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Another challenge was participating with the Fraternity and Sorority Council (FSC). The council was disorganized, changed its bylaws frequently and failed to communicate. As positions opened on the council, chapter members were encouraged to apply. This way, Eta Xi became more involved in the decision-making for the Greek system and could hold it accountable to standards Kappa holds. At least one chapter member attended the FSC meeting with the chapter delegate. These steps helped the chapter become more involved in FSC at UC Merced.
==Highlights of 2011==The chapter rang in the 2011 year by pledging 20 new members. After initiation in April, the total number of chapter members grew to 43.
We rang in the new year with the addition of 20 new members, 18 of whom were initiated. In February, members of the chapter Eta Xi attended their its first ever Pi Province Meeting at Convention held by the Delta Omega chapter in Fresno State, CA. The chapter was is proud to receive say we won an award for the amazing programming and organization planned by that the VP Vice President of Organization, Heidi Zuniga, was able to orchestrate.
In early March, the chapter held its we had our Reading Is Key event where they we visited the Boys and Girls Club in Merced the local community to read to the childrenkids, engage in group activities with the different age groups , and donate the amount of books the chapter had we collected. Each child kid was given able to take two books home with them. It was a very successful philanthropy event. In April, we were able to take homethrow our annual Sapphire Ball. The event went off without a hitch, and Eta Xi is proud of how well the event went. Eta Xi chapter also hosted the first annual Spelling Key in the fall. In order to attend this event, people brought in childrens' books so that we could donate to the Boys and Girls Club. In October, we held our fourth annual Sock Hop where we raised $1000 for the local organization, Valley Crisis Center. Every year we hope to raise money for Sockhop by an increase of $200.
One of the biggest challenges that were faced in the year 2011 was academics. After having been put on an Academic focus plan to raise the chapter GPA above the All Sorority Average in Spring of 2011, Eta Xi was able to raise its GPA above the average and was taken off of the Academic plan. We were able to use different incentives to get women to study harder for their grades such as Kappa Kash for Good Grade Reports of As and Bs as well as banquet for the women who received a GPA over a 3.0 the previous semester. Kappa Kash is an incentive that was originally created by one of the VP-AEs to reward our women for good grade reports, however, over time, we started to hand out Kappa Kash for a variety of different reasons. For example, addressing the chapter correctly during chapter meeting, or dressing up on our formal dress days. Kappa Kash is basically paper money, which we hold an auction for at the end of each semester that auctions off items such as Kappa gear, gift cards, etc. This has helped our chapter be motivated to attend events, whether mandatory or optional.
==2012==
