Changes

Winter term started with Formal recruitment the third week of school. The overall theme for recruitment was "Key to Paradise." and was spread out over three nights rather than the typical four nights. On Bid Night, we welcomed home 9 new members with the tagline "How Sweet it is to be a Kappa." The new members formally pledged on January 28th with our chapter advisor and one alumna present. Big-Little reveal was done on February 5th with matching socks and polaroid pictures. February was our academic excellence month where we celebrated our dedication to education. Along with Academic Excellence, in February we held our annual Kappa Krush benefitting the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. On February 25th, we held our semi formal at the Galesburg Civic Art Center with the theme "Night at the Museum."On March 3rd, our chapter initiated 11 members--combining the fall and winter pledge classes. Elections were held the last week of Winter Term and the new CC was installed spring term.  We were fortunate enough to start our spring term with "Behind Happy Faces" on March 25th focusing on mental health. Kappa Kabin was held on April 7th with the presence of our District Specialist. During our leadership weekend, we learned to ask for help and all the resources that are available to us. Our main philanthropy even event Reading is Fundamental took place on May 3rd at Steele Elementary school. It was special in the fact that the event connected us with the Galesburg community rather than just the college. The kids made bookmarks with us and read some of their favorite books out loud. At the end, each kid was allowed to take one book home! Formal took place on May 17th at the Prairie Players Civic Theatre with the theme "A Night in Old Hollywood." May 26th we said goodbye to our lovely 10 seniors with our Senior Sendoff Brunch.  Fall term started with Kappas welcoming new faces at Knox's annual Pumphandle. Classes started on September 12th and we had 23 Kappas on campus and three sisters abroad studying in Barcelona, Buenos Aires and Florence. We also had a sister participating in rep term and a student teacher. Beyond academics, we had 6 sisters on the Women's soccer team and one on volleyball team. The women's soccer team won the Midwest Conference for the third year in a row and appeared in their third consecutive NCAA tournament game.