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==Highlights of 2021==
2021 Eta Rho Chapter History Report
Looking back at Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Eta Rho
chapter 2021, it was filled with many ups and downs.
For the majority of this year we were only able to see
each other virtually, but this didn’t stop us from
hosting events. On January 9th, we started the year off
strong by transitioning our new chapter council at
Leadership day through virtual bonding and planning
our calendar over zoom. We then began meeting
potential new members for coffee dates to add to our sisterhood during the weekend of January 15th. On Friday, January 22nd, we held a colorful themed bid day where everyone was decked out in blue and pink kappa shirts to welcome the Omicron class. Then, on March 6th, we formally initiated the Omicron class over zoom. During the following weeks, the new members and actives in Kappa got to go
on key sister dates. Some were in person, with
COVID guidelines, and some were online. That
same week, all of the members of the Eta Rho
chapter tuned into zoom and had a virtual
exchange with the men of AEPi. On Friday, January
26th, the Omicron class had their big/ little reveal
online with virtual initiation the week after on
February 6th. With everything online, we still
wanted to host our reading is key events for the
children of Hawthorne Elementary School. We joined
one of the first grade classrooms over zoom and read
to the students in breakout rooms. We donated
several books to the students to take home so that
they could read with their families.
Once winter quarter came to an end, our sisters
headed off to spring break having some fun
adventures. Some sisters went skiing, backpacking,
traveled across countries, and some stayed in San Luis Obispo. After returning from spring break, one of our sisters, Abi Clark, held an outdoor yoga class for sisterhood bonding. Once April came around, and spring quarter was in full swing, we held a virtual open house for prospective students to come ask questions
about Kappa and panhellenic. Later that week,
we had a virtual exchange with the men of
Sigma Pi where we played Kahoot games where
the winners received prizes. To kick off the
sisterhoods in May, we hosted a virtual
sisterhood with the women of Kappa Alpha
Theta where we did arts and crafts. We then
wrapped up the spring quarter with finals,
sending off our sisters who graduated, and
headed off for summer. Over the summer, the sisters of the Eta Rho chapter were very
active. Some of our sisters packed their
bags and flew across the world to study
abroad, many landed internships and
worked across the country, many spent
their summer nights at home, and some
stayed connected by seeing each other
over the break.
As Cal Poly SLO opened up to allowing in person classes, we also were allowed to do modified in-person recruitment. So, we kicked off returning to school through spirit week which was a week filled with sisterhood, breakfast burritos, dressing up, painting banners, and preparing for formal recruitment. The first day of spirit week was pajama themed where we all dressed in our comfiest sleepwear and enjoyed breakfast burritos. The second day’s theme was “Lots of Love for Kappa'' where we dressed in our cutest pinks and reds to show how much we love Eta Rho. The third day’s theme was 60s/ Woodstocks where we celebrated our recruitment practice by
going to Woodstock’s pizza that night. The
fourth and final day of spirit week included
a beach day theme where we practiced in
our favorite tropical shirts and flip flops.
We ended the entire spirit week by going
to Cal Poly’s weekly farmer’s market to
shop for local produce, hang out with our
sisters, and enjoy walking around the historic downtown SLO.
Going into the Fall quarter, Eta Rho
looked internally at what we could
do to better promote diversity and
inclusion in our organization and
came up with an action plan, officer
goals, and listened to chapter and
community feedback. We continued
the role of a diversity, equity, and
inclusion chair, held council office hours, and held history presentations with interactive discussions. When we came back to school in the fall, we started off returning to in-person classes by wearing our new PR shirts, representing kappa, and seeing our sisters on campus. After the first few weeks of school, on October 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th, we met hundreds of potential new members during hybrid recruitment and had the pleasure to welcome the Pi Class to our chapter with a Brittany Spears themed bid night on October 18th. On November 7th, we celebrated Kappa
Kappa Gamma’s 151th anniversary with a fun
founder’s day party at the Venetian room of
Madonna Inn, where we could learn more about
Kappa’s history. Here, we awarded two of our
sisters with scholarships for their dedication to
academic achievements and assistance with the
Houseboard. Later in the quarter, to support our
local philanthropy, The Central Coast Autism Spectrum Center, we held our annual Kappa Karnival and raised $6,200! In addition
to raising money for the CCASC, we had
13 raffle prize winners and members
of the Center come out to play carnival
games with our sisters. On October
28th, we held an exchange with the
men of Alpha Epsilon Pi and had fun eating pizza and getting to meet new people. In addition to this jam-packed month, we hosted a pop up shop at the Kappa house where our friends from 75 Degrees and Fuzzy came to sell their clothes with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the CCASC. The next night, we held our annual Kappa Krush semi formal where we danced the night away at Dairy Creek Golf Course on our dynamic duo costumes to celebrate Halloween weekend. The following week, the Pi class finally met their bigs in a surprise reveal at the house after their
new member meeting. After being apart
for so long and having a virtual reveal
last year, this in person reveal was a
treat! During the second week of
November, we had our inspiration
period for the Pi class and held fun
activities like a rootbeer float night and
breakfast burritos at the beach. We held fireside at our house the night of November 12th and were joined by the ritual specialist, Emily Barclay for the initiation ceremonies for the
weekend. The next morning, November 13th,
the Pi class became initiated members and the
rest of the chapter welcomed them with open
arms. We ended the quarter early at
Thanksgiving with a sisterhood Thanksgiving
dinner at the kappa house. Then we travelled
home to be with our families and loved ones
and came back for finals week. The last week of school before finals week, we hosted a week-long sisterhood event that was full of self care challenges. Day one began with challenging our members to get outside! This included members going on walks or hikes, doing some outdoor yoga, or even just sitting outside and soaking up some sun. Day two focused on treating ourselves! Members went out and grabbed some of their favorite treats that they definitely deserved! Day three was a mid-week check in. We encouraged our members to take some time for themselves, journal, do a face mask, or even just going to bed a little bit earlier to get some much needed rest during week 10. Day four was sister day! We all repped our KKG attire and hung out with our sisters doing so many different fun activities. Finally on day five, we all met up on netflix
watch party to enjoy a Christmas movie and relax
before finals week began. It was such a special time
being able to self reflect, relax, and enjoy some
quality time with our sisters as the year comes to an
end! Eta Rho had a great 2021 year and we look
forward to seeing our sisters again in 2022!
