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landmark. Formal and post-formal cocktail were the last events of the spring semester and both events
were a great way to send off our senior sisters who were moving on to bright futures!
When we returned to school in August for the Fall 2015 semester, we got straight to work on fall recruitment. Work week was held the week before classes
started to prepare for recruitment. This way, sisters could focus on their classes when school started and we would be all set for Recruitment. After
plenty of hard work, 48 new members joined our chapter. Bid Day, was so exciting and welcoming forour new members and our sisters. With an American theme and lots of yummy food, including a food truck, bid day was a success.
Once recruitment ended and school had settled in, Epsilon Gamma had our annual "Q for the Cause" barbeque dinner, with all funds going to Earlier.org. By partnering with Kappa Alpha Order, we were able to raise more money for our local philanthropy. Earlier.org is an organization started an Epsilon Gamma alumna that works to find an earlier test for breast cancer. We continued our work with Reading is Fundamental, by going to several elementary schools and reading with the children at after school programs in the Triangle. This year, we also partnered with Pi Beta Phi to celebrate Read Across America Day on March 2. In the spring of 2015, after many months of collecting children's books, we donated over 4,000 books to a North Carolina elementary school. October was a busy month for Epsilon Gamma. We held big-little reveal on October 8th and we were all excited to welcome new members to our families. Our new members attended their new member retreat at our house where they played games and got to know each other better, a good time was had by all. We celebrated Founder's Day on October 13th with a special ceremony, where we welcomed alumni back, and indulged in some delicious desserts. Blue and Blue Banquet and Initiation were held the weekend of October 24th and 25th. We were delighted to call our new members our sisters! Social events also played a large role in the fall semester.
We had a “Lazy Afternoon” date function following recruitment, a parent’s weekend function, a “Throwdown for your Hometown” mixer with Lambda Chi Alpha, a “Woodstock” themed mixer with Alpha Sigma Phi, and a Halloween mixer with Sigma Phi Epsilon. We also had our semi formal event,
which was enjoyed by all. Semi Formal was held on November 14th at R&R Grill with a live band performing at the event. Epsilon Gamma also held many sisterhood events this year. In October we took a sisterhood event to the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh where sisters rode rides and enjoyed some
delicious food. In November, we traveled to the mountains for our sisterhood retreat, which was held at Blue Ridge Assembly. The camp had many fun activities for us, such as a high ropes course, hiking trails, and sisterhood games. The retreat was a great way for our sisters to get away from campus and get
to strengthen our sisterhood. We also had a holiday extravaganza that included making gingerbread houses, holiday cards, and enjoying the holiday season with our sisters. We take great pride in all we have accomplished in this past calendar year and we look forward to seeing what 2016 has to offer us!
The 2015 calendar year contained many exciting things on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. It hascertainly been a year of standout athletics from many of the teams around campus. Firstly our football had a stellar season that led them to the ACC championship in December. Unfortunately the Tarheels
fell short of a victory against Clemson, however our Kappa sisters enjoyed attending football games and supporting the Tarheels together! The UNC men’s basketball team is also off to a great start for their season, with numerous polls ranking them as the number one team in the nation. Epsilon Gamma sisters
will most definitely have a lot to look forward to on the court in 2016! In the academic sphere, UNC biochemist, Aziz Sancar, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Chemistry for his work with the mapping of cancer cells. In light of the recent academic scandal it is clear that the University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill has a bright future ahead whether it be in academics or in athletics!
'''Chapter Philanthropy:'''
Epsilon Gamma continues to support several organizations, among them Reading is Fundamental, our
national philanthropy, and Earlier.org, a foundation dedicated to the early detection of breast cancer are
our main focuses. We support RIF by going weekly to local elementary schools and reading with the
children. We have also had sisters start a library at a disadvantaged school, E.K. Powe Elementary, and
Epsilon Gamma helped to provide books for these students to take home over the summer.
Our chapter supports RIF, not only because it is Kappa’s national philanthropy, but also because the
sisters of Epsilon Gamma believe that interacting with today’s youth is a great way to make a difference.
Sisters continually love to work with the children of local elementary schools and are consistently
asking to go back. We support Earlier.org because an Epsilon Gamma alumnus, Martha Kaley, founded
the sight and we continue to support her throughout her endeavors to find an earlier method of detecting
breast cancer.
==Highlight 2016==
