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From chapter’s History Report: Scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus or within chapter, overall nature of the chapter, chapter goals, challenges and how they were overcome, etc.:
==Highlights of 2011== 2011 was a productive and meaningful year for our chapter as our members participated in a wide variety of activities on and off campus. Junior Desiree Sanchis attended the Leadership Academy and sophomore Anna Willaford represented Zeta Psi at Convention. Last year we were involved in many philanthropy events. In February we held our annual Kappa Kisses philanthropy event where we sold candy grams and the proceeds went to Reading is Fundamental. Many of the girls in our chpater participated in Wake N' Shake, a 12 hour dance marathon and three girls from our chapter were on the entertainment committee. Katie Blackburn, a senior Kappa, is the head of the D.E.S.K. event on campus, and Katie Van Dorsten is in her event committee. Junior Mary Grace Thomas is co-head of Student Union Springfest week that takes place here at Wake Forest. Finally, in the Spring we organized an Easter Egg Hunt for faculty children, an event that we do every year. This fall we had our second Kappa Takes the Kourt philanthropy event where all of our proceeds went to Susan G. Komen. We also had girls participate in the Delta Zeta Dodgeball event and Lambda Chi Watermelon Bash. We also had several girls involved in the Breast Cancer Fashion Show, run by the Panhellenic committee. We were very proud to come in second place out of all greek organizations in Hit the Bricks, a campus wide event raising money for Brian Piccolo. We also have members involved in athletics and the arts. Sophomore Bailey Jennings cheers on the Wake Forest cheerleading squad and senior Michelle Lange is on the track and field team. Cori Ward and Chrissie Morrison are very involved in the arts on campus. Zeta Psi is very proud of our members and their accomplishment sin 2011 and plan to carry on this success in 2012. '''Campus:''' Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is a private, liberal arts university, with about 4,500 undergraduate students and about 2,000 graduate students. Wake Forest is currently building a new Business school. '''Chapter:''' The Zeta Psi chpater consists of 117 total active members and will soon welcome 43 more this February. Our members are well rounded individuals who come from all different areas of the country. We are proud to say the majority of our members are involved in campus and community activities, such as varisity sports, clubs, student government, volunteering, and the arts. One of our biggest challenges as a chapter is ritual. This year to improve our initiation, we practice songs at the end of each chapter. We also struggle with maintaining the Panhellenic gpa average. While our gpa is not low in comparison to other chapters, our gpa is one of the lowest on campus. In order to fix this, we recognize everyone who gets an A during chapter, and at the end of the week, their names get pulled from a hat for a prize. Also, we had study breaks planned during exam week, where the girls could meet in the lounge and eat snacks. Finally, a challenge we have face was improving our overall presence on campus and being more involved in other organization's events. ==Highlights of 2012==
2012 was a productive and successful year for our chapter as our members participated in a wide variety of activities on and off campus. We are proud to announce that our chapter received the Academic Achievement Award at the Mi Province meeting this year. This past year we were involved in many philanthropy events.
We had a few members of our chapter hold a bake sale to help raise money for the Phi-Mu chapter at Wake Forest, who recently lost their charter. We also participated in the Delta Zeta Turtle Tug event and the Chi Omega Blood Drive. We also had several girls involved in the Breast Cancer Fashion Show run by Panehellenic where our Social Chair Lauren Hogan is XXX. We also have members involved in athletics and arts such as freshman Kasey Gardiner who is a member of the Wake Forest tennis team and sophomore Katie Green who is a
member of the acappella group Demon Divas. As 2012 has progressed, we have enjoyed watching our seniors lead the sorority to success both on and off campus. Zeta Psi is very proud of our members and their accomplishments in 2012 and plan to carry on this success in 2013.
==Highlights of 2013==
2013 was very eventful and productive for the Zeta Psi Chapter. Our chapter participated in a variety of philanthropic events on Wake Forest’s campus. All of our freshman and a majority of our upperclassmen attend Wake ‘n Shake, a 12-hour dance marathon which raises money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund. Our former president, McKenna Begin, was a co-chair for D.E.S.K. which is an event that provides desks to children from lower class households. Our chapter had two teams which made desks for students and Zeta Psi also made up a majority of the executive committee. Other campus philanthropy events we participated in were Project Pumpkin, Hit the Bricks, and the Breast Cancer Fashion show. Members of Zeta Psi also took part in a variety of other sorority and fraternity philanthropies.
Our chapter’s philanthropy events were also very successful. In February, we had our annual Kappa Kisses event which raises money for Reading is Fundamental. In April, we had our golf tournament, Kappa Kaddies, which raises money for Brenner Children’s Hospital. We raised over $5000. In October, we had Kappa takes the Kourt and raised over $300 to donate to the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fund. All of these events were a lot of fun and we hope to improve them for the next year.
One of our goals from the previous year was to improve our level of academic achievement. I am confident to say that we did and are ranked higher than the campus sorority average. We also one an academic achievement award at the Nu Province Meeting. Our Vice-President of Academics implemented new ideas to encourage girls academically and we are still continuing to use these.
Overall, 2013 was very successful and enjoyable for our sorority chapter. We are continuing to promote academics, extra-curricular events, and campus philanthropy.
In 2013, the panhellenic community unfortunately lost a chapter, Phi Mu, but Kappa Alpha Theta also established a new charter in February. Zeta Psi has done its best to welcome Kappa Alpha Theta while also supporting Phi Mu through their difficult time. These events have helped bring Zeta Psi closer together because it has reminded us how strong sisterhood is and how much we all support each other.
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