Changes

When we returned to Knox in the fall, we were pleasantly surprised that one of our advisors and house board members gave our chapter house a complete makeover during the summer. We could not be more thankful for our new furniture, shelving, remodeled bathrooms, and countless decorations. Although Fall was an adjustment period for Eta Kappa due to the large change in our chapter size, our sisters bonded on a deeply personal level and found a new appreciation for the changing chapter. We began the school year with informal recruitment, during which our Membership Chair implemented a completely new system that she created with bump groups and rotation groups. Our new system also incorporated the values of our ritual into the recruitment process. We recruited and initiated three lovely new members. In October, we were lucky enough to join the Alpha Deuteron chapter at Monmouth on Founders Day to visit some of our founders’ graves and share a luncheon with our sisters from Monmouth College. For our annual Win-a-Date philanthropy event, we chose to donate our proceeds to an organization called Watts of Love, which brings solar powered lights to people around the world with no electricity. We were lucky to have the organization’s founder, Nancy Economou, at our event to speak about her incredible experiences with Watts of Love, and we ultimately raised over $2000 for the organization. Fall Term was big for Eta Kappa’s public relations with Knox as well: Eta Kappa now has its own Twitter and Instagram accounts, and our Kore Groups are now utilizing Facebook groups to attend “Kappas on Kampus” events and clean the house together. At the end of Winter Term, we initiated our 3 new members and prepared for Formal Recruitment. <br>