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|Name= Gamma Xi
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1925|05|08}}
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1890|10|02}}
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|College= [http://www.ucla.edu/ University of California, Los Angeles]
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|College= [https://www.umich.edu/ University of Michigan]
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|Location= Los Angeles, CA
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|Location= Ann Arbor, MI
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|Homepage= [http://www.wix.com/uclakappa/kkggammaxi Gamma Xi Homepage]
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|Homepage= [https://michigan.kappa.org/ Beta Delta Homepage]
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'''University of California at Los Angeles established in 1919, Los Angeles, California'''
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'''Founded October 2, 1890'''
  
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'''Founded May 8, 1925'''
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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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'''2,968 initiates as of (June 2017)'''
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'''Charter Members:'''
  
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'''Charter Members: '''
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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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Marion Roberta Adams, Ruth Allison Cannon, Marian Cooper, Helen Strothers Davenport, Helen Gwendolyn Davies, Jane Elizabeth Farish, Okla Alice Glass, Marian Barbara Henshall, Kathryn Chenalls Hocking, Frances Hockmeyer, Isabel Mushet, Elizabeth Barbara Park, Pauline Peipers, Miriam Reid, Beryl Alla Souder, Lucile Elspeth Stone, Norma Grace Stoner, Evelyn Mae Temple.
 
  
  
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'''Fraternity Officers:'''
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Katie Clark Rusak, Leadership Consultant 2002-2003
  
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'''Fraternity Council Officers:'''
 
  
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'''Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:'''
  
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Florence Burton Roth, 1960
  
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'''Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:'''
 
  
  
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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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Lucy Guild Toberman, 1972; Public relations expert; women's and special features editor for Los Angeles newspapers; community activist
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'''Additional Outstanding Beta Delta Alumnae:'''
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Donna DeVarona, 1980; Two-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer; first female network TV sportscaster
 
  
  
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==The Early Years (Excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity: 1870-1976)==
  
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'''Additional Outstanding Gamma Xi Alumnae:'''
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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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==The Early Years (Excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity: 1870-1976)==
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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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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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Webster would have us believe that a sorority is, "A club of girls or women, as in a college." To the Gamma Xi Kappas at the University of California at Los Angeles, this definition lacks much. It tells nothing about the human qualities that had made Kappa so special to so many women.
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==World War I Era==
  
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To the founding sister it was seeing the chapter's beginnings back in 1925. Originally, she had been a member of a local group, Phi Delta Pi, established in 1918, but on February 14, 1925, received the news that Kappa Kappa Gamma had accepted the petition of the local group. Phi Delta Pi had just concluded a most successful rushing season, and was entertaining the prospective pledges with a formal dinner at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. The president, Betty Park (Drake) announced, after all the toasts were over, that she had been given a wonderful valentine that afternoon from Kappa. Gamma Xi was installed as Kappa's newest chapter on May 8 by Georgia Hayden Lloyd Jones, Eta-Wisconsin, then Fraternity director of provinces, and Pi Chapter, assisted by Beta Eta.
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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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Gamma Xi became the first chapter in the history of the Fraternity to attend as hostess chapter its initial convention at Mills College in Oakland the summer of 1926.
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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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The chapter's first major problem was finding adequate housing. In 1929, when UCLA moved to its present site, the fledgling sisters left the rented house on the original downtown campus. With the permanent location established for the university, the Kappas entered into a round of fund-raising projects, enlisted help from alumnae, and the Mothers Club to garner the necessary funds for a chapter house. With a loan from the Endowment Fund to supplement the money already raised, ground was broken in June of that year.
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==Highlights of the 1920s==
  
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A Kappa alumna from those days remembers, "We were so fortunate to purchase perhaps the most ideal corner site on Sorority Row. It was decided that our beautiful new home would be Mediterranean in style to blend with the new UCLA buildings. What fun we had establishing and developing new traditions. Among the most enduring have been pledge presents, Dad's Dinner, and a breakfast to honor graduating sisters. We established a fine tradition of academic excellence. First on the Row."
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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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==World War II Era==
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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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"The mood of Gamma Xi changed as our men left for Europe and Asia in the 1940s," reflects another sister. "Our activities focused on the war effort. Along with the university, we revamped and accelerated our goals to adapt to war time conditions. Now, we emphasized our philanthropic aims. I remember that each member contributed in her own way- whether it was as chairman of a paper drive, or knitting, or packing Red Cross boxes. We blackened our windows, wrote 'V' letters and waited for the postman to bring us news of our men. The war seemed to foster even closer bonds of sisterhood."
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==Highlights of the 1930s--
  
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''The Key'', February, 1942, stated that Roxanna Jackson, Delta Zeta- Colorado College, United Services Organization director at Long Beach, had sent word that the members of Gamma Xi had been "very generous and cooperative with the USO of Los Angeles and nearby military posts...Reports regarding the Sunday afternoon activities which have come back to me from individuals who have attended these parties have been very glowing..."
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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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Gamma Xi's Jean Bartel (Hogue) became "Miss America, 1943." ''The Key'' recorded: "The 1943 winner had to be the kind of girl the American servicemen think of as the ideal young woman, with talent, intelligence, poise, personality, as well as beauty." ''PM'' magazine reported that: "...she really does look like the average American mother's idea of a perfect daughter. She doesn't smoke or drink, of course...during her first year at UCLA she joined Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and is very proud of golden key, fleur-de-lis, etc. In fact she is particularly eager not to do or say anything in her new role that would embarrass KKG." Miss Bartel sold two and one-half million dollars worth of war bonds on a tour of 33 key cities for the Third War Loan Drive that fall.  
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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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==Highlights of the 1950s==
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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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During what the historians called "the silent '50s," Gamma Xi was anything but quiet. A sister from those days ponders on their activities: "Our chapter was the most active ever/while I was at UCLA. We had good times! There was the annual Kappa-Fiji Formal, Kappa-Beta Formal, and each year we had two formal initiation dances. We continued a recent tradition of a University of Southern California and University of California at Los Angeles Kappa breakfast following the cross-town football game. We had fun helping our USC Kappa sisters with their newly founded chapter, Delta Theta. We were the busiest house on the Row. We were a house of boomers! Every school organization had at least one sister on its roster. We had the president of Red Cross Productions, editor or our school year book, Rally Committee chairman and so many more. We had the Homecoming Queen three years in a row, and we won first place in the Panhellenic Parade, staged before the USC-UCLA football game. Those years reflected the Greek supremacy on campus."
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==Highlights of the 1940s==
  
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An excerpt from ''The Key'', October, 1953, states: "Highlighting the year are the bi-annual scholarship banquets. A diamond Key rewards the highest average; a silver ashtray, the greatest improvement; and silver spoons are presented to all those making a minimum C+ average and improving averages of a .3 grade raise."
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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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==Highlights of the 1960s==
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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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A Kappa sister of the 1960s has a far different view of what Gamma Xi means. "I remember my four years at UCLA as ones of retrenchment and revaluation of traditional values." The house reflected the world in miniature. Generally, there was little interest in the Greek on campus. "We never wore our keys to class. The Greek news section in the Daily Bruin withered and vanished."
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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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Among the Kappas themselves, there was dissension. Rush meetings became mandatory. Those not attending the spring dance were fined five dollars. Dress standards were reviewed and changed, but not until many meetings were devoted to discussion.
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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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A "no lock-out policy" was refused by the Mothers Club. Gradually, as the number of actives dwindled it became clear that the Gamma Xi's must insist that all members live in. The Greeks were losing out to UCLA's new coed dorms and apartment living. Many Kappa sisters were distressed to see other sororities close their doors. One charter after another was revoked.
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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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UCLA was pared some of the more violent forms of anti-Establishment activities. A more recent alumna reflects, "Kappa has always shown an interest and concern for the welfare of others. It was through Kappa and Gamma Xi that I truly found a mode for service. I shall always be grateful to my Kappa training and proud to associate myself with Gamma Xi."
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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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Fortunately, for this generation of Kappas, Gamma Xi traditions are alive and well. With a renewed interest in sororities, all the houses that weathered the lean years filled their quotas last rush. "We even had to have eight pledges room elsewhere. Unheard of!" the chapter president exclaimed.  
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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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The house still has the best location on Sorority Row. There are problems accommodating the members' cars and the beautiful house has been redecorated and modernized many times. In the almost fifty years that Gamma Xi has been at UCLA, the University has grown and prospered from a small enclave in the bean fields of Westwood Hills to a fine university. And with the university, Gamma Xi has prospered and grown, continuing its fine social, educational, and philanthropic traditions.
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==Highlights of the 1950s==
  
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==Highlights of 2011==
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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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It was another amazing year at the Gamma Xi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma! With lots of hard work and dedication from our membership chairs as well as the house, we swept the row this fall and have an amazing, full pledge class that add so much to our house. We won the award for best philanthropy of our whole Greek system again, as well as created a new philanthropy called "Krismahanakwanzaka", bringing in hundreds of new toys to donate to the Mattel children's hospital for Christmas. We also hosted an alumni day, combining alumni day at UCLA with a Kappa alumni day and were able to meet many Kappa alums and hear their stories of when they lived in the house. Additionally, we had part of our house redone this summer, leaving us with beautiful blue and blue decorations that is hard to take your eyes off of!
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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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'''Campus:''' The only big changes around campus is the tuition spikes at UCLA, and John Wooden passing away last year.  
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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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'''Chapter:''' I would say the tuition spikes definitely have effected our sorority, as Kappa is very expensive to be involved in as well so with the two combined we are having trouble with people paying their dues on time or even at all. Although this hasn't caused a high drop rate, I can definitely say we will expect to see more people applying for associate and special status in the near future.
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==Highlights of the 1960s==
  
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The main problems that our chapter has are getting people to pay their dues and getting people to attend meetings or events. Luckily the establishment of Bill Highway has helped immensely in the accuracy of paying dues, however we are still in debt but are working on it extremely hard and will hopefully be able to get back on track in no time. For the attendance issue, Chapter Council talked to nationals and was able to get a program approved where if a member does not attend a certain percentage of mandatory events, we will be able to take away their privileged of attending an event from them. This helps immensely because we have always give empty threats because we never could actually take anything from them, but now we can positively reinforce them to attend mandatory events so they can go to the events they are looking forward to! 
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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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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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==Highlights of 2012==
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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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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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This year has been very successful for the Gamma Xi Chapter. For the first time in several years we are no longer in debt. After implementing the BillingHighway system, the number of members that pay their dues has climbed drastically. This has allowed us to partake in many more sisterhood events, such as class retreats and a fancy dinner in Hollywood. At the UCLA Panhellenic Awards night, Kappa Kappa Gamma received more awards than any other chapter, including Best SOE Chapter Management, SOE Panhellenic Chapter Council Enrichment Award, SOE Panhellenic Council Gold Laurel Recognition, SOE Panhellenic Council 4th place, and Best Philanthropy Programming and Single Philanthropy event.      
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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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Three new sororities were approved to join the Panhellenic sororities at UCLA. One chapter will be implemented next year and the two other chapters will be implemented within the next few years. The Pauley Pavillion basketball stadium was completed this year. All sororities were required to have a minimum number of members attend the stadium opening.
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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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Our PR Chairman hosted our second annual Alumni Day event. This particular event was very successful in connecting with alumni in the LA county area. This year our chapter established more chapter council positions so that more members can be involved in leadership roles. Some of these positions include Day Heads for rush, a Key Points chairman, and an assistant Treasurer.
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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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==Highlights of 2013==
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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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It has been a great year for the Gamma Xi Chapter!  Our Billhighway system is still very successful in collecting the chapters due. This allowed for new renovations in the house, including tiling in the kitchen and hardwood floors upstairs, making our house is more beautiful than ever! We have participated in many sisterhoods this year, such as biking together in Venice, bringing our chapter even closer. Our philanthropy was very successful, as always, with our Day in the Life. Our chapter also supported a member in house in creating philanthropic run that fought human trafficking. The run actually started and ending at our chapter, and we helped raise $3300 and implanting plans to make this a yearly event with Kappa’s support. We also had a great recruitment this year and are so happy for the new additions in our chapter!
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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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A new sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, has joined the row this year. Kappa has been very supportive in helping this girls begin their chapter by attending many of their events and creating welcome baskets for the girls. Kappa continues to support UCLA’s athletic teams with chapter attendance at basketball, football, and other extracurricular events. Kappa has also put more importance on academics this year, asking girls to log the amount of time they spend studying each week. We also implemented a Monday night study time for all girls to come together and help each other with various academic issues. Each week we reward a girl who demonstrated great academic activity or success, in order to show how important school is to our girls. We also received a lot of help from Nationals in the last year, causing our chapter to grow and strengthens in ways we never imagined. We have created much better relationships with our advisers, allowing us put more meaningful time and effort in the keep up of our Chapter.
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==Highlights of 2012==
  
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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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==Highlights of 2014==
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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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2014 began with a triplet meeting for all of the newly elected officers in Gamma Xi (President-Alex McKenna, VPS- Isabella Hanulik, VPO- Gina Giordano, VPAE- Olivia Hayward, Treasurer- Mindy Wheeler, Recording Secretary- Megan Couch, Corresponding Secretary- Maggie O’Leary, Registrar- Natalie Dolloff, Marshal- Grace Olson, Philanthropy- Julia Bennett, House Manager- Erin Miley, Risk Management- Nicole Guffy, Event- Courtney Louie, Education- Erin Becker, New Member- Stephani Domako, Membership- Fiona Davies, Panhellenic Delegate-Hadley Nolan, and Public Relations- Emily Wheeler). The first order of business was to appoint assistants (Assistant Event- Sarah Sanders, Assistant Membership- Andi Bernardoni, Assistant Treasurer- Michaela Monaghan). Winter Quarter was a slow social quarter for Gamma Xi, but was filled with sisterhoods and Greek community events. Gamma Xi competed on the Red Team for UCLA’s annual Greek Week with partners Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Following Greek Week, Gamma Xi won the award at the Greek Gala for Best Greek Week Delegates. Our winter sisterhoods were spent at both a roller blading rink and on a yacht in Marina del Rey, making them some of the coolest sisterhoods our chapter has ever had. Gamma Xi also participated in a plethora of other chapters’ philanthropies in the winter including Sig Ep Kicks for Kids, Sigma Chi Derby Days, Theta Chi Hair Salon, Tour de Pi Kapp, ZBT War of the Roses, and Wings for Life by RedBull.  
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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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Spring Quarter was an eventful quarter for Gamma Xi. Almost 20 girls started their quarter participating in UCLA’s Dance Marathon on the Blue Team, partnered with ZBT. Our dancer captain and sister, Monica Avakian, led us for the full 26 hours beautifully in Pauley Pavilion for the first time ever. Our PR Chair, Emily, put on a wonderful Mom’s Day brunch at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset Blvd. Our sisterhoods included watching a movie and making s’mores in the Kappa Kourtyard and a wonderful pool party to send off our seniors at the W Hotel. Gamma Xi also was honored to host two different pinnings for our girls, Roxy Thrapp (Sigma Chi) and Sam Varchetto (SAE).  
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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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Fall Quarter began, as always, with Kamp Kappa and our big fall recruitment. Fiona and Andi led us fearlessly through Kamp and prepared us fully for recruitment and were rewarded with our wonderful new 59 members. Stephani planned an amazing Alice in Wonderland themed Bid Day that was a huge success. Erin B. put on a fantastic Founders Day celebration in collaboration with Formal Meeting and was able to educate the new members on the founding of Kappa Kappa Gamma and our beginning as a fraternity. Stephani also planned bonding class sisterhoods in the fall for each grade: Freshmen went to Sky Zone, Sophomores went ice skating, Juniors went to Disneyland, and the Seniors had a brunch at the penthouse of a hotel on the beach. Presents came around quickly and Emily threw a fantastic Dad’s Day tailgate with catered Chipotle. Gamma Xi put on another successful and exciting A Day in the Life (of a Bruin), our chapter’s philanthropy event with more kids in attendance than ever before! Gamma Xi was also able to bring back our holiday philanthropy party to raise money for the Kappa Foundation and Reading is Fundamental and also collect toys for Toys 4 Tots.  
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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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A new sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, has joined the row this year. Kappa has been very supportive in helping this girls begin their chapter by attending many of their events and creating welcome baskets for the girls. Kappa continues to support UCLA’s athletic teams with chapter attendance at basketball, football, and other extracurricular events. Kappa has also put more importance on academics this year, asking girls to log the amount of time they spend studying each week. We also implemented a Monday night study time for all girls to come together and help each other with various academic issues. Each week we reward a girl who demonstrated great academic activity or success, in order to show how important school is to our girls. We also received a lot of help from Nationals in the last year, causing our chapter to grow and strengthen in ways we never imagined. We have created much better relationships with our advisors, allowing us to put more meaningful time and effort in the keep up of our Chapter.
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==Highlights of 2014==
  
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Gamma Xi holds chapter meetings in the dining room of our Kappa house, located at 744 Hilgard Ave. in Los Angeles. Gamma Xi is fortunate to have a beautiful home on the edge of Westwood and Beverly Hills. Greek Life at UCLA was originally funded by one person and this one person said that in order to receive funding for the houses, fraternities and sororities had to agree to have their respective houses on complete opposite sides of campus, therefore, sororities reside on Hilgard Ave. while fraternities reside on Gayley Ave. and Landfair Ave. Our house is owned by the Kappa Kappa Gamma House Board of Los Angeles. Our house currently holds 51 sisters at one time, but it wasn’t always this big. The house has been added onto and renovated many times over the years since our founding here at UCLA, but we have always had this same house.
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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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==Highlights of 2015==
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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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The 2015 school year began with a triplet meeting for the newly appointed officers of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at UCLA. The newly elected members went as followed; Nicole Guffy as President, Hannah Demetor as VPS, Stephani Domako as VPO, Erin Becker as VPAE, Kylie Taylor as Treasurer, Amelia Danovitch as Recording Secretary, Annie Sasso as Corresponding Secretary, Emily Bochner as Registrar, Celeste Carswell as Marshall, Emily Hughes as Philanthropy Chairman, Bre Maughn as House Manager, Stephanie Larratt as Risk Manager, Genevieve Zimmerman as Event Chairman, Ali Welschmeyer as Education Chairman, Kevan Caroll as New Member Chairman, Michaela Monaghan as Membership Chairman, Liviya James as Panhellenic Delegate and Danielle Merrihew as Public Relations Chairman. Chapter Council then appointed assistants as followed; Julia Savage as Assistant Membership Chairman and Ariana Taghaddos as Assistant Treasurer. Winter quarter was a bit slow for our chapter, but we managed to participate in a ton of philanthropic events and put a focus on sisterhood. Gamma Xi’s Chapter Council had a blast at a sisterhood event at Disneyland. The newly elected chapter council members were able to get to know each other better and prepare for the year ahead. In addition, we participated in UCLA’s Greek Week on the White Team and ended up being the highest fundraising sorority. At the Standards of Excellence Gala, Gamma Xi proudly took home three awards for membership development, external relations, and third highest overall Standards of Excellence points. Additionally, numerous members of the chapter partook in other Greek philanthropy events such as Sigma Chi’s Derby Days, ZBT’s War of the Roses, Theta Chi’s Hair Salon, Chi Omega’s Wings for Wishes and Sig Ep Kicks for Kids. Additionally, Gamma Xi was able to surpass the all sorority and all women’s GPA.  
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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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Spring Quarter was especially exciting for Gamma Xi. Members of our chapter who are also involved in the Pediatric Aids Coalition were able to form a team of about 25 Kappas to participate in Dance Marathon (a 26 hour event where students pledge to stand on their feed for 26 hours to raise funds and awareness for Pediatric HIV/Aids), partnering with our friends in Sig Ep. The Team Blue dancer captain was our very own Ali Welschmeyer who led us fearlessly into the fight against Pediatric HIV/Aids. We had sisterhood movie nights in the courtyard and a yoga class led by Bridget Bruggeman (a second year member who is also a certified yoga instructor).  Danielle, our PR chair, planned a beautiful Mom’s Day brunch at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard. We also had two adorable pinnings, one for Emma Campbell (SAE) and Cassidy Pearl (Sigma Chi). Furthermore, Gamma Xi was making an important transition onto the GIN System, a new means of communication throughout our chapter in an attempt to keep all members updated in all things Kappa and UCLA. Last but not least, Gamma Xi’s Chapter Council went to the Regional Leadership Conference in April, learning more about KKG and our roles in the house, meeting fellow Kappas from other chapters, and discovering more about ourselves as a whole.
 
  
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Fall Quarter came quickly and we were back at Kamp Kappa for fall recruitment. Our Membership Chairman, Michaela Monaghan, did an incredible job with rush and we ended up with 58 amazing, charismatic, and kind new members join our chapter! The house went under some renovations during Summer 2015 and all of the girls were eager and excited to see the new improvements to our already beautiful homes. Kevan planned a “Sweet Home Kappa Gamma” bid night and the entire chapter had an amazing time welcoming the new members. Ali W. planned a fun Founders Day in which the whole chapter was told about the history of our house, the background of Gamma Xi, and the founding of Kappa Kappa Gamma in general. Big Little Reveal was an exciting time for all of the members taking on little sisters, and was quickly follow by Kappa Presents and Kappa’s Dad’s Day—both of which were a blast! We also had our “A Day in the Life” philanthropy in which we had over 150 students from Brockton Elementary come to campus and learn what it was like to be a Bruin for a day, while also contributing to Reading is Fundamental. They learned our 8-clap, we read them books, they ran through campus doing an obstacle course, and were sent home with backpacks full of school supplies. The kids’ smiles and laughter brought joy to each and every Gamma Xi member. We finished off fall quarter with our second philanthropy, Kappa Krismukkah, where all of our friends on campus came to our house to enjoy holiday festivities and to either donate toys to the Mattell Children’s Hospital or donate money to the Kappa Kappa Gamma foundation or to Reading is Fundamental.
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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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A word to describe Kappa’s nature this year: excitement. Our members took advantage of every opportunity to not only support our sisters, but also the students and organizations around us. From participating and donating to philanthropies of other sororities and fraternities, to attending baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and water polo games to support our athletes, our chapter was showing support to Bruins all over campus. Furthermore, our chapter loves to make good luck baskets during midterms and finals week and distributing them to other houses. During the stressful times of exams, Gamma Xi members unite, support, and help each other out in all academic subjects to ensure our girls do the best they possible can. This has paid off as we have continued to surpass the all sorority and all women’s GPA! We reward girls who have achieved academic success during our weekly meetings and we nominate a Kappa of the Week to a member who especially exemplified our womanly and true ideals during recent events. The chapter has also worked to further take advantage of the relationships with advisors by reaching out to meet with them more frequently and maintaining contact to ensure all of our chapter council members are on task and are doing all they can to improve our chapter as time goes on.
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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.
 
   
 
   
 
Chapter Philanthropy:
 
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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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Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation
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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.
  
 
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
 
Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
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As UCLA students, our Gamma Xi members know how important it is to take advantage of every academic opportunity and to help others in need. By donating to Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, we believe we are positively contributing to society by providing children with books and opportunities to be inspired by higher education. We especially try to carry and present ourselves as potential role models to those around us. During A Day in the Life, our hearts are filled with joy and warmth as we watch the kids of Brockton Elementary giggle and run around our campus as excited and potential future Bruins. Our members not only want to give them an unforgettable experience on our campus, but to also inspire them to want to prioritize academics and show them that hard work pays off.
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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.
  
 
==Highlights of 2016==
 
==Highlights of 2016==
  
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The 2016 school year began with a triplet meeting for the newly appointed officers of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at UCLA. The newly elected members went as followed; Liviya James as President, Tia Rabinovitz as VPS, Danielle Merrihew as VPO, Meg Hauer as VPAE, Lucky Roselli as Treasurer, Sasha Deming as Recording Secretary, Lauren Thaxter as Corresponding Secretary, Natalie Mologne as Registrar, Joy van Hasselt as Marshall, Courtney Carbonneau as Philanthropy Chairman, Zoe Borden as House Manager, Nicole Cohen as Risk Manager, Genevieve Zimmerman as Event Chairman, Tori Oto as Education Chairman, Ali Cazel as New Member Chairman, Julia Savage as Membership Chairman, Bridget Bruggeman as Panhellenic Delegate and Kylie MacDougall as Public Relations Chairman. Chapter Council then appointed assistants as followed; Molly Sanders as Assistant Membership Chairman, Courtney Clement as Assistant Treasurer, and Emily Goldman as assistant Event Chairman.  
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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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Winter quarter was a bit slow for our chapter, but we managed to participate in a ton of philanthropic events and put a focus on sisterhood. The newly elected chapter council members were able to get to know each other better and prepare for the year ahead. In addition, we participated in UCLA’s Greek Week on the White Team. Additionally, numerous members of the chapter partook in other Greek philanthropy events such as ZBT’s Miss ZBT, and Sig Ep Kicks for Kids.  
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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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Spring Quarter was especially exciting for Gamma Xi. The position of recording secretary was transferred to Nina Romans. Members of our chapter who are also involved in the Pediatric Aids Coalition were able to form a team of around 10 Kappas to participate in Dance Marathon (a 26 hour event where students pledge to stand on their feed for 26 hours to raise funds and awareness for Pediatric HIV/Aids), partnering with our friends in Sigma Chi and UCLA’s School of Nursing. The Team Blue dancer captain was
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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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our very own Becky Stepp who led us fearlessly into the fight against Pediatric HIV/Aids. We had sisterhood yoga and acai bowls in the courtyard taught by our very own sister Bridget, a Brandy Melville Private Sale, a calligraphy/art workshop, and a Denny’s pancake breakfast. Kylie, our PR chair, planned a beautiful Mom’s Day brunch at Fleurish on San Vicente Boulevard. We also had two adorable pinnings, one for Sarah Sanders (ZBT), one for Nicole Guffy (Sigma Chi), one for Hadley Nolan (ZBT), and a conjoined pinning for Eryn Voight and Victoria Pacos (Sigma Chi).  
 
  
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Furthermore, Gamma Xi was making an important transition onto the GIN System, a new means of communication throughout our chapter in an attempt to keep all members
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==Highlights of 2018==
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updated in all things Kappa and UCLA. An exciting addition to this spring quarter was volunteering at the Sunshine Preschool Gala in Brentwood. We had around 10 members attend, and we loved getting the opportunity to make an impact on the community surrounding us. Additionally, we attended Sigma Chi’s Derby Days philanthropy. Last but not least, four members from Gamma Xi’s Chapter Council, Liviya, Danielle, Kylie, and Joy, went to the 71st Biennial Convention in June, learning more about KKG and roles in the house, meeting fellow Kappas from other chapters, and discovering more about themselves as a whole.
 
  
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Fall Quarter came quickly and we were back at Kamp Kappa for fall recruitment. The position of Panhellenic Delegate was transferred to Montana Dunn and the position of Housing Chairman was transferred to Natty Tucker. Our Membership Chairman, Julia Savage, did an incredible job with rush and we ended up with 65 amazing, charismatic, and kind new members joining our chapter! The house went under some renovations during Summer 2016, including getting central air conditioning, and all of the girls were
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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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eager and excited to see the new improvements to our already beautiful home. Ali planned a “Welcome To The Big Leagues” bid night and the entire chapter had an amazing time welcoming the new members. Tori planned a fun Founders Day in which the whole chapter was told about the history of our house, the background of Gamma Xi, and the founding of Kappa Kappa Gamma in general. Our dessert consisted of cake, in order to celebrate Kappa Kappa Gamma’s birthday, which was an idea from the leadership training seminars. Big Little Reveal was an exciting time for all of the members taking on little sisters! During fall quarter this year, we also had a very exciting outdoor movie sisterhood, which followed Kappa Presents and Kappa’s Dad’s Day—both of which were a blast! We also had our “A Day in the Life”philanthropy in which we had over 150 students from Brockton Elementary and 122nd Street come to campus and learn what it was like to be a Bruin for a day, while also contributing to Reading is Fundamental. They learned our 8- clap, we read them books, they ran through campus doing an obstacle course, and were sent home with backpacks full of school supplies. The kids’ smiles and laughter brought joy to each and every Gamma Xi member. We finished off fall quarter with our second philanthropy, Kappa Krismukkah, where all of our friends on campus came to our house to enjoy holiday festivities and to either donate toys to the Mattell Children’s Hospital or donate money to the Kappa Kappa Gamma foundation or to Reading is Fundamental. Fall Quarter wrapped up with the exciting news that we were off of the Focus Letter due to our hard work and great improvements!
 
  
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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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A word to describe Kappa’s nature this year: improvement and dedication. Our members took advantage of every opportunity to not only support our sisters, but also the students and organizations around us. From participating and donating to philanthropies of other sororities and fraternities, to attending baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and water polo games to support our athletes, our chapter was showing support to Bruins all over campus. Furthermore, our chapter loves to make good luck baskets during midterms and finals week and distributing them to other houses. During the stressful times of exams, Gamma Xi members unite, support, and help each other out in all academic subjects to ensure our girls do the best they possible can. We also partake in Kappa Kappucchinos, where we hand out free coffee on Bruinwalk to UCLA students walking to class throughout the day. We reward girls who have achieved academic success during our weekly meetings by nominating a KKGenius and we nominate a
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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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Kappa of the Week to a member who especially exemplified our womanly and true ideals during recent events. We also nominate a “Polished Kappa” each week by rewarding a woman who portrayed the classy values that Kappa Kappa Gamma admires at an event that week with nail polish! The chapter has also worked to further take advantage of the relationships with advisors by reaching out to meet with them more frequently and maintaining contact to ensure all of our chapter council members are on task and are
 
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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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Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation
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==Highlights of 2019==
  
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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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As UCLA students, our Gamma Xi members know how important it is to take advantage of every academic opportunity and to help others in need. By donating to Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, we believe we are positively contributing to society by providing children with books and opportunities to be inspired by higher education. We especially try to carry and present ourselves as potential role models to those around us. During A Day in the Life, our hearts are filled with joy and warmth as we watch the kids of Brockton Elementary and 122nd Street giggle and run around our campus as excited and potential future Bruins. Our members not only want to give them an unforgettable experience on our campus, but to also inspire them to want to prioritize academics and show them that hard work pays off. Our other philanthropy is Kappa Krismukah, where we invite our friends over to celebrate the holiday season! We have a great time at this event, and our activities include caroling, a photo booth, and decorating cookies, while raising money at the same time!
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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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The 2017 school year began with a triplet meeting for the newly appointed officers of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at UCLA. We proudly welcomed our newly elected members as followed; Ali Cazel as President, Kylie McDougall as VPS, Katrina Fendrych as VPO, Lexie Geich as VPAE, Courtney Clement as Treasurer, Jacqueline Siegfried as Recording Secretary, Haley Gamboa as Corresponding Secretary, Allison Picchini as Registrar, Isabelle Hansen as Marshall, Montana Dunn as Philanthropy Chairman, Aliana Gungor as House Manager, Joy Van Hasselt as Risk Manager, Emily Gray as Event Chairman, Nathelie Tucker as Education Chairman, Megan Larratt as New Member Chairman, Daphne Janes Membership Chairman, Amanda Cohn as Panhellennic Delegate, and Katrina Froelich as Public Relations Chairman. Chapter Council then appointed assistants as followed; Remy O’Donnell as Assistant Membership Chairman, Julia Gierasimov as Assistant Treasurer, Hannah Sofield as Assistant Event Chairman, and Alison Schwartz as Assistant New Member Chairman. The new chapter council members prepared for their positions while our Gamma Xi Advisor Barbara Wright guided them.
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Chapter Summary
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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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Winter quarter continued with a ton of participation in sorority and fraternity philanthropies across the row as well as UCLA’s annual Greek Week where we represented Team Blue. Multiple Kappa’s partook in ZBT’s “Miss ZBT” and Triangle’s archery dodge ball. Chapter council used this time to settle into their positions and bond as leaders of the house.
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Chapter Philanthropy
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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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Spring Quarter never fails to always be an exciting time in our chapter. We started out by having many Kappas participate in the Pediatric Aids Coalition where they danced for 26 hours straight in Pauley Pavilion to raise funds and awareness for Pediatric HIV/Aids. Our team danced hours on hours partnering with Sigma Chi. Our sisterhood Chairman Allie Cooke planned many exciting sisterhood events including paintballing, an escape room, and a TV show premiere party with pizza. One Monday night we got a surprise visit from contestants on the Bachelorette!
 
  
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Our PR chairman Katrina Froelich exceeded our expectations by planning a beautiful Mom’s Day on a Malibu Wine Safari ride in the mountains where we saw and fed animals with our families. We also participated in many philanthropies including Sigma Chi’s “Derby Days”, Gamma Phi Beta’s “G-Phi Joe,” and Pi Kappa Psi’s “Pie a Pi Kapp.” Additionally, Gamma Xi had the privilege to send Ali, Daphne, Joy, Aliana, Julia, and Alison from our Chapter Council to Kappa Leadership Conference, where they were educated on roles in the house and got to bond with other Kappas from different chapters though out the country. We also got to celebrate five beautiful pinnings, one for Grace Barr (Sigma Chi), one for Valentine Oliver (ZBT), one for Bre Maughan (Beta), one for Isabelle Staff (Sig Ep), and one for Lauren Hallgrimson (Sig Ep). We finished the quarter with a senior sisterhood were Nathelie Tucker planned a send off brunch to celebrate the graduating Class of 2017’s near and dear college days coming to an end.
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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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After an exciting summer of internships, travel, and summer classes, we were back and ready for Kamp Kappa in preparation for fall recruitment. The position of Recording Secretary was passed on from Jacqueline Siegfried to Cecelia Montalvo as she and many other Kappa’s decided to expand their knowledge abroad fall quarter. The position of House Manager was transferred to Maggie Borse. Our newest pledge class moved into the house with many new renovations and our fabulous House Mom, Carolyn Lombardo. Over the summer our House Board updated our kitchen with new floors, tables, wall decorations, and countertops. Our study pit received new floors and our courtyard received new comfortable outdoor furniture. Kamp Kappa was a huge success thanks to our Membership Chairman Daphne and our Assistant Membership Chairman Remy O’Donnell. Within the week of preparation, we filmed our recruitment video, strengthened our sisterhood with an ice cream truck and games at the park, along with focusing our attention on value based recruitment. We successfully added 65 dazzling new members to join our chapter! We welcomed the new members after a long week with an amazing “Kappa Kappa Space Jam” Bid Night planned by Megan Larratt.
 
  
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Nathelie Tucker planned an exceptional Founder’s Day dinner with blue cupcakes to celebrate Kappa Kappa Gamma’s 187th birthday. Presents was an exciting time for our new pledge class and active members as we got to invite our families into Kappa Kappa Gamma and spend time with them over UCLA’s Parent’s Weekend. Within the same weekend, Katrina Froelich planned a fun Dad’s Day event at the Rose Bowl Stadium with burgers and company from Sigma Chi Fraternity. We had a very successful big little reveal week where our families grew even bigger! We also had our “A Day in the Life” philanthropy in which we had over 150 students from Brockton Elementary and 122nd Street come to Campus to learn what it’s like to be a Bruin for the day. Our sister’s read them books, played games with them, and sent them off with backpacks and big smiles on their faces. These children managed to put an even bigger smiles on our faces as we patiently await their arrival next year! Our second philanthropy of the quarter, Kappa Krissmukkah, was a huge success where Montana Dunn added a karaoke contest raising money for the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. All our friends on campus enjoyed holiday festivities while also helping out by donating cans to the UCLA food cabinet and toys to the fire station. We invited a lovely Leadership Consultant, Megan Duffy, into our home for a week to help strengthen roles in the house and oversee our chapter. We unfortunately finished the quarter in a panicked state of mind as the Skirball Fire came dangerously close to our campus. With the leadership from our President, the support from our members, and UCLA community as a whole, we kept each other safe and successfully finished our finals week strong.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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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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A word to describe Kappa’s nature this year: unity. Our members took every opportunity to positively come together to support each other, support organizations, and support UCLA as a whole. From strengthening our bonds with countless sisterhood events this past year, to standing as one in times of natural disasters, our members continued to express selflessness to others. Through out this year, Gamma Xi has truly realized the strength and power we have as women in today’s society. The only thing better than one woman is a whole chapter of them! Not only do we stand in unity as a chapter, we like to share it with others all over campus. During midterms and finals week we make make good luck baskets, distributing them to other houses. We partake in an event called Kappa Kappucchinos in which we hand out free coffee on Bruinwalk to UCLA students. Our academic achievements within the chapter do not go unnoticed. During our weekly meetings we love to shout-out a KKGenius and a Kappa of the Week to exemplify to our chapter our true ideals. In addition, we also like to shout-out a “Polished Kappa” that has acted with great poise by giving them a nail polish! Last but not least, girls love to “sunshine” each other at the end of meeting with a small note or gift letting them know we appreciate them.
 
  
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Traditionally we donate to Reading is Fundamental and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. As Gamma Xis and UCLA students in general, we value every opportunity to help others in need. By donating to Reading is Fundamental we believe we are making a positive impact in society by helping provide children with backpacks and books to inspire them to higher education. Not only do we donate money, we want to make a difference by first handedly interacting with children carrying ourselves as role models. We strive to inspire the children showing them that hard work pays off. During our Krismukkah philanthropy, we celebrate the holidays with fun games while raising money for the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation that continues to support us year to year.
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Sesquicentennial Celebration
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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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Our chapter of just over 190 meets every Monday night in our Dining Room of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We meet together for a formal dinner where we welcome row walks to inform us on activities in our Greek community as well as the UCLA community as a whole. We then gather for our weekly chapter meeting to discuss chapter news as well as to strengthen our sisterhood bond.
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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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