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| |Image= [[File:EpsilonPsi_House1.jpg|200px]] | | |Image= [[File:EpsilonPsi_House1.jpg|200px]] |
| |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1978|10|14}} | | |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1978|10|14}} |
− | |College= [https://www.ucsb.edu/ University of California, Santa Barbara] | + | |College= [http://www.ucsb.edu/ University of California, Santa Barbara] |
| |Location= Goleta, CA | | |Location= Goleta, CA |
− | |Homepage= [https://ucsb.kappa.org/ Epsilon Psi Website] | + | |Homepage= http://www.kappa.org |
− | |Media= [https://wiki.kkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Epsilon_Psi Media related to Epsilon Psi Chapter]}} | + | |Media= [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/index.php?title=Category:Epsilon_Psi Media related to Epsilon Psi Chapter]}} |
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| performed in several years, but it came back for the celebration of Kappa’s 150th anniversary. We were also able to pick up a cupcake from the house. We finished our celebration by tuning into the National sesquicentennial celebration. | | performed in several years, but it came back for the celebration of Kappa’s 150th anniversary. We were also able to pick up a cupcake from the house. We finished our celebration by tuning into the National sesquicentennial celebration. |
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− | ==Highlights of 2021==
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− | One of our members, Jessica Orozco, a 3rd year student, received a scholarship through Kappa.
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− | Our chapter initiated a group of 69 new members on November 13th and 1 was initiated at a
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− | later date. During our recruitment process, which was virtual, our chapter worked together to
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− | create a welcoming and positive environment. We were allowed to have an in-person bid day
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− | this fall which was organized by our new member chair, Avery Thomas. We had Summer Spink,
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− | our DEI chair hold a presentation during recruitment about what our values should be during
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− | the process of rush. Unfortunately because of COVID, we couldn’t hold our annual Kappa
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− | Kapture, the flag philanthropy which is our big fundraiser for the year but instead, our
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− | Philanthropy chair held a mental health awareness week in which our members were
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− | encouraged to partake in random acts of kindness. Also this past spring we held an auction
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− | online with prizes that were donated from various parents, alumni, as well as local businesses to
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− | raise money for Active Minds. Regarding ritual within our chapter, I encouraged girls to come to
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− | multiple ritual reviews held throughout the year.
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− | Chapter Philanthropy
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− | As a chapter we locally support the Ovarian Cancer Circle and will usually host events at
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− | restaurants in Isla Vista which will donate 1⁄3 of their proceeds to our chapter for this
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− | organization.
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− | How did the chapter support Kappa’s philanthropy?
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− | We recently as a chapter just voted to support Active Minds which is a non-profit
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− | organization that focuses on the conversation of mental health in young adults through
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− | peer-to-peer dialogue. We raised money in the spring with an online auction to support
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− | mental health organizations. We plan on hosting Kappa Kapture the flag once certain covid
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− | restrictions are lifted and everyone in Greek life can participate.
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− | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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− | Our DEI chair, Summer Spink, held weekly seminars in spring quarter that focused on different areas
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− | such as the Jewish-American experience, climate change, women in Stem, etc. As a chapter we had
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− | one mandatory seminar to attend but her seminars were always full! This fall, Summer hosted one
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− | large event at a Monday night chapter meeting about cultural appropriation before Halloween to
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− | ensure everyone would have a respectful costume and would better understand how to honor other
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− | cultures. Overall every member was involved in DEI this past year in social media, chapter trainings
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− | and more.
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− | Operating in a Pandemic
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− | Our meetings from January to June were all virtual and now this fall we were able to hold
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− | in-person meetings once again with everyone wearing masks. We would also have an option
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− | for zooming in if a girl was sick and unable to attend meetings. Our COB event in February
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− | was virtual and so was their initiation. This fall our Bid Day was in person but masks were
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− | required in the chapter house and initiation was also in person with masks. I hosted a
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− | combined red-white room ceremony to lessen the contact that everyone would have with
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− | each other which went very well. Overall our chapter handled the transition from in-person
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− | to virtual and back to in-person quite well and we’re all happy to have the opportunity to be
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− | back with each other again.
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− | [[File:Ucsb1.jpg|thumb|Social Distancing]]
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