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|Name= Beta Eta Deuteron
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1892|06|10}}
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1890|10|02}}
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|College= [http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University] formerly The Leland Stanford Junior University
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|College= [https://www.umich.edu/ University of Michigan]
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|Location= Stanford, CA
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|Location= Ann Arbor, MI
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|Homepage= [http://chapters.kappakappagamma.org/betaeta/ Beta Eta Deuteron Homepage]
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|Homepage= [https://michigan.kappa.org/ Beta Delta Homepage]
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'''Beta Eta Deuteron Chapter, Stanford University'''
 
  
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'''Founded October 2, 1890'''
  
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'''Leland Stanford Jr. University established in 1891 in Palo Alto, California'''
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'''University of Michigan established in 1817, Ann Arbor, Michigan'''
  
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'''3,216 initiates (as of June 2018)
  
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'''Founded as Beta Eta June 10, 1892 with 11 charter members; Closed 1944 -- 471  initiates (as of 1944 closure)'''
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'''Charter Members:'''
  
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'''Beta Eta Deuteron founded as Beta Eta Deuteron in 1978'''
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Lucy Durfee Clark, Alice Harper Damon, Mildred Hinsdale, Helen Maude McGregor, Caroline Crosby Penny, Jessica Vaughn Penny, Bertha Edna Pritchard. Blanche Skinner, Laura Eunice Sprague.
  
  
  
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'''1,312 initiates (as of June 2016)'''
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'''Fraternity Officers:'''  
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Katie Clark Rusak, Leadership Consultant 2002-2003
  
  
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'''Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:'''
  
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'''Charter Members:'''
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Florence Burton Roth, 1960
  
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Harriet Augusta Buck, Bonnie May Burckhalter, Bertha Louise Chapman, Elizabeth Corinne Chapman, Mabel Hyde Cory, Florence Mable Holsclaw, Edith Eleanor Liliencrantz, Alberta Lois Merritt, Maude Evangeline Stinson, Olivia Rose Vogel, Jessie Palen Wood.
 
  
  
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'''Fraternity Council Officers:'''
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'''Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:'''
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Helen Bower, 1950; Journalist and critic with Detroit Free Press (Editor of ''The Key'', 1930-1946)
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Frances Sutton Schmitz, 1962; First female architect registered in Michigan by examination
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Phyllis Loughton Seaton, 1974; Mayor of Beverly Hills, Calif.; actress; director
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Shelby Dietrich Rector, 1984 & 1994; Pediatrician specializing in hemophilia, arthritis and AIDS; chairman of Medical Advisory Board of the World Federation of Hemophilia,
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Gloria James Kerry, 1972; Dentistry specialist, author of ''Dental Clinics in North America'' and numerous technical articles
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Martha Seger, 1986; Member of Federal Reserve Board; former State Banking Commissioner; finance professor
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Robin Wright, 1980; Political journalist; foreign correspondent; author
  
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Emily Caskey Johnson, Vice President 1944-1948, Director of Alumnae1940-1944, Director of Provinces 1936-1938, Director of Standards 1934-1936; Elizabeth Voris Lawry, Grand Treasurer  1906-1908
 
  
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'''Additional Outstanding Beta Delta Alumnae:'''
  
  
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'''Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:'''
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==The Early Years (Excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity: 1870-1976)==
  
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In the spring of 1890, two rival groups at the University of Michigan petitioning the Grand Council of Kappa Kappa Gamma were brought together harmoniously, and nine persons from the two groups were listed on the Beta Delta charter.
  
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Six returned to college for a fall initiation at the home of one of the initiates - the other three were initiated later- and the first golden keys caused a campus sensation.
  
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Three faculty wives (the patroness custom was continued at Ann Arbor until about 1950) became loyal friends and sponsors of the young chapter. In the spring of 1893 a series of Sunday patroness teas enabled the girls to plan for chapter headquarters, established that fall. Other early chapter events included the establishment of a Panhellenic, a Beta Delta Alumnae Association informally organized during 1894-1895, a June 1895 reunion, and the entertainment of the 1902 National Convention.
  
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'''Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:'''Charlotte Jones Anderson, 2014, professional sports marketing and philanthropy; Gretchen Carlson, 2016
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In the fall of 1895 six Kappas moved to Beta Delta's first chapter house at Washington and Ingalls Streets. There were six more moves before the $19,000 house was built at 1204 Hill Street. Ground had been broken April 1910, and 22 girls were housed in the unfurnished building that fall. Beta Delta's Grand President Florence Burton Roth was guest of honor at the housewarming.
  
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==World War I Era==
  
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World War I brought meatless, wheatless days of sacrifice and service, Red Cross knitting, farmerette duties and many forms of thrift. On Armistice Day an impromptu Kappa dance brought in servicemen and a jazz band. A highlight of the year 1924 was the wedding of Theodosia Burton Stewart, X - Minnesota, daughter of the university president. The entire chapter, dressed in pastel formal gowns, adorned the balcony of the elegant new Clements Library where the ceremony took place. They also attended, with such luminaries as Henry Ford, the reception that followed in the president's residence next door.
  
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'''Additional Outstanding Beta Eta Deuteron Alumnae''':
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Visits from Dorothy Canfield Fisher, BN-Ohio State, and Robert Frost, while he was the university's Poet-in-Residence, were also of great interest to the chapter.
  
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Lola Nashashi, Graduate Counselor 1977-1978
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==Highlights of the 1920s==
  
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Outstanding Beta Deltas of the 1920s include three honored in architecture: Marion Frances Blood, awarded the Booth Scholarship in Architecture; Ruth Goodhew Chasteney, editor of Architectural Forum magazine; Frances Sutton Schmitz, first woman architect registered in the State of Michigan, a long term member of the Fraternity Housing Committee, and recipient of a Kappa Distinguished Alumnae Award. Phyllis Laughton Seaton became the first Michigan coed to direct the Junior Girls Play, later a leading drama coach in Hollywood, California, and a mayor of Beverly Hills.
  
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The paramount interest of Michigan women during this period was the planning and financing of a Women's League building as a campus activities headquarters. At that time women were not allowed to enter the men's Michigan Union by the front door, or use the building for meetings. In 1923 Beta Delta stood first in contributions among organized houses, and in 1929 the beautiful million dollar Michigan League made the university the first and only campus with two student buildings.
  
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==Highlights of the 1930s--
  
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==The Early Years  (From The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma 1870–1976)==
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The Kappa Kronicle, chapter financed, which appeared in the spring of 1931, has been continuously published and has received many Fraternity awards. It chronicles the times for Beta Delta alumnae. The Depression years note such items as the addition of a water softener, linoleum in the attic dorm ("no more splinters"), and electrical equipment in the pantry. ("Now we can have hot toast and even an egg in the morning if we pay a nickel.")
  
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Beta Eta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, survived an earthquake; the chapter house was twice ravaged by fire; and members adjusted to the changes of two World Wars.
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In spite of the Depression, the Kappas entertained: at high teas; at dinners honoring faculty, patronesses, or alumnae; and in 1930 at a tea introducing their new chaperone to the campus. The inimitable Mrs. Louise Doggett, white hair piled high, black velvet band at throat, lent her grace, dignity, and friendship to the chapter for seven years.
  
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But suddenly, in 1944, Beta Eta Chapter was gone, removed with all other women’s fraternities from the Stanford campus.
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After the Depression came lighter, happier times. Initiates of 1937 were required to skip, rather than walk, and to bow when encountering an active. Beta Delta's Helen Bower, star reporter for the Detroit Free Press and editor of The Key from 1930 to 1946, often came to initiation banquets, delighting each new class with her rendition of "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," complete with gallops across the dining room floor. This was the Big Band era. Kappas danced to the music of Jimmy Dorsey at one end of the Intramural Building and Kay Keyser at the other at the "U Hop" in 1938. In the late 1930s dressy Michigan coeds no longer strolled down the "Diag," the main walk on campus, in high heels, gloves, and hats. Instead they wore saddle shoes, skirts, and cardigans (preferably Braemars( buttoned down the back, and always with pearls.
  
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By a special act of the California Legislature, the act of endowment embodying the charter of the institution, and a gift, 80,000 acres of land was made public in November, 1885.  The Leland Stanford Jr. University, endowed by Senator and Mrs. Stanford as a memorial to their only son, was formally opened October 1, 1891.  It was the opinion of many persons that California already had its university so why have another?  But attracted by its possibilities, 465 students, many older than the average, arrived that first year from all over the world.
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==Highlights of the 1940s==
  
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Beta Eta was established June 10, 1892, six months after a chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta.  The two fraternities, in an agreement about bidding procedures, set the stage for the Panhellenic organization.
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The high point of 1940 was the celebration of fifty golden years of Beta Delta. Two charter members, Mildred Hinsdale and Lucy Clark Terry, and two Kappa presidents, Elizabeth Bogert Schofield, M-Butler, and Florence Burton Roth, were honored guests. Over 100 attended the reunion and formal banquet with Helen Bower as toastmistress.
  
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Lou Henry (Hoover) was a sophomore and not yet a Kappa when Lucy Evelyn Wight (Allan), BB—St. Lawrence, grand president in 1890-1892, went to Stanford for graduate study. The two women became close friends. Evelyn Wight became Stanford’s first dean of women, and Lou Henry was initiated in 1896 when the chapter was four years old.
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The December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor drew excited Kappas to their radios, concerned for men in service and those subject to call. The campus theme again became sacrifice on the home front. Kappas danced to records at the spring formal and donated their band money to the Bomber Scholarship Fund. The Michigan Daily praised Kappa for being the first sorority to give up "the frills." Nightly exercises for fitness became part of life at 1204 Hill. The Michigan League Council became the Women's War Council and traditional activities were out for "the duration." The Sophomore served as hospital volunteers, the Juniors took on a stamp and bond drive, and the Seniors made surgical dressings. As men on the labor force left for service, women filled in at the university laundry, in food service, and even on campus groundskeeping, uniformed in plaid shirts and jeans, saddle shoes, and hairbows!
  
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Initiations had taken place in the music room of Roble hall, and the chapter met in member’s rooms. Later a second-floor apartment was rented, and then a house on campus. By the spring of 1899, business arrangements had been made for building on the west side of Lasuen Street where the only other structure was the Phi Delta Theta house.
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The term "chaperone" had disappeared, and even "house-mother" was on the wane when the gracious Mrs. John Owen arrived in 1942 ad house director. Her sense of humor carried the chapter (and herself) over rough times of rationing and shortages. Stories of "rabbit-chicken" and Kappas serving as maids, cooks, and waitresses attest to her ingenuity. She stayed until 1954, proof of her durability, too.
  
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Kappas made daily trips to watch the progress of construction, and the move was made in January, 1900.
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The chapter house, built in 1910, had met the needs of the group until growing enrollment required annexes for additional members. There were happy times in those modest homes, but there was also an unsatisfactory separation of members. In 1938 property adjacent to the chapter house had been purchased for $13,500 and, in spite of the war, the addition was almost finished by fall, 1942. Again members returned to an unfinished house, rushees walked over planks to the front door, but a large class of 26 was pledged. The remodeling costs of $46,000 which transformed the house into one with white Georgian columns were considered well spent.  
  
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Beta Eta was the first Kappa chapter to build its own house and the first to own a house.
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Many campus customs were revived with the war's end. The Kappa house abounded with happiness, sisterhood, campus activity, achievement, and tradition. A full social life included cherished weekends for mothers and fathers, exchange dinners, serenades, and T.G.I.F. (Thank God It's Friday) parties. Drinking was not allowed on campus and curfew was enforced. Twenty-first birthdays were celebrated at the "Pretzel Bell" with names etched on its wooden table tops. Kappa, with Kappa Sigma, won first place honors for the booth at "Michigras," the biennial carnival.
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The beloved house was described in the July, 1900 issue of The Key as having “sloping moss green roofs, pointed gables, dormer windows. The wrought iron lattice over the door bears the letters KKΓ and the art glass windows with the fleur-de-lis embedded in the cardinal, form an artistic entrance… the third floor, the abode of the freshmen, and familiarly known as ‘the attic’ is one large room… the most delightful place for initiation and informal spreads, while from its many windows one gains the best view of the surrounding hills covered with oak trees and, in the spring, ablaze with the glorious California poppies… From its setting of green foothills, (the house) looks across the level fields, over the treetops of the Arboretum to the narrow line of bay and the hazy blue mountains beyond.”
 
  
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==Highlights of the Early 1900s==
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During this period of years when the chapter was repeatedly bringing home first place awards for scholarship, activities, and athletic participation locally, the Fraternity recognized Beta Delta with the Westermann Efficiency Award (1944), the Standards Award (1946), and the Finance Efficiency Award (1948).
  
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The earthquake of April 18, 1906, brought normal college life to a halt.  There was great damage on the Stanford campus. When the chapter returned to school in September, member found that the house had remained untouched during the summer, rather than repaired, since labor and materials were so scarce.  A luncheon for freshmen had been scheduled for registration day. Because their dishes were broken and the plaster down, the resourceful Kappas partied on the porch.
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A Sunday round table of advisers and new and outgoing chapter officers was instituted, a practice giving greater continuity to chapter programs, later to be recommended by the Fraternity to other chapters. The year 1942 had marked the last spring initiation to be held for a decade. There followed constant revision and re-evaluation of the rushing system, forcing continual change in the chapter social and financial patterns, culminating in 1949, in a quota system designed to spread membership to all houses, but never succeeding.  
  
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Early in September, 1918, the house was badly damaged by fire; and again during summer quarter of 1927 there was a fire and chapter members returned to find the roof gone.  By January, 1928, aware of the difficulties of separation, the chapter was able to get back together.  The alumnae corporation and the Fraternity had made it possible to repair the damages, and the Mother’s Club had raised a considerable fund to help refurnish the house.  In 1934 the house association constructed a much-needed wing to provide additional bedrooms, a chapter room, and a lounge.
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==Highlights of the 1950s==
  
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Seniors emerged as secure and dedicated young women in the 1950s, aspiring to assume their roles in the world. Nancy Watkins Osius became the first woman president of the Literary College senior class and was selected by McCall's Magazine as the outstanding 21-year-old woman in the country. She later received a Rotary scholarship to study in Scotland. Gloria James Kerry chose a career in dentistry and became a leading periodondist. She received a Kappa Alumnae Achievement Award some years later.
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Field Secretary Helen Snyder (Andres), BΠ—Washington, wrote in the February, 1933, issue of The Key, after her first visit to Stanford, “… my fondest expectations realized in its fine students, beautiful buildings with arcades, quadrangles, magnificent memorial chapel, palm trees, and landscaped grounds… long a fine chapter… scholastic and activity honors are many… a congenial chapter.”  Her first official act as grand president in June, 1935, was to call for ratification of the appointment of Beta Eta’s Emily Caskey Johnson as director of standards.
 
  
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Emily’s ability, energy, and a frequently changing address made her the best-known Kappa in the northwest. The Palo Alto alumnae loved to have an excuse to bring Emily into the conversation.
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More housing space was needed by 1954. The university administration recommended that the capacity be increased to 45 so the beloved back porch was rebuilt into a wing which also provided study rooms, a lounge, and a new chapter room at a cost of $75,000. By using every remaining inch of property, and spending $110,000 on another addition in 1959, it became possible to house the entire chapter of 65 under one roof.
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The relationship between Beta Eta, Π—California, and the alumnae was good, with a common meeting ground in the annual fashion show in which the actives modeled.  Although proceeds of the fashion show were usually marked for scholarships, in 1942 they were earmarked for national defense. The show was given in the daytime because of rules against off-campus night parties, and the possibility of blackouts.
 
  
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During World War II several rooms in the chapter house were blacked out so the girls could study, and there were changes in their living habits. The girls squeezed their own orange juice for breakfast, when oranges were available; did their own house cleaning; and skipped an occasional meal “to humor the cook.”  And they understood “It is a very little part of war’s reality… These changes show that life on a college campus need not be as carefree as ‘the good old days’ in order to be one of the most wonderful times in our lives.”
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Student Government Council began to interest itself in sorority rushing procedures and membership clauses. In 1957 it dictated a return to deferred rushing, which marked the beginning of significant changes in student attitudes, and presented constant challenges to keep the sorority system alive and healthy.
  
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During World War II, social affairs and volunteer work were often combines, taking the form of benefits.  The chapter was interested in Belgian War Relief, and the plans of the food administration.  The chairman of the Stanford Women’s Red Cross Unit was a Kappa, and there were regular Red Cross hours and much knitting.  Three actives left for service in France.
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==Highlights of the 1960s==
  
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Lou Henry Hoover, wife of the ex-president of the United States, herself a scholar and adventurer as well as the devoted patron of the Girl Scouts of America, died suddenly January 7, 1944, in New York. Four days later Ann Claire Brokaw, daughter of Claire Booth Luce, a senior majoring in political science, was killed in an automobile accident.
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In 1960, Beta Delta marked its 50th year as a corporation, and in 1965, the 75th anniversary of its founding. At the celebration luncheon "diamonds" were everywhere, even glued on the euonymus sprays massed on the tables. Once gain Mildred Hinsdale, now 95, delighted the more than 200 guests with reminiscences.  
  
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Although Beta Eta had acquired new pledges early in 1944, and initiation was conducted that spring, by the term’s end, Beta Eta too was gone, removed with all the other women’s houses from the Stanford campus. The administration and the dean of women, a fraternity woman herself, had shown a consistent disapproval for the fraternity system and for 20 years sororities and their alumnae fought a losing battle against the final outcome.  (In 1923 a vote had been taken to discover the feeling of sororities concerning “the justification of their existence,” and from 1925 Panhellenic, with Beta Eta taking a leading part, had tried to prove to the university that sororities had a definite place in the life of a university women.)
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Interest in foreign and cultural affairs brought two exchange students to live in the house at two different times. In 1961 the chapter instituted an "awareness program" which received first place in the Fraternity's national ratings and was much discussed at the 1962 Convention.
  
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By fall of 1944 the chapter house had become a university residence, and the December, 1944, letter from the Palo Alto alumnae mentions that three of the no-longer-active chapter members had been guests at an alumnae meeting and “the alumnae regretted losing the inspiration of the actives.”
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The typical student of the 1960s seriously questioned society's ethical standards. Students became the center of national interest, and the university a focal point. President John F. Kennedy launched the Peace Corps on the Michigan Union steps in October, 1960, and at the 1964 Commencement President Lyndon B. Johnson voiced his first statement on "The Great Society."
  
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The chapter was known for its interesting, active women. Among them were Barbara Griffith Dolfini, whose miniature rooms were displayed at the Golden Gate Fair; Dr. Florence Mable Holsclaw, directing head of Babies Aid, San Francisco; Bertha L. Chapman Cady, Ph.D., botanist and author; Ethel Wallace Bryant, dean of the Castilleja School; Harriet Ford Griswold, civic worker for rehabilitation of cripples; and Jean Henry Large, author of Girl Scout books. Anna Henrietta Martin was a writer, an associate of Jane Adams in the International League for Peace, and chairman of the National Women’s Party. Before the turn of the century she had been chairman of the Beta Eta committee that compiled the Fraternity Catalogue, giving the name and record of each of the 3000 members.  “Edited by Beta Eta” is on the title page of that 1898 volume.  And of course there was Mrs. Hoover, Beta Eta’s “proudest possession,” even though she refused to have a Kappa key placed on her effigy’s bosom in the Smithsonian.
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Along with the emphasis on intellectual involvement came greater freedom for women. University restrictions on women's hours were relaxed and senior women were permitted to live in apartments. Beta Delta issued door keys to seniors in 1964, and to juniors and sophomores the following year. "Sign-in" was no longer required, in accordance with university policy. Beta Delta required parental approval for "key privileges," and stiff penalties accompanied the loss or misuse of a house key.
  
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In the last chapter picture of Beta Eta members ever taken, all but two are smiling, because smiling is what is done for pictures.  It might almost be thought that 1944 had been another good year in the history of “an alive and stimulating chapter.”
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In 1968, after a period of frequent change of house directors, Mrs. Renee Kelley, with her French accent and flair, arrived.
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The previous information was excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1976. The information that follows has been gleaned from available resources including Chapter History Reports, chapter meeting minutes, letters and comments from chapter members and alumnae, the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Archives, and The Key. Each chapter is expected to update its history record annually. Contact Fraternity Headquarters at kkghq@kkg.org with questions.
 
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==Women’s Fraternities Return to Stanford==
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In the period of unrest in the late sixties, the Michigan Daily championed Gay Liberation, Black Action, and sexual freedom while degrading the administration, local merchants, and the Greek system. Sororities were termed shallow, superficial, and strictly social. Panhellenic restructured, unstructured, and again revised rushing procedures to be more appealing and less demanding of the individual, but the number of chapters on campus dropped from 22 to 15.
  
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Nestled in the Stanford Hills of Palo Alto, California, is a beautiful university campus whose focal point is its magnificent Hoover Tower. Ever since the rains started turning these
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Kappas everywhere can be proud of Beta Delta. In spite of the general questioning of fraternity worth, the girls have been able to communicate their happy enthusiasm for Kappas, and the feeling that one can join a group without losing individuality. The house has been filled every year with Beta Deltas, not boarders, as has been the case with many other houses on campus.
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beautiful hills green and covering them with abundant blankets of bright orange California Poppies, purple Lupine, yellow Mustard, and white Clover, and the Stanford Board of Trustees
 
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voted to lift a thirty-three year ban on sororities, a new purpose and interest has sprouted among many of the women students Now in full bloom-Sororities have returned to Leland Stanford University.  
 
  
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In 1944, the Beta Eta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma was removed with seven other sororities from the Stanford campus by the University, leaving only men's fraternities to continue. Many months ago great enthusiasm started vibrating through the campus when there were rumors regarding the lifting of the ban on sororities. Local groups started forming around Active transfers and Legacies of NPC groups with the intent of organizing the return of the women's Greek system to Stanford, if in fact the ban was lifted, and then to petition their respective National Councils for reinstatement and/or chartering.  
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The full house enable the Beta Delta Association to pay off the $110,000 mortgage in the fall of 1974. During the 15 year term of the mortgage a much larger sum had been spent for taxes, interest, repairs, and improvements to house and furnishings in addition to payments on the principal. Over 70 alumnae gathered with the chapter for a champagne luncheon at 1204 Hill Street for the celebration. The mortgage was burned as Catherine Kelder Walz touched it with a lighted candle set in an owl lantern.
  
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In December, 1977, the ban was lifted but that did not mean what we had hoped it would. The   lifting of the ban did not mean that the University was inviting sororities back on campus-
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Beta Delta Chapter and its House Board have benefited greatly from the enthusiasm and experience of "Kay" Walz, who served as chairman of the Fraternity Housing Committee for 30 years. The Ann Arbor Alumnae Association has established a loan fund in her name, and in 1965 founded the Catherine Kelder Walz Diamond Key Award in appreciation of her devoted guidance and wise financial management over four decades. She received, not only her fifty-year pin, but a lovely miniature painting of "the house that Kay built" at the time of the mortgage burning.
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only that they would not stop the women students from forming and/or joining any outside interest groups. It would instead mean restrictions on housing, meeting rooms, and University
 
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recognition. Even with this atmosphere, these women were determined to have NPC sororities back at Stanford and join with the already existing men's fraternities for a full Greek system.  
 
  
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In the spring of 1978, a Kappa transfer from Bucknell Lola Nashashibi, showed her interest in starting a group. There seemed to be great interest to join with Lola and organize what they all hoped would someday become a Kappa chapter. This group worked together in a small number which, by the time they were ready to petition, was increased to an interested 45 women, with 34 signing the formal petition for the reinstatement of Beta Eta Chapter.
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==Highlights of 2012==
  
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These women met at their request, Jean Hess Wells, Georgia, (Fraternity President) and Pat Maness Kriz (Pi PDC) in early February, 1978, to discuss Kappa in full and to discover why this particular group of women was interested in Kappa. The subjects covered were finances, philanthropies, policies, standards, obligations and commitment, and their desire for a lasting tie to their college days. With all questions answered (both from Kappa and to Kappa) and the determination of these women, their petition to Kappa Council was in the mail within a week after this meeting.  
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During the previous calender year, the Beta Delta chapter has excelled in many aspects. Academically, our chapter received an academic excellence award for schools with fifteen or more sorority houses at Convention of 2012. Kappa also had the highest GPA on the University of Michigan campus for this past year with a 3.5 average GPA.  
  
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The petition was granted February. On February 21st, after a pot-luck dinner at the home of Mrs. Duane L. Hillyard, there was a candle passing ceremony announcing formal pinning of the blue and blue ribbons. Formal colonization was held March 2, 1978, in the lovely home of Erna Gaede Kurtzon, Northwestern, with 29 outstanding women pledged: Among those attending were VerMehr (Pi Province Magazine Chairman); Presidents of the Palo Alto, San Jose, and San Mateo Alumnae Associations – Janet Nelson Reimers, Oregon State, Barbara Reith Collier, San Jose State; and Louise Forve Barker, UCLA, respectively; and the colonizing team – Kay Smith Larson, Washington,  Director of Chapters and Colonizing Officer; Pat Maness Kriz, Colorado,  Pi, PDC; Ann Fletcher Colvin, Washington State, Pi PDA; and Patricia Ball Hillyard, San Jose State, Colonization Chairman.  
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In addition, many sisters of our chapter were recognized for their outstanding work. Hannah Okonow was nominated for the position of  Junior of the Year, our chapter's previous president, Megan Miller, was voted President of the Year by the Panhellenic Association, our current president, Emily Long, was voted Junior Panhel Representative of the term, and Emily Goor was voted to be Panhellenic President for 2013 year.
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For Michigan's annual Greek Week competition, Kappa placed top three in both Variety and Sing competitions and placed top five over all. Kappa also participated in Relay for Life in 2012 and was one of the top three teams in raising money for the cause.  
  
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The Beta Eta Deuteron Colony consisted of its 29 pledges and two active transfers –Lola Nashashibi, Bucknell, who was to be Beta Eta Deuteron’s Undergraduate Counselor , and Elizabeth Abel, UC Davis. As spring Rush was fast approaching, the colony was soon to increase its size.
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Kappa was extremely involved in philanthropy this past year. Our chapter's annual "Kappasta" event, a pasta dinner created to raise money for our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, was unbelievably successful. We also partnered with the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity for our Home for the Holidays event, where we buy gifts for children from a less fortunate elementary school in Detroit and invite them to our house to open their gifts and celebrate the holidays with all of us. Our chapter also put on a lemonaide stand in order to raise money to send children from Mott Children's Hospital to summer camp.  Lastly, in the fall we had our first ever concert at Kappa given by our own Hannah Gross, where the money we raised for admissions also went towards our philanthropy, Reading Is Fundamental.  
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As there had been much time and energy spent in organizing the individual sororities (Alpha Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta Phi and Kappa plus two local groups hoping to be Nationally recognized by Chi Omega and Kappa Delta) so had there been in  organizing an lntcr-Sorority Council complete with others. Their main goal was to have a successful and compatible “Panhellenic” spring Rush.
 
  
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And so it seemed that the women’s Greek system had indeed found a fertile place to grow and be strong. Beta Eta Deuteron had bloomed again was already enjoying togetherness through exchanges with fraternities, parties, dining together, philanthropic work, and a holiday for some in Hawaii. They worked well with the full Advisory Board and felt the women Greeks were there to stay – working hard toward the “total” Greek System – opportunity for all – again at Stanford.  
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During the past year, both the University of Michigan and the Beta Delta chapter have developed major changes and improvements. On a campus-wide scale, Michigan has created large social media connections. By means of various social networks, including websites like Facebook and Twitter, students can connect with one another as well as with Michigan alumni by joining group pages pertaining to anything from campus clubs to general interests. An example of a group formed by the University of Michigan is called "Hail it Forward." This page proactively connects students with Michigan alumni by means of Facebook and Linked-In and provides various career opportunities to students. In addition, Michigan has implemented an ambassador program, where students volunteer as ambassadors to help run and promote safety at campus wide events, including football games.  Lastly, the University of Michigan created a campaign known as "Beyond the Diag," which created a group of students who live off campus to support one another and promote safety within the community.
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'''Installation'''
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Our chapter is comprised of caring, welcoming, hard-working, and selfless women. As a chapter, every sister is bonded to one another through our diversity, abundant sisterhood and philanthropy events, and our strong connections with Kappa traditions. The most recent addition to our chapter, the 2102 pledge class of 57 girls, brings many unique qualities to our chapter. With recruitment numbers growing every year, our chapter was allowed a bigger intake of new members. Accordingly, our chapter is proud to declare that the 2012 pledge class is larger than ever before, and we hope to continue our growth for years to come.
  
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Beta Eta Deuteron installation was a huge success with more than 600 Kappas from near and far attending the events of the weekend at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
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==Highlights of 2014==
  
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The weekend started Friday, October 20th at a fireside with Fraternity treasurer Jean Schmidt, Miami, presiding. The next morning an installation/initiation ceremony (led by Marian Klingbeil Williams, Missouri, director of membership; Kay Smith Larson, Washington, installation officer
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Last spring we had a very successful Greek Week, our overall Greek Life raised a little more than $13,000 to donate to various charities and foundations. We are proud to say our chapter placed third in the Greek Week Variety show, and we had a great turnout once again for Kappa Kickball. Our former president, Madison Romney, and current president Justine Miller attended the 2014 KKG national convention and received Honorable Mentions. In the fall, Recruitment went very well and we gained 65 new freshmen sisters. We worked with Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Epsilon Phi to practice and support them as well. We also threw a very successful new philanthropy event called Hungry Hungry Kappapillar, in which teams competed in a pie-eating contest and donated children's books for our Reading is Key philanthropy. Our next philanthropy event, Kappasta, went very smoothly and we were pleased with the turnout. This year, we've been getting more involved with the overall Greek community and have attended various other philanthropy events and charities hosted by other houses. Additionally, we held our annual Home for the Holidays event with Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, when we host children from an elementary school in Detroit to open gifts and celebrate the holiday season.  
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and former Fraternity officer; and Jean Hess Wells, Georgia, Fraternity president), saw 27 colonizers receive their pins. After a delicious box luncheon was enjoyed by the 200 in  attendance, they again assembled to teach the new initiates the songs and procedures of initiation so they could in turn pin their little sisters. The afternoon initiation saw the first initiates pin 30 of the pledges from the previous spring rush, making a total of 57 active members to start Beta Eta Deuteron. Immediately following the initiations was a lovely reception in the Castilleja School in Palo Alto for parents, alumnae, sororities, fraternities, faculty, family, and friends.  
 
  
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Sunday morning started with a Model Chapter Meeting, conducted by Fraternity President Wells. This was followed by a crumpous luncheon banquet, with the toastmistress Elizabeth
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This fall Michigan added a new sorority to campus, Gamma Phi Beta, who is our sister sorority. We're looking forward to getting to know our new Greek Life sisters and hope to organize a joint-council dinner with their council soon within the next week or so.  Our chapter has grown more involved in Greek Life and we're very supportive of other philanthropic events thrown by our fellow Greek Life members. As a whole, Michigan's Greek Life is trying to become even more involved in giving back to our community. As a council and a house in general, we're very supportive of each other. Our chapter consists of many hardworking and devoted women. We're strengthened by our diversity and sisterhood, increased by our new fall 2014 pledge class of 65 wonderful young women.
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Bennitt Denebeim, Missouri, former Kappa Province Director of Chapters, and the wonderful speaker Helen Snyder Andres Steiner, Washington, former Fraternity president.  
 
  
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Many gifts were received by the chapter including a framed reproduction of the original Beta Eta charter given by California at Berkeley; an engraved guest book was presented by the Beta Eta Deuteron Advisory Board; and a pair of engraved silver candelabra from the Palo Alto Alumnae, made possible by a donation to the alumnae group by Mary Connor Bowles, Akron. Also given to the chapter was a framed composite of individual pictures of the first initiates by the first initiates and a beautiful patchwork quilt symbolizing Kappa events by the second initiates.
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Our chapter holds meetings in our house, usually the dining room for Formal Chapter. Our chapter owns a house on campus. Right now we have about 65 sisters living in it, and the sisters can move in during their sophomore year.
  
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Highlighting the luncheon were four special presentations. Edna Martin Parratt, UC Berkeley, who had three Beta Eta aunts, presented an 1894 emerald and diamond key, originally belonging to her aunt Gertrude Martin to be used the Beta Eta Deuteron president’s key (Edna was initiated into Pi Chapter in 1922 with this badge.) Gertrude's sister, Anna Henrietta Martin, had a sapphire and diamond key which Edna, in 1976, presented to Pi Deuteron for its president’s key. Isn’t it ironic that when Pi chapter was reinstated Beta Eta was the installing chapter, and when Beta Eta was reinstated Pi Deuteron was the installing chapter, and that both of their presidents' keys were presented.
 
  
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Edgarita Webster George, Washington, presented her own beautiful all diamond key which will be used as a special award badge. Presented by Linda Scatena, San Jose State, the last president of the chapter there  was the Delta Chi gavel given to them by the SAE Fraternity, and the Delta Chi president’s key with the gavel guard which is an 1898 ruby and diamond key which belonged to Ethel McLellen Ward, Stanford. This key will also be used as a special award badge. Elizabeth Wohlford, the new Beta Eta Deuteron president, was initiated by her grandmother Mildren Finley Wohlford, Stanford, with an 1894 pearl and emerald key which had been given to Elizabeth by a family friend. It has belonged to Nellie Louise Parrit, Illinois Wesleyan.
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==Highlights of 2015==
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Our chapter has been developing more and more philanthropy events over the course of this past year. We again participated in our campus’ Greek Week, which raises and donates money to various charities and foundations in the Ann Arbor area. This fall, we held our Second Annual Hungry Hungry Kappapillar pie-eating contest including a donation of children’s books, all going to our Reading is Key philanthropy. Kappasta, our charity pasta dinner, again had an amazing turnout and went very smoothly. We recently held our Home for the Holidays event with Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, in which we host children from an elementary school in Detroit to open gifts and celebrate the holiday season. Our former council 2015, and current council 2016, have been working on organizing Girls Academy, an event to be held next Spring in which leaders from our chapter host team/character building events at a chosen middle school for young teenage girls. We’re very excited for this event, as this will be the first time we’re hosting it and we can’t wait to see what the next year will bring.
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As the weekend came to a close, everyone felt a tremendous amount of gratitude for all those special people who made it possible. There was the overwhelming support from active chapters which included UC Berkeley, California State Davis, California State Northridge, UC Santa Barbara which has just been installed the previous weekend. Even Texas was represented. The very hard working alumnae included Contra Costa County, San Mateo, San Jose, and especially Palo Alto. With the help of Jeanne McCune Spaulding, UCLA, fireside chairman, Maggie Ely Pringle, Oregon, reception chairman, and Ann Norton Davis, Northwestern, luncheon chairman and their wonderful committees, the entire weekend became a very special memory for everyone who attended.
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Other Fraternity personnel attending were Patricia Maness Kriz, Colorado, Pi PDC; Ann Fletcher Colvin, Washington State, Pi PDA; Lola Nashashibi, Bucknell, undergraduate counselor; and Patricia Ball Hillyard, San Jose State, installation chairman and Marshall. Janeen Gould, St. Lawrence and Barbara Laitner, Colorado, both former Graduate Counselors and field secretaries, and Jean Ebright Elin, Ohio State, Fraternity Headquarters representative, were present.
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President Schlissel has been working with the head of the Interfraternity Council and the head of the Panhellenic Council in order to promote an overall more positive view of Greek Life. Our chapter tries to contribute to this goal by supporting our fellow Greek Life members in attending other houses’ philanthropy events and working with each other during Recruitment to improve the overall Recruitment process. As a chapter, we work together to have council meetings and house events run as smoothly as possible. This fall, we’ve gained 56 new incredible young women already they’ve brought many strengths and diversity to our chapter.
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Since the spring, 1978 issue of The Key report, progress continued with the sorority system at Stanford. Now Alpha Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Pi Beta Phi chapters had been installed.
 
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==Highlights of the 1980s:==
 
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==Highlights of 2000-2010==
 
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Beta Eta Deuteron was involved in many activities both on campus and within the Greek system. A Kappa Career night was held with local alumnae who shared career experiences and provided networking opportunities. As an unhoused chapter, Beta Eta Deuteron found it a challenge to find an appropriate place to hold chapter meetings every week, but negotiated with the University to use Breer Library for their meetings. Chapter unity and attendance at meetings and events was a focus for the chapter. Fun chapter events included the Kappa Kentucky Derby with everyone wearing hats, the Kappa Holiday Party, the Monmouth Duo and Kite and Key formals. Programs were presented on Substance Abuse and an interactive game of Kappa History Jeopardy. Greek Day brought together men and women from all of the sororities and fraternities for a rally in White Plaza before a football game.
 
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During this period, the chapter took steps towards publishing a quarterly newsletter for chapter members, alumnae and parents and redid its website. They considered their website to be an asset for Recruitment purposes since they did not have a chapter house. A successful workshop on resume building and career development was organized by the chapter and sponsored by Stanford’s Career Development Center. Scholarship was always important with high cumulative G.P.A.s for the chapter. Many members were involved in campus sports, with one member receiving the Herman Trophy for women’s soccer.
 
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'''Housing:'''
 
 
   
 
   
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Beta Eta Dueteron is an unhoused chapter. In 2010, the chapter established a Housing Committee to draft an application to the University stating the reasons the chapter should have a house.
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What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
  
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Our chapter traditionally raises money for Reading is Key, yet we support a large variety of causes on campus, such as American Cancer Society with Relay for Life, and groups that support mental health and awareness.
  
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Beta Eta Deuteron baked cookies for the children at the Ronald McDonald House near campus, and joined a fraternity one morning a week to cook breakfast at a local homeless shelter. The chapter was also involved with tutoring children, and spreading awareness about organ donation.
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Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
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Beta Eta Deuteron joined with a fraternity to host a Thanksgiving dinner at a retirement center in Palo Alto. With another fraternity, they participated in Garden-a-thon. The Light the Night walk raised money for Leukemia and Lymphoma.
 
  
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We support groups whose issues touch the lives of many of our members. These issues are important to us and we give them our full support.
  
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==Highlights of 2016==
  
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2000 – Scholarship Honorable Mention
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Throughout the past year, our chapter has hosted four philanthropy events, all of which have gone to our chapter philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental. We have participated in the University's Greek Week, which is a chance for all of Greek Life to come together in a fun, engaging, and interactive way. Our chapter promotes academic excellence and extra curricular involvement. We are a chapter of respectful, ambitious, loyal, confident, and inspiring leaders. Kappa is a nurturing environment that encourages all of its members to reach their full potential, no matter what the task may be. Kappas at Michigan constantly strive to make the greater University of Michigan community a more positive place.
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2008 – Academic Excellence Honorable Mention
 
  
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As of right now, there have not been an major recent changes on campus. The nature of our chapter has remained the same.
  
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Our chapter has historically raised money for Reading is Fundamental, an organization that promotes literacy to children from compromised backgrounds and empowers them to learn and grow as individuals. Reading is Fundamental is extremely important to the members of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Michigan. As a chapter, we believe that the opportunity to receive an education is one of the most important things a young child can be given. Literacy, in particular, is a key part of one's success in the future. The members of our chapter love nothing more than to help young children develop a sense of confidence and pride in their abilities.
  
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==Highlights of 2012==
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==Highlights of 2018==
  
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'''Highlights include:'''
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January and February were a hectic but amazing couple of months! We said goodbye to our old council and transitioned into our new council. With the help of our former council, the transition was easy! Our new council came into their positions excited and determined to reach all the goals they came together to form. They have taken on their roles amazingly, and we cannot wait to see what they accomplish over the next semester. A special congratulations to Rae Burnstine, our new president, who has shown true leadership and responsibility.
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-- A very successful Pi Province hosted by our chapter!
 
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-- A very successful Recruitment period in which passionate, wonderful, "true blue" girls joined our chapter
 
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-- A chapter GPA of 3.63 and eight members with GPA's of 4.0
 
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-- We have two women on the Women’s Tennis team, who went on to win the National Championship. Our own Nicole Gibbs also went on to win Singles and is now playing professionally
 
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--Crew Members, Alicia Kapjian-Pitt and Jordan Duval-Smith also won the National Championship
 
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--Women’s Water Polo, which includes many members of Kappa, were #2 in the nation.
 
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--One of our new members, Maggie Steffens, was awarded FINA Player of the Year
 
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--Three members, Olivia Vagelos Abigail Andrews and Molly Welch, won “Hackathon” (a philanthropy competition started by our own Elizabeth Woodson) in which they created an App to help people find jobs
 
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-- Olivia Vagelos’ startup MountJuly was funded on KickStarter
 
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'''Chapter Growth'''
 
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Attendance: We noticed low chapter attendance at weekly chapter meetings in January. We increased this by trying to make chapter meetings more meaningful. We did this by giving out important chapter information at meetings instead of in emails sent out to the chapter. We also increased attendance by inviting powerful speakers to come to meetings, like California Senator Dianne Feinstein, who spoke about current legislation, her time as a woman at Stanford, and how to be a strong woman in politics. We also had Stanford faculty come speak about healthy body image and feminist studies.
 
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Sisterhood events: Sisters are so busy that sometimes sisterhood events are forgotten. This year, we made sure to have more sisterhood events and successfully hosted letter making, headband making, baking, study sessions, arts and crafts for Mother's Day, and a cooking event.
 
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Ritual: As ritual is what bonds together Kappa's across the country, our chapter wanted to appreciate ritual even more. We filled the year with ritual review, including activities to learn more songs, such as fill in the blanks with song lyrics. We also incorporated 15 minutes of ritual review into every meeting.
 
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Philanthropy: We wanted to increase the number of philanthropy events that Kappa's were involved in. This year, at our "Snowchella" event, we raised more than $7,000 that was donated to an organization called "Support for International Change." We also started a weekly reading program to children in East Palo Alto.
 
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'''Nature of Chapter'''
 
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Beta Eta Deuteron is made up of a group of women who are passionate, intelligent, graceful, kind, and giving. But, the quality that distinguishes our group of girls is a sense of confidence and drive. We make a difference on our campus. At Stanford's ISC Greek Awards, our chapter won the most awards of any chapter on campus, a testament to the fact that we have a strong presence at Stanford. Awards included: Outstanding New Member (Paige Fisher), Greek Woman of the Year (Tierney O’Rourke), Greek Involvement (Molly Hayes), Inter-Sorority Council Runner-up (Molly Hayes), Greek Collaboration Runner-up, and Chapter of the Year Runner-up. One of our sisters will be VP of Recruitment next year to continue our Inter-Sorority involvement. We are made up of powerful athletes, club presidents, leaders in the classroom, and would certainly be described as a group of very strong women.
 
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==Highlights of 2014==
 
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2014 marked an exciting year for Beta Eta Deuteron. At the Stanford Greek Awards, the chapter won the award
 
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for “Outstanding Scholarship” and “Chapter of the Year.” At the same event our very own Elizabeth Woodson
 
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(’15) won the award for “Outstanding University Involvement.” At the Kappa Convention, Stanford Beta Eta
 
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alumna, Charlotte Jones Anderson won an Alumnae Achievement Award.
 
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Scholarship was at an all-time high last year, as we had set an unprecedented record for most 4.0 GPAs in one quarter - 18! Our leaders also attended another successful Kappa National Conference in Texas. This past year, Beta Eta Deuteron has had many successful philanthropy events, including Snowchella, our annual benefit concert, that raised over $5,000 for Support for International Change. Learning from the event, one of our goals for 2015 is to conduct more frequent but smaller, innovative philanthropy events to keep the chapter more engaged and involved in philanthropy and to contribute to more organizations including the Kappa Foundation. In an effort to make ritual a bigger part of our chapter’s experience we added ritual review to the beginning of each meeting. In the future, we hope to continue to improve chapter meeting attendance and increase the number of sisterhood events in order to bring the pledge classes closer together.
 
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The campus climate for Greek life has become significantly more challenging in the past year. The
 
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administration has certainly increased its efforts to scrutinize the Fraternity and Sorority community at Stanford, which is clearly a response to national pressures and movements against Greek life. Discussions of the issue of sexual assault has been prevalent on campus, and Beta Eta Deuteron has played an important role in participating and facilitating these discussions. In order to address these issues, the chapter has participated in discussions of Title IX with Angela Exon from Stanford’s Sexual Assault and Relationship Abuse Center, during which we discussed how our chapter can use our influence on campus and our core values of leadership, respect, and fraternity to be leaders and supporters of the movement to change campus culture surrounding sexual assault. As a chapter, we have made it a point to attend various speakers who focus on the topic, including an informative and heart-wrenching talk survivor-activist Wagatwe Wanjuki. The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life introduced a new program that asked each Greek chapter to nominate a Violence Intervention and Prevention Chair, which would serve as the point person for questions and concerns regarding sexual assault in each chapter. Our chapter nominated two members who have just begun their training in the program. One of our members, Elizabeth Woodson, is spearheading a campus task force on sexual assault and mental healthy in her role as Student Body President of the Undergraduate Community at Stanford. We are proud of her work to help make Stanford a more safe, open, and healthy environment.
 
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Beta Eta Deuteron was founded as an un-housed fraternity in 1892, but was able to build a house on
 
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campus in 1900, the first KKG chapter to do so. In 1944, Stanford removed all women’s fraternities
 
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including Kappa Kappa Gamma, and the house was acquired by the University. In 1978, Bet Eta Deuteron
 
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chapter was reinstalled at Stanford without a house, and the chapter remains un-housed to this day. Our
 
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chapter and chapter council meetings are held in a conference room in the Taube Hillel House on campus.
 
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The building is owned by the University, but operated by the Ziff Center for Jewish Life. Beta Eta
 
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Deuteron rents the room for a small fee on a per quarter basis. Despite our status as an un-housed sorority,
 
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many members choose to live together in the same dorm their sophomore year, which fosters a great
 
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sense of community in the first full year of membership. During the 2014-2015 school year, 31 of the 36
 
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members of the 2017 pledge class live together in a Stanford Dormitory residence entitled Florence
 
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Moore Hall.
 
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This year, we have focused on enhancing our sisterhood and improving our philanthropic impact. As
 
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an un-housed chapter, we have to be creative in finding ways to strengthen our bonds of sisterhood and
 
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loyalty. To do so, we have implemented consistent member class meals, which are opportunities for an
 
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entire grade class to get together for a fun meal, paid for by Kappa. Furthermore, we have also created a
 
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tradition of small group get togethers, where we randomly assign girls to groups, composed of members of
 
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various grade levels and interests, and ask them to get together for a meal, activity, etc. We have also
 
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organized group outings to spin classes, group yoga, and other activities that encourage our members to
 
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bond with each other through healthy and mindful movement.
 
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In terms of Philanthropy, our chapter has traditionally always hosted an annual benefit concert that
 
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raises money for a charity of our choice, as well as done weekly homeless feeds and middle-school readings.
 
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That being said, one of our goals this past year was to significantly improve our philanthropy efforts, and to
 
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host multiple fundraisers each year and to support a broader range of philanthropies. Last Spring, we got
 
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involved with the Movement Foundation, which is an organization that brings health and wellness
 
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education to low-income areas, as well as conducting positive body-image campaigns. Our group raised over
 
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$7000 for the organization and participated in their annual Dare to Bare spin class ride, which celebrates
 
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body image positivity and body diversity.
 
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Building on our work with an organization that is focused on health and wellness, this Fall, we chose
 
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to focus on sexual health and sexual assault prevention. We decided to partner with the Joyful Heart
 
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Foundation, an organization focused on healing, empowering, and advocating for survivors of sexual
 
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violence, to launch an awareness campaign this Fall and raise money for the organization through our
 
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benefit concert next January. The awareness campaign was modeled after the foundation’s “No More”
 
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Campaign, which asks individuals to pinpoint specific stereotypes, negative sayings, or misconceptions
 
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about sexual assault and to say ‘No More’ to them. We brought this to Stanford’s campus, which entailed
 
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taking photos of students holding up signs that help to dispel rape myths, both generic and specific to our campus. We took over 300 photos and plan to post the signs all over campus leading up to our benefit
 
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concert to raise awareness and money for the organization.
 
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Academically, our chapter continues to excel. Last Spring marked a new record for our chapter in
 
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terms of the number of girls who received a 4.0 GPA- 21 individuals! Our chapter continues to celebrate
 
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this strength and to encourage all of our members to be committed to their academic work.
 
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This past year at Stanford, we have seen a more heated campus climate surrounding Greek Life.
 
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While the community as a whole has faced increased scrutiny, our chapter has maintained good standing
 
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with the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life and worked hard to develop our relationship with
 
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administrators. The FSL Office introduced a new administrative requirement for all Greek chapters this
 
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year, entitled Standards of Excellence, which required our chapter to undertake a broad review of our
 
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strengths and weaknesses on a variety of dimensions. This new requirement was communicated to our
 
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advisors at Kappa nationals, and our results from the FSL office were largely very positive.
 
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More broadly, the problem of sexual assault on campuses nationwide has led to a significant amount
 
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of activism on our campus, surrounding the ways in which we can address and improve this issue. Beta Eta
 
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Deuteron has taken a special interest in being a part of the conversation about how we as individuals and as
 
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a group can help to eradicate sexual assault from our campus. We recently had a training from Carly Flanery,
 
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the acting director for Stanford’s Sexual Assault and Relationship Abuse Education and Response Office,
 
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come and give an overview of Stanford’s policy on sexual assault, as well as facilitate a conversation around
 
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learning to become upstanders, rather than bystanders, when we witness sexual assault and/or relationship
 
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violence. Many of the individuals within our Chapter are also leaders within other campus organizations,
 
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and the strength of our campus involvement is often pointed out as a strength by members of the Stanford
 
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Community. Overall, the nature of our chapter is involved, active, and purposeful about addressing critical
 
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issues. We are committed to learning more and constantly trying to improve our understanding and
 
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response to critical issues on our campus.
 
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In the past, our fundraising efforts have been focused on Support for International Change, an
 
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organization that helps provide health care in Tanzania. That being said, as we decided to focus more on
 
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women’s health and wellness and female empowerment in our chapter programming and efforts, we
 
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thought it would be a good idea to match that commitment with our philanthropy. Therefore, last Spring,
 
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we shifted to a large fundraising effort for the Movement Foundation, which helps bring physical and
 
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health education into low-income schools and supports positive body image campaigns. This fall, we have
 
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chosen to direct our fundraising efforts to the Joyful Heart Foundation. Joyful Heart is a non-profit
 
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dedicated to supporting, guiding, and aiding victims of sexual assault.
 
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As a whole, our chapter is committed to working on issues of female empowerment, health, and well being, and we felt it was important that our philanthropic efforts were connected to this. The organizations we have chosen to support reflect these ideals and do an excellent job of promoting healthy women in our society.
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Our annual philanthropy event Kappa Kappuchino was held in early February, and we could not have asked for a better day! Though it was freezing outside, our girls sold coffee, cocoa, and cookies energetically throughout the afternoon. All of the money raised was donated to Reading is Fundamental, our national philanthropy. In late March, we were lucky enough to host Girl’s Academy at the local Peace Neighborhood Center. Over 20 girls participated, and our chapter members led activities and conversations about tough topics like body image and bullying to help empower these middle schoolers. Both the girls and our chapter members left with new friends, important lessons, and an unforgettable weekend!
  
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In the fall months, we hosted our philanthropy events Kappa Lemonade, Kappapillar, and Kappasta. Kappa Lemonade, our lemonade, iced-tea, and donut stand on the front lawn was a huge success! The weather was sunny and beautiful, and the lawn was full of students. Kappapillar, our pie-eating contest, was also a hit. There were over 15 teams that participated. For Kappasta, one of our biggest events, we raised a large amount of money and were happy to open our doors to other members of the community for a pasta dinner! As always, all of the money we raised at these events was donated to Reading is Fundamental. In December, we teamed up with the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi and bought presents for underprivileged elementary school students off their wish lists. The event was amazing and the kids were so happy.
  
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We are happy and excited to announce that our chapter won best academics in Greek life with the Academic Programming Award by Fraternity and Sorority Life at The University of Michigan for “promoting the value of academic excellence in the fraternity and sorority community and the greater University of Michigan community.” A special congratulations to our Vice President of Academic Excellence, Sabine Hirano!
  
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In January, Eta Delta welcomed 28 new members during our Ice Cream themed bid day. We also held a unity event with Lambda Chi Alpha and created cards for children in the hospital. In February, Eta Delta put on Kappa Karnival for Girls Academy. There were various carnival games and karaoke teams from other fraternities and sororities. Five of our officers attended KLC in Dallas, Texas. Our new members found out their bigs that weekend as well! On February 23, all 28 new members were initiated into Kappa Kappa Gamma! The following day, the new members attended their first formal chapter as initiated members. In March, we held two unity events with Pi Kappa Alpha and Phi Kappa Psi. In April, we held a charter day celebration for Eta Delta! In May, we had our Kappily Ever After formal in the Porter County Expo Center. We celebrated our seniors’ successes with a senior banquet, and 16 sisters graduated. In August, we helped freshman move into their dorms and participated in various Welcome Week activities such as the Fraternity and Sorority Life Meet and Greet. In September, we had a sisterhood retreat at the Indiana Dunes and helped clean up the beach. Sisters also went to Valparaiso’s Popcorn Festival. We also participated in Greek Week and PIKE’s Fireman’s Challenge. We welcomed Alpha Gamma Delta’s new members at their bid day celebration. We learned chants with the Alpha Gam LCs. We attended Pi Beta Phi’s Mr. Pi Phi philanthropy event for Read. Lead. Achieve. Sister’s participated in Valparaiso’s Day of Caring and Gamma Phi Beta’s Moonball that benefited their philanthropy, Girls on the Run. Homecoming brought alumni back to Eta Delta for Kappa Love. We also had a booth in the Crusader Street Fair. In October, we hosted another Kappa Karnival for Girl’s Academy and raised over $3,000!
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Eta Delta also met potential new members’ during open house. We hosted a celebration for Founder’s Day with alumni. We invited Alpha Gamma Delta over for a movie night to welcome our new neighbors. We participated in various philanthropy events such as Kappa Delta’s Shamrock Soccer and Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Sig Ep Splash. We also had a Halloween Party with our sisters, and we mummified a sister with toilet paper and made caramel apples. Sigma Phi Epsilon also went bowling with us! We hosted a fall interest event for potential new members with a hot chocolate bar and cookies. We donated books to Hilltop Neighborhood House and volunteered. In November, we had a sister participate in St. Baldrick’s hosted by Lambda Chi Alpha. We also hosted a Dad’s Day where sisters and their dads carved pumpkins. Our spring of 2019 class had a retreat. Our entire chapter went through RR for the first time in four years. We participated in Sigma Chi’s Derby Days and Phi Kappa Psi’s Phi Psi 500. We hosted our first joint semi-formal with Lambda Chi Alpha, and the theme was 70s. Our new officers were elected and had a leadership day to begin to transition them. In December, we hosted Thanksmas and did a secret sister gift giving. We also adopted an Angel Tree Child. Our new officers were installed on December 7.
  
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In January, Beta Delta welcomed 53 new members during our Burning Man bid day and hosted a Kappa x RIF x Soulcycle sisterhood event for our new and active members. We also had an apparel trunk show at the house. On Fridays, we held weekly sisterhood Mac N Cheese dinners for all of our members. In February, we hosted Kappasta and raised money through our yearly winterfest celebration. The chapter held a big little reveal and we had our semi-formal on February 6th. We also celebrated Dad’s weekend during Valentine’s day by having brunch at the house with the dads and held a cookie decorating contest. We were supposed to have multiple events in March such as Mom’s weekend, a PC dinner, Formal, and Kappa Kappachino, but unfortunately, due to COVID, we had to cancel these events. However, we started a Kappa Book Club during quarantine for our Beta Delta chapter. In April, we held a fundraiser for COVID relief.  We initiated all 53 members in May during our Virtual Recruitment event. Our initiation this previous year was on zoom, hosted by the district ritual and history team, who did a great job keeping the ritual alive despite the challenges of a virtual initiation. In May, Beta Delta celebrated Mental Health Awareness Month by sharing a useful list of mental health resources and building a community within Kappa where we, as young women, can come together to empower one another especially during the challenging circumstance of the pandemic. In June, we celebrated our graduating seniors by sharing their achievements and congratulating them on our Beta Delta Instagram. We also held a fundraiser in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Our chapter raised $21,760.25 for the innocence project. Over the summer, we held weekly DEI discussion sessions where the women of Beta Delta discussed important DEI topics. During the lockdown, our council got together and worked on planning virtual sisterhood experiences for the women of Beta Delta. Our chapter came back to campus in August and helped our in-house sisters move into the Beta Delta house. We also held a fundraiser in efforts to raise money and awareness for the explosion in Lebanon. In September, we started preparing for Kappa’s 150th Founders day by sharing fun facts and trivia about our Beta Delta history. We had our Leadership Consultant visit, where the wonderful Cait Berosh visited our council and discussed our chapter’s strengths, challenges, opportunities and threats. Our Beta Delta sisters attended the virtual event, Future is Female on September 12th. In October, we celebrated our 150th Founder’s day our in-house sisters spent Halloween carving pumpkins at the house. In November, we started slating and installed our new and wonderful 2021 council. Cait Berosh, our Leadership Consultant, visited us again and helped transition our new council members. Cait provided the incoming council with all the resources and tools that are needed for Beta Delta’s success. We also held a “Home For the Holidays” fundraiser with Phi Kappa Psi. The new council attended the virtual Women leading Women held by the University of Michigan’s panhellenic association. In November and December the women of Beta Delta started preparing for our primary winter recruitment through PR campaigns and recruitment meetings. The women of Beta Delta are excited for primary recruitment in January and we cannot wait to recruit, welcome and celebrate the new members of PC 21.
  
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What organization does the chapter support?  Reading is Fundamental, Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, and various other organizations such as the Eastern Michigan University's Bright Futures, the Lebanese Red Cross, and The Innocence Project.
  
  
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We supported  all these philanthropies throughout different efforts during the year. We support the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation because it helps our sisters who are in need of financial support such as COVID-19. We support Reading is Fundamental because it provides kids with access to books. We supported the Lebanese Red Cross due to the devastating explosion that shook the city of Beirut on August 4th. We supported Bright Futures because it provides support to underprivileged districts with high impact materials to help students academically and help develop their interest. Lastly, we supported the Innocence project in solidarity with the black lives matter movement and to raise awareness in regards to police brutality and social injustice.
  
  
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In light of the events that took place this summer within our Beta Delta chapter,  We created a diversity, equity, and inclusion committee. Following the event, the beta delta women of PC 20 organized weekly DEI discussion sessions. These discussion sessions became a part of chapter and mandatory for attendance. The chapter picked the book “Me and White Supremacy” to identify the impact of white privilege and white supremacy over our lives. The DEI committee also worked on programming events discussing issues such as structural racism, microaggressions and stereotyping. The Beta Delta chapter installed Elizabeth Blake as our DEI chairwoman with the goal of the DEI committee being front and center in our education and rush process. Our chapter is participating in our Fraternity and Sorority Community’s conversation regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion as well.
  
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We sent out a Kappa history and trivia email that had fun facts about Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Beta Delta Chapter. This included information about our founders and other history. The In-house members celebrated by baking and decorating a cake for Kappa Kappa Gamma’s very special 150th Founder’s Day.  
  
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Beta Delta
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FoundedOctober 2, 1890 (1890-10-02) (135 years ago)
CollegeUniversity of Michigan
LocationAnn Arbor, MI
HomepageBeta Delta Homepage
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Founded October 2, 1890

University of Michigan established in 1817, Ann Arbor, Michigan

3,216 initiates (as of June 2018)

Charter Members:

Lucy Durfee Clark, Alice Harper Damon, Mildred Hinsdale, Helen Maude McGregor, Caroline Crosby Penny, Jessica Vaughn Penny, Bertha Edna Pritchard. Blanche Skinner, Laura Eunice Sprague.


Fraternity Officers: Katie Clark Rusak, Leadership Consultant 2002-2003


Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:

Florence Burton Roth, 1960


Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:

Helen Bower, 1950; Journalist and critic with Detroit Free Press (Editor of The Key, 1930-1946) Frances Sutton Schmitz, 1962; First female architect registered in Michigan by examination Phyllis Loughton Seaton, 1974; Mayor of Beverly Hills, Calif.; actress; director Shelby Dietrich Rector, 1984 & 1994; Pediatrician specializing in hemophilia, arthritis and AIDS; chairman of Medical Advisory Board of the World Federation of Hemophilia, Gloria James Kerry, 1972; Dentistry specialist, author of Dental Clinics in North America and numerous technical articles Martha Seger, 1986; Member of Federal Reserve Board; former State Banking Commissioner; finance professor Robin Wright, 1980; Political journalist; foreign correspondent; author


Additional Outstanding Beta Delta Alumnae:


The Early Years (Excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity: 1870-1976)[edit]

In the spring of 1890, two rival groups at the University of Michigan petitioning the Grand Council of Kappa Kappa Gamma were brought together harmoniously, and nine persons from the two groups were listed on the Beta Delta charter.

Six returned to college for a fall initiation at the home of one of the initiates - the other three were initiated later- and the first golden keys caused a campus sensation.

Three faculty wives (the patroness custom was continued at Ann Arbor until about 1950) became loyal friends and sponsors of the young chapter. In the spring of 1893 a series of Sunday patroness teas enabled the girls to plan for chapter headquarters, established that fall. Other early chapter events included the establishment of a Panhellenic, a Beta Delta Alumnae Association informally organized during 1894-1895, a June 1895 reunion, and the entertainment of the 1902 National Convention.

In the fall of 1895 six Kappas moved to Beta Delta's first chapter house at Washington and Ingalls Streets. There were six more moves before the $19,000 house was built at 1204 Hill Street. Ground had been broken April 1910, and 22 girls were housed in the unfurnished building that fall. Beta Delta's Grand President Florence Burton Roth was guest of honor at the housewarming.

World War I Era[edit]

World War I brought meatless, wheatless days of sacrifice and service, Red Cross knitting, farmerette duties and many forms of thrift. On Armistice Day an impromptu Kappa dance brought in servicemen and a jazz band. A highlight of the year 1924 was the wedding of Theodosia Burton Stewart, X - Minnesota, daughter of the university president. The entire chapter, dressed in pastel formal gowns, adorned the balcony of the elegant new Clements Library where the ceremony took place. They also attended, with such luminaries as Henry Ford, the reception that followed in the president's residence next door.

Visits from Dorothy Canfield Fisher, BN-Ohio State, and Robert Frost, while he was the university's Poet-in-Residence, were also of great interest to the chapter.

Highlights of the 1920s[edit]

Outstanding Beta Deltas of the 1920s include three honored in architecture: Marion Frances Blood, awarded the Booth Scholarship in Architecture; Ruth Goodhew Chasteney, editor of Architectural Forum magazine; Frances Sutton Schmitz, first woman architect registered in the State of Michigan, a long term member of the Fraternity Housing Committee, and recipient of a Kappa Distinguished Alumnae Award. Phyllis Laughton Seaton became the first Michigan coed to direct the Junior Girls Play, later a leading drama coach in Hollywood, California, and a mayor of Beverly Hills.

The paramount interest of Michigan women during this period was the planning and financing of a Women's League building as a campus activities headquarters. At that time women were not allowed to enter the men's Michigan Union by the front door, or use the building for meetings. In 1923 Beta Delta stood first in contributions among organized houses, and in 1929 the beautiful million dollar Michigan League made the university the first and only campus with two student buildings.

==Highlights of the 1930s--

The Kappa Kronicle, chapter financed, which appeared in the spring of 1931, has been continuously published and has received many Fraternity awards. It chronicles the times for Beta Delta alumnae. The Depression years note such items as the addition of a water softener, linoleum in the attic dorm ("no more splinters"), and electrical equipment in the pantry. ("Now we can have hot toast and even an egg in the morning if we pay a nickel.")

In spite of the Depression, the Kappas entertained: at high teas; at dinners honoring faculty, patronesses, or alumnae; and in 1930 at a tea introducing their new chaperone to the campus. The inimitable Mrs. Louise Doggett, white hair piled high, black velvet band at throat, lent her grace, dignity, and friendship to the chapter for seven years.

After the Depression came lighter, happier times. Initiates of 1937 were required to skip, rather than walk, and to bow when encountering an active. Beta Delta's Helen Bower, star reporter for the Detroit Free Press and editor of The Key from 1930 to 1946, often came to initiation banquets, delighting each new class with her rendition of "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," complete with gallops across the dining room floor. This was the Big Band era. Kappas danced to the music of Jimmy Dorsey at one end of the Intramural Building and Kay Keyser at the other at the "U Hop" in 1938. In the late 1930s dressy Michigan coeds no longer strolled down the "Diag," the main walk on campus, in high heels, gloves, and hats. Instead they wore saddle shoes, skirts, and cardigans (preferably Braemars( buttoned down the back, and always with pearls.

Highlights of the 1940s[edit]

The high point of 1940 was the celebration of fifty golden years of Beta Delta. Two charter members, Mildred Hinsdale and Lucy Clark Terry, and two Kappa presidents, Elizabeth Bogert Schofield, M-Butler, and Florence Burton Roth, were honored guests. Over 100 attended the reunion and formal banquet with Helen Bower as toastmistress.

The December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor drew excited Kappas to their radios, concerned for men in service and those subject to call. The campus theme again became sacrifice on the home front. Kappas danced to records at the spring formal and donated their band money to the Bomber Scholarship Fund. The Michigan Daily praised Kappa for being the first sorority to give up "the frills." Nightly exercises for fitness became part of life at 1204 Hill. The Michigan League Council became the Women's War Council and traditional activities were out for "the duration." The Sophomore served as hospital volunteers, the Juniors took on a stamp and bond drive, and the Seniors made surgical dressings. As men on the labor force left for service, women filled in at the university laundry, in food service, and even on campus groundskeeping, uniformed in plaid shirts and jeans, saddle shoes, and hairbows!

The term "chaperone" had disappeared, and even "house-mother" was on the wane when the gracious Mrs. John Owen arrived in 1942 ad house director. Her sense of humor carried the chapter (and herself) over rough times of rationing and shortages. Stories of "rabbit-chicken" and Kappas serving as maids, cooks, and waitresses attest to her ingenuity. She stayed until 1954, proof of her durability, too.

The chapter house, built in 1910, had met the needs of the group until growing enrollment required annexes for additional members. There were happy times in those modest homes, but there was also an unsatisfactory separation of members. In 1938 property adjacent to the chapter house had been purchased for $13,500 and, in spite of the war, the addition was almost finished by fall, 1942. Again members returned to an unfinished house, rushees walked over planks to the front door, but a large class of 26 was pledged. The remodeling costs of $46,000 which transformed the house into one with white Georgian columns were considered well spent.

Many campus customs were revived with the war's end. The Kappa house abounded with happiness, sisterhood, campus activity, achievement, and tradition. A full social life included cherished weekends for mothers and fathers, exchange dinners, serenades, and T.G.I.F. (Thank God It's Friday) parties. Drinking was not allowed on campus and curfew was enforced. Twenty-first birthdays were celebrated at the "Pretzel Bell" with names etched on its wooden table tops. Kappa, with Kappa Sigma, won first place honors for the booth at "Michigras," the biennial carnival.

During this period of years when the chapter was repeatedly bringing home first place awards for scholarship, activities, and athletic participation locally, the Fraternity recognized Beta Delta with the Westermann Efficiency Award (1944), the Standards Award (1946), and the Finance Efficiency Award (1948).

A Sunday round table of advisers and new and outgoing chapter officers was instituted, a practice giving greater continuity to chapter programs, later to be recommended by the Fraternity to other chapters. The year 1942 had marked the last spring initiation to be held for a decade. There followed constant revision and re-evaluation of the rushing system, forcing continual change in the chapter social and financial patterns, culminating in 1949, in a quota system designed to spread membership to all houses, but never succeeding.

Highlights of the 1950s[edit]

Seniors emerged as secure and dedicated young women in the 1950s, aspiring to assume their roles in the world. Nancy Watkins Osius became the first woman president of the Literary College senior class and was selected by McCall's Magazine as the outstanding 21-year-old woman in the country. She later received a Rotary scholarship to study in Scotland. Gloria James Kerry chose a career in dentistry and became a leading periodondist. She received a Kappa Alumnae Achievement Award some years later.

More housing space was needed by 1954. The university administration recommended that the capacity be increased to 45 so the beloved back porch was rebuilt into a wing which also provided study rooms, a lounge, and a new chapter room at a cost of $75,000. By using every remaining inch of property, and spending $110,000 on another addition in 1959, it became possible to house the entire chapter of 65 under one roof.

Student Government Council began to interest itself in sorority rushing procedures and membership clauses. In 1957 it dictated a return to deferred rushing, which marked the beginning of significant changes in student attitudes, and presented constant challenges to keep the sorority system alive and healthy.

Highlights of the 1960s[edit]

In 1960, Beta Delta marked its 50th year as a corporation, and in 1965, the 75th anniversary of its founding. At the celebration luncheon "diamonds" were everywhere, even glued on the euonymus sprays massed on the tables. Once gain Mildred Hinsdale, now 95, delighted the more than 200 guests with reminiscences.

Interest in foreign and cultural affairs brought two exchange students to live in the house at two different times. In 1961 the chapter instituted an "awareness program" which received first place in the Fraternity's national ratings and was much discussed at the 1962 Convention.

The typical student of the 1960s seriously questioned society's ethical standards. Students became the center of national interest, and the university a focal point. President John F. Kennedy launched the Peace Corps on the Michigan Union steps in October, 1960, and at the 1964 Commencement President Lyndon B. Johnson voiced his first statement on "The Great Society."

Along with the emphasis on intellectual involvement came greater freedom for women. University restrictions on women's hours were relaxed and senior women were permitted to live in apartments. Beta Delta issued door keys to seniors in 1964, and to juniors and sophomores the following year. "Sign-in" was no longer required, in accordance with university policy. Beta Delta required parental approval for "key privileges," and stiff penalties accompanied the loss or misuse of a house key.

In 1968, after a period of frequent change of house directors, Mrs. Renee Kelley, with her French accent and flair, arrived.

In the period of unrest in the late sixties, the Michigan Daily championed Gay Liberation, Black Action, and sexual freedom while degrading the administration, local merchants, and the Greek system. Sororities were termed shallow, superficial, and strictly social. Panhellenic restructured, unstructured, and again revised rushing procedures to be more appealing and less demanding of the individual, but the number of chapters on campus dropped from 22 to 15.

Kappas everywhere can be proud of Beta Delta. In spite of the general questioning of fraternity worth, the girls have been able to communicate their happy enthusiasm for Kappas, and the feeling that one can join a group without losing individuality. The house has been filled every year with Beta Deltas, not boarders, as has been the case with many other houses on campus.

The full house enable the Beta Delta Association to pay off the $110,000 mortgage in the fall of 1974. During the 15 year term of the mortgage a much larger sum had been spent for taxes, interest, repairs, and improvements to house and furnishings in addition to payments on the principal. Over 70 alumnae gathered with the chapter for a champagne luncheon at 1204 Hill Street for the celebration. The mortgage was burned as Catherine Kelder Walz touched it with a lighted candle set in an owl lantern.

Beta Delta Chapter and its House Board have benefited greatly from the enthusiasm and experience of "Kay" Walz, who served as chairman of the Fraternity Housing Committee for 30 years. The Ann Arbor Alumnae Association has established a loan fund in her name, and in 1965 founded the Catherine Kelder Walz Diamond Key Award in appreciation of her devoted guidance and wise financial management over four decades. She received, not only her fifty-year pin, but a lovely miniature painting of "the house that Kay built" at the time of the mortgage burning.

Highlights of 2012[edit]

During the previous calender year, the Beta Delta chapter has excelled in many aspects. Academically, our chapter received an academic excellence award for schools with fifteen or more sorority houses at Convention of 2012. Kappa also had the highest GPA on the University of Michigan campus for this past year with a 3.5 average GPA.

In addition, many sisters of our chapter were recognized for their outstanding work. Hannah Okonow was nominated for the position of Junior of the Year, our chapter's previous president, Megan Miller, was voted President of the Year by the Panhellenic Association, our current president, Emily Long, was voted Junior Panhel Representative of the term, and Emily Goor was voted to be Panhellenic President for 2013 year.

For Michigan's annual Greek Week competition, Kappa placed top three in both Variety and Sing competitions and placed top five over all. Kappa also participated in Relay for Life in 2012 and was one of the top three teams in raising money for the cause.

Kappa was extremely involved in philanthropy this past year. Our chapter's annual "Kappasta" event, a pasta dinner created to raise money for our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, was unbelievably successful. We also partnered with the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity for our Home for the Holidays event, where we buy gifts for children from a less fortunate elementary school in Detroit and invite them to our house to open their gifts and celebrate the holidays with all of us. Our chapter also put on a lemonaide stand in order to raise money to send children from Mott Children's Hospital to summer camp. Lastly, in the fall we had our first ever concert at Kappa given by our own Hannah Gross, where the money we raised for admissions also went towards our philanthropy, Reading Is Fundamental.

During the past year, both the University of Michigan and the Beta Delta chapter have developed major changes and improvements. On a campus-wide scale, Michigan has created large social media connections. By means of various social networks, including websites like Facebook and Twitter, students can connect with one another as well as with Michigan alumni by joining group pages pertaining to anything from campus clubs to general interests. An example of a group formed by the University of Michigan is called "Hail it Forward." This page proactively connects students with Michigan alumni by means of Facebook and Linked-In and provides various career opportunities to students. In addition, Michigan has implemented an ambassador program, where students volunteer as ambassadors to help run and promote safety at campus wide events, including football games. Lastly, the University of Michigan created a campaign known as "Beyond the Diag," which created a group of students who live off campus to support one another and promote safety within the community.

Our chapter is comprised of caring, welcoming, hard-working, and selfless women. As a chapter, every sister is bonded to one another through our diversity, abundant sisterhood and philanthropy events, and our strong connections with Kappa traditions. The most recent addition to our chapter, the 2102 pledge class of 57 girls, brings many unique qualities to our chapter. With recruitment numbers growing every year, our chapter was allowed a bigger intake of new members. Accordingly, our chapter is proud to declare that the 2012 pledge class is larger than ever before, and we hope to continue our growth for years to come.

Highlights of 2014[edit]

Last spring we had a very successful Greek Week, our overall Greek Life raised a little more than $13,000 to donate to various charities and foundations. We are proud to say our chapter placed third in the Greek Week Variety show, and we had a great turnout once again for Kappa Kickball. Our former president, Madison Romney, and current president Justine Miller attended the 2014 KKG national convention and received Honorable Mentions. In the fall, Recruitment went very well and we gained 65 new freshmen sisters. We worked with Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Epsilon Phi to practice and support them as well. We also threw a very successful new philanthropy event called Hungry Hungry Kappapillar, in which teams competed in a pie-eating contest and donated children's books for our Reading is Key philanthropy. Our next philanthropy event, Kappasta, went very smoothly and we were pleased with the turnout. This year, we've been getting more involved with the overall Greek community and have attended various other philanthropy events and charities hosted by other houses. Additionally, we held our annual Home for the Holidays event with Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, when we host children from an elementary school in Detroit to open gifts and celebrate the holiday season.

This fall Michigan added a new sorority to campus, Gamma Phi Beta, who is our sister sorority. We're looking forward to getting to know our new Greek Life sisters and hope to organize a joint-council dinner with their council soon within the next week or so. Our chapter has grown more involved in Greek Life and we're very supportive of other philanthropic events thrown by our fellow Greek Life members. As a whole, Michigan's Greek Life is trying to become even more involved in giving back to our community. As a council and a house in general, we're very supportive of each other. Our chapter consists of many hardworking and devoted women. We're strengthened by our diversity and sisterhood, increased by our new fall 2014 pledge class of 65 wonderful young women.

Our chapter holds meetings in our house, usually the dining room for Formal Chapter. Our chapter owns a house on campus. Right now we have about 65 sisters living in it, and the sisters can move in during their sophomore year.


Highlights of 2015[edit]

Our chapter has been developing more and more philanthropy events over the course of this past year. We again participated in our campus’ Greek Week, which raises and donates money to various charities and foundations in the Ann Arbor area. This fall, we held our Second Annual Hungry Hungry Kappapillar pie-eating contest including a donation of children’s books, all going to our Reading is Key philanthropy. Kappasta, our charity pasta dinner, again had an amazing turnout and went very smoothly. We recently held our Home for the Holidays event with Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, in which we host children from an elementary school in Detroit to open gifts and celebrate the holiday season. Our former council 2015, and current council 2016, have been working on organizing Girls Academy, an event to be held next Spring in which leaders from our chapter host team/character building events at a chosen middle school for young teenage girls. We’re very excited for this event, as this will be the first time we’re hosting it and we can’t wait to see what the next year will bring.

President Schlissel has been working with the head of the Interfraternity Council and the head of the Panhellenic Council in order to promote an overall more positive view of Greek Life. Our chapter tries to contribute to this goal by supporting our fellow Greek Life members in attending other houses’ philanthropy events and working with each other during Recruitment to improve the overall Recruitment process. As a chapter, we work together to have council meetings and house events run as smoothly as possible. This fall, we’ve gained 56 new incredible young women already they’ve brought many strengths and diversity to our chapter.

Chapter Philanthropy:

What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?

Our chapter traditionally raises money for Reading is Key, yet we support a large variety of causes on campus, such as American Cancer Society with Relay for Life, and groups that support mental health and awareness.

Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?

We support groups whose issues touch the lives of many of our members. These issues are important to us and we give them our full support.

Highlights of 2016[edit]

Throughout the past year, our chapter has hosted four philanthropy events, all of which have gone to our chapter philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental. We have participated in the University's Greek Week, which is a chance for all of Greek Life to come together in a fun, engaging, and interactive way. Our chapter promotes academic excellence and extra curricular involvement. We are a chapter of respectful, ambitious, loyal, confident, and inspiring leaders. Kappa is a nurturing environment that encourages all of its members to reach their full potential, no matter what the task may be. Kappas at Michigan constantly strive to make the greater University of Michigan community a more positive place.

As of right now, there have not been an major recent changes on campus. The nature of our chapter has remained the same.

Our chapter has historically raised money for Reading is Fundamental, an organization that promotes literacy to children from compromised backgrounds and empowers them to learn and grow as individuals. Reading is Fundamental is extremely important to the members of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Michigan. As a chapter, we believe that the opportunity to receive an education is one of the most important things a young child can be given. Literacy, in particular, is a key part of one's success in the future. The members of our chapter love nothing more than to help young children develop a sense of confidence and pride in their abilities.

Highlights of 2018[edit]

January and February were a hectic but amazing couple of months! We said goodbye to our old council and transitioned into our new council. With the help of our former council, the transition was easy! Our new council came into their positions excited and determined to reach all the goals they came together to form. They have taken on their roles amazingly, and we cannot wait to see what they accomplish over the next semester. A special congratulations to Rae Burnstine, our new president, who has shown true leadership and responsibility.

Our annual philanthropy event Kappa Kappuchino was held in early February, and we could not have asked for a better day! Though it was freezing outside, our girls sold coffee, cocoa, and cookies energetically throughout the afternoon. All of the money raised was donated to Reading is Fundamental, our national philanthropy. In late March, we were lucky enough to host Girl’s Academy at the local Peace Neighborhood Center. Over 20 girls participated, and our chapter members led activities and conversations about tough topics like body image and bullying to help empower these middle schoolers. Both the girls and our chapter members left with new friends, important lessons, and an unforgettable weekend!

In the fall months, we hosted our philanthropy events Kappa Lemonade, Kappapillar, and Kappasta. Kappa Lemonade, our lemonade, iced-tea, and donut stand on the front lawn was a huge success! The weather was sunny and beautiful, and the lawn was full of students. Kappapillar, our pie-eating contest, was also a hit. There were over 15 teams that participated. For Kappasta, one of our biggest events, we raised a large amount of money and were happy to open our doors to other members of the community for a pasta dinner! As always, all of the money we raised at these events was donated to Reading is Fundamental. In December, we teamed up with the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi and bought presents for underprivileged elementary school students off their wish lists. The event was amazing and the kids were so happy.

We are happy and excited to announce that our chapter won best academics in Greek life with the Academic Programming Award by Fraternity and Sorority Life at The University of Michigan for “promoting the value of academic excellence in the fraternity and sorority community and the greater University of Michigan community.” A special congratulations to our Vice President of Academic Excellence, Sabine Hirano!

Highlights of 2019[edit]

In January, Eta Delta welcomed 28 new members during our Ice Cream themed bid day. We also held a unity event with Lambda Chi Alpha and created cards for children in the hospital. In February, Eta Delta put on Kappa Karnival for Girls Academy. There were various carnival games and karaoke teams from other fraternities and sororities. Five of our officers attended KLC in Dallas, Texas. Our new members found out their bigs that weekend as well! On February 23, all 28 new members were initiated into Kappa Kappa Gamma! The following day, the new members attended their first formal chapter as initiated members. In March, we held two unity events with Pi Kappa Alpha and Phi Kappa Psi. In April, we held a charter day celebration for Eta Delta! In May, we had our Kappily Ever After formal in the Porter County Expo Center. We celebrated our seniors’ successes with a senior banquet, and 16 sisters graduated. In August, we helped freshman move into their dorms and participated in various Welcome Week activities such as the Fraternity and Sorority Life Meet and Greet. In September, we had a sisterhood retreat at the Indiana Dunes and helped clean up the beach. Sisters also went to Valparaiso’s Popcorn Festival. We also participated in Greek Week and PIKE’s Fireman’s Challenge. We welcomed Alpha Gamma Delta’s new members at their bid day celebration. We learned chants with the Alpha Gam LCs. We attended Pi Beta Phi’s Mr. Pi Phi philanthropy event for Read. Lead. Achieve. Sister’s participated in Valparaiso’s Day of Caring and Gamma Phi Beta’s Moonball that benefited their philanthropy, Girls on the Run. Homecoming brought alumni back to Eta Delta for Kappa Love. We also had a booth in the Crusader Street Fair. In October, we hosted another Kappa Karnival for Girl’s Academy and raised over $3,000! Eta Delta also met potential new members’ during open house. We hosted a celebration for Founder’s Day with alumni. We invited Alpha Gamma Delta over for a movie night to welcome our new neighbors. We participated in various philanthropy events such as Kappa Delta’s Shamrock Soccer and Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Sig Ep Splash. We also had a Halloween Party with our sisters, and we mummified a sister with toilet paper and made caramel apples. Sigma Phi Epsilon also went bowling with us! We hosted a fall interest event for potential new members with a hot chocolate bar and cookies. We donated books to Hilltop Neighborhood House and volunteered. In November, we had a sister participate in St. Baldrick’s hosted by Lambda Chi Alpha. We also hosted a Dad’s Day where sisters and their dads carved pumpkins. Our spring of 2019 class had a retreat. Our entire chapter went through RR for the first time in four years. We participated in Sigma Chi’s Derby Days and Phi Kappa Psi’s Phi Psi 500. We hosted our first joint semi-formal with Lambda Chi Alpha, and the theme was 70s. Our new officers were elected and had a leadership day to begin to transition them. In December, we hosted Thanksmas and did a secret sister gift giving. We also adopted an Angel Tree Child. Our new officers were installed on December 7.

Highlights of 2020[edit]

Chapter Summary In January, Beta Delta welcomed 53 new members during our Burning Man bid day and hosted a Kappa x RIF x Soulcycle sisterhood event for our new and active members. We also had an apparel trunk show at the house. On Fridays, we held weekly sisterhood Mac N Cheese dinners for all of our members. In February, we hosted Kappasta and raised money through our yearly winterfest celebration. The chapter held a big little reveal and we had our semi-formal on February 6th. We also celebrated Dad’s weekend during Valentine’s day by having brunch at the house with the dads and held a cookie decorating contest. We were supposed to have multiple events in March such as Mom’s weekend, a PC dinner, Formal, and Kappa Kappachino, but unfortunately, due to COVID, we had to cancel these events. However, we started a Kappa Book Club during quarantine for our Beta Delta chapter. In April, we held a fundraiser for COVID relief. We initiated all 53 members in May during our Virtual Recruitment event. Our initiation this previous year was on zoom, hosted by the district ritual and history team, who did a great job keeping the ritual alive despite the challenges of a virtual initiation. In May, Beta Delta celebrated Mental Health Awareness Month by sharing a useful list of mental health resources and building a community within Kappa where we, as young women, can come together to empower one another especially during the challenging circumstance of the pandemic. In June, we celebrated our graduating seniors by sharing their achievements and congratulating them on our Beta Delta Instagram. We also held a fundraiser in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Our chapter raised $21,760.25 for the innocence project. Over the summer, we held weekly DEI discussion sessions where the women of Beta Delta discussed important DEI topics. During the lockdown, our council got together and worked on planning virtual sisterhood experiences for the women of Beta Delta. Our chapter came back to campus in August and helped our in-house sisters move into the Beta Delta house. We also held a fundraiser in efforts to raise money and awareness for the explosion in Lebanon. In September, we started preparing for Kappa’s 150th Founders day by sharing fun facts and trivia about our Beta Delta history. We had our Leadership Consultant visit, where the wonderful Cait Berosh visited our council and discussed our chapter’s strengths, challenges, opportunities and threats. Our Beta Delta sisters attended the virtual event, Future is Female on September 12th. In October, we celebrated our 150th Founder’s day our in-house sisters spent Halloween carving pumpkins at the house. In November, we started slating and installed our new and wonderful 2021 council. Cait Berosh, our Leadership Consultant, visited us again and helped transition our new council members. Cait provided the incoming council with all the resources and tools that are needed for Beta Delta’s success. We also held a “Home For the Holidays” fundraiser with Phi Kappa Psi. The new council attended the virtual Women leading Women held by the University of Michigan’s panhellenic association. In November and December the women of Beta Delta started preparing for our primary winter recruitment through PR campaigns and recruitment meetings. The women of Beta Delta are excited for primary recruitment in January and we cannot wait to recruit, welcome and celebrate the new members of PC 21.

Chapter Philanthropy What organization does the chapter support? Reading is Fundamental, Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, and various other organizations such as the Eastern Michigan University's Bright Futures, the Lebanese Red Cross, and The Innocence Project.


We supported all these philanthropies throughout different efforts during the year. We support the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation because it helps our sisters who are in need of financial support such as COVID-19. We support Reading is Fundamental because it provides kids with access to books. We supported the Lebanese Red Cross due to the devastating explosion that shook the city of Beirut on August 4th. We supported Bright Futures because it provides support to underprivileged districts with high impact materials to help students academically and help develop their interest. Lastly, we supported the Innocence project in solidarity with the black lives matter movement and to raise awareness in regards to police brutality and social injustice.


Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion In light of the events that took place this summer within our Beta Delta chapter, We created a diversity, equity, and inclusion committee. Following the event, the beta delta women of PC 20 organized weekly DEI discussion sessions. These discussion sessions became a part of chapter and mandatory for attendance. The chapter picked the book “Me and White Supremacy” to identify the impact of white privilege and white supremacy over our lives. The DEI committee also worked on programming events discussing issues such as structural racism, microaggressions and stereotyping. The Beta Delta chapter installed Elizabeth Blake as our DEI chairwoman with the goal of the DEI committee being front and center in our education and rush process. Our chapter is participating in our Fraternity and Sorority Community’s conversation regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion as well.


Sesquicentennial Celebration We sent out a Kappa history and trivia email that had fun facts about Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Beta Delta Chapter. This included information about our founders and other history. The In-house members celebrated by baking and decorating a cake for Kappa Kappa Gamma’s very special 150th Founder’s Day.

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