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==Highlights of 2016==
Twenty- sixteen was a fantastic year for the women of Gamma Alpha Chapter at Kansas State University. Our all house GPA was ranked in the top three for Greek houses at Kansas State. We hosted three fantastic philanthropies, Sundae Fundae, Kupcakes with Kappa, and Chili with Willie. This year’s recruitment was fantastic and we welcomed 49 wonderful new members into our house. We are proud to call them our new sisters and they fit perfectly into Gamma Alpha. Twenty-sixteen was Gamma Alpha’s 100th anniversary and Manhattan, Kansas welcomed over 700+ Gamma Alpha alumni back to Manhattan to celebrate. There was a luncheon for the active and alumnae, house and campus tours were provided by active members, and the active members enjoyed a formal date party in the evening. Complete renovations were completed in the kitchen and first floor during the summer of 2016.
Our campus is continuing to grow in size and with that we were excited to cheer on the newly founded Kansas State women’s soccer team during their inaugural season. Our university faced several challenges this past school year, but the university is continually improving and changing to fit the needs of our student body. We also welcomed a new university president, President General Richard Meyers. The Gamma Alpha chapter is continuing to grow in size, we currently have 185 active chapter members. This is our house mom, Mom Juls, fourth year and she has been a wonderful part of our house for the last several years. She loves attending events that feature Gamma Alphas, hearing about our day, and saving us from a bad haircut. This was our cook, Liz’s 18th year and she provides great nourishment and advice for all the women in the Gamma Alpha house. The women of our chapter are very busy balancing schoolwork, jobs, and extra curricular activities in addition to being a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma (aka the best sorority on campus). We have a twitter, Facebook, and Instagram account to help promote our chapter and philanthropies even more; as well as where members can post about just how special Kappa really is. At Kappa’s National Convention over the summer we also received the award of excellence in chapter management.
Gamma Alpha participated in two very strong philanthropies. Our first one was in the spring and we called in Sundae Funday. We partnered with Delta Sigma Phi and we hosted in ice cream bar, which allowed students at Kansas State to create their favorite treat while raising money for a great cause. We raised over $2,500 to go to our philanthropy. Our second philanthropy, Kupcakes with Kappa we held in August after school started. We invited Kansas State students to enjoy a house tour of our newly renovated house as well as eat delicious cupcakes! For this philanthropy we raised over $2,000 that went towards our philanthropy. Our final philanthropy, Chili with Willie we held in December. We partnered with PIKE and served chili at our house for Kansas State students, Willie the Wildcat our school mascot also made an appearance at this event. For this event we raised over $9,000 that went towards our philanthropy. We chose to suport the organizations because we wanted to give back to the Kappa Kappa Gamma community as well as the Manahattan community.
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