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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1982|02|20}}
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|Location= Fulton, MO
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'''599 704 initiates (as of 2011June 2018)'''
'''Some of Zeta Zeta's Outstanding Alumnae:''' '''Fraternity Council Members:''' Jamie Ogden (Jamieson), Traveling Consultant 1985-1986;Kari Albert, Leadership Consultant 2004-2005
'''Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:'''
'''Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:'''
'''Additional Outstanding Zeta Zeta Alumnae'''
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Founded in 1851, Westminster College is a private, selective, coeducational, residential, undergraduate college with a curriculum based on the liberal arts with an emphasis on developmental experience. The College is dedicated to teaching excellence and an education centered on key values (integrity, fairness, respect, and responsibility) that prepare our graduates to become leaders of character.
'''Colonization (Information from The KEY, winter 1981)'''
During this decade, coeds danced to rock and pop music; wore leg warmers, leggings, and pumps; watched M*A*S*H, Happy Days, and The Love Boat on television, and had serious discussions about Ronald Reagan politics and the Cold War.
'''Installation (Information from The KEY, spring 1982)'''
Zeta Zeta was officially installed the weekend of February 19-21, 1982. The First Christian Church in Fulton was the setting for the initiation ceremony held February 20. That evening a banquet was held at the Stables Restaurant. Many gifts arrived from various active and alumnae groups in Zeta Province.
'''Housing:'''
Sororities at Westminster College each had a room in a dormitory for their meetings. Women were required to live in a college-approved residence hall or college-owned house.
'''Philanthropy:'''
Callaway County Library Bond issues
During its second decade of existence Zeta Zeta prided itself on its academic accomplishments. The chapter generally had either the first or second highest grades in the Greek community.
'''Housing:'''
Sororities at Westminster College each had a room in a dormitory for their meetings. Women were required to live in a college-approved residence hall or college-owned house. Kappa was the second largest living unit on campus.
'''Philanthropy:'''
Zeta Zeta took first place in many college and community philanthropic activities. During this 10-year-period Zeta Zeta sponsored the American Red Cross Blood Drive, and joined the men of Phi Delta Theta in annual Easter Egg Hunts for children in the Fulton community. It participated in Kappa Alpha Theta's Cupids for Casa, and Beta Theta Pi’s Save the World. Other philanthropies Kappas were involved in included the Westminster Dog Show which raised money for the Fulton Animal Shelter, the Wiley House Soup Kitchen, Special Olympics, the Missouri School for the Deaf, and the Klean the Forest Campaign.
Wisdom is one of Kappa's five virtues, and the women of Zeta Zeta Chapter strove to continue performing well in academics. During this decade Zeta Zeta generally ranked first or second among Greek organizations academically, was awarded the English Cup for best overall grades, and received many individual academic awards, including Student Foundation member for the freshman and senior class, Pre-Law Student of the Year, and Student Government Association Outstanding Senior.
'''Housing:'''
Sororities at Westminster College each had a room in a dormitory for their meetings. Women were required to live in a college-approved residence hall or college-owned house. Zeta Zeta continued to be the second largest living group on the Westminster campus.
'''Philanthropy:'''
Throughout this decade, Zeta Zeta began its philanthropic efforts during recruitment. Current members, along with potential New Members, stuffed teddy bears for the children at the Missouri School for the Deaf. Each bear came with a birth certificate and a special message written on the back. Another time they assembled back-to-school pencil boxes filled with pencils, crayons, stickers, and other school items for the children. Each month the chapter made small crafts for each elementary age child at the School. It was always an exciting time and the children were always very happy to see the Kappas.
'''Chapter Convention Awards'''
Membership Honorable Mention – 2006;
Standards Honorable Mention - 2008;
Province Meeting Awards
The Meg Cherry Smith Excellence in Upholding Standards – 2005;
The Jane Froman Philanthropy Award – 2005;
After initiating our eleven new members this semester we held elections. Everything went smoothly and we elected a wonderful new Chapter council. These girls will carry our chapter to success throughout the next year. We closed the semester with our annual Winter Formal. It was a great way to celebrate a successful semester and bond with our sisters. We look forward to what the next year brings.
Westminster College got a new President, Dr. Benjamin Ola Akande. Dr. Akande has been doing great things to improve Westminster’s campus. He also is supportive of Greek life and has been pushing to help us all grow. Our chapter is going through a process to get a floor in a residence hall for girls to live in since there are no sorority houses on campus. This is a work in progress but we hope that it will help our chapter grow in numbers, improve Greek life on campus, and some day lead to a house in the future. Our chapter has a positive outlook on the future and we are not only making changes to our chapter for ourselves, but also for future members to come.
Chapter Philanthropy:
What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
Our chapter has traditionally raised money for Reading is Fundamental and Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We donate each year to the Rose McGill Holiday Sharing Program to help a person in need during the holidays. We do local and school wide service events yearly for instance Into the Streets where we clean up the streets of Fulton and Martin Luther King Service day. We also volunteer at the local soup kitchen.
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
We chose these organizations because they match our virtues and we strive to always help our community in any way we can.
==Highlights of 2016==
The Zeta Zeta Chapter returned to Westminster College for the spring semester on January 11, 2016. The year became busy right off the bat with a Greek Leadership Workshop where several of our members learned how to be influential leaders in the Greek community at Westminster College. At the end of January we held COB and gave a bid to our sweet Jenny Blake. We had a Hawaiian-themed Bid Day celebration a few days later where we ate kabobs and had a wonderful time. Inspiration Week quickly followed at the beginning of March, and Jenny was initiated on March 5th at Washington University. Additionally, we held our annual Reading is Key event which benefitted Reading is Fundamental.
Throughout the semester we participated in many service events including: our monthly trips to Missouri School for the Deaf, the local food bank, the Panhellenic Dance-a-thon, and others. We also participated in Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s annual philanthropy week in which we took first place! A few weeks later, Zeta Zeta also partook in Phi Delta Theta’s annual philanthropy week. On March 12, we had our biannual Mom’s Weekend; we spent the day visiting with our moms and painting canvases. The end of March brought about our annual Easter Egg Hunt, which we co-hosted with the men of Phi Delta Theta. Numerous children from the surrounding community came to The Hill to hunt for eggs and we had a blast. In April we hosted our first annual philanthropy week, and it was hugely successful. It was jungle themed and the participants had an awesome time helping us raise money for Reading is Fundamental and The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.
Over the summer, three of our sisters went to the National Convention in San Diego. They had an exciting, eventful time, and brought home good news. Zeta Zeta was awarded for being the most improved chapter of 74 members or less in academic excellence in the biennium; additionally, we were awarded for the greatest giving of any small Kappa chapter to the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. The Kappa floor in Weigle Hall was also renovated to prepare for the upcoming school year.
We ended the semester with our annual Sapphire Ball at a beautiful venue, and graduation on May 7th.
Zeta Zeta began the fall semester with formal recruitment. On August 28th, we welcomed 20 beautiful, bright new faces at our donut-themed Bid Day celebration. Our new members were pledged in and began New Member Programming which they completed before an exciting Big/Little reveal and Inspiration Week in mid-October. On October 23rd, we welcomed them into our beautiful sisterhood and they now wear the golden key.
We also held our two annual fall semester formals, Kappa Krush and Winter Formal, and participated in Delta Tau Delta’s philanthropy week and took home first place! Additionally, we hosted an extremely successful golf tournament, Teeing Off for a Better World, where we raised over $8,000 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We are extremely happy with 2016 and we cannot wait to grow stronger together in the years to come.
Over the summer of 2016, the second floor of Weigle Hall, as well as the common lounge and our chapter lounge, were renovated extensively. Zeta Zeta now has our own private floor where several of our members live. This change has brought our chapter closer together and we are confident that we will only continue to grow stronger and closer due to this new change on campus.
Historically, Zeta Zeta has supported many organizations including: The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, Reading is Fundamental, Missouri School for the Deaf, and the various philanthropies of our fellow Greek organizations in Fulton. We choose to support Missouri School for the Deaf because it is a hands on experience where we can see our chapter making a difference in our own local community. No matter the nature of one’s day, they cannot leave MSD without a smile on their face. The children adore the days we arrive to spend time with them and form special relationships.
Additionally, we support the various organizations that other Greek organizations support in order to bring the Greek community together more so we can all make an even larger impact on the world.
Zeta Zeta holds chapter meetings in the basement lounge of Weigle Hall at Westminster. Our lounge was renovated over the summer and we have many new, donated pieces of furniture and art from Zeta Zeta alumni.
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==Highlights of 2017==
he Zeta Zeta Chapter returned to Westminster College for the spring semester on January 16, 2017. Throughout the semester we participated in many service events including: a Westminster blood drive, a Circle of Sisterhood philanthropy week, Cupcakes for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Sexual Assault Week, and more. We also participated in Kappa Alpha Order and Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s annual philanthropy weeks in which we took first place for both! A few weeks later, Zeta Zeta also partook in Phi Delta Theta’s annual philanthropy week. We hosted our Reading is Key event in February at the Fulton library where we read books and made crafts with children of the local community.
On March 11, we held our biannual Dad’s Weekend; we spent the day visiting with our dads and playing yard games. The end of March brought about our Kappa Kappa Gamma philanthropy week which was Disney themed where we raised $1848 for Reading is Fundamental and the Special Learning Center.
The chapter started off April with our annual Easter Egg Hunt, which we co-hosted with the men of Phi Delta Theta. Numerous children from the surrounding community came to The Westminster Hill to hunt for eggs and we had a blast. And we were proud to send a delegate to attend the Kappa Kappa Gamma Leadership Academy, where she brought back numerous ideas to share with our chapter. We ended the semester by participating in the Beta Theta Pi philanthropy week and we hosted our annual Sapphire Ball at a beautiful venue. We also joined a new local philanthropy called the Special Learning Center, an educational institution for children with developmental delays and disabilites. We have visited with the children several times since partnering with them and donated a total of $924 from our previous philanthropy events.
Zeta Zeta began the fall semester with formal recruitment. On August 25th, we welcomed 11 beautiful, bright new faces at our Vegas-themed Bid Day celebration. Our new members were pledged in and began New Member Programming which they completed before an exciting Big/Little reveal and Inspiration Week on the first of October. On October 8th, we welcomed them into our beautiful sisterhood and they now wear the golden key.
We also held our two annual fall semester formals, Kappa Krush and Winter Formal, and participated in various service events throughout the fall semester such as: Mac n Cheese with Alpha Gamma Deltas, a Special Learning Center Trunk or Treat, a Westminster Blood Drive and a Special Learning Center Parent’s Café, where we cared for the children so that the parents could have some time to themselves. Additionally, we hosted an extremely successful golf tournament in September, where we raised $7,070 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. Ending the semester, we just handed out a bid to a wonderful woman and she is going through her New Member Programming. We are excited to be initiating our new member in the beginning of the Spring Semester, due to special request. We are extremely pleased with 2017 and we cannot wait to grow stronger together in the years to come.
Over the summer of 2016, the second floor of Weigle Hall, as well as the common lounge and our chapter lounge, were renovated extensively. We continued to update this floor with new decorations and personalized the name boxes for the new members to live on the floor for the fall of 2017. The first year we had this floor there were 11 members living there but for 2017, we have 18 members living in and this change has brought our chapter closer together as majority of our chapter are housemates. We are confident that we will only continue to grow stronger and closer due to this new change on campus.
Historically, Zeta Zeta has supported many organizations including: The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, Reading is Fundamental, Missouri School for the Deaf, the Special Learning Center and the various philanthropies of our fellow Greek organizations in Fulton. We recently chose to support the Special Learning Center (SLC) because it is a hands on experience where we can see our chapter making a difference in a nearby local community. No matter the nature of one’s day, they cannot leave SLC without a smile on their face. The children adore the days we arrive to spend time with them and form special relationships.
Additionally, we support the various organizations that other Greek organizations support in order to bring the Greek community together more so we can all make an even larger impact on the world.
Zeta Zeta holds chapter meetings in the basement lounge of Weigle Hall at Westminster. Our lounge was renovated over the summer and we have many new, donated pieces of furniture and art from Zeta Zeta alumni.
==Highlights of 2018==
==Highlights of 2019==
The Zeta Zeta Chapter returned for the spring semester on January 14th. This year we decided to change our normal winter formal from December to January and started our semester with a Kappa New Years formal which our chapter enjoyed. Later on, March 2nd we hosted our biannual Dad’s Weekend where we spent the day visiting with our dads, eating delicious food, and playing yard games.
At the beginning of April, we held our final formal event of the semester, Sapphire Ball at Canterbury Hill Winery near Jefferson City. On April 10th our chapter participated in an annual community service day known as Campus Beautification at Westminster College where our sisters helped to make our campus look better while helping the environment. Our Alum weekend was that next weekend and on April 13th we hosted our yearly Alum event where we performed ritual with our alum and then went to our lounge where we chatted and ate lunch together. Ending our semester, we hosted a Reading is Fundamental event at the public library where there was lunch and we got the chance to read and hand out books while making crafts with children in the community.
Our chapter returned to Westminster College on August 16th in preparation for work week and recruitment. We had 15 girls move onto our floor to live on for this academic year which helps to bring our chapter closer together. During this week we held many fun sisterhood bonding events such as a photoshoot, themed dress up days, and prizes given out at the end of each work day. We started with floor tours on the 22nd and recruitment lasted until August 25th where we welcomed 7 beautiful new faces at our Ice themed Bid day celebration. Our members were pledged in the following day and began New Member Programing.
On September 14th we held our annual Kappa Klassic golf tournament where we grossed $7,150 for Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation and later that month, we had the chance to participate in a Behind Happy Faces, a presentation where we all discussed and brainstormed various ways to help with mental health in our chapter.
October was a busy month for the Zeta Zeta chapter as we kicked it off with Inspiration (initiation) week with a Friends themed Big/little reveal on October 1st and ended the week with the initation of our new members as well as a banquet in the afternoon of October 6th. We then celebrated Founder’s Day as a chapter by taking out older composites and scrapbooks and having dinner together while playing Kappa trivia games in our lounge. We also enjoyed our annual fall Kappa Krush formal that was Cowboy vs. Alien theme. To end the month, members of our chapter participated in a trunk or treat event help by our campus for local kids as well as held a dodgeball tournament for the local adoption center for dogs/animals in our area where we raised $200.
To mark the end of the year, we held our annual leadership/transition day where as a chapter we bonded over leadership skill training in groups and discussed how to better our chapter for our future CC and all members. We concluded our last chapter of the semester with a sisterhood bonding gift exchange.
Throughout the year we had a couple of LCs’ visit our chapter, Becca and Kat who provided us with excellent advice that we have applied to our chapter to make it run more efficient and cohesively. We also had the opportunity to send a representative to the Kappa Leadership Academy where she brought back many ideas to share to better our chapter and grow our leadership skills.
For founders day, we met in our chapter lounge to have dinner together. We brought out old composities from our zeta zeta chapter as well as scrapbooks and then played a trivia game regarding which famous and succesful women were Kappa alum.
We also participated in many philanthropy events on campus such as Alpha Gamma Delta’s Taco Tuesday to help battle child hunger, Cupcakes for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), pancakes with FIGI (USO Nonprofit), and KA and AGD’s Poker for Pearls (Child hunger and Muscular Dystrophy Association). Our chapter was involved in other campus events such as intramural sports like volleyball, futsal, and softball. We also participated in philanthropy weeks for Kappa Alpha Order, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delta Theta and Beta Theta Pi where we took first place in all!
Besides campus philanthropy’s, we also went to our local philanthropy, the Special Learning Center numerous times. SLC is an educational institution for children with developmental delays and disabilities. It is a hands-on experience where we can see a direct difference we make in our community. We get to spend time with the kids during parent cafes where the parents can have some time to themselves. We also participated in a Trunk or Treat event near Halloween where we decorated a car and passed out candy to kids at SLC.
In preparation for the sesquicentennial (150th) celebration of Kappa, our chapter welcomed the Minnie Stewart Van on November 17th where our sisters got to experience a virtual reality representation of the start of Kappa and got the unique chance to see artifacts from the first couple charter chapters. This was a great experience that was so special to us as we were reminded of the significance of our ritual and chapter history. We got to reflect on why we were here and our purpose within Kappa. We invited alumnae to lunch with the chapter the day of the visit.
Our Zeta Zeta chapter met new milestones this year with one of our members being awarded a Kappa scholarship. Our chapter also had the highest grades for any Greek organization on campus for the Spring semester of 2019. We recently implemented Sunshine Chair into our weekly chapter meetings where one person is appointed to tell the chapter something positive that happened to them over the course of the previous week. The chosen sister then chooses another girl to be it next week. This has brought our chapter closer together as we get to hear about each other’s weeks as well as keeps us in a positive mood during chapter.
On campus we know have to implement a financial transparnecy part of recruitment as well as no longer have a full philanthropy week.
Our chapter has been very postive and hard working as we hold many philanthropy events and particpate in other events as well. We also partiicpate in many intramurals and hold the highest grades in any greek organization on campus.
Our local philanthropy is the Special Learning Center in Jefferson City. The focus of this school is to help younger kids grow with their disabilties or developmental delays and to be able to expand their abilities that every child has. Being able to donate our time to a wide array of kids dealing with different disabilities and coming from all differnent backgrounds allows the parents to then have time to get groceries or other tasks that may seem simple to others but are a big deal to them.
or founders day we met in our chapter lounge to have dinner together. We brought out old composities from our zeta zeta chapter as well as scrapbooks and then played a trivia game regarding which famous and succesful women were Kappa alum.
==Highlights of 2020==
==Highlights of 2021==
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'''Note to Chapter RegistrarMarshal:'''
Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues of ''The Key'' to fill in any gaps in the above historical highlights. If your chapter archives are not complete, please research your university library, campus newspaper and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your chapter. Please double check your work for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistance.
Your efforts will ensure a complete and accurate history of your chapter for future generations to enjoy!