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== Colonization of Zeta Alpha ==
Zeta Alpha Babson College, was Founded February 16, 1980
On Thursday Sept 13, 1979 Kappa Kappa Gamma colonized its 104th chapter, Zeta Alpha, at Babson College in Wellesley Mass. Marjorie Matson Converse - Gamma Delta, Purdue, Chairman of Extension, presided at the colonization ceremony as 13 Babson undergraduates pledged Kappa! The entire event was quite exciting as the girls had petitioned Kappa the prior spring in hopes of obtaining permission to colonize, and for each of them that day had finally arrived.
Many Kappas in the New England area helped prepare and participate in the colonization of Zeta Alpha. Over 21 members of Delta Nu chapter at the University of Massachusetts arrived on Thursday evening to serve as big sisters to the members of the new colony. Both Judy Preston, Rho Province Director of Chapters and Patty Gesell, Rho Province director of Alumnae were present for the event. The Boston Intercollegiate Alumni Association had a great turnout and hosted a reception following the ceremony
Kappa was the second NPC Sorority on campus, preceded by Sigma Kappa. Babson College was founded in 1919 but did not accept women until 1970. The women number 300 out of a total school enrollment of 1250.
The charter members are: Elisabeth Andersen; Celia Bumstead; Susan Connell; Amy
Fairclough; Elizabeth Gregory; Carol Hasenfus ; Kathleen Hogan;
Helen Joy; ·Kathleen Lopas; Diane Magee; Catherine Mannix; Jane
Mason; Karen Myjak ; Sybil Neidecker; Dolores Paino; Linda
Powers; Gail Prescott; Gretchen Schwabe; Deirdre Sisk; Pamela
Will
More than half the chapter is not only involved in another organization on campus, but is also an established leader in that organization (ie. President). Zeta Alpha encourages its chapter to be well rounded, multifaceted, and a strong part of the Babson community. Some examples of organizations the chapter is involved in are Babson's Dance Ensemble, AMAN (South Asian student Association), Babson Investment Banking Association, Babson Exchange Ambassadors, Peer Mentors, Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship Mentors, Babson College Admissions Panel, Women's Varsity Swimming, Babson Cheerleading, Babson Co-ed Volleyball Club, Luxury Fashion Association, Japan International Circle, Hillel, Student Government Association, Babson Asian Pacific Student Association, as well as the prestigious Weissman, Presidential, and Women's Leadership Scholarship Programs.
==Highlights of 2011==
