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|Location= Appleton, WI
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'''10 charter members'''
'''Total Initiates: 445 initiates (as of June 20172018)'''
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'''Fraternity Council Officers:'''
Tiffany Pannier Horton Province Director of Chapters 2010-2014, District Director 2016-2018, Fraternity Vice President 2018-2020
==Establishment of Zeta Epsilon==
During the weekend of April 23–25, 1981, Zeta Epsilon was colonized founded at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. The university is a merger of Downer Women’s College in Milwaukee and Lawrence College in Appleton and is a small, private, liberal arts institution. At the time of Zeta Epsilon’s founding, the campus had 1,100 students.
Lawrence has a picturesque setting with graceful, limestone academic buildings and residential halls overlooking the Fox River. A magnificent memorial chapel inspires the compact campus and the quaint residential community in downtown Appleton. Paper mills line the Fox River, which cuts through the center of town.
Among other strengths, Lawrence University’s Conservatory of Music attracts many students. The Greek system is small but strong, and demand was high among the women’s groups for a new chapter to join the campus. Panhellenic voted in the fall of 1980 to form an extension committee to research national groups and asked four to give a presentation in February of 1981.
Fraternity President Sally Moore Nitschke, Beta Nu—Ohio State, traveled to Appleton in February to make the presentation to the Panhellenic and the extension committee along with representatives from Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Gamma. The following month, Kappa was notified that it had been selected as the fourth sorority to join Lawrence University. Colonization The foundational Recruitment began the week of April 21–25 under the direction of Marjorie Converse, Gamma Delta—Purdue, Chairman of Extension. The colonization leadership team also included Barbara Laitner, Beta Mu—Colorado, 1978–80 Field Secretary; Cathi Gelhaar, Epsilon PDA; Nancy Laitner, Diane Delayo , and Talby Hardy, 1980–81 Field Secretaries; Cathy Harrison, Laurie Schmidt and Lynn Atkinson, Eta—Wisconsin, members. Other Eta actives and Fox River Alumnae Association members also participated. On Thursday evening, a reception was held in the Gold Room in Downer Hall on campus. Punch, cookies and a slideshow were enjoyed in addition to the beautiful singing by Eta members. Potential new members signed up for interviews to be held the next day. On Saturday, a colonization luncheon was held in Colman Hall and all of the young women were presented with invitations to membership. To the thrill of everyone in the room, they accepted their bids unanimously! A short pledging service followed and the remainder of the day was spent taking pictures, singing Kappa songs and giving many hugs.
On Thursday evening, a reception was held in the Gold Room in Downer Hall on campus. Punch, cookies, and a slideshow were enjoyed in addition to the beautiful singing by Eta members. Potential new members signed up for interviews to be held the next day. On Saturday, a celebratory luncheon was held in Colman Hall and all of the young women were presented with invitations to membership. To the thrill of everyone in the room, they accepted their bids unanimously! A short pledging service followed, and the remainder of the day was spent taking pictures, singing Kappa songs, and giving many hugs.
==Installation of Zeta Epsilon==
==The Early Years==
In 1981, Kappa Kappa Gamma joined three other thriving sororities on the Lawrence University campus - Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Pi Beta Phi. All of the sororities were strong on Lawrence’s little campus, and pledge classes were always 20 or more girls each year. Kappa Klans 'Family lines' of five or six sisters each were created to help members get to know one another. Zeta Epsilon held ice cream socials, bowling parties, a pumpkin walk, and cookouts to get to know each other. Use of the correct Kappa ritual and sisterhoods were great strengths of this new chapter. They established Kappa Krush (selling Orange Crush sodas with a note to be delivered to your crush) and Kappa Grab-a-Date events. In 1987 Kappa had the highest GPA on campus and were was at quota for membership totals.
===Highlights of the 1990s===
Membership in all sororities at Lawrence University dropped in the 1990s, and sadly , Pi Phi disappeared from campus. 1994 - 1995 were tough years. There were attitude challenges, and Zeta Epsilon held a fall retreat to try to get things back on track. A lot of time and effort was expended by the VP Standards at this time. They established a chapter goal of SALSA - Sisterhood, Academics, Leadership, Social Activities. Zeta Epsilon held Round Robins, Kappa Krush parties, Pledge Formals, mixers, cookouts, tailgates, Shish-Ka-Quad parties, Panel/IFC picnics, Pumpkin Walks, Halloween seances, Murder Mystery parties, camping retreats, and Blue and Blue Dinners. They also participated in intermurals and activities with other sororities and fraternities. Many hours were volunteered for the Fox Valley Domestic Abuse Center and the Children’s Booth at Celebrate. January 1999 brought a formal recruitment that yielded no new members, and a time of revamping and reorganization began.
By the next school yearZeta Epsilon held Round Robins, Kappa was first on campus Krush parties, Pledge Formals, mixers, cookouts, tailgates, Shish-Ka-Quad parties, Panhel/IFC picnics, Pumpkin Walks, Murder Mystery parties, camping retreats, and Blue and Blue Dinners. They also participated in GPA, intermural sports and activities with other sororities and they had a very successful Karamel Apple Sale to benefit fraternities. Many hours were volunteered for the Fox Valley Domestic Abuse Centerand the Children’s Booth at Celebrate. Greeks now comprised 20% January 1999 brought a formal recruitment that yielded no new members, and a time of the campus populationrevamping and reorganization began.
By the next school year, Kappa was first on campus in GPA, and they had a very successful Karamel Apple Sale to benefit the Fox Valley Domestic Abuse Center. Fraternity & Sorority Life now comprised 20% of the campus population.
==Highlights of 2000-2010==
==Highlights of 20122010-2020== n January From 2012onward, we had Zeta Epsilon grew steadily through formal recruitment and got our largest New Member Class ever out of it - 15 girlsCOBs, often welcoming between 5–15 new members each year. They were initiated in March. We had a Popular sisterhood events like Baskin Robbins lock-in at a Baskin Robbins as a sisterhood eventins, Bjorklunden retreats, Nerd Days, and it won us best sisterhood in our Panhellenic council. We had the hot new member formals strengthened bonds, while annual traditions—including Too Hot to Handle (wing-eating contest), Too Hot To HandleKappa Krush (Crush soda fundraiser), again for Spring Greek Week and it was very fun and successful. Our President at the time, Hallie Witmer, attended Convention. We had COBs in the Fall and got 5 more new members from it. We did a cakewalk for Fall Greek Week. We also did Kappa Karamel Apples at our school's homecoming football game. Throughout the yearApples—consistently raised money for Harbor House, we stayed on the academic excellence plan and continued logging our study hours, but we have not yet been able to get off the plan. Our campus is a small (1400 or so students) liberal arts college. We have three Panhellenic sororities on campus. None of the sororities have housing; instead we each have meeting rooms. Our chapter is small with about 40 members, but we are very tight-knit and all care for and help one another with both chapter and individual needslocal philanthropy.
==Highlights of 2013==The chapter earned recognition multiple times, such as Best Sisterhood, Most Panhellenic Sorority, and honorable mentions for ritual. Several members received scholarships, leadership awards, and opportunities to attend national Kappa events, strengthening ties with the broader organization.
We had recruitment Academics were an ongoing focus: in January and early years we got a 5 new members from it. We then had Winter COBs worked hard to improve GPAs and got 5 more new members. They were initiated in April. We had a Baskin Robbins lock-in as our first sisterhood event with our new members. We received the award for Most Panhellenic Sorority eventually released from our Panhellenic Councilan academic focus plan. Our president at the timeLeadership development was prioritized through officer retreats, Hallie Witmerprogramming meetings, received an award and workshops like “Dress for Outstanding Demonstration of LeadershipSuccess. ”
Two members received scholarships for winter term duesBy mid-decade, one being from our house board Zeta Epsilon expanded programming around diversity and the other being the Marion McMillen scholarship. In the springinclusion, we had our annual Too Hot To Handle hot wing-eating contestmental health, which was fun and raised money for our local philanthropypersonal well-being, Harbor House. Late in the Spring, our meeting room was broken into. We caught them hosting campus speakers and sent them to our campus’s Judicial Board. Their punishment was to each write us a letter of apology. We did COBs participating in the Fall and got 2 more new members from itGreek Diversity Initiative conversations. We The chapter also did Kappa Karamel Apples at a volleyball game, since the homecoming football game was rained out. In the Fall, at the beginning of the 2013developed closer ties with non-14 school year, we were able to get off of the academic focus plan, since we had all worked hard and raised our cumulative GPA. Being off of the focus plan allowed us to organize more mixers and sisterhood eventsPanhellenic organizations on campus.
At the beginning of this school yearThroughout 2016–2019, Lawrence’s new president, Mark Burstein, was inaugurated. He is a good president who is much more present than the last one, though he could use some education on the Greek life on campus, which we are offering to him. Our chapter is rather smallpride and spirit grew stronger, comparatively with chapters on bigger campuses, but that allows us to be very close-knit and have great interpersonal relationships. None of the sororities at Lawrence have housingGreek Week victories, but we each have a nice room of our own on campus in which we hold our weekly meetingsphilanthropy successes, as well as other smaller meetings and some sisterhood events; we are also free intentional efforts to hang out and do homework with support one another in our room. New traditions like Friendsgiving, spa/game nights for COB, as it is a very safe and comfortable spaceFounders Day brunches with alumnae became beloved annual events.
==Highlights of 2014==2019–2020 brought memorable milestones and challenges. Recruitment continued to bring enthusiastic new members, creative formals, and strong philanthropy events (like Kappa Kappaccino). Campus-wide, the Polar Vortex and new meal plan policies marked student life. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced a sudden shift to online activities, but the chapter adapted with Zoom sisterhood events, virtual recruitment, and creative big/little reveals. Despite the disruptions, we initiated new members, maintained philanthropy support for Harbor House, and continued celebrating traditions—including Kappa’s 150th anniversary virtually.
Following recruitment 2014This time also brought a fair amount of change, as several fraternities were lost, Zeta Epsilon pledged 15 New Members in January 2014houses were exchanged on the Quad, including 1 legacy. Following recruitmentand Beta Psi Nu, we have an All-Greek event with all the Greek organizations on campus to celebrate New Members. We later have a Baskin-Robbins lock-in sisterhood event to welcome new members. Kappa Krush is our Winter Term philanthropy event, which took place February 10-12. We sell Crush soda cans with proceeds going to our local philanthropysorority, Harbor Housejoined the wing. Blue and Blue and Fireside ceremonies took place on February 28In the same way, 2014. Initiation took place March 1, 2014, and new member formal took place it was during this time that night. Nerd Day was held March 15 the chapter also responded to encourage members to study for exams. We had a sisterhood weekend at Bjorklunden, our northern campus, from April 11-13. A leadership consultant visited our chapter April 13-18. During the national Abolish Greek Week (May 12-16), we host Too Hot to Handle, our spring term philanthropy event. It is a hot wings eating contest Life movement with the proceeds going to Harbor House. May 19-23 was reverse I-Week to celebrate seniorshonest reflection, culminating with Senior formal on the 23rd. On May 25 we hosted Mother’s TeaDEI programming, where we invite our mothers and ongoing adjustments to campus for tea, crafts, recruitment and getting-chapter culture to-know-you activities. May 26 was Senior Send-off ensure inclusivity and Key Pass. The last meeting of the school year was held June 1. Nerd Day was held June 7belonging, our final event for the school year. Our first meeting for the 2014which has allowed us to remain a tight-2015 school year was held September 21knit, 2014. We held continuous open bidding events from September 22resilient chapter -24 and pledged 2 new members on September 28. For Fall Greek week (September 30-October 1), we hosted Greek Gourmet Grilled Cheese in conjunction with Delta Tau Delta. We sold a variety of grilled cheese sandwiches balancing challenges with the proceeds going to Harbor House. On October 11creativity, we hosted Kappa Karamel Apples at the homecoming football game. We sold caramel apples to support Reading is Fundamental. We had a ceremony to celebrate Founders Day on October 13maintaining philanthropic commitments, complete with chapter and fraternity history presentation as well as a speaker from Harbor House. Additionallygrowing stronger in sisterhood, we had a leadership consultant visit from October 13-October 17. November 2 we celebrated Dad’s Day, where we invite our dads to campus for a tailgating-themed event. Blue and Blue and Fireside were held November 14 and initiation was held November 15. Our last meeting for the term and the year was held November 16. We had two Nerd Days November 21 and 22 as our final events for the termpride.
==Highlights of 20162020== We started off 2016 with Formal Recruitment. After three days of recruitment, 7 girls accepted their bid. On Martin Luther King day, our VP-Organization planned a Leadership Day where a Kappa leader taught us how to work well with others. During the week of February 8-12, our Philanthropy Chair put on an event called "Kappa Krush" where students could purchase Crush soda cans for a $1 and leave a note that can be delivered to their "crush". This money was donated to Harbor House in Appleton, WI. The new members were initiated on February 27, and our New Member Formal took place at the Radisson Hotel on March 5.
One of the first memories of 2020 was welcoming our new pledge class! During spring term, primary recruitment our first round was to have the potential new members get to know our chapter by casual conversations. In this round we did COBs inform the PNM of what Greek life is like at Lawrence and had 2 girls accept their bidwhat the chapter is like. On March 29, our VP-Organization planned another Leadership Day where There are posters around the room that tell the members PNM about all of our major and minors and the Chapter Council met and talked extracurricular activities everyone in is involved in. Round two is all about our philanthropy. This is when we inform them about any problems in the chapter and ways organizations that we support. During this round we colored bookmarks to give to the children for a local elementary school. This is the round where we get to know the PNM very well. Round 3 focused on our ritual. This round is more personalized to integrate the PNM by telling then how we saw Kappa in them. We initiated our 7 new members moreon January 28 and January 29. Our VP-Organization also planned a sisterhood event called "Dress philanthropy for winter term was “Kappa Kappaccino.” We sold coffee and donuts on campus to raise money for Success" where Harbor House. We had our sisters went to New York and Company at new member formal on the local mall second floor of Warch Campus Center. We provided snacks and drinks, along with multiple backdrops for pictures. We had the manager teach us how multiple backdrops for pictures. This was a great event to dress for interviewscelebrate your new members. We On March 12 we were then allowed told that campus will be closed for next term do to shopthe COVID-19 Pandemic. This was a very sad day for everyone because it meant one less term with our lovely seniors. Greek Week took place from May 9-15To honor our seniors, and our chapter we put on senior sendoff that Saturday to say goodbye. The sophomores sang a philanthropy event called "Too Hot song to Handle" which was a wing eating contestthe seniors. The money raised from this event went We did change some of the lyrics to Harbor House in Appleton, WImake them more Kappa oriented. The following weekend, juniors performed a skit for the seniors as well. We then fulfilled our tradition where our two new members were initiated on May 21, seniors give us their old Kappa shirts and we had our Senior Formal all wear everything that same nightwe are given. We had our Senior Send-Off on May 30By the end, we are all wearing several layers of clothing and we take a picture. Our last day on campus was on March 18 which was the last day for the seniors did their Key Pass before initiationschool year of 2019-2020.
When we returned Spring term was very different to school everyone at Lawrence. This was the first term that was all online. To keep in touch during the Fall, pandemic we did COBs had Zoom coffee dates and had 3 girls accept their bidother fun activites. During the weekend of October 15-16We also tried to have movie nights on Friday, our school has "Family Weekend", so our Event Chair planned a Kappa Brunch where our sisters' families were invited for brunch on October 16but we had some technology problems. Our Philanthropy Chair also planned an chapter did not have a philanthropy event called "Kappa Karamel Apples" which took place during the football game on October 15. The money raised from this event went spring term due to Harbor House in Appleton, WI. The new members were initiated on November 5. We had a sisterhood weekend at Bjorklunden, our northern campus, from November 11COVID-13. On November 13, our chapter conducted elections19.
Zeta Epsilon received Honorable Mention Our first chapter activity together was on September 20 which was our first chapter meeting for the school year. It was different than normal because it was all online. It was so nice to see all of our sisters for the first time in 6 months. We had continuous open bidding online with themes of game night and spa night. We got two great new members. Our VP Membership went to their rooms to give them a little goodie bag. We celebrated together with an online Zoom bid night. We were able to do a trivia event about our new members in the style of Jeopardy. On November 7 we had big/little reveal. To reveal who the big and little pairings, the bigs did a TikTok. It was a great change on how we normally do big/little reveal due to COVID-19. This term we had the privilege to initiate two new members: Kate and Lyss on November 14, 2020 in an all-in-one ceremony, with Elmhurst University, because of the Pandemic. We had our election on November 8. Genesis was the head of Nomination Committee and presented the slate that we voted on. Lexi Praxel was elected as our new President. Ally Herrera was elected as standards. Elizabeth Liebou was elected as VP Operations. Sam Tolu was elected as VP Internal Affairs. Jessica Hopkins was elected as VP External Affairs. Kate James was elected as VP Finance. Sarah Yochem was elected as VP Membership. Anna Kallay was elected as VP Membership Development. Marlee Matthews was elected as Ritual at Conventionand History Director. The philanthropy for fall term is that our chapter donated money to Harbor House for their needs. We received are doing this award even without a nomination from our advisersbecause other types of philanthropy events are really hard to do because of COVID-19.
The three philanthropies Another obstacle that our arose fall term was the movement of Abolish Greek Life. Our Chapter addressed this by having people from headquarters come to a chapter supports are Reading is Fundamental, meeting to talk to us about the movement across the Kappa Foundationcountry. They also walked us through different situations on what could happen and where to go from there. The next meeting, we came up with ideas to improve and Harbor House in Appletonchange the chapter for everyone. Also, WIduring the meeting with headquarters, a battered women’s shelterwe talked about changing primary recruitment. Every year we hold Kappa Karamel Apples, Kappa KrushWe are currently in the process of adjusting recruitment, and Too Hot to Handle to support our philanthropiesso everyone feels more welcomed.
We addressed and combated challenges through our Leadership Action Plan goals. Our focus areas included philanthropy and alumna relationsOverall, effectively using programming meetings, participation in committees it was a great year filled with good and budgeting, and involvement in and understanding of the Panhellenic Council and knowledge of Kappa and chapter historybad times. We aimed to address these challenges by giving learned through a philanthropy presentation during new member periods, having more hands-on RIF related volunteering, planning monthly programming meetings covering topics of interest to the chapter, making committee agendas organized and efficient, holding one committee meeting per month, keeping committee members involved by delegating tasks and meeting regularly, holding a programming meeting informing members pandemic that has taught us so much about the history and function of Panhel, enforcing attendance at Panhel meetings more strictly, each other and having the Panhel delegate be more explicit about the proceedings of Panhel meetingsourselves.
Recently, a local sorority, Beta Psi Nu, joined our Panhellenic Council as an associate member. We are also starting to work more closely with non-Panhellenic and non-Inter Fraternity Council Greek Chapter Philanthropies:Harbor HouseReading is Fundamental Kappa Kappa Gamma FoundationEach of these organizations, such as Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Renovations to dorms and small group housing represent the causes that are beginning to occur across campus. Along with this, there has been discussion regarding the relocation of our meeting room important for us as renovations are completed across campus. Our a chapter currently has 40 active members and 11 new members. Our numbers fluctuate greatly over the course of the year since we have deferred recruitmentto support.
Zeta Epsilon holds meetings in our designated meeting room located in the Panhellenic Wing of one of the university-owned dorms on campus. Our The chapter does not have included Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (and has never hadDEI) training this year by adding a house or any type of group housingDEI officer. In terms of changes on campus, diversity has been During fall term our chapter had a popular topic for discussionsmall committee that came up with different activities to talk about DEI. One significant change on campus was We had a speaker come to talk to the addition of loft-style housing chapter about their experiences in Coleman HallGreek Life. This living space includes a living room, a kitchen, and rooms for 8-20 people, depending on We are also changing how the loftchapter does primary recruitment.
One issue our chapter has been experiencing is attendance and accountability. While To celebrate Kappa’s 150th anniversary, we are all sisterly towards one anotherdid the virtual ceremony on October 11, attendance at our sister's events is lacking2020 following a chapter meeting. This is something the Our chapter has discussed, and we hope also decided to increase attendance have the readers for upcoming eventsthe celebration to be around the country to show that we are together even when we are apart.
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==Highlights of 2021==
==Highlights With 2021 being a challenging and difficult year due to the pandemic, KKG Zeta Epsilon was able to adapt and hold events, meetings, and activities online to continue to foster a loving Kappa community. We gained one member, Charlie Bunch, during Primary Recruitment and two members, Claire Zickel and Lucie Peltier, during Spring COBs! These three new members are also stepping up to take on leadership roles this upcoming year. We had to say goodbye to many seniors at the end of 2017==the school year, but we are so happy for the road that lies ahead of them! Before they graduated, we held a bonfire night planned by Jessica Hopkins, where some of the new members were able to meet and mingle with the outgoing seniors. At this bonfire, we also continued to celebrate a Kappa tradition of our love of Taylor Swift by singing some karaoke and sharing our favorite Taylor albums and songs. The seniors were also able to have a Senior Night to celebrate their accomplishments and spend some together. Thank you so much to our amazing seniors; we love you! Our interim VP External, Charlie, hosted a screening from the JED Foundation, which fostered a conversation about mental health and suicide, which talked about fighting the stigma against suicide and being open to these challenging conversations. At the end of October, Charlie also planned a Murder Mystery Dinner for the chapter, where we all dressed up as certain 80s characters and tried to solve whodunit. Some of our favorite moments during that dinner were Lexi Praxl’s impression of Keanu Reeves and Sarah Yochem being discovered as the murderer! Standards Director Ally Herrera also started a new tradition of Secret Sister, where you are assigned a fellow Kappa and over the course of a month, write them notes or make door decorations for them. The goal is to get to know everyone in the chapter a little bit better and have fun, little activities to do as a chapter. Ally also hosted pumpkin carving for Halloween, so everyone was able to decorate pumpkins together. Due to our chapter being fairly small, we had to combine and change officer roles so every position was covered. VP External and VP Internal now do everything under their VP roles, Finance and Operations were combined as well as all Member Recruitment roles. By the end of Fall term, Charlie Bunch ’24 was elected President, Claire Zickel ‘24 was elected as Vice President External, and Lucie Peltier ‘24 was elected as Vice President Internal. In addition, Lexi Praxl ’23 was elected as Vice President of Finance and Operations and Ally Herrera ‘22 was elected as Member Recruitment. Thank you to Ally for taking on an officer role during her senior year!
This year was as one would expect, full of numerous activities that brought sisters together in During the name Winter and Spring of Kappa. Our chapter has deferred recruitment2021, so our recruitment takes place the second week chapter supported Edison Elementary School as a part of Januaryour philanthropy, just after our term has startedReading is Fundamental. The week leading up to this is full However, during Fall of crafting, practicing2021, and total focus on recruitment. It's nice because we use this big event as a way changed to boost Kappa spirit and reteach all members about Kappa's symbols, history, support the JED Foundation in light of KKG changing its philanthropy, to mental health and everything well-being. We chose to support the JED Foundation as it is one of the most prominent foundations in between. Increasing Kappa pride supporting emotional well-being and Kappa spirit has been health, as well as having a main focus on college communities and their program and policy development.How did the last couple termschapter support Kappa’s philanthropy? While we could not visit in person, and this was a perfect way we were able to kick off host online activities for the elementary kids. One fun activity we did was having Kappas dress as their favorite book characters. As our new term in philanthropy of mental health and wellness has just begun, we are hoping to host events on campus to help fellow students unwind and learn more about the name of JED Foundation and Kappa.
We flowed through this term with our normal weekly meetingsOur Member Recruitment and DEI Officer hosted a couple of screenings to start conversations about Diversity, Equity, and volunteered Inclusion in Kappa, as well as on MLK jr. day as a sisterhood, but larger scale on the biggest importance was making our new pledges feel welcome and at home as they began their Kappa education journeyLawrence University campus. During the week of February 6-10Fall 2021, we also met online with Tori Seymour, our Philanthropy Chair put on an event called "who gave us a presentation about DEI in Kappa Krush" where students could purchase Crush soda cans for a $1 and leave a note that how we can be delivered further our discussions and continue to their "crush"foster inclusiveness in Kappa. This money was donated to Harbor House We are really hoping that in AppletonWinter 2022, WI. As the term continued, the chapter felt it important to address the possibility of seasonal affective disorder we can continue these conversations and personal well being through a programming event lead by one of our faculty wellness members, Erin. This was extremely important because the second term of the year tends host more DEI events that are open to be the hardest, and we wanted every sister to be understood and feel a comfort in her sisterswhole student body.
We From our university, adhering to the CDC’s guidelines, all meetings for us were moved to an online format, via Zoom. Because of this, Primary Recruitment and Spring COBs were lucky enough all hosted online. It wasn’t too difficult to be continue via Zoom. Our Big/Little reveal was done by using TikTok, where our Member Recruitment Officer Jordan Adamson showed them over Zoom. After the Spring COB initiation in June, some Kappas were able to schedule our LC visit go out to brunch together to coincide with our Inspirational Periodcelebrate! Even as the pandemic has made in-person interactions more challenging, including everything revolvimg around initiation. This was an amazing opportunity we continue to find ways to still have time together in a graduated sister come in and remind safe way. We also feel that due to the chatper of what this is all about pandemic and make sure everything ran smoothly its effects, recruitment was down a little as everyone was trying to adapt and accuratelycope during such an abnormal time. Our LC was amazing and However, we are feeling very hopeful for this upcoming year with recruitment! As Fall 2021 began, we learned so much were allowed to start meeting in person after receiving negative COVID-19 test results from herLawrence. Because While the start of the year was a little slow from changing from Zoom to in-person, we are so happy to finally see each other Greek chapters face-to-face. We host all of our meetings in our Kappa Room on campus, while everyone is wearing masks. While guidelines are slowly loosening up, we added sisters through continuous open bidding in still remain wearing masks and respecting any guidelines that the spring as well. Having two initiations back to back helped bring our sisterhood together and continue educating everyone on all things KappaCDC or Lawrence may give us.
In May, WE WON OUR GREEK WEEK. The amount ==Highlights of participation from Kappa members was unbelievable and extremely awesome. Not only did we show our fellow greek organizations a lot of support, we also hit our philanthropy event (Too Hot To Handle, a wing eating contest) out of the park. Everything was so successful and we were able to help out a lot of good causes in the process. 2022==INFO HERE
As ==Highlights of 2023==Spring term of 2023, our chapter was awarded the sorority cup for the highest chapter GPA. We had our spring formal and sapphire ball, which was a success. We continued our year came tradition of “blue and blue,” which we award to one or more members during the chapter who have done something to deserve a closeshoutout. For example, we showed “blue and blue” was awarded to our support VP of External Hilirie for planning our sisters through "nerd days" that help with studying and coping with the stresses of finalsupcoming “Mr. Kappa” event, and an alcohol awareness programming which will become a special event that educated everyone on informed drinking habits to help keep everyone safe and smart in the upcoming summerwe will do each year.
We are also starting a tradition of “Why Kappa Wednesday” on our Instagram page, where each Wednesday we highlight a different member and explain why they went Kappa and stayed Kappa. Our chapter is fortunate goals for this next year are to host more open events on campus to have many leaders within increase our groupcampus presence and get more new members. This leadership can be For example, we opened our study tables and have already seen out of Kappa (an increase in interest in things like athletics, clubsour chapter. We are also going to collaborate with more campus organizations, and we are already planning an event for next term with the conservatory) and in Kappa through club “All is One,” which is a club focused on empowering women of color. In terms of sisterhood events, we are starting a tradition of a resume workshop each term, where a member of the particiaption in leadership conventions Career Center comes to our room and other committeesgives a workshop. Our sisters have seemed Another one of our goals is to take to heart improve our social media presence, which our goal of increasing Kappa pridesocial media chair, Minnie, is working on.
Because Our chapter’s mental health and well-being partner is the JED Foundation! We support them through our various philanthropic events that we hold every term. In addition, we met have established a strong relationship with our IX Coordinator, Sarah, and have been working together to support and create a positive environment with the number requirement for mental health resources and events on campus. Our chapter membersalso works with Harbor House by raising money through philanthropic events, going to Harbor House’s events in our letters, such as “Take Back the Night”, we did not do recruitment or initiation and engaging in our own individual volunteering, such as childcare, working the falldesk, and more. This was a nice break because instead of focusing on teaching new members about year, we had four people attend the KappaConvention, we were able which allowed them to focus on becoming a tighter sisterhood make connections with chapters across the sisters US. We are also making efforts to create and strengthen connections with our alumni. Our chapter recently found out that our Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life/University Chaplain, Terra R. Winston-Sage, graduated from Lawrence as a Kappa, so we already had. have reached out to invite her to come to our events!
We did philanthropy events, including our known Kappa Karmel Apples, and sisterhood events, such as going to the trampoline park together, going to the pumpkin patch, having stress free nights in the Kappa room, and even just getting meals together. We had elections on November 12th and will be transitioning those positions when we return for the next term. This year was the beginning ==Highlights of a huge Kappa pride and spirit turn around in our chapter. As everyone gets closer, they love each other more, and love Kappa more for bringing them together. It only goes up from here. 2024==
Not a lot ==Highlights of big changes have happened on campus. There seems to be a certain stigma in regards to Greek life, but we are slowly working on that through diversity intiatives and personal invitations to events. We, as Greek life, are trying to open up more and become more approachable and inclusive. Our chaper has been on a focus letter this year. We have been working hard to get off of it, but some things take more time than others. We have, however, made a lot of progress and only see more improvement from here. Having pride in being a Kappa, working on sisterhood, and having an overall respect for being a Kappa has been our goal and our focus. We plan on continuing to work on all of this and make our chapter the best it has ever been. For philanthropy, we stick to the Kappa Foundation, Harbor House, and (because we do not have RIF near us) varying organizaitons that help local children (the elementrary schools, blessings in a backpack, the Boys and Girls Club, etc.). This year has been fairly diverse in philanthropic hours because so many of our sisters are involved with different things. Some volunteer with the special olympics and ask sisters to join. Others have their own events they are holding (like a Halloween party for kids with disabilities, or an Hour of Power swimming event) and we will usually be the primary volunteers. Our commons kitchen has a food recovery program that was started by a Kappa, so we tend to be the majority volunteers for that too. Everything varies, other than our Kappa bound philanthropy, but if a sister asks us to volunteer, we support it. In regards to our Kappa based philanthropy, every year we hold Kappa Karamel Apples, Kappa Krush, and Too Hot to Handle to support them. The organizations and events we chose to participate in all fell under what our chapter considers respectable and impactful. We all just want to continue making a difference in people's lives, especially those in our community. We hold meetings in our chapter room, located in the Panhellenic wing of one of the university owned dorms. It hasn’t changed for many years now. We do not have a house, nor have we ever had a house. We are working on changing the interior decoration in our chapter room in the near future.2025==