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→Highlights of 2014
After all of Greek life received a probationary period in the Spring of 2014, both chapter council and all of our members have strived to improve the Beta Omicron Chapter, as well as Greek life at Tulane as a whole, in many ways. Chapter Council has introduced many new ideas in order to improve sisterhood, ritual, academic excellence, philanthropy, and over-all chapter dignity and respect. Our monthly sisterhood events, study hours, ritual reviews, and new exciting philanthropy opportunities have not only made us bond as a chapter, but has also allowed us to make strides to become a better chapter. Our members have taken an active role in helping Chapter Council make sure Beta Omicron reaches its full potential. The sophomore, junior and senior classes all understand that we are the role models for the new members. As upperclassmen we have discussed numerous times that we are responsible for setting a good example for them. All older members have taken this responsibility very seriously and are aware that the new members will uphold our chapter ideals if we do as well.
==Highlights of 2015==
The spring of 2015 got off to great start with an amazing recruitment. This year’s Bid Day went off without a hitch. Bid Day was held on MLK day for the third year in a row, which in the past was usually a day of service of Tulane Students. Bid day was held late in the afternoon so all Greek women could still participate in the day of service. Many of our members participated in local service activities throughout the New Orleans community. All actives were on their best behavior during Bid Day to make sure that the new members felt welcome and comfortable.
As we continued to strive to meet the standards and expectations of nationals set out by our probation letter, our members took an active role in becoming positive role models for the new members. Before our first social event, Glo Kappa, all members met at the Kappa House to watch a brief presentation on alcohol safety. Due to the super bowl and carnival season coinciding, Mardi Gras was early in the semester this year. Mardi Gras is always a great way for the new members to bond with the actives. The New Member Chairs put together an excellent presentation the meeting before Mardi Gras that went over safety and proper behavior.
As a sisterhood event, all of the families (littles, bigs, grandbigs, great grandbigs) got together to make food for a bake sale. It was a lot of fun and really allowed the girls to bond. Initiation went very smoothly. It was quite the experience to see someone so committed to the chapter for so long. Throughout inspiration week, new members continued to bond with the actives through nightly pledge class activities. Our marshal had been holding ritual reviews sessions throughout the semester, which helped the actives be fully prepared for the day of initiation. We were fortunate enough to have alumni be a part of our initiation, and we held a brunch at the house after initiation for the entire chapter and the alumni. An alumnus even came to renew her pledge!
At the end of March, we held a joint philanthropy event with Pi Phi called the “Red Hot Angel Wing Eating Contest.” It was a hit and members throughout the Greek community came to support us. In April, our LC, PDC, and RDC came to deliver our probation letter. While it definitely came as a shock at first, we have definitely come a long way. The last chapter of the semester was dedicated to the senior class. Our education chair gave each senior a gift and the juniors put together a slide show of pictures in honor of their bigs.
Classes resumed in late August and the entire chapter was excited to continue improving our standings with nationals. The sophomore class came back to school early to help with Freshmen Move-In. Throughout the semester the sophomore class met once a moth to prepare for our spring recruitment. In the month of October we had a senior event at our chapter house where the girls sampled makeup and gave each other makeovers. We had a joint sisterhood event with Alpha Delta Pi where we all sat down at ate Chik-fil-a and had a lot of fun.
On October 7th we held a founders day dinner at the house following formal chapter. Before Halloween members attended our annual Reading is Fundamental Fall Festival, which is our chapter’s philanthropy. The girls dressed up in Halloween costumes and read books to and did crafts with the children. Throughout the fall semester we continually reviewed our probation letter and made sure we were on track. We were learning right from mistakes that had been occurring for years under previous chapter councils. We were on track to approval from Nationals and were practicing extraordinary transparency by CCing our PDC and RDC on anything that we did.
The month of November was filled with philanthropy events. At the start of the month, we held our biggest event, Kappa Kollection. We had a lot of new vendors this year, which was exciting, and we were able to raise money for the New Orleans Womens shelter and The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. After electing a competent nominating committee our chapter was presented with a new slate during mid November. Members voted to approve the entire new slate the following week.
Towards the end of November, we held our first social event since the beginning of Spring semester. Although it didn’t go perfectly, our chapter greatly improved and showed their commitment to Kappa in the weeks following up to the next event. Continuing the suggestion of our previous letters from headquarters, our Academic Excellence chair continued to hold weekly study hours to improve our chapters GPA. Every week member’s signed up to attend study hours for at least three hours a week. We are trying very hard as a chapter to improve our GPA.
During December our LC visited again. She met with each chapter council member and chapter council as a whole to make sure we were on track and fix and issues. We also completed a review of the bylaws and standing rules with her. Our outgoing officers held great officer transition meetings for our new chapter council. The newly elected Chapter Council was eager for the spring semester to start so they could continue the great work of our previous officers in continuing to better our chapter as a whole.
Chapter Council has introduced many new ideas in order to improve sisterhood, ritual, academic excellence, philanthropy, and over-all chapter dignity and respect. Our monthly sisterhood events, study hours, ritual reviews, and new exciting philanthropy opportunities have not only made us bond as a chapter, but has also allowed us to make strides to become a better chapter. Our members have taken an active role in helping Chapter Council make sure Beta Omicron reaches its full potential. The sophomore, junior and senior classes all understand that we are the role models for the new members. As upperclassmen we have discussed numerous times that we are responsible for setting a good example for them. All older members have taken this responsibility very seriously and are aware that the new members will uphold our chapter ideals if we do as well.
==Highlights of 2020s==
