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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1899|04|28}}
|College= [httphttps://www.uillinois.edu/ University of Illinois]
|Location= Urbana, IL
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'''3,321 336 initiates (as of June 20172018)'''
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== Highlights of 2018 ==
2018 was a phenomenal year for the Beta Lambda chapter. The chapter was removed from Warning of Probation, but the Chapter Council committed themselves to uphold the progress the chapter has made thus far and continue to work on improving ritual as was as other aspects of our fraternity. Members were very involved in many philanthropic events. We were proud to raise our all-house GPA to reach a 3.553 in the Spring 2018 semester.
-----------------During the fall semester, we hosted our annual Kappatat Volleyball Tournament and Kappasta dinner where we raised money for our philanthropy, Habitat for Humanity. Along with donating money, members donated their time to our philanthropy. For the first time in years, members helped to actually build a house for a family in need. The chapter collected and donated books to donate to schools in the surrounding areas. Some of the members brought the books to children and read to them. We also participated in IlliniThon Dance Marathon where we raised $4,505 for St. Judes Children's Hospital. These members danced throughout the night to help raise money for the kids. In the spring, we held Kappacino on the quad. This Circle of Sisterhood fundraiser helps to raise money by selling coffee and small pastries to other students on the campuses quad.
'''Note to The Chapter Registrar:''' Please refer was super excited to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues send some of ''The Key'' our members to fill in any gaps in Illinois State University on December 1st. We initiated the above historical highlights. If your chapter archives are not complete, please research your university library, campus newspaper and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your brand new charter chapterof Kappa Kappa Gamma. Please double check your work for accuracyIt was a great opportunity to see the installation of the Theta Beta Chapter at ISU. Contact Our chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistancealong with Illinois Wesleyan helped to successfully perform the installation initiation.
Your efforts The University of Illinois Women's Volleyball team reaches the NCAA Final Four. Two famous restaurants on campus closed down, the Clysbourne and Firehaus. President Obama gave a speech on campus regarding the state of our democracy. T-Pain performed the Spring Jam's free concert on the quad. The Chapter was able to indulge in some of our favorite events including the Kappa Krush dance, Semi-Formal dance, and Barn Dances. For this first time, our chapter created a family tree event. This sisterhood event invited all pledge-families to create a scrapbook showcasing their whole family. Hopefully future classes will ensure keep the tradition going and continue to add to their family tree book. We held a glass painting event for Mom's weekend and a tailgate cookout for the fathers on dad's weekend. We had a wonderful recruitment and bid day with a Kappa Kamouflage / army theme. ==Highlights of 2019== The chapter was a part of the pilot officer structure trial where we were one of the first chapters trying it out, along with the rest of the Epsilon District. For our philanthropy, we hosted Kappatat & Kappasta (Habitat for Humanity - $6,000), Kappa Kisses (RIF & Illini Service Dogs - $1,300), Kappachinno (Circle of Sisterhood - $755), and participated in Illinithon (St. Jude's - $9,000). In total, our chapter raised $17,055 to benefit various organizations and charities. Our chapter won Month of the Scholar and the Panhellenic Book Drive. Alumnae came back to the house to celebrate their 50t h anniversary with a complete pinning ceremony.Describe the recent changes on campus and accurate history describe the chapter’s overall nature.The Illini football team won enough games to be eligible for a bowl game! Lil Yachty performed at the Spring Jam's free concert on the quad.Chapter PhilanthropyOur chapter supports Habitat for Humanity, because Beta Lambda chapter believes that Habitat for Humanity does incredible charity work by providing for families in need. We hosted our annual volleyball tournament, Kappatat, to raise money for the organization. For Founders Day, our chapter did the Founders Day ceremony at chapter that talks about each of the founders. We also ordered a huge cake at dinner to celebrate.Our chapter got to see the Minnie Stewart van to kick off the celebrations of our 150th anniversary. In addition, we plan to send members to convention next year. ==Highlights of 2020== "Chapter SummaryThis year started out great for the Beta Lambda chapter. We worked with one of your philanthropy organizations (Habitat For Humanity) to help build a house in campaign. We attended study parties at the house, and participated in other sisterhood events ice skating and bachelor watch parties at the chapter house. 2 new members joined our chapter. Sadly, our semester got cut short due to COVID 19 and we had to finish our last 8 weeks of classes online. During those last 8 weeks, we were able to initiate our 2 new members during Kappa’s first ever zoom initiation. We returned to school in the fall due to COVID, but our semester looked a little different. We held recruitment over zoom and were able to initiate 43 new member over zoom. Bid day looked very different as well but we made sure everyone was staying safe with masks and social distancing! We were not able experience this semester like our others, but we were able to have one sisterhood event outdoors at Curtis Apple Orchard. We chose Habitat For Humanity as a philanthropy this year because we are able support the local chapter of H4H in Champaign. We chose Reading is Fundamental because it gives book to underprivileged kids to help give them resources that they would not have otherwise. We implemented a social media awareness campaign this year to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. We had a virtual Founders Day celebration over zoom during a chapter meeting. We read the Founders Day script and promoted Founders Day on social media as well. [[File:Betalambda.jpg|thumb|sisters]] --Highlights of 2021-- This year we were still actively in the pandemic and under strict quarantine guidelines. Our sisters still managed to find safe and fun ways to stay involved. In the Spring, we had virtual study hours, virtual sisterhood events (including a fun Kahoot competition to raise money for our philanthropies), and all “normal” chapter activities taking place over zoom. We implemented the first ever “Key Week” in order to still fundraise for our philanthropies since we could not be in-person. In the Spring, we recruited and initiated 1 new member! In the Fall, our university finally began to move towards our new-normal. For the first time in over a year we were finally able to begin to be in person again. With certain precautions in place, we took part in a hybrid recruitment and were able to safely have an in person bid-day! We were also able to initiate 38 new members in an in-person initiation! The local philanthropy Beta Lambda supports is Habitat for Humanity. We appreciate the incredible work they are able to do for the families in need in our local community. Our chapter supported Kappa’s philanthropy by hosting a variety of events. We hosted a virtual Key Week and had fundraisers at local restaurants around campus! We are excited to begin our fun in-person events in the coming year. The Beta Lambda Chapter has done a lot of things to add support for future generations Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. In the spring, we had a DEI Program and we began doing weekly wellness letters that focused on a new topic each week to not only better our members but to further our training on lots of DEI topics. With the interest into these letters the executive board was able to begin adding a DEI officer. In the fall, we added this position to the official slate. In the spring semester, we remained having all of our events virtually to remain within our local and university guidelines. It was hard on our sisters as we desperately wanted things to go back to normal so we could see each other. We recruited and initiated 1 new member virtually. Our sisters worked hard to find creative ways to meet virtually and stay engaged, we hosted study hours over zoom, took a yoga class over zoom, etc. Moving into the fall semester our University and Panhellenic board made requirement and precaution changes that left us feeling safe enough to begin working towards being back in person. We were able to hold Formal Recruitment in a hybrid set up. All other chapter events were able to enjoybe held in person. Most excitingly we initiated 38 girls in person!