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==Highlights of 2016==
After enjoying our Winter Recess with family and friends back home for the holidays, we returned to Kappa on January 12th, 2016. Excitement was in the air as everyone rushed around to hear stories from the holiday season and prepared for the upcoming semester. Spring semester began on January 13th. Shortly after classes began, we held our Leadership Day on January 23rd to train our new Chapter Council. At the end of January on the 29th we had our annual Sapphire Ball. Everyone was dressed to the nines and along with their handsome dates, we all danced the night away.
February rolled around and we had an all house clean on the 9th to prepare our beautiful home for the Valentine’s Day Date Dinner, which we held on the 10th. The following day, February 11th, we delivered all 1,150 flower grams to the students who ordered them for our Flower Gram philanthropy. We had spent the past few days assembling the flower grams as a sisterhood and ended up raising $1,915.90 for the Girls Academy. This was such a successful philanthropy and we always have a blast preparing for it. On the 17th we had a programming focusing on body positivity. February 26th is Beta Kappa’s founder’s day. This founder’s day was especially special to us, as it marked 100 years on the University of Idaho’s campus. This is such a significant achievement and we all couldn’t have been more proud to call each other Kappa sisters.
March 14th -18th was our Spring Break where we took a week off of school to recoup and returned rosy cheeked and ready to continue the semester on March 20th. On the 31st we had an all house clean to prepare our home for Beta Kappa’s Centennial Celebration, which was held April 1st – 3rd. We had over 500 alum come to celebrate with us. This was an exciting, event filled weekend full of stories, laughter, and love. It was special to bond over Kappa Kappa Gamma with members of many pledge classes. On April 9th we had many of our sisters participate in Saturday of Service. On the 14th we had an all house clean to tidy up before Mom’s Weekend, which was April 15th – 17th. On the 16th we had our annual Fun Run, where we collected money and books for Reading is Fundamental. This is always such a fun event to participate in with our mothers. Following the Fun Run, we had a brunch back at kappa. On the 23rd we had our Advising/House Board Appreciation Celebration. This is a time where we get to show our advising and house board how much we appreciate all of the hard work they do for us. April 25th – 29th was Senior Week. This is a week we take to show our seniors love and appreciation before they graduate. April was a busy, but fun month for Beta Kappa.
On may 1st we held our Spring Recruitment Workshop. This workshop helped to prepare us for fall formal recruitment. May 2nd – 6th marked Dead Week, a time we took to prepare for our finals. After a week of preparation, we had Tri-Ad on Friday the 6th with Delta Gamma and Delta Delta Delta. We had a barbeque all together, which was a nice time to get to know more members from these chapters. Finals week was the 9th – 13th, with the 13th being our last day of class, and for many of us, our last day in Moscow until August. We all said our goodbyes and wished everyone a summer filled with fun and adventure.
We were all reunited on August 5th, where we moved back into Kappa and prepared for work week and recruitment. Work week began the 6th and went until the 10th. During this time we practiced for formal recruitment, bonded with each other, and had a great time being back together after a long summer. Fall formal recruitment went from the 11th – 14th. August 14th was not only preference day, but also bid night where we got to welcome all 29 of our new members home. The following day, on the 15th, we had our bid day celebration. This day was filled with food and pictures galore. On the 17th we had our all house retreat at You-Pick, where we all picked beautiful bouquets of flowers, took many pictures, and had fun bonding as a house. The first day of classes began on August 22nd, a day in which we also had our Formal Pledging Ceremony. On the 30th we had our composite pictures taken. August was an exciting time for our members and we were ready to take on the rest of the semester.
On September 12th we had our scholarship banquet. We acknowledge members who have shown great academic achievement in the previous semester and get to celebrate everyone successes together over dinner. We held a programming to educate our members on the Kappa Foundation on the 19th. We had Big/Little Reveal on September 22nd. This day is always filled with such joy and happiness. September was a more relaxed month, which was much needed after a hectic August.
October 1st was the University of Idaho’s Homecoming football game. We all dressed up in our game day gear and headed to the Kibbie Dome to root on our Vandals. Our new members, along with the New Member Educator and chaperones, headed to Camp Sanders on October 7th for their New Member Retreat. They had an awesome time bonding, playing games, and getting to know and appreciate each other better. Midterms week was October 10th – 14th. On the following Saturday, the 15th, we had Kappa Krush. For this event we brought a date to Kappa for lunch and then headed over to the football game to cheer on our team. October 17th- 22nd was Inspiration Week, with the 22nd marking initiation followed by a banquet. This week is such a special time that we all love and cherish. On the 24th we had our Election Programming. October was a month full of sisterhood and ritual.
On November 3rd, we had our brand new philanthropy, “Nacho Average Kappa Philanthropy”. We set up tables, banners, and decorations in the front of our house and sold nachos from 8pm until midnight. This was such a fun event and the entire house helped out. It was a huge success and we can’t wait to continue it in the years to come. Fall recess was the 21st – 25th and we returned to Kappa with our bellies full from Thanksgiving dinner on the 27th. On November 28th we had election night and our new Chapter Council was elected. We are so excited to see this new team of leaders continue betting this organization.
December 2nd – 4th was Dad’s weekend. We had brunch with our dads on the 3rd and enjoyed getting to show them around Moscow. During the evening of the 4th, we had a white elephant gift exchange sisterhood, where we all gathered together in our Christmas pajamas and exchanged gifts. Dead week was the 5th – 9th, which we spent studying for our finals. To give us a break from the studying, we had our Christmas Date Dinner on the 7th, where we got to enjoy yummy food with our friends and dates. Finals week was the 12th – 16th, marking the end of our 2016 school year and the beginning of Winter Recess. 2016 was an amazing year for the Beta Kappa Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma and we cannot wait to see what 2017 has in store for us.
The University of Idaho's campus is undergoing some construction changes. New buildings are being built and new additions are being added to old buildings to continue advancing our campus to support growth and intellectual development.
The ladies of Beta Kappa look forward to choosing a local organization each year such as Alternative Violence on the Palouse or Girls Academy, to donate the money we raise from our successful annual flower gram fundraiser. In addition, we enjoy reading to a local Children’s Center on campus each spring and donating the books to the youth, which we receive from our annual Mom’s Day Fun Run benefiting RIF. As individuals, a chapter, and partnering with other chapters on campus we show our enthusiastic philanthropic attitudes by volunteering at Make a Difference Day, SYNC, Saturday of Service, the local Humane Society, and Jazz Festival, as well as opportunities for individuals.
As a chapter we choose organizations where we are able to make an impact, even on a small scale. We value respect, equality, and work to build young women into strong leaders, which is why we choose to donate time and money to Alternative Violence on the Palouse and Girls Academy.
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