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From chapter’s History Report: Scholarship2020 has been quite a remarkable year for the Delta Tau chapter. This year has been a transformative mark for our chapter. 2020 has brought us an amazing new pledge class, group honors/awardsthe start of new philanthropy events, traditionsand strong sisterhood bonds. Both the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the Black Lives Matter movement have had a massive effect on our chapter. Navigating through these perplexing issues has been an emotional but truly amazing experience. Our sisterhood has come together stronger than ever before and the effects of our conversations and actions will revolutionize the chapter for years to come. The 2020 chapter council, special eventsled by president Madeline Drossos, changes started off the 2020 year with a detailed action plan. Determined to improve our already amazing chapter and track our progress along the way. Madeline took the role as president head on campus or within and put in countless hours into making the Delta Tau chapter the best it could possibly be. 2020 had its fair share of challenges but our chapter council took responsibility and made strides in every single position. Delta Tau has done an amazing job fundraising for various causes throughout the year. Caroline Ramirez, our philanthropy chair, led Kappa Karwash which partnered with Kappa Alpha Theta’s Omicron chapterto raise an upwards of $5000 for RIF and Swim with Mike, which is the nation’s leading scholarship fund for physically challenged athletes. And although our semester together was cut short due to the pandemic, with the help of Sarah Mills, our PR Chair, we were able to use our social media platforms in order to lead a Kappa Bingo Board to raise money for first responders and those in need due to Covid-19. It was amazing to see our sisterhood come together across the world to raise again over $5,000 for such an important cause! Brett Chody, overall nature our New Member Chair did an amazing job welcoming all of our new members into the Delta Tau chapter throughout the year with a Rowdeo themed bid day and fun events to help the newest members get to know each other. After having to suddenly return home due to Covid-19, Madison Dinsmore, our Marshal was able to still have an initiation ceremony for our new members via zoom. Together as a chapterwe were able to partake in wonderful education nights where we discussed a range of topics from mental health to how to nail an interview! Madison House, our education chair not only did an amazing job bringing in great speakers but also going above and beyond to highlight all of our amazing seniors throughout the year. Our Treasurer, Camilla Holmsen had the difficult task of handling finances and returning dues after the pandemic, she was able to work with the board to create the best strategy in order to do so. It was a confusing process, but Camilla was able to adapt and work quickly to get to a proper solution! Katherine Klausner, the Vice President of Standards did a great job creating fun sisterhood events for our chapter throughout the year. From something as small as sister shout outs at the beginning of chapter or as big as tie-dye events involving the whole chapter goals, challenges Kate did not fail to foster a warm and sisterly environment! Our attendance did see improvements over the 2020 year and how they were overcomeour Secretary, Gurnoor Gill, was able to implement a new QR code attendance system, etcmaking attendance tracking far more efficient.:Housing: During the end of our academic year in May, the Black Lives Matter movement took over America after the killing of George Floyd. This movement was a massive wake up call for the entire Greek life community. Our chapter took a deeper dive to see what changes we needed to make both internally and externally in order to make changes to the systematic racism that has been deeply rooted in the Greek system since its existence. Our chapter had serious and emotional conversations where sisters discussed areas in which we need to make massive changes in this chapter. Collectively as a chapter we worked into the summer to create an action plan to follow in order to create lasting change in the Delta Tau chapter and across USC’s Greek row. We created a new position on chapter council, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) chair which will be led by Katherine Price and Sophia Ceniza. We are so excited to see what strategies they will implement in order to foster a more inclusive environment in the Delta Tau Chapter as well as how we as a chapter can help foster change in the real world. Philanthropy: The 2020 year for the Delta Tau chapter is a year we should be very proud of. A year unlike most, brought us closer together than ever before and has helped us reflect on who we are as a chapter. We always strive to improve as a chapter, and it is clear to see that we are making massive steps towards creating an even better future for the Delta Tau chapter. This year hasn’t been the easiest, but the work that every single member has put into this chapter will help to make us stronger than ever before. We can’t wait to see the lasting effects the 2020 year will have on the Delta Tau Chapter Convention Awards:of Kappa Kappa Gamma!