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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.
==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 Beta Reading Is Fundamental. In the fall, the campus community helped us raise money for 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, Chapter Council officers 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, 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 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 Kappa Dog Night led by 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 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 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 sisters. 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, on-site learning programs) and Theory-to-Practice Grants (special research grants students can use to travel almost anywhere). Our sisters also travel abroad frequently, and are recipients of academic scholarships. '''Philanthropy''' Reading is Fundamental; Kappa Kidney Camp; the Kappa Foundation We support Reading is Fundamental because it is Kappa’s main philanthropy, and our sisters have a long history of involvement in academic research and enthusiasm on OWU’s campus. As for the Foundation, many of our sisters do receive or have received scholarships over the years, and honoring our history is something hugely important to Rho Deuteron. We support Kappa Kidney Camp because it is a local philanthropy run by Kappas in Columbus, Ohio for children on dialysis. We believe in both supporting the local humanitarian efforts in full force promoting our surrounding community, and in giving children undergoing treatment the equal chance to “be a kid” and have a summer camp experience. Since many of our sisters want to work in the medical field, and some specifically with children, this philanthropyis particularly meaningful. Philanthropically, Rho Deuteron also had a 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 Flag. 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, wearing hot dog suits Delta Gamma’s Anchor Splash and selling hot dogs Anchor Bowl, Delta Zeta’s DZ Dodgeball, and hot chocolate on Delta Tau Delta’s Beach Bash. Finally, several sisters volunteered their time to welcome the OWU Class of 2022 to campus by being Camp Oh-Wooo leaders and leading the front porch488 new students in team building and bonding activities before they started classes.We are blessed to be such an active chapter on such a diverse, involved, and beautiful liberal arts campus! ==Highlights of 2019==
February was It has been a busy month fantastic year for Rho Deuteron! This year, we truly learned the women meaning of Beta Rho! To start off sisterhood both within Kappa and within the month, Kappa’s attended Panhellenic community. The year started out with a visit from a Kappa alum who gifted us a framed photo of her pledge class along with the annual Sapphire Ball wedding knife used at her wedding! It was great for the Madison Event Centerwhole chapter to see the life-long effects Kappa continues to supply to alumni. For Founders Day, planned by our event chairman Meryn Ramunda. Everyone danced the night away and enjoyed 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 delicious sit-down dinner with their sisters chapter via social medias and datesstate the importance that Kappa has had onour lives. Later in FebruaryHowever, Kappa’s had during a blast participating in friendly competition triplet meeting with other fraternities my successor, I plan to discuss sesquicentennial plans and sororities on campus during Greek Weekhow she can begin to plan this, and what some ideas for our celebration may be! Throughout the spring semester, our VPS, Aimen Shah ’20, held many amazing sisterhood events, led by such as our very own sister KKGalentines Day sisterhood event held near Valentine’s Day. Sisters were able to celebrate our love for one another through yoga, cookies, and Finance Chair Grace Sprockettdiscussions of what Kappa means to us. We’re so excited keep Greek Week Chair in the hands of We also were able to hold a “Mocktails and a Kappa, Movie” event with Ashley Boggs taking the reigns next yearDelta Zeta. The highlight of the week was showing off our “Boy Band’s Through Kappa sisters visited the Decades” themed step Delta Zeta house and dance routines at the Variety Showdrank mocktails while watching a romantic comedy movie together. Lastly, we celebrated sister Brooke Duncan being elected as Undergraduate Student Body Vice PresidentIt was an amazing opportunity to form more Panhellenic bonds!
March was a very social month for Beta Rho! To kick off We welcomed two new member classes into our chapter in 2019, one in the spring and one in the fall. In the month of Marchspring, Kappa teed up we welcomed 15 new sisters with a “Kappa Land”-themed Bid Day, and 3 new sisters in the men of Beta Theta Pi for Fall with a golf “Bleed Blue”-themed two-wayBid Day. The next week, Kappa had Both of these were a sisterhood event with huge success! At the women Greek Awards this year, Sorority Member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Everyone had a blast at the Kite & Key SisterhoodYear Award went to our very own Aimen Shah ’20, enjoying some friendly kickball between Anna Davies ’19 won the two chaptersSorority Scholar Award, Dr. Later in MarchMelanie Henderson, our faculty advisor, Kappa kicked off their annual Literacy Week at John Pwon the Robert K. Parker Elementary SchoolMarshall Award, and Amy Collins-Warfield, our amazing ritual advisor won the Chapter Advisor of the Year Award. The children were thrilled to have Kappa’s reading Our chapter overall also won theChapter Philanthropy Award and crafting with them for the week Gold Category Chapter Excellence Award. Three sisters, Justine Clark ’20, Makayla Trebella ’21, and Julia Hartlage ’21 were very appreciative chosen for the many books Kappa donatedprestigious Order of Omega Greek Honor Society, and myself, Gabbi Roszman ’21 attended Leadership Academy this fall. Our chapter GPA currently stands at 3. Finally3, which is above the all-women average here at Ohio Wesleyan, thanks to close out increased study hours held at the month, Kappa had a “Drop it like it’s Yacht” themed two-way with house and the men continuation of Sigma Alpha EpsilonGamma Goals. We enjoyed the classic Cincinnati meal of Skyline This year, we had sisters study and Graeter’s volunteer in locations such as Costa Rica, Australia, London, Salamanca, Bucerías, Madrid, Moscow, and had a great time making new friendshipsmany more.
After Spring BreakOver the summer, our sisters spent their days traveling, working, interning, and researching many different topics from How the Beta Rho women enjoyed a Parent’s Day planned by Anti-Vaccination Movement is Influencing World Health tostudying Stem Cells and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Many of our sisters also assisted in Camp Oh-Woo, part of the Public Relations Chairmanorientation program at Ohio Wesleyan which allows integrative, Delaney Spetnagelhands-on experience for first year students. Families gathered at We have had sisters involved in rugby, rowing, tennis, field hockey, volleyball, and swimming. Popular majors throughout the Kappa Palace chapter continue to be diverse, from health-related field, to enjoy a nice meal politics and government, foreign languages, business and economics, philosophy, psychology, and a Streetpops popsicle truckmore. Everyone had a blast and the parent’s loved spending time at Kappa!
To close out Rho Deuteron also had a great year in terms of our philanthropy! We were able to raise around $1500 for Reading is Fundamental through Kappa Kapture the Flag in the spring, along with donating over 40 books to a local elementary school! In the yearfall, through efforts by Natalie Huebschman ’21, Philanthropy Chair for 2019, and Lily Callander ’22, we were able to change our Fall Philanthropy from Kappa Kakes to Kappa hosted Kraze, a Kappa Dog Day on Mainstreet. Kappas again heavily promoted 3-day 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 culminating in a Family Feud style event! Our chapter was also happily able to participate in Kappa KupAlpha Theta’s Theta Bee, Anchor Splash and Anchor Bowl, Delta Zeta’s DZ Dodgeball, Delta Tau Delta’s Beach Bash, a soccer tournamentSigma Phi Epsilon Water Wars, and Delta Delta Delta’s Delta Jam. We are also currently planning to raise send money for their over to the sisters attending in California suffering the effects of all ofthe service trip wildfires in the summerarea. Co-ed soccer teams from various sororities and fraternities on campus had a blast competing for Finally, as mentioned earlier, many sisters participated in Camp OhWoo as camp leaders to welcome the title OWU Class of Kappa Kup Champion. Additionally, Vice President of Standards Hannah Stamos was lucky enough 2023 to college! Around 1200 hours were donated to represent Beta Rho at Kappa Headquarters in Columbus for a weekend long workshop. Our community service projects this year by sisters are so ambitious!
As celebration for the last day 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!
Before the year came to a close though, Kappa’s enjoyed a Senior Night planned by Education Chairman, Libby Hinken, honoring the graduating seniors. Everyone watched fun video footage that included all ==Highlights of the seniors’ favorite kappa memories. It was such a sweet and sentimental way to honor the seniors and to end a great school year! 2020:==
Over the summer, a group of sisters participated in Kappa’s second annual service trip where they travelled to Washington D.C. During their trip, Kappa’s visited RIF’s headquarters and served people who were experiencing homelessness and poverty. Additionally, President Margo Ross and Chapter Council Advisor Emma Wright attended Kappa Convention in San Diego, California where Beta Rho was awarded the Excellence in Chapter Management Award as well as the Risk Management Award. It was an honor to receive national recognition for all of our hard work.
As August rolled aroundRho Deuteron, along with the rest of the world, Kappas all enjoyed has had a wonderful Fleuryear that no one could have predicted. The outbreak of COVID-di19 this past spring forced a campus-Lis week planned by Membership Chairman Molly Talkersshutdown, resulting in the rise of new, digital ways to stay connected as a sisterhood, continuing into the fall semester. It was so fun Keeping the feeling of sisterhood alive this year meant that Rho had to be creative; with virtual book clubs, movie nights, and sisterhood events, we refused to let a digital world stop us from being back together. Rho Deuteron persevered this year in Clifton for ways our chapter had never done before, under circumstances never seen before. While many normal events were cancelled or post-poned due to the limitations imposed by COVID-19, our sisterhood had a photoshared priority of keeping ourselves and our community safe. 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-shoot around campusshutdown, for in our spring semester we welcomed 14 new sisters with a “Krushin’ on Kappa” themed Bid Day! Our standards chair Maria Lagrotteria ’20 held a fun filled day of activities and relaxing sisterhood bondingevent 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, for bumping practice we welcomed home 2 new sisters! We held a virtual Bid Day where we used Zoom to form small groups to connect with alumnieach other and get to know our new members! Throughout the semester, we held two virtual 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 course our sisters were also rewarded for lunches 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-based scholarships from Eli’s BBQ Kappa and Skyline! It another sister won the Gilman International scholarship. Showing how truly KKGenius our house is, a sister was published in a scientific paper and many 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 great way chapter, we used our social media platforms to reconnect with everyone raise money for both Kappa Kidney Camp and Reading is Fundamental. We also virtually held a Reading is Key event and recorded ourselves reading children’s books to be sent to a local elementary school for the students to watch. Separate from our values after usual philanthropic efforts, we were also able to make a long donation to the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC) in Columbus this summer. We also had a wonderful time welcoming Our chapter was thankfully able to participate in other 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. In our new house mom, Linda Doyle, we were fortunate enough to have replaced our beautiful downstairs carpeting and plan to replace the rest of the carpeting next year. The houselooks brand new and we are so thankful for our House Board’s efforts! Linda came from Purdue Rho Deuteron demonstrated this year that we are able to thrive under any circumstances and we’re so excited we cannot wait to see what we are able to have her at Beta Rhoaccomplish next year!
The second Our chapter supports Kappa Kidney camp as our chapter philanthropy as well as Reading is Fundamental and third weekends of September, the Kappa Foundation. We chose to support Kappa participated in Panhellenic Recruitment Kidney camp specifically because it is local to our chapter and ended up adding 50 amazing new memberswe appreciated the efforts of the organization. To celebrate The camp provides a normal summer camp experience for children on dialysis in the new members, Columbus area. We also support Reading is Fundamental because we held recognize the importance of education and providing books to children who are without is a birthday themed bid-day planned by New Member Chair Darby O’Connorgreat way to promote education. We had such a blast dancing Lastly, we support the day away Kappa Foundation because of its ability to provide support to sisters in need so that they are able to successfully continue on our front porch and celebrating “like its our bid day everyday”! their academic journey.
For In response to the first changing political and social of the climate, Rho Deuteron this yearcreated many diversity, Kappa had a 2-way with Phi Sigma Kappaequity, a new colony on campusand inclusion (DEI) goals and initiatives. This event was Phi Sigma Kappa’s first social ever summer, we publicly made a statement highlighting our stance against racism and the actions we planned to take as a chapter. We were so honored also able to play make a part donation to the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC) in making their historyColumbus, OH this summer. Later that weekIn the spring, Pike we had their 4th annual cheese coney eating contest for the Karen Wellington Foundationchair of the OWU Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion council come in and speak during a foundation honoring programming chapter on the mother importance of sister Angeline Wellingtondiversity. In just four days, Kappa raised $2,000 for KWF so they could send two families on This semester we established a vacation, including one of our own Kappa sister’s family, Haley FoglemanDEI chair position to help promote events involving DEI as well as maintaining chapter discussion around diversity. Beta Rho is so lucky We are hoping to make more donations to cultural organizations and bring in more speakers to share such a strong sisterhoodcontinue this important conversation.
To start off OctoberFor 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 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 Rho Deuteron’s history and then played a Kahoot game afterwards with a prize for the fourth year in a row! Later best score. The day of our celebration was also the day that weekthe virtual Minnie Stewart van was visiting our chapter, Kappas attended a Greek Alumni Panel organized by President Margo Ross. Many notable alumni of so that made it even more special! In the Greek community were active in months leading up to the panelSesquicentennial, including Kappa National President J.J. Wales. It was a once in a life time opportunity Minerva history moments were shared at chapter to speak with her in person and hear her insight about Kappa and professionalismincrease awareness of the importance of Kappa’s longstanding history.
The weekend [[File:Wear your Letters Wednesday.png|thumb|Wear your Letters Wednesday]][[File:Virtual Bid Day.jpg|thumb|Virtual Bid Day]][[File:Day after, Kappas celebrated Founder’s virtual Bid day with new members!.jpg|thumb|Day after virtual Bid 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. new members!]]
This year==Highlights of 2021:== Rachel Leslie was awarded the Mary Metzger Fouse Memorial Scholarship, Kappa paired with and was also responsible for many education events for the men chapter including mental health awareness, signs of PIKE to celebrate a “Bearcat for President” themed Homecominghealthy relationship, and other DEI focused lectures. Thanks to our Risk Management ChairIsabel Solowiej, Sarah Imhoff and our Homecoming ChairVPS, Grace Jenkins, we all had a safe and fun week of held many sisterhood events throughout the year including a Teachers making blankets and Mythical Creatures two-waypillowcases, a cookout spa day, and pompingpainting. Our event chair, Lauren Reich, in partnership with the VPS was able to host our first in person formal since 2019. We held a Rock Stars Founder’s Day celebration hosted by our Education chair, Rachel, and Groupies themed two-way at Millions 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 Mtorder to help kids on dialysis to have a normal summer camp experience. Lookout Square, Our chapter supported Kappa’s philanthropy with two philanthropy events one being Kappa bingo and the annual Sigma Phi Ballother being jeopardy. To top it all off, The 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 Public Relations Chairman Molly Somerville planned a delicious Homecoming lunch from Maggiano’s for all chapter on the DEI board at Panhel. We also included more DEI focused education events specifically an LBGT friendly education event and invited Ohio Wesleyan’s Office of Kappa Multicultural Affair to speak to chapter and their families to enjoyguide us through a DEI event.Multiple DEI focused trilogy events were also hosted by Panhel. To end For the month first half of Octoberthe year our chapters had to hold events and activities virtually. We held recruitment, Kappa’s celebrated Big Little Week. Each bid day, bigs surprised their littles with homemade crafts and initiation all things Kappa over zoom. Big little reveal was able to help prepare them be held in person, but was held outside with masks. However, for sisterhood. The week culminated with Big Little Reveal on Sunday after the littles’ new member meeting. The littles 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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