Legally Blonde Steals the Show

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

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!

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!

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!

Bid Day Buddies and Mr. CASAnova


Limos to Blue Man Group!

Surfin' in CityWalk
Blue Man Group

Get Excited!!

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!

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

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

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!

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!

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

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...

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

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!

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!