==Highlights of 2018==
'''Note Each year, the Eta Pi Chapter of KKG at NYU consistently adds wonderful, strong women to its ever-growing network of initiated sisters and alumni, and 2018 turned out to be an incredibly special year for many reasons. We have once more proven to be a very close group of strong women who work hard to support each other in every endeavor. We have 149 initiated sisters from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures, states and countries. At the 149th Kappa Kappa Gamma Chapter Registrar:''' Please refer to your Convention held in June 2018, our chapter archives including received an honorable mention for academic achievement. At the FSL awards this past spring, our chapter meeting minutes received the “Chapter of the Year” award, a huge honor that filled our sisters with pride at how far we have come together. Our former president, Maria Guadagno, also received the “President of the Year” award, further demonstrating how positive leadership does not go unnoticed and is highly valued! Our seventh year on campus was full of wonderful achievements on a local level as well. Our House Chair, Sami Robbins, has done a wonderful job hosting sisterhood events that are enjoyable, creative and back issues flexible with our sisters increasingly busy schedules! She gave a stellar presentation and received the first housing pick of the Greek life houses, where Eta Pi has the best view at NYU! We have a large living space that can accommodate our growing chapter’s events and recruitment processes, and the ladies that have the privilege of ''The Key'' living there are extremely close! A consistent highlight are the monthly brunches held in the Penthouse at Lafayette Street, where a chef comes in to fill in any gaps cook on the first Saturday morning of each month. Our chapter had stellar academic achievement in the above historical highlightsspring semester, with 24 women receiving the honor of being a KKGenius (a GPA of 3.7 or higher). 9 women finished out the semester with a perfect 4. If your 0! One of our sisters, Olivia O’Hare, was even asked to join the prestigious Omega Nu Lambda chapter archives are of Greek Honor Society: The Order of Omega! We could not completebe prouder of the outstanding achievements of our sisters both inside and outside the classroom. Every event serves to bring our sisters even closer and provide some relaxation amidst the stressful school year. Headed by Shreya Jois, please research your university libraryour events team did an outstanding job organizing two date parties, semi-formal, campus newspaper and yearbook archives formal for newsworthy information about your chapterall of our sisters! Ending the school year at Hudson Terrace was a fun way to bond with all of our sisters, and the leadership by the events team was crucial in developing sisterly bonds. Please double check your work for accuracyOur Founder’s Day was a huge success thanks to the efforts of our Education Chair, Andrea Castillo at the Lord & Taylor rooftop! We had over 120 guests in attendance, and the alumni and active members were so excited by the location and overall experience of the celebration of Kappa. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board membersWe found our lovely new kappa class during fall formal recruitment this year led by Kenzie Mullin, local Alumnae Association memberswith the theme of “Greetings from Kappa” and the tagline: life takes you unexpected places, or your Province Director while kappa welcomes you home. Our theme appeared to be an overall hit amongst the PNM’s as we recruited and initiated fifty-two new sisters at a beautiful and well-run initiation ceremony headed by Perry Byrne. We also have one new member to initiate in the spring of Chapters 2019! Prachi Deshpande, our new member chair, did an excellent job organizing our Bid Day event and educating our new members on everything about Kappa in order to better prepare them for assistanceinitiation and becoming an active member. Greek Life at NYU continues to build as a stronger and larger presence on campus. Our Panhel Delegate, Frankie Shapiro, has done an excellent job in organizing events with other chapters of Greek life, and our leadership overall has steadily improved on campus! We had 3 Kappas serve on the board of Panhel: Lydia Mitchell, the VP of Finance, Lexi Taylor, the VP of Recruitment Counsellors, and Claudia Yuan, who was the President this calendar year! We could not be more proud of the leadership displayed by these young women.Your efforts will ensure In order to fundraise for our philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, our philanthropy chair, Olivia Clancy, organized a complete game night at the house, and accurate history a hot cocoa sale (which was a huge hit). In the spring, we also hosted a book drive to raise awareness about RIF. Our final Philanthropy event of your chapter the year was our reading is Key Event on December 12th at Public School 64, where we read to and crafted with children from kindergarten to third grade.In 2018, Eta Pi had around 70 dancers sign up and raise money for the B+ Foundation Dance Marathon at NYU known as NYDM. Our team raised over $40,000 for the cause which broke our own personal fundraising goal and our record from last year. We loved dancing for future generations our spirited B+ Hero Aubrey, and we are so excited that she continues to enjoyremain in remission!Our sisters love interacting with Aubrey at different events, and we even held a birthday party for her at the house this year.The presidential badge was given by the New York Alumnae Association at the chapter’s installment. The badge was passed down to Jen Morrisette, Ivana Rodrigues, Rebecca Calvo, Maddie Jerge, Annalise Bissa, then Maria Guadagno, and now resides with Acacia Dougan, who will pass it to Paris Reise for her 2019 term. The badge is inscribed with “HΠ” “NYU” and “11/05/11”.