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Kelly KohlerTeddi Ginsberg, Leadership Consultant 2007-2008;Sareena HeltonProvince Director of Alumnae, Leadership Consultant 20112009-20122010
Kelly KohlerAlex Gregory, Chapter Consultant 2008Leadership Development Specialist 2019-2009
Kalee Ankrum Mandy Kraverotis (HumphreyHughes), Founding Sister 2002Academic Excellence Specialist 2019-2003
Kinsey Ankrum Lindsey Morris (LallathinMurphy), 2004Academic Excellence Specialist 2018-2006
Courtney AustinKelly Kohler, Founding Sister 2002Chapter Consultant 2008-20042009
Scholarship:-Our chapter's average GPA ==Highlights of 3.48 was ranked 5th out of the 13 Panhellenic sororities at the end of the spring semester and ranked 7th overall Panhellenic Sororities and Fraternities. -We focused on academic growth through Geek of the Week, 4.0 gifts, Kappa Kappaccino, Sweet Tea with KKG, study groups for the new members. We also introduced smarty pants as an award once a month.-For Kappa Kappaccino and Sweet Tea with KKG, members were encouraged to invite a professor to the house for refreshments in order to encourage socialization outside of the classroom.-We also created an EK Kappa Google Drive to allow all members to access sisters’ teacher recommendations, class recommendations and other very helpful academic resources.2018==
Awards:-This 2018 was an amazing year our university changed for the sisters of the date Eta Eta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We began the award ceremony New Year with a planner party hosted by our AE chair Kyla Johns where we were able to see each other after the winter break and prepare for the spring so semester. Next, we won’t know any celebrated being a kappa with our Kappa’s It event by singing karaoke, putting on giant sumo suits, and taking lots and lots of glitter pictures. For Valentines Day we celebrated with our gal pals at the awards house by eating sweet treats at our pan love event. To end the month of February we won until this springpacked our bathing suits and sunscreen for a weekend getaway at Daytona Beach for our sisterhood retreat. We spent the day lounging outside by the beach and pool enjoying the sunshine and spent the night acting in skits and playing bonding games with all of our sisters.
Leadership:-Leadership Academy attended by Kat GerrityOn March 3rd Kenzi Gangwish our PR chair planned a fun night with our favorite kappa dads for father daughter day where we cheered on the Orlando Magic vs.-Coalition for Collegiate Women’s Leadership was attended by Lulu Hawken and Lindsay Bratunthe Memphis Grizzlies. -Later that month we had a cozy pan grab a date at the Kappa Leadership Conference- Attended by Beth PochèKastle. We put on our favorite pair of PJ’s, Kristin Stotlerwatched Disney movies, Brenna Shipmanand had a gelato truck come to the house. The grab a date’s continued with another at Wonderworks where we wore on our best Hawaiian shirts and tried the high ropes course and interactive games. At the end of March we put on legwarmers, Kate Jepsonscrunchies, and Olivia King - neon leotards for an 80s fitness themed grab a date at the bowling alley.
Traditions:-At each chapter, To kick off the month of April we hosted our second annual Key to Wingin’ It Philanthropy event at the house benefitting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. We cheered on the Lady Minerva stands up different fraternities and reads aloud a meaningful letter that she wrote for a sister that is important sororities as they competed to hereat as many wings as they could. The sister who is written about becomes the new Lady Minerva On April 7th kappa was FTK and takes possession of participate in UCFs annual Knight-Thon 20 hour dance marathon. We spent the journal night in which all the letters are written. She will write her own letter CFE arena dancing, listening to a different sister miracle stories, getting hypnotized, and present her it at the following chapter. -Geek of the Week acknowledges a sister raising money for her academic achievement. She is awarded a giftcard at chapter for her achievementgreat cause. - Our Vice President of Academic Excellence added “Smarty Pants” to chapter once a month. This award is presented to one sister who has excelled in academics. She is awarded with a pair of smarty pants (underwear) of her choosing.-Our Chapter Recording Secretary sends out a newsletter to everyone after chapter with the weekly news. - Supportive sister is nominated weekly and is awarded Overall, we raised $33,000 benefitting the Supportive BarChildren’s Miracle Network.
Programs:-Chapter meetings held every Sunday night at 7 pm We continued to be philanthropic by participating in Alpha Delta Pi’s Cheers for Charity competition. Seniors Andrea Dimayo, Talia Meizinger, and Sammy Brown teamed up as captains and lead us to victory where made a comeback and placed 2nd in the Chapter Room of the Kappa Housecompetition.-Epsilon We got dressed in Kappa Celebrated Klassy for our 50th anniversary. Founders Day Celebration: We had a huge Gala weekend formal, which was planned by our Education Chair and active alumsIngrid Onoriode. We had a Welcome Event at spent the Top of Carolina on Fridaynight dancing under twinkling lights, February the 17thgetting our palms read by Madam Morgana, then and Oh Patting our seniors on Saturday, February their final formal. It was a night for the 18th Alums were welcomed books. On April 22nd we said goodbye to tour the Kappa House, and the night was ended with our seniors during a Golden Key Gala where sisters danced, took pictures, and listened to stories from alumcountry club brunch for senior wills.-Recruitment workshops We were held early in the spring semester able to prepare members for the upcoming fall recruitment process.-Parent's cocktail was held at look back on the State Museum on October 6, 2017. Sisters senior’s favorite college memories and their family members enjoyed yummy desserts, a dj, and other fun activities. -Founders Day Celebration was held reminisce on October 10th during Inspiration Weekall they loved about kappa. Our Education Chair planned a fun educational slideshow followed by cake To wrap up the month and conversations between sisters.-Our sisterhood committee worked together to plan exciting sisterhood events throughout the year. Our sisters participated in cycle classes, ice cream parties, bachelor watch parties, semester Paula Ramos our House Chair hosted a trip to a pumpkin patch, a barre class held in the Kappa much needed house breakfast during finals where we could fuel up on some Maple Street biscuits before going back to help benefit Dance Marathon,-Our Chaplin holds weekly Bible study sessions in the yellow room of the Kappa house on Monday nights at 8 pm.-Every Tuesday at 3:30 there is a nutrition committee meeting to talk about the menu for the next week
-Senior Sisterhood events include: -Senior Tea -Sweat Cycle Class -Senior Recognition -Barre Class at Over the summer, big things were still happening for kappa. Tillie Schumann, Katherine Briatico, Madi Wiesen, and Brittany Barnes attended the national Kappa Kappa House-Senior Programming events include: -Senior Superlatives -Senior Wills -Attending Gamma Convention in Denver, Colorado where they represented Eta Eta chapter. Our chapter won the ritual award, Panhellenic award, and was among the top 5 for most outstanding chapter. This showed how much our chapter has grown and will continue to grow in the Initiation sleepover future. Our study lounge was also revamped thanks to bond with New MembersSenior gifts include: -Gold bracelets with house board and our renovation committee. They transformed the room into not only a functional study space, but a fleur de lis on itbeautiful area that represents Kappa.
-Fall 2017 New Member Weekly Events: -New Member information meetings held every Wednesday night in Before school started both the 7 rho gammas and eta eta chapter room were hard at work preparing for recruitment during spirit week. And after 2 weeks of hard work it was worth it when on bid day the future members of Eta Eta and theKappa housereturning rho gammas ran down the red carpet leading home. New Members learned Nicole Cantore the history of new member chair put on an amazing bid day with Lights, Camera, Kappa Kappa Gamma and what itmeans where the new members were able to be enjoy a woman in Kappapopcorn and candy bar and spent the rest of the day at Hollywood Studios screaming on Tower of Terror and Rockin’ Rollercoaster. New Members also learned about our own chapterthrough presentations made by various sisters Later that night we had the VIP treatment with Chapter Council positionsa dessert party at the Fantasmic show.
-One Time New Member Events -Big/Little Reveal: October 05To get to know the new members we had a planner party, 2017 -Initiation: On October 14speed dating, 2017, following I-Week, Firesidegame night, and a dinner and movie night spent singing along to Mamma Mia. On September 15th the Initiation new members had a sleepoverfor their retreat at the Kappa house. The Initiation Brunch night was held spent playing bonding games, having an ice cream bar, and staying up late laughing with new friends. At the day after Initiation with all end of our sisters September everyone decked out in black and several alumnigold to represent the undefeated knights for parents weekend. - Alcohol Education: On 11/15/2017 New Members attended an alcohol education seminarKappas were able to show off the house to family and eat Sonny’s BBQ.
-New Member Retreat: Overnight trip held Education chair Kristin Collison started a new member and senior Q & A called Dear Kappa Days where older kappa’s were able to reflect on November 4, 2017their experiences and give tips and advice to the future members. New members spent We had our first grab a date of the semester at Rebounderz where we dressed all American and bounced the night away on trampolines. Later that month Becca Zerbo represented Eta Eta chapter at leadership academy in cabins which allowed them Ohio where she attended workshops and learned new skills that she was able to further bond share with the sisters in their pledge classour chapter.
Functions:-Spring: -2/11/17 Dynamic Duos -3/24/17 To start off the month of November we had Kamp Kappa Kup -4/21/17 Masquerade Formalour sisterhood retreat at the house created by our Standards chair Katherine Briatico. We spent the night making bracelets, sugar scrubs, and s’mores. Next we had a social with Tau Kappa Epsilon and got creative dressing as anything with the first letter of your name. Finally we wrapped up the end of the semester with our Bright Lights Big City semi formal in downtown Orlando. We danced the night away and sang our traditional Oh Pat to the graduating seniors.
-9/15/17 That’s So 1870’s Show -11/17/17 Backwoods -12/1/17 Semi Formal -12/7/17 Rock Overall Eta Eta chapter had a big year filled with success, memories, and Roll Mixer with Sig Eplaughter.
Special Events:-4/10-14/17: Participated in Greek Week; a week-long event to unite the USC Greek community. This year the overall theme was 90’s Throwback. Our chapter was teamed with Kappa Sigma and Sigma Phi Epsilon. Events from this week included: A blood drive, Night at Strom, a cultural food fest, and Greek Sing. -10/23-27/17: Homecoming Week, partners with the Phi Kappa Tau. Overall we came in 3rd place and got 2nd in the float building contest! ==Highlights of 2019==
Philanthropic Involvement:We started the year off with our newly transitioned Chapter Council learning all about their roles on Leadership Day. The week continued with getting organized with a planner party hosted by our VP of Academic Excellence, Maribeth Graham. At the end of January, we hosted events for Spring Recruitment and on February 9th, we "struck gold" and welcomed home Alpha Beta class and spent the day bowling. We had our first Grab-A-Date of the semester at Dave and Buster's. March began with Mother/Daughter Day at the house, hosted by our Public Relations chair Julia Moore, where we enjoyed cupcakes and creating our own bouquets with Dahlia's Flower Truck. Once we returned from Spring: Break, I-This spring Week began. We began the week with Motivation Monday, house hangouts, and Fam day, then we all gathered to show off our talents with Kappa Karaoke at the house hosted by our Marshal, Molly Garboski. We sang our hearts out chapter had many difficulties trying to put some of our favorite hits, and of course included Livin' on a Prayer. The week ended with our regular spring philanthropy of Lip Sync Battlebeautiful intitation ceremony where we welcomed Alpha Beta into our sisterhood. Next, so we decided to create expanded our Greek life relations on a new event called Kappa CookiesSocial with Phi Delta Theta. We had an extended bake saleended March with Kappa's involvement with Knight Thon where we danced our hearts out for 22 hours while raising over $27, 000 for three days we tabled on our campus’s busiest street selling baked good that sisters baked themselvesthe kids.-2/25/2017: Many sisters participated We started out April strong by participating in USC’s Dance Marathon; this event was able Alpha Delta Pi's Cheers for Charity to help raise over $700,000money for The Ronald McDonald house and we placed 2nd in the cheer competition.-3/1/2017: Sisters attended a percent night We then soaked up the sun at Village Idiot Pizza to support Circle Universal's Cabana Bay for our Sisterhood Retreat, hosted by our Vice President of SisterhoodStandards, Holly Bertholf.-3/16/2017: A Literacy is Key event was held We celebrated the semster at AC Moore ElementaryThe Mezz for our Sapphire Ball formal by dancing, put on by our Formal Chairs, Shannon Jones and Colette Lowndes.-4/5/2017: We as a chapter voted ended our spring semester by listening to skip a meal our seniors talk about their dear kappa days at Senior Wills at the house Alfond Inn, planned by our Education Chairman, Kristin Collison. We all returned before classes to prepare for Panhellenic Recruitment. We spent our Spirit Week step-clapping and donate bonding to get ready for the $800 week to come, with the Kappa Kappa help of many alumni and our dedicated Membership Chair, Bree Friedhoff. After two weeks of hard work, we celebrated by welcoming home Alpha Gamma Foundationclass and our rho gammas who returned home. This same night we hosted We spent Bid Day at Seaworld and watched a Percent night at Village Idiot Pizza for RIF water show, planned by our New Member Educator, Madeline Cox. After all the fun, Hurricane Dorian approached the Central Florida area and raised $286 took us away from our pizza ordersclasses and Kappa for a week.-4/7/2017: Many sisters participated During this time,we checked in UCS’s Relay For Life-Fall:-9/20/2017: Phi Mu’s Bonnamu was held with each member to support Children’s Miracle Networkensure everyone had a safe hurricane ride-9/21/2017: Successful Petal Percent night-9/26/2017: Pelicans Percent night-9/27/2017: Barefoot Percent night-9/29/2017: Barbeque for Books was out plan. When we returned, Kappa hosted the first Pan of the semester, with the help of our main philanthropy event for Panhellenic Delagate, Bri Pruitt. Also, with the beginning weeks of the fall semester. It was advertised , Alpha Gamma gathered together for far in advancetheir New Member Retreat where they played games, sang songs, so other members and bonded as a class. At the end of September, we opened our doors to our families for UCF's Family Weekend and watched the Greek community could purchase ticketsKnights play against UConn. Tickets could also be purchased In the beginning of October, we had Big/Little reveal at the door as wellhouse! It was held at With the bigs outside with half a music venue in Columbia called Breakers Live. There was a band puzzle piece, the Littles found their matching piece and unlimited food with purchase of a ticketran into their Big's arms. Sisters came out enjoyed the musicThe next week began I-Week, food, conversationhosted by our Marshal, and supporting RIFMolly Garboski. The event was a success we were able We ended the week with going to raise $2DEFY,863 for RIFwhere we jumped around and navigated our way through obstacle courses.-9/30/2017: Many sisters supported St We finally welcomed Alpha Gamma into our sisterhood with our beautiful Initiation ceremony. Jude at Delta Delta Delta’s Game We then celebrated Founder's Day event at Jake’s on Devine-10/9/2017: Pelicans Percent Night-10/24/2017: Vestique percent night-10/25/2017: We participated in the Alford Inn the following weekend. With the end of October approaching, the annual Trick-or-Treat on Greek Street (TOTOGS) was held and Kappa came home with 3rd place. A couple days later, Kappa helped raise money towards Zeta Tau Alpha's philantropy supporting Breast Cancer Awareness and members of Alpha Gamma participated in their dance competition, Zeta Lip Sync. November marked Kappa's participation in hosting a Girls Academy with a local school. We spent the day having fun with young girls and playing games. We celebrated the Greekssemester at Semi Formal at 1010 West where we danced the night away and took silly pictures in the photo booth. After the short Thanksgiving break, which we gathered for one last time in 2019 to install our new 2020 Leadership before we left for holiday break. Describe the recent changes on campus and describe the chapter’s overall nature. 2019 was a Homecoming event that invites big year for UCF. The Freshman class (Class of '23) broke the university record for the local community children to come highest GPAs and tricktest scores, which boosted UCF's National Merit enrollment. The campus broke ground on the upcoming on-or-treatcampus hotel. UCF has partnered with Disney Aspire, which provides free tuition to eligible Cast Members to take classes with UCF.-10/27/2017: A group It was announced at the end of the semester that there would be an addition of sisters went electric scooters available on campus to make transportation to Satchel Ford Elementary and volunteered at their Fall Festivalfrom class easier, while helping with traffic on the roads. Sisters helped with a variety of different stations and -11/15/2017: A team participated in Chi OmegaEta Eta's Cookoff event to benefit Make a Wish focus has been directed towards empowering women and was awarded 3rd place positivity even in hard times. The theme of our Formal Recruitment in the Fall followed the motto "Empowered Women empower Women".
Goals:Chapter Philanthropy During 2017, our What organization does the chapter had two main goals. Our first goal was to improve communication throughout our entire chapter We noticed that we had so many different forms of communication. support? Eta Eta supports Reading is Fundamental We had two Facebook pages; one was the EK Facebook page(RIF), and the other is Kappa Klassifieds Facebook page. We also created a Google Drive created for all membersKappa Gamma Foundation, and we also use GinSystemthe Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The Ek page was for all important announcements, updates from officers, philanthropy information, and minutes were posted there as well. It was a great resource but we found it lacked many of Why did the feature that GinSystem already had and we are all paying for GinSystem, so we as a chapter council decided to delete choose this organization? Eta Eta supports our national tradition in supporting Reading is Fundamental (RIF) while also seeing the EK Facebook and take full advantage outcome of Gin. This way how this foundation supports children around our area, as we can streamline information to all members. Now Gynsystem is the go to place for everything. Members can check in to mandatory events here, look at the calendar and find all the events happening schools in the month. Also, anyone can post announcements on the board similar surrounding area to read to the EK Facebook pagestudents. We still have out also support the Kappa Klassified Facebook page, which is where sisters can ask other sisters about Columbia recommendations, teacher recommendations, questions, and where members can go to sell their loved Kappa apparel. Gamma Foundation We also use the Google Drive, which is where all things academic are held. There are teacher recommendations, class recommendations, and other helpful tips to help with some because of the most difficult courses. Our second goal was, our bond as a chapter council, be as transparent to all members as we possibly could. To do this we presented on the budget so members know exactly where their money is going when they pay duessisterhood and helping those sisters in need. We also did presentations on standards expectations, so there is no confusion on what is expected when it comes to continue our Eta Eta tradition of supporting the standards process. Lastly, we did presentations on PR and risk reminders before especially high risk periods like spring break, first game day, Halloween, and functions. We all worked together Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to try and enact these and many other small changes throughout honor our chaptersister, to try and create the best and most effective chapter we couldAlison Callum who passed away from CF in 2003.
This year’s recruitment was a values based recruitmentFounders Day How did the chapter celebrate Founders Day? Please attach any photos. The Colligate Panhellenic Association decided to switch We spent our morning at the sisterhood and philanthropy roundAlfond Inn in Winter Park. This August we We had a very successful recruitment brunch and welcomed 118 new members into chatted with other Kappa Alumni, then celebrated the Epsilon Kappa chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma on Bid Daysix founders who brought us all together.
This fall, our campus experienced Sesquicentennial CelebrationHow has the chapter begun to celebrate Kappa's 150th anniversary? Share what you have done this year and are planning to do in 2020. Eta Eta is excited to have the consequences of yet another natural disasteropportunity to be active members during Kappa's 150th anniversary. Hurricane Irma closed campus for two entire days We provide the weekend after labor daychapter members with history nuggets both leading back to our Founders and our own chapter's history. ThankfullyFor 2020, we plan to celebrate the city history and years of Columbia was not directly affected tradition that have been set by the storm; however, other coastal areas in South Carolina were impacted by flooding our Founders and preceeding sisters both within Eta Eta and strong windsoutside of our chapter. Once again This year we plan on having many events throughout the year to celebrate our campus was able history, finally arriving to assist our neighboring communities that were directly affected by this hurricane150th anniversary on Founder's Day.
Chapter Philanthropy:
What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, Reading is Fundamental, and Girls Academy.
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
Our chapter choose to support the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation and Reading is Fundamental because these are Kappa'a two national philanthropies. We love being able to help our own sisters that are in need through the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. Giving back to them is so special especially when they have given so much to this organization. In addition, we choose to support Reading is Fundamental (RIF) because it is so important that all children are given the resources necessary to learn how to read. We love how we can see the impact of our philanthropy throughout our own community's primary schools. We get to travel to different schools throughout South Carolina through Cocky's Reading Express and deliver books to children in need. Seeing our direct impact to a cause that is so important makes our philanthropy so special. At the beginning of the year we also voted on whether to host Girl’s Academy. We all saw this as an amazing opportunity to help young women in our community. We as not only college women, but sorority women have so much to offer young minds. We have the power to inspire these young girls in such an important time of growth in their lives. We are so excited to be active in so many amazing philanthropies.
Chapter Facility:
In what kind of a facility does your chapter meet? Please attach a clear photo of where you typically hold chapter meetings – whether in a classroom, chapter house or elsewhere.
Our chapter regularly meets in the chapter room of the Kappa House. We are lucky enough to be one of the only sororities on our campus that has a big enough room to accommodate for our entire chapter at once. For informal chapter, we sit around our tables, on the floor, or on the couches. For formal chapter, we will arrange chairs into rows throughout the entire room so that everyone has a seat. There is a new stage at the front of the room that member present on. We usually display a powerpoint for chapter notes across the back wall so that everyone can follow along. We occasionally have paper chapters which means that only the most important things are presented and the rest of the announcements are provided in our newsletter. This not only insures an efficient chapter meeting, but it also encourages members to read the newsletter.
==Highlights of the 2020s==
(From We began the semester with our new Leadershipcoming together to create goals as a chapter history reportsand learning all of our roles as leaders. We kickedoff Syllabus Week with a planner party hosted by our Academic Excellence Director, SarahGoddell. At the end of the month, we had our first house dinner, hosted by our Facility Director,Megann Linardos. Throughout February, we hosted a Partial Proceeds, had another HouseDinner, and had our first Kappa Krush party, hosted by our Event Director, Madison Evard. Atthe end of the month, we had our Sisterhood Retreat, hosted by our Member EngagementDirector, Cameo Dyer. We spent the day at Orange Lake Resort where we played arcadegames and lounged in the lazy river! We then spent the night at the hotel where we playedgames and had some sisterhood bonding.Our plans suddenly changed when UCF announcedthat we would move to remote instruction beginning March 16th due to the Coronavirus. Despitethis challenge, it didn’t stop members of Eta Eta from communicating and making the best out ofthe situation. Our Director of PR, Julia Amorim and our VP of External Affairs, CourtneyGarrison had the idea of starting a #KappaQuarantine page where sisters submitted Tik Tokdances and fun challenges to earn points to win a prize in the Fall. In order to prepare forRecruitment, Jenn Flatin, our Primary Recruitment Director and Shannon Jones, our VP ofMembership were hard at work planning out songs and dress colors! Jenn also hosted somevirtual Recruitment Workshops to teach first time recruiters how Formal Recruitment works!Also, scholarshipour House Director, group honors/awardsMegann Linardos, traditionsfound a way to connect us all for one final “housedinner” by delivering each of us a pizza to our homes while we quarantined. We also saidfarewell to our graduating seniors by hosting a Senior Wills Zoom call where the seniorsreminisced on their time in Kappa.When we returned from summer break, special eventswe immediately gotinto Recruitment mode. Recruitment was completely virtual at UCF, changes so this was something newfor all of us. We hosted a virtual spirit week where we worked on our values, conversations, andhow to navigate Zoom and come up with new ideas to make our Recruitment run smoothly. OurRecruitment Team also invited Josh Peck to join one of our Zoom calls to boost morale and givesome words of encouragement. Recruitment week definitely had its ups and downs, includingthe power going out in one of the on-campus or within housings, which delayed our Day 1 for somehours. Despite the challenges, Eta Eta welcomed Alpha Delta pledge class and celebrated byhosting a socially distanced Kappa Candyland Bid Day where our New Members met their BidDay buddy and got some photos outside of the house. The next week, we continued byparticipating in COB and welcomed some more new members to Alpha Delta class. We thenhosted Formal Pledging via Zoom for the New Members where they received their New MemberPin. September began with some new member meetings where the New Members learnedabout Kappa’s history and many different aspects about our chapter. They also hung out at aVirtual New Member Retreat where they bonded and played games with each other. At the endof the month, we had a virtual Minnie Stewart Van Visit where some of our members learnedabout Kappa history and some of the artifacts that are still around today. October was a busymonth for Eta Eta. We began by having a Virtual Founders Day celebration where we learnedfacts about Kappa’s history and played a fun Kahoot game that reviewed some fun facts aboutKappa. Inspiration Period began with Big/Little Reveal and the Return of the New Member Pin.Throughout the week, overall nature we played Kahoot games, Among Us Party, and even a canvas paintingparty via Zoom. Our big event of the chapterweek was The Masked Kappa. Chapter memberssubmitted videos of themselves singing and dressed up like a character and we all guessedwho we thought it was. It was a ton of fun! The week ended with our beautiful Initiation, hostedby our Ritual and History Director, chapter goalsNicole Leonard. With it being completely virtual, challenges our membersand how they newly initiated members were overcomeable to truly listen to the beautiful words of our ritual andunderstand the meaning behind Kappa. We ended out the semester with our PhilanthropyEvent, etchosted by our Philanthropy Director, Sam Bostelman. We delivered Thanksgiving mealsto people around the community and raised money to go towards our philanthropies. We hostedanother virtual Senior Wills for our Fall seniors. We then installed our 2021 Leadership Boardand began preparing them for their incoming term.)
'''Philanthropy:'''Eta Eta added a DEI committee this semester to help educateand spread awareness about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in both our chapter and ourcommunity. This committee hosted many programming events throughout the semesterincluding teaching the chapter some Sign Language, Black History Month awareness, andhonoring National Disability Day. They hosted a few Zoom movie nights where we watched“Love, Simon” and “The Hate U Give” to bring awareness to the LGBTQ+ community. We alsohad a presentation about Cultural Appropriation around Halloween time and a presentationabout Hispanic Heritage Month.
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'''Convention Awards:''' Chapter PhilanthropyWhat local organization does the chapter support and why? Eta Eta supports the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation specifically because we had a sister, Allison Callum, pass away in 2003 due to CF. We also transitioned to our new national philanthropy supporting mental health. Eta Eta specifically selected The JED Foundation and NEDA to raise money for this fall, because the majority of our chapter felt that these two organizations meant the most to us personally. The JED Foundation works to prevent suicide for teens and young adults, and NEDA supports individuals and families affected by eating disorders.
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'''Note to Chapter Registrar:''' Diversity, Equity, and InclusionPlease refer to How did your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes include diversity, equity, and back issues of ''The Key'' to fill inclusion (DEI) initiatives in any gaps your programming this year? (e.g., adding a DEI officer, philanthropy events, social media awareness campaign, chapter training, etc.). Eta Eta incorporated DEI initiatives over the past year in many different ways. We began by electing a DEI committee that made various presentations throughout the above historical highlightssemester on things like cultural appropriation and how to avoid it. If your We were also able to hire professionals to come to our chapter archives are not completemeetings and have serious conversations about relationships, mental health, please research your university libraryabuse, campus newspaper and yearbook archives how to reach out for newsworthy information about your chapterhelp if you need it. Please double check your work We really worked to foster a healthy environment open for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board difficult conversations and tried to help each other realize that any one of the 150+ members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters Eta Eta would be there if one of us reached out to them for assistancehelp. In such a time of turmoil and uncertainty in the world I think it was very necessary and beneficial to create this committee. We are also adding a DEI Director to our leadership board in 2022!
Your efforts will ensure Operating in a complete PandemicHow did your chapter operations change due to COVID-19 (e.g., how did it affect recruitment, initiation, etc. Were events/activities held virtually?). Eta Eta held both virtual and accurate history in-person activities this year. Throughout the spring semester all of your our events were held virtually, such as sisterhood studies, various other sisterhood events like movie or painting nights, chapter for future generations meetings, ritual reviews, and initiation. As the fall semester and recruitment approached, we did everything we could to safely transition to in-person events, but ultimately Eta Eta and UCF as a whole made the difficult decision to enjoy!hold recruitment again virtually. After recruitment, we began to transition to in-person again, and throughout this fall semester Eta Eta has had a mix of both virtual and in person sisterhood studies, ritual reviews, and chapter meetings successfully.[[File:Eta Eta 2.jpg|thumb|sisters]][[File:Eta Eta 3.jpg|thumb|formal]][[File:Eta Eta 4.jpg|thumb|sisters1]][[File:Eta eta5.jpg|thumb|bigslittles]]
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'''University of Central Florida established in 1968'''
'''Fraternity Officers'''
Ashley Kontos (Townsend), Academic Excellence Content Director 2018-
Rebecca Ann Cullen (Thomasson), District Director 2020-
Emily Katherine Logue, District Director 2020-
'''Fraternity Loyalty Award'''
'''Additional Outstanding Eta Eta Alumnae'''
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The Eta Eta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had an incredible year. We are so proud of all of our accomplishments academically, and in the Greek community. We have grown as a chapter and a sisterhood within the year of 2017. Many new opportunities have been presented to us and we have taken advantage of them to the fullest, and can’t wait to see what the new council, led by Tillie Schumann, will bring us in the year of 2018.
We then participated in Zeta Lip Sync where Brittany Barnes and Kenzi Gangwish choreographed alpha alpha class in their fight night dance. A few days later was big little reveal where the new members were surprised with their big sister holding a matching puzzle piece. On October 13th we celebrated Founders day at Tuscawilla Country club and had brunch with other kappa alumni where we reflected on the 6 founding women who made this incredible chapter possible. Next was I Week which was put on by our Marshal Becca Kirsch to prepare for initiation. Every day included a special hash-Kappa Trainer Events -9/24/17 by One Love came tag where sisters could post their favorite memories and taught us about warning signs of unhealthy relationships we also rented out a theater to watch and what healthy relationship looks likecry to A Star is Born. -10/15/17 Then on best places October 20th 51 new members became forever sisters during initiation. A few days later Kappa hosted its first annual Kappa Con Queso thanks to live on our philanthropy chair Denise Cukierman, which benefitted Reading is Fundamental. With unlimited chips and queso and off campus a surprise appearance from Knightro the night was a complete success To wrap up the end the month we had a K K Jean themed grab a date at drive shack. We channeled our inner Tiger Woods and sisters shared their experiences with internshipsate so many churros.
==Highlights of 2020==
Eta Eta supports our Fraternity tradition of
supporting Reading is Fundamental, while also seeing the impact of this foundation and how it
supports children around our area. Our members truly enjoy getting into schools in the area
and being able to read to them and build connections with them. We also support the Kappa
Kappa Gamma Foundation because of our bond as a sisterhood and wanting to help sisters in
need. We also continue our Eta Eta tradition of supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to
honor our sister, Allison Callum, who passed away from CF in 2003.
We celebrated our Sesquicentennial Celebration by appreciating our past and how it
impacts our future as a Fraternity. Throughout the semester, we did a Minerva Moment at
every chapter meeting which showed an artifact from our past, we reviewed our ritual, or a fun
Kappa fact. We also celebrated our Founders Day by playing fun games that discussed Kappa’s
history and also found out which founder each of us were most like. We also all received a
Kappa coat-of-arms sweatshirt to show our love for Kappa.
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We began our new term of Leadership by coming together as a team to work on personal, department, and chapter goals for the upcoming year. We learned about each other and prepared for a successful year. We started the spring semester strong with a virtual “planner party” to get our calendars organized hosted by our new Academic Excellence Director, Brooke Castner. Throughout the semester we enjoyed a “grab-and-go” adapted meal plan that allowed us to still get delicious food in a safe way. In January Eta Eta also hosted Continuous Open Bidding and welcomed home a spring PC, Alpha Epsilon, with a socially distanced 70s Bid Day theme where they could snap some cute pictures at the house! Alpha Epsilon had Formal Pledging as the official start to their new member period, where they learned about the history of Kappa and got to know the rest of the chapter. Eta Eta then enjoyed a masked up sisterhood retreat event hosted by our Member Engagement Director, Jamie Garrison, where we bounced all night long at Defy Trampoline park, and we were so happy to be in person once again!! Alpha Epsilon then found their bigs at the beginning of March and everyone was so happy with their new additions!! The inspiration period began with the Return of the Pin Ceremony, and continued with a “trivia night” as the big event, about all things Orlando, where Eta Eta calls home. Their new member period came to a close with a virtual initiation ceremony in March that allowed both the initiates and active members to really pay attention to what the ceremony means and how special it is. At the end of March we hosted a wonderful virtual philanthropy event to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The event, titled “Layups for the Lungs” was organized by our Philanthropy Director, Alexis Cinotti and was a March-Madness style event where different organizations and individuals competed to have the most accurate bracket. The individual winner received a gift card and the organization winner received a generous donation to their philanthropy. Through this event we were able to raise $3,000 for the CF Foundation!! Throughout the rest of the semester Eta Eta hosted many virtual sisterhood studies to keep us on track to be the “KKGeniuses” that we are. We were also able to keep our sisterhood strong with various sisterhood events hosted once again by our Member Engagement Director, Jamie Garrison, such as Kahoot nights, movie nights, and painting nights. We ended the semester with another virtual senior wills ceremony to say goodbye to our graduating seniors. As the semester came to a close, our VP of Membership, Nicole Leonard alongside our Primary Recruitment Director, Bri Pruitt, began tirelessly working, picking colors, decor, and songs among many other things to prepare for Formal Recruitment. Bri even hosted recruitment workshops virtually throughout the spring and summer to help the chapter adequately prepare for the best recruitment possible. As Formal Recruitment approached, we spent spirit week both in person and virtually getting to know our sisters and practicing to bring home the best PC! We spent the week working on defining our values, practicing conversations, and while in person we got to practice in the house for the first time in almost two years!! Ultimately UCF decided it would be best and safest for everyone to host recruitment virtually once again. Recruitment team worked so hard to keep spirits high, and even came up with the idea “Kappa Konfessionals” where girls could send in fun videos and updates of how they were doing throughout the week, or even just something to make all of us laugh. We got to watch these videos all together at the end of spirit week, and it really got everyone smiling and able to go into recruitment happily with a positive attitude. Despite the challenges and sadness that another year of virtual recruitment brought, Eta Eta was able to welcome 35 new members into the Alpha Zeta pledge class. Eta Eta “came to the rescue” with our lifeguard-themed bid day that we were actually able to celebrate in person!! We first welcomed home Alpha Zeta to the house to meet all our sisters, take cute pictures, and grab some snacks. Then we headed over to Universal’s Citywalk with gift cards in hand to eat and shop as we pleased with all of our new sisters!! Soon after bid day we hosted Formal Pledging and all of Eta Eta’s new members received their new member pins. September was full of new member meetings where Alpha Zeta got to learn about how our chapter works and it’s beautiful history. We also hosted a “speed dating” event, allowing the new members to meet and get to know as many sisters as they could!! Throughout September the new members also had a movie night as well as their new member retreat, where they ate snacks, played games, and bonded as an entire pledge class. We started October with an exciting and in-person big-little reveal, where everyone shined in all their different themes. We then hosted parents' weekend with a delicious cookout made by our chef and had tons of fun with our families finally able to be at the house again!! We also got to have an in person sisterhood retreat organized by our Member Engagement Director, Jamie Garrison where we got to relax and have fun in the sun at the UCF leisure pool! Inspiration Period then started with the Return of the Pin ceremony. Throughout the week we continued to prepare for Initiation, and even had a karaoke night as our big event all dressed as our favorite singers. The week ended with our first in person initiation in two years, hosted by our Ritual and History Director, Sarah Gerdich. With it being in person, both the initiates and active members could be fully shown our beautiful ritual and how special it truly is to experience in person, especially after spending so much time apart. In November we pushed harder than ever to raise money for the mental health organizations we chose The JED Foundation and NEDA, with partial proceeds, “pie-a-Kappa,” and shirt sales. Our big event, titled “Puppies and Slushies” was once again planned by our philanthropy director, Alexis Cinotti. We were able to have chapter members bring their dogs to be played with, we had big outdoor games like Twister and Jenga, and a Jeremiah’s Italian Ice truck as well. Although this took place on a gloomy day, the rain didn’t stop us from all having fun and raising over $5,000 for mental health!! We then had a “Roaring 20s” themed semi-formal planned by our events director Madeline Curley, where we got to dance the night away and snack on some charcuterie at Castle Church Brewing. We ended the year hosting another Senior Wills for our fall seniors, installing our new leadership team, and preparing them for their new roles!
How did the chapter support Kappa’s philanthropy? This year Eta Eta did many things to raise money for our philanthropies. This spring we had various events that our Philanthropy Director, Alexis Cinnotti came up with for us to still raise money in a safe way, such as Kappa Kisses, a valentines themed fundraiser where girls were able to purchase valentines treats to send to others in the Panhellenic community. We also had multiple partial proceeds at Castaways, Island Wing Company, and Texas Roadhouse. Our big event last semester was “Layups for the Lungs,” a March-Madness style event where participants each made their own bracket and whoever was most accurate was rewarded. The individual winner received a $100 Visa gift card, and the organization winner received a $200 donation to their philanthropy. We raised $3,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation through these events. This semester was our first semester raising money for The JED Foundation and NEDA as our mental health philanthropies. We once again hosted partial proceeds at Bento, Texas Roadhouse, and Island Wing Company. We also did an event called “Chalk the Walkway” the week of our big event where we went all up and down Greek Park and wrote positive messages with chalk on the sidewalk along with the Panhellenic community. Our official event this semester was called “Puppies and Slushies” and was hosted at our house on November 10th, 2021. We had a Jeremiah’s Italian Ice truck along with large outdoor games such as Twister, Connect 4, and Jenga, as well as 10 puppies for guests to play with provided by our sisters. We were able to raise just over $5,000 that we will divide between JED and NEDA.