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The fall 2010 semester!

2010-10-24T16:00:00.007-04:00

Our chapter has had a busy couple of months since the beginning of the semester!

This fall Eta Theta welcomed over 60 beautiful new members. We're so proud and excited that we can call them all our sisters. Our bid day in August was "Cinderella" themed, letting our new girls know that Theta is their "perfect fit".

After bid day we jumped right into activities like sisterhood events, socials, and several philanthropies including Kappa Delta's Shakedown in September and Zeta Tau Alpha's New Member Lip Sync in October. Our girls did a phenomenal job and we were excited to go out there to support them!

Not only did we participate in other Panhellenic chapters' philanthropies, but we also participated in UCF's Knights Give Back. Also on October 19th Eta Theta celebrated Bettie Locke's birthday by participating in Kappa Alpha Theta's Day of Service. Our chapter collected tons of canned food for Central Florida's Second Harvest Food Bank. We love spreading the widest influence for good!

Last spring, the University of Tampa voted to expand on campus and Kappa Alpha Theta was the chapter chosen to come on. Eta Theta was asked to help establish their charter class during recruitment in September, and we're happy to see that since then they've started growing! We can't wait to hear news from that chapter in the weeks and years to come. Below is a photo of some of us being silly when we went to UT in September!

In other news, our girls are undefeated in IM Basketball! We're so excited to go out and cheer on our team in the upcoming playoffs.

Also coming up we have our date function to Halloween Horror Nights and Eta Theta's 10th year anniversary! It's going to be a fun and amazing few weeks. We can't wait to see what the rest of the semester has in store for us as well!

Until then,

Faith Hope and Love <3

The semester is ending!

2010-04-19T20:59:00.011-04:00

Eta Theta has had a busy couple of weeks recently!

Since our last update, we held our spring philanthropy at our house: Fiesta de CASA! This was the first year we did the event, and it was a huge success. A lot of the Greek community attended our Mexican-themed dinner, and we raised a lot of money for CASA and the Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation.

We also got third place at Theta Chi's philanthropy, GI Theta Chi!

Also, in other exciting news, we were awarded Panhellenic Chapter of the Year for the second year in a row! This is a huge honor, and we're very grateful and humbled. We only hope to continue to get stronger in campus involvement, philanthropy, and sisterhood in the coming years at UCF!

The same night we found out we received chapter of the year, one of our sisters, Takara Anderson, got engaged during a candle pass! Her boyfriend proposed with her entire family and friends present. We were very excited to be a part of one of the happiest days in her life. The link to the video of the proposal is here: Takara and Travis's engagement: theproposalstory.com

We also had our Southern Ball formal on April 9 at Highland Manor in Apopka. Everyone had a great time, and the food was excellent. It was a great way to end the year and spend time with our 28 graduating seniors.

On April 18, we had homecoming serenades. We're also happy to say that we've chosen to pair with the gentlemen of Delta Tau Delta for homecoming 2010! Over the last few days we've been getting to know some of the brothers, and we're very excited for the fall.

As the semester winds down we have a few last events before everyone separates for the summer. On April 21 we are having a sisterhood event at Arabian Nights, and on April 23 we'll be having a "chapter lock-in" and sleeping over at the house. This is when our graduating seniors will read their wills and we'll all get to bond one last time before the semester is over. The following morning, April 24, we'll be waking up and leaving for Kite Krash at Ginnie Springs! This is something we all have been looking forward to all semester. It should be a fun week!

We hope everyone has a good rest of the semester! Good luck on finals, and have a great summer!

Theta love ♥

We're back!

2010-03-22T00:24:00.008-04:00

The Eta Theta blog is back!

So far we’ve had a very busy, fulfilling semester. Some of the highlights include our Mother/Daughter weekend in February, a sisterhood event to Farris and Foster’s Chocolate Factory, Mr. CASAnova throwing us a BBQ at our house, and having our IM soccer players make it all the way to the finals!

Mother/Daughter weekend 2010

Recently, we also had the pleasure of going on a social to Liam Fitzpatrick’s in Lake Mary with the lovely men of Phi Delta Theta on March 18. The theme was "Kiss Me, I'm Irish". Also, on Saturday, March 20, our girls won first place over all in TKE/Tri-Delt’s Triple Play philanthropy! We were all very excited and proud of the participants.

Before the social with our Mr. CASAnova, Jake

Theta: First place overall in TKE/Tri-Delt Triple Play!

This week, March 22-March 27, marks the beginning of Greek Week, which is something that we’re all very excited about as well. Our team, also known as “The Incredibles”, is comprised of us, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Sigma Pi, and Delta Phi Lambda. We’re looking forward to participating in all of this week’s events, which also includes KnightThon. Together, we feel the entire Greek community can make a difference for the Children’s Miracle Network and we’re so happy to be a part of it.

On Wednesday, March 31^st we will be hosting our spring philanthropy, “Fiesta de C.A.S.A”, at our house! It will be a Mexican-themed dinner with plenty of contests, raffles, and fun. We’re all very excited to have the Greek community come over for a good time, all while raising money for the Court Appointed Special Advocates. Our philanthropy is very close to our hearts and we’re looking forward to hosting this event!

Although the semester is half over, there are many more events coming up for Eta Theta. Stay tuned for more updates and photos. Lastly, if you have a Twitter account, you can follow us! The link is: http://twitter.com/etathetaucf

Faith, Hope, Love <3

Sweet Home Theta

2009-08-26T18:58:00.002-04:00

The past few weeks have been busy ones for the ladies of the Eta Theta chapter. Between moving into the new house on Greek Park and participating in Fall Recruitment 2009, everyone has been busy, busy, busy! But all our hard work has paid off, as on Saturday the 22nd we welcomed New Member Class 2009 into our home! Now we are looking forward to getting to know all the new girls with a fun-filled semester of sisterhood events, socials, and other events!

The Semester in Review

2009-04-29T01:01:00.002-04:00

After an absence, the Eta Theta blog is back up and running! The semester is coming to a close, but it has been an exciting few months in Theta-land. The semester kicked off with a Founders' Day brunch, where more than 40 alumni joined sisters for food, friendship, and a showing of videos about the Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation and the 2008 Recruitment video.

February was a busy month, as Theta won First Place Overall at Beta/Zeta Presents: UCF's Best Dance Crew. Two members of Theta, Takara Anderson and Ann Hunter, also participated in Miss UCF. Takara came in First Runner Up at the pageant, and won Miss Congeniality and Audience Favorite. At the end of the month, Theta got a chance to introduce their mothers to the sisterhood, with Mother-Daughter Weekend 2009. The activities kicked off with a dinner and movie at Southside BBQ, and continued the next day with a seminar about spa products and a trip to Florida Mall for a photo scavenger hunt.

During March, Theta participated and won First Place for Sororities at AEPhi’s Bowlanthropy. The next week, Theta’s traveled near and far for Spring Break, with a group of girls going on a cruise, others to a resort in the Bahamas, and even others to Italy!

March 19 went down as an important day in Eta Theta’s history, as the chapter was chosen by UCF to receive one of the on-campus houses available to rent. All of Theta is excited for the opportunity, and is looking forward to moving into the house in Fall 09.

The semester has been winding down with lots of philanthropy everts and of course, everyone’s favorite – Greek Week! Congratulations to the entire Blue Team for placing third overall at Greek Week 2009. Sisters also competed in FIJI’s Island Princess, DTD’s Miss Greek, and DU’s DU Darling Pageants. Theta also held its own signature philanthropy event, Spring Fling. This year, fourteen teams participated, helping Theta raise over $1500 for the Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation and C.A.S.A.

Besides all of these fun times and great accomplishments, Thetas also went on many socials, from "Stop Light" with Alpha Epsilon Pi and Sigma Pi, to "The 70's" with Delta Upsilon, and their Twin Star Formal. Sisters also bonded on many sisterhood events, including a trip to Ginnie Springs, and events at Farris and Foster's Chocolate Company and Build-a-Bear.

Can't wait to see what Fall Semester holds!

Legally Blonde Steals the Show

2008-10-23T13:57:00.001-04:00

Member Class 2008 took performing to an ELLE of a new level this year at Zeta Tau Alpha's New Member Lip Synce benefiting Breast Cancer Research! The girl's production of Broadway's Legally Blonde the Musical showcased our new members dance, choreographing, singing and acting talents and impressed the entire UCF Greek community with an award for 1st Place Sorority!

Takara Anderson (MC'08) and "Bruiser"

Founder's Day: Save-the-Date

2008-10-23T12:10:00.000-04:00

Local Alumnae and Sisters:

Save-the-date for Kappa Alpha Theta's 2009 Founder's Day! Eta Theta will be hosting brunch for active sisters and local alumnae on January 25, 2009 from 11am - 2pm. The Founder's Day celebration will be located in the UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom (2nd Floor).

More details to come!

Fall Updates!

2008-10-01T17:34:00.002-04:00

We definitely started this Fall semester off with a bang!

After a successful recruitment, the ladies of Eta Theta hosted two incredible philanthropy events, raising over $2,000 for the Court Appointed Special Advocates Program.

Charity Denim, hosted for the first time in the Fairwinds Alumni Center, was a shopaholic's dream! We earned money for CASA by selling designer jeans at wholesale prices. Plus, we brought in local boutiques, Lily Pulitzer of Winter Park, Stahli, and Downtown Divas who donated 20% of their sales to CASA.

Mr. Casanova was also exciting this year. Chris "Panda" Morata of Theta Chi was crowned the 2008 Mr. Casanova. The competition consisted of Charity Denim volunteering, a fund raiser at Red Brick Pizza, and an awesome pagent complete with Theta wear and talents. We're so grateful for all of the guys who participated this year and are excited to spend the year with Panda!

Besides raising money for CASA, we've been busy all around campus.

Congratulations to Ann Hunter and Takara Anderson for becoming contestants in the Miss UCF pagaent! Also, congratulations to Nicole Soros for being elected Junior Panhellenic Treasurer!

Coming Soon: Thetas dare to enter the world of Bloody Mary at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 18 for Date Function! Plus, family weekend, semi-formal, philanthropies, socials, and our favorite time of year -- HOMECOMING!

Eta Theta Welcomes Debbie Allen!

2008-09-30T12:03:00.002-04:00

This evening's Panhellenic Pride Week was very special to all of us! The UCF Panhellenic Council hosted a panel of exciting Greek women speakers, including Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity vice president - education, Debbie Allen. Ms. Allen is responsible for the direction and coordination of all Kappa Alpha Theta education programs.

We loved hosting our sister and Grand Council member at the panel and really appreciated the opportunity to hear her take on being a Greek woman.

Bid Day Pics!

2008-08-26T16:31:00.008-04:00

Bid Day Buddies and Mr. CASAnova

Limos to Blue Man Group!

Surfin' in CityWalk
Blue Man Group

Get Excited!!

2008-08-24T21:52:00.002-04:00

Eta Theta is so proud of our amazing new member class! We celebrated bid day with the fabulous ladies of our MC '08 in true Theta style. Our new members ran to limos in Greek Park, taking us to the Fairwinds Alumni Center for dinner, bid day pictures, and our Barbie themed bid day party. After dinner we took our limos to see the amazing Blue Man Group at CityWalk.

Pictures coming soon!!

YBM

Wet 'n' Wild!

2008-08-16T08:44:00.002-04:00

Who doesn't love water slides and lazy rivers? Thetas cooled off Wednesday night at Wet 'n' Wild's summer nights. It was definitely the best way to get ready for formal recruitment beginning on Tuesday.

Interested in participating in formal recruitment? Go to http://www.ucfpanhellenic.com/
for more information because...Life is better Greek!

Brittany Aberle Comes to UCF

2008-07-25T16:42:00.004-04:00

Kappa Alpha Theta is excited to announce their collaboration with UCF's Kappa Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha Stand Up Stand Out campaign! This year we're bringing in NBC's Biggest Loser Couples Season 5 Brittany Aberle to do a motivational speech on nutrition and wellness! Held in the Cape Florida Ballroom on September 9th it's sure to be an enlightening and exciting event empowering young women about the importance of a healthy lifestyle!

Big/Lil Vacations

2008-07-17T21:07:00.001-04:00

Alicia Rose (MC '05) & Amanda Barnett (MC '07)

Big and little sisters, Alicia and Amanda, continued a summer of traveling on a recent trip to New York City. Catching Broadway shows like Chicago and Legally Blonde, hanging out in Times Square, and shopping in the exclusive South Street boutiques in Philly, the two had an amazing vacation!

Meg Licata (MC '05) & Crystal Eubanks (MC'06)

On the west coast, these big and little sisters celebrated their 21st birthdays in fabulous Las Vegas! The two shopped at The Forum Shops of Caesar's Palace, dined at Bobby Flay's Mesa Grille, and almost won a car on penny slots! Some of the stories will have to stay in Vegas, but it was an awesome, soon to
become annual, trip.

Grand Convention 2008!

2008-07-07T21:40:00.001-04:00

Check out the pics from Kappa Alpha Theta's Grand Convention!

Taryn (Eta Theta ELC), Mandy (VPE) and Alison (President)

Alison (President) and Kristine (Advisor) with Golden Kite Award

Golden Kite Award Winning Chapters

A Note from the Prez!

2008-06-20T14:59:00.001-04:00

Our President, Alison Shoemaker (MC'05) has been at Kappa Alpha Theta's Grand Convention in Miami celebrating all things Theta. Today, we received the most exciting news a chapter can get...

The Eta Theta Chapter is a 2007 Golden Kite Chapter!!!

Becoming a Golden Kite chapter is the most prestigious award a chapter can receive. Only 23 of 128 chapters receive this award each year. We are so honored and proud to have earned such an amazing award.

Reporting Live

2008-06-18T20:47:00.001-04:00

Carly Lindberg (MC'05) is making news at her internship at FOX 35. Since May, Carly has been doing all sorts of things at the local news affiliate. From editing and working with producers to going out in the field with reporters, Carly has spent her summer preparing for an amazing career in broadcast journalism.

Today, Carly's story on the arrest of a Eustis cop made it to MyFOXOrlando.com. This is the second time her work has been published online by the station! You can read her story below.

Tune into FOX 35 and MyFOXOrlando.com to see Carly break the next big story!

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Last Edited: Wednesday, 18 Jun 2008, 12:01 AM EDT
Created: Wednesday, 18 Jun 2008, 12:01 AM EDT

BY CARLY LINDBERG
FOX 35 NEWS

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) -- A seventh person has been arrested for a prank last week at Eustis High School.

The new prankster? A former police officer.

Ex--Howie in the Hills officer, Robert Rasnake resigned Tuesday before turning himself in. He was booked into the Lake County jail.

The prank happened when Rasnake and six others planted pygmy goats at Eustis High School. Five of the graduates received citations, while the other, a 17 year-old will go through the juvenile court system.

Authorities said Rasnake allowed the friends to plan the prank at his house, then drove the pranksters to the back of the school, where they unloaded all the goods.

Police said they even used a two way cell phone to keep in contact with Rasnake the entire time.

Rasnake is facing charges of burglary and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

From Capitol Hill...

2008-06-15T18:18:00.001-04:00

Pam Androff (MC'06) is spending this summer in Washington D.C. participating in the prestigious WISE Internship program. The Washington Internship for Students in Engineering (www.wise-intern.org) is one of the Princeton Review's 100 Best Internships. The program pairs engineering students with the Government Relations office of a sponsoring engineering society. During the program, interns learn about engineering public policy and how individuals can affect the course of policy in the United States - just by being involved in the process.

We're looking forward to hearing all about the amazing impact Pam is making in D.C.!

Vanderbilt or Bust

2008-06-11T11:04:00.001-04:00

Congrats to recent grad Liz Dellner (MC'05) on receiving a Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Scholarship! Liz will be attending Vanderbilt Law School in the fall. We wish her the best of luck :)

Welcome!

2008-06-09T21:23:00.001-04:00

Welcome to our blog! We've decided that being members of Kappa Alpha Theta is such an exciting experience that we just can't keep it to ourselves!

The Eta Theta chapter was established at the University of Central Florida in 2000. For the past eight years we have grown into a strong chapter of dedicated, loyal, fun-loving sisters.

Each semester is filled with exciting social events, from formals and date functions, to football games and sisterhood events. Yet some of our greatest memories are made bonding over favorite TV shows, late night dance practices, and talks with close friends. The sisterhood that we share is indescribable and can only be understood through experience. And now, we can share it with you!

So...check back often! We may be busy with summer fun, but we're already gearing up for an exciting recruitment and fall semester!