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2018 was a wonderful year for our chapter. Our sisters excelled in our financial planning, philanthropic efforts, and campus involvement. We experienced great personal growth as friends, students, and sisters, fostered by the boundless encouragement and love of the house of blue and blue.
==Highlights of 2019==
Kappa Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has enjoyed a year of growth, enriching sisterhood, and many other blessings. The women of Kappa Chapter have striven for academic excellence, high moral standards, and for a deeper, more beautiful understanding of Kappa ritual.
The new year began with a successful recruitment after which twenty-four new and eager sisters joined the chapter. During recruitment, a leadership consultant visited and met with the officers and women in the house giving them helpful advice.
In February, the chapter celebrated Academic Excellence Month and the public relations chairman led a social media campaign encouraging and highlighting academic rigor. The Chapter also sent a few sisters to learn and grow at the Kappa Kappa Gamma Leadership Convention in Dallas, Texas. The sisters also enjoyed the Galentine’s Day and Oscar Day sisterhood events. The most exciting event though was big/little pairings! The women of Kappa grew closer together in sisterhood. Also in February, the Panhellenic Council aimed to draw houses together and amended a rule about the use of boys in promoting Greek life. February was a very successful month.
March was a shorter month as sisters enjoyed fun spring break trips, but arrived back on campus ready for an exciting Inspiration Week and initiation. Initiation was a huge success and all the new members were able to be initiated together in Hillsdale and not sent to another chapter which may have happened due to some athletic events. The sisters were overjoyed that all the new members were able to make it to initiation.
April was a month of service, etiquette, Greek unity, and fun events. The chapter led one of the most successful Kupcake Wars in a few years. The event was a philanthropy event for Reading is Fundamental. The college also held a GOAL Day of Service and a large team of Kappa women volunteered their time. On April 16th, the chapter attended an etiquette/scholarship dinner hosted by the Event and Academic Excellence Chairmen. The dinner was a huge success and the women learned much about proper etiquette. The chapter also hosted a faculty Easter event for faculty members and their families to come to the house and get to know the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Greek week occurred early in the month, and although the women of Kappa did not win overall, they enjoyed a fun week of sportsmanship. The women also enjoyed a fun Formal and Senior Week events.
May was a sad but joyous time as the chapter said goodbye to the graduating seniors. The chapter is very proud of all who graduated and all that they have accomplished already. Sisters have spread across the country and even the world. There are sisters in Washington DC working in the Pentagon, for the Washington Examiner, in research labs, and more. There are sisters teaching, attending medical school and law school, working in marketing firms, etc. There is even a sister in Namibia working for the Peace Corp. The chapter is very proud of their sisters.
Over the summer break, sisters worked different jobs and internships, attended classes, and traveled. Some attended a marine biology course in Florida, others studied in Oxford, and one in Argentina. Girls worked at Target headquarters, for the Mackinac Island Crier, and at many other locations around the nation.
The fall semester began with the creation of a new officer position. After much discussion, the chapter decided to add the position of Alumni Relations Chairman to Chapter Council. The officer is meant to help connect alumni to sisters still in college. The first event the chairman organized was a brunch on Homecoming. She invited alumni and women from fraternity to come to the brunch, and it was a huge success. Also, an exciting event during homecoming was that one of the chapter’s very own sister won Homecoming Queen. The women were very proud of her. Among the festivities of Homecoming Week there was also a visit from a leadership consultant. During September, the women attended a harm prevention seminar given by an EME trainer. The presentation was a huge success as the women learned a lot and enjoyed asking questions to the trainer. At the end of the month, the chapter hosted a boy’s ice cream social where men on campus could visit the house and get to know the women living there better.
October was another busy month for Kappa chapter with Scholarship Dinner, a Chick-fil-a sisterhood event, Founder’s Day dinner, Coffee with a Kappa event on parent’s weekend, officer speed dating, and nominating committee meeting. The chapter is very proud of the huge number of sisters on the Dean’s List this past semester. There were also two recruitment workshops. The membership chairman has put much hard work in to updating the voting process according to fraternity and making some positive changes to recruitment.
During the month of November, the Event and Philanthropy Chairman hosted the largest philanthropy event the chapter has had in a very long time. The chapter invited country singer, John King, to Hillsdale’s campus. All proceeds went towards Reading is Fundamental. With a successful Kupcake Wars and John King concert, the chapter raised the most amount of money for RIF in a few years. The event chairman also organized a very fun Informal for the sisters. Near the end of the month, the Alumni Events Chairman, invited recent alumni back to the Kappa house to enjoy a very fun sleepover event. In November, we held officer elections and the chapter is very hopeful for the next chapter council.
December was a quick month for the chapter as there were only two weeks the sisters were on campus. On December 11th, though, the sisters went to a school in Hillsdale and delivered and read books to three and four year old children. The sisters absolutely loved the event as it is so rewarding to visit the young children and see the joy they experience when someone reads to them. The semester ended with the induction of the new officers into chapter council, and the chapter eagerly anticipates the upcoming 2020 year.
2019 was a year full of many blessings for Kappa Chapter. The chapter is very proud of the new Alumni Officer Chairman position, their philanthropic endeavors, and academic success. The sisters grew in sisterhood and strive to live out the ideals of our beloved fraternity and home.