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Highlights of 2011-2019
The chapter continued its focus on strengthening sisterhood.
'''Philanthropy:'''==2011==
In 2011 the Zeta Nu chapter started the first ever Kappa Karnival philanthropy, raising more than $6,000 for the San Diego Center for Children. With the help from other sororities and fraternities, as well as UCSD clubs, the event hosted carnival booths and food for children at the Center.
2011 Province Meeting – Most Improved Chapter Award
'''Awards:'''
2011 Province Meeting – Most Improved ==2012== n 2012, some of the girls of the Zeta Nu chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma were granted scholarships and given awards. Anika Yasmin was granted the Ruth Hein Scholarship. Meriah DeJoseph was given the Spirit Award and was a finalist for Outstanding Chapter AwardLeader.  Also in 2012, The Zeta Nu chapter upheld our tradition of having monthly Sisterhood events. We had our Brandy Melville sisterhood event where we got to shop together at Brandy Melville, a local store that all the girls in our chapter enjoy. We shopped together, as a chapter, and enjoyed refreshments as well. Shopping was successful because getting a second opinion from a sister is always helpful. Many girls suggested that we make the Brandy Melville sisterhood event a yearly tradition.  Another sisterhood event we had was the Zumba/yoga sisterhood where we had an instructor come and teach us a private class. Watching everyone shake their booties was a great way to start the morning, not to mention healthy. Our third sisterhood was about social justice. We had an instructor come and teach us about diversity and discrimination. The girls thought that this was a unique sisterhood. We enjoyed that it wasn't like our usual sisterhoods which bonds us through fun and games, but that this sisterhood bonded us through something more serious.  An obvious highlight for the year of 2012 was receiving our new member class. The active members ran a very successful recruitment that not only resulted in an even more bonded active class, but also an extraordinary new member class. Some of the highlights of our new member program was the New Member Sleepover and the Big Little Reveal. In the New Member Sleepover, the new members got a chance to bond with one another and get to know one another more better. Secrets were shared, new friendships were made, and no sleep was had. In the days leading up to the Big Little Reveal, the new members were given hints about who their bigs were. Some of the hints were given just to throw the new members off, and some of the hints were actually accurate. The Bigs also sent presents to their Littles along with the hints. Some of the presents included gift baskets with Kappa Kappa Gamma tanktops from the past, and even serenades from fraternities.  Another highlight of the year 2012 was our second annual Kappa Karnival which raised about $4,500. The kids from our chapter philanthropy, San Diego Children's Center, came to enjoy carnival games and activities, such as the pie toss, tye-dye, tug-o-war, and the bounce house. The weather was beautiful and every memeber of our chapter came together to help. On one of the days leading up to Kappa Karnival, we went and tye-dyed the shirts of the kids at SDCC, we brought all the supplies to help them make shirts. After we were finished, we got to play with them on the playground for a few hours. We were definitely more tired than they were.  We also participated in another chapter's philanthropy event, called the Delta Idol, which is like American Idol. Kappas got to show off their true talents, and in the end the Zeta Nu chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma actually ended up winning the philanthropy event. Almost our whole chapter came out to see a few of our ladies who decided to display their wonderful singing talent.  We also participated in the Breast Cancer Walk with our new member class. Not only did this walk serve as a philanthropy event, but it also was a good way for the older members and the newer members to bond. Along with the Breast Cancer Walk, there was an SDCC walk that raised money for the kids at the organization. These walks were local events that the Zeta Nu chapter participated in.
Some of our chapter goals this year is improving how frequently we have our sisterhoods. Some of the girls feel that we can increase the amount of sisterhoods we have yearly. Another goal that we as a chapter have is improving our relations with other chapters on campus by making a stronger appearance to their philanthropies and other campus events. Finally, we would like to work harder on donating more funds to the national Kappa foundation. In 2012, one of Zeta Nu's challenges was working on strengthening the bonds of sisterhood. We overcame this challenge by giving our girls a chance to get to know every sister through increased sisterhoods and bonding activities. and creating programs where you got to get to know a different sister on a new level.
With over 100 active members it can seem overwhelming to get to know every girl on a personal level, which is why strenghtenining our sisterhood bonds was one of the biggest things we needed to work on. So, everyone in our chapter took a more active role to be a good sister. To ensure that every girl would feel included, the members were given the chance to suggest ideas to the Standards committee on what activites they would like to do for sisterhoods so that they were more enjoyable and something the chapter could look forward to. Because every girl has been given the chance to take more of an initiative in her own sisterhood we have seen success in our attempts of strengthening our bonds of friendship through increased attendance to meeting and campus events, and in the overall morale of our chapter as a whole.
==Highlights of 2020s:==