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'''Ohio Wesleyan University established in 1842, Delaware, Ohio'''
'''1,907 929 members as of (June 20162018)'''
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It is not possible to accurately recount all the facts of the beginning of Rho Chapter. The accepted date of the actual establishment has long been November 25, 1880. Yet there is evidence that the chapter considered itself organized earlier than that. In the minutes of Epsilon, then Grand Chapter, it is noted that on April 23, 1880, the chapter voted to give permission "to the establishing of chapters at Oakland, California, and the Ohio Wesleyan." Also, the acceptance of an invitation to honorary membership in Rho Chapter from Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of United States President Rutherford B. Hayes, is dated December 1, 1880. Mary Lawrence Haviland's account of the story states: "When I went to Delaware they had a local chapter at Monnett Hall. Not being invited to join Delta Chi Alpha, I with the assistance of some others wrote to a chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma for information and we finally received a charter. We did not have anyone come to install the chapter, but received papers and charter - I have forgotten what chapter we wrote to. At that time my father was Comptroller of the Treasury at Washington, and I conceived the idea of asking Mrs. Hayes to become an honorary member. So we wrote, and her secretary sent us her acceptance. Anything to get ahead of the other fraternity, and we certainly created some excitement."
A page from The History of Kappa Alpha Thea Theta also dates the advent of Kappa Kappa Gamma on the Ohio Wesleyan campus to at least fall of 1880. It reads, "All went well until the fall of 1880, when the opening of college brought an unusual number of exceptional girls. Delta Chi Alpha, having no rival, calmly deliberated before bids were given, so it was a rude awakening when one winter day the exciting news was announced that Kappa Kappa Gamma had established a chapter at Ohio Wesleyan. Forthwith the Kappa key appeared on the stylish basques of 15 of the most promising girls."
Delta Chi Alpha petitioned and became a chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, but the two nationals were short-lived on campus for they monopolized the social life. This caused other students to threaten not to return to Wesleyan if the women's fraternities continued to exist. So the school faculty decided that no woman could belong to a secret society and both Kappa and Theta were forced to surrender their charters.
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
This is our national philanthropy that we support. We also support Big Brother Big Sisters because a lot of our chapter members on our own are involved with that making it a convenient way to give back!
==Highlights of 2016==
2016 was quite yet another great year for the Rho Deuteron chapter. We participated in both spring and fall recruitment, and we welcomed 21 new sisters to their home. We continue to be involved in a wide variety of campus activities and clubs, and we have sisters in almost every major available. This diversity is something we value highly and allows us to have positive influences in many parts of the campus community. Many of our sisters once again made it onto the Dean’s list this year thanks to our strong commitment to academic excellence. Many of us have also been inducted into various honors societies such as Psi Chi, Order of Omega, Phi Eta Sigma, Mortar board, and Omicron Delta Kappa, to name a few. During the year we held our two annual philanthropy events, one during each semester. In the spring we organized Kappa Karaoke, where other campus organizations helped raise money for Reading Is Fundamental. In the fall, the campus community helped us raise money for Beta Kappa Kidney Camp by eating lots of delicious breakfast food at our event Kappa Kidney Kakes. Both events were highly successful and enjoyed by the campus community. In addition to these two events, we held our second annual Key Event at a local middle school. Our sisters made bookmarks and read books with students, after which they got to keep the books. This was an event that both the children and our sisters gained a lot from. This year we celebrated Founders Day with food and drinks that were popular in 1870, including tea and cheese biscuits. We were also able to borrow materials from the archives of Headquarters that showcased Kappa’s history, and the event was a huge success! Our chapter holds weekly meetings in the beautiful KKG house just off campus, where sisters can go to study, cook food, or just spend time with each other. We are continuing to make upgrades to the house through our campaign Renovate Rho, and our house is looking better and better! As ==Highlights of 2017== For the sisters of Rho deuteron chapter, 2017 was a year of friendship, sisterhood, and growth! We participated in both spring and fall recruitment, welcoming 14 new calendar sisters throughout the year rolled . Our sisters continue to represent and support a diverse range of academic studies, ranging from Politics & Government, Classics, Psychology, Economics, and STEM. We are also heavily involved in on-campus clubs and activities, including groups like Active Minds, President's Club, Women in STEM, PRIDE, and SLUs (Small Living Units) like Tree House, the Peace and Justice House, and the Citizens of the World house (COW). Our sister Sarah Foster was also incredibly involved in and dedicated to the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
The chapter started the year off with a successful formal recruitment, followed up by both a Galentine's Day and Luau themed open house. Our spring retreat was spent at Bare Bowl, a local pottery shop, and as the sisters painted and personalized pottery, we took a break from our studies and just relaxed. This past spring was definitely an oddity, as the chapter had two initiation ceremonies to welcome all of our sisters to their new greek home. In late April, we hosted our annual event Facultea, where sisters are able to invite professors and staff to the Kappa house for tea, snacks, and good conversation. After coming back for the fall semester, the chapter shifted energy to supporting the philanthropy events of other greek organizations on campus. This included (but wasn't limited to) Delta Delta Delta's Kicks for Kids, Delta Zeta's Turtle Trot and Fall Festival, Delta Gamma's Anchor Bowl, and Delta Tau Delta's Beach Bash. We participated in Ohio Wesleyan University's Greek Day of Service as well, serving organizations all aroundthe Delaware community. In terms of awards, Rho deuteron chapter received the gold award at the Greek Standards of Excellence ceremony that is held annually on campus. Members of the chapter received individual awards at the ceremony as well, including Jill Scribner's acceptance of the greek award for academic excellence. Sisters also received scholarship from Kappa as well as a number of outside sources. Ohio Wesleyan University celebrated its 175th anniversary and homecoming this year, and at the celebration, the trustee board and president Rock Jones announced that the university's Connect Today, Chapter Council officers Create Tomorrow campaign raised over $140 million in donations. Rock also announced plans to renovate the House of Black Culture and the Branch Rickey Arena in the coming years. Ohio Wesleyan also elected its very first black female student body president this past year! Other exciting additions to the university were smoothly transitioned into their that of a marching band and a new roles student-run laundry service, participation in both the March on Washington and the March for Science, and involvement in the Ohio 5 Climate Change Coalition.
Rho deuteron chapter has been making a name for itself in 2017 on Ohio Wesleyan's campus. The chapter really focused its attention on the creation of an incredible public relations campaign, not just including social media posts, but becoming more visibly involved on campus and showing the community who a Kappa woman can really be. Not only did this boost of energy bolster Kappa's positive image, but it allowed the Rho sisterhood to grow even closer and highlighted our positive relationships. Our chapter has historically supported and continues to support Reading is Fundamental, the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, and Kappa Kidney Camp. In April of this year, Rho deuteron put on our annual philanthropy event, Kappa Karaoke. The karaoke competition was open to members of all Greek organizations on campus and all proceeds were eager donated to serve their RiF. We also hosted our annual event Reading is Key, where sisters visited a local elementary school and read to the children. Our chapter partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters for this event, allowing us to volunteer as a part of the Ohio Wesleyan campus community as well. Kappa was also able to provide books for the children we read to, putting RiF's message into action in the community. Finally, the sisters put on our third annual event, Kappa Kakes, this fall in the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center. Not only did this include a pancake breakfast for all attendees, we were able to write cards for the children attending Kappa Kidney Camp this upcoming summer. Sisters also raised money for the camp by creating a fun event called Cake a Kappa, where members of the community put money in jars corresponding to different sisters that they would like to see receive a cake to the face. Rho deuteron chapter supports these organizations not only because they are our national philanthropies, but because we feel that giving back to the community (whether it be Ohio Wesleyan, Delaware, or the area at large) is one of the most important reasons why our chapterexists! It makes the sisters feel good and helps those in need in our community. Beta Rho kicked deuteron chapter continues to meet in the Kappa house just off campus, where some very noticable changes have been taking place. Through the combined efforts of the house board, house chairman Cheyenne Hanson, and membership chairman Holley Hickman, the house has gained new couches, fresh paint, a professional carpet cleaning session, and a few plants along the way. The Renovate Rho project is still underway, and improvements are being made constantly! [[File:Rho Deuteron Chapter house.jpg|thumb|Rho Deuteron Chapter house]] ==Highlights of 2018== Rho Deuteron is an outgoing, activity-minded, culturally and socially aware group of sisters that fearlessly pursue their passions. OWU’s liberal arts culture helps sisters create research projects and presentations about topics from geology to museum aesthetics to accounting practices on the West Coast. We encourage strong, loyal, kindhearted friendships among our sisters, and we try to always keep our eyes on friendship, love and loyalty. Our New Member classes always immediately feel welcome and loved by the active sisters within our chapter. [[File:Rho Deuteron 2018 with Gail Simpson Owen & Beth Black.jpeg|thumb|Rho Deuteron 2018 with Gail Simpson Owen & Beth Black]] What a great year for Rho Deuteron! This year we learned the importance of heritage and sisterhood both on our campus and beyond. We started the year with a Kappa Dog Night led by lovely visit from former fraternity president Beth Black and new president Gail Owen in January. Then several of our sisters participated in the reinstatement of Beta Nu chapter at The Ohio State University, attending both their Formal Pledging and Initiation service. Seeing the persistence of Kappas coming together to preserve a beautiful organization left our chapter feeling inspired and proud of our Beta Nu sisters. For Founders Day, our chapter had a presentation from our Marshal about the history of Rho Deuteron itself. We loved decorating cookies together and learning about our chapter roots as Rho Sigma literary society, and as a secret local sorority when the university banned Greek Life in the early 1910s. We also had sister Justine Clark ’20 serve a term on the Panhellenic Council doing Public Relations. Since our sister Aimen Shah ’20 was the RA of OWU’s Panhellenic House residential community, we had several Panhellenic-themed events in the Fall: a cookout at the Panhellenic House with the four other houses on campus, and a holiday party with Delta Zeta. We welcomed a NM class in both the Spring and Fall: 11 new sisters in the Spring with an “Out of this World”-themed Bid Day, and six new Philanthropy Chairsisters in the Fall with a “Glow Kappa”-themed Bid Day. The chapter swept the Greek Awards this year, winning the Chapter Program of the Year Award for 2017’s Reading is Key event, the Outstanding Alumni Relations Award, Sorority Member of the Year Award (alumnae sister Cat Boyle ’18), Outstanding Sorority Scholar Award (sister Holley Hickman ’19), Ciera Woyckethe Robert K. Despite Marshall Award (alumnae and advisor Julia Hatfield ’06), the coldEmerging Leader Award (sister Juliana Freisen ’20), Kappa’s and the Tom Courtice New Member Award (alumnae sister Cheyenne Hanson ’18). Five sisters were out also chosen for the prestigious Order of Omega. At Convention, we received an Honorable Mention for the Heritage Award, and we also had a sister attend Leadership Academy this fall. The house G.P.A is on a steady increase thanks to study hours and the introduction of Gamma Goals, a program where sisters make academic goals for the week and are rewarded when they accomplish so many. Three of our sisters are graduating a semester early, and several will be studying abroad in Costa Rica, Italy, and Spain next year. Our sisters spent their summers traveling, interning, and conducting research at a variety of places, from heart disease research at The Ohio State University, to planning Orientation for the OWU Class of 2022, to traveling to England to study Shakespeare or to Germany to study astronomy. Popular majors in the chapter continue to be health and science-related fields, politics and government, business fields, modern foreign languages, and psychology, though we have sisters involved in the social sciences, performing arts, humanities, and natural sciences. Ohio Wesleyan is currently in full force promoting the middle of an exciting campaign called Connect Today, Create Tomorrow. The campaign is intended to strengthen every aspect of campus life--academics, financial aid and academic scholarships, career connections and assistance, infrastructure and residence hall life, the unique OWU Connection program, and alumni relations. Fundraising is ahead of schedule, which is not just good for the university, but for our philanthropysisters. Our sisters are no stranger to utilizing the OWU Connection, and every school break we have sisters traveling as part of Travel-Learning Courses (unique out-of-classroom, wearing hot dog suits on-site learning programs) and selling hot dogs Theory-to-Practice Grants (special research grants students can use to travel almost anywhere). Our sisters also travel abroad frequently, and hot chocolate on the front porchare recipients of academic scholarships. '''Philanthropy'''
February was a busy month for the women of Beta Rho! To start off the month, Kappa’s attended the annual Sapphire Ball at the Madison Event Center, planned by our event chairman Meryn Ramunda. Everyone danced the night away and enjoyed a delicious sit-down dinner with their sisters and dates. Later in February, Kappa’s had a blast participating in friendly competition with other fraternities and sororities on campus during Greek Week, led by our very own sister and Finance Chair Grace Sprockett. We’re so excited keep Greek Week Chair in Reading is Fundamental; Kappa Kidney Camp; the hands of a Kappa, with Ashley Boggs taking the reigns next year. The highlight of the week was showing off our “Boy Band’s Through the Decades” themed step and dance routines at the Variety Show. Lastly, we celebrated sister Brooke Duncan being elected as Undergraduate Student Body Vice President! Foundation
March was We support Reading is Fundamental because it is Kappa’s main philanthropy, and our sisters have a very social month long history of involvement in academic research and enthusiasm on OWU’s campus. As for Beta Rho! To kick off the month Foundation, many of Marchour sisters do receive or have received scholarships over the years, and honoring our history is something hugely important to Rho Deuteron. We support Kappa teed up with the men of Beta Theta Pi for Kidney Camp because it is a golf themed two-way. The next weeklocal philanthropy run by Kappas in Columbus, Kappa had a sisterhood event with the women of Kappa Alpha ThetaOhio for children on dialysis. Everyone had a blast at We believe in both supporting the Kite & Key Sisterhoodlocal humanitarian efforts in our surrounding community, enjoying some friendly kickball between the two chapters. Later and in March, Kappa kicked off their annual Literacy Week at John P. Parker Elementary School. The giving children were thrilled undergoing treatment the equal chance to “be a kid” and have Kappa’s reading and crafting with them for the week and were very appreciative for the a summer camp experience. Since many books Kappa donated. Finally, of our sisters want to close out work in the monthmedical field, Kappa had a “Drop it like it’s Yacht” themed two-way and some specifically with the men of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. We enjoyed the classic Cincinnati meal of Skyline and Graeter’s and had a great time making new friendshipschildren, this philanthropy is particularly meaningful.
After Spring BreakPhilanthropically, the Beta Rho women enjoyed Deuteron also had a Parent’s Day planned by stellar year. Thanks to the efforts of sister Molly Geffken ’19, Philanthropy Chair during 2018, we recreated our Spring Philanthropy from Kappa Karaoke to Kappa Kapture the Public Relations ChairmanFlag. We raised over $6,000 for RIF with this event alone, and are so thankful to Molly’s creativity for helping us accomplish this! Our chapter also participated in events like Delta Delta Delta’s Kicks for Kids, Delta Gamma’s Anchor Splash and Anchor Bowl, Delaney SpetnagelDelta Zeta’s DZ Dodgeball, and Delta Tau Delta’s Beach Bash. Families gathered at Finally, several sisters volunteered their time to welcome the Kappa Palace OWU Class of 2022 to enjoy a nice meal campus by being Camp Oh-Wooo leaders and leading the 488 new students in team building and a Streetpops popsicle truckbonding activities before they started classes. Everyone had We are blessed to be such an active chapter on such a blast diverse, involved, and the parent’s loved spending time at Kappabeautiful liberal arts campus!
To close out the year, Kappa hosted a Kappa Dog Day on Mainstreet. Kappas again heavily promoted philanthropy wearing their usual hot dog suits and selling corn dogs on campus. Shortly after the last Dog Day of the semester, Kappas hosted and participated in Kappa Kup, a soccer tournament, to raise money for their sisters attending the service trip in the summer. Co-ed soccer teams from various sororities and fraternities on campus had a blast competing for the title of Kappa Kup Champion. Additionally, Vice President of Standards Hannah Stamos was lucky enough to represent Beta Rho at Kappa Headquarters in Columbus for a weekend long workshop. Our sisters are so ambitious!
As celebration for the last day ==Highlights of classes, Kappa hosted a firefighter themed date party at Uncle Woody’s. Everyone enjoyed complimentary firefighter hats. What a great event to close out the school year year!With finals the next week, Kappas hit the books hard with the support of their Vice President of Academics, Molly Hinken. Molly organized study tables and rewards for girls who achieved their goals for the semester. All of our hard work paid off when Kappa was named the second highest GPA in Greek life!2019==
Before It has been a fantastic year for Rho Deuteron! This year, we truly learned the meaning of sisterhood both within Kappa and within the Panhellenic community. The year came started out with a visit from a Kappa alum who gifted us a framed photo of her pledge class along with the wedding knife used at her wedding! It was great for the whole chapter to see the life-long effects Kappa continues to supply to alumni. For Founders Day, our chapter did not have much of a chance to celebrate in person, as our University was on fall break, but we were able to come together as a close thoughchapter via social medias and state the importance that Kappa has had onour lives. However, Kappa’s enjoyed during a Senior Night planned by Education Chairmantriplet meeting with my successor, Libby HinkenI plan to discuss sesquicentennial plans and how she can begin to plan this, honoring and what some ideas for our celebration may be! Throughout the graduating seniorsspring semester, our VPS, Aimen Shah ’20, held many amazing sisterhood events, such as our KKGalentines Day sisterhood event held near Valentine’s Day. Everyone watched fun video footage that included all Sisters were able to celebrate our love for one another through yoga, cookies, and discussions of the seniors’ favorite kappa memorieswhat Kappa means to us. It was such We also were able to hold a sweet “Mocktails and sentimental way to honor a Movie” event with Delta Zeta. Kappa sisters visited the seniors Delta Zeta house and drank mocktails while watching a romantic comedy movie together. It was an amazing opportunity to end a great school yearform more Panhellenic bonds!
Over We welcomed two new member classes into our chapter in 2019, one in the spring and one in the fall. In the summerspring, we welcomed 15 new sisters with a group of “Kappa Land”-themed Bid Day, and 3 new sisters participated in Kappa’s second annual service trip where they travelled the Fall with a “Bleed Blue”-themed Bid Day. Both of these were a huge success! At the Greek Awards this year, Sorority Member of the Year Award went to Washington Dour very own Aimen Shah ’20, Anna Davies ’19 won the Sorority Scholar Award, Dr.CMelanie Henderson, our faculty advisor, won the Robert K. During their tripMarshall Award, Kappa’s visited RIF’s headquarters and served people who were experiencing homelessness and poverty. AdditionallyAmy Collins-Warfield, President Margo Ross and our amazing ritual advisor won the Chapter Council Advisor Emma Wright attended Kappa Convention in San Diego, California where Beta Rho was awarded of the Year Award. Our chapter overall also won the Excellence in Chapter Management Philanthropy Award as well as and the Risk Management Gold Category Chapter Excellence Award. It was an honor to receive national recognition Three sisters, Justine Clark ’20, Makayla Trebella ’21, and Julia Hartlage ’21 were chosen for the prestigious Order of Omega Greek Honor Society, and myself, Gabbi Roszman ’21 attended Leadership Academy this fall. Our chapter GPA currently stands at 3.3, which is above the all -women average here at Ohio Wesleyan, thanks to increased study hours held at the house and the continuation of our hard workGamma Goals. This year, we had sisters study and volunteer in locations such as Costa Rica, Australia, London, Salamanca, Bucerías, Madrid, Moscow, and many more.
As August rolled aroundOver the summer, our sisters spent their days traveling, Kappas all enjoyed a wonderful Fleurworking, interning, and researching many different topics from How the Anti-di-Lis week planned by Membership Chairman Molly TalkersVaccination Movement is Influencing World Health tostudying Stem Cells and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. It was so fun being back Many of our sisters also assisted in Clifton for a photoCamp Oh-shoot around campusWoo, for a fun filled day part of activities and sisterhood bondingthe orientation program at Ohio Wesleyan which allows integrative, hands-on experience for bumping practice with alumnifirst year students. We have had sisters involved in rugby, rowing, tennis, field hockey, volleyball, and of course for lunches swimming. Popular majors throughout the chapter continue to be diverse, from Eli’s BBQ health-related field, to politics and Skyline! It was a great way to reconnect with everyone government, foreign languages, business and our values after a long summer. We also had a wonderful time welcoming our new house momeconomics, philosophy, Linda Doylepsychology, to our beautiful house! Linda came from Purdue and we’re so excited to have her at Beta Rho! more.
The second and third weekends Rho Deuteron also had a great year in terms of September, our philanthropy! We were able to raise around $1500 for Reading is Fundamental through Kappa participated Kapture the Flag in Panhellenic Recruitment the spring, along with donating over 40 books to a local elementary school! In the fall, through efforts by Natalie Huebschman ’21, Philanthropy Chair for 2019, and ended up adding 50 amazing new members. To celebrate the new membersLily Callander ’22, we held were able to change our Fall Philanthropy from Kappa Kakes to Kappa Kraze, a birthday themed bid3-day planned by New Member Chair Darby O’Connorphilanthropy, culminating in a Family Feud style event! Our chapter was also happily able to participate in Kappa Alpha Theta’s Theta Bee, Anchor Splash and Anchor Bowl, Delta Zeta’s DZ Dodgeball, Delta Tau Delta’s Beach Bash, Sigma Phi Epsilon Water Wars, and Delta Delta Delta’s Delta Jam. We had such a blast dancing are also currently planning to send money over to the sisters in California suffering the effects of all ofthe wildfires in the area. Finally, as mentioned earlier, many sisters participated in Camp OhWoo as camp leaders to welcome the day away on our front porch and celebrating “like its our bid day everyday”OWU Class of 2023 to college! Around 1200 hours were donated to community service projects this year by sisters!
For the first social of the year, Kappa had a 2-way with Phi Sigma Kappa, a new colony on campus. This event was Phi Sigma Kappa’s first social ever and we were so honored to play a part in making their history. Later that week, Pike had their 4th annual cheese coney eating contest for the Karen Wellington Foundation, a foundation honoring the mother of sister Angeline Wellington. In just four days, Kappa raised $2,000 for KWF so they could send two families on a vacation, including one of our own Kappa sister’s family, Haley Fogleman. Beta Rho is so lucky to share such a strong sisterhood.
To start off October, Kappa participated in Sigma Chi’s Derby Days, led by Derby Days Chair Kelly Higgins. Throughout the week, Kappa’s attended numerous events and ultimately came in first place for the fourth year in a row! Later that week, Kappas attended a Greek Alumni Panel organized by President Margo Ross. Many notable alumni ==Highlights of the Greek community were active in the panel, including Kappa National President J.J. Wales. It was a once in a life time opportunity to speak with her in person and hear her insight about Kappa and professionalism. 2020:==
The weekend after, Kappas celebrated Founder’s Day with a delicious brunch planned by Education Chair Libby Hinken. It was an honor being able to celebrate and recognize many Kappa Alumni for their strong loyalty. On October 11th, Kappa held the third annual Kappa Spelling Key honoring our philanthropy, RIF.
This Rho Deuteron, along with the rest of the world, has had a yearthat no one could have predicted. The outbreak of COVID-19 this past spring forced a campus-shutdown, Kappa paired with resulting in the men rise of PIKE new, digital ways to celebrate stay connected as a “Bearcat for President” themed Homecomingsisterhood, continuing into the fall semester. Thanks Keeping the feeling of sisterhood alive this year meant that Rho had to our Risk Management Chairbe creative; with virtual book clubs, movie nights, Sarah Imhoff and sisterhood events, we refused to let a digital world stop us from being together. Rho Deuteron persevered this year in ways our Homecoming Chairchapter had never done before, Grace Jenkinsunder circumstances never seen before. While many normal events were cancelled or post-poned due to the limitations imposed by COVID-19, we all our sisterhood had a shared priority of keeping ourselves and our community safe and fun week . All of our events were held virtually this semester, including chapter meetings and our Sesquicentennial celebration. We couldn’t be more proud of how our chapter has overcome the challenges presented this past year. Prior to the campus-shutdown, in our spring semester we welcomed 14 new sisters with a Teachers “Krushin’ on Kappa” themed Bid Day! Our standards chair Maria Lagrotteria ’20 held a fun and Mythical Creatures relaxing sisterhood event with the whole chapter where sisters were able to connect and get to know the new members. This pledge class was the first in Rho Deuteron history to be initiated virtually! In our fall recruitment, we welcomed home 2 new sisters! We held a virtual Bid Day where we used Zoom to form small groups to connect with each other and get to know our new members! Throughout the semester, we held twovirtual sisterhood events where we played games and hung out over Zoom. Even though they were virtual, these sisterhood events were a lot of fun! For this fall new member class, we had our first Rho Deuteron run virtual initiation and pledging ceremony. Both ceremonies were very successful despite the circumstances, thanks to help from ritual specialists and advisors. Many of our sisters were also rewarded for their academics this year! Sisters were accepted into many honor societies such as: Politics & Government, Philosophy, Theater, Mortar Board, and more, as well as Dean’s List honors. Several sisters received merit and need-waybased scholarships from Kappa and another sister won the Gilman International scholarship. Showing how truly KKGenius our house is, a cookout sister was published in a scientific paper and pompingmany sisters won awards within their academic fields. Philanthropy this year was more essential than ever due to the economic hardships imposed by COVID-19. As a chapter, we used our social media platforms to raise money for both Kappa Kidney Camp and Reading is Fundamental. We also virtually held a Rock Stars Reading is Key event and Groupies themed two-way at Millions recorded ourselves reading children’s books to be sent to a local elementary school for the students to watch. Separate from our usual philanthropic efforts, we were also able to make a donation to the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC) in Columbus this summer. Our chapter was thankfully able to participate in Mtother Greek organizations’ events such as Kappa Alpha Theta’s Theta Bee, Delta Delta Delta’s Movie Night, Chi Phi’s Pumpkin Carving, as well as donate to the other Greek organizations on campus. Lookout SquareIn our house, we were fortunate enough to have replaced our downstairs carpeting and plan to replace the rest of the carpeting next year. The house looks brand new and we are so thankful for our House Board’s efforts! Rho Deuteron demonstrated this year that we are able to thrive under any circumstances and we cannot wait to see what we are able to accomplish next year! Our chapter supports Kappa Kidney camp as our chapter philanthropy as well as Reading is Fundamental and the annual Sigma Phi BallKappa Foundation. To top We chose to support Kappa Kidney camp specifically because it all offis local to our chapter and we appreciated the efforts of the organization. The camp provides a normal summer camp experience for children on dialysis in the Columbus area. We also support Reading is Fundamental because we recognize the importance of education and providing books to children who are without is a great way to promote education. Lastly, we support the Kappa Foundation because of its ability to provide support to sisters in need so that they are able to successfully continue on their academic journey. In response to the changing political and social climate, Rho Deuteron this year created many diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals and initiatives. This summer, we publicly made a statement highlighting our Public Relations Chairman Molly Somerville stance against racism and the actions we planned to take as a chapter. We were also able to make a donation to the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC) in Columbus, OH this summer. In the spring, we had the chair of the OWU Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion council come in and speak during a programming chapter on the importance of diversity. This semester we established a delicious Homecoming lunch from Maggiano’s for all DEI chair position to help promote events involving DEI as well as maintaining chapter discussion around diversity. We are hoping to make more donations to cultural organizations and bring in more speakers to continue this important conversation. For our chapter celebration of Kappa’s 150 anniversary, we held a virtual meeting where myself and the Academic Excellence chair Megha Malik ’20 shared both Kappa and their families Rho Deuteron’s history and then played a Kahoot game afterwards with a prize for the best score. The day of our celebration was also the day that the virtual Minnie Stewart van was visiting our chapter, so that made it even more special! In the months leading up to the Sesquicentennial, Minerva history moments were shared at chapter to enjoyincrease awareness of the importance of Kappa’s longstanding history. To end [[File:Wear your Letters Wednesday.png|thumb|Wear your Letters Wednesday]][[File:Virtual Bid Day.jpg|thumb|Virtual Bid Day]][[File:Day after virtual Bid day with new members!.jpg|thumb|Day after virtual Bid day with new members!]] ==Highlights of 2021:== Rachel Leslie was awarded the Mary Metzger Fouse Memorial Scholarship, and was also responsible for many education events for the month chapter including mental health awareness, signs of Octobera healthy relationship, Kappa’s celebrated Big Little Weekand other DEI focused lectures. Each Isabel Solowiej, our VPS, held many sisterhood events throughout the year including making blankets and pillowcases, a spa day, bigs surprised their littles and painting. Our event chair, Lauren Reich, in partnership with homemade crafts the VPS was able to host our first in person formal since 2019. We held a Founder’s Day celebration hosted by our Education chair, Rachel, and all things initiated 11 new members. Our chapter also had a chapter GPA of 3.53. Our chapter supports Kappa Kidney Camp as a local organization in order to help prepare them for sisterhoodkids on dialysis to have a normal summer camp experience. Our chapter supported Kappa’s philanthropy with two philanthropy events one being Kappa bingo and the other being jeopardy. The week culminated with Big Little Reveal Kappa bingo was hosted on zoom while jeopardy was able to be in person and both were very successful. Our chapter took steps towards more DEI initiatives by adding a DEI officer to represent our chapter on Sunday after the littles’ new member meetingDEI board at Panhel. We also included more DEI focused education events specifically an LBGT friendly education event and invited Ohio Wesleyan’s Office of Multicultural Affair to speak to chapter and guide us through a DEI event.Multiple DEI focused trilogy events were also hosted by Panhel. For the first half of the year our chapters had to hold events and activities virtually. We held recruitment, bid day, and initiation all over zoom. Big little reveal was able to be held in person, but was held outside with masks. The littles However, for the later half of this year we were so surprised able to host events in person and excited! have initiation at the house once again.
Kappas were able to celebrate a great semester with the annual Kappa Krush event. This year, Kappa Krush was held at Urban Artifact, a great new brewery in Northside. Between Adriatico’s pizza and a full dance floor, the event was a blast! ------------------------
Finally, the time came to officially welcome our newest sisters and show them the true meaning of sisterhood. Our inspiration week, led and planned by Marshall Erin Walsh, consisted of family dinner dates, a roller-skating sisterhood, and Fireside Ceremony. The week culminated with a flawless initiation of 44 new sisters!
2016 was a busy year for Beta Rho and we could not be more grateful for our wonderful sisterhood and all we’ve accomplished. We are so excited to see what 2017 has in store for Beta Rho!
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