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==History of Baylor University==
The Texas Baptist Education Society then petitioned the Congress of the Republic of Texas to charter a Baptist university in the fall of 1844. Republic President Anson Jones signed the Act of Congress on Feb. 1, 1845, officially establishing Baylor University. Reverend James Huckins, the first Baptist missionary to Texas, was Baylor's first full-time fundraiser and the third founding father of the university. Although these three men are credited as being the founders of Baylor University, there are many others who worked to see our university established in Texas.
After the University was chartered on February 1, 1845, four communities made bids to be the location: Travis, Huntsville, Shannon's Prairie and Independence. Independence was selected, and classes for preparatory students began in May 1846 with college courses offered the following June. In 1886, Baylor and Waco University consolidated to form Baylor University at Waco.
From humble beginnings in Independence, Texas, the campus has grown to approximately 1,000 acres in Waco, Texas, annually educating more than 15,000 men and women to pursue their individual life callings.
These are exciting times in the life of the University - a period in which our institution is striving to remain both a relevant institution of higher learning for the coming years and to continue to fulfill our original mission laid down by our founders: to be a Christian University "fully susceptible of enlargement and development to meet the needs of all ages to come." In a world where faith is often the casualty of a serious pursuit of academic achievement, Baylor is a special place.
The ability and willingness of Baylor to adapt and change to achieve continual progress can be traced throughout its history. It has endured and survived hardships, from financial difficulties, to the Great Depression, to world wars. It made a historic and critical decision to move from Independence to Waco, its current home. It divested its medical and dental schools at a time when that proved to be the most prudent decision for the success of each program. It even had the foresight and fortitude to change its very charter to insulate the institution from denominational struggles.
Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked liberal arts institution. Our rank of alumni include missionaries and pastors, heads of Fortune 500 companies, governors of Texas and professional athletes. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in the state.
==The Early Years (From The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma 1870–1976)==
==Highlights of the 1980’s==
In the 1980’s Baylor’s freshman classes were continuously getting much larger meaning that “rush” was as well. In 1985 Baylor had an especially large freshman class with 200-300 over the typical enrollment. Consequently, almost 1200 girls registered for recruitment and 487 pledged (we took 50 girls totaling the chapter to 173). In 1987 Baylor began exploring adding another Panhellenic group to campus (at the time they had 9 organizations) because of the amount of women that were interested in Greek Life. Throughout the 80’s we had our new members do their own philanthropy event and our class of 1985 chose to visit a nursing home two different days with the KOT pledge class.
Recruitment did look a bit different back in the 80’s though. In 1985 part of our recruitment consisted of taking potential new members to different Kappa Apartments – “Apartment Hops” – and themes were Halloween and Christmas. This year we also began using our computer to tabulate votes which really helped to speed up the process.
Some regular events we held were Kappa Dads Day, a scholarship banquet, Founder’s Day, Kite and Key with Kappa Alpha Theta, Homecoming events, Mystery Masquerade (annual Halloween/costume dance), Swingaton with Sigma Alpha Epsilon benefiting Waco Firefighters, All University Sing, and more! One annual event that they started in 1984 was a Powder Puff football game with the new members against Pi Beta Phi’s new members. The Kappa Pickers were of course around to sing at many of these events.
{{Infobox FraternityWe also created a clear goal each year that we really wanted to focus on. In 1985 this goal was “Unity” which stood for Understanding, No Hazing, Involvement, Time with God and Your Sisters. Each officer incorporated this theme into their goals for her office and committee. In 1987 we decided to have the goal Kappa Kommittment each month. Every month Kappa had a new commitment to strive towards (Scholarship, Pledges, Friendship, etc), but in the fall of this year we received a letter from headquarters with concerns regarding our scholarship standing and we then switched all of our focus to overcoming this dilemma. |Name==Highlights of the 1990’s== Epsilon Upsilonstarted out the 1990’s wanting to be remembered for our achievement in philanthropy in 1991. During this year we sponsored the all university walk-a-thon which let every sorority enter and raise money for their individual charities. Among other service projects were visits to nursing homes, the Methodist Home and serving dinner at the Salvation Army. In 1991 we also received the Most Improved Chapter awards at the Kappa Kappa Gamma Convention. This year our Chapter President was also named Baylor Homecoming Queen! |GreekSymbol= EY |Image= [[File:Epsilon_UpsilonIn the early 90’s one of our biggest challenges as a chapter (which continued on from the 80’s) was scholarship. We continued to work on trying to raise our chapter GPA through study halls for different GPA categories, a reward system to encourage others, and raising our grade requirement during recruitment. By 1995 we had raised our GPA above the Kappa national average, but we didn’t want to just maintain this so we continued to add new ways for members of our chapter to focus on scholarship together.jpg|200px]]|Founded= {{With our scholarship improvements throughout the early 90’s, the late 90’s we realized we needed to start date focusing more on ways to increase fraternity education and years ago|1977|09|22}}|College= [http://wwwritual.baylorWe did this through short facts during chapter meeting and weekly information sessions.edu/ We even gave our entire chapter pre-tests and post-tests in order to measure the increase in knowledge. Epsilon Upsilon continued to stay involved on the Baylor campus in the 90’s – participating in All-University]Sing, Pigskin, Greek Week, intramurals and more. In 1993 we also started an annual Easter Egg Hunt for faculty and alumni children which proved to be a big success. |Location= WacoWe also consistently focus on bonding with our sisters and one way we did so was through an annual fall chapter retreat. In 1994 we escaped to Camp Balcones Springs in Marble Falls on beautiful Lake Travis. It was a wonderful weekend for the entire chapter to relax, bond, TXshare and get to spend quality time together. One thing we did during this retreat was a “pair share” time. This is a time when every Kappa in the chapter is paried with another Kappa they do not know very well and get a chance to talk and then share with the chapter what their learned about their sister. |Homepage= http://wwwPrayer has consistently been important to us at Epsilon Upsilon and in anticipation of rush in 1996 we implemented a 24-hour day of prayer.kappaEach chapter member signed up for a time slot and continually prayed for our chapter throughout the 24 hours.org|Media==Highlights of the 2000’s== [http://wiki Epsilon Upsilon celebrated the millennium with a special “It’s a New Year In Kappa” theme on the first day of recruitment, which began January 3, 2000.kappakappagammaThe slide show presentation ended with grand fireworks giving all present the feeling of ringing in the new millennium together.org/indexA monetary gift was given to the Panhellenic Building Fund to celebrate the ground breaking of the Stacy Riddle Panhellenic Forum.php?title=Category:Epsilon_Upsilon Media related to In the 2000’s Epsilon Upsilon Chapter]}}continued our on-going support of their community – local charities, university-wide events, and other campus organizations alike. We regularly participated in and looked forward to the Kappa Omega Tau Fishery which is a unique service project that allowed us to serve the mentally and physically handicapped individuals in Waco. We also continued our annual Easter Egg Hunt tradition for the community. Back in 1999 we started a new philanthropy – Kappa Klassic Golf Tournament. This tournament continued throughout the 2000’s and we raised significant amounts of money for charity. We also began a partnership with a local elementary school (Parkdale Elementary) where we not only tutor the children, but members also have the opportunity to sign up for Parkdale Pen Pal. We continued to have many event such as Kappa Country, Kappa Krush, and Kappa Krawfish Boil. While many events we have are with other members of Greek Life at Epsilon Upsilon “Kappa Backs the Bears” so we had many fun take-a-dates and mixers with the football, basketball, and baseball teams. Homecoming is consistently important at Baylor and to us in Epsilon Upsilon. Throughout the 2000’s there were multiple times that a member was elected Homecoming Queen and we are always very involved with all the activities. In 2008 the Homecoming theme was “Hanzel and Gretel” and we built a fantastic homecoming float titled “Brew Mizzou”. As it was in the early 90’s, the early 2000’s were a time for us to focus on strengthening our chapter GPA. We worked hard to update Kappa test files and provide members with tutoring so that older and younger members within the same fields of study could pair and help each other. In 2006 this proved to be very helpful in that our chapter GPA rose from sixth out of nine sororities to fourth out of nine. In 2008 our chapter was placed on a letter of warning from the fraternity which created many changes within our chapter, but also united us to work together to comply with the recommended areas of improvement.
Prayer continued to be an important aspect our chapter throughout the 2000’s and especially during the time of September 11, 2001. Throughout the days following the tragedy, Baylor conducted several prayer services. Another University-wide action was a moment of silence the next day at 12:00 noon, so that every student and professor could take to opportunity to reflect and pray for the victims and their families. Our Kappa chapter also held a prayer session for us to unite and support those in need.
==Highlights of 2012==
