Spring Rush 2012!

Welcome back Kappa Phis! We hope your holiday break was restful and that you're ready for a brand new semester! This is the busiest time of the year for us, so if you were not able to attend the planning meeting, get caught up here!

Rush Schedule

MSC Open House: Sunday, January 22, 1-4 pm in the Rec Center. Actives do not have to attend this! The social committee will cover the shifts.


Informationals: Monday, January 23 and Wednesday, January 25 at 5:30 in Rudder 308. This event is also not mandatory for actives. Officers will attend, and those of you who signed up must drop your tasty homemade cookies off at Meredith's house by Saturday morning. Actives are encouraged to attend the dinners afterward though and meet the prospective girls! Dinner will be at Rosa's at 6:30 on Monday and at Fuddrucker's Wednesday.

Milk & Cookies Party: This will be at Callaway Villas clubhouse at 7 pm on Thursday, January 26. This is a mandatory rush event for actives to attend. Wear a Kappa Phi shirt and get to know our potential pledges! Make sure you contact our social chairs to let them know what you can bring. Milk, chocolate or strawberry syrup, and of course cookies are on our list. If you bring food, it is important that you come early. Carpool to Callaway for these events to save parking spaces for our guests and dates.

Little Black Dress Party: This event is at 7:00 on Saturday, January 28 at the Callaway Villas. Get all gussied up and bring a date to mingle with our new pledges in a fun and fancy atmosphere! It is mandatory for actives to attend, and sign up on Wiggio soon for a dish to take! Make sure you are there by 6:30 at the latest to help set up--we don't want actives walking in with the pledges. The theme is Audrey Hepburn, so think pretty European foods. Kappa Phi will handle the spaghetti! Contact Meredith about handing out LBD invites personally to our pledges, it's a lot of fun!

Rush Bible Study: This mandatory event will be at 6:00 on Monday, January 30 in Read 167. This is an important rush date as it lets prospective girls see what the core of Kappa Phi is really all about! Bring your Bibles and enjoy some beginning of the semester fellowship.

Rose Tea: Another party at 7:00 at Callaway on Wednesday, February 1st. Again, carpool and come 30 minutes early to set up! This is where we'll meet the girls who are going to pledge for sure, so come in your Sunday best with some tea party goodies! Sign ups will be on Wiggio as well.

Degree of the Pine: Last mandatory rush event! The ceremony will be on Sunday, February 5 at 2:00 at the Wesley Foundation, don't be late! We want a great atmosphere to welcome our new pledges in.

*Also during the week, we want to rep Kappa Phi! Write on chalkboards and post fliers, and wear your KP tees. Monday wear your light blue pledge shirt, Tuesday your letter shirt, and Wednesday your long sleeved purple shirt. If you don't have one of those shirts, substitute a different KP shirt!

One last item of business is a new rule implemented this semester. These rush events, because they are mandatory, are now a part of your allotted 3 absences, so try not to miss out on anything!

Everyone finish their first week strong!

11/28 Meeting

Hello ladies!

Yesterday we took a vote on fleeces and have decided that they will be dark grey unisex Columbia fleeces with white kappa phi letters and Texas A&M University printed on the shoulder, with teal bars. Our president has gone to order those today so they are on their way! They will be approximately $30.

Be thinking about if you would like to meet other chapters of Kappa Phi at the annual Alpha Kora conference in Oklahoma. The road trip will be April 13-15. 

Service hours are due at our last meeting, which is this Monday on December 5! Print the form off of Wiggio and get it signed by an executive officer. Remember you need 10 hours, and it's $5 for every hour you do not complete. Opportunity details are being handled on the Kappa Phi facebook page. 

Semi-formal is December 7 from 6-9 at the Village cafe in historic downtown Bryan! This is a fun and unique venue with delicious food, so slip on a cocktail dress and come hang out one last time with your sisters! It is $15 a person, or $25 for a couple, and bring an extra five dollars if you want to participate in salsa lessons and dancing afterward! 

Last but not least, Kappa Phi is holding a profit share from 5-8 pm this Friday at the Chik-fil-a at the Post Oak mall. Tell all your friends to come and say they're with KP! 

Everyone enjoy their week, the end is in sight!!

11/14/11 Meeting

An early Happy Thanksgiving from Kappa Phi! On behalf of the holiday, there will be no meeting next week! Instead, we celebrated this week with a fun little potluck meal. 

Brief meeting notes are reminders that Smores and Sweaters Party is this Friday at the District Clubhouse! More details and a sign up sheet will be posted online by our social chairs soon. Don't forget this Saturday morning is our Kappa Phi tailgate! We'll be meeting in Spence Park at 9:30 to enjoy a picnic-style breakfast together before the Kansas game. 

The last Kappa Phi meeting will be December 5, so that is when you should bring your service hours in. Remember, 10 hours are mandatory, and you must print out the form online and have it signed by someone who saw you doing the hours. Howdy Farm is a great way to pick up last minute hours, so talk to Anne, Katie or Stephanie about when you can head out and get them done!

Everyone be safe on this rainy day!

11/7/11 Meeting, Happy November!

Kappa Phi is so excited to welcome all of our brand new actives!

Retreat was a huge success this weekend, with lots of memories made and bonding going on! Big thanks to the Vines family for letting us stay in their beautiful home and for providing a very special backdrop to our retreat. We had such a great turn out and God blessed us with a fun and beautiful time together.

At yesterday's meeting everyone finally received their merchandise! Everything except for the long-sleeved tees (which we should have next meeting) came in, and everything looks great! Make sure you pay up to Christy so you can get your order ASAP!

The rest of our autumn events are on their way! Dates to put on your calendar are: S'mores & Sweater Party at the District apartment complex clubhouse on November 18, Semiformal on December 7 (a dead day so join us for a study break!), and our annual Thanksgiving Potluck next Monday. For the Potluck just show up the meeting as usual, but bring a festive dish or tasty drink to celebrate the upcoming holidays!

Another important date is the Kappa Phi tailgate, which will be on November 19 for the Kansas game. Because the game was moved to 11:00 am, the tailgate will begin at 9:00. Join us for a picnic of juice, coffee and breakfast tacos! Bring a couple dollars to buy some tacos from us and get hyped for a Fightin' Texas Aggie football game. If you'd like to sit with some KP chicas, give Becca your sports pass this week so she can pull for you!

Everyone also needs to remember to pay their Retreat drivers gas money! By now they have been able to figure out what the trip there and back cost, so ask them how much they need!

Everyone have a focused and joyful week!

Halloween Meeting! Retreat Information!

Hello Kappa Phis and baby Kappa Phis!

This past Monday we spent time paying up merchandise, Halloween shirt, and retreat fees and discussing Retreat, which is this coming weekend! Thanks to everyone who showed up for the Decades Dance, it was a lot of fun and we raised over 500 cans of food!

Retreat is always such a special time for Kappa Phi. There's a lot of fun and bonding that goes on in just one night, and pledges finally become actives. We have a lot of fun planned for this fall's! It will be held at the Vines' family lake house near Lake Conroe (about an hour's drive.)

Most vehicles will leave College Station around 4:00, but there is a late car leaving at 7:00 pm if you cannot leave until then. We will return from retreat at around noon Saturday, but there is an early car leaving at about 7:00 Saturday morning as well. Retreat is less than 24 hours long, so everyone should be able to come. Remember that this is a mandatory event, so message an executive officer immediately if you don't think you will be able to come. If you have not signed up for a car to ride in, go to the Kappa Phi Club facebook page and comment on the sign up sheet. Here are the riding assignments so far:

Chelsea

1. Erika Fickessen

2. Kellie James

3. Brittany Wolters

4. Hailey Austin

Meredith

1. Kristin Bonner

2. Amanda Dick

3. Tara Givens

4. Michelle Hurliman

5. Patricia Ward

Kirstie

1. Katherine Nesbitt

2. Kristen Ambriz

3. Hannah Green

4. Tiff Schnieder

Valerie

1. Erin Boren

2. Emily Ruby

3. Elizabeth Noriega

4. Lorena Vargas

Lauren

1. Caroline Cooke

2. Katie Bryan

3. Maegan Hester

Andi

1. Briana Stiefer

2. Payton Wacha

3. Gracie

4. Jade

Katie W.

1. Bailey Witten

2. Morgan Hilsher

3. Lesley Janak

4. Claudia

Becca

1. Mariah

2. Rachael Jaggers

3. Amanda Agee

Stephanie Roberts

1. Hannah Allen

2. Alex Pendley

3. Jillian

4.

Amber (late car- 5:30pm)

1. Jordan

2. Meghan

3.

4.

Christy (late car- 7:00pm)

1. Becca

2. Anna

3.

4.

Kate Maynard

1. Melissa 

2. Victoria

3.

Mystery Driver #2

1.

2.

3.

4.

Mystery Driver #3

1.

2.

3.

4.

If you are a confident driver and would like to volunteer, contact Anne and discuss that possibility! (gas money for the driver will be worked out amongst your car)

Don't forget to pay your $10 retreat fee to Christy, this pays for food and activities of the weekend! Bring sleepover stuff and your Bible, and coordinate a car snack with your car so that y'all have a snack and drink to munch on!

This weekend is going to be so much fun, ladies! You will get to know sisters you are not close with yet, and will make so many fun memories!  

Be a Barnabas!

Hello lovely ladies!


This is just a reminder that this past meeting was a Bible study by our lovely chaplain about Paul's conversion in Acts 9. This week you are challenged to be an encourager! Reach out to your sisters and offer them some prayer or praise to brighten their day! Be the person who lifts spirits and brings a smile. 

10/10 Meeting

Good afternoon KPs!

Bring your money (approximately $11) next week so you can pick up your adorable new Decades Dance Party t-shirt. They are super cute, t-shirt chair Shannon did a great job! Help make the date party a blast by coming in costume! Start shopping at Goodwill, Plato's Closet or Halloween stores now for a costume of a character, icon or style from a decade. Don't forget that the party is also a canned food drive, and every 5 cans gets you a service hour.

If you still don't have a program book, contact vice president Becca, and she can get one to you. We also have a silver necklace that was found earlier this semester, so if you lost one, let us know and we can reunite you with it!

Plan ahead, Aggie Replant is Saturday, October 22nd!! Plant a tree with Kappa Phi! It's only one hour of work worth 2 hours of service with your favorite sisters!

The committees met and brainstormed last week. If you haven't joined one and want to get more involved, contact Lizzi and she'll get you signed up!

Everyone enjoy the rest of their weeks, BTHO Baylor & midterms!

Pictures of last year's Halloween Party, "Halloween Hullaballoo," which was held as a mixer with Christian frat KYX.