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Our social events included a formal in the Spring, held at the Leonardo Museum, an Escape Room sisterhood, our first annual Semi-formal (Kappa Kabana), as well as a Mystery Date Night, an exchange with Sigma Phi Epsilon, the annual Kappa Kozy sisterhood, Kappa Karaoke, the Utah Jazz game and much more. We had our first annual overnight sisterhood retreat which took place at a hostel in beautiful Park City. In the Fall semester, we hosted our always popular Founders Day brunch at Trolley Square.
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This year has been another great year for the women of the Delta Eta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. After the chapter's decision in 2018 to change our local philanthropy to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the chapter council unofficially added the position of Wellness Chair. This position focuses on connecting members of our organization to resources on campus to aid with mental and physical health and wellbeing. This member was elected by council and became a great resource and friend for many members of our chapter. Study nights at the house were hosted by our Wellness Chairman and Vice President Academic Excellence to improve chapter morale regarding studying. In the fall, during slating, the chapter received permission from our District Director to officially add this position to our council and to have the chapter slate and elect someone. This was a huge success for the nominating committee and the chapter.
This year's council decided that a goal for the chapter should be to focus on our ritual and grow in our understanding of its significance. This goal was a focus for all members of the chapter, and the actions and words of our members truly display each sister's appreciation of our ritual and history. We incorporated a memorial service into our yearly Founders Day brunch to celebrate the alumnae of Utah's two alumnae associations.
Delta Eta continues to prioritize campus involvement and academics. We have many sisters who are teaching assistants, members of ASUU, on the Student Alumni Board, and involved in HerCampus. Kappas are also involved in ItsOnUs and have worked as Resident Advisors and Orientation Leaders. We have members that volunteer at the Bennion Center, Primary Children's Hospital, the Maliheh Free Clinic, the National Ability Center, the Boys and Girls Club, UFit, Red Butte Gardens, the Utah AIDS Foundation, and at the Utah Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Our sisters work in research labs in departments throughout the University. Additionally, Delta Eta women are members of six different honor societies on campus.
In the spring we celebrated bid day with a blue and blue theme. We initiated nine lovely new members who have all been deeply involved and supportive of Kappa. In the fall we prepared for recruitment with our annual Kamp Kappa. This year our Membership Chairman made sure to prioritize the chapter's mental health and self care throughout recruitment. We also focused on being genuine throughout recruitment so that we would present our real and beautiful Kappa experiences to the potential new members. After a fun recruitment where the chapter had the opportunity to meet 437 potential new members, we welcomed our new members at our birthday party themed bid day. In the fall we initiated 42 amazing women who are all shining examples of Kappa's values. Throughout the spring and fall the New Member chairman and active members of the chapter focused on showing the real and honest aspects of Kappa to our new members. We wanted to continue to be genuine Kappa women even after recruitment and bid day had ended.
Along with our overall focus on mental health, this year's council worked on a variety of things. Our secretary reviewed our bylaws and chapter standing rules. The Public Relations Chairman highlighted the chapter's diversity on our social media. This fall we celebrated Founders Day with a lunch for new members, active members and alumnae at the Salt Lake Country Club. This lovely event was planned by our education chairman along with members from both of Utah's alumnae associations.
Our sisterhood events this year have included field games during recruitment, a movie premier, ice skating during the fall inspiration period, a murder mystery game night, movie nights at the house, and pumpkin painting, gingerbread houses and our annual Kappa Kozy in December. In the spring our event chairman planned our formal, appropriately named the Sapphire Ball. In the fall we had a western themed semi-formal where our members yeehaw-ed all night long and a date night featuring bowling and mini-golf. Additionally, in the spring we hosted our first Golden Key Gala. This was a philanthropy gala that was attended by alumnae and the community. It was very important to the chapter to promote the message of our newest philanthropy, NAMI. In the fall, we hosted our annual Kappa Gobble event along with a new event, Kappas in the Key, a Greek=wide basketball tournament.
Over the year we focused on promoting sisterhood throughout our Panhellenic community. Many of our members served as Rho Gammas during fall recruitment to help potential new members find their home on Greek Row. We also hosted a Panhellenic wellness sisterhood with Alpha Chi Omega that ended in a paint night. Kappas continue to form strong friendships with members in all of our Panhellenic organizations along with being members of Panhellenic Council and the Greek Programming Board.
Kappa participated in Greek Week in the spring semester. The chapter won Lip Sync and best flag design and ended the week with winning the Dean's Award of Excellence and Best Sisterhood at the Greek Choice Awards. In the fall we won a canned food drive and a small mural competition along with doing very well at Songfest which led us to winning Homecoming. It was a very exciting and well deserved moment for the chapter.
2019 was a great year full of beautiful moments that will certainly be remembered for years with tears and with laughter. The chapter is excited to see what 2020 will bring!''''''''''''
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