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Epsilon Nu
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Founded	October 13, 1973 (1973-10-13) (50 years ago)
College	Vanderbilt University
Location	Nashville, TN
Homepage	Epsilon Nu Homepage
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1,695 initiates (as of June 2014)

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Highlights of 2012

Epsilon Nu began the year 2012 with a very successful recruitment by welcoming 49 new members to our chapter. The annual new member formal was held at a prestigious venue this year: Gaylord Springs Opryland. The new members all wore white and it was a fun and enjoyable evening for all! The new members wearing white distinguished their brand new status as Epsilon Nu Kappa Kappa Gammas.

Additionally, our philanthropy event, Sports-4-All, was held with the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Attendance was high and the event ran smoothly, despite the rainy weather! Sports-4-all is a field day event hosted specifically for disabled adults to keep them healthy and active and, of course, to have some fun outside with Kappas! Epsilon Nu also strives to foster and sustain a close-knit relationship with our professors here at Vanderbit University. Hilary Roberson planned a few successful professor dinners throughout the semester, in which any of the girls' could invite their favorite professor ovr to the Kappa house for dinner and good conversation. Upon our return to campus in late August, the whole chapter stood together with a big Kappa banner along the Founder's Day Walk route and welcomed the new class of 2016. In Septemeber, we affiliated one member, Madden Hodes, who transferred from Washingotn University. She was apart of the Gamma Iota chapter there and all the Epsilon Nu members here were ecstatic for Madden to join us. Madden will be joining chapter council for the 2013-2014 year, which is always very exciting!

Next, in October, we had our annual GLOW date party at Club Indulge located in Downtown Nashville. It was a great venue and everyone had a blast in their neon glowing apparel! Out chapter here at Vanderbilt asks each member to complete 15 hours of community service and attend RIF at least once a semester. Epsilon Nu members are a integral part of the Nashville community and are becoming increasingly involved every year.

During the Fall semester, members of Epsilon Nu participated in many other community service events including in the fall. Some of these included our Holiday Reading Party for TAP and Trick-or-treat with Greek and Athletes. For the Holiday Reading Party, Kappa had 20 children over from the TAP program to participate in a speed reading competition, skit competition, dancing, and cookie decorating. Kappa also held a great charity bake sale called Kappachinos in order to raise money for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Our main philanthropic event, Kappa Kappa Gala, took place on November 1, 2012 in the Student Life Center. This event raises money not only for Sports-4-All, but more importantly, for the Jessica Heron Memorial Scholarship. Gala was a huge success this year and we were able to raise $3,614.35. In December we held or annual Kite and Key formal with the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. This event took place at Oz in West Nashville. All in all, Epsilon Nu had a fantastic year of 2012 and we are definitely looking forward to making 2013 even better!

Vanderbilt University has roughly under 7,000 undergraduates and about 6,000 graduate students. It was founded in 1873 and our 330-acre campus is located just a few miles from the center of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The four undergraduate schools include the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering, the Peabody College, and the Blair School of Music. Vanderbilt has an 8 to 1 student to faculty ratio, enabling students to make the most of their time in the classroom. There are more than 300 student organizations, 34 fraternities and sororities, in which about 42% of the undergraduate population is involved. Zeta Tau Alpha, a brand new sorority on campus, is now one year old.

Our chapter here at Vanderbilt is named Epsilon Nu. It was founded on October 19, 1973 and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority was founded in 1870 at Monmouth College. Initially, the first Epsilon Nu women were part of a local group, the Phileans Society, on Vanderbilt's campus. In 1972, they voted to affiliate with a national organization. They petitioned Kappa Kappa Gamma on July 9th of 1972, and after inspection the invitation was officially accepted. Fifteen charter members were initiated to Epsilon Nu on October 13, 1973, officially beginning the Kappa Kappa Gamma legacy at Vanderbilt University. Kappa's flower is the Iris and its colors are light blue and dark blue. Our philanthropy is Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee and our benefit is Kappa Kappa Gala. Besides being involved in Epsilon Nu's activites and events, our members are also apart of numerous organizations on campus. Some include: Alternative Spring Break, Best Buddies, Club Field Hockey and The Hustler. We also have many varsity athletes from the tennis, lacrosse, and soccer teams! The current number of members in Epsilon Nu is 186, including 137 active members and 49 new members.