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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1963|03|23}}
|College= [httphttps://www.auburn.edu/ Auburn University]
|Location= Auburn, AL
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'''Auburn University established in 1856 in Auburn, Alabama'''
'''17 charter members:'''Dorothy Lee Blackard, Cheryl Ann DeVenny, Virginia Lee Durham, Lulie Radcliff Edmonson, Elizabeth Marthella Field, Carole Diane Frech, Emily Whiting Hobbie, Jane Handley Lane, Judith Annettte McLeod, Sandra Gail Norrell, Mary Kennon Petranka, Linda Elaine Shelfer, Betty Sue Shore, Rebecca Jo Slawson, Christina Starling, Susan Gail Summerlin, Shirley Rebecca Walker.
'''2,358 676 initiates (as of June 20142018)'''
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'''Additional Outstanding Epsilon Eta Alumnae:''' Deborah Wehle (Anderson), Graduate Counselor 1977-1979; Josette Baxter (Perez), Chapter Consultant 1985-1987; Lisa Kruse (Carter), Chapter Consultant 1988-1990; Jacquelyne Moore, Chapter Constultamt Consultamt 1991-1992
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January
๏ 15: Greek Sing Auditions - Began auditions for our annual Greek Sing competition.
February
• 11: Social - Our chapter enjoyed a fun social that’s theme was “When I Grow Up”. Members dressed up in creative costumes that represented what they want to be when they grow up.
March
• 1: Parent’s Banquet - Parent’s Banquet was at the Greystone Mansion. The Greek Life advisor came and spoke
the chapter and their parents. Some members of the chapter were presented awards to the members for their outstanding grades to promote academic excellence. The parents loved getting to meet all of their daughters’ friends and having an event planned for them.
April
• 5:Relay for Life - Our Chapter supported our own sister, Beth Beyers who was fighting her own battle with
cancer, at Relay for Life. At Relay for Life we won the Most Spirited Award.
August
• 7-9: Pre-recruitment - Active members and even some alumni prepared for recruitment.
September
• 2: Social - Our Chapter held a “Rave” social in which members dressed up in fun, neon color attire. It was the first social of the year, and the first social of many for new members.
October
• 7:Swap - New Members attended their last swap with Sigma Pi and the theme was ABC. It was fun and bittersweet as the girls would miss all the swaps they went too.
November
• 1: Run to Read - Run to Read was a philanthropy event, in which Kappas volunteered to either work it or run
the 5k,10k, or fun run. Some girls even dress up as RIF’s mascot, Clifford.
December
• 2: Social - The chapter finished the year off together with a Christmas social, named Kappa Kissmas.
Each girl brought a date, and the social was held at the Hound.
New Member Programs
• Over the course of a few weeks, prior to initiation, new members attended meetings with the
New Member Chair to learn about rituals and history of Kappa.
Swaps
• Swaps are events held for the newest pledge class along with one other Greek’s organization’s
newest pledge class. Each event has its own theme and/or activity.
Socials
• Socials are events held with the entire chapter along with at least one other Greek organization’s
entire chapters. Themes change per social.
Groups Honors/Awards
• 2014 Convention Honorable Mention in Gracious Living
• 2014 Convention Honorable Mention in Recruitment
Challenges:
• Understanding Chapter Budget
• Raising the Chapter’s GPA
Goals:
• Raise chapter GPA
• Chapter Budget Presentation
Chapter Strengths:
• Involvement in Recruitment
• Philanthropy Events
Campus:
Auburn’s campus is warm and welcoming filled with tons of smiling faces. This year the
new Wellness Kitchen opened on campus. This all you can eat style dinning features the
Chapter:
Kappa is full of lovely ladies who care about each other and love being part of a sisterhood.
While each girl has her own interests, we all love doing things together and becoming
closer as sisters.
==Highlights of 2015==
January
• 22: Social
• To start of the new school year, the chapter enjoyed a Ski Lodge Social. The
social took place with AXD and AGR, and everyone came out in their best
ski attire.
February
• 6-8: Provence
• Chapter Council officers and advisors attended Provence in Atlanta, Georgia.
There they had a fun time during the pajama party after a long day of learning
about Kappa.
• 12: Social
• To celebrate Valentine’s Day, the chapter held a social. The theme was Cupid’s
Choice, and it was held at 1716.
• 15: Warehouse Visit
• Members of the chapter spent time at our local RIF Warehouse. At Warehouse
visits, girls in the chapter arrange book and package them to be sent
off to children in need.
• 22: Warehouse Visit
• Members once again went out and supported our local RIF Warehouse.
March
• 1:Recruitment Workshop
• With the most exciting time of the year just around the corner, the chapter
began to prepare for recruitment.
• 7:Sisterhood Event
• Our chapter traveled to the Montgomery Zoo to spend the day together.
• 8: Recruitment Workshop
• Another workshop was held, to better prepare for recruitment.
• 12:Philanthropy Event
• The chapter held a Benefit Night for Reading Is Fundamental and the Kappa
Foundation, at a local restaurant. Uncle’s Maddio’s was gracious enough to
host this event.
• 15: Philanthropy Event
• The chapter hosted its third annual Kappa Kolor Run. The Kolor Run, is the
chapter’s largest philanthropy event of the year. All proceeds benefit Readings
is Fundamental and the Kappa Foundation.
• 19: Kappa Dinner
• The chapter enjoyed a delicious dinner in the chapter room. Our chapter
loves Kappa Dinners, as it allows us to spend more time with our sisters.
• 31: Convocation
• The chapter attended our Phanellenic Council’s Convocation. One of members,
Sarah Perez was presented an award. !
April
• 9: Social
• The chapter held a #tbt themed social. Members came out and wore there
favorite 90’s attire.
• 16: Kappa Dinner
• The chapter had another delicious Kappa Dinner. Members enjoyed the food
and spending time with one another.
• 19: Parent’s Banquet
• The Chapter invited the member’s parents to Auburn for a banquet. The banquet
was held at the Opelika Event Center.
• 25: Formal
• With the end of the year close, the Chapter finished it off with a formal. Formal
was held at the Webster House in Auburn, AL. !
August
• 7:Pre-Recruitment
• Members enjoyed getting to see each other after summer. We prepared for
recruitment, and go to know our LC, Jo.
• 8-13: Recruitment
• 14:Bid Day:
• Epsilon Eta welcomed 97 new members! The theme for Bid Day was Kappa
Karnival.
• 21:Formal Pinning:
• The new members received their new member pins. !
• 22: New Member Retreat
• New Members enjoyed their retreat at Lake Martin. The girls got to get to
know each other and start making memories with another.
• 27: Freshmen/Sophomore Kappa Dinner
• Freshmen and Sophomores enjoyed pizza in the chapter room as a way to
meet potential Bigs/Littles.
September
• 8: Social
• The first social of the year was a tropical theme social.
• 15: Swap
• New members had a Space Jam themed swap with FIJI
• 17: Swap
• New members had a messy twister with AGR
• 22: Swap
• New members had a paint swap with Lamba Chi
• 23: Kappa Dinner
• All members enjoyed a delicious meal in the chapter room.
• 26: Parent’s Tailgate
• The chapter invited parents to join them for a tailgate before the Auburn vs
Mississippi State football game.
• 27: Big/Little Reveal
• After the long wait, new members got their Big sisters.
• 29: Philanthropy Event
• The chapter hosted its annual Kappa Kappacino in the chapter room. It was
five dollars for unlimited desserts, coffee, and live music. The line was out the
door for this successful fundraiser for RIF.
October
• 1: Swap
• New members had a thrift shop themed swap with KA
• 9: Fireside/Kappa Kozy
• Fireside was held at St.Dustan’s in downtown Auburn. Kappa Kozy was
hosted by a local alumni, and new members enjoyed a catered meal from
Olive Garden.
• 10:Initiation/Founder’s Day
• After all our new members were initiated, we held a celebration for Founders
Day at Auburn’s Alumni Center.
• 13:Swap
• The 2015 Pledge class had an ABC swap with PIKE.
• 22: Kappa Dinner
• All members enjoyed a delicious meal from Chiptole in the chapter room.
• 24: Philanthropy Event
• The chapter helped our local RIF Warehouse by volunteering for the Run to
Read 5k.
• 24:Formal.
• Our Fall Formal was held at the Overall Company in Opelika, AL
.
• 29:Swap
• New members had a toga themed swap with SAE.
• 29: Panhellenic Event
• Miss Panhellenic is a pageant in which one member from each sorority competes.
The chapter came out to support our representative.
November
• 5: Philanthropy Event
• The chapter hosted its annual Project Uplift Bookfair. Boys and girls who are mentored
by Project Uplift, come to the chapter to be read books and get to leave with
that’s just for them. !
• 16:Sisterhood Event
• The chapter had a sisterhood event at a local clothing store Behind the Glass.
Behind the Glass stay open after hours just for us, and also gave members a
discount.
December
• 3: Social
• Our last social was a Christmas cocktail at the Supper Club.
• 6: Dead Day Brunch
• Brunch was provided in the chapter room so that girls would be nice and energized
to study for finals.
New Member Programs
• Over the course of a few weeks, prior to initiation, new members attended meetings with the
New Member Chair to learn about rituals and history of Kappa. !
Swaps
• Swaps are events held for the Freshman pledge class along with one other Greek’s organization’s
newest pledge class. Each event has its own theme and/or activity. !
Socials
• Socials are events held with the entire chapter along with at least one other Greek organization’s
entire chapters. Themes change per social. !!!
Groups Honors/Awards
• Sarah Kelley was awarded Student Female Leader of the Year at Auburn’s Student
Involvement Awards.
• At Convocation Sarah Perez received an award.
• Kappa was named Auburn’s Dance Marthon Miracle Cup Winner’s. !
Philanthropic Involvement !
Throughout the year, we help our local RIF Warehouse, in different ways. We have
warehouse days in which we sore and label books, and days where we distributed the
books to children. As well as events such as Kappa Kappachino where we raised money
for RIF. !!
Chapter Challenges and Goals !
• Better Academics
• Chapter Image
• Campus Involvement
• Chapter Unity and Sisterhood
• Better appreciation of Kappa
Campus Life
Campus: !!
Auburn’s campus is warm and welcoming filled with tons of smiling faces. Jordan Hare,
Auburn’s football stadium, recently added the new Jumbotron. The Jumbotron is the
largest in the nation. It is an overall great addition to the Auburn game day experience
that Kappa’s enjoy here. !!!!
Chapter:
Kappa is full of lovely ladies who care about each other and love being part of a
sisterhood. While each girl has her own interests, we all love doing things together and
becoming closer as sisters.
==Highlights of 2016==
Over the 2016 year we have done a few different things with our philanthropy events. Instead of a 5K color run in the Spring we did a Kappa Karnival with different games and bouncy house for families in the Auburn/Opelika area to enjoy. We also hosted two events in the Fall.
We held a Kappa Con Queso, which is where we offered cheese dips and catering from Moe's Southwestern Grill for people to enjoy. In addition to the Kappa Con Queso we still hosted the Kappa Kappacino later on in the Fall. One of our new members was granted her wish from Magic Moments. Our chapter also received an award for Top Sorority Fundraiser from Auburn university Dance Marathon. At convention Epsilon Eta was given the Adelphe society award for our donations to the foundation.
We redid the chapter room. It is now a grey color with new furniture and decorations. Auburn's campus is adding onto the library.
We continue to raise money for Reading is Fundamental. A portion of our proceeds go to the national philanthropy, but we also work directly with the RIF chapter in Opelika, AL. We also have a lot of girls in our chapter that donate a lot of their time towards Auburn University Dance Marathon.
We chose RIF because it is Kappa's national philanthropy, and Opelika has a local chapter.
==Highlights of 2017==
This year the Epsilon Eta chapter was involved in a RIF distribution day, shop nights, had our Kappa Con Queso event, our Kappaccino, and several benefit nights. As a chapter we received the Bettie Locke Award for Outstanding Panhellenic Participation. This award seeks to recognize a collegiate chapter that exemplifies the true spirit of belonging to the National Panhellenic Council, “upholding the traditions, fine standards, and values long held by Auburn women.” We also raised money and donated to relief for the flooding in Houston, to support our sisters who were affected by the flood. Our chapter also had trouble filling our sorority hall, we overcame it by having the freshmen sign the housing contract the night of bid night. Our chapter donates money to Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa foundation. We have been chosen to host a Girls' Academy, so money is also being raised for that event.
In 2017, Auburn added a new nursing school building to the campus and added the Mell building to the Library. Einstein's Bagels was added in the Haley Center, and RBD Café was added into the library. We continue to hold our chapter meetings in our chapter room on campus.
==Highlights of 2018==
In the spring, we had two socials and Sapphire Ball, Parent’s Formal and Kappa Kookout. Epsilon Eta also participated in Greek Sing, hosted by Auburn Panhellenic and we had the KKG is FTK team that participated in Auburn University Dance Marathon. At Convention, Epsilon Eta received the Finance Award, as well as Honorable Mentions in Excellence in Chapter Management, Standards and Recruitment. In the fall, our chapter participated in Panhellenic Recruitment, and we had a new member retreat for our new pledge class. We had four socials and we hosted Girls’ Academy, as well as Kappa Kappuccino to benefit our philanthropy. We had Big-Little reveal and initiated the new pledge class after having Fireside. We also hosted Parents’ Weekend. Carleigh Cleveland was selected as the new Director of Recruitment Operations of Recruitment Executive Board and Lauren Urban was selected as the new Director of Junior Panhellenic on Panhellenic Cabinet. Lauren Urban was also chosen by Auburn Panhellenic as this year’s Outstanding Panhellenic Delegate.
==Highlights of 2019==
In the Spring, we participated in Continous Open Bidding, and 5 New Members joined our chapter. They were initiated several weeks later, following their New Member period. We had our "KKG is FTK" team participate in Auburn University Dance Marathon. We also had a few socials, semi-formal, and Parent's Formal. Epsilon Eta put on our Spring philanthropy event, "Mac and Keys", and we participated in Greek Sing, hosted by Auburn Panhellenic, which benefits Habitat for Humanity. In the Fall, Epsilon Eta participated in Panhellenic Recruitment and welcomed 82 Potential New Members into our chapter, who attended the New Member Retreat. 81 of which were initiated in late September. Epsilon Eta also had several socials in the Fall, as well as Parent's Formal and semi-formal. We also had our Fall philanthropy event, Kappa Kappaccino.
Epsilon Eta loved hosting Girls Academy in 2018, and we have been so excited to raise money to host it again in 2020. The chapter truly rallies around this cause and does everything they can, as a whole, to support Girls Academy.
Epsilon Eta hosted Founders Day at the Alumni Hall in Auburn, where many alumnae joined us to celebrate our sisterhood and to kick off Kappa's year long sesquicentennial celebration!.
The graduate business building and Brown-Kopel engineering building were finished this year - just in time for finals!!
==Highlights of 2020s:==