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Chapter meetings are held in classrooms or conference rooms on campus. They are not chapter owned; we book an available room each week to hold chapter in. Our campus' Greek life is different in the fact that there are no sorority or fraternity houses allowed. Our chapter does however have a five floor "tower" of on campus housing that contains fifteen singles and a kitchen/common room. It is located next, and connected, to the sororities and fraternities that are also allowed housing on campus. The tower is university owned and has been the only location of Zeta Alpha's housing.
==Highlights of 2015==
Zeta Alpha started the new year by celebrating our 35th anniversary on campus this past February! Throughout the calendar year we had many more accomplishments, particularly with philanthropy. In addition to our usual visits to Cradles to Crayons in Boston and weekly Kappa Klean Up, we were also able to donate 130 books and 80 bookmarks during our book drive. We kicked-off Spring semester with 21 new members and have maintained all said memberships since. During the new member program, we started a new tradition called Fleur de Lis Friends, where each week a new member and upperclassman get together and spend some one-on-one time getting to know each other. We also had a particularly special programming chapter in the Spring, where Babson and Zeta Alpha alumnae, Jackie Real, came in to speak about incorporating our school’s passion for entrepreneurship with her love for fashion and creating a unique business from that for women on-the-go. This Fall semester, we continued with a recent academic initiative where each week Kappa reserves a study space just for us in the library for 2 hours to encourage members not only to study but to help each other keep focus on the importance and fun of academics. Another tradition we decided to bring back is GLADs, which take place at the end of chapter: each member gets a little piece of paper to write down something they’re glad about that day or week in relation to the chapter. In keeping with our aim for success, Zeta Alpha raised the highest amount in chapter history from our annual Fall Fashion Show where we were sponsored by a variety of local boutiques and all proceeds went to Dress for Success and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. We held another Kappa Con Queso event in the Fall where members served nachos and refreshments throughout the night for 12 hours outside of our on-campus housing. All of the proceeds, which were also the highest amount ever earned from this event, were donated to RIF.
The chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at Babson College is extremely diverse given our small numbers. Babson is a strictly business college with only 2,000 students, and over 30% being international which is displayed in our membership involvement: usually around 70 women, including new members, involved with over 20 organizations. In terms of recent changes with Greek Life, a new Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life is in the process of being hired. This past Fall, all of the sororities held Continuous Open Bidding where Zeta Alpha was able to welcome 1 new member.
Chapter Philanthropy:
What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
Dress for Success and RIF through the Baldwin School in Brighton, MA
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
Dress for Success has been one of Zeta Alpha’s favorite organizations to help out especially given our school’s demand for professional business demands including attire. The organization aims to help women in need searching for jobs to be appropriately dressed and supported for professional settings.
In the Spring, the chapter donated the books/bookmarks to the Baldwin School, which is purposed towards helping students in underprivileged areas, and came in for reading-groups for an hour of the children’s school day.
