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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1987|11|14}}
|College= [httphttps://www.collegeofidaho.edu/ College of Idaho]
|Location= Caldwell, ID
|Homepage= http[https://chapterscollegeofidaho.kappakappagammakappa.org/zetapi/pages/welcome.phpZeta Pi Homepage]|Media= [httphttps://wiki.kappakappagammakkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Zeta_Pi Media related to Zeta Pi Chapter]}}
'''College of Idaho founded in Caldwell, Idaho 1891'''
'''203 250 Initiates (as of June 20132018)'''
'''Additional Outstaning Outstanding Zeta Pi Alumnae'''
Holly Hihath (Weymouth), Chapter Consultant, 2002-2002;
Jennifer Voshell (Jordan), Chapter Consultant, 2002-2003
Samantha Quinney (Sink), Academic Excellence Specialist, Epsilon District, 2016-present
Located in Caldwell, the C of I students are 30 minutes from downtown Boise and have easy access to world-class opportunities for skiing, whitewater rafting, hiking, fishing, mountain biking and other outdoor activities.
The College of Idaho is a private liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,010 students in 2011 located in Caldwell, Idaho. From November 1991 until October 2007 it was known as Albertson College of Idaho.
In 1991, the college changed its name to Albertson College of Idaho to honor alumnus and long-time donor Joe Albertson and his wife, Kathryn. The Albertsons, who founded one of the country's largest supermarket chains, Albertson's Inc., were generous benefactors of the college.
On October 10, 2007, college president Bob Hoover announced that the name would revert to The College of Idaho, with the mutual agreement of the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, to promote acceptance and gain financial backing from alumni who were unhappy about the original name change. This coincided with a ten million dollar donation by the Foundation for the community College of Western Idaho.
The College of Idaho, dedicated to preparing students better than any other small college in the West, is the state’s oldest private college. The school’s students enjoy small class sizes, a close-knit community, a competitive NAIA athletics program, outstanding visual and performing arts activities , and a beautiful residential campus.
Tradition continued as Zeta Pis decorated Easter eggs along with the two other national sororities at The College of Idaho, Gamma Phi Beta and Kappa Alpha Theta. The Easter eggs were donated for the annual Easter egg hunt at the Valley Crisis Center. The much anticipated Derby Days, hosted by the Sigma Chi Fraternity, finally occurred in April. In this weeklong competition, all the campus sororities participate in several events, and one sorority gets the coveted title of Derby Days champion. At the end of the week, Kappa Kappa Gamma came out as the victors
In May 2nd, the annual scholarship banquet was held, with certificates presented to members who met the Academic Excellence criteria . The final major event of the year was a “giving tree” to benefit the Salvation Army that was set up in the student union building. Nearly all of the gift tags were taken (about 75) and all things considered, it was one of the most successful events of the year.
In 2008, the chapter again held its annual philanthropy event "Kappa Casino" to benefit RIF, raising over $300…triple 300, triple the amount from the previous year. The chapter put its heart and soul into the Derby Day competition sponsored by the Sigma Chis and placed 2nd in Lip Sync and found Jennifer Graham was awarded the Golden Derby in the Olympics event for first time ever.
During the Leadership Consultant’s visit in early October, the chapter learned it had the highest GPA of all Greek organizations (except for the Order of Omega) on campus. During Inspiration Week, members attended the college play "Lapis Blue and Blood Red" to support a Zeta Pi sister playing one of the major roles.
In 2010, Zeta Pi enjoyed a most successful formal recruitment process and doubled its 2009 chapter membership. By spring, the chapter had tripled its size and restructured its officer responsibilities for greater efficiency and effectiveness. The Chapter President, Samantha Sink, was also selected to serve on the Fraternity Nominating Committee in March and shared her learning experiences with the chapter. She then attended Convention, which sparked a newfound motivation to further the chapter's development and growth. Zeta Pi received several Honorable Mention certificates at Convention, reflecting its commitment to excellence and improvement.
In the Spring of 2010, the Kash for Keys program was createdby Krista Hafez, a program which allows for members and new members to work for local alumnae, doing odd-jobs (i.e. yardwork, babysitting, housesitting), to earn money to purchase badges and pay for dues. The program is still functioning and has not only helped our members financially, it also has strengthened our alumnae relations.
During the year, Zeta Pi re-established a former tradition of hosting a professors’ dinner, to which all members invite at least one professor to help with public relations and to promote Kappa’s image on campus. It was a great success and was coupled with a Founder's Day Dessert Reception which included all Greek organizations on campus. The chapter shared its history and the history of Kappa Kappa Gamma with the other sororities and fraternities and received considerable recognition and support through this event. The chapter also sponsored the KIND Campaign’s visit to Albertson, during which students watched the KIND Documentary and donated money to the cause.
'''Housing:'''
Zeta Pi is an unhoused chapter , which meets in campus classrooms and other facilities.
'''Chapter Convention Awards'''
The Zeta Pi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the College of Idaho continues to be diverse, loving and ever-growing group of strong and intelligent young women. According to recent surveys, many of the sisters seek to increase friendships through more bonding activities. A new sisterhood event, dates with sisters, occurs monthly in which each sister randomly draws a name of another and has until the end of the month to set up a time and day where both can go and spend time together. The intention of this is to create a stronger bond with the old and new members in a fun and creative environment. The new and returning members are very dedicated to the fraternity and show a promising future for the Zeta Pi fraternity.
==Highlights of 2020s:2014==
The College of Idaho’s Zeta Pi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma started the 2015 spring semester off in January with our largest philanthropy event Kappa Casino, at which we raised over $1400 to buy books for our reading is fundamental philanthropy. In the fall semester of 2014 we had seven wonderful ladies that made the dean’s list, Victoria Agee, Ali Dang, Annie Fiala, Macey Horch, Megan Mizuta, Mindi Price, and Dannen Wright, our president. In March we held our first social: a brunch with the ladies of Kappa Alpha Theta. Also in March we held our first ever Sapphire Ball, it was a very successful event, with almost every active member in attendance. In April we had Dylan Hunter represent our chapter at Mr. CASAnova, a philanthropy event held by KAO. Also on April 14 our girls participated in the Sigma Chi Brothers philanthropy event by performing a rock and roll themed lip sync and dance. Also in April, our small Greek community awarded Zeta Pi chapter with Outstanding Campus Leadership and Outstanding New Member Development. They also named our president Dannen Wright Greek woman of the year. In May of 2014, we were sad to be losing 9 seniors, Chelsea Bagby, Alicia Latta, Jenny Wolf, Mindi Price, Katrine Franks, and Victoria Agee, Victoria Schol, and Skylar Barasantti, We also lost 2 actives that transferred to different universities. When we returned to school in September we held recruitment. On Bid day 2014 we gave bids to 10 beautiful girls with an Alice in wonderland theme. We later gave out 1 more bid through C.O.B. and got a legacy, Hailey Chambers. Our Leadership Consultant visited us during recruitment, and we appreciated that. In October we celebrated founder’s day and had a significant amount of girls go to the Boise Valley Alumnae Association brunch. In November we initiated all 11 girls. We also held our annual Thanksgiving social with the Brothers of Sigma Chi. In December of 2014 we did our annual philanthropy event of setting up a giving tree for children in need. We had 150 tags on the tree, and our community provided 125 gifts to the local Salvation Army. Overall we had a very successful year, and we can only expect a better one for 2015. We hold our chapter and chapter council every Sunday on campus in a classroom. Our chapter has never been housed, and currently none of the sisters live together in numbers larger than 2 ==Highlights of 2015== 2015 was an excellent year for Zeta Pi, and we are happy to say that our chapter is thriving. We spent last Spring working on sisterhood with a Kappa trainer at a membership retreat workshop, and were ready to begin fall semester with a fresh outlook and hope for a large new member class. We offered bids to 8 wonderful new members, and were lucky to extend 2 additional bids through Continuous Open Bidding, bringing us to a fall new member class of ten women. We happily initiated 9 in early December and plan to initiate again in February for our last new member, who was unable to initiate in December due to a swim team conflict. We recently donated over 125 gifts to the local Salvation Army from our Kappa Giving Tree that we hold in the student union building on campus, and we are preparing for our large annual philanthropy event, Kappa Kasino, on the 27th of January, where we hope to raise even more than last year for Reading is Fundamental. This is the first year that our sisters have been encouraged to log individual service hours per semester, and we are happy to report that our chapter’s combined total is at over 150 hours. Zeta Pi has also been endeavoring to participate in other Greek and student organizations philanthropy activities, and supported the Greek Council Buddy Run in downtown Boise with several sisters volunteering, and participated in a campus rake-up, where Kappa Sisters made up 80% of all Greek members in attendance. Last semester, we also won $200 for first place in a lip-sync competition, where ten of our sisters danced to an old-school ‘Hip Hop’ theme, and we are using that money to build a small neighborhood library in an underprivileged part of Caldwell. We have two sisters currently serving in our campus Student Senate (Morgan Clifford and Melanie Miller) and our newly elected President Kira Hughes is also a member of the college’s Program Council, which organizes fun events for the student body. We have been working hard on increasing genuine sisterhood within our chapter, especially during our recent initiation, by holding several informal sisterhoods per month and improving the organization of chapter meetings so that we can make time to enjoy each other during the week. We also had several awesome socials this year, including a trivia night and white elephant gift exchange with the brothers of Delta Tau Delta, a Halloween night with the brothers of Kappa Sigma, and our annual Thanksgiving social with the brothers of Sigma Chi. We have socials planned with all three other sororities on campus for the upcoming months, as well. There have been a few notable changes to our college community this year, including the transition of a new president, and College of Idaho’s first female president, Charlotte Borst. Many classes are now integrating online software platforms for homework and classwork, and the football team’s second year back on campus proved quite successful. Chapter Philanthropy: Our chapter supports the Reading Is Key organization in our local community and actively aims to apply and recognize the value of reading to the future of children and adults alike. Every year we volunteer at local elementary schools to read and craft with the students and leave them with a book to take home and start a personal library. ==Highlights of 2016== The start of 2016 was an exciting year for the Zeta Pi chapter. During our January term our President (Kira Hughes) and our Membership Chairman (Morgan Clifford) were in Belize doing research on the “Richness and Abundance of Marine Species Before and After Seagrass Disturbance off the West Coast of Tabacco Caye in Belize”. The chapter hosted its annual Kappa Casino on January 23rd with amazing raffle items donated by sisters like, pre-season Seahawk tickets, pod floats, and wine baskets. We were able to COB two girls (Paula Schneider. and Ashley Smith), and they joined Kelly for Initiation in April. Spring semester was a thriving and exciting time for the Chapter as well. The ladies were excited to have our 3rd annual Sapphire Ball on February 27th held at the Center of the Park. The chapter held its first book drive and we received around 200 books from our local community. As well participated in a campus clean-up to help make our campus a better place to live. During our spring semester sisters went and volunteered at some of our local elementary schools for Dr. Seuss’s Birthday and read to the kids some of their favorite Dr. Seuss books. As a chapter, we went to Woodrow Wilson Elementary School and read Tom Sawyer with the fifth-grade class. There was a trail mix that the students got to make while reading about the adventures of Tom Sawyer.The ladies of Zeta Pi participated in the international badge attire day, held by Greek Council. The ladies also participated in Relay for Life on campus and raised around 50 dollars for their Kiss Away Cancer sign that participants donated 25 cents for each Kiss. During the spring production of Dido and Aeneas our sister Abi Hass was the lead role in the Opera. In April, our chapter participated in Derby Days held by the brothers of Sigma Chi. We helped the brothers raise around 4,000 dollars for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation. This was the first year since 2008 that Kappa Kappa Gamma won the Derby Day challenges, and the brothers then donated 800 dollars to our philanthropy Reading is Fundamental. April was an exciting month for not only winning Derby Days but many of the ladies received positions for the upcoming school year. Kira was elected as ASCI Secretary, our Treasurer (Reanna Vanacore) was given the position of Village Manager. VPS (Anabel Keller), Education & Registrar Chairman (Coree Gibson) and Melanie Miller were given Resident Assistance positions for the upcoming year. Angel Yebra our Philanthropy Chairman gained the role of Lead Advocate, the Advocates are a group of students that go through 100 plus hours of training to deal with all kinds of situations, and is another resource for the students on campus. Melanie also received Greek Newcomer award given to a new member of the Greek community at The College of Idaho. We held our annual Kites and Keys social in the Oasis this year with tacos and fun conversations. At our scholarship banquet our VPAE (Hailey Chambers) received the pearl for having a 4.0 GPA. As the school year came to an end there was still some exciting events happening around campus. Kira, Morgan, Reanna and Lacey Wayment presented research at the Student Research conference held on campus and Kirby Roberts showed her “Under the Sea” art work in the Rosenthal gallery, as part of her Senior project. With the end of the school year meant the end of the 125th celebration of The College of Idaho, also having to say goodbye to eight seniors, Marabie Barck, Christina Viveros, Aishia Anderson, Sarah Hazen, Tory Emerick, Mavji Rahimshoeva, Lacey and Kirby. We also said goodbye to 3 actives that transferred to different universities. During our summer vacation our Kappa ladies went on awesome adventures, partook in internships, and volunteered in our communities. Our VPO (Deena Merrill) and Abi went to China at the beginning of summer for a school choir trip. Our Event and Risk Management Chairman (Paula) went to Scotland for a study abroad trip with our school. Kira attended Convention held in San Diego where Zeta Pi received an Honorable Mention for the Standards Award from the headquarters. Bridget Kernan had an internship at a legal office, where her supervisor was Attorney Ellen Smith, who is a University of Idaho Kappa alum. With the start of a new school year brought about changes on our campus as well. One of our oldest dorms on campus, Voorhees Hall, is being renovated and should be completed by the end of January 2017. The campus is also experiencing the building of our new Cruzen-Murray Library which is set to be completed in January of 2018. All these changes on campus made us excited for the new changes in our chapter as well, through fall recruitment we were able to give bids to six lovely ladies, Katie Carns, Jade Green, Isabela Lete, Shanna Madsen Stowman, Quin McLaughlin and Jess Meyer. The start of the new school year also brought up the start of a new club, Women’s Lacrosse. Anabel, Shanna, and Shelby Robinson played a key role in being the founding members of this new club sport. This school year is the first year of Rotary Club on our campus and Isabel, Coree and Shelby have participated in service projects around the campus as well as the Caldwell community. During this school year, there are currently four sisters serving on our campus Student Senate (Anabel, Melanie, Morgan and Angel) as well as having three sisters as tutors in History (Melanie), French (Anabel) and Biology (Hailey). Shelby participated in this year’s Leadership Academy that took place in Ohio. The Zeta Pi chapter participated with the national anti-hazing campaign, and posted photos on our social media outlets. At the beginning of October our sister Bridget put on a program called behind the badge to show the campus and the community that there are more to our Campus Safety officers then just being there to unlock your door. Anabel and Melanie joined another new organization on campus called Phi Alpha Theta which is the scholastic honor society for history majors. We had two sisters participate in Sigma Chi’s Miss C of I, which was Disney themed this year, Deena received runner up, and our New Member Chairman Ashley Smith received Miss Congeniality as well as first place. We had a wonderful time celebrating Founders Day with the Boise Valley Alumni Association. The chapter celebrated Founders Day in-between Kappa’s National Founders Day and our chapters Founders Day. The chapter combined Founders Day with Parents Brunch to allow families an opportunity to get to know more about Kappa. Zeta Pi held initiation for the 6 ladies on November 11th. Throughout the fall semester we have had sisters go to different research conferences to present their work. Hailey and Tanisha Khurana attended the Murdock College Science Research Program in Spokane Washington, and Megan Phelps presented a poster at the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego. On November 18th Hailey preformed at her Senior Piano Recital. As winter starts to dawn on campus the cheer of the holidays got everyone through finals. This semester the ladies of Zeta Pi went to Woodrow Wilson Elementary to read Peter Pan with the third-grade classes and they got to make their own magical trail mix. With our Kappa Giving Tree this year we helped 25 families have a better Christmas Experience. Our school hosted its 4th annual tree lighting ceremony, where the campus voted on a student that spreads light and cheer around campus to be the one to light the tree and they chose our sister Melanie. Over the course of 2016 the ladies have participated in around 400 plus hours of community service not only on campus but reaching out to the community as well. The chapter went to Wilson Elementary for our Reading is Key events, allowing the students to keep the books to add to their personal libraries in hopes to keep them engaged in reading as they go through school. ==Highlights of 2017== 2017 was a busy and efficient year for the Zeta Pi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Some highlights of winter term were successfully hosting our annual Kappa Casino event to raise money for Reading is Fundamental. During this time three of our sisters used the short term to study abroad. Quin McLaughlin and Paula Schneider studied abroad in London, England and Deena Merrill studied abroad in Greece. During spring term two wonderful new members were recruited and initiated into Zeta Pi chapter through spring recruitment; Katie Growe and Danielle Pulley. Nine seniors graduated in May becoming alumna of Kappa Kappa Gamma and the College of Idaho; Morgan Clifford, Monica Mulder, Hailey Chambers, Deena Merrill, Kira Hughs, Cassie Arana, Coree Gibson, Reanna Vanacore, and Angel Whittington. They accomplished much during their time at the College of Idaho, and their futures are bright. Our sister Hailey Chambers graduated with a 4.0 GPA; she was selected as a commencement speaker, received the Nancy C. Hazelwood Awards, and began her first term at Duke Medical School in the fall of 2017. Even though school is not in session in the summer, several sisters were productive with their free time. Anabel Keller and Marissa Pekarek participated in a faculty-lead study abroad trip to Mexico. Quin McLaughlin and Isabela Lete took part in a biomedical research internship through Idaho INBRE. Megan Phelps went up to Stanley Idaho and partook in an internship through the Salmon River Emergency Clinic. This fall was a very exciting time for our chapter! We recruited four new members into Zeta Pi chapter, two of which were Kappa legacies (Taylor Gordon, Bailey Munson, Riley Nielsen, Kirsten Egurrola). Our sister Anabel Keller also studied aboard in Prague, Czech Republic throughout the entire fall semester. On November 14th, 2017, our chapter-celebrated founder’s day for the Zeta Pi chapter of KKG, this date marked 30 years for our small chapter! We also had a sister attended a leadership conference in Ohio. Two of our sisters participated in Sigma Chi’s annual Miss College of Idaho fundraiser. Katie Growe represented the cheer team, and Paula Schneider represented KKG. Both gave amazing performances demonstrating their many talents. This semester concluded with our chapter achieving the highest GPA out of the entire Greek system at the College of Idaho. We worked very hard and achieved very much in 2017. ==Highlights of 2018s:== From chapter’s History Report: Scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus or within chapter, overall nature of the chapter, chapter goals, challenges and how they were overcome, etc.: This year we started out the year with 2 co-presidents of our college. Our chapter is generally small but growing larger. We are extremely academic based and try to be involved in as many events around campus as possible. We graduated 11 members, Chapter Council slimmed down to 5 members. This created a challenge but girls learned to delegate to get things done efficiently We started a tradition of smarty panties for those who achieved academic excellence each week. We made the goal to increase membership and achieved it with a recruitment of 6 members. One member received the Heritage Scholarship.
'''Housing:''' We live in university housing but the chapter meets in the University Faculty Senate Room
'''Philanthropy:'''We chose "Reading Is Key" because it is the Fraternity's philanthropy. We also selected the Ronald McDonald House because it is something we are more able to connect to and many of our members have personal experience with it.
'''Chapter Convention Awards:'''
Most Improved Academic Excellence
==Highlights of 2019==
Zeta Pi rallied together in the face of a challenging recruitment season and pledged some wonderful new sisters that will help push Zeta Pi forward. We held our traditional Heart Sister dinner and combined it with a scholarship banquet where we honored sisters that achieved academically. At the beginning of the fall term we decided to adopt an owl and went to see him at the zoo as part of a recruitment sisterhood.
Along with Reading is Fundamental, Zeta Pi incorporated the Ronald McDonald House as part of our philanthropic efforts. Chapter members also volunteered for a variety of other organizations.
College of Idaho saw its largest freshman class this fall, with over 400 students. Unfortunately, we have seen a steady decline in interest in Greek life but the chapters on our campus continue to recruit successfully.
Some of our members celebrated Founders Day with the Boise Valley Alumnae Association. However, Zeta Pi did not have a chapter hosted Founders Day this year.
==Highlights of 2020==
Like all other chapters around the world, Zeta Pi was faced with difficult year in 2020. College of Idaho made the decision to move online shortly after our new Chapter Council was elected. With the help of the Fraternity's Ritual and History Content Team, we conducted our first ever virtual initiation for our Spring 2020 Pledge Class. March and April were very difficult months for our chapter. Our seniors learned that we would not be able to host Sapphire Ball, Senior Gift Exchange, or attend our Reading is FUNdamental event. However, our Chapter Council worked diligently to come up with alternatives. We shipped gifts to all the seniors and came up with several contingency plans for the next semester, planning for in-person, online, and hybrid alternatives. Our chapter’s focus quickly shifted to mental health. In Fall 2020, all our events were held virtually for the safety of our members and, hopefully, the decrease of the spread of COVID-19. Recruitment was held virtually but was still very successful! We recruited six amazing new members who were virtually initiated in November 2020. While this year looked very different from normal, it was still a wonderful learning experience for all our members, especially our chapter officers. Together, we learned the value of respect in times of great stress, unity despite geographic separation, and conflict management. While the future of COVID-19 is unknown, we hope that we can continue to use it to learn more about our sisters and ourselves through these times. Individual Member Accomplishments: Alexis Muir was inducted into the College of Idaho’s circle of Omicron Delta Kappa. Zoe Young participated in the Salmon River Medical Internship in Stanley, ID and completed her EMT certification.
Zeta Pi chose to support the Ronald McDonald House Charities this year.We have several members within the chapter who feel a personal connection to their organization. It was chosen several years ago and has remained a tradition. Unfortunately, due to the health risks associated with COVID-19, we were unable to cook a Thanksgiving meal for
the Boise Ronald McDonald House as we have done in the past. We look forward to fundraising for this organization and other local non-profits next semester and volunteering in person once it is safe again. We also have a goal to begin volunteering for the local humane society as many of our members have expressed a great interest in working with animals.
On November 1st, 2020, Zeta Pi unanimously voted to include a DEI Chairwoman starting in 2021. The DEI position will take effect on January 31st, 2021. Throughout the year, we have had a few incidents on campus that helped us realize just how important it is for us to be proactive in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We look forward to promoting DEI within Zeta Pi and throughout our campus.
Zeta Pi was able to celebrate the Fraternity's Sesquicentennial in a number of ways. We were lucky enough to be visited by the Minnie Stewart Van in Spring 2020 before COVID-19 affected our area. Since our campus and state regulations prevented us from celebrating together, we shared fun facts at our meeting prior to the 150th anniversary. Then, we watched the Facebook Live event hosted by the fraternity. We absolutely loved the event and learning more about Kappa’s rich history.
==Highlights of 2021==
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