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We have always raised money for our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental. Last spring we hosted Bowling for Books, where fraternities on campus brought books to donate and their entry fee was donated to Reading is Fundamental. In October we hosted our first annual Hoops for Huggins. The money was donated to the Norma Mae Huggins Research Endowment Fun, which funds cancer research in West Virginia.
Beta Upsilon - WVA History Report 2016 This past calendar year, Beta Upsilon has been quite busy! Last Spring we held our annual Spring Formal and Senior Send off that honored our graduating members. Over the summer, some of our members attended National Convention. Here, we received quite a few awards. The Gracious Living Award was given to us for our chapter's graciousness and hospitality at our facility and on campus, our members have best secured the art of living and working harmoniously together. We received the Risk Management Award for practicing sound risk management in accordance with Fraternity guidelines and procedures. We have provided our members with educational programming about Risk importance. The Strive to Succeed Award was given to us for exceeded academic expectations. Lastly, we received the Standards Award for having the best overall, comprehensive Standards programming. It was such an honor to have received each and every award from National Convention! This past Fall we hosted our Parent Date Party. This event was very successful considering we were able to raise money or our philanthropy. In October, our annual Founders Day celebration was held. Many Beta Upsilon alumna were able to join us this year for such a special day. We chose also had our annual Fall Formal this past November. Beta Upsilon is very involved in philanthropic work on our campus. We participate in fraternity philanthropies and even some other sorority philanthropies as well. Last Spring we hosted Kappa Dodgeball that raised money for Reading is Fundamental. Our members also went out to a local elementary school last Spring on Dr. Suess Day to support read to children. This promoted RIF. In the Fall we raised money for our local philanthropy, The Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund because , through our Hoops for Huggins Event. This gave fraternities an opportunity to come out and compete in a basketball tournament to support our philanthropy. We returned back to a local elementary school over the Fall to donate books to the children, again promoting Reading is Fundamental. Furthermore, our chapter is very involved with community service. Over the course of this year, out chapter completed 3,697.35 hours of community service. Being very involved on campus and around the community helped us to achieve this. In particular, there is an organization, Sundale Senior Living, that Beta Upsilon reached out to and completed many service hours for. We also participated in WVU's Greek Day of Service. For this, we were paired with other fraternity and sorority members on our campus to complete service projects at different locations throughout the community. As a chapter, we wanted are proud of our accomplishments and growth that has been seen within Beta Upsilon over the past year. We plan to continue to make improvements and increase our sisterhood to help our chapter grow even more. We are excited to have see what this coming year has in store for us! This year WVU implemented an Accreditation Program for Greek Life. This was a local huge adjustment and change on our campus. The evaluation of every Greek chapter on campus was based off of basic requirements, chapter house management, membership development, philanthropy , community service, panhellenic involvement, and conduct action. Beta Upsilon is projected to receive "chapter of prominence". This is a huge accomplishment considering it is the highest ranking able to be received. We have exceeded the minimum expectations for the program! We have also experienced change with our new house renovations. A brand new heating and air conditioning system were added along with anew study area and TV area in the house. Our third floor bathroom was remodeled and the basement is still in the process of being redone as well as . Although change can be difficult to undergo, these are changes that have helped to improve our chapter even more! Our chapter has historically/traditionally raised money for Reading is Fundamental. We also raise money locally for the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund. As a chapter we support Reading is Fundamental not only because it is our national philanthropy, but because we see the impact it has in our local community. Reading is Fundamental is the largest reading non-profit in the entire country. It promotes leadership and creativity through reading. In the state of West Virginia there is a major literacy crisis. Nearly everyone will be affected About 73% of third graders read below grade level. This organization allows us to interact with the children in our local schools and neighborhoods and inspire them to read and succeed. We support the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund for similar reasons. This organization raises money for cancer trials for West Virginia residents. The fund was created by the university's head basketball coach Bob Huggins in memory of his beloved mother who passed away of colon cancer (either themselves. Our chapter strives to support our local community as much as possible, and we feel that these two organizations help us do so! A current member of Beta Upsilon, familyKallie Nealis, or friends) had the honor in receiving 2016 Homecoming Queen at some point WVU. Here is her story: "People say that the sisterhood you gain from joining a sorority is one of the greatest treasures you could ask for, and I can say that I experienced that more this fall. This year I was able to receive the greatest honor that I could ever hope to achieve, becoming West Virginia University's 2016 Homecoming Queen. However, I can wholeheartedly say that achieving this honor would not have been possible without Kappa Kappa Gamma and my fellow sisters of the Beta Upsilon chapter. The women in their livesthis chapter are undoubtedly the most selfless women I have ever met. Because As a four-year member of the WVU Dance Team, my sisters have shown unwavering support in all of thismy endeavors that Dance Team entailed. However, nothing can compare to the love and support during my three-week journey on Homecoming Court. They did whatever they could to help me campaign. From standing outside our student union for hours yelling "Kallie for Queen", pulling all-nighters to help me paint banners to deck the other fraternity and sorority houses, and doing all they could on social media to help spread the word. But what really meant the most people will to me are the sisters who dropped everything to help me, be able it moral support or with campaigning, to relate make this dream of mine come true. Years down the road when I look back at my Homecoming experience, the feeling of having my sisters behind me and support me no matter what will always mean the most to the Norma Mae Huggins Research Endowment Fund’s purposeme. It was more than I could have ever asked for and I will certainly never forget it."Best Wishes, Kallie Nealis
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