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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1920|05|07}}
|College= [httphttps://www.wsu.edu/ Washington State University], formerly State College of Washington
|Location= Pullman, WA
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'''2,386 552 initiates (as of June 20152018)'''
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'''Charter Members:'''
Ione Anderson, Margaret Louise Beinhart, Ruth Agnes Brockway, Kathleen Marsh Kidder Buckland, Beulah Mae Burkett, Avis Carey, Ruth Marion Cresswell, Esther Mae Eiffert, Helen Jennie Fenn, Roberta Claire Houchens, Hazel Margaret Huffman, Dorothy Lucille Jacobs, Marguerite Louise Jones, Elizabeth S. LaRue, Edith Alice McBride, Gertrude Eloise Morfitt, Carrie Margarite Ott, Wilma Elyne Porter, Della Louise Prell, Ina Craig Sartorius, Anna Eleanor Scott, Mary Emily Sever, Bessie Evelyn Simmons, Zora May Springer, Annabel Wells, Belle Wenz, Dorothy Bethene Zaring.
'''Some of Gamma Eta’s Outstanding Alumnae:''' (If you have chapter alumnae who have received recognition in any of these three categories, please list them with the date(s) of recognition.)
What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community? Many of our members donate hours to local animal shelters and play with all their animals. Every year we also go to a local elementary school to read to students there as a part of 1, 2, 3.
Why did your ==Highlights of 2016== While 2016 was a very trying year for Gamma Eta and the Greek community at large; we saw lots of opportunity for change. As a chapter choose , we were able to collectively come together as a united front and spend time bettering ourselves as well as helping those around us. In the spring, we hosted our annual March Madness Philanthropy with Alpha Gamma Delta and Theta Chi. This philanthropy consisted of a four-on-four basketball tournament, with members of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Theta Chi serving as the coaches, and members from other sororities and fraternities making up the teams. We had an amazing turnout, with participants from almost every chapter on campus, over 150 players, and 41 teams. We raised a total of $1140, allowing us to give each chapter that participated $380! In December, Gamma Eta held a movie night up on campus at the CUB, and took donations at the door, which were donated, to Pullman Child Welfare. Gamma Eta also headed up the Greek wide philanthropy in December, Holiday Lane. This event served as a way for Washington State University’s Greek Row to give back to the community of Pullman and was a fun way for younger kids to relish the holiday season! Children and parents who chose to attend were given a stocking they could decorate and were encouraged to walk around Greek Row to enjoy the decorated Fraternities and Sororities. Members from each house greeted the kids with candy as they came by, and parents who stayed back enjoyed hot coffee, cocoa and cookies at Ruby Park. Not only does Gamma Eta love hosting philanthropies, but we also do our best to attend other chapter’s philanthropies and support our fellow Greek friends and community. Gamma Eta has consistently been an academically driven group of women, with a passion to learn and a willingness to help others succeed in school. In May of 2016, our chapter had a cumulative GPA of 3.29, finishing with third highest of all sororities on campus. Gamma Eta’s GPA was .12 higher than the average of all sororities being 3.17. As an incentive to continue to keep our grades up throughout the semester, our VPAE awards two members each week at chapter as “Geek of the Week”, and both recipients receive a Starbucks gift card. We had an incredible year of recruitment, with two passionate and steadfast recruitment chairmen, a loving and positive president, and a hardworking group of women spending endless hours practicing. All the hours put into recruitment were definitely worthwhile, we received 53 amazing new members! Without the guidance of our devoted, inspirational, and thoughtful New Member Chairmen, our new pledge class wouldn’t be where they are today, as their first semester at Washington State University comes to an end. Each year, Washington State University holds the Arête Awards, which highlight and honor impactful individuals and chapters as a whole. A few of our members were fortunate to attend and between individual and chapter wide, Gamma Eta was awarded four this fall! Our Risk Chairman won Outstanding Community Builder of 2016, our New Member Educator won Outstanding Executive Member of 2016, and Gamma Eta won Outstanding Social Justice and Outstanding Global Citizenship! These four awards speak volumes about our chapter’s ability to hold us to a higher standard, while still maintaining a passion to grow and learn. This past fall semester was definitely a wake up call for not only our chapter but also the Greek community as a whole. With many changes implemented from Panhellenic and ICF, Gamma Eta focused on the positive, and made light of a controversial time, by sticking together. Sisterhood has been something Gamma Eta has always prided ourselves on, and something we always will. With an incredibly creative and zealous sisterhood chair, we had monthly sisterhoods, with over 90% attendance at each one. With our university continuing to transition into a more policy compliant environment, Gamma Eta has been adapting remarkably well. This shift has allowed our chapter to focus on our sisterhood, leadership, and dedication to enhancing our community. ==Highlights of 2017== This year has a been an incredible year for Gamma Eta and we are so thankful to have each other and our new members that we welcomed in August. We were fortunate to initiate our new members in October and claim them as our new sisters. In fact, 15 of our 2017 kappas were able to move in this organization(s) upcoming semester to the kappa house; we are very excited for them to experience the joys of living with 62 other sisters. Sisterhood is very important to our chapter and our sisterhood chairman has planned many events this year. For example, we recently planned our annual “Kappa Christmas” which involved ornament decorating, fun treats and games as well as a Christmas carol from our seniors. We also planned serval philanthropies throughout the year; for example, Kappa Tauloween with Tau Kappa Epsilon. We set up a Halloween haunted house that involved several scenes; girls were dressed as creepy dolls, butchers, and zombies. It was a huge success we even had to stay open an extra hour to accommodate our customers. Just recently we hosted “Kappaccino” where we made little coffees to sell on campus to fellow Cougs and raised $300 to donate to the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation to help other Kappas in need. Last Spring semester we orchestrated our annual “March Madness” event which is a 4 vs 4 basketball tournament within the Greek community. We were fortunate to round up 50 teams this year and raised about $1500 to share with our partnering sorority Alpha Gamma Delta. Our members along with Alpha Gamma Delta members are coaches to the male teams and Theta Chi was the coaches for the all-girls teams. We had two brackets for an all-girls tournament and an all-boys tournament. We were able to buy books and donate them to Reading is Fundamental; so that kids have books to strengthen their reading skills. Also during the Spring semester, we organized a “Kappa Kookout” which involved Kappas selling hotdogs, burgers and assorted chips and drinks. We raised about $300 to contribute to the “Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation” through our proceeds. WSU held their annual “Aréte Awards” and kappa was fortunate to bring home two awards this year: “The Intellectual Development” “Outstanding Risk Management!” We had an incredible Risk team this year: it was always very organized and passionate for the safety of our sisters. Many girls in the chapter stepped up to support? the Risk Management without being asked to or that weren’t apart of Chapter Council or the Risk Committee. We also have been pretty high in grades however this year our cumulative average GPA has increased to a 3.34. Our Vice President of Academics awards a “Geek of the Week” each week to a kappa that has been studying her tush off: and she is rewarded with a $10 gift card. As a chapter, we have always supported also brought back our biweekly newsletters which have been a big hit. We incorporate different themes from the week such a Christmas or “Big Little” and add pictures throughout the few weeks with a little caption explaining the event. We also revel who our “Geek of the Week” is and our “Polished Kappa” who is awarded by our Standards Chairman for exemplifying good Kappa attributes and be a light in the chapter. Through these organizationsnewsletters we also try to include our alumni by adding in past Gamma Eta stories and posting it on their Facebook page. The newsletter is also sent out to parents and advisors to keep them updated on our festivities. We are really proud of our accomplishments this year and will continue to strive for greatness. Gamma Eta is a place full of talented, incredible girls, we cannot wait to see how our chapter grows and develops, we have big dreams for Gamma Eta! Here we come 2018! ==Highlights of 2018s:== 2018 has been an exceptional year for Gamma Eta and we are even more grateful for all of the wonderful women that 2018 has blessed us with.==In August we welcomed 64 new, intelligent, and beautiful women, who were passionate about Gamma Eta and all that she beholds. In October we were presented with the opportunity of initiating our new members and officially welcome them as sisters. 16 members from member class 2018 will be moving into the Gamma Eta Chapter house come January 2019. We are extremely grateful that both younger and older members get to experience living together and embrace the true friendship that Kappa provides to each of its members. Throughout the year we have been working diligently as a chapter to improve our grades. We are so proud to announce that in Spring 2018 Gamma Eta had the second highest GPA among the 13 other sororities on campus. Fall 2018 we had the third highest GPA. We are extremely proud of our hard work and drive for success. WSU holds annual awards called the "Arete Awards" where Greek chapters are awarded for their excellence in specific categories. This year, Kappa received Honorable Mention for "Standards Award" and "Member Development Award." We pride ourselves on taking care of one another and our Risk Management team goes to show for that. We take special consideration into making our new members feel at home as soon as possible. The latest award was the winner of the "Fall 2018 Yard of the Semester" presented by the College Hill Association.
==Highlights We host many philanthropic events throughout the year. Last spring, we hosted our annual 3 on 3 basketball tournament called March Madness. We also hosted Kappa Con Queso, which is a nacho bar set up behind the chapter house. It was a huge success. This fall we hosted Kappa Tauloween, a haunted house that we decorate and run with the men of 2020s:==Tau Kappa Epsilon. We recently hosted Kappa Cocoa after Thanksgiving break. Our chapter is extremely involved and supportive of the philanthropic events hosted by other Greek chapters at WSU.
Information from chapter’s History Report: (ScholarshipWe publish a biweekly newsletter called "The Key." The newsletter is a fun way to inform parents, group honors/awardsalumni, traditionsmembers, special eventsand many others about all of the upcoming, changes on campus or within chapterpast, overall nature and current activities that Gamma Eta is involved in. It highlights someone as the "Geek of the chapterWeek", chapter goalsthe "Polished Kappa" of the week, challenges and how they the "Clean Kappa" of the week. The member who has received the recognition of either of the three awards is rewarded with a gift card or treat. The newsletters usually have some kind of a theme. For instance, during Valentine's Day the newsletter featured a segment called "Kappa Crush" where members were overcome, etcable to submit little notes of appreciation for another member within the chapter.)
We are proud to have accepted many awards that highlight our hard work and encourage us to continue to improve our chapter. We cannot wait for 2019 and all of the adventures it will bring.
'''Housing==Highlights of 2021== As we celebrated the end of 2020 we looked onto the new year with the hope of getting a little back to normal. Sadly to start off the year online classes, online chapters, online sisterhoods, and online philanthropy events were still the norm due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To start the year the new executive board consisting of Chapter President:''' Emily Foley, Vice President Standards: Sophie Snyder, Vice President Organization: Hannah Jones, Vice President Academic Excellence: Lulu Duffy, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Paola Quijada, Sadie Justus, Alayna Marsh, Secretary: Molly Jones, Treasurer: Ashtyn Gates, Marshal: Gabi Isaak, Education Chairman: Reagan Brown, Event Chairman: Kylie Gage, House Chairman: Mari Nordstrom, Membership Chairman: Sierra Apodaca, New Member Chairman: Saskia Slater, Panhellenic Delegate: Gwenyth Brown, Philanthropy Chair: Anna Schuetze, Public Relations: Hannah Trammell, Risk Management Chairman: Sarah Mctiernan everything was online. The house was still closed due to COVID-19 so the members were stranded all over with some living in Pullman and others living at home. January brought the start of another school year online. Weekly chapter was held online and consisted of a PowerPoint and each executive updating the chapter on relevant information. We also welcomed 3 new members into the 2020 new member class. February included big little over zoom put on my the last New Member chair: Taylor Byrne and a galantine sisterhood hosted by the sisterhood chair: Savannah Slife. Member Class 20 got to receive their bigs after a long wait. Some of them even received two bigs. Another exciting thing was we created a new appointed position called Body Positive with Alexa Bakken running it with switching meetings every other week with the DEI meetings. In March, we hosted a philanthropy for Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Reading is fundamental by selling merchandise online and excepting donations. The three new members were initiated over zoom by previous marshal Averie Stock and current Marshal: Gabi Isaak. The sisterhood chair Savannah Slife also hosted a zoom yoga sisterhood that girls got to join and do yoga together safely. During April and May the philanthropy chair: Anna Schuetze teamed up with DEI: Paola Quijada, Sadie Justus, Alayna Marsh to raise money for Loveland Therapy Fund selling merchandise and a 5K virtual run. Members participated in the 5K all over and were able to send in their participation. May brought the end of the semester and another group of seniors we had to say goodbye to virtually. The Marshal assistant and Senior coordinator: Aly Wittman made boxes with cute Kappa cookies and mailed them to the graduating seniors.
Summer brought lots of outdoor fun for members all over. During the summer came the news that recruitment would be in person as well as classes. The news that the House would be opening and able to hold 40 girls in the coming fall semester was exciting to all.
At the start of August, we had a lot to look forward to. Work week was the first time we had all been together in over a year. Lots to catch up on and to learn for the coming week of recruitment. Membership Chairman: Sierra Apodaca and Assistant membership chairman: Payton Eckblad handled in-person recruitment with poise and confidence. It was a little hectic due to none of the girls have gone through actual recruitment. The switch from singing to canned music helped everyone be more confident. 39 new members ran home on bid day and two Rho Gamas: Lauren Peck and Mackenzie Lamey. We all enjoyed a “purple butterfly effect” bid day put on by New Member Chairman: Saskia Slater. We had a ball pool, a flower wall, and cotton candy to top it off. After weeks of fun and hard work, we started in-person school after being online for more than a year.
'''PhilanthropySeptember was a packed month for Kappa and WSU. We enjoyed our first football game as well as a date dash:'''CougStock with Theta, Fiji, and Pike. We had a movie night, study with sisters, and mini-golf sisterhoods. Kappa Nationals came out with 8 new philanthropies supporting mental health and as a sorority, we chose to support Mental Health America. To support this new philanthropy we raised money by donation, selling merchandise, and a yoga event raising over $5,000.
October started out with initiation. We got to host an in-person initiation and hold a formal dinner for the whole sorority the night before. On October 2, 2021, we initiated 38 young women into Gamma Eta Kappa Kappa Gamma. One other member was initiated two weeks later at the University of Idaho. That same weekend we also held the Fratio sisterhood. It was a busy but fun weekend for everyone. Homecoming was the next week and we were paired up with TKE. We participated in flag football, a lipsync battle, field games, and decorating TKE. It was a week filled with fun getting to know the men of TKE and our sisters better. WSU’s first Parents weekend was held. There was a bbq before the game Saturday for everyone to bring the parents to and to show off our Kappa house. It was tons of fun and everyone loved meeting everyone’s parents. At the end of October, we had the boo bash date dash with Lambda, Theta, and Sig Ep. We also held our annual Kappa Taulloween where we turn TKE into a haunted house. It was a huge hit and the Philanthropy Chair: Anna Schuetze did an amazing job.
November was a little more relaxed but just as fun. Fall formal was at the golf course. Everyone looked beautiful and had fun dressing up. We also voted for our new executive board for the coming year. For veterans day there was no school but we held a movie night, we love our Scoot Eastwood. Panhellenic hosts the arete awards and Gabi Isaak, Kylie Gage, Emily Foley, Audrey Curtis, and Sophia Snyder went to represent Kappa. We won the Public Relation award that night. Thanksgiving break was a nice break in the semester and everyone was excited to go home.
'''Convention AwardsFor December we came home from Christmas break to the house being decorated for Christmas. We did a house-wide secret Santa and there was a lot of studying for finals. The current exec finished up their last few chapters as exec. The new executive board is President:'''Audrey Curtis, VP Standards: Salina Loucks, VP Organization: Lauren McKinney, VP Academic Excellence: Lila Rose Ziebarth, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Chairman: Sydney Clark, Secretary: Delaney Brummond, Treasurer: Bethany Lund, Marshal: Aly Wittman, Education Chairman: Sofia Randall, Event Chairman: Landree Tullis, House Chairman: Sarah Baker, Membership Chairman: Lauryn Lepoidevin, New Member Chairman: Nicole Allison, Panhellenic Delegate: Alexa Bakken, Philanthropy Chairman: Annabel Nicolaides, Public Relations: Sydney Berger, Risk Management Chairman: Lily Leifsen.
As we wave 2021 goodbye we look back on all the memories made and look forward to making more in the coming year. Go Cougs! Go Kappa!
Pullman Child Welfare. We want to give back to our community and supporting this cause lets us help the community around us to the best of our ability.Though multiple different philanthropic events. Including online merchandise sells, fundraiser, and a virtual 5k run. A yoga event and haunted house are some of the in person events we hosted to raise money.
We revoted out DEI officer for another year. We also held a philanthropy event that was chosen by our DEI officers. We sold merchandise and a viral 5K. We help bi-weekly meeting to education our members.
'''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 We help chapter online, and accurate history initiated 3 new members in the spring of your 2021. Our house was also shut down and all sisterhoods and philanthropies were viral. In fall 2021 we had limited capacity in the house and wore masks to chapter for future generations to enjoy!. Besides that, everything was in person.