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This Spring Campus is talking a lot about sexual misconduct, especially in light of national allegationsagainst high-profile figures like Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, and more. At Princeton, severalgraduate students have spoken out about harassment in their departments. According to thethird annual "We Speak" survey, which was distributed to all students in the spring of 2017 tolearn more about their knowledge and experiences of sexual misconduct at Princeton and theirawareness of the Villanova basketball team won University’s policies, procedures, and resources, 1 in 5 undergraduate studentsexperienced sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence orstalking during the National Championship which brought 2016-2017 academic year.In other news, University President Chris Eisgruber announced that a huge change seventh residential collegewould be built in the next 10 years as part of his initiative to expand Princeton's opportunities tomore students, especially students from underrepresented backgrounds. A bigger student bodywould most likely increase the campus amount of women going through recruitment and diversify ourmembership.Zeta Phi has seen a surge in sisterhood in the past year. With our 42 new members, we surpassedour expectations and welcomed an amazing and enthusiastic group of new sisters. Our memberscharacterize our chapter as chill, supportive, artsy, funny, kind, involved, accommodating,respectful and overall student spiritconsiderate. This was Our members believe that our chapter cares a very special lot about supporting each other in achieving ourgoals, focusing on developing our academic, professional, and extracurricular interests. Theyappreciate how their Kappa sisters are always willing to take time to support each another atperformances and competitions of all kinds. Members also believe that brought our chapter really valuesphilanthropy, from Kappa-related events/fundraisers to volunteering on our own time. SamoneBlair '18, Sonia Hashim '18, and Kristy Yeung '18 are Community Service Representatives fortheir eating clubs on campus.CR-08 Page 2 of 3 17.11.AOur members see the purpose of our chapter as fostering a safe and welcoming space for womenof all backgrounds on campus , and standing for positivity and inclusivity under the banner ofsorority tradition. They view our chapter as an unconditional support system that encourages andsupports sisters in their diverse pursuits on and off campus, and alleviates some of the hardshipsthat can arise at a whole togetherdemanding environment like Princeton's. It also brought many Zeta Phi sisters have achieved considerable recognition for their skills and accomplishments. KatGiordano '18 is the President of the Princeton University Wildcats, Samone Blair '18 is the MusicDirector and Claire Jones '18 is the Performance Chair. Meredith Hooper '20 is the Secretary ofGlee Club and Rosamond van Wingerden '20 is the Alumni Liason. Samone Blair '18 is thePresident of our sisters closer the Princeton University Chapel Choir. Shriya Sekhsaria '18 won first place at IvyLeague Championships for archery. Maia Chamberlain '20 finished third place in NCAAs forfencing. Kat Giordano '18 won the Princeton Silver Choice Award at Princeton Research Day2017. Ashlyn Lackey '18 and Shriya Sekhsaria '18 entered their third year as many traveled TigerChallengeFellows. Claire Jones '18 is the Editor in Chief of the Princeton Historical Review.Chapter Philanthropy:What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to New York City, Louisville inyour community?In Spring of 2017, we did a Reading is Fudamental (RIF) event with the Princeton YMCA and Houston together wealso volunteered with them afterwards.In Fall of 2017, we donated money to HomeWorks, an organization working to provide Trentongirls with housing and academic enrichment.Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?We chose to support the Princeton YMCA because they were really able a local organization who workedwith children. We chose to donate to bond through this victoryHomeWorks because they are focused on young womenand the organization is founded and run by a Princeton student. On campusThis semester we alsovolunteered with the Princeton Disability Awareness organization because a fellow Kappa,Mayya Velitskaya '18, it united all is president of greek life and really embodied the Villanova Greek Life slogan "No matter the letter we are all greek togethergroup."
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|Location= Villanova, PA
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'''1,499 579 initiates (as of June 20162018)'''
==Highlights of 2016==
Overall this year, the Zeta Iota chapter has been very involved on campus. In March 2016 the chapter participated in Women's Empowerment Week by hosting a work out class with another sorority and participating in a feminine hygiene drive. On March 31st we had one of our biggest fundraisors, Hoops for Hope which is a three on three basketball tournament. In the week leading up to this event, we had bakesales in three different locations on campus where students could sign up for the tournament as well as give donations. In April, we paired up with NROTC to host a 5K on campus to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation as well as many members attended Nova Dance, a 12 hour hour dance marathon that supports the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation. One challenged that we had faced in the past was participation in greek life events on campus. In past years, we had always been in last place for Greek Week in April. However this year, more members really got involved and we were able to improve in our ranking at Greek Week. October 17th-20th was our Breast Cancer Awareness Week which we had bakesales throughout the week raising money for our philanthropy. As a chapter, we also participated in Villanova's Day of Service in September. We were successful again with our goal of more participation as seen by almost all members participating in this event. One special event that we had in the fall was our Ladies Brunch which was an event where every member got to invite a special woman in their life to the brunch. It was a really great way for our mothers, aunts, grandmothers and sisters to learn more about we do as a chapter and to see the impact that we do through our philanthropic involvement. We also support other sororities and fraternities on campus attending their fundraisors and philantropic events throughout the year. We also did monthly chapter dinners at a dinning hall on campus which was a great way for all members to bond with each other and take a break from our busy schedules and spend more time with each other. This Spring the Villanova basketball team won the National Championship which brought a huge change to the campus and overall student spirit. This was a very special time that brought the campus as a whole together. It also brought many of our sisters closer as many traveled to New York City, Louisville and Houston together and they were really able to bond through this victory. On campus, it united all of greek life and really embodied the Villanova Greek Life slogan "No matter the letter we are all greek together." ==Highlights of 2017== One of Zeta Iota's chapter goals for this year was to establish a strong pledge class of 2017 as part of ourcontinuous goal of building a stronger tradition of sisterhood and creating a more involvedchapte. To accomplish this, we dedicated a lot of energy and organization to Recruitment,Continuous Open Bidding, and the New Member process. We made all new members feelwelcome by hosting study sessions and other activities where they could get to know each otherand the old members. We also elected Pledge Class Captains to continue the bonding within apledge class. All of the 2017 new members are active chapter members as of the writing of thisreport.
Describe the recent changes on your campus and describe the overall nature of your chapter.
'''Chapter Philanthropy'''
Our local philanthropy is BreastCancer.Org and we hold several events throughout the year to raise money. In the Spring we have a week in March where we have bake sales everyday in different locations on campus where we have baked goods that can be purchased by a donation. Students can also sign up for Hoops for Hope which was on the Thursday night of that week. This was a very successful event for our chapter this year and we raised about $6,000 from the week. Then in the fall we had Breast Cancer Awareness week where we had the same bake sales and we were able to raise $4,000. Our chapter also supports Reading is Fundamental by sending a group of members to the Chester Charter School of the Arts in Philadelphia every Friday were we read and support the children. We hosted a Ladies Brunch in Novemeber where we raised $6,200 for Reading is Fundamental. We also asked every member and their guest to bring their favorite children's book which we also donated.
Our chapter chose to support BreastCancer.org because it is an organization that is very near to many of our chapter member's hearts. Almost everyone in the chapter knows at least person in their life that had or has breast cancer. We selected this organization because it is based out of Ardmore, Pa which has allowed us to connect with them and even have speakers from the organziation come talk to the chapter. Our philanthropy chair has put in a lot of time and effort this year for our chapter to be more involved with Reading is Fundamental. In the past years, our chapter was not as involved with RIF, however now each Friday, a group of members attends the Chester Charter School of the Arts to read to the children. We chose to support this organization because it is the National philathropy of Kappa Kappa Gamma as well as because it is a very interactive organization where the members really see the difference their work is making in the children's lives.