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The house still has the best location on Sorority Row. There are problems accommodating the members' cars and the beautiful house has been redecorated and modernized many times. In the almost fifty years that Gamma Xi has been at UCLA, the University has grown and prospered from a small enclave in the bean fields of Westwood Hills to a fine university. And with the university, Gamma Xi has prospered and grown, continuing its fine social, educational, and philanthropic traditions.
==Highlights of the 1980s:==
The 1980s were a time for individual and chapter growth for Gamma Xi. Philanthropy was held closely to the chapters heart over the decade. Their services to their surrounding community included participating in the annual Special Olympics held before UCLA Greek Week, yearly donations to the UCLA’s Child Life Unit and they continued their tradition of sending one child to UNICamp, a week long summer camp for underprivileged and inner city children.
Gamma Xi continued to hold a variety of events such as Senior Bruch, Mom and Dad’s day, and began to hold a house retreat in the San Bernardino mountains for those who lived in.
The scholarly hard work of Gamma Xi did not go unnoticed by UCLA as they were awarded the highest GPA out of the all women’s average at UCLA.
All the hard work put in by the women of the chapter over the 80s paid off when Gamma Xi was awarded Best Chapter in the Kappa Province by Kappa Kappa Gamma Nationals in 1988.
==Highlights of the 1990s==
The ladies of Gamma Xi continued the hard work started in the 1980s and strived to further establish themselves as successful chapter. Kappa Kappa Gamma Nationals took note of this and awarded Gamma Xi with the Most Improved Chapter Award at the 1994 Province Meeting.
Earning good grades and maintaining a high GPA was still a major goal for the chapter. To help motivate members various events were put on by those who held the position of VP of Academic Excellence. The remodeling of the study room in the house gave members a place to spend time with one another as well as an environment for school work. All the study paid off as throughout the 90s Gamma Xi was never below the top 5 in grades for Greek life.
Promoting philanthropy work was a large goal over the 90s for the chapter. Throughout the decade a variety of philanthropy events were attended such as Revlon’s Run-Walk, Heal the Bay, and various food drives.
The 90s were known as the “busy” decade by many and this rang very true for the Gamma Xi chapter. With many goals in mind the chapter was always striving to be the very best.
==Highlights of 2000-2010==
Following the traditions of the sisters before them was a major goal for Gamma Xi during the early 00s. Gamma Xi continued to lead the way for campus involvement with sisters on the Panhellenic Council, The Daily Bruin (UCLA’s school newspaper), UCLA’s Womens Volleyball, and The Student Alumni Association just to name a small few.
A time of change did occur for the women of Gamma Xi when it came to philanthropy events. Over the decade an array of events were tried and tested to discover what event would greatly benefit the UCLA community and the sisters. In 2007, an annual philanthropy event was set and called “A Day In The Life”. This event was directed toward local school children to come to UCLA’s campus where the women of Gamma Xi would show them what it meant to be a Bruin for a day. The event was widely popular and in 2008 won the UCLA Panhellenic Philanthropy Programming Award.
Dedication to maintaining a strong grade point average continued to be a strong moral for Gamma Xi as they raised their average GPA semester after semester. The average Greek student GPA was steadily greater than the average UCLA student.
The ladies of Gamma Xi continued to shine as Kappa women on campus and the surrounding community through the years. Old traditions were honored and new paths were discovered which would lead the chapter to a new level of success.
==Highlights of 2011==
