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| |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1930|10|25}} | | |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1930|10|25}} |
− | |College= [https://www.duke.edu/ Duke University] | + | |College= [http://www.duke.edu/ Duke University] |
| |Location= Durham, NC | | |Location= Durham, NC |
− | |Homepage= [https://durham.kappa.org/ Delta Beta Homepage] | + | |Homepage= [http://chapters.kappakappagamma.org/deltabeta/ Delta Beta Homepage] |
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− | Janie Elizabeth Carlton, Mary Elizabeth Craven, Frances Lelia Currin, Florence Roney Dailey, Katherine E. Mary Davies, Edna Kilgo Elias, Mildred Moore Guthrie, Virginia Lucille Hobgood, Martha Howie, Dorothy Cornell Leary, Katherine Markham, Nancy Elizabeth Roberson, Margaret Rogers, Nellie Louise Sellars, Erma Elizabeth Williams.
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| '''Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:''' | | '''Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:''' |
− | Shelley Moore Capito, 2016,
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− | The Delta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma thrived this year in academics, sisterhood, and philanthropy. This year we recorded the highest involvement in chapter events and meetings in recent history, and this commitment to the chapter and its women is evident in our outstanding class of new members. This dedication was also critical to the success of our local philanthropy event this fall: the fourth annual "5K for Camp K," or Camp Kaleidoscope-- a residential camp for terminally ill children. The women of Delta Beta recruited Duke students to participate in the race and support the philanthropy; as a result, the chapter raised $9,000 for Camp Kaleidoscope. Those funds--more than the chapter has ever raised--will send 25 children to camp this summer. The chapter was also highly involved in the national Kappa philanthropy of Reading Is Fundamental, and we had nearly all of our members volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club of Durham to support the organization. Kappas at Duke also volunteer in organizations such as Best Buddies, Camp Kesem (a camp for children with cancer in their families), and Duke Engage programs (international programs with a variety of service goals).
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− | In addition to our philanthropic success, our chapter hosted weekly meetings in the house for the women of Delta Beta ("Kappa Keypsakes") to discuss personal experiences and struggles and further develop the support system within the chapter. During a chapter meeting this fall, our Vice President of Standards also led an open discussion about the alcohol culture at Duke and how to uphold our values and commitments in spite of social pressure. The new Kappa house on Duke's campus has been a wonderful opportunity for the sisters of Delta Beta to become an even more close-knit community. Beyond internal chapter activities, a member of Delta Beta--Hannah Hayward--actually served as the Panhellenic Vice President of Recruitment, where she represented Kappa with leadership and grace. Finally, Delta Beta recognized the 81st anniversary of Founder's Day by celebrating both old and new traditions with alumni and active members.
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− | In terms of challenges, our chapter faced a new struggle this year related to the new Kappa house; because the apartments have two single bedrooms and one double bedroom, our Standards Committee mediated several disagreements among roommates. The situations arose largely among sisters who either lived in a double and would have preferred a single or had living styles that were incompatible with those of their roommates. Standards sorted out these issues between roommates by arranging mutual agreements that allowed the members to compromise. Another issue that Delta Beta faces nearly every year is chapter attendance. While attendance has improved, some members (primarily seniors) missed more chapters than was acceptable. Council took a two-pronged approach to remedy this issue: first, the Standards Committee met with any women with incomplete attendance and sorted out the challenges they were facing. Second, the sisters began recognizing one member each chapter who had accomplished something that week by surprising her with a small gift, such as flowers or chocolates. The positive energy this new tradition fosters has encouraged members to attend chapter whenever they can.
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− | Regarding campus changes, 2012 was the first year since the 1950s that sororities had housing on Duke's campus. Duke granted each of the nine sororities their own house this year; the houses are all located together on Duke's Central Campus, and comprise a number of apartments located together in the same building. A combination of approximately forty sophomore and juniors lived in the Kappa house at 1915 Erwin Road. The building consisted of three bedroom, four bed apartments for the Kappas, in addition to an apartment with a Central Campus RA. Living together has helped even stronger bonds to emerge among the chapter and the individual pledge classes; additionally, living in close proximity to the other sororities has produced a more cohesive and supportive Panhellenic community.
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− | The Delta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma thrived this year in academics, sisterhood, and philanthropy. At the Kappa Kappa Gamma Province Meeting, we received awards for Outstanding Advisory Board, Outstanding Philanthropy, and Honorable mention for Risk Management. At the Duke Greek Awards, Kappa Kappa Gamma received the Gold Chapter (Duke Greek Community Standard) award, and one of our sophomore members, Lauren Alef, received the Panhellenic Empowering Women Scholarship. Along with the awards we also received an outstanding class of new members. The success of the chapter was due to the dedication of its women to their sorority and their sisters.
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− | This year was an enormously successful year for Delta Beta’s philanthropic efforts. As a chapter, we worked to continue our existing chapter traditions and to focus on supporting other sororities and our own sisters with their particular service projects and interests. In the Spring of 2013, the Delta Beta chapter held our annual Reading is Key event at the John Avery Boys and Girls Club to support Reading is Fundamental. Sisters worked hard to either donate money or books during our book drive leading up to the event in order to ensure that each student went home with a new book to read. The afternoon at the Boys and Girls club included reading and book-centered activities to engage the children while promoting youth literacy. This event was fun for our sisters, supported Kappa’s national philanthropy, and also allowed sisters to engage with the larger Durham community. Our chapter continued our support of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation through our annual Finals Care Packages. This was a great way to support the Foundation and was an opportunity to educate our chapter and our sisters’ families regarding the mission and goals of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.
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− | This fall, we held our 6th Annual 5K for Camp Kaleidoscope and raised just under $10,000! This is the most money our chapter has ever raised for Camp Kaleidoscope, which is an enormous accomplishment for our chapter! The event was also a great way for younger members of the chapter to become familiar with annual chapter events and fundraisers and to promote sisterhood around a common goal. In addition to our annual events, individual sisters also shared their own interests with the chapter and encouraged attendance and participation in events like Duke Dance Marathon or the Special Olympics. These are just a few examples of the many diverse service activities Delta Beta Kappas have participated in during the 2013 calendar year. Overall, the chapter has a strong commitment to service both inside and outside of Kappa Kappa Gamma. All of our efforts, both with Kappa and individually, have supported and demonstrated this value.
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− | In the beginning of the year, Delta Beta laid out goals for the year including working on leadership styles to work together in the most efficient way possible, working better with advisers and understanding how they can help individual officer responsibilities as the leaders of the chapter, and using the committees more in order to increase chapter member involvement via specific tasks and projects. The main theme of these goals was to increase chapter unity and individual involvement. A challenge Delta Beta faced in order to successfully achieve all these goals was chapter attendance. While attendance has improved, some members missed more chapters than was acceptable. In order to remedy this issue, the Standards Committee continued to meet with any women with incomplete attendance to sort out any challenges they were facing and express how going to chapter meetings is something special. In order to make chapter meetings more meaningful, the sisters continued recognizing one member each chapter who had accomplished something that week by surprising her with a small gift, such as flowers or chocolates. This has created a positive and supportive environment that the sisters look forward to being a part of weekly.
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− | The Delta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma thrived this year in academics, sisterhood, and philanthropy. This year, seven of our members participated in Duke University’s Greek Emerging Leaders Program. The members included Rachel Louie, Hala Daou, Brett Finkelstein, Ally Byer, Alexandra Bratton, Caitlin Penny, and Nicolette Sorenson. Along with strengthening our relationships with other Greek organizations on campus, the chapter also joined together to further strengthen the bond amongst our sisters. The leaders of the Sisterhood Committee dedicated time to strengthening sisterhood bonds in a fun and exciting way. In the beginning of the fall semester, the chapter had a kick-off event at the home of the Sisterhood Committee Chairs, Izzy Clayer and Lexy Steinhilber. After classes on Friday afternoon, sisters were invited to gather at the home to share summer stories, new semester goals, and enjoy delicious drinks and treats together. The committee has also hosted a number of small meet and greet events at on-campus eateries. This has been a great way for sisters to catch up with one another in an informal setting. Finally, the Sisterhood Committee hosted a Halloween pumpkin carving event where Sisterhood organized a Halloween themed get together. All the sisters ate, carved pumpkins, and enjoyed one another’s company. The Sisterhood Committee has had a lot of fun promoting our sisters’ extracurricular activities this past year and continues to encourage our chapter to support our sisters in their many different endeavors. Further, our chapter also received an incredible class of new members. The chapter is very proud thanks to the dedication of its women to the sorority and its sisters.
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− | The year of 2017 was another outstanding one for the young women of Duke’s Delta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Both on an individual and collective level, our sisters have excelled as leaders in our community, with outstanding strides made in fraternal, philanthropic, academic and professional spheres. From a fraternal standpoint, our chapter of KKG received Gold Status at the end of our spring 2017 semester in addition to being recognized for Outstanding Fraternal Values. Furthermore, senior sister Rachel Eastwood was honored with the 2018 Nan Schiebel Award for exemplifying remarkable loyalty to the chapter and the fraternity at large. Sophomore sister Emma Schmaltz also represented all of the sisters of Delta Beta KKG at this year’s Kappa Leadership Conference. We have also continually worked to better our ritual practices, which have dramatically improved with the help of our fun-loving, optimistic and hard-working ritual chair Camille Hayward.
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− | Founders Day: We had the most amazing Founders Day. We went to the beautiful historic "Hill House" where we hold Founders Day and Initiation every year. We gave away some monumental pins. On March 26, 1954, Kitty Harrison was initiated into the Beta Xi Chapter. Her mother was also a Kappa and when she was initiated, Founders Day didn't even exist. Kitty went on to be a tennis legend and icon. She served as the UNC women's tennis coach for 22 years and was inducted into the USTA Hall of Fame in 2004. She coached teams to 4 Atlantic Coast Conference team titles and 8 National top 25 finishes during her tenure and was recognized as the all-time most winning coach in ACC history in terms of dual match victories at the time of her retirement. This Founders Day, Duke and UNC put aside their differences, as the Duke Delta Beta Chapter was absolutely honored to present Kitty with her 65 year pin. Our president Rebecca Ross received the Nan Schiebel Loyalty Award.
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− | Sesquicentennial Celebration: We have been doing "Marshal Minutes" where I share some of the history and traditions of the Delta Beta before us. We are hoping to get a visit from the Minnie Stewart Van. Every year the biggest event at Duke and UNC is the UNC-Duke Basketball game. With Carolina Blue vs Duke Blue: for the day Blue and Blue takes on a whole new meaning. We really want to set up a blue and other blue themed birthday party where we get together to celebrate the blues that bring us together, rather than the blues that set us apart
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− | This year , our chapter operations changed drastically because of COVID-19 and Duke University's strict social-distancing regulations. Because Duke discouraged all campus groups from meeting in person, we were not able to have any formal in-person gatherings. However, that didn't stop us from continuing chapter traditions and spending time together! We were able to shift all of our chapter meetings and events online, and we were even able to put additional focus on new chapter goals. This semester, our most important goal was focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion within our chapter, and we worked hard at internal reforms to better our chapter's traditions. A large part of these efforts came from our education chairs, who spent a lot of time researching and implementing a more effective education program within our chapter. We had a chapter dedicated to implicit bias training, particularly targeting biases toward low-income students, heteronormativity, and skin color. Moreover, we decided to restructure our executive council to strengthen each member's voice and allow younger Delta Beta members to be more involved with council. This new structure involves
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− | =Chapter Philanthropy= We supported Step Up Durham. Step Up Durham offers free employment readiness training, personalized job coaching, employer referrals, and services to job seekers. They have helped over 600 families with children in need who have benefitted from employment raining. We chose Step Up Durham because in the past, the majority of our philanthropy efforts have beeline-day commitments or raising money. However, this year we decided to focus on a long-term, more sustainable commitment specific to the greater Durham community. We thought volunteering with Step Up would be a great way to continuously spend time with the organization over the next year, especially over Zoom and online, instead of a one-time event. Our roles as volunteer workers will include working as employment counselors, helping people research and community job leads, prepare people for interviewers, and help build resumes with one-on-one mentorship. We felt that as Duke students, we have access to so many pre-professiona resources, and we wanted to put our knowledge to its best by giving back to the Duke community.
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− | =Diversity,Equity, Inclusion= As mentioned in our chapter summary, a great sum of our efforts were centered around diversity, equity, and inclusion across all facets of our chapter. Within the financial sector of our chapter, we were able to eliminate many of the costs to be a Delta Beta member. Our treasurer was able to get our dues down to $0, and PNMs who want to take part in recruitment will no longer have to pay a participation fee in the Spring. Regarding ritual, our President was nominated to serve on a committee of 16 people who worked to completely reframe legacy and implications of legacy policies in recruitment, as they have historically negatively impacted minorities. We are awaiting Duke Panhellenic guidelines before making any final decisions about what our recruitment process will look like with regard to DEI reform. Socially, we worked with other panhellenic chapter at Duke to put together an initiative that implements better accountability towards preventing sexual assault and misogynistic behavior among IFC/all-male organization on campus. To make an even greater impact on DEI and the greater social justice movement across the country this summer, our chapter also put together a Black Lives Matter 24-hour sprint in which we spent 24 hours fundraising, signing petitions, and calling government officials. ?Finally, our chapter also put forth lots of effort to get involved with this year's presidential election. We sent out voting information to all Delta Beta members over the course of the semester, and as a chapter, we pledged the Duke Votes student group pledge. As an organization, awe pledged have 100% of eligible members register and vote, as welk as provide resources to all our members. We even offered office hours weekly for any chapter members who had questions about voting, from registration to sending i absentee ballots.
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− | =Sesquicentennial Celebration=Our chapter didn't do anything on our own to celebrate the anniversary, but we extended the invitation to the National virtual ceremony to everyone in our chapter, and we were happy to have Delta Beta advisors and members join.
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− | The Delta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma set goals this year were to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion, which our amazing DEI chair planned and carried out several events and presentations on behalf of. We also had two incoming pledge classes over the course of the 2021-2022 academic school year, so recruitment and rush was a very important process. Fall 2021 recruitment brought in a pledge class of 36 sophomore members, followed by a Spring 2022 recruitment that brought in a new pledge class of 38 freshmen and 1 sophomore. Initiation for both of these pledge classes has been completed and we are very excited to announce that we have an incoming junior chapter member attending the National Kappa Convention.
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− | The Delta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma supports Mental Health America as our philanthropy. It is extremely to important to address the needs of all those living with mental illness and to promote the overall mental health of all. Nationwide, almost one in five individuals in the United States are living with a mental health condition and it is our duty to promote awareness of mental health conditions and illnesses. In order to help raise money towards this organization that we are dedicated to, we held a bake sale.
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− | This year, our chapter had two training sessions specialized towards diversity, equity, and inclusion. Both events were mandatory. Initially, we had a chapter-wide presentation for microaggression awareness training, led by our DEI officer. Moreover, we worked on establishing inclusivity within the organization by having a presentation promoting inclusivity and planning pledge-class wide bonding events catered to all members.
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| + | Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues of The Key to fill in any gaps in the above historical highlights. If your chapter archives are not complete, please research your university library, campus newspaper and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your chapter. Please double check your work for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistance. |
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− | This year, our recruitment was entirely virtual. All of the rounds of recruitment were held over zoom, with only an in-person bid day and initiation. All social distancing guidelines and mandates were followed. In addition, due to the restrictions implemented by COVID-19 our Spring 2022 New Member Initiation was held as an All-in-One ceremony rather than embarking upon the traditional initiation route.
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