|Image= [[File:Zeta_Upsilon.jpg|200px]]
|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1990|03|31}}
|College= [httphttps://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ Georgia Southern University]
|Location= Statesboro, GA
|Homepage= [httphttps://wwwgeorgiasouthern.gsukappakappa.comorg/ Zeta Upsilon Homepage]|Media= [httphttps://wiki.kappakappagammakkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Zeta_Upsilon Media related to Zeta Upsilon Chapter]}}
'''Fraternity Council Members'''
Kelcey Schmidt, Leadership Consultant 2011-2012;
'''Additional Outstanding Zeta Upsilon Alumnae'''
Lynne Stanton Whinnem: Province Director of Chapters (2013-2016), Membership Specialist (2015-2021), Graduate Scholarship Reader (2019), District Director (2020-2024).
Kelcey Schmidt, Leadership Consultant 2011-2012.
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[[File:Zeta Upsilon House.jpg|thumb|Zeta Upsilon House]]
==Highlights of the 2020s:==
(Information from ==Highlights of 2019== Throughout the past calendar year, the Zeta Upsilon chapter has been very active both on and off campus to promote not only our chapter’s ideals, but also to promote community, unity and teamwork within our chapter and with others outside of our chapter. Through our involvement and passion for growth with our school, ZY was awarded a Platinum WINGS award, which was only given to 3 organizations out of the hundreds that are on our campus. To receive this award, organizations must attend a certain number of informational sessions hosted on campus throughout the year. Sisterhoods were held every month of the year to help the chapter feel included and welcomed, including painting sisterhoods, a yoga sisterhood, and our annual t-shirt tie dye sisterhood. Our philanthropy chair offered service opportunities every month to help women take advantage of outside opportunities and be able to give back to our community. Ritual and recruitment practices were also held throughout the semester to prepare for upcoming Initiation services and recruitment. Chapter meetings were held every Monday at 7 p.m., Chapter Council was held every Sunday at 6 p.m., and weekly dinners were still held on Tuesday nights. In January of this year, we welcomed 7 new women to our chapter history reportswith our Spring 2019 pledge class. They were able to grow and learn what it truly means to be a Kappa woman throughout their new member period and were initiated on April 6 after experiencing Fireside and a pledge class sleepover the night before. In February, our Public Relations Chairman coordinated our annual Kappa Kisses event, where we passed out cups full of Hershey’s kisses on campus. Additionally, scholarshipwe had our annual Kappa Krush, group honors/awardswhich was planned by our event chair and is a date night that embodies the spirit of Valentine’s Day, with most members dressing in some variety of pink, red or purple and taking photos with props that add to the Valentine’s Day feel. Our chapter hosted GIRLS Academy on February 9, traditionswhere we were able to guide middle school girls and mentor them in various ways. March and April are busy months for ZY, special as we participate in other chapters’ philanthropy events, changes prepare for initiation of our new members, support Greek Life with our PHA, NPHC and IFC partners during Greek Week, go on campus spring break, have formal and study for finals. Some of the philanthropy events we participated in were Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s Paddy Murphy Week, Sigma Chi’s Derby Days, Sigma Nu’s volleyball tournament, Kappa Delta’s War of the Wings, Alpha Omicron Pi’s “Strike Out for Arthritis" and so many more. We had a social with Delta Chi that was themed "Throw Down for Your Hometown" where everyone dressed in old high school uniforms or other costumes that reminded them from their hometown. Our sisters spent their spring breaks in so many fun places, including destinations in the U.S. as well as abroad. Formal was held in April as well as our spring Parents Weekend, which are two of our chapter's favorite springtime events! In May, many of our sisters became Alumnae of Kappa Kappa Gamma and started their lives outside of Statesboro. Over the summer, our active members took classes, studied abroad, went on service trips, had internships and everything in between. Work Week and recruitment snuck up on us quickly, and we were all back together in late July to prepare for Fall 2019 formal recruitment. In August, Zeta Upsilon broke chapter and school records by welcoming an amazing pledge class of 102 women. We celebrated our hard work and new members on Bid Day with a "Kappa World" bid day theme, which was a homage to the Spice Girls and everyone had a great time getting to dress up as a different member of the group. Right after bid day, the academic year was back in full swing and our members got right back into the routine of school. We had our annual Back to School date night and football season was upon us, which everyone always loves! In September, we held our annual philanthropy event which has been named Chips, Cheese and KKGs where we had a nacho bar, music and raffle gifts to help raise money for RIF and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. The event, as usual, was a huge success and we raised over $5,000. Big Little Reveal was the first week of October, where all of our amazing new members were able to find their families within our chapter. It was held at Paulson Stadium and was a great time. Shortly after, overall nature we welcomed our Fall 2019 pledge class into membership with initiation on October 12 and celebrated our Founders Day the same evening with dinner from Longhorn, cake, and a beautiful ceremony that was coordinated by our Education Chairman. Homecoming came right after that, where we worked with Delta Chi (our homecoming partner) to support our candidates and promote our platforms of diversity and inclusion around campus. We tabled during the day, went to competitions in the afternoon and were able to have some fun at night with a few date nights that were planned for homecoming week. In November, the semester started to wind down. Semi-formal was held and chaptercouncil prepared for voting and training the new council that would shortly take over. We ended our semester in December with our annual Tacky Holiday date night, elections for the new chapter goalscouncil and celebrating our sisters' achievements. Beyond our sisters who graduated in December, challenges two of our members were elected to the school's Panhellenic Council. Hannah Conway, our former secretary, was elected to serve as PHA President and Elizabeth Baney, our former House chairman, was elected to serve as Vice President of Finance. We are very proud of all of our sisters' hard work and dedication and are excited to see what they do next year! We celebrated Founders Day the same day of Fall Initiation (October 12). We chose this day because it is the day before Founders Day and was the perfect weekend to celebrate because our newly initiated members would be able to participate in the ritual that occurs during Founders Day. The biggest changes on campus have come from recruitment. With changes in how houses recruit and the number of chapters that are recruiting/the number of members they currently have, chapter totals were overcomechanged and affected recruitment. '''Philanthropy''' RIF, etcKappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, GIRLS Academy are organizations near and dear to our hearts. Supporting GIRLS Academy is so important to us because we see and hear the impact it has on the young women in our community.) ==Highlights of 2020==
'''Housing'''Spring Semester 2020 was cut short due to a virus outbreak that shut down in person school starting after spring break (March 15th) and finished out the semester virtually. This required the 8 new members who had joined Kappa in the spring to be one of the first ever virtual Invitations, and it went very smoothly. We were also planning a 30th anniversary for our chapter, which unfortunately had to be cancelled. On a positive note, to stay in touch with our sisters we have started a pen-pal letter writing activity between sisters, so that we can write each other letters and stay close through the pandemic.
This year we had our first ever fully virtual recruitment and work week. Our recruitment chair worked extremely hard to pull off a great work week and prepared the chapter for recruitment. It was a success, and we got a new member class of 77 girls. Since COVID-19 was still prevalent during the fall semester, Initiation was virtual again and was done in multiple sessions. It was again a successful Initiation. Since we had some experience with virtual Initiation, we had the opportunity to allow members of the chapter to be more involved in Initiation, reading the various ceremony roles as they normally are done.
[[File:Zeta Upsilon 2020.png|thumb|Zeta Upsilon 2020]]
'''Philanthropy'''
Our philanthropy chair also wanted to have philanthropy events, despite the pandemic restrictions. We were able to hold a virtual book drive and donated about 100 books to our local elementary school, Julia P. Bryant. We also held a wonderful safe in-person Chips, Cheese and KKGs, where we raised about $700. Another philanthropy opportunity we had was to have a percentage night with a multicultural organization at a local business, Rolling Monkey. A very popular sisterhood we have annually is a t-shirt tye dye, and this year we decided to try something new and instead of tye dying, we bleached the shirt.
We support our local elementary school because it allows us and the kids to have hands-on experiences that will last a lifetime. When we have had the chances to host G.I.R.L.S academy the impacts we have in the girls at the local middle school are amazing. It is an inspiring experience for members of our chapter as well as the young girls who get to be involved.
'''Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion'''
We appointed a DEI officer who was also our Education chairman. She reached out to multicultural organizations on campus to establish good communication between each other. We also hosted a philanthropy event with a multicultural sorority that was very fun and successful.
'''Sesquicentennial'''
Our chapter held a small virtual ceremony over Zoom during our chapter meeting on October 12th. Our education chair put together a wonderful slide show to play for the members and alumnae who attended and had members of the chapter read the script of the Founders.
==Highlights of 2021==
The first half of 2021, we were still under COVID-19 guidelines. This limited events that were possible, and the events we did have required masks to be worn, social distancing, and a limited number of people in attendance. Our major sisterhood in the spring included a virtual concert with the band Velcro Pygmies, which we invited actives and alumni to attend via zoom! We had another virtual initiation for our wonderful spring pledge class of 6 women. In the fall of 2021, the world was becoming normal again in Statesboro, Georgia. Mask mandates were lifted, and classes and events resumed completely normal. Recruitment this year was half virtual, half in person, and we were finally able to have a normal bid day again! Big little reveal was in person in the spring and fall! On October 2nd, 2021, we welcomed 62 amazing new members into our chapter at Zeta Upsilon’s first normal initiation since 2019! We were also able to raise our sisterhood attendance this fall! Some favorite sisterhood events included our bleach tie-dye sisterhood, a vision board sisterhood, and a Friendsgiving sisterhood that was planned by our fall ’21 girls! Zeta Upsilon was awarded platinum for Georgia Southern’s wings points again this year. We held a Founders Day brunch on October 9th. We also had a lot of firsts this semester, including our first combined trunk show with Chi Omega and Phi Mu. Zeta Upsilon held its first ever philanthropy week! This included events such as Kappa Karaoke and a cornhole tournament, as well as a raffle and our annual dinner to raise money!
[[File:Zeta Upsilon Chapter Members 2021.png|thumb|Zeta Upsilon Chapter Members 2021]]
'''Philanthropy'''
Zeta Upsilon locally supports G.I.R.L.S academy and the philanthropies of the winners of our first philanthropy week. These include Beta Upsilon Chi, Theta Xi, and Kappa Sigma. These are supported through our money raised from the raffle and dinner!
Our chapter hosted its first philanthropy week, as well as Kappa Kountry Dinner, which is an annual dinner formally known as Chips, Cheese, and KKGs. Zeta Upsilon also had percentage nights throughout the year at different restaurants around Statesboro to raise money.
'''Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion'''
'''Convention Awards'''We made a plan to incorporate DEI in the new member experience, had guest speakers at chapter, had the courage to commit program, gave DEI presentations during recruitment work week and chapter, and made a DEI plans & goals document for future DEI chairs as part of the action plan.
'''Operating in a Pandemic'''
It mainly affected our spring semester. We had to have virtual sisterhoods, as well as having Tuesday night dinners pick-up only. Chapters were held via zoom. Spring initiation was also virtual. By the time of fall recruitment, we were able to have work weeks in person, until halfway through they had to go virtual due to a few COVID cases around campus. We then had the first few rounds of recruitment virtually through zoom. Sisterhood day and Preference round were able to be held in person! Bid day was in person as well, and such a fun time to all be together again! With guidelines and mandates lifted, we were returning to normal and had sisterhoods, chapters, Initiation and dinners in person again!
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