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Highlights of 2021
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1956|03|10}}
|College= [httphttps://www.colostate.edu/ Colorado State University]
|Location= Fort Collins, CO
|Homepage= [httphttps://colostate.kappa.org / Epsilon Beta Homepage]|Media= [httphttps://wiki.kappakappagammakkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Epsilon_Beta Media related to Epsilon Beta Chapter]}}
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'''2,023 089 initiates (as of June 20162018)'''
Colorado State University, the state’s oldest educational institution, was founded at the foot of the Rockies in 1870. It is still a Land Grant institution and is governed by the State Board of Agriculture, but is no longer known as the “Aggies.”
Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, which has grown from a small college town of 25,000 in the 1960’s to an expanding metropolis of nearly 60,000 in the early 1970’s. The size of the university has also more than doubled. The current enrollment is 1833,411413. Colorado State’s colleges include Agricultural Sciences, Business, Engineering, Forestry and Natural Resources, Home Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The College of Veterinary Medicine is considered one of the nation’s best.
Epsilon Beta Chapter was colonized in the fall of 1955. Due to a lessening of interest in sorority and fraternity membership since the 1960’s, several Greek chapters at Colorado State closed, but enthusiasm is still strong for Epsilon Beta. Outstanding girls are pledged, and there is capacity housing for 60 members.
The previous information was excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Goanna Fraternity, 1870-1976. The information that follows has been gleaned from available resources including Chapter History Reports, chapter meeting minutes, letters and comments from chapter members and alumnae, the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Archives, and The Key. Each chapter is expected to update its history record annually. Contact Fraternity Headquarters at kkghq@kkg.org with questions.
 
 
==Highlights of the 1980s==
Meetings are held at ours student center. We rent out a room every Monday so we can have organized meetings. Each girl will carpool over there after dinner at the house.
==Highlights of 2016== In 2016 we had many achievements. The first being that our overall GPA for the 2020s:Spring semester was a 3.14 and our Fall semester was a 3.066. While at Convention, we received Honorable Mention in both Heritage and Recruitment. We held Mom's Day in the Spring and Dad's Day in the fall along with Parent's Weekend in between. As usual we had both a Spring and Fall formal. We started two new Philanthropy events this year, Kickin it With Kappa, which was a soccer tournament. Kamp Kappa was our other Philanthropy event and we roasted s'mores and watched a movie! Several hundred community service hours were completed by our Chapter members.  Chapter Council's overall goal was "to challenge every member of our chapter to be better than they were yesterday". We held our Chapter members accountable and did our best to continue Kappa's legacy both on Colorado State's Campus and nationally. We also participated in CSUnity, which was a school wide event where student's served the community. Dance Marathon for Children's Hospital, Colorado Special Olympics Polar Plunge, and Relay for Life were all events that our Chapter members participated in as well. Unfortunately in April, one of our chapter members, Catie Abeyta, passed away from a skiing accident. We really learned how to lean on one another and cherish the time that we had with our sisters. It brought us closer together and we will always remember Catie and her light that she shined within us.  Our campus is under a lot of construction right now as they try to grow Colorado State University. Our chapter is closer than ever before, we have wonderful members who serve the community and excel academically.  This year we decided to introduce two new Philanthropy events to our community. The first one being Kickin' it With Kappa, raising $1,500 for (idk) and Kamp Kappa, raising $6,200 for the Catie Abeyta Scholarship.  The Catie Abeyta Scholarship was started by our Philanthropy Chair in honor of our sister that passed away in April. This is a very near and dear cause to our hearts.  ==Highlights of 2017== The biggest change to the CSU campus occurred in the fall of 2017 with the addition of the new CSU football stadium. It is a real source of pride for all of us. 2017 was a year with constant growth and achievement. Our chapter had a spring GPA of 3.12 and in fall it was 3.06. We spent time with our families with Mom's Day in the spring, Dad's Day in the fall and Parent's Weekend in October. We also enjoyed our spring and fall formals as well as socials and date dashes. Philanthropy remained a big focus for the chapter. First we held Kickin It With Kappa, a soccer tournament, and then Kamp Kappa, where we cooked hotdogs and roast smores. The funds we raise during Kamp Kappa go to a scholarship fund for an Epsilon Beta sister who died in a skiing accident. We also participated in CSUnity, a schoolwide event where students serve in the community in some way. Our members also volunteer with a large number of organizations on campus and in the community. Our Chapter Council goal for this year was "to challenge every member of our chapter to be better than they were yesterday." We worked especially hard on recruitment and promoting our chapter in a positive manner.  ==Highlights of 2018== Chapter Council started the year with several goals. It was our hope to help the women of Epsilon Beta to feel more involved in chapter life and engaged in what Kappa is. We focused on living our ritual and making the ideals of Kappa more accessible to everyone. Chapter Council also focused on helping the chapter to maintain its improvement in academics. The chapter ranked 3rd on campus with a spring chapter GPA of 3.28. Although the expansion of our chapter house was not complete for our annual work week, it was finished for formal recruitment, allowing us to show our potential new members our new chapter room. We are now able to all eat together and move straight into chapter meeting rather than meet on campus. We also enjoyed a variety of social events including Mom's Day in the spring and Dad's day in the fall. We also held our senior send off formal in the spring and the Sapphire Ball in December along with various date dashes and socials. For our philanthropies, we had two main events. In the spring, we held Kappa Con Queso, where people could come by and get chips and queso and enjoy spending time with our chapter. In the fall we held Kamp Kappa in honor of Catie Abeyta, a member of our chapter who died in a tragic skiing accident. The money raised at Kamp Kappa is used for a scholarship in Catie's name. The University has completed a new natural resources building on campus. Additionally, the CSU Panhellenic welcomed Phi Mu into our Panhellenic Association.
(scholarship, group honors/awards, special events, philanthropy and service projects, etc.)
==Highlights of 2019==
In the last year Epsilon Beta has held many sisterhoods, chapter meetings, social events educational programming and philanthropy events. Many of the chapter'''Housing:'''s goals, such as raising money for the Catie Abeyta Scholarship, holding great sisterhood events, and recruiting a great new pledge class were met. The chapter won an award from Fraternity and Sorority Life for Chapter Management in 2018. There were also some challenges this year that were overcome. Chapter Council made some decisions that were best for the chapter, but the members did not like. This was met with backlash, but overall the chapter grew from these decisions. Recruitment numbers for all of Panhellenic decreased drastically this year, so our new pledge class was much smaller than usual. This smaller pledge class was difficult for the chapter budget, but the smaller size allowed them to get closer than other pledge classes have been during their first semester.
Panhellenic Council added a new chapter to campus, Phi Mu. This was a great addition to the campus and got many students involved in Greek life that would not otherwise have been involved. The University's President stepped down and a new President took his place. President, Joyce McConnell, has been a great University President this past semester. The chapter's overall nature has changed so much over this year. In the spring, the chapter was not very close in their sisterhood and overall attendance was down. The fall semester was much better. The chapter morale improved and sisterhood was better. Attendance has been better but is still something we need to work on.
The chapter continues to raise funds for the Catie Abeyta Scholarship, Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Foundation.
We celebrated Founders Day by inviting local alumnae to a Monday night dinner. We were able to witness two Kappa alumnae receive their 50 year pins and perform the Founders Day ceremony. We plan to hold additional events to celebrate Kappa's sesquicentennial anniversary and the 150th anniversary of Colorado State University.
'''Philanthropy==Highlights of 2020:'''==
The Epsilon Beta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma faced many changes this calendar year due to COVID-19. When we first went online in the spring of 2020 we decided to not hold our usual chapter meeting over Zoom but instead we provided the chapter information through a slide show link and video announcements. Chapter Council continued to keep up morale with letter writing chains and virtual member engagement. The Black Lives Matter protests affected many of our members as they worked to combat racism and prejudice in our country. We came back to campus in the fall of 2020 for a semester of hybrid learning. The Kappa house was filled to limited capacity with only 45 people in the 68 capacity house. Chapter meetings were fully virtual throughout the semester. We had two quarantines in our chapter facility, so we used Chapter Council budgets and house board money to get extra goodies for our members in quarantine. We had a very successful virtual recruitment via Zoom. We conducted a virtual initiation ceremony. We still invited legacy relatives to participate in this beautiful ceremony, so it was a wonderful experience for all involved. We had virtual Chapter Council elections and transitions before Thanksgiving break.
Epsilon Beta supported three philanthropies this year: Reading is Fundamental (RIF), the Rose McGill Fund, and the Catie Abeyta Fund. RIF and the Rose McGill Fund are part of the Fraternity's philanthropic program and the Catie Abeyta Fund honors our sister, Catie Abeyta, who died in a skiing accident. The Catie Abeyta Fund disburses funds to a sister who embodies what Kappa is really about.
Epsilon Beta was a huge advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement over the summer and would continuously post informational sources and ways people could help the movement.
This year Epsilon Beta decided to dedicate our Bid Day to Kappa'''Convention Awards:''' s 150th birthday. Our theme was Happy Birthday Kappa and we had banners and shirts wishing Kappa a happy 150th.
==Highlights of 2021==
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This year the chapter worked very well adjusting from remote meetings, to an open house and in person events and chapter meetings. We proudly put on the Kamp Kappa event at the very
beginning of the semester, to raise money for the Catie Abeyta scholarship in honor of a sister who passed away in 2016. This is also one of our philanthropy events, in that we sold t-shirts, roasted smores, and had a big corn hole tournament. We enjoyed attending a lot of sororities and fraternities philanthropy events on campus as well. In addition to that we were
able to have chapter meetings and dinners back in person, which was amazing to get the full experience of kappa. We had multiple socials including a pumpkin carving contest with Phi
Delt and a t-shirt tie dye event with Sigma Epsilon. At the end of the semester we were so excited to have our formal which is a very special and important event for the chapter. All of
us look forward to another great semester.
 
Our chapter is very excited to support the mental health organization this next semester. We understand especially in these last few years how battling mental health can be a major struggle in a lot of people's lives. With that we look forward to getting more involved in that and raising money to help those in need.
 
This semester we are hoping to be able to host an event or multiple philanthropy events in order to raise money for the mental health and awareness organization. We also will sell
t-shirts and work really closely with our community to raise money for the different organizations.
 
Our chapter included diversity, equity, and inclusion I feel the most through open conversations. Taylor Heap our president, worked very hard to make special posts and long
talks to us during meetings before recruitment about inclusion and diversity within the chapter.
 
Chapter operations did change a lot due to Covid-19, however all of us on CC tried very hard at making things as normal and special as possible. Masks were a big part of chapter events and made their appearance throughout the house and during initiation. Also during initiation or chapter meetings we offered virtual options for anyone who tested positive for covid, or had exposure.
 
==Highlights of 2022==
'''Note to Chapter Registrar:'''
Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues of ''The Key'' to fill in any gaps in 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 chapter. Please double check your work for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistance.
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