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Gamma Iota's diversity makes us unique and provides so many different personalities and experiences to the table. Our chapter is very well respected on campus, verified by strong retention rates during recruitment.
==Highlights of 2014==
Over the course of the 2014 school year, Gamma Iota members were involved in a great variety of philanthropic, academic, athletic, Greek and club activities on campus. Our primary philanthropy event, Kappa Karaoke, consists of a week packed full of activities to raise awareness and funds for literacy. We instigate friendly competition between fraternities and sororities, each who have their own team, to incentivize participation. We sell spirit wear, host penny wars, share literacy facts and host a school supply drive. The week culminates in a competition where each team performs a choreographed dance routine - which is the most widely attended philanthropy event on campus! Proceeds from the week go to Reading is Fundamental and Books & Basketball, a WashU run outreach program for kids in St. Louis public schools. This year, we divided our chapter into 3 "kore" groups to attend and participate in other sorority and fraternity philanthropy events. Among others there was SAE's Dodging Depression, Alpha Phi's heart health week and Sigma Chi's Derby Days. Partnered with the gentlemen of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, Gamma Iota's involvement in the famous Thurtene Carnival was another great achievement this year. The theme of our façade was a jazz club, and the "Blue Diamond Soul Club" opened up with its first performance of a 45 minute comedy on stage next to the vintage bar we set up inside. We are very proud to say we won best production for this recital! With three members of our chapter on Thurtene Honorary running the carnival this year, we hope to have another strong presence! Sisterhood events continued to provide great "glue" for our chapter this past year. From pledge-class hikes to float trips and apple picking and of course the traditional Kappa Thanksgiving Dinner, where each pledge family cooks an original dish to share with the chapter, Gamma Iota bonded over food and fun this year. We also walked the almost 8 miles from Brookings Quadrangle on campus to the St. Louis Arch downtown to raise awareness for literacy - it's kind-of hard to miss 150 girls decked out in blue on blue screaming and singing down the streets of St. Louis so I would say we were successful! We concluded our year being thankful for our true and loyal sisters and preparing to welcome a new, glittering pledge class after recruitment 2015!
Our Panhellenic community at Washington University really thrived in 2014! Another sorority, Kappa Delta, was added in 2013 to make a total of eight active, engaged groups of women. Each chapter is run by a group of dynamic and spirited individuals who donate substantial amounts of time to improving the Greek community's image and contributions to campus life. WashU also hosted another Greek Week this fall which boosted the morale of each chapter as we all came together to serve the St. Louis community. Throughout 2014, our Gamma Iota chapter worked hard to improve our academic support system and increase our presence on campus. Our major mentor program that was implemented in 2013 has shown great success, helping many underclassmen pick classes and professors to pursue in their college career. This year we've asked our mentors to also help younger sisters connect with professionals in the working world for summer internships and work after college. Kappa is known across campus at WashU for how genuine our sisterhood is, and of that we are very proud. We bring this true and sisterly bond wherever we go, whether it is a kappa row in a large lecture class or a philanthropy event for another sorority. What we are post proud of, however, I believe is our unwavering spirit. Kappa sisters at WashU are participating in or leading almost every group on campus, including theater, religious groups, Dance Marathon, Relay for Life, student government, community service clubs, varsity and club athletics, honors societies and so much more! The diversity of Gamma Iota gives us a unique presence on campus and allows us to expose our sisters to so many different stories, traditions, and cultures. Our chapter continues to be exceptionally well respected on campus, as evidenced by our strong retention rates during recruitment.
We hold our chapter meetings in a classroom in a university owned building. Our chapter does not have a history of housing, as we have never had a designated house. Many of our members live together in university run housing, but that is self-selected. We have a Kappa Kappa Gamma suite in the university owned Women's Building at Wash U where we hold Standards meetings and Chapter Council meetings. The suite is studio apartment sized and not big enough for any sisters to live there.
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