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'''Historical Highlights'''
Founded because there were only two sororities available on campus at the time, and the girls felt there should be more options <br>
The group was first formed by 6 women: Catherine Ray, Meryl Leventon, Stephanie O'Brien, Caroline Allen, Sibel Karabeyoglu, and Jenny Davis <br>
After a lot of hard work preparing the Alpha document, the group went to Xavier Romano, Dean of Students, gained his support, and set up a formal colony <br>
TSO was officially founded on March 10, 2005 and included 10 women <br>
Their first Unofficial Chapter Council Meeting consisted of Catherine Ray, Stephanie O'Brien, Meryl Leventon, Kat Manly, Jenny Davis, Nerissa Montes, Sibel Karabeyoglu, and Caroline Allen <br>
Their first philanthropy event was the Polar Plunge, a tradition of Eta Kappa carried on until 2009 <br>
Held their first informal recruitment in fall 2005 <br>
Not allowed to participate in Formal Recruitment for Winter 2006, but TSO continued to grow <br>
Spring 2006, TSO had been a colony for a year and could begin to look for national affiliation <br>
TSO ultimately decided to affiliate with KKG because of their dedication to leadership, philanthropy, and scholarship <br>
TSO affiliated with Kappa on October 16, 2006 and became the Eta Kappa colony <br>
Allowed to participate in their first Formal Recruitment in winter 2007 <br>
Illinois Wesleyan (Epsilon Chapter) acted as mentors and key sisters for the Eta Kappa colony <br>
Eta Kappa was installed as a chapter on March 4, 2007 <br>
The national President of the Fraternity, Denise Rugani, came to install Eta Kappa <br>
Fall 2008, Eta Kappa got their house! <br>
Began a tradition in spring 2008 of holding a scholarship banquet to recognize professors and build positive Kappa-faculty relationships <br>
Formal Recruitment 2009, the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma were the only sorority to reach quota (Went over!) <br>
Co-hosted Province in February 2009 with Monmouth College (Alpha chapter), and received a Membership Award at the banquet <br>
TSO met at the pool at Knox to finish their Alpha document because Stephanie was lifeguarding at the time <br>
Greek Week Champions 2007, 2012, 2013 <br>
Started Win-A-Date (previously called Date Auction) fundraiser in 2007 to help schools in Uganda. It raised $1,500 that year, and has been geared towards a different philnathropy every year since. 2013 raised $2,056! <br>
In the 2007-2008 year, Eta Kappa made an appearance in every issue of The Key <br>
We are Region 5, which includes many schools in Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa <br>
We are the Epsilon South province, which includes Monmouth (Alpha) and Illinois Wesleyan (Epsilon) <br>