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==Highlights of 2015== | ==Highlights of 2015== | ||
− | During the year of 2015, the University of Montana has added a new fraternity to | + | During the year of 2015, the University of Montana has added a new fraternity to |
− | The University now has 4 sororities and 8 fraternities. Within | + | campus, Alpha Sigma Phi. The University now has 4 sororities and 8 fraternities. Within |
− | we are blessed to have our new house mom, Leann, who was our old house board treasurer. We also are pleased to | + | our own Kappa Kappa Gamma Beta Phi chapter, we are blessed to have our new |
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+ | house mom, Leann, who was our old house board treasurer. We also are pleased to | ||
reward Alicia B. the Beta Phi scholarship back in April. | reward Alicia B. the Beta Phi scholarship back in April. | ||
− | Our chapter has also increased in size since the past couple of years. We initiated a | + | Our chapter has also increased in size since the past couple of years. We initiated a |
− | spring and 21 women in the fall. Spring recruitment was very | + | total of 7 women in the spring and 21 women in the fall. Spring recruitment was very |
− | for our “Mexican night” and over | + | successful because we had over 20 women show up for our “Mexican night” and over |
− | + | 15 show up for the mystery dinner the next week when we normally have only about a | |
− | + | maximum of 4 women. We then extended 13 bids to those women and ended up with 8 | |
− | pledged 26 women that following Monday. | + | new members. Our formal fall recruitment was a “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” theme, and at |
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+ | the end of the week, we extended 29 bids to women and pledged 26 women that | ||
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+ | following Monday. | ||
− | Philanthropy activities that our chapter has accumulated over the fall semester of 2014 and spring semester of 2015, | + | Philanthropy activities that our chapter has accumulated over the fall semester of |
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+ | 2014 and spring semester of 2015, we totaled over 2,100 hours for all 51 women. | ||
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+ | Special thanks to Jessica L, Hannah G, Krista B, Bronte B. who all volunteered over | ||
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+ | 100 hours of service. Our chapter always helps out at the annual Forester’s Ball, where | ||
− | we | + | this spring, we made about $230, and we donated half of it to the Kappa foundation and |
− | + | the other half to our fraternity brother, Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s fundraiser. Their | |
− | + | fundraiser was that one of their brother’s girlfriends suddenly had a stroke and needed | |
− | + | money to help pay for the medical bills, so our chapter decided to help out with their | |
− | + | cause. Our main Reading Is Key event was held in the spring were we collected over | |
− | + | 420 books from all the fraternities and sororities on campus. Our Senior Philanthropy | |
− | + | event also that spring was an alcohol awareness water pong tournament that all Greek | |
− | + | members or non-members could participate, and the seniors raised over $250 dollars | |
− | + | and then also donated the full amount to SAE’s fundraiser. | |
− | Some of the goals that our chapter council developed include: be more | + | Some of the goals that our chapter council developed include: be more |
− | and be Kappa Klassy. With the goal of | + | philanthropic, develop better communication, and be Kappa Klassy. With the goal of |
− | believed that we | + | being more philanthropic as our probably the main focus, our chapter believed that we |
− | + | should continue to improve on being more involved with the other sororities and | |
− | + | fraternities on our campus. One of the reasons why we decided on this goal was | |
− | + | because our chapter happens to be one of the smaller chapters on our campus, and we | |
− | + | haven’t been as representative for the other chapter’s philanthropies or fundraisers as | |
− | + | much in the past couple of years. Our chapter also believed that if we improved our | |
− | + | attendance of these fundraisers at other chapters, it would help us improve our | |
− | + | communication and being classy. We always have more opportunities to improve and | |
− | for our next year’s chapter council. | + | achieve our goals, and we aren’t going to stop trying to achieve them. In order to help |
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+ | us achieve our goals, LC Alyssa came over a couple of weeks during the fall semester | ||
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+ | where she helped us with our work week for recruitment and recruitment at that time as | ||
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+ | well as nominations for our next year’s chapter council. | ||
− | We as a chapter also believed that these goals would help us in the challenges that | + | We as a chapter also believed that these goals would help us in the challenges that |
− | Our advisors and alumna also came in to help us | + | our chapter faced over the year. Our advisors and alumna also came in to help us |
− | public relations over the entire | + | during our time of need in order to better build up our public relations over the entire |
− | + | Greek system facing an “alcohol restriction” and other public report cases that | |
− | these challenges will continue to help us improve our image, goals, and values for all to see. | + | happened. Overall, I believe that our chapter and the University of Montana Greek |
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+ | system is improving and these challenges will continue to help us improve our image, | ||
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+ | goals, and values for all to see. | ||
− | Even though we have had a couple of challenges this year, some of the many | + | Even though we have had a couple of challenges this year, some of the many |
− | still continued. Our Founder’s Day on October 13th | + | traditions we have done for years still continued. Our Founder’s Day on October 13th |
− | of Montana campus. Other | + | was our 106th anniversary of our chapter on the University of Montana campus. Other |
− | + | traditions include the weekly “Snap Cup” that we will read at the end of our meetings. | |
− | + | Also during our meetings, we have the “No Skip Skippy Jar,” the “Hey, Hey, I Got an A,” | |
− | + | “Kappa Kreep,” and the Supportive Sister Bra. The no skip skippy jar is where everyone | |
− | The | + | puts in their names if they attended all of their classes and win a prize. The got an A is |
− | + | for rewarding everyone who obtained an A in any of their classes that week. The Kappa | |
− | + | Kreep is the newer one where if you spotted a sister studying, you could snapchat them | |
− | + | “secretly” and watch a slide show the VP of Academic Excellence would create from | |
− | + | that week. The supportive sister bra is just a bra that when it is given to you, you write | |
− | + | your name and date on it just to show who has been supportive in our chapter. Outside | |
− | + | of the weekly meetings, our chapter has an entire week dedicated to Bigs’ and Littles’ | |
− | + | where the bigs’ will make crafts and write clues to give to the littles’ for them to guess. | |
− | + | At the end of the week, the bigs’ will then present themselves in unique and clever ways | |
− | + | to their littles’ and everyone gets excited. This year we had a ball of yarn start on the | |
− | to form the shape of a key while singing “Dream Awhile” for our new members to view from the President’s balcony. This | + | first floor and the littles’ had to grab their string and follow it to their bigs’ as well as |
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+ | having the littles’ collect articles of clothing scattered around the house to then meet | ||
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+ | their bigs’ located outside on the lawn wearing the same clothing items. One of the older | ||
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+ | traditions that our chapter does is on Friday night of Initiation, all of the actives will dress | ||
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+ | in black and walk out onto the lawn with candles to form the shape of a key while | ||
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+ | singing “Dream Awhile” for our new members to view from the President’s balcony. This | ||
might be one of the most treasured traditions that Beta Phi has. | might be one of the most treasured traditions that Beta Phi has. | ||
− | We have been blessed with our chapter house still being the original house that was bought in 1931. Currently we | + | We have been blessed with our chapter house still being the original house that was |
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+ | bought in 1931. Currently we have about 35 women living in the house out of a possible | ||
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+ | 37 women including our house mom. Several remodels have been introduced since the | ||
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+ | original, but more recently we have remodeled the first floor and our basement. The first | ||
− | + | floor has been remodeled over the past couple of years to represent the original house | |
− | + | back in the 1910’s to 1930’s because our house is honored with being placed on the | |
− | + | national register of historic places in Montana. Because of this, we are required to keep | |
− | + | our house “time period specific” with all the same colors and furniture, while still being a | |
− | + | place that many women will continue to live in. Our basement was remodeled from the | |
− | + | old “Pit” to the new “lounge area” by replacing the floor, repainting the walls and ceiling, | |
− | + | adding newer furniture, a popcorn machine, and all the exercise equipment that we | |
− | + | could ever think of or use. We still have chapter meetings in our house and continue to | |
− | + | grow and remodel the house while remembering that it is a historical house. | |
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==Highlights of 2016== | ==Highlights of 2016== |