August 10, 2015
The Lambda chapter of Kappa Epsilon at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy won the Outstanding New Member Recruitment Award at the Kappa Epsilon National Convention for their successful recruitment efforts during the 2013–2014 school year.
The Kappa Epsilon Lambda Chapter recruited 23 new members across five recruitment events during the 2013–2014 period, says Catherine Buckthal, a third-year pharmacy student and Kappa Epsilon Lambda chapter president.
Buckthal says that the award committee was particularly excited that charitable activity was incorporated into one of the recruitment events where sisters and potential new members decorated breast-cancer-themed Mason jars that were sold later in the semester to benefit the Annual Caring Community Foundation 5K Race. The Caring Community Foundation provides financial aid to breast cancer patients, and Kappa Epsilon Lambda raised more than $1,000 for the foundation that year. Breast cancer awareness is one of Kappa Epsilon’s national projects.
The fraternity also incorporated a “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” theme in their recruitment activities that year, Buckthal says. Those events ranged from a get-to-know-each-other activity at the house of Associate Professor Adam Persky, Ph.D., to an dinner at Extraordinary Ventures where Heidi Anksorus, Pharm.D., assistant professor and faculty adviser to the fraternity, gave a talk on the five clinical “pearls” to being a successful pharmacy student.
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s seemed like an easily recognizable theme with its bright color scheme, and it seemed like something that everyone would be familiar with,” says Rachel Factor, Kappa Epsilon Lambda recruitment co-chair for the 2013–2014 school year. “Every event was decorated with the bright teal color and pearls, complete with pictures of Audrey Hepburn.”
Last year, Kappa Epsilon Lambda raised more than $900 for the American Heart Association during a Red Dress Cocktail that was cohosted with the Carolina Association of Pharmacy Students. The fraternity also hosts annual golf tournaments and flag football events.
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