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==Highlights of the 2020s==
We began the semester with our new Leadership
coming together to create goals as a chapter and learning all of our roles as leaders. We kicked
off Syllabus Week with a planner party hosted by our Academic Excellence Director, Sarah
Goddell. At the end of the month, we had our first house dinner, hosted by our Facility Director,
Megann Linardos. Throughout February, we hosted a Partial Proceeds, had another House
Dinner, and had our first Kappa Krush party, hosted by our Event Director, Madison Evard. At
the end of the month, we had our Sisterhood Retreat, hosted by our Member Engagement
Director, Cameo Dyer. We spent the day at Orange Lake Resort where we played arcade
games and lounged in the lazy river! We then spent the night at the hotel where we played
games and had some sisterhood bonding.Our plans suddenly changed when UCF announced
that we would move to remote instruction beginning March 16th due to the Coronavirus. Despite
this challenge, it didn’t stop members of Eta Eta from communicating and making the best out of
the situation. Our Director of PR, Julia Amorim and our VP of External Affairs, Courtney
Garrison had the idea of starting a #KappaQuarantine page where sisters submitted Tik Tok
dances and fun challenges to earn points to win a prize in the Fall. In order to prepare for
Recruitment, Jenn Flatin, our Primary Recruitment Director and Shannon Jones, our VP of
Membership were hard at work planning out songs and dress colors! Jenn also hosted some
virtual Recruitment Workshops to teach first time recruiters how Formal Recruitment works!
Also, our House Director, Megann Linardos, found a way to connect us all for one final “house
dinner” by delivering each of us a pizza to our homes while we quarantined. We also said
farewell to our graduating seniors by hosting a Senior Wills Zoom call where the seniors
reminisced on their time in Kappa.When we returned from summer break, we immediately got
into Recruitment mode. Recruitment was completely virtual at UCF, so this was something new
for all of us. We hosted a virtual spirit week where we worked on our values, conversations, and
how to navigate Zoom and come up with new ideas to make our Recruitment run smoothly. Our
Recruitment Team also invited Josh Peck to join one of our Zoom calls to boost morale and give
some words of encouragement. Recruitment week definitely had its ups and downs, including
the power going out in one of the on-campus housings, which delayed our Day 1 for some
hours. Despite the challenges, Eta Eta welcomed Alpha Delta pledge class and celebrated by
hosting a socially distanced Kappa Candyland Bid Day where our New Members met their Bid
Day buddy and got some photos outside of the house. The next week, we continued by
participating in COB and welcomed some more new members to Alpha Delta class. We then
hosted Formal Pledging via Zoom for the New Members where they received their New Member
Pin. September began with some new member meetings where the New Members learned
about Kappa’s history and many different aspects about our chapter. They also hung out at a
Virtual New Member Retreat where they bonded and played games with each other. At the end
of the month, we had a virtual Minnie Stewart Van Visit where some of our members learned
about Kappa history and some of the artifacts that are still around today. October was a busy
month for Eta Eta. We began by having a Virtual Founders Day celebration where we learned
facts about Kappa’s history and played a fun Kahoot game that reviewed some fun facts about
Kappa. Inspiration Period began with Big/Little Reveal and the Return of the New Member Pin.
Throughout the week, we played Kahoot games, Among Us Party, and even a canvas painting
party via Zoom. Our big event of the week was The Masked Kappa. Chapter members
submitted videos of themselves singing and dressed up like a character and we all guessed
who we thought it was. It was a ton of fun! The week ended with our beautiful Initiation, hosted
by our Ritual and History Director, Nicole Leonard. With it being completely virtual, our members
and newly initiated members were able to truly listen to the beautiful words of our ritual and
understand the meaning behind Kappa. We ended out the semester with our Philanthropy
Event, hosted by our Philanthropy Director, Sam Bostelman. We delivered Thanksgiving meals
to people around the community and raised money to go towards our philanthropies. We hosted
another virtual Senior Wills for our Fall seniors. We then installed our 2021 Leadership Board
and began preparing them for their incoming term.
Eta Eta added a DEI committee this semester to help educate
and spread awareness about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in both our chapter and our
community. This committee hosted many programming events throughout the semester
including teaching the chapter some Sign Language, Black History Month awareness, and
honoring National Disability Day. They hosted a few Zoom movie nights where we watched
“Love, Simon” and “The Hate U Give” to bring awareness to the LGBTQ+ community. We also
had a presentation about Cultural Appropriation around Halloween time and a presentation
about Hispanic Heritage Month.
We celebrated our Sesquicentennial Celebration by appreciating our past and how it'''Housing:''' '''Convention Awards:''' -----------------impacts our future as a Fraternity. Throughout the semester, we did a Minerva Moment at '''Note to Chapter Registrar:''' Please refer to your chapter archives including every chapter meeting minutes and back issues of ''The Key'' to fill in any gaps in the above historical highlights. If your chapter archives are not completewhich showed an artifact from our past, please research your university librarywe reviewed our ritual, campus newspaper or a funKappa fact. We also celebrated our Founders Day by playing fun games that discussed Kappa’shistory and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your chapter. Please double check your work for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director also found out which founder each of Chapters for assistanceus were most like. We also all received a Your efforts will ensure a complete and accurate history Kappa coat-of your chapter -arms sweatshirt to show our love for future generations to enjoy!Kappa.
