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Eta Alpha had a The year was one of involvement, reflection , and improvement in 2011for Eta Alpha. The members We were able to take a look at its our strengths and weaknesses, as a chapter, through two Leadership Consultant LC visits and a focus letter from the Fraternity Councilheadquarters. Thirty We had 30 new members were initiated in March, and two initiated in the fall with the Clemson University chapter. The chapter We held its the traditional philanthropy events: Reading is Key at the Boys and Girls Club, the our Kappa Pageant in the fall to raise money for RIF , and coordinated a change in schools for our weekly philanthropy visits. We participated in Homecoming float and parade on campus with Sigma Nu fraternity. In March we hosted Province for the Mu North province and representatives from all chapters attended. We won the Best Standards awards for all the chapters in Mu North. We were awarded the Andrus Stale Roberts Trophy for the 2010-2011 school year--a trophy presented to the sorority that makes the greates contribution to Furman University, specifically in the areas of scholarship, leadership, religion, athletics, and general excellence. Our sorority moved from third to second highest GPA on campus.

'''Campus:''' In March2011 Furman University was adjusting to a new president, larger freshmen classes, revised alchohol policies, a continued emphasis on sustainability, a new bookstore and new housing opportunities, and more student voice in Strategic Planning of campus activities and policies.  '''Chapter:''' Eta Alpha hosted Province Meeting for Mu Province feels that it represents the ideals described in the mission statement of Kappa Kappa Gamma. The members of this chapter are genuine, down-to-earth, and warm. Within the chapter, sisterly support is one of our biggest priorities. The chapter is well-respected on campus and representatives shows its commitment to the campus as a whole by being involved in various activities from all chapters in the province attendedhall staff, sports and intramurals, religious organizations, student teaching, volunteering, academic clubs and honor societies, and more.  In an effort to help Eta Alpha received improve its chapter communication and overall functionality, the Standards Award RDC and former PDC issued a Focus Letter that outlined several goals for Mu NorthEta Alpha and recommendations for promoting chapter organization.The chapter received Letter also highlighted some areas of concern from the Andrus Stale Roberts Trophy past to help guide Eta Alpha forward, giving suggestions for improvement as needed. In the 2010-2011 school year—a trophy presented to fall, we took a chapter survey completed by each active member and the sorority results were compiled. Areas that makes the needed greatest contribution improvement were in chapter efficiency and public relations As a response to Furman Universitythe Focus Letter and the Chapter Survey, Chapter Council wrote, specifically in and the chapter approved, a Leadership Action Plan to address these areas of scholarshipand implement reasonable steps to achieve greater chapter efficiency as well as other goals. Also, leadershipthe Chapter Council planned to revise the Bylaws and Standing Rules in the semester to come. Another goal we, religionespecially our Recruitment committee, athletics decided to address was our energy and general excellenceattitude regarding the recruitment process. It raised its GPA from We worked as a chapter to make recruitment a more positive experience for active members as well as potential new members. In the third- to second-highest fall, we had more workshops and focused on campusinformal recruitment more than we have in the past.