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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|2001|11|17}}
|College= [httphttps://www.jcu.edu/index.php John Carroll University]
|Location= University Heights, OH
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'''John Carroll University (formerly St. Ignatius College) established in 1886 in Cleveland, Ohio; later moved to University Heights, Ohio'''
'''302 328 initiates (as of June 20162018)'''
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Reading is Fundamental is our national sorority philantrophy, but also a great foundation in which all of our members believe in. The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation is a great way for us to give back to Kappa and support our fellow sisters all over the country.
==Highlights of 2020s2017:==
As the Eta Zeta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma continues to grow, we continue to focus on high standards of the fraternity while participating in community service, sisterhood and campus involvement. At the beginning of 2017, the VP of Standards was very excited to get started. She wanted to create a committee that was there to support each member of Eta Zeta. In the spring, she started the support by implementing a sister of the week presentation to highlight one member of the chapter. To go along with this, she wanted to highlight the seniors as well, so she created a senior spotlight. By the end of the Spring semester, we had a night on the floor that consisted of minute to win it games, and more! This was a good rap up to the academic year. Coming back in the fall, she planned a retreat with different activities to build sisterhood and prepare for recruitment. In October, we continued the tradition and went to Patterson's Fruit Farm. Our VP of Standards received an idea from two members on her committee and decided to go with it, so each member was paired up with another member in the same academic class. Each pair wrote a letter to each other about how lucky Kappa was to have them as a part of this chapter. Also, our VP of Standards has implemented a quote of the day that is sent through the Ginsystem. Another way our VP of Standards and her committee continues to build sisterhood by having a Movie Monday on the floor. This allows all the members to join on Monday nights and watch a movie together to start off the week. To end this semester, she prepared a holiday party that built sisterhood before we leave for break. We went ice skating, ate dinner together, played games and other activities. She has made it a priority to continue to strengthen our sisterhood and create a positive environment for the entire chapter. The VP of Organization has been very busy changing how committee nights are done. She split up the committee’s to be subdivided differently. Now we have one representative from each committee announce the update. This is a new way to get more girls involved in committee night. Our VPO has been able to set up and welcome two Leadership Consultants to our chapter in the spring and in the fall. She had to organize their schedules, plan who was taking them to different meals and plan fun activities to show both of them around Cleveland and John Carroll! Our chapters VP of Academic Excellence kept our standards high this semester by creating different programs so that we all can encourage each other. She started making study rooms around the busy times of the semester. She would reserve a classroom to encourage members to bring homework and to study. The VPAE has continued to do the Kappa Fridge where once a week people can write down a positive accomplishment for the week dealing with their classes and the VPAE picks one randomly out of a bag to acknowledge one sister who did an awesome thing that week. The name is placed on a “fridge” in our study lounge. She has created study buddies for everyone so that every member has a resource to help them with scheduling classes or with any class in general. Finally, she has been giving members a pearl dangle to go on their badges if they received a 4.0. This is an awesome way to be congratulated on all the hard work. The Eta Zeta's corresponding secretary has been busy making door decorations for all the sororities and fraternities in Hamlin Hall. She has made creative and fun decorations each month. She was also in charge of ordering badges for our new members. And she has also continued to have the secret admirer box on the floor which allows our members to write notes to each other and to be read aloud in chapter. This gives our members a chance to keep a positivity throughout the chapter! The recording secreatary was spent a lot of time and hard work updating and changing our Bylaws and Standing Rules. We are so happy with how she handled everything. Our chapters treasurer has been busy adjusting and presenting the budget to the chapter. She has made it known to all members where the dues are going to for each position. She also gave a presentation for programming night that explained the differences between checking and savings accounts. She wanted to teach our members the importance of creating a personal budget and how to do create one. The registrar tried to find new and creative ways to get the chapter involved in learning the history of Kappa Kappa Gamma, but more specifically the Eta Zeta Chapter. She started doing a history question of the week where she would ask a question during chapter dealing with Kappa’s history or our chapter’s history. The members would have an opportunity to figure out the answer and send it to her. She would go through them and whoever got the answer correct was put into a drawing at the end of the semester for a gift card. This was a fun way that she brought in history to our chapter. This year our Marshal has been very busy going over and refreshing ritual during formal chapters and preparing for initiation. She put together a ritual review at the end of the spring semester to remind the members how important our ritual is. This fall semester, she has overseen the activities during the Inspiration Period. The Marshal has been holding song review since September to get the actives ready and this year the attendance has been phenomenal. During the inspiration period, she enforced a no booze, no bars, and no boys rule. Describe the recent changes on your campus and describe the overall nature of your chapter. There were no major changes to our campus in the past year. We had some minor improvements to our dorm building that we are very excited for. Our chapter continues to be present on campus. All of our members are involved in many things other than just our chapter and continue to have leadership positions in other clubs or organizations around campus. Chapter Philanthropy:What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community? The Eta Zeta chapter continues to support Reading is Fundamental through our annual Kappasta Event. We offer endless pizza, pasta and salad to our campus and community for a small monetary donation or a childrens book donation. We also support Kappa Kidney Camp and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation with different events throughout the year.Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?Reading is Fundamental is our national philanthropy. 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. We hold our formal chapter meetings in Rodman building on campus.==Highlights of 2018== As the Eta Zeta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma continues to grow, we continue to focus on high standards of the fraternity, specifically promoting sisterhood, while participating in community service, academics, and campus involvement. Our chapter has also continued to have the highest Greek life grade point average with a 3.44. In January, four Eta Zeta members travelled to The Ohio State University to help their Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter with their upcoming recruitment. The Eta Zeta chapter kicked off the 2018 year with our informal recruitment where we hosted a nail and spa event on our floor with the members and PNMS. Through informal recruitment, we received one new member, which was quota. The following week, the chapter hosted our semi-formal dance with the theme of Sweethearts/Valentine's Day. Two new members (1 from informal and 1 from formal recruitment) were initiated at the University of Akron during their spring Initiation. In March, One member was chosen to be a Leadership Consultant for Kappa Kappa Gamma, while another graduating senior member accepted a position with the Peace Corps as a Health Educator in Cameroon. In April, the Eta Zeta chapter participated in several events during Greek Week and completed the week by competing in John Carroll University's Lip Sync competition; our lip sync was to the theme of Shrek, in which was came in 4th place. At the end of the month we had our annual Sapphire Ball formal dance at Landerhaven. Finally, our last event of the semester was Kappa Dog Day for our Philanthropy, in which we raised $210.21 for the Kappa Kappa Gamma foundation and Kappa Kidney Camp by hosting a hot dog cookout to sell hot dogs and snacks on our university's campus. Over the summer we had several members hold internships at places such as Key bank and Progressive as well as three members travel abroad to Italy and London. In June, two of our sisters represented the Eta Zeta chapter at Kappa Kappa Gamma's Denver Convention, where our chapter received an Honorable Mention for Risk Management. For the fall semester, the Eta Zeta chapter hosted their formal recruitment in September. Our theme was CoCo Chanel. On bid day, which the theme was "Make it like its your Bid-day," and we welcomed eight new members. Also in September, our Public Relations chairwoman had the opportunity to attend the Kappa Kappa Gamma Leadership Academy at the Heartland Conference Retreat Center which allowed her to take a deeper look into herself but also learn principles of leadership as well as meet Kappas from all over the country. At the beginning of November, we also hosted an informal recruitment where we served donuts and cider and played games on the floor. Through this recruitment, we were able to welcome four new members to the chapter. In October, our chapter had our annual Kappasta event, where we event alumni, campus members, and families to share a pasta meal with us, During this event, our chapter raised $1412.00 for Reading is Fundamental. At the end of October, we invited the children of the University Heights community to trick-or-treat on the floor with all our sisters; we shared our Kappa chants with the kids and their families. To conclude the recruitment season, the chapter hosted big/little reveal on the floor that was PJ themed and then big/little pairs had a sleepover on the floor the night before Initiation. On November 17th, the Eta Zeta welcomed twelve new members into the chapter. Finally, we ended this semester with our fall date dance, which the theme was Decked in Denim. Through this semester our House chairwoman has been working diligently with her committee and our president to update and renew our floor. We have added new desks and chairs to the study lounge as well as re-organized and added new accessories to our lounge. Additionally, our chapter is required to do five hours of service every semester but many women go above and beyond by participating in weekly service such as Labre, Carroll Ballers, and EMT volunteering. Other Miscellaneous activities that our chapter has completed include:Our New Member Chairman completed a series of "Owl Pal" event where current members pair with our new members to do activities such as making dream catchers, vases for plants, and other crafts. Our Risk Management chairman re-established a program called the "Kappa Klimb" by putting a list of our chapter names by the front door of our dorm floor for members to mark down their name when they climbed all 4 floors up to the Kappa floor instead of taking the elevators. In the spring semester our Secretary encouraged chapter members to read the chapter minutes by hiding 3 words or phrases within the minutes. Whoever the first 3 people to correctly report the words and phrases received candy at the next chapter. With our chapter graduating a substantial amount of seniors in the Spring of 2018, the Eta Zeta chapter is going through a re-rooting, rejuvenating period of time. We are working on becoming more supportive and harmonious sisters to each other. Our chapter advisor recently facilitated a "retreat" event for the chapter in order to converse and communicate about any issues we feel we are having in the sorority. This event allowed a safe space to talk as well as increased morale and cooperation for the chapter as we entered exams. [[File:Eta Zeta 2018.jpg|thumb|Eta Zeta 2018]] '''Philanthropy''' Our chapter chose this organization because it is is a local charity that allows children with kidney ailments to experience a "normal" camp experience. The Eta Zeta chapter felt that this organization coincided with the values of Reading is Fundamental as well as was child focused. Additionally, the organization is unique and allows the chapter to be connected within the local community. ==Highlights of 2019==As the Eta Zeta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma continues to grow, we continue to focus on high standards of the fraternity, specifically promoting sisterhood, while participating in community service, academics, and campus involvement. We have additionally maintained a scholarly grade point average this year, at 3.38. In February, we hosted 2 informal recruitment events on campus, and gained 6 new members. On March 31st, we held our own Initiation at John Carroll University to welcome the 6 new members into the chapter. In April, the chapter participated in several games and events during Greek Week and completed the week by competing in John Carroll University's annual Greek Life Lip Sync competition. The lip sync theme for Kappa Kappa Gamma was 'The Parent Trap,' and we came in 4th place. The following day, we had our annual Saphire Ball formal dance. Over the summer, we had sisters intern at companies in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Chicago. In September, we held an Informal Recrutment Event called 'Cotton Candy with Kappa' to promote Formal Recruitment, which happened shortly after. Also in September, member Sarah Flaherty travelled to Columbus, Ohio to attend Kappa Kappa Gamma Leadership Academy with one Kappa from every chapter around the country. While there, she did many activities in small groups and did many team building games to build skills of leadership and teamwork. At the end of September, John Carroll University had their annual Formal Sorority Recruitment, and the Eta Zeta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma received 12 new members. The chapter welcomed the new members during bid day, themed 'Race Home to Kappa.' In October, the chapter celebrated Founders Day with a special Founder's Day dinner at Acacia Reservation. Soon after, the chapter hosted an Informal Recruitment event, 'Fall in Love with Kappa,' where we gained 2 more new members for the fall bid class. We initiated 14 new members in the Eta Zeta chapter on November 16th. Our Chapter President, Julia Korek, implemented the use of powerpoint slides during chapter, to help better faciliatate chapter, and make information more visible while the officers are speaking. The Vice President - Standards, Liz Forsyth, hosted many fun sisterhood events throughout the year, like Bachelor Mondays, where many sisters would gather together in the elbow lounge to watch the television show. In February, she hosted a Galentine's Day event. In March, she hosted a game night and 'Something on a Stick Day' where she got corndogs and other fun foods on sticks for people to enjoy. In December, she hosted a holiday event, where the chapter participated in a Secret Santa a gift exchange. The Vice President - Organization, Lexi Iemma, hosted 2 successful visits from Leadership Consultants, who provided helpful feedback on how the Eta Zeta chapter is doing well, and how we can improve. The New Member Chairman, Hope Scherger, hosted several fun activities for our new members both in the Spring and Fall semesters called 'owl pal' events. The Housing Chariman, Karly Johnson, worked a lot to maintain the floor, and make it fun. She held a door decorating contest for St. Patrick's Day for girls living on the floor. She also worked dilligently with the chapter President on new changes to chapter housing, to make the floor transition as smooth as possible. The Events Chairman, Maddie DelBene, hosted many fun mixers in addition to the dance, like playing Volleyball with a fraternity on campus, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and having Ice Cream and doing face masks with another sorority on campus, Kappa Delta. The Philanthropy Chairman, Lauren Price, encouraged members to do weekly service and planned 2 successful philanthropy events during the year. In March, she planned Chips, Cheese, and KKGs where the chapter sold chips and queso on the quad to raise money benefitting Reading is Fundamental. The chapter raised a total of $476.85. In October, the chapter put on the annual philanthropy event, Kappasta, where we served pasta, pizza, and salad to raise money for RIF. At this event, the chapter raised a total of $1,366. The Eta Zeta chapter is continually working on promoting sisterhood, maintaining open communication, and generally suppporting one another. The chapter is one of 5 sororities at John Carroll University, in addition to 4 fraternities. The Eta Zeta chapter is very panhellenic, often supporting other Greek Life in their philathropy events. John Carroll University recently announced a change in the residence hall housing Greek Life, and Kappa Kappa Gamma is looking forward to the transition, and hopes to make it a positive one. Our chapter supports Kappa Kidney Camp, a local charity that allows children with kidney ailments to participate in a 'normal' camp experience. The Eta Zeta chapter felt that this organization correlated with the values of Reading is Fundamental as well as was focused on children. Additionally, the organization is unique and allows the chapter to be connected with the local community. The chapter celebrated Founders Day with a special Founders Day dinner at Acacia Reservation in Lyndhurst, Ohio with the Cleveland Alumni Association. ==Highlights of the 2020s:== (Information from chapter history reports, scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, philanthropy changes on campus or within chapter, overall nature of the chapter, chapter goals, challenges and service projectshow they were overcome, etc.): '''Housing''' '''Philanthropy''' '''Convention Awards'''
-------------------------------'''Note to Chapter Registrar:'''Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues of ''The Key'' to fill in any gaps in the above historical highlights. If your chapter archives are not complete, please research your university library, campus newspaper and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your chapter. Please double check your work for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistance.
'''Note to Chapter Registrar:'''
Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues of The Key to fill in any gaps in the above historical highlights. If your chapter archives are not complete, please research your university library, campus newspaper and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your chapter. Please double check your work for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistance.
Your efforts will ensure a complete and accurate history of your chapter for future generations to enjoy!