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|Image= [[File:Epsilon_Beta.jpg|200px]]
|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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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.
==Highlights of the 2020s2020:==
(scholarshipThe 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, group honors/awardsso 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, special events, philanthropy so it was a wonderful experience for all involved. We had virtual Chapter Council elections and service projects, etctransitions 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.
'''Housing:'''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'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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'''Philanthropy:'''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 verybeginning 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 wereable 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 PhiDelt 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 ofus 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.
'''Convention Awards:''' 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 sellt-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==
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