidency and his surviving an assassination attempt in 1981 to name a few. All were important milestones of this decade for the chapter. A tradition which began in the early 1980s and has continued is the fraternity men gathering campaign signs the day after city or national elections and dumping them on the front lawn of the Kappa house. Who started this tradition is unknown. Members did not have personal computers, although most had IBM electric typewriters. They completed all of their assignments by typewriter or wrote them out by hand133 foreign countries.

UW yell leader Robb Weller came up with the idea for ==The Wave on October 31, 1981, at a football game at Husky Stadium. It immediately caught on and has continued as a staple in sports stadiums worldwide. Early Years==

Members In 2011, Kappa Kappa Gamma colonized its 138th chapter at New York University (NYU). On September 7, 2011 31 NYU women were initiated into the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity. The Eta Pi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma complements the pledge classes of 1983 growing Panhellenic community at NYU which includes Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Sigma Tau, Delta Phi Epsilon, Pi Beta Phi, Zeta Tau Alpha, and 1984 remember popular music of Steve Winwoodtwo local sororities. Eta Pi will join the chapters at St. Larence, Syracruse, Cornell, Sinead O’ConnorMarist, Tracy Chapman and Madonna. They also remember frequent visits Colgate to make six Kappa chapters in the Northlake Tavern and Pizza House and China First for lunch or late-night snacksstate of New York.

A There are many opportunities for the new house director was hired spring quarterchapter on the NYU campus. She was Sunny HagstromLaura Osborne, a native College Panhellenic Adviser, said, “We have high hopes that the addition of Seattle who retired in 1983 from a position Kappa Kappa Gamma to the College Panhellenic Council at Mercer Island High School she’d held for 20 years.In 1985NYU will promote stronger leadership, deeper bonds of friendship, Honey Castro was named Miss Moses Lake. She went on increased awareness of service to win Miss Washington the community and was third runner-up for Miss America. In addition, she also was higher ideals of scholarship among all the recipient members of the Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship for her talent fraternity and intelligence in the field of medicinesorority life community.”

The chapter had a strong participation at Song FestFraternity President Julie Marine Leshay, Colorado College, led the Installation team of Susanne Wolff Vander Hayden, Washington State, Director of Alumnae; Barb Adams Goettelman, Syracuse, Extension Chairman; Nancy Eyermann Foland, Tulsa, and Kelly Matyas Magyarics, Pittsburgh, Region 1 Directors of Alumnae and Chapters; Kim Heinig Pegg, Vermont, and Jodi Bilotti Howe, Syracuse, a competition organized by Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. The members spent hours practicing songs Province directors of Alumnae and getting matching outfits together. In additionChapters, respectively; Alexandra Vukov, Michigan State, Chapter Consultant; Nicole Pitsinos, South Carolina, Laurie Liebel won Sweetheart Coordinator of Sigma Chi Chapter Development; and Kris Rumpf won Lambda Chi Crescent QueenRachel Dunlap, Baylor, New York Alumnae Association President.Beta Pi’s 1985 rush was The New York City Alumnae Association President presented a huge success badge, set with almost 100 percent returns for every party light-and -dark-blue stones, to be used as the pledge class. The chapter welcomed 42 pledges and it was strengthened because of president’s badge, to the closeness and enthusiasm of these women. With 140 membersEta Pi President, Beta Pi was the largest chapter of the 19 sororities on campus in 1987Caitlin Geehan.

Activities this year included a Father'''Visiting the 9/Daughter Weekend, Mother/Daughter Weekend, a tea in honor of the new initiates, a Christmas Tea where Mothers and daughters exchanged little gifts and cards and the Paint the Town Red pledge dance in the fall.11 Memorial:'''

Several activityOn November 3, 2011, Fraternity President Julie Marine Leshay, Colorado College, Susanne Wolff Vander Heyden, Washington State, members of the Eta Pi extension team and many New York-centered exchanges were held in 1987. It was a great way area Kappas visited the 9/11 Memorial to getting more appas involved honor and a change of pace from previous years. A ski exchange was held with Alpha Delta Phi at Ski Acres. The men chartered two buses and off we wentextend deepest respects to:Jean Rogers, Penn State, flight attendant on American flight #11; Jen Kane, Villanova, World Trade Center; Kaleen Pezzuti, Cornell, World Trade Center; Norma Lang Steuerle, Carnegie Mellon, passenger on American flight #77 (Pentagon).

Greek Weekend was Fraternity President Julie Leshay brought copies of the front cover of The Key, winter quarter 2001 edition, along with a copy of the article, “Honoring Those We Have Loved and eight high school girls stayed Lost.” These items were placed at the name of each Kappa on the memorial. Amanda Brown, Puget Sound, Assistant to the Director of Alumnae, provided irises that were placed by each name with the chapterarticle. Many 9/11 Memorial visitors stopped to read the information that our group left behind. One All assembled were part of these girls pledged our Kappa Memorial Service led by Fraternity President Julie Leshay. It was a very moving experience and something we felt was important to do in September 1987connection with our new chapter at New York University.

Father/Daughter weekend was fall quarter. The Fathers enjoyed the USC football game and a dinner dance at the Sheraton on Saturday. Sunday began with a Fathers/Kappas football game. Chapter members were involved in many activities: the women’s basketball team, one ==Highlights of the Outstanding College Students of America, Delta Chi Calendar, Alpha Sig Rose Queen. 2011-2019==

The biggest challenge for the chapter in 1988 was to improve morale through action and respect. This attitude was felt and seen in the chapter. Participation at events and chapter attendance improved. Respecting quiet hours also improved.  The year started really great by fulfilling the chapter goal of “action now.” The women worked to provide pride and participation as well as good campus PR. The chapter was proud of the girls who participated in the Pike football tournament because Beta Pi was the winner. With 120 members the chapter had one of the largest memberships of any sorority at the UW even though eight members resigned. At the beginning of the year 33 girls pledged Kappa. In addition to the activities enjoyed in 1987, this year the chapter held a Mother/Daughter weekend. Due to snow, it had to be rescheduled to a later date. It was lots of fun with a Mother/Father auction Saturday night and a brunch Sunday morning. Chapter members participated in the ASUW Student Assembly, basketball, lacrosse, tennis and crew and Brenna Pierce served as Panhellenic Rush Chairman. Five actives attended Convention in Boca Raton, Fla. where Beta Pi Kay Smith Larson was elected Fraternity president. They came back with many ideas for the chapter. Their experiences and enthusiasm helped raise the chapter morale. Songs and the South Pacific party for rush were changed. Even though the upper deck on the north side of Husky Stadium collapsed during its construction in February 1987, the stadium was completed by fall. The Huskies beat Stanford in the newly expanded stadium.  The chapter challenge in 1989 was to improve participation in Kappa and non-Kappa activities. One of the goals was to improve participation in exchanges and chapter to at least 80 percent. This goal motivated the members to participate in Kappa and UW events to promote good PR with the entire campus and community. It also motivated the chapter to promote pride in the chapter.The chapter pledged 27 girls bringing the chapter total to 110 members. Traditional chapter activities continued: Father/Daughter weekend, Mother/Daughter weekend, pledge Christmas party, pledge dance, formal kite/key dance and spring dance.Chapter members were active on campus in lacrosse, basketball, tennis, tapped for Mortar Board. Kappas were members of the Sigma Chi court and Delta Chi calendar girls.  '''Convention Awards:''' At the 1984 Convention, Beta Pi received an Honorable Mention Award for Panhellenic and the Chapter Publications Award. At the 1986 Convention, Beta Pi was the winner of the Personnel Award and runner-up for the Efficiency Award Housed Chapters.  '''Housing:''' The redecorating project to return to the blue and blue continued in 1986, new carpeting in the dining room, up the stairs and down the halls was completed. A new blue Oriental area rug was added to the entry. An efficient new telephone system was installed. New grates on the basement and first-floor windows and additional lighting on the exterior of both the main house and the annex were installed. The owner of the home next to the chapter house passed away and Beta Pi purchased the property in February of 1988. Finally after hoping to purchase Gus’s house for more than 40 years, the single-family home between the Kappa house and the original annex, 4508 18th Avenue NE, belonged to the Beta Pi Corporation.  At that time, the Kappa membership numbered 160 members. The main house and annex were full and the seniors had to live out since there was no capacity to house them.  The corporation had enough funds to avoid selling the original annex at 4514 18th Avenue NE to finance the purchase.  '''Philanthropy:'''  This year the philanthropy changed to support for Camp Goodtimes. This is a camp for kids suffering from cancer. Beta Pi raised money to send children to camp and many chapter members were counselors at the camp during the summer. The philanthropic project in 1985 were a Halloween Party for the children at the Seattle Day Nursery. In 1987 the philanthropy project was to sell Entertainment ’88 books and the pledges worked at a haunted house.   ==Highlights of the 1990s2011== The chapter goal in 1990 promoted respect and pride toward Beta Pi through positively supporting one another in the chapter and non-chapter events. This was achieved through increasing the philanthropy hours and focused on areas within the chapter that needed improvement. The chapter goal promoted improving Beta Pi through observance of rules, respect for others, their property, Ritual and ourselves. After pledging 36 great women, the chapter total grew to 120 members. Chapter members were involved in various campus activities: Panhellenic Treasurer, lacrosse and basketball.Six members attended Convention in Dallas. They had a great time and brought back ideas for improving initiation and recruitment. Stacy Underwood was selected to serve as a Traveling Consultant for 1991-1992. Rush parties were revitalized. The chapter had the best returns ever and 35 women pledged. These pledges participated in Sigma Chi Derby Days and Kappa took first place. The chapter had 116 members. Founders Day with the local alumnae was held on a cruise boat, The Spirit of Puget Sound, which sailed on Elliott Bay. It was the chapter’s honor to have Beta Pi and Fraternity President Kay Smith Larson and the Fraternity Director of Alumnae Vera Lewis Marine, Colorado College, attend the luncheon. The chapter worked on answering the phones courtesly and taking accurate messages. Quiet hours were enforced out of respect for the members. The chapter held the traditional Father/daughter weekend and Mother/daughter outing to La Conner for a day of shopping. The Christmas Party and four dances were held. The University of Washington opened campuses in Tacoma and Bothell in 1990. The Husky football team went undefeated and won the 1991 national championship. The chapter goal in 1996 was, “to raise Beta Pi’s participation from 50 percent to 70 percent attending all activities and events.” Members attending events received awards which recognized the members for getting involved. These awards greatly improved the morale of the chapter members. Beta Pi had 95 members this year. The chapter house was completely full and many seniors lived out and in the annex. 31 new members were pledged in the fall. The UW expected 4,400 freshmen in the fall of 1997, breaking the record of 4,373 set in 1965. Signs of the "baby boom echo" began to impact the campus. The chapter goal in 1998 was to strive for excellence in all measurable areas including attendance, G.P.A. and turning reports in on time. Academically the chapter’s G.P.A. was fourth out of the 15 sororities. The chapter pledged 30 New Members. This meant that the house was filled to capacity. Although the chapter is one of the larger ones on the campus, like every other sorority it was decided to participate in informal rush. In 1999, the chapter received a focus letter from the Fraternity Council. The letter was extremely helpful in terms of organization. The letter told the officers exactly what their jobs entailed and when their reports were due. Chapter members were on the Panhellenic Executive Board, Husky Hostesses, representatives on ASUW committees, Student Activities Office, the Daily the campus newspaper, Husky Marching Band, varsity soccer, track, cross country and the water ski team. Several chapter members participated in the UW Alumni Association’s Dawg Dash, Jingle Bell Run and Race for the cure. As the 21st Century approached, the Fraternity replaced some terms: “rush” became “Recruitment,” “pledges” are “New Members,” “recommendations” are “references” and “rushees” are “Potential New Members.”  Recruitment 1999 was a success for Beta Pi, 28 women were pledged making quota with one quota addition. The chapter’s favorite day during Recruitment Week used the barn theme which was highlighted by the Kappa Pickers. During the traditional preference party the seniors sang The Toast, a song written in 1950 by chapter member Sharon Callison. In March 1999, 12 officers attended the Iota Province Meeting hosted by Epsilon Iota at the University of Puget Sound. The chapter was extremely proud to be recognized for meeting the Challenge to Excellence.  There were 91 members in the chapter. The UW Greek system had 16 sororities. The chapter ranked within the top five sororities and above the all-sorority average for all three quarters of 1999.The MAP process helped determine the chapter’s three main goals: “To fulfill the terms outlined in the Letter of Concern by increasing chapter morale, participation and involvement by having at least 80 percent of the chapter attend chapter meetings and Key Events; by ranking in the top three sororities for academic achievement; increasing member financial responsibility by having 90 percent of all house bills paid by the first day of each quarter. Chapter morale improved drastically as each member was challenged to uphold the ideals of Kappa Kappa Gamma. The chapter attendance goal was met by having an average 85 percent attendance at chapter and Key Events. The financial status was also much improved. The finance committee began sending out the house bill much earlier which allowed more time for members and their parents to discuss family financial matters. The Treasurer made great strides in establishing payment plans.Chapter members participated in activities such as swimming, water polo team, lacrosse; Husky Hostesses; President of Panhellenic and wrote for the Daily writer.Convention Award:  Beta Pi received the Housed Chapter Finance Award at the 1990 Dallas Convention. The Challenge to Excellence Award was received at the 2000 Convention in Palm Desert, Calif.  '''Housing:''' During the summer of 1991, actives, alumnae and parents spent two weekends painting the inside of the house. Improvements were also made to the bathrooms, pledge sleeping porch and the living room furniture. The corporation board spent long hours redecorating the lounge and living room in the main house and the missing “K” on the front door was replaced. New carpet was installed in the living room and den and newly upholstered chairs added. The lounge was completely redone with new carpet and furniture. The house was completely full and the seniors had to be asked to live out even though many wished to live in the house. In the annex, some rooms were painted, carpet throughout the house and a track lighting system were installed. Four new parking spaces were created behind the annex. In 1995, the house corporation determined that it didn’t have the membership necessary to support three properties and it needed to sell one - either 4514 or 4508. The preference was to sell 4514 and use the money to remodel 4508 as well as pay down the mortgage on that property. There were several reasons for this decision: 1) 4508 is right next door to the main house and it was hoped to eventually attach the two residences. 2) 4508 is 1000 square feet larger than 4514 and could hold more occupants. 3) The architectural style of 4508 is much more distinctive than 4514. All the bedrooms and the living room were repainted. New carpet was installed in the living room and new wooden bunk beds were added to all the sleeping porches. Spring quarter 1997, 30 to 40 actives gathered in front of the house in their work clothes. A few Sigma Chi members joined them and everyone dug and planted. The trees and bushes came down and plants and flowers were planted. The new annex got a new lawn. Once Gus’s house was purchased in 1987, it was rented to various groups of individuals during the next 10 years while the corporation raised the money to remodel it. The City of Seattle approved a request to change the zoning for this house from single-family housing to a congregate residence The Corporation Board then sold the original annex at 4514 18th Avenue NE. After many months of renovation, the annex opened its doors. The new annex housed most of the junior class and a few seniors. The Parent’s Club surprised the chapter with a new big screen television for the annex.

The Corporation Board had Fall 2011 Semester of the main house tuckpointed. All the bricks were power washed and the mortar between them Eta Pi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma was replaceda semester full of wonderful changes. A new bathroom on After voting in the second floor, twice previous school year to absorb the size of Local Sorority Kappa Psi Delta into the previous bathroomNational Fraternity Kappa Kappa Gamma, was added. This was a great selling point for potential we immediately began to take action in our new members during house tours. A cloudy blue carpet was installed roles in the living roomour new colony. It looks great with the dark wood As a local chapter that had thrived on the first floorNew York University campus for 12 years, our transition went very smoothly.

This year After all of the sisters had adjusted to the new furniture for terminology and structure of the living room chapter, business went on as usual and lounge was purchasedwe had an extremely productive semester. The annex received new carpetSisters co-programmed philanthropy events with other Greek Organizations on campus, we remained an active voice in the panhellenic and inter-greek council communities, many sisters attended a Founders Day event with the alumni association in Connecticut, and we had a beautiful initiation ceremony on November 4th with many alumni and Fraternity Officers present.

'''PhilanthropyCampus:'''Over the past year, there have been many changes to the Greek Community at New York University. Not only did we witness the absorption of Kappa Psi Delta into Kappa Kappa Gamma, but a new chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha was also installed on campus. These two events created an expansion in the Greek community and brought many organizations closer.

Volunteering to work with children '''Chapter:''' Obviously the main recent change of various ages the Eta Pi chapter was another way the chapter enjoyed getting involved in transition from local sorority Kappa Psi Delta to the surrounding community and organizationsnational fraternity of Kappa Kappa Gamma. The Kappas helped the Ronald McDonald House by taking children who Since we had cancer ice skating. The chapter supported the Wallingford Boys already been established and Girls Club by participating in their “Teen Late Nights.” This meant spending time with teenagers running smoothly on campus and participating in activities such as basketballwithin the Greek community, watching movies and playing games.During this decade the chapter’s first annual Extreme Games transition was heldnot a difficult one. This was We were able to keep pace with other organizations on campus, despite technically being classified as a week-long competition among fraternity colony of new members. The men competed in activities such as ultimate Frisbee We were operating on the same level that we had always operated on and rock climbing. T-shirts because of this, our transition was quick and raffle tickets were also sold. Income from these activities was given to Childhaven, the chapter’s main philanthropypainless.

Chapter members volunteered at Children’s Hospital; Committee Organizing Rape Education; University Church The overall nature of Christ; AIDS care; UW sports medicine clinic and PONCHOthe chapter reflected this attitude that simply because we were changing our letters didn’t mean that we were starting all over completely fresh. Many members volunteered We wanted to move at a pace that was probably considered extremely fast for a colony, but we believed that the best way to make the change was to keep progressing forward not to slow down for the UW Medical Centerprocess. Because of this, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and elementary schools in the Seattle Public Schoolschapter ran as a cohesive, effective unit of women that were all striving towards our common goal, to absorb successfully into Kappa Kappa Gamma.

The Extreme Games competition raised more than $2,400 for Childhaven, an organization which supports battered women and their children ages one-month to five-years and have been abused, neglected or impacted by a parent’s substance abuse. During Greek Week the chapter raised money for the John Stanford Endowment Fund. It also supported other fraternity philanthropies, Sigma Chi Derby Days and Lambda Chi Alpha’s Watermelon bust benefiting Northwest Harvest. A Father/daughter golf tournament which benefited The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center was held. The chapter members participated in the Greek system’s clean-up around the University area.The members made valentines for children who were in the hospital. The girls boxed food to take to a battered women clinic in Seattle The chapter was involved in the March One of Dines Hunger Awareness program. It had a dime drive and donated 858 meals to people in need. The chapter also raised money for Camp Goodtimes by sponsoring a car wash, wrote letters to servicemen stationed in Saudi Arabia and donated 200 books to a children’s book drive. Beta Pis picked up aluminum cans and litter on campus and around the Greek system. They recycled the most cans of all UW chapters. The chapter won an award for the most donations from a chapter to the Giving Tree, a donation center which received new items for children in need. The chapter also contributed a number of Christmas stockings to servicemen aboard a ship who would not be able to be at home with their families during the holidays. Spring quarter the chapter sold tickets for a Sonics game to earn money to send children to Camp Goodtimes.   ==Highlights of the 2000-2010== In October, 2005, Beta Pi celebrated its Centennial. More than 300 Kappas attended a special luncheon at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle. Several classes held reunions, the annual Doris Bronson Morril, Mary Maxwell Gates and Fleur-de-Lis awards were presented to deserving alumnae and a video celebrating 100 Years of Beta Pi was shown. Fraternity Director of Alumnae Carol George Sanders, Cal State Northridge attended.  At chapter dinner, Carol presented a $1,000 check from the Fraternity to UW president Mark Emmert to commemorate Beta Pi’s 100 years on the campus. This money went into the UW’s general scholarship fund. Beta Pi continued its tradition of success in Recruitment by pledging 33 dedicated, intelligent and beautiful women. The pledge class included seven legacies.  The chapter excelled academically greatest challenges we encountered this year. Its G.P.A. placed semester was second among the UW sororities in the fall actual process of 2005 and winter 2006. The chapter finished the year in a tie for first place with a cumulative Gtransition.P.A. of 3.41. Beta Pi welcomed a Kappa from Tulane who left her campus in the wake of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast. She lived in the chapter house fall quarter and attended classes at the UW. In January, she returned to school in New Orleans to continue the year at Tulane. As part of the 2008 archives display, the chapter watched the video from the Centennial celebration, 100 Years of Beta Pi. This was really meaningful for the freshmen because they Each member had the opportunity to see how Kappa had affected go through the lives of so many women for so many years.After watching the video, art materials and stacks of photos were set out on tables. The women at each table created a page for the Kappa scrapbook. It allowed all the women to come together, use their creativity to celebrate Kappa and reminded the members of all the fun times they had shared during the past year. By the end of the evening, three new scrapbooks had been created. A highlight from 2008 was the wonderful time Beta Pi had during Greek Weekend. Greek This is a Panhellenic-sponsored event, and its main purpose is to get high school seniors interested in Greek life at the UW. Beta Pi hosted approximately 25 girls for two days. It was fun to set up activites such as walking around the local neighborhood for coffee and giving campus tours to introduce the girls to the UW. It gave member process all the members a great opportunity to get to know the girls who might pledge Kappaover again.  With Panhellenic’s approval, a mock Recruitment was held. It was very helpful in familiarizing At the girls with the Recruitment. Recruitment can be overwhelming to girls who are not familiar with it. Greek Weekend helps to ease their anxiety because they get to know some girls already in the chapter. Greek Weekend was an exceedingly helpful tool in not only promoting interest in the Greek system at the UW in high school seniors but also in preparing the sophomores for the upcoming formal Recruitment.  Founders Day 2008 was very special. Alumnae were honored by giving them their fifty, sixty-five- or seventy-five year pins. It was very emotional as these women were brought to tears by the fact that they were still friends with women from their pledge class. It even caused some beginning of the active members to tear up as the older women received their pins and awards. It turned out to be especially beneficial for the New Members because they learned about Kappa Kappa Gamma history and experienced how far Kappa can reach.  This was an amazing year for Beta Pi. The chapter was successful in all areas of chapter life. From philanthropy participation to social activities, Beta Pi had a year to remember. The University of Washington is truly one of the best universities in the country. With the number-one Nursing School in the country, as well as an amazing medical school, law school and business school. The UW is located in the heart of Seattle and has a great core group of sports fans of all ages as well as intellectuals. The average G.P.A. of students accepted at the UW was 3.7.  In 2008, the Seattle campus had more than 26,000 undergraduate students, and students could study or learn just about anything their heart desired. The study abroad program provided options to travel to many countries which gave students a chance to learn about the cultures of others. With such a big campus, the University is lucky to have 16 sororities and 30 fraternities, which helped give the large campus a smaller feeling. Even though the football team did not do as well as everyone had hoped for in 2008, it had an extremely promising future. New head coach Steve Sarkisian developed a positive and optimistic attitude in the team and fans.  Beta Pi had more than 100 active members, and constantly had girls studying abroad. While it was fun to have all the girls in the house, Beta Pi recognizes what an amazing experience it is for our women to study abroad, therefore it was highly encouraged. Several women in the house were involved in intramural sports, and three members of Beta Pi were on the UW women's soccer team.  Starting the 2009 school year included welcoming new UW interim president, Phyllis Wise. The previous president, Mark Emmert, resigned to become the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) president. What a great fall sports season to be a part of the NCAA. One of the great accomplishments of Beta Pi was maintaining a G.P.A. of 3.35 for spring quarter 2009. Thanks to our Vice President of Academic Excellence, the members have continued to constantly promote scholarship in the chapter and they were encouraged to maintain high grades each quarter.Parents’ weekend was held. It included a great father-daughter barbeque and baseball game, and a mother-daughter tea hosted by the Parents Club at the Seattle Golf Club. Fall 2009 began with another outstanding Recruitment. The pledge class consisted of 31 New Members including one junior and one sophomore. Everyone really came together, and Recruitment ran smoothly with no infractions or major problems. Bid Week followed and was filled with many fun events such as trips to Green Lake, barbeques and campfires, an all-house bowling party and an ice cream social. The members were very proud of our New Member class.  After 2009 Recruitment came Founders Day which was a very special event. It was held at the Seattle Yacht Club and the entire Kappa council and new pledge class attended. In November 2009, Beta Pi welcomed an ambitious new council and the Leadership Consultant visited the chapter. It was this seemed a very pleasant week and provided the chapter with excellent feedback and ideas for improvementdaunting task.  The ladies of Beta Pi had opportunities to attend some exciting social events during the year. These events included the annual Sapphire Ball, a Mariners game grab-a-date and a two-of-a-kind dance. Some Kappas were lucky enough to travel abroad to several countries. The UW continued to be rated one of the top 100 universities in the country. It attracts a very diverse group of students including many international students. It had many opportunities to offer both academically and in terms of life experiences. The UW offers a wide range of programs and electives taught by intelligent and inspiring professors. It is a great place to learn and prepare for life after college.  In addition to classes, the UW offers endless options for involvement in different students clubs and organizations as well as intramural sports teams. The UW Seattle campus currently has approximately 28,000 undergraduate students. In 2010, the university has 16 sororities and 30 fraternities.  Beta Pi is was a strong chapter with many amazing young women. It had more than 100 active members But each with outstanding qualities. The chapter members excelled in many areas including leadership and philanthropy and did their best to uphold the ideals of Kappa Kappa Gamma.  In 2010 chapter received the Panhellenic Association’s Excellence in Social Award and the Katie Treichel Award. Many of the women in the chapter elected to study abroad. These experiences only help to add to the diversity of the chapter.  The chapter had four members on the UW women's soccer team, one member of the UW cheerleading team and two members in the ROTC program. Several of the members were enrolled in the Honors College. Although the chapter had many successes in 2010, it was lucky not to encounter any major issues; however it did run into a few challenges. Unfortunately, with good news often comes bad news, and the chapter did face some challenges in 2010. Only reaching the All-Sorority Average, the chapter ranked ninth out of 17 chapters in the Sorority Academic Rankings for winter quarter with an all-house average of 3.36. The chapter was, however, still above the UW average and the UW Greek average. It was definitely a disappointment to the members because they knew they were capable of much stronger academic achievements and the G.P.A. did not reflect the hard-earned reputation of being a chapter focused on academics.  As a result, the Vice President of Academic Excellence put a lot of effort into creative ideas to encourage each member to raise her grades. With a Dress Like Your Major-themed dinner, Starbucks gift cards for most improved and highest G.P.A. awards and individual meetings to brainstorm ways in which the chapter could help anyone struggling, all contributed to the spring success. After spring quarter, the chapter went from ninth to third, with an all-chapter average of 3.43 - an illustration of what hard work and strong sisterhood can accomplish.  Another took this challenge faced in 2010 was the loss of several great members. Many of our seniors resigned because they didn’t want to pay the live-out fees. It was sad to see them go, but chapter members continued to keep in regular contact with them. 2010 was definitely a year for the books for the women of Beta Pi. Beginning in January, the chapter hosted its Regional Director of Chapters and Coordinator of Chapter Support for a long weekend. They were really fabulous, and it was a great chance for the members to get to know women who have continued to uphold Kappa Kappa Gamma traditions and values. Numerous coffee dates, lunch dates, gym visits and other funstride, quintessential Seattle activities were scheduled for them with actives, giving the members the opportunity to learn more about and get involved with the Fraternity.  Unfortunately, following their visit, the tragic 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, killing more than 250,000 people and injuring many. The chapter and a majority of the Greek community raised money to donate to support relief efforts through the Red Cross in Haiti. Throughout the final winter months, January and February, in Seattle, Hunter boots and “puffy” Northface jackets were the rage. Other trends that started 2010 and continued on campus, especially in the chapter, include Ugg boots, Lululemon apparel, leggings, boots, scarves of all types, Nike apparel and the occasional crop tops paired with a bandage skirt when attending social functions at fraternities.  The warmer trends were shown in full stride, when several help of our women carpooled up to Vancouver and Whistler, Canada, for the Winter Olympic Games in February 2010. Team USA did very well and won a multitude of medals. It was very exciting for those who were there and o for the nation as a whole. Spring quarter 2010 was action-packed for the chapter. It kicked off with the UW’s men’s basketball team making it to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament. Although they eventually lost to West Virginia, many women in the chapter appreciate and follow the university’s athletics, which made this showing in the tournament very thrilling.  The highlight of the fantastic spring quarter was placing third in the Panhellenic academic rankings, with a house average of 3.43. It is always an exceptional quarter when everyone performs so well in class. The All-Sorority Average was a 3.36, and the junior class helped immensely to raise the all-house average, finishing with a 3.52 as its pledge class average. This achievement did not only boost the house morale, but also helped during Greek Weekend and in fall 2010 Recruitment.  In September, the chapter upheld its outstanding reputation of being a strong chapter by recruiting a phenomenal new freshman class of 32. Immediately, they all formed bonds with women in their pledge class and intermixed with the older girls. It was such a delight to have them in the chapter. The pledges were fabulous and brought a fun spirit into the chapter. The Husky women’s soccer team made it all the way to the Elite Eight for only the second time in school history. After a few rough football seasons, UW quarterback Jake Locker, who stayed for his senior year instead of entering the NFL draft early, led the installation team to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, Calif. and the Huskies beat Nebraska. It was unbelievable after the rocky season they’d had, but an amazing achievement for the entire university. Several Beta Pi’s attended the game together, and made it into a pledge class vacation. The Holiday Bowl win helped ring in the New Year for the chapter!  Unfortunately, the country was dealing with some very difficult issues. The job market was extremely limited, it was fighting two wars, one in Afghanistan and another in Iraq, the economy was in crisis and there was a very significant and transformative election in the fall of 2010. In addition, the university had to deal with major budget reductions because of the state legislature’s cuts and the recession.  Of all the universities in the nation, the University of Washington was ranked 41st and has consistently been ranked in the top 50 for the last couple of years. Continuing to improve its staff, research, resources alumni and campus atmosphere, the University of Washington strives to be the best for its students. The Foster School of Business opened its new building on campus, PACCAR Hall. At least 25 of the actives were enrolled in the business school, making PACCAR a very popular study spot and a prime location for class. A major bonus about having classes in PACCAR is advisers that it has a Starbucks in the building. The UW athletic department and administration announced plans for a Husky Stadium renovation. Construction will begin immediately after the 2011 football season. For one year, the home games will be played at the Seahawks’ Century Link Field downtown, in order to rebuild the stadium from the ground stepped up. Once completed, the successful football program with Coach Steve “Sark” Sarkisian will have a brand- new, state-of-the-art-stadium. After a very successful Recruitment, with a Willy-Wonka-themed Bid Day, Beta Pi gained a fabulous class of new members. These women brought a lot of energy to the chapterassist us, especially during our Inspiration Week. At the end of Inspiration Week, on November 13th, 32 new Kappa Kappa Gammas were initiated.  Every new pledge class struggles with adjusting to college and transitioning into its new home, but the upperclassmen worked hard to make that transition as smooth as possible for the New Members. In 2010, the freshmen’s favorite New Member event was their sleepover with the sophomores at one of the sophomore’s homes, where they played games, had dinner and watched a movie. These events provided special bonding time immediately after the freshmen were welcomed into the house and also became memorable moments for the upperclassmen.  Historically, the majority of Beta Pi’s members have been Washington residents with most coming from nearby cities and towns. However, during the last few years, the chapter welcomed many more women from other areas including California, Oregon and Chicago. It has been awesome way to diversify the chapter and also makes for some great Kappa vacations.  A notable event that occurred in our chapter in 2010 was welcoming back about ten members who had been abroad all fall. They told incredible stories about their adventures. Many of the stories influenced other members of the chapter to take advantage of the many highly respected programs through the UW and partnering organizations.  Junior Meredith Stager was selected Vice President of Public Relations on the Panhellenic Council. The chapter had not had a member serve on this council in a very long time so it was exciting that the chapter would now be represented in we made a leadership role of the UW Greek System. It was hoped that that her new position would encourage other chapter members to become more involved in Panhellenic in the years to come. A challenge faced this year was maintaining high morale and Kappa spirit in the annex. The annex house director didn’t fill the role of what the annex needed as a house director. The strong sisterhood and morale in the main house was really lacking in the annex in large part because of the annex house director. A new house director for the annex was hired and she did wonderful job getting to know all of the women living in the annex. She had a much stronger presence and created a more cohesive feeling among the 25 members who live in the annex. All these activities plus more were accomplished by many young, enthusiastic and outgoing women. Kappa’s contributions to the University of Washington and to the community are worthy of praise and have been remembered through the years.Convention Award: Convention 2006 proved to be a wonderful affirmation of Beta Pi’s successes and tradition of excellence.  The chapter received the 2004-2006 Recruitment Award for a chapter on a campus with 15 or more sororities, honorable mention for the Heritage Award, honorable mention for the Greatest Improvement in Scholarship Award and honorable mention for the Panhellenic Award.  The chapter also received recognition at the Foundation banquet for donating $2,500 to the Kappa Foundation.   '''Housing:''' The House Corporation focused on maintaining the annex and main house rather than decorating. The biggest project was painting the exterior of the Annex.  An outside security system was installed. The security lighting was expanded outside and the wiring to support this system was updated.  An ongoing project was to plan to update the chapter house for the second 100 years of Beta Pi members.  During the summer of 2007, several major repairs and improvements were made to the chapter house. First and most critically, the boiler, which was nearly as old as the house, was replaced. It had been on its last legs for quite a while, so the replacement ensures that there will be hot water and heat for a long time to come. In addition, the radiators in each bedroom was updated with new heat control valves. The result is that members will be able to actually control the heat in their rooms, which will come in handy during the cold winter months.  The third floor sleeping porch and 'library' bedroom have received new carpet that was much needed. A new sliding glass door will also be installed, leading up to the sun porch on the roof.  The major renovation was the remodeling of the basement and chapter room. This project entailed new paint, carpet, and flooring, along with all new lighting and ceiling fans. The new design features an art room which could be used for projects and poster making and most importantly, all new freshman study spaces. Each desk includes built-in upper and lower cabinet storage as well as personal lighting.  These come at a crucial time, considering that for the past couple of years there have not been enough study spaces for the new member class. The beautiful basement remodel adds a lot to the house overall, and will make chapter meetings and late night studying more comfortable for everyone. The chapter appreciated the wonderful house board and all of the many contractors and other people who made this possible. The updates were much appreciated and everyone looked forward to seeing how the house would continue to improve in the coming years.    '''Philanthropy:''' Beta Pi maintained involvement in the community by continuing to help the children in the Ronald McDonald House. The chapter raised $6,000 from its third annual Klassic Golf Tournament to donate to the Ronald McDonald House. This year’s tournament was held at the Echo Falls Golf and Country Club. More than 100 players participated. In 2007, members of Beta Pi hosted the first annual Kappa Fling Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. The event took place at Denny Field on the UW campus transition from Monday, April 23, through Thursday, April 26. Through registration fees, sponsorships and tee shirt and Frisbee sales, Beta Pi raised $4,000 for our local charity, Ronald McDonald House.  Following the final championship game, all participants were invited back to the Kappa House for a barbecue to celebrate a week of fun, hard work, and philanthropy. The winners of the tournament, the men of Pi Kappa Alpha, received a trophy and recognition at the barbecue as well The second place Phi Tau team members were so grateful for the sincerity and support of their Kappa coaches that at the end of the tournament they gave each of them a bouquet of flowers.  In the past, the chapter hosted the Kappa Klassic Golf Tournament, which has been great, but this year the members wanted Psi Delta to try something different that focused more on involving the University of Washington's campus community. Ultimate Frisbee is an extremely popular sport, and the chapter was thrilled to have fifteen teams participating that consisted of fraternity men as well as other UW students. Not only did the participants have a great time, but all of the undergraduate members had an outstanding time coaching and cheering on all of the teams!  Because of the low cost of the tournament, Beta Pi was also able to make a $1,000 donation to the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation with the remaining portion of the philanthropy budget. The money raised from t-shirt sales and participation fees Another challenge we faced was donated to Ronald McDonald House, where the children could benefit directly from the chapter’s efforts. The members participated in many fraternity-sponsored events and won our brother fraternity's philanthropy, Derby Days, which supports the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  Beta Pi continues to cultivate social responsibility by giving time, talent and treasure to serve the greater good. The chapter looks forward to the future keeping traditions of Kappa Fling, and hopes that it remains a Beta Pi tradition for many years to come! During 2008, active members of Beta Pi reached out Psi Delta alive to honor the community. Visiting Ronald McDonald House was one of the most rewarding aspects of our philanthropy. A trip to the Ronald McDonald House was scheduled once a quarter where members participated in fun activities with the children. In 2008, the chapter went a few days before Halloween and decorated Halloween cookies with the kids. It was amazing to see how much such an activity can affect the children. The winter and spring quarters proved to be very social for the girls of Beta Pi who participated in more philanthropic events, including an all-night volleyball tournament, a soccer tournament and a basketball tournament. It was great to see the members participating and helping others in the Greek community. Many grab-a-dates and exchanges gave the Beta Pi’s the chance to interact with friends and others both inside and outside of the Greek Community.During fall quarter 2010, the annual book drive for Reading is Fundamental began. More than 100 books were collected. Spring quarter 2010, the chapter’s annual philanthropy event was held, Kappa Fling. It was a weeklong ultimate Frisbee tournament for both fraternities and sororities. Not only did everyone have a lot of fun, the event also raised a whopping $3,300 for the Ronald McDonald House, the chapter’s local philanthropy. In the spirit of philanthropy, the members also participated in Lambda Chi’s philanthropy event, Watermelon Bust, in support of The Jamie Moyer Foundation.  Monthly visits to the Ronald McDonald House were part of the chapter’s philanthropy calendar. During the visits, they often engaged the children who stayed at the house in activities such as decorating cookies, making bookmarks and various board or card games. The chapter does a great job of keeping philanthropic participation a top priority. The more everyone gives back, the higher the morale in the chapter. School started in October, rather late, but with the start of school came Sigma Chi Derby Days which raised money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Theta Chi Stampede Week, supporting The Kyle Charvat Foundation. Everyone looks forward to both events all year, and always give a strong performance. It is a great chance for the whole chapter to rally behind something together and really bond.   ==Highlights 2011-2019:==  (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== 2011 was an exciting year for the active members of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We hosted our first ever intersorority philanthropy, titled UFC, the Ultimate Fraternity Competition. This was held in March with the women of Gamma Phi Beta. UFC consisted of an Ultimate Frisbee competition which supported our local philanthropy, the Ronald McDonald House. Beta Pi has been working on promoting panhellenic relations within the chapter, and partnering with Gamma Phi Beta was a huge step in fostering new intersorority relationshipsorganization. Later in Spring Quarter, we took the championship title of Lambda Chi’s Watermelon Bust philanthropy week, our neighboring fraternity. However, our most important accomplishment was coming out of Spring quarter second in grades! We set a high standard for ourselves and will really stand out during Formal Fall Recruitment.  As members returned from summer in September, we were eager to recruit a new class of wonderful Kappas. Recruitment resulted in a class of 37 young women, our biggest pledge class in history! 25 of our new members are from the state of Washington, 11 from California and 2 from Oregon. Bid Day, themed “Red, White, and True Blue” was as exciting as ever! The new members are an amazing addition to our chapter. This year marks the 150th class to enter the University of Washington, so it is a great year to be a freshman. As school began, our first fraternity philanthropy we chose to participate in was Sigma Chi Derby Days, which we ended up winning! It was a great bonding experience for the freshmen and the rest of the chapter showered them with immense support. Husky football games proved to be a standout social event as always, the Huskies finished with a 7-5 record, and participation in the Valero Alamo Bowl!  Autumn of 2011 was a beautiful time for Seattle, as the leaves were bursting with color for months. Fall Quarter marked the start of our intense fundraising effots to benefit GIRLS Academy. Beta Pi was selected to host the 3rd ever Kappa GIRLS Academy, and our chapter is anxious and excited! The program focuses on mentoring middle school-aged girls to learn the benefits of staying in school and the qualities of leadership. Our actives raised over $600 in babysitting and another $600 in a bake sale with all proceeds dedicated to the GIRLS Academy retreat occuring March 3rd and 4th As we transitioned currently incorporating these traditions into Winter, Beta Pi welcomed a transfer student from the Gamma Mu chapter some of Oregon State University. Lindsey Anderson has been a joy to have at Beta Pi and we have loved hearing about the similiarities and differences between the chapters. More in local news; Yogurtland, a popular frozen yogurt shop, opened up on University Way! This is one of the year's trendiest hotspots. Kappas are often seen walking down to get their froyo fix! Northface jackets, lululemon pants and Ugg boots continued to be a typical outfit programs being planning for busy UW students, Kappas included. We also love knee length boots paired with leggies and a long sweater. Scarves, bags, bangles, and jewelry are often exchanged throughout the chapter, Beta Pi is full of fashionistas! We can expect new trends, new activities and more accomplishments for the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma in 2012!  '''Campus:''' The University of Washington continues to be growing in popularity amongst the nation. This year was the first time that one-third of all accepted students were from out-of-state, making the University more difficult to get in to Inspiration week for in-state students. The University's competitiveness is on the rise and we can only expect it to continue in the coming years. Husky Stadium has begun its renovation and will be completed by the 2013 season. Construction disrupts the ambiance of Montlake and the Arboretum, two beautiful areas surrounding our campus. Students are looking forward to a new stadium where Husky pride is sure to surge. In the mean time, we will have football games at the Century Link Field in downtown Seattle where the Seahawks currently play.  '''Chapter:''' Beta Pi actives are constantly wanting to get involved. Whether it is with the University, the chapter specifically or our community at large, the young women are eager to participate. A couple notable Kappas are: sophomore Jillian Cellich sits on ASUW working as a senator, she hopes to run on an all Greek ticket for ASUW next year. Freshman Kate Sibley was just selected to sit on Panhellenic Standards Board. Sophomore Haley Erickson was recently elected as our chapters first Fundraising Chair, Haley sits on council and is working to set precedent and draft a formal leadership guide for the position in the future. Numerous members have internships and jobs working in retail, accounting, microbiology labs, nannying, marketing, and finance.  One difficult challenge of the year was accommodating for a pledge class of 37 women. University of Washington’s Greek Community is growing in popularity, and in size. Chapter’s quotas are raising yearly. There is a committee currently working on the idea of expansion at the University and the possibility of opening our Greek doors to another chapter. Our previous president, Maggie Pool, and Advisory Board Chair, Lauren Lukjanowicz, sit on that committee. All of that said, our 37 new members are assimilating wonderingly into our Kappa community. Another challenge we’ve been dealing with is fostering original, creative social events. As seniors have experienced some of the same events year after year, we are trying new things! To kick off the school year we had our traditional Mariners grab-a-date, followed by a newly themed Fall Dance, Kappa Gam Space Gam! Both events were well attended and appreciated by our members. The event chairman, Megan Mayer, is working hard to plan creative intersorority and fraternity exchanges at the chapter house. Just last month we made canvas art by gluing crayons to canvas and melting them with hairdryers, an art project we discovered on a newly popular website called Pinterest! No matter what challenges present themselves, the Beta Pi actives are always ready to take them on to better our chapter in any way we can!

'''PhilanthropyGroup Honors/Awards:'''2012 was a big year for Philanthropy at Beta Pi. The chapter chose to apply to host Girl’s Academy At Greek Games 2013, Kappa Kappa Gamma placed 2nd in Free Throws, 2nd in 2011 and was selected by the Fraternity as one of two chapters to participate Swimming, 2nd in the program Volleyball, 3rd in February of 2012. The program is comprised of small and large group activities and discussionsBasketball, which are geared toward inspiring and instilling leadership qualities 2nd in young girls who may not otherwise have role models to do so. Washington Middle SchoolVariety Shows Skit, where the event took place3rd in Basketball, had such receptive and excited participants; every Kappa who was involved overall 2nd in Girl’s Academy was appreciative of and enthusiastic about the opportunityGreek Night. With such a positive response, the chapter decided to apply for a second year Out of hosting Girl’s Academy10 chapters, which we were again chosen had 3rd pick for, and will host in February 2012-2013housing.  We also continued our second year of “Ultimate Fraternity Competition” with Gamma Phi Beta. The week-long competition is a fun way to get fraternities involved with our fundraising efforts; received the money raised is split between Outstanding Academic Achievement Program at the two sorority philanthropy’s, our portion going to The Ronald McDonald House. It is a really great way to increase positive inter-sorority relations, as we are the only joint sorority philanthropy on campus.  As always, we continue in our efforts to give to the National Fraternity philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, and again collected books to donate to the organization. '''Chapter Council'''We added two new Council positions this last year, a Fundraising Chair and an Exchange Chair. Both were successful positions, and we decided to continue both for the current Council.  '''Biennial Convention:'''Beta Pi was lucky enough to send 5 active members to Convention in Jacksonville this year: Ali Smith, Bryn Smith, Bryn Wensley, Haley Erikson, and Kaylie Gray accompanied Chapter Council Advisor, Molly Boyajian to Convention and accepted the Technology Award for Beta PiFSL Awards.

'''Greek AwardsTraditions:'''We were continued recognition of Kappa Psi Delta's founding anniversary date of December 11th. We also honored by incorporated Kappa Psi Delta traditions into our own Greek Community at Big/Little sister reveal ceremonies in both the Greek Awards banquet spring and fall. Following initiation, we continued our tradition of hosting a family brunch inviting parents to celebrate with the Excellence in Academic Programming Awardus and learn more about KKG.

'''Panhellenic Involvement'''Two Kappa Beginning in the fall of 2012, Eta Pi started the new tradition of “fleur dates” in which initiated sisters and new members each draw the names of different sisters were elected to Panhellenic Council this year, a very exciting thing as it has been a few years since we have had Kappa’s represent Panhellenicmeet up with during the week. Kate SibleyOur annual Thanksgiving Sisterhood Potluck was our first big event after Hurricane Sandy, a sophomore, is Vice President of Service and Philanthropy, displayed the strong bond between our sisters through the good and junior Jillian Celich is Vice President of Risk Managementbad times.

'''Alumnae RelationsSpecial Events:'''Alumnae relations have been as great in Founder's Day was celebrated on Oct 6th, 2012. Kappa Kappa Grandma Sisterhood movie nights occurred each semester, as we always strive in addition to keep them highregularly scheduled events. We started At the end of the 2011-2012 school year off with our first ever Career Fair , Eta Pi members gathered in which professional women from the Seattle Alumna Association came to help us edit Central Park for our resumes, talk about career options, and offer mock interview sessionsSisterhood Picnic. It Our FSL Housing theme month was helpful and exciting to see so many successful and professional women who started their careers in the same place we are today. In late October“Neighborly November, ” during which we also held a ‘Trick or Treat’ afternoon for local alumnae collaborated with young children Alpha Epsilon Pi to go from room to room to collect candy from dressed-up actives. We were able to couple this event with host events for the NYU community and held a Halloween Bake Sale, food drive for which proceeds went to Girls AcademySandy victims.

'''RecruitmentPhilanthropic Involvement:'''This year Beta Eta Pi had continued our relationship with PS2, a more challenging recruitmentlocal elementary school in Chinatown, but we finished strong with to tutor and provide fun activities for students who do not speak English as a first language. Eta Pi also coordinated a new member class of 33 incredible women! dress drive to provide old prom and homecoming dresses for Operation Fairy Dust, an organization that gives the dresses to underprivileged girls. We initiated 32 also participated in Relay for Life, with almost all girls raising money before the fallevent, and will be initiating another this Februaryeven raising more money throughout the night by selling “Kappa Quesadillas. Our Chapter is getting really excited ” Many of the fraternities and working hard with sororities on campus participated in our advisers Big/Little Newlywed Game, which raised over $300 for Relay.Chapter Goals: Eta Pi strives to ensure that we have yet another successful recruitment this fall!strengthen our sisterhood and increase Greek presence in the greater NYU community.

'''Current EventsChallenges and How They Were Overcome:'''2012 Election this year Our chapter has many new goals, there was a lot of talk about as reflected in the upcoming elections and people were excited about watching the debates LAP report for 2012. With regards to understanding and overall process appreciation of electionKappa, since this was most actives’ first time voting in a Presidential Electionwe are working to continue discovering Kappa. We had a sisterhood in our firstOur specific goals include implementing more mandatory ritual review and practices, hosting presentations on post-floor lounge for one graduate Kappa involvement and opportunities, increasing usage of the final debates, girls gathered downstairs to eat snacks, watchKappa’s website as a resource, and discuss details increasing support and understanding of the debateKappa Foundation.

'''Changes'''Husky Games With regards to interpersonal development, our focus is to strengthen enthusiasm and attendance for events. We did this year took place by using the group system to gather enthusiasm and attendance at Qwest field in downtown SeattleGreek-wide events, increasing co-sponsorships with other organizations, more recognition and positive reinforcement of sisters who attend events, as our home stadium is now under constructionand drafting an attendance policy to define commitment for all members. For self-discovery and intellectual development, but will be reopening next year upon Eta Pi strove to increase philanthropic and academic focus and involvement. We did this by increasing the first game number of service events and opportunities, encouraging the seasonuse of advisers and professors as resources, maintaining and improving our GPA as a chapter, and encouraging academic buddies to help in course selection and general support. The Huskies also made it Finally, with regards to the Maaco Bowl this year in Las Vegas where leadership and skill building, we took on Boise Stateworked to use all available tools to improve efficiency, but came up shortparticularly with regards to communication. Next year for sure—GO DAWGS!

The University We worked to streamline emails and make good use of Washington has been taking on more and more students in the last few yearschapter time, although places to live are not increasing at began planning a comparable rate. Therefore, we have had more Potential New Member’s come through Recruitment than in years previous. In apprehension of another year of large pledge classes, many rising Juniors found places to live outside the chapter house Chapter Council Leadership Retreat for the 2012-2013 school year. Traditionally, Beta Pi has never had more than a few special circumstance juniors live out, so it has been a new challenge for our chapter. The junior class and house as a whole has handled it extremely wellworked harder to delegate tasks to committee members, keeping morale and participation high this year. We have also instituted a meal plan this year, in an effort to keep live outs at the chapter house helped each sister become more confident and comfortable in contact Chapter Council positions through connections with those who live in. It has worked out greatly Advisers and all parties have been grateful for the option to eat lunches at Kappause of chapter resources.

One of '''World/Local Events:''' Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast in October. New York University was affected by widespread power outages in the biggest issues on dorms and campus this year has been the idea of differential tuitionbuildings. The Eta Pi chapter conducted and exercised our emergency protocols to ensure that each sister was safe. Many studentsMembers, new members, especially and alumnae housed fellow sisters in apartments and dorms with power. Following the student governmentstorm, ASUWKKG participated in food drives collecting nonperishable goods for people affected by the hurricane, are opposed to the idea and will travel to Olympia individual members helped in early 2013 efforts to fight the legislationclear rubble and rebuild houses.     “From its humble beginnings as a frontier university'''Recent Changes:''' In the Spring of 2012, the UWEta Pi chapter welcomed and initiated 35 new members. In the fall of 2012, now three campuses strong, has risen to take its place as one Eta Pi initiated 44 new members. We held elections of the 20 best universities on 2013 Chapter Council in November of 2012. As the planet. Unquestionablynewest chapter, we are Eta Pi is still learning about all of the global gateway envisioned by its founders…” Michael K. Young, new University facets of Washington presidentKappa, 2011but we are enthusiastic about learning and growing.

'''Philanthropy'''2013 was We hosted a very year exciting for Philanthropy at Beta Pi. The chapter hosted GIRLS academy for the second time in February 2012 and then reapplied to be eagerly hosting again for the third time in February variety of 2014. GIRLS academy stands for Girls Inspiring Respect Leadership and Service. The program is comprised of small and large group activities and discussionssuccessful sisterhood events on campus, which are geared toward inspiring and instilling leadership qualities and positive body image in young girls. It is a great chance for women in like our chapter to be role models Chapter Potluck, Canvas Crafting, and leaders in our communityHoliday party. The event takes place We also held sisterhood events at Washington Middle Schoolour house, and every year such as the participants are so excited and receptive to Kappa Film Festival. Eta Pi also initiated a total of 40 new members throughout the program, making it year who underwent an easy for Kappas to be appreciative and enthusiastic about informative New Member process. Eta Pi also held both Formal and Semi-formal dance events during the opportunity to volunteer with GIRLS academyyear.

To raise money for GIRLS academy, Beta Eta Pi hosted their first annual Kappa Kappa Kickball tournament. The tournament was both a 3‐day event made up of Leadership Consultant multiple times throughout the year who we found to be helpful and approachable, as well as a double elimination kickball tournament, hot dog eating contest and serenade competition. To advertise Kappa Trainer who taught us about the tournament a Facebook event was created fraternity and invitations were went to fraternity men in the UW Greek community along with physical letters. 12 fraternities participated in the event donating a $100 entry fee each. Overall, $1200 was donated to support GIRLS Academy programmingleadership. We also raised money through holiday bake sales, which was a great way sent girls to get Beta Pi involved in the Greek community Leadership Academy and utilize our public relations/fundraising teams to get our philanthropy more publicizedProvince this year.

As alwaysOur chapter also increased our participation in Panhellenic and Inter-Greek events on campus, including the NYU Greek Games, in which we continue in our efforts to give to the National Fraternity philanthropyplaced second, Reading is FundamentalGreek Week, and have a book drive to donate books to the organizationNew York Dance Marathon. We Our sisters also have a chapter competition between members in different rooms to see which room could donate the most books. It runs through gained the month maximum number of February positions for Panhellenic Council and is a great way to get roommates involved participate in philanthropy. We additionally have bithe Inter-quarterly visits to the Ronald McDonald houseGreek Council. We have fun arts Our networking both on and crafts projects with the kidsoffline was a big success for our chapter, which is a great way to get involved as we held events with our community nearest alumni chapter (including our 2013 Founders Day Celebration) and connect with local familiesachieved an incredible increase in our chapter’s PR presence throughout social media.

'''Province'''Beta Eta Pi was lucky enough continued its dedication to send 8 active members philanthropy, contributing to Province this yearthe NYU Dance Marathon, for which our chapter raised $6700, Relay for Life, the New York Cares Day of Service, and the Rose McGill Foundation. At ProvinceWe held philanthropy events of our own like those benefiting Reading Is Fundamental and the Be The Match bone marrow drive. We also co-sponsored and participated in philanthropic events such as the Breast Cancer Awareness Runway Show with Zeta Tau Alpha, Beta Pi was honored to win best active-adviser relations award the Best Buddies Walk, National Hazing Prevention Week, Suicide Prevention Walk, and Greek Allies’ Safe Zone training and most improved chapterPay Attention project.

'''With respect to our chapter-wide goals, Eta Pi worked hard to increase ritual knowledge by holding formal chapters every week starting in the fall, and we have seen an overall increase in the chapter’s familiarity with the ritual. Additionally, at the outset of the year we wanted to increase our recognition on campus, in the Panhellenic and Inter-Greek Awards'''community, and online. We were honored have made great strides in increasing our presence in all of these arenas by participating in more events hosted by different organizations, increasing our attendance and presence in Panhellenic and Inter-Greek Community at council meetings, and by marketing our online footprint successfully enough to gain over 1000 followers on Facebook and similarly increasing our following on other social media websites. We also wanted to work on fostering better, more streamlined communication both within Chapter Council and the entire chapter, and having the Greek Awards banquet for being finalists for Leadership Consultant and Kappa Trainer discuss better communication practices has produced more positive, efficient communication throughout the Excellence in Academic Programming Awardyear.

'''Panhellenic Involvement'''Two Kappa sisters have served on Panhellenic Council this past year. Kate Sibley, a sophomore, is Vice President of Service and Philanthropy, and junior Jillian Celich is Vice President of Risk Management. We also have a junior panhellenic representative who goes to weekly meetings. They are very involved with Panhellenic and keep up Beta Eta Pi relations with Panhellenic throughout the year. '''Alumnae Relations'''Alumnae relations have been great this year. We had another successful Career Fair in which professional women from the Seattle Alumna Association came to help us edit our resumes, talk about career options, and offer mock interview sessions. It was helpful and exciting to see so many successful and professional women who started their careers in the same place we are today. In late October, we also held a ‘Trick or Treat’ afternoon for local alumnae with young children to go from room to room to collect candy from dressed-up actives. Our alumnae also helped throughout the year with recruitment and did a mock House Tours’ event with the chapter. We also won best active-adviser award at Province.  '''Recruitment'''Recruitment was a huge success this year. Throughout the year, our chapter executed various workshops to enhance our Recruitment skills. These workshops began in winter quarter in order to prepare for Greek Preview and continued throughout the spring. The workshops were focused on values based recruiting and identifying values in Potential New Members. In the weeks preceding Recruitment, Beta Pi also practiced Open House Round and House Tours Round of Recruitment with other sororities in the Greek community. This gave our chapter valuable insight into how we could improve our Recruitment skills. The success of these events was made evident by our chapter not receiving a single violation or infraction during all of recruitment. '''Academics'''Beta Pi has improved greatly this past year in grades. In the Spring and Fall semesters of 2013, Beta Pi was ranked 14th out of all initiating five new sisters in the sororities spring and thirty-five in the Greek community, with a 3fall.30 GPA. Academics were a huge challenge for our Our chapter and major changes were made. A sophomore/freshman study buddy group was created, where each week they had an academic related assignment to complete. We increased academic morale with our scholarship dinners, pledge class GPA/test file competition, Geek of the Week jar, and Kappa Kompliments Facebook page. All of these activities are aimed at recognizing members of elected the chapter for their academic endeavors and accomplishments. The success of these programs was very apparent when Beta Pi tied for 1st in grades in fall of new 2014 with a GPA of 3.48. The improvement is academic excellence was amazing and has created a lot of momentum for the rest of the year to do well Chapter Council in grades.  '''Current Events'''In October November of 2013, the government shutdown for over two weeks. During this time flu vaccinations were put on hold with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unable to support its seasonal influenza program. Beta Pi however had already invited Walgreens to come to our chapter during the shutdown and give out flu shots. We opened up their services to the whole community and helped numerous people get vaccinated and stay healthy during the flu season.  One of the biggest issues on campus is the prospect of differential tuition which would change tuition rates for different majors. Although differential tuition could increase educational funding and overall program expansion, it would also place a huge burden on students who are already faced with inflated tuition bills and loans. In March of 2013, University of Washington students were joined by campus union representatives and members of the community in s statewide coordinated day of action in opposition to differential tuition. They marched in Olympia to promote House Bill 1043Additionally, which is legislation that limits public universities ability to set differential tuition. If differential tuition became a reality, it would not only affect every member of our chapter but also Potential New Members. The cost of college is a huge issue for most incoming freshman and increasing tuition rates could make the University of Washington less desirable and have a detrimental effect on the whole Greek Community.  Another big change that happened in the Greek Community was the changes made on Recruitment. There was a “no frills” policy created which stated that chapters had to focus more on engaging in conversations with Potential New Members rather than impressing them with their looks, decorations, or any enabled other superficial aspect of Recruitment. The goal is sisters to make the Recruitment process a more genuine experience that is based off hold leadership positions outside of the morals and philanthropic endeavors of the chapter. This affected Philanthropy day for many chapters and also changed a lot of the rules on door chants.  The campus has also started a Husky Nightwalk Chapter Council by creating new positions to be hosted on February 12 in conjunction with UWPD and Seattle PD to clean up the Greek Community. Beta Pi will attend the event and help clean up the streets, identify deficiencies in lighting, streamline necessary chapter processes like Assistant Chairs and help better the safety of our community overall“Kapparel” Chair.

-In February Eta Pi initiated a total of 55 new members Fall 2014 , Beta Pi who underwent an easy and the Seattle Alumni Association hosted Girls Academy for the 3rd time at Washington Middle Schoolinformative New Member process. - Also in FebruaryThis included a fabulous Bid Day, Big/Little Week, at where the University of Washington Greek AwardsBig Sisters gave their Little Sisters personalized gifts each day, Beta and an impeccable initiation. Eta Pi won awards for Chapter Management, Outstanding New Member Programming, Excellence in Academic Programmingheld a Valentine’s Day Invite, Formal and Semi-Formal dance events during the Katie Treichel Spirit Award for year. Our networking has been a stellar 2013 Recruitment. - Also related to awards, in June at Kappa Kappa Gamma Convention in Houston, Texas, Beta Pi won the award big success for Philanthropy and received Honorable Mention for the House Board Awardour chapter, Heritage Award (in honor of the Lake Washington Alumni Association)as we held events with our nearest alumni chapter, the award for Gracious Living, Alumni Philanthropy, and Chapter Managementincluding our very successful 2014 Founders Day Celebration. The Seattle Alumni Association was awarded the Membership Reference Award and the Lake Washington Alumni Association also won the Lifelong Education AwardOur chapter’s PR presence throughout social media has continued to increase: our Facebook page nearing our goal of 1500 Likes. Beta Pi sent four representatives and We have completely redone our delegatechapter Pinterest site, Kristin Hummel (2014 Marshal) had the honor of introducing former Kappa Kappa Gamma President Julieadding ideas from chapter members and events.

- Scholarship was We hosted a great high point for Beta Pi variety of successful sisterhood events on campus and in 2014the KKG Penthouse. In the Fall we tied for first This included a self-defense class, in academics-house spa day with nail painting and facemasks, a holiday party with a overall GPA of _3.39__ cookie contest, and quarterly GPA an end of _3the year picnic off-campus.47___. Winter Eta Pi hosted both a Leadership Consultant who we were ranked 5th found to be helpful and approachable, as well as a Kappa Trainer who taught us about the fraternity and Spring ranked 8th leadership. We hope also sent girls to continue to succeed in our academics in 2015Leadership Academy and Province this year.

- First Reading is Fundamental event at Lowell Middle School in May and we donated over 500 books in honor Scholarship remains of Reading is Fundamental. - In April Beta Pi hosted its second annual Kappa Kickball tournament on campus. We chose great importance to rename the tournament "Kristy's Kickball" in honor women of a PC 07 Beta Eta Pi Alum, Kristy LeMond. We had 28 Kappa Kappa Geniuses (3.7+ GPA for Spring 2014 semester), who passed away from sarcoma received ‘KKGenuises’ t-shirts recognizing their hard work. Two sisters got 4.0s for the Spring 2014 and received special pearl dangles for their badges. We have study hours every Sunday in 2012. 17 fraternities participated a study room in the daily kickball tournaments, as well as a hot dog eating competition Library and serenade sing-off, which helped us raise over $2,000 which went directly to the Kristy LeMond Scholarshiplast two weeks of the semester, created by The Seattle Alumni Association who started the fund we have a study room booked 24/7 for only Kappas. We continued to give out three $2,000 scholarships implement Owl Pals to Beta Pi actives during their time at UWfoster connections between members studying similar majors.

Our chapter has continued to increase our participation in PanHellenic and Inter- In May 2014Greek events on campus. On campus, we hosted events such as the Lafayette Residence Hall Thanksgiving dinner, Holiday Letters to the Troops, Secret Snowflake party, Beta Pi was very busy from having Parents Weekend (including a rainy Seattle Sounders game and a brunch at Kappaccinos. Our chapter placed fourth in the Seattle Golf club) Spring 2014 Greek Week. We supported the first weekend of the month to hosting a terrific NYU Greek Preview day to potential PNMcommunity by participating in NYU's second Dance Marathon (and their parents for a parents house tour roundNYDM) on May 10. The following week we It was a celebration that touched our chapter as our B+ Hero, Aubrey, celebrated PC 'her last chemo session. Our chapter alone raised over $10 for their Senior Week, which we capped off with .000. Our fund raising efforts included selling "Kore Day" on May 11, a day to celebrate our "kore families" with an allRush Chi-house picnic at Golden Gardens beach in Seattle. Po- September was a busy month for Beta Pi, filled with a fun "work week" to kick off an excellent week of Recruitment that culminated in a Bid Day theme of "We Go TogetherTle" (tanks bearing a nod to #FTK on the carnival scene in back (For the movie "Grease"Kids) and welcoming 39 new members to Beta Pia Panera fundraiser. The following week of welcome for our New Members included fun bonding activities with each pledge class, including a New Member-Senior brunchFor the year 2015, a fun New Member/Sophomore sleepover at a nearby active's house, and all-house activities Emily Orman will serve as well, such the Vice President for PanHellenic Council while Emily Jewell will serve as celebrating PC 14's first "Dawg Saurday" football game by walking down to the game all together, and going to Skate King Risk Management Chair for a 90'sInter-themed roller skating sisterhoodGreek Council.

Eta Pi continued its dedication to philanthropy, contributing to the NYDM, Relay for Life, the New York Cares Day of Service, and the Rose McGill Foundation. We held philanthropy events of our own like those benefitting Reading Is Fundamental and the Be The Match bone marrow drive. We also co-Socially sponsored and participated in philanthropic events such as the Breast Cancer Awareness, Cupcakes for Literacy with Pi Beta Pi Phi, Haunted Penthouse with Alpha Sigma Tau, and Greek Allies’ Safe Zone training and Pay Attention project. Our most important philanthropy event was very busy the ‘Keyed In’ event in 2014: We had a "Keys on Main" formal grab-a-date at a local dueling piano barschool with over 130 kids, where we provided them each with a spring formal at Aquabar in downtown Seattle (complete with face painting brand new book and had literacy stations, which included a photo -booth), and two fall events: an informal grabbookmark-a-date making station. The remainder of the books we brought were donated to a Mariner's game in September and an informal "Two of a kind" dance at a nearby Seattle venue in Novemberthe Ferguson Municipal Public Library.

- In October we celebrated Founders Day with a lovely brunch hosted by the Lake Washington Alumni Association at the University Women's Club in downtown Seattle. In addition to Eta Pi held recruitment during the highest academic achievers Fall semester of spring quarter2014, each of our 39 initiating 55 new members were able to attend, mingle with sisters in the alums, and sing Kappa songsFall of 2014. Additionally in October we hosted local alumni and their children for Our chapter elected the annual Alum trick or treat. Actives dressed up new 2015 Chapter Council in fun Halloween costumes and gave out candy to the alums and their young children as the kids went from room to room. Additionally the children decorated mini pumpkins and listened to some Halloween tunesDecember of 2014. Additionally, thanks to our vast local alumni network, Beta Pi worked with the alums chapter enabled other sisters to start a "Coffee with a Kappa" mentorship/meet and greet program in which actives were paired up with local alums hold leadership positions outside of Chapter Council by creating new positions to ask about career advice, post-graduate plans, and get to know one another in an informal settinghelp streamline necessary chapter processes like Assistant Chairs for certain officers. It has become an invaluable resource for both undergrads and graduating seniors and is a tradition we hope to continue in 2015!

- In addition Eta Pi is proud to officially welcoming in be a diverse group of easygoing, approachable women who value academics, leadership, philanthropy, and sisterhood. As our 39 New Members to Beta Pi chapter grows and membership in learns more about the facets of Kappa Kappa Gamma on November 8sisterhood, we also affiliated a member formerly of University of Colorado: Boulder on November 3. Inspiration Week for are excited to learn the New Members was a very fun-filled week of sisterhoods, Kore family bonding time, ritual and reflection for all members traditions of Beta Pi, as we decorated the house for each day of the week (Sincerity, Growth, Love, Friendship, and Loyalty), our fraternity and gave each create new member cards ones for our own chapter to welcome them to Kappa Kappa Gamma officiallyuphold and enjoy.

- Beta Pi had two Leadership Consultant visits in 2014: Emilie Blake in the spring and Hana Johnson in the fall. Both were excellent visits and excellent opportunities for our Chapter to learn more about how we can continue to progress meetings are held in our success as a Chapter and as sisters. Hana visited in October and was able to attend our joint Advisory Board/House Board Appreciation event on October 5. In addition to the AB/HB joint meetinguniversity owned facility, the Chapter Council Officers chose to write cards to their advisors and members of house board and give them flowers as signs of our appreciation for all of their hard work and help throughout 2014. Light dessert was served and it was a great opportunity to spend more time with the alums. -Mariners GAD: The Beta Pi Chapter planned a fun grab-a-date during September 2014 to go watch a Mariners game. We were all able to sit with each other and enjoy a fun night of baseball while wearing our brand new baseball tees. Overall it was a very successful event and we hope to continue with it the next fall as well. -The Beta Pi chapter held its annual trick or treating for alumni and their children. We decorated the house and put on costumes to host usually a very fun trick classroom or treating event. We all bought candy and had each child visit the rooms in the main house to receive some candy for Halloween. -In the spring of 2014 the Beta Pi chapter held its annual parents weekend. Each pledge class held its own get-together on Friday night to kick of the fun weekend. Saturday we all took our dads and/or moms to the Sounders Game to enjoy an exciting game of soccer. The next day was the mothers' day which included a brunch and a senior recognition ceremonyconference room that can be booked.

-Every quarter the Beta Pi Our chapter schedules scholarship dinner to recognize is given the hard work and dedication that the chapter members put into their school work. The dinner includes a small ceremony priviledge of living in which the VP top floor(s) of Academics gives shout outs and treats to deans' list members and then more gifts to members an university owned dormitory, the Lafayette Residence Hall, along with the highest top gradesother Greek organizations. Some highs of this year include being top ten in academic standing Seven sisters can live there and remaining above the all sorority averagedo so right now.

-A couple times a quarter during The Presidential badge was given by the year of 2014, Kappa Kappa Gamma members have the privilege to visit and volunteer New York Alunmae Association at the Ronald McDonald House just near the university. For a couple of hours, volunteers get to hang out and play fun games with the childrenchapter's installment. -Risk Night - Alcohol, Check your Boobies, SARVA, UWPD: The Beta Pi Chapter hosted several risk nights which were very insightful and interactive. We all were able badge was passed down to learn more details about breast cancer, alcohol abuseJen Morrisette, violence abusethen Rebecca Calvo, and UW safetynow resides with Madeline Jerge. All the information provided by the guests was extremely useful and relevant especially while at college. -New Chef The badge is inscribed with a blog: This fall we hired a new chef “ΗΠ”, “NYU” and he is wonderful. He started a blog called http:“11/8/kkgkitchen.blogspot.com which shows the meals for the week and also includes announcements. Sometimes he will explain how he made a certain meal and also will answer our requests. He is a great asset to the kitchen staff and we are very grateful for his delicious food11.”

-Several chapter members joined a group in early 2014 called the INN. The INN is a weekly service Philanthropy badge was presented by Allie Vukov on behalf of celebration and a worship service for anyone seeking Christian beliefs. Several Kappas have weekly meetings at the house or they will go Denver Alumnae Association to a church close to the UW. -IMA basketball champs: In the Fall of 2014, chapter members created a intramural basketball team that included members from all pledge classesEta Pi. This It was a great way for all of them given to interact more Brittany Pace, then Kelly Naranjo, and get a good work outnow resides with Rebecca Borjas. They dominated The badge is inscribed with ΚΚΓ ΑΩΟ on the division they were in and eventually won the championship shirt. They received free t-shirts for their win front, and their picture is placed “ΗΠ Philanthropy Chairman 11/11” on the wall at the IMA gymback.

-Kappa Kappa Gamma has been recognized for its high retention especially for our PC 11s. They have remained the same number since freshmen year and we are so thrilled. -Security updates- 2014 brought a lot ==Highlights of security scares especially in the Greek community. Several fraternities and sororities were broken into. The Beta Pi Chapter decided to inform each member of these concerns and remind them to walk with people at night. We also updated our security systems and even hired a security guard for several nights to ensure our safety. 2015==

-The year 2015 was yet another successful year for the Eta Pi Chapter is held at the Kappa Kappa Gamma on the university campusNYU. We are a tight knitsisterhood made up of women who strive to be positive role models for one another while beingloyal friends and sisters. The chapter is an owned facilityWe have 164 initiated sisters from diverse backgrounds, cultures, statesand countries. Our chapter housing includes one main house was recognized at the 2014 Fraternity and one annex Sorority Life awards(next February 2015) for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Outstanding Community Involvement,and Lafayette Housing Chairman of the Year. Multiple 2015 graduates were awarded Senior Pillarhonors, as well as a Commitment to the main house)Change Award. The main house holds 70 We also sent women to Leadership Academyand the annex holds 24Province this year.

==Highlights We host multiple sisterhood events a month either on campus or in the KKG penthouse. Thesisterhood events of 2015== ranged from an in house spa day to an ugly sweater and cookie contest atour holiday party. As an organization, our sisterhood is strong. Our sisters who live in the house goabove and beyond to create a warm and welcoming space for all members of the chapter (someeven giving up their beds to house our wonderful leadership consultants!). Our bi-monthly chapterprogramming, Femisphere, created by our Risk Chair Jen Tonti, delves into a tough to talk aboutissue such as gender and sexuality or girl-on-girl bullying. This programming generates moreparticipation from the chapter than most other events, ultimately creating a safe space for womento be women and talk about things that need to be discussed. Femisphere has done a fantastic jobin fostering our sisterhood in 2015, and we hope to continue it into the future.

• In February 2015, Scholarship remains of great importance to the women of Eta Pi. We had 32 Kappa Kappa Gamma hosted its four year annual Icehouse Dance at a local venue in downtown SeattleGeniuses (3. The week of Icehouse consisted of events such as serenading 7+ GPA for the fraternities with a Kappa rapSpring 2015 semester), who received ‘KKGenuis’ t-shirts recognizingtheir outstanding academic achievements. We also had four (!!) sisters earn perfect 4.0 GPAs this • Risk Night – Alcohol Awarenesssemester, Check Your Boobies, SARVA, UWPD: The Beta Pi chapter hosted several risk nights each of which were very insightful and interactivereceived special pearl dangles for their badges. We were all able to learn more details about breast cancerKeeping our grades so highis no easy task, alcohol abuse, violence abuse, and UW safety. All so our VP Academic Excellence works with the information provided by the guests were extremely useful chapter and relevant especially while her committee toreserve study rooms in college. • New Chef with a blog: We have a new kitchen staff the library for after every chapter, and chef that uses for 24 hours a blog day leading up to show the meals of the andduring exam week and in addition includes announcements.

• Several chapter members joined Also in 2015, Eta Pi was honored to be selected to host a group called the INNGirls Academy in 2016. The INN is weekly service celebration and a worship service We could not bemore excited for anyone seeking Christian beliefs. Several Kappas host weekly meetings at this opportunity work with the chapter house or they will attend Alumni Association on a church close cause that is so near to our hearts while increasing our involvement in the UWgreater NYC community.

• September was a busy month for Beta Pi, filled with a fun “work week” to kick off an excellent week of Recruitment that culminated in a Bid Day Theme of “The Journey” which included a Washington and its well-known accolades. We welcomed 40 initiated 64 new members in the Fall of 2015 after an amazing “Kappa is the Key to Beta PiParadise”themed recruitment. The following week of welcome for our New Members newly initiated women went through an easy and informative newmember process, which included fun bonding activities with each pledge class, including a New Member-Senior beautiful bid day, and a super fun New Memberbig/Sophomore sleepover at a nearby active’s house, and little week all-house activities as well, such as celebrating PC 15’s first “Dawg Saturday” football game by walking down leading upto the game all togethera spectacularly beautiful Initiation ceremony.

• Socially Beta Pi was very busy, with two Grab-a-Dates Greek Life at NYU will welcome Delta Gamma onto campus this spring. We have multiplemembers involved in Fall such as the Mariners game process, and one at a local bar near are excited to spread all the PanHellenic love we can. Alsoover the course of 2015, our chapter has continued its steady participation on the University that was themed “mai tai” Inter-Greek andPanHellenic executive boards.

• On top of our successful Recruitment, we were able to extend our list of new members through continuous open bidding. This was the first time the chapter has participated in COB and we welcomed three new women into the chapter. Their official initiation will take place in January. • Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation: (NYDM) In the spring of 2015 the Beta , Eta Pi Chapter held its annual parents weekend. Each pledge class held its own get-together on Friday night to kick of had around 40 dancers sign upand raise money for the fun weekendB+ Foundation’s Dance Marathon at NYU. Saturday we all took Headed by Elana Rubin, our dads and/or moms to the Husky Baseball Game to enjoy an exciting game of baseball. The next day was team raised over $27,000 for the mothers’ day which included a brunch and a senior recognition ceremonycause.

• American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life: Every quarter the Beta year, Eta Pi Chapter schedules scholarship dinner to recognize the hard work and dedication that has a team participate at NYU’sRelay for Life. In 2015, our team captain Kristina Rathjen (2015) worked with sisters all across the chapter members to put into their school work. The dinner includes on fundraisers and raise a small ceremony in which significant amount of money for the VP of academics gives shoutouts and treats to deans’ list members and then more gifts to members cause! We have alreadybegun fundraising for Relay 2016 with the highest top gradesevents such as Kappa Kandy Grams, organized by are housecommittee. Some highs of this year including being top ten in academic standing and remaining above the all sorority average

• A couple times a quarter during the year of 2015Reading is Fundamental: Our philanthropy chair, Kappa Kappa Gamma members had Rebecca Borjas worked with Public School 64for both tutoring hours in the privilege to visit Spring and volunteer at the Ronald Mcdonald House just near our Reading is Key event in the universityFall. For At Reading is Key,we provide every child with a couple new book, as well as a full afternoon of hours, volunteers get to hang out literacy crafts and play fun games with thatencourage the childrento read.

• The Beta Pi Chapter gained NYU does a new and wonderful house mothergreat job encouraging Greek organizations to participate in student-body widefundraising events. Shelley has taken over her mother’s position We participate in NYDM because it began as the all house house-moma Greek only fundraising event,but expanded in 2015 to include NYU residential life. We are very excited for her and knew This year, we put into place a new rulestating that all women must participate in a minimum of 5 philanthropy hours over the course ofthe transition would be very easysemester. So farThis has not only increased presence at our Philanthropy events, she but has been doing also grownKappa’s presence on the NYU campus as a great job keeping all whole, for it encourages sisters to attend the women and philanthropic events of the house organizedother Greek organizations. -------------

• In November, our lovely member, Casey Richard, was elected as Panhellenic VP ==Highlights of Recruitment Management. This will be great with continuing a close relationship with the UW Panhellenic and she will be a great liaison between the chapter, Panhellenic, and new members coming through recruitment. 2016==

• In Re-reading this page has shown me that every year seems to be a successful year for the Fall Eta Pi Chapter of KKG at NYU, however 2016 turned out to be an incredibly special year for many reasons. We have once more proven to be a very close group of strong women who work hard to support each other in every endeavor. We have 178 initiated sisters from a wide variety of 2015backgrounds, cultures, states and countries. At the 71st Biennial Kappa Kappa Gamma Chapter Convention held in June 2016, our chapter was named the Beta Pi Most Outstanding Chapter contracted with of the biennium; a new composite company called Vantine. They were very easy huge honor that brought pride to work with both current chapter members and affordable for alumnae. At the FSL awards this past spring, our new composite picturewas named the “Most Improved Chapter at NYU”. Our fifth year on campus was full of wonderful achievements on a local level as well.

• Francis PaoliOur Vice President of Standards, Sam Granger, has done a wonderful job hosting sisterhood events that are enjoyable, creative and flexible with our sisters increasingly busy schedules! Our events range from a shopping excursion at a Kate Spade store at the new Oculus World Trade Center mall to a sister speed dating event to a member in PC 14day sleepover at our penthouse. Every event serves to bring our sisters even closer and provide some relaxation amidst the stressful school year. As an organization, won Sigma Chi Sweetheart in Spring our new risk chair–Amelia Salsgiver, along with her (biological) sister Katherine–has continued the programming created by our past Risk Chair Jen Tonti, which our chapter has come to know as ‘Femisphere’. We spend allotted time during chapter discussing issues that women of 2015today deal with. This In the current political climate, Femisphere allows a space for conversation between a large group of amazing, successful, diverse women; which is truly invaluable. Under the amazing leadership of our indispensible Event’s Chair, Lauren Enes, we have had two beautiful semi-formals, a philanthropy week put on by the Sigma Chi Fraternity date party and an unforgettable formal at Hudson Terrace. She also continued our traditional Parent’s Weekend, which featured brunch and winners are selected through a series of eventsNew York Met’s Game for our sisters and their families.

• In After a very successful housing presentation by our 2015 House Chair, Annais Lopez Sanchez, and receiving first housing pick of the Fall of 2015Greek life penthouses, The Beta Eta Pi Chapter completed a new system of promoting more participation now lives in Kappa events, community events, volunteering and Panhellenic eventsthe most sought after penthouse on NYU’s campus. Points are award by submitting photo proof We have plenty of involvement space for events and each member is expected to submit at least six throughout the quarter. Involvement ties into standings for rooms for girls who have the next quarter. • The Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter won Sigma Chi’s philanthropy week privilege of living in the Fall of 2015house are very close. All proceeds go to MakeOur current House Chair–Jenny DeCandia–plans Kappotlucks semi-a-Wish and Kappas were able regularly to raise allow girls the most money compared chance to visit our penthouse, which also happens to have an incredible view of the other sororities participating in the philanthropy weekcity.

• The Eta Pi Kappas have always been known around campus for their fastidious behavior towards their academics–this year was no exception. We had 46 Kappa Kappa Gamma downloaded Geniuses (girls with a GPA above 3.7) and 7 girls with 4.0 GPA’s in the spring. This fall we had 44 Kappa Kappa Geniuses and 8 girls with 4.0 GPA’s. We even had four new initiates into NYU’s Order of Omega. Eta Pi had the true honor to host a Girls Academy in 2016. We as a chapter feel that it’s very important to positively influence a younger generation of women and were thus were very thrilled to have the opportunity to work with 50 middle school girls from Columbia Secondary School as well as the accomplished women of the New York Alumnae Association. Small group facilitators were selected from the chapter by application for phones called GINto participate in this amazing opportunity, and many other women both from Eta Pi and the NYAA were instrumental in volunteering to make the event a success--from helping with food to photographing and so much more, it was an amazing example of Kappas of all ages coming together. It will send text message reminders Eta Pi and the NYAA are excited to all members for instancekeep their relationship with the school and the participants going strong into the next year, there is showing our commitment to the girls and their families. We would like to extend a new study hour feature that will be used when telling all members when study hours will be taking placeparticular thank you to Jean Schmidt for providing outstanding support to the GIRLS Academy program.

• During Initiation week in early November, the LC Whitney Robinson visited the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapterWe found our lovely new theta class during a Kate Spade fall formal recruitment this year led by Maria Guadagno. It was Our theme appeared to be an excellent visit overall hit amongst the PNM’s as we recruited and initiated forty-five new sisters at a great opportunity for our Chapter beautiful and well run initiation ceremony headed by Beatrice Masih. We plan to learn more about how we can continue to progress in our success as a Chapter and as sistersinitiate another three thetas this spring.

• Over the Summer of 2015, the chapter has was remodeled. The formal on the main floor was completely remodeled, hardwood floor was put in, new couches, tables, and chairs. In addition, the lounge room on the second floor and the lounge room in the annex received new furniture Greek Life at NYU continues to build as a stronger and tables. Describe the recent changes larger presence on your campus and describe the overall nature of your chapter. • The UW increased its tuition To assist in 2015 • The 2015 recruitment had our own chapter’s involvement, our panhel chair, Zoe Rucker put a high number of women and therefore requirement into our bi-laws requiring each chapter was able sister to attend at least one panhel meeting or event, which has proven to receive be a higher number in their new pledge classes. Kappa Kappa Gamma received a big PC 15 which includes 40 members. We are very fortunate positive change for all of them and glad our chapter! At the annual panhel election night this year we had the room to fit them all over forty members in the main chapter house • Security updates- 2015 brought a lot of security scares especially in the Greek community. Several fraternities and sororities were broken into. The Beta Pi Chapter decided to inform each member of these concerns and remind them to be careful especially at night. We also updated our security systems to ensure our safety. attendance!

==Highlights In 2016, Eta Pi had around 33 dancers sign up and raise money for the B+ Foundation Dance Marathon at NYU known as NYDM. Our team raised over $30,000 for the cause which broke our own personal fundraising goal and our record from last year. We also won the spirit points competition after doing an excellent job with our canning events and having great attendance at other organization’s events. All in all, we were very proud of 2016==our team’s efforts.

'''Philanthropy'''We made some very exciting changes to our Kappa Kickball Tournament this Every year. Since the tournament honors former Beta , Eta Pi PC ’07 Philanthropy Chair, Kristy Lemond, we wanted to really bring has a team participate at NYU’s Relay for Life an event that benefits the focus back to herAmerican Cancer Society. Our shirts this year read Kristy’s Kappa KickballIn 2016, our team was comprised of around thirty chapter members and we had her parents come speak to the chapter on the message she left behind after her battle raised 1000 dollars! We have already begun fundraising for Relay 2017 with Sarcoma cancer: Wake up and Live. We included this motto on decorations and our t-shirts. During events such as the Philanthropy Round sale of Formal Fall Recruitment, we told Kristy’s story to the PNM’s Kappa Kandy Grams. An event that both supports Relay and wrote something that made us happy on a sunflower, Kristy’s favorite flower.spreads holiday cheer!

Some highlights We held our annual Reading Is Key event this year at the Cornerstone Community Center and had the pleasure of the kickball tournament itself include working with 19 first graders and 17 kindergartners at an after school program. They had a lip-syncing competition great time and each child went home with a pie-eating contest. new book! The fraternities got super involved, and Presidential badge was given by the spirit of New York Alunmae Association at the whole week chapter's installment. The badge was uplifting passed down to Jen Morrisette, then Rebecca Calvo, then Madeline Jerge and exciting! We split it currently resides with the money we raised between our national philanthropy called Reading 2016 Eta Pi President, Annalise Bissa. The badge is Fundamental inscribed with “ΗΠ”, “NYU” and the Northwest Sarcoma Foundation“11/8/11.”

'''Panhellenic Involvement'''Our very own PC ’13 Casey Richards served as Vice President of Recruitment Management this year! We loved watching Casey do work she was so passionate aboutApproved by the chapter: December 11, and we were very proud of how well she pulled off an awesome Greek Preview and Formal Fall Recruitment. We also are looking forward to having a Beta Pi on the Panhellenic Executive Board in 2017 as well. PC ’15 Danielle Carrasquero was elected Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion.2016

We attended a few fun Panhellenic events over ==Highlights of 2017==The year 2017 has been another exceptional year for the year as wellEta Pi Chapter at NYU. Panhellenic hosted a study slam during finals week where members Our sisterhoodcontinues to be comprised of all sororities got to spend a night studying ambitious and snacking togetherhardworking women who are always there for eachother. During Formal Fall Recruitment there was another all-Panhellenic sisterhood in the Quad with games and food to relieve the stress of recruitment We have 168 initiated members from diverse backgrounds, cultures, states and come together as onecountries. What can we say- food really brings girls together!

'''Alumnae Relations'''At the 20162017 Fraternity and Sorority Life awards this past spring, our chapter was given the award for Outstanding Community Involvement. We sent sisters to the Kappa Leadership Conference in the spring and Leadership Academy in the fall. Our sixth year on campus hasAlumnae relations remain proved to be our best one yet and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for our chapter. Our chapter has a strong here sense of community and sisterhood, strengthened by the various sisterhood events held by our Vice President of Standards, Katherine Salsgiver, and our EventsChairman, Monica Spafford. Events ranging from a Spa Day to a Picnic at Beta PiSmorgasburg to a PopupShop Event had sisters enjoying spending time together while exploring NYC. We have hosted an awesome team of advisors unforgettable Formal, Date Party and Family Weekend Brunch in the spring and enjoyed an end-a wonderfulSemi Formal this fall, organized by Monica. Once again we received first housing pick of-the-year celebration at the home of an advisorGreek life penthouses. It was holiday themedOur House Chairmen, Jenny DeCandia and Hannah Nelson, provided a variety of appetizers were providedwarm and welcoming space for sisterhood events and Kappotlucks. It was a great way to kick of the holiday season!

Our New Members attended our Founders Day Brunch put on by alumni Eta Pi’s members have once again shown their dedication toward academia. We had 42 Kappa Kappa Geniuses (girls with a GPA above 3.7) and 11 girls with 4.0 GPA’s in the fallspring along with sisters initiated to Order of Omega. Everyone dressed In order to help our sisters though their best academicpursuits our Vice President of Academic Excellence, Angella Jiang, reserves study rooms at the campus library after chapter and enjoyed 24 hours a fun morning of celebrating Kappa!day during exam weeks. She also organized our annual Keyed in Networking Brunch which allowed our sisters to network with alumnae and further excel in their fields.

Alumni brought their kids This Fall, Eta Pi welcomed our wonderful new Iota class during formal recruitment led by ourMembership Chairman, Ximena Tellez. Our recruitment theme, Start the Spark with KappaKappa Gamma, celebrated female empowerment! The new member process began with an outerspace themed bid day, showing our newest members that Kappa’s Out Of This World. The newmember period continued with an exciting big/little week and weekly new member meetings allplanned and led by our New Member Chairman, Acacia Dougan. Acacia prepared the Iotas tobecome active members and helped them acclimate to life in the chapter house for . We initiated ourfiftyone new members in early November at a Halloween eventbeautiful and meaningful ceremony organized bychapter Marshal, Morrisa Cohen. Members dressed up, passed out candy from their roomsThis year’s Initiation Ceremony was made even more specialby our incredible alumnae involvement, including attendance by four Kappa moms and made crafts abiological sister along with the kids and the alumninumerous Eta Pi alumnae.

'''Recruitment'''In As always, Eta Pi has continued to participate within the spring we taught NYU Greek Community assisted by our freshmen the recruitment process before we all were able to get some good practice during Greek PreviewPanhellenic Delegate, Kate Goodman. It went off without Going above and beyond, Kate led our chapter through a hitchsuccessful Alice in Wonderland themed Greek Week, planned events with other chapters, and updated the practice made us very prepared for when Formal Fall Recruitment came aroundchapter bylaws to allow sisters to fulfil their semesterly Panhel requirement byattending one Panhel GA meeting or by attending two events put on by other chapters.ThisWe welcomed 36 new members into change has allowed our home sisters to support other organizations’ events, spreading even morePanhel love! Additionally, we had many sisters serve in September! PC ’16 is a group of brightleadership positions within thePanhellenic community, genuine women including members who already seem to love Kappa served as much Recruitment Guides for Fall FormalRecruitment and two sisters, the maximum number possible, on the 2017 Panhellenic ExecutiveBoard. Representing KKG beautifully, Morrisa Cohen served as the rest Vice President of us! We couldn’t be happier with how easily they have acclimated JudicialAffairs and are excited to see each of them continue to shine Claudia Yuan served as Beta Pis over the rest of their time hereGraphic Design Chair.

'''Academics'''2017 was filled with social and philanthropy events cosponsoredIn with other organizations including sandwich making for the winter we ranked 3rd out of all sororities in grades with an average GPA of 3.52. The all-sorority average was 3.43Bowery Mission, game nights, and a GreekwideAssassins Game! Maria Free, our Philanthropy Chairman, held our annual Reading Is Key event at PS64, making crafts and helping the all-undergraduate average was 3kids write their own short stories.29Our largest philanthropy effortof the year has been starting the Eta Pi Scholarship Fund. In Thanks to the House Board,Headquarters, and the spring NYC Kappa network, we ranked 2nd with a 3.51. The all-sorority average was 3.42are more than halfway to our fundraising goal!In 2017, Eta Pi had over 30 dancers, 20 volunteers and 2 executive board members participate inthe all-undergraduate was a 35th annual New York Dance Marathon to raise money for the Andrew McDonough B+Foundation.29. We love Led by our NYDM Team Captain, Paris Reise, we hosted chapter fundraisers, sentemails, and participated in fundraising challenges to raise $38,000, contributing to the friendly competition record breaking grand total of these rankingsover $603, and are working hard to get 1st 000 for fall quarterthe fight against childhood cancer! Most importantlyThroughout theyear we were also able to spend time with our B+ Hero, howeverAubrey, thanks to the coordination ofour members understand B+ Hero Liaison, Niyousha Ahmadi. We went bowling, played in the importance of grades park, painted,celebrated her 9th birthday in our penthouse, and try even had sisters go to utilize all available resources her house in Brooklynmultiple times a week to do the best tutor her. Our sisters have spent countless hours in 2017 fightingchildhood cancer through planning, fundraising, and spending time with Aubrey; we canare soproud of their hard work.

'''Social'''We kicked off winter quarter A highlight of 2017 was our annual Founders Day Celebration, co-hosted with a formal at The Pacific Science Centerthe New York Alumnae Association. Members With over 180 sisters, both active and their dates got to walk around the butterfly exhibit and dance the night away (or eat the night away at the yummy popcorn bar). This event was pretty priceyalumnae, so we had to find a cheaper venue for celebrated our spring formal. We held the formal at Tyee Yacht Clubsix incredible founders, 147 years of Kappa Kappa Gamma, and it ended up being a huge hit. Many members said it was their favorite formal thus far. In Eta Pi’s fifth birthday! We had the fall we did our annual Seattle Mariner’s Baseball Game grab-a-date. Overallhonor of having Fraternity President, the event went wellBeth Black, and as our members enjoyed watching the poor Mariner’s lose another game keynote speaker for themselves. It was actually the Mariner’s last chance at being the wildcardevent, but the garlic fries and cotton candy were enough whichproved to ease the pain of the lossbe truly inspiring.It is definitely an event our chapter will remember for years to come!

The Presidential badge was given by the New York Alumnae Association at the chapter'''Parent’s Weekend'''sWe had our annual Parent’s Weekend in the springinstallment. On Friday nightThe badge was passed down to Jen Morrisette, then Ivana Rodrigues, then RebeccaCalvo, then Madeline Jerge, then Annalise Bissa, parents and members mingled and dined at a member of their PC’s home. It was so fun to see all of our parents hit it offcurrently resides with the 2017 Eta PiPresident, Maria Guadagno. On Saturday we went to a Mariner’s gameThe badge is inscribed with “ΗΠ”, “NYU” and on Sunday morning we had the annual Mothers’ Brunch“11/8/11.”

'''Note to Chapter Registrar:''' Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues ==Highlights of The Key to fill in any gaps in the above historical highlights. If your chapter archives are not complete, please research your university library, campus newspaper and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your chapter. Please double check your work for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistance. 2018==

Your Each year, the Eta Pi Chapter of KKG at NYU consistently adds wonderful, strong women to its ever-growing network of initiated sisters and alumni, and 2018 turned out to be an incredibly special year for many reasons. We have once more proven to be a very close group of strong women who work hard to support each other in every endeavor. We have 149 initiated sisters from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures, states and countries. At the 149th Kappa Kappa Gamma Chapter Convention held in June 2018, our chapter received an honorable mention for academic achievement. At the FSL awards this past spring, our chapter received the “Chapter of the Year” award, a huge honor that filled our sisters with pride at how far we have come together. Our former president, Maria Guadagno, also received the “President of the Year” award, further demonstrating how positive leadership does not go unnoticed and is highly valued! Our seventh year on campus was full of wonderful achievements on a local level as well. Our House Chair, Sami Robbins, has done a wonderful job hosting sisterhood events that are enjoyable, creative and flexible with our sisters increasingly busy schedules! She gave a stellar presentation and received the first housing pick of the Greek life houses, where Eta Pi has the best view at NYU! We have a large living space that can accommodate our growing chapter’s events and recruitment processes, and the ladies that have the privilege of living there are extremely close! A consistent highlight are the monthly brunches held in the Penthouse at Lafayette Street, where a chef comes in to cook on the first Saturday morning of each month. Our chapter had stellar academic achievement in the spring semester, with 24 women receiving the honor of being a KKGenius (a GPA of 3.7 or higher). 9 women finished out the semester with a perfect 4.0! One of our sisters, Olivia O’Hare, was even asked to join the prestigious Omega Nu Lambda chapter of Greek Honor Society: The Order of Omega! We could not be prouder of the outstanding achievements of our sisters both inside and outside the classroom. Every event serves to bring our sisters even closer and provide some relaxation amidst the stressful school year. Headed by Shreya Jois, our events team did an outstanding job organizing two date parties, semi-formal, and formal for all of our sisters! Ending the school year at Hudson Terrace was a fun way to bond with all of our sisters, and the leadership by the events team was crucial in developing sisterly bonds.Our Founder’s Day was a huge success thanks to the efforts will ensure of our Education Chair, Andrea Castillo at the Lord & Taylor rooftop! We had over 120 guests in attendance, and the alumni and active members were so excited by the location and overall experience of the celebration of Kappa. We found our lovely new kappa class during fall formal recruitment this year led by Kenzie Mullin, with the theme of “Greetings from Kappa” and the tagline: life takes you unexpected places, while kappa welcomes you home. Our theme appeared to be an overall hit amongst the PNM’s as we recruited and initiated fifty-two new sisters at a beautiful and well-run initiation ceremony headed by Perry Byrne. We also have one new member to initiate in the spring of 2019! Prachi Deshpande, our new member chair, did an excellent job organizing our Bid Day event and educating our new members on everything about Kappa in order to better prepare them for initiation and becoming an active member. Greek Life at NYU continues to build as a stronger and larger presence on campus. Our Panhel Delegate, Frankie Shapiro, has done an excellent job in organizing events with other chapters of Greek life, and our leadership overall has steadily improved on campus! We had 3 Kappas serve on the board of Panhel: Lydia Mitchell, the VP of Finance, Lexi Taylor, the VP of Recruitment Counsellors, and Claudia Yuan, who was the President this calendar year! We could not be more proud of the leadership displayed by these young women.In order to fundraise for our philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, our philanthropy chair, Olivia Clancy, organized a complete game night at the house, and accurate history a hot cocoa sale (which was a huge hit). In the spring, we also hosted a book drive to raise awareness about RIF. Our final Philanthropy event of your chapter the year was our reading is Key Event on December 12th at Public School 64, where we read to and crafted with children from kindergarten to third grade.In 2018, Eta Pi had around 70 dancers sign up and raise money for the B+ Foundation Dance Marathon at NYU known as NYDM. Our team raised over $40,000 for the cause which broke our own personal fundraising goal and our record from last year. We loved dancing for future generations our spirited B+ Hero Aubrey, and we are so excited that she continues to enjoyremain in remission!Our sisters love interacting with Aubrey at different events, and we even held a birthday party for her at the house this year.The presidential badge was given by the New York Alumnae Association at the chapter’s installment. The badge was passed down to Jen Morrisette, Ivana Rodrigues, Rebecca Calvo, Maddie Jerge, Annalise Bissa, then Maria Guadagno, and now resides with Acacia Dougan, who will pass it to Paris Reise for her 2019 term. The badge is inscribed with “HΠ” “NYU” and “11/05/11”.