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==Highlights of 2011==Zeta Zeta began the year by holding chapter elections and initiating a new Chapter Council. We kicked off the year with the annual Sapphire Ball, Dad's Weekend, and participation in Westminster's Greek Week. Philanthropy was a huge focus for our chapter this year and we began in the spring with trips to Missouri School for the Deaf and an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of Fulton co-hosted by Phi Delta Theta. Kappa also competed in many philanthropy weeks hosted by other Fraternities on campus and won Delta Tau Delta's Bleed Purple and Beta Theta Pi's Save the World. This Spring we had fun bonding together during some crazy relay races arranged by the Vice President of Standards. We also participated in Spring Recruitment and initiated four new beautiful sisters. In April, we sent the Chapter Council to Province, while four members stayed the whole weekend and received our Philanthropy Award. Our chapter received the Drosten Cup award for having the best Philanthropy. During the fall, Kappa competed in Homecoming week and hosted the 4th annual "Teeing off for a Better World" Golf Tournament as well as many other smaller philanthropy events in order to raise money for national and local philanthropies. We participated in fall Recruitment and initiated fourteen wonderful new members who we are now proud to call sisters. We continued volunteering at events such as "Into the Streets", "Klean" the Forest, and Missouri School for the Deaf, as well as kept active by participating and winning several intramural sports, including softball. We bonded as sisters throughout the fall with social events such as Kappa Krush and our semi-formal Christmas Party. It was a wonderful year for the Kappas full of much success and we are eager for yet another wonderful year. '''Campus:''' Founded in 1851, Westminster College is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate college with a curriculum based on the liberal arts. The College is dedicated to reaching excellence and an education centered on key values (integrity, fairness, respect, and responsibility) that prepare our graduates to become leaders of character. Westminster is a very small and friendly college that offers multiple activities. Westminster's atmosphere is very welcoming, and the classroom atmosphere is small and personable. Westminster offers many great opportunities to excel as an individual both academically and socially. Chapter: Zeta Zeta prides itself on its numerous academic and social accomplishments on campus and in the community. Zeta Zeta received the second highest grades in the entire Greek community in the Spring semester, earned first place in many philanthropic events, participated in many Westminster activities, and excelled at intramural. Westminster's Kappas are leaders in many different capacities on campus and always aim to instill the five virtues of Kappa: wisdom, sincerity, loyalty, inner beauty, and friendship through everything they do. They strive to bring a welcoming and warming attitude to incoming and current students of Westminster College. One of the Zeta Zeta Chapter's biggest challenges this year was improving our academics and the help our chapter provides for its sisters with their classes. In order to improve our chapter's average GPA, we created more programming to help girls, especially the new members to understand the importance of academics and how to achieve academic goals. We worked with our advisers to create a Focus Plan for our chapter. This consisted of so many mandatory hours in the library or in the classrooms. Depending on their current GPA, a Kappa would have to do a certain amount of study hours each week. The Vice President of Academic Excellence organized times for all Kappas to get together and study in the lounge and library, gave awards to girls who studied the most hours that week, and passed around a pair of "Smarty Pants" to a sister who had a particularly great academic week. The chapter also assigned each new member an academic mentor, which is an older sister with her same major or field of study to help and guide her throughout the year. We received the second highest grades on campus due to our Focus Plan. We have high hopes for continued excellence in academics and have set even higher goals for 2012. ==Highlights of 2012==
Zeta Zeta began the year by holding chapter elections and initiating a new Chapter Council. We kicked off the year with the annual Sapphire Ball and Mom's Weekend. We had a great time participating in various philanthropy events and each was a huge focus for our chapter! We made monthly visits to the Missouri School for the Deaf where we created crafts and spent time with the students. Along with the men of Phi Delta Theta, we hosted an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of Fulton.
Zeta Zeta prides itself on its numerous academic and social accomplishments on campus and in the community. Again, Zeta Zeta received the second highest grades in the entire Greek community in the Fall semester, participated in many Westminster activities, and excelled at intramurals. Westminster's Kappas continually take leadership positions across campus. All the sisters strive to live with the 5 virtues of Kappa (wisdom, sincerity, loyalty, inner beauty, and friendship) in their everyday lives here on campus and through everything they do. They strive to bring a welcoming and warming attitude to incoming and current students of Westminster College.
==Highlights of 2013=
Zeta Zeta began 2013 by holding chapter council elections and installing a new Chapter Council. During our Spring Recruitment we initiated four lovely and beautiful sisters into our chapter. We then had Father’s Weekend, where we had lunch and a silent action. Later we had our annual Sapphire Ball. We made monthly visits to the local Missouri School for the Deaf, where we had a Valentine’s party and several other days where we crafted and spent time with the children. Zeta Zeta participated in a number of philanthropy weeks, both at Westminster College and our neighboring school, William Woods University. These included: Fiji Islander and Sigma Chi’s Derby Day. In February, we hosted our local Reading is Key at the Fulton Public Library, in which our theme was Dr. Seuss. There we handed out books to the local children and had fun events to participate in during the morning. We were able to keep fit by participating in the college’s spring intramural sports, and winning the basketball intramurals.
For the fourth year in a row, the amazing ladies of Zeta Zeta received the Drosten Cup for our outstanding cumulative hours of community service. During the fall, Zeta Zeta competed in many philanthropy weeks, including Delta Tau Delta’s Bleed Purple, Beta Theta Pi’s Save the World, and Phi Delta Theta’s philanthropy week. We also volunteered in a variety of events on campus such as Homecoming Week, “Into the Streets” and Missouri School for the Deaf. We then hosted our sixth annual “Teeing Off for a Better World” Golf Tournament and raised the largest amount of money thus far. We participated in Fall Recruitment and initiated 17 wonderful new members who we are proud to call our sisters. We continued to participate in intramural sports such as softball and won futsal intramurals. We were able to grow closer as sisters in the fall with social events such as Kappa Kappa Jean, our themed formal, and winter formal. Overall, it was a tremendous year for the Zeta Zeta Kappas filled with many smiles and much success. We are excited for another wonderful year to come.
'''Campus:'''
Westminster College was founded in 1851 and continues to be a private, educational, residential, selective, undergraduate college today. With a curriculum based on liberal arts, the college is based on reaching excellence through education and preparing graduates to become leaders of the future. Westminster is a very small college with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and a classroom atmosphere that is small and personable. Westminster has many great opportunities both academically and socially.
'''Chapter:'''
Zeta Zeta prides itself in being very competitive both academically and with social accomplishments. Zeta Zeta earned first in several philanthropic events, as well as intramurals. We participated in many campus activities and won the Drosten Cup. Westminster Kappa’s are leaders on campus and excel at displaying the five virtues of Kappa: wisdom, sincerity, loyalty, friendship, and inner beauty. They strive to welcome and have a warm attitude to all those incoming students as well as with our fellow sisters.
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