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Our philanthropy committee ran a t-shirt fundraiser and donated the money raised to the Kappa Foundation. We ended the semester with our Sapphire Ball, held at the Back Bay Hilton on December 7th. Our chapter’s GPA for Fall 2013 was unavailable at the time this report was submitted.
==Highlights of 2014==
2014 was an exhilarating and action-packed year for Eta Omicron! Some of our main focuses this year were to strengthen our sisterhood and further our philanthropic efforts. We continued to go to our local philanthropy AstraZeneca Hope Lodge twice a month to play Bingo, bake cookies and talk to the patients and guests. Some other philanthropic events we participated in were Cards for Troops with the ladies of Delta Phi Epsilon, the Muddy River cleanup, The Johnson & Johnson Games and serving food at the New England Center for Homeless Veterans. Our sisterhood events included a trip to SkyZone, pumpkin carving, movie nights, a J. Crew shopping event, a workout at Pure Barre Boston, and the first annual post semi/post formal Brunch at Pour House.
The 2014 spring semester was a great way to start the year. Our sister, Jennifer Cordero, was elected the first Panhellenic Secretary from our chapter. At Fraternity and Sorority Life Awards, our sister Kayla Arruda won “Outstanding Scholar” and our advisor, Jan Larson, won “Outstanding Advisor”. Our chapter achievements included “Achievement in Scholarship” and “Achievement in Leadership.” We also won awards for “Outstanding Scholarship” and “Outstanding Leadership.” Overall we were ranked Bronze in Chapter Excellence.
During Greek Week, we were paired with the gentlemen of both Sigma Beta Rho and Beta Gamma Epsilon. We played an active part in the week’s activities, participating in Greek Sing and placing 2nd overall for the week. We were also involved in Northeastern’s Relay for Life and were the top fundraising team, raising $12,386, for the second year in a row. At the end of the week we hosted our Reading Is Fundamental event at Samuel Adams Elementary school. We read “The Rainbow Fish” to first-graders, played fish-themed bingo, decorated bookmarks, and every child received a book of their own to take home.
Formal was held on April 5th at Venue in Downtown Boston. As the semester came to an end seniors participated in Senior Week (S-Week) events as we graduated our last Alpha class members. One event called Alpha Bid Day was held in honor of all the Alphas who never had the chance to run into the arms of loving sisters on bid day. We invited back as many Alphas who were in the area for the event. We concluded the spring semester with our annual Love and Loyal Tea Party. Our chapter GPA for the spring semester was a 3.4, which surpassed the all woman and all sorority average. We had the 2nd highest-ranking GPA of all 8 sororities on campus.
In June, 5 of our sisters attended the 2014 biennial Convention where Eta Omicron won the Risk Management award and Honorable Mention in the areas of Ritual, Education, Academic Excellence, and Public Relations.
We started off the 2014 fall semester with our sisterhood retreat at Camp Burgess in Cape Cod. In accordance with our yearly goals, we extended the retreat to two nights so that we could devote an entire day to sisterhood bonding after a long summer away from school. We also prepared for the upcoming recruitment. Due to feedback from the Panhellenic community, the recruitment structure was changed again. Instead of having recruitment held over two weekends, it was brought back to being four days in a row. Recruitment proved to be very successful and we welcomed 36 wonderful new members into the Zeta class of our chapter on September 23rd.
We hosted Founder’s Day on our campus and active members of Eta Omicron and Zeta Alpha (Babson) chapters as well as alumni attended to celebrate with a brunch. During Homecoming Week we were paired with the gentlemen of Phi Delta Theta. We participated in the week’s events and won second place in the semester’s annual dance competition, Take It to the Floor.
The new member period was very eventful. There were many events including “Kappa Kandy Land” and Family Feud for the new members to meet and socialize with the active sisters. During Inspiration Week we held our 2nd annual Pillow-Key Exchange for the bigs and littles and the annual Owl Prowl. The week culminated in the initiation of 36 new members on November 7th.
Our annual Kappa Kickoff was held on November 16th with 35 teams participating, raising $850 dollars for Hope Lodge. Our philanthropy committee also hosted a second RIF event at Samuel Adams Elementary. To further support RIF, we brought an Ice ream truck to campus and raised over $150. Our Sapphire Ball was held on December 6th at Estate in Downtown Boston. The chapter’s fall 2014 GPA was 3.39, again surpassing the all sorority and all women’s averages.
Eta Omicron holds chapter in a university owned classroom, which changes each semester. Fall of 2014 was held in a Mugar classroom and Spring of 2014 was held in a Behrakis classroom. Our chapter does not have a house, lodge, apartment or suite. We have never had one in our history.
