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|Name= Epsilon Gamma
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|Name= Delta Psi
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1958|11|08}}
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1953|02|27}}
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|College= [http://www.unc.edu/index.htm University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill]
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|College= [https://www.ttu.edu/ Texas Tech University]
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|Location= Chapel Hill, NC
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|Location= Lubbock, TX
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|Homepage= [https://chapters.kappakappagamma.org/epsilongamma/ Epsilon Gamma Homepage]
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|Homepage= [https://ttu.kappa.org/ Delta Psi Homepage]
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'''University of North Carolina established in 1789'''
 
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'''Epsilon Gamma founded February, 1958'''
 
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'''2,217 initiates (as of June 2014)'''
 
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'''Texas Tech (Formerly Texas Technological College), Lubbock, Texas, 1923'''
  
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'''Founded March 28, 1953'''
  
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'''Some of Epsilon Gamma’s Outstanding Alumnae:''' (If you have chapter alumnae who have received recognition in any of these three categories, please list them with the date(s) of recognition.)
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'''3,019 initiates (as of June 2018)'''
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'''Fraternity Council Members:'''
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'''Charter Members:'''
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Marjorie Ann Smith Asbill, Johneen Bice, Anita Joyce Booher, Margaret Helen Brown, Mary Katherine Brown, Sandra Lou Sadler Haynes, Marie Hlavaty, Betty Lou Hudson, Lynna Lorraine Jenkins, Sybil Ruth Jones Jones, Suzanne Ledbetter, Patricia Ann Sibson Miller, Verbie Bess Oldham, Reta Joyce McIlroy Olsen, Joy Dawn Reil, Patricia Anne Spikes, Adelin Frances Stokes, Juanelle Talbot, Barbarie Cynthia Tankersley, Elizabeth Anne Bentley Worsham.
  
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Dorothea Lowendick Bitler, Editor of The Key 1986-1988;
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==The Early Years (Excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma: 1870-1976)==
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Barbara Koch (Murphy), Field Secretary 1958-1961;
 
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Julia Jones, Field Secretary 1969-1971;
 
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Diana Gale, Traveling Consultant 2003-2004,
 
  
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In 1923 a bill to establish a college in Lubbock was approved by the senate and house of the State of Texas. Texas Technological College opened September 30, 1925, with 1,043 students, the largest opening enrollment of any college in the nation.
  
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When the college was less than two years old, Mary Doak, the dean of women, realized the need for social organization for women students and selected a group of outstanding girls to be the nucleus of Las Chaparritas, the first social group on campus. The club's aims, then and later, were to unite girls of a common interest, to support campus activities, and to foster happiness among its members as well as all students and groups with whom it came in contact.
  
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'''Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:'''
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When Las Chaparritas became Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma on March 27, 1953, it was the first Greek letter social fraternity on the Texas Tech campus, one of five social clubs and eight men's clubs to be installed as Greek letter organizations after the Texas Tech Board of Regents opened the campus to national groups in June, 1952. Others followed, and of the 13 sororities and 14 fraternities installed, none has been disbanded.
  
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In October, 1952, members of Las Chaparrites attended a Kappa rush party at the home of Billie Bob Jones Murphy, Gamma Psi- Maryland; on November 15 a formal petition was submitted to Kappa Kappa Gamma; and on November 23 members, pledges, and alumnae attended a "get acquainted" tea given by nearby Kappa alumnae at the home of Nancy Moore Wilson.
  
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Delta Psi Chapter was installed March 27, 1953, at the Lubbock Women's Club. President Edith Reese Crabtree, Beta Gamma- Wooster, officiated, and Executive Secretary Clara O. Pierce, Beta Nu- Ohio State, was among the national officers who attended. The installing chapter was Gamma Phi, Southern Methodist University, and assisting were active members from Beta Xi, the University of Texas at Austin; Beta Theta, the University of Oklahoma; and Gamma Beta, the University of New Mexico; as well as alumnae from Lubbock, Midland, Amarillo, and San Angelo, Texas.
  
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The following morning 29 initiates and 42 alumnae became the first members of Delta Psi. That afternoon the first pledge service was held. That night the Midland group gave a banquet. A model meeting was conducted on March 28 in the Administration Building and the first officers were installed with Elizabeth Ann Bentley (Worsham) as president. Afterwards the Amarillo alumnae gave a reception for the new chapter.
  
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When Delta Psi was founded there were 348 faculty members, 89 buildings, and 5,418 students including the 49 Kappas. In 1974 there were 1,351 faculty, 201 buildings, and 21,494 students. The chapter numbers more than 130.
  
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Delta Psi has a lodge at 2414-B Broadway and a lease running to September, 1976, with an additional two year option. In 1957 a lot was purchased at 15th Street and Quaker Avenue, an area known as Greek Circle where six sororities had already built lodges. The chapter has plans to build a lodge there as soon as financing becomes available.
  
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Kappas have taken part in campus activities including band, twirling, swimming, drama, cheerleading, intramural sports and Panhellenic; are in beauty courts, class and dormitory councils, Mortar Board, ROTC, academic societies, and President's Hostesses; and are fraternity sweethearts, "best dressed," and top scholars. Off campus they have been representatives to world affairs conferences and political rallies. The Kappa Pickers play and sing for charitable organizations.
  
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Birch Lipford (Carlson), Graduate Counselor 1967-1968;
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Delta Psi has won many Kappa awards: for best progress in 1964; for efficiency in 1966; honorable mention for efficiency in 1968; for efficiency and honorable mention for chapter publications in 1970; for standards and runner-up for service by alumnae to chapter in 1972; and first runner-up for best pledge training program in 1974. The province Lois Lake Shapard Award based on overall chapter excellence was won by the chapter in both 1971 and 1973.
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Dorothea Lawendick (Bitler), Graduate Counselor 1977-1978;
 
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Martha Hendrix Kaley:  Ms. Kaley was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992. She founded Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test (Friends), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness and education and to raising funds for research into earlier detection of breast cancer. Since its inception in 1995, Friends has awarded nearly $3 million in seed grants to qualifying projects. It continues to offer several grants to be used for pilot projects in the area of early breast cancer detection. Friends awards up to $40,000 over a 1-3 year period.
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The chapter has progressed with the help of advisors from Delta Psi and other chapters. Each year the pledge quota is reached, and Kappa mothers are often alumnae of the chapter.
  
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Delta Psi is proud of 21 years of chapter history as it looks to the future.
  
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==Highlights of the 1970’s==
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The chapter worked with Lubbocks Habitat for Humanity, an orgnaization dedicated to creating quality housing for the poor.  A group from Delta Psi as well as other sororities on campus helped build the shell of a house.  That building took place on Greek Circle and was then later moved to the actual construction location to be completed.
  
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==Highlights of the 1980’s==
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==The Early Years==
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The Fall of 1985 started with officer’s workshops and then the chapter pledged 45 new members. The chapter hosted J.J Wales as the speaker for the Founders Day Dinner. They had a chapter goal to improve their scholarship.  They did when they were 1st on campus in scholarship.  They were very active in philanthropy on campus.  They raised $2,000 for the Ronald McDonald House.
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Epsilon Gamma (EG) was colonized on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in February of 1958, received its charter at the Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, Convention that June, and was formally installed in November.
 
  
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A unique chapter, it was the first and only “two-year chapter” in Kappa’s history. The University of North Carolina admitted junior women transfers, undergraduate girls who lived at home in Chapel Hill, and graduate students in some departments. Before 1925, it had been almost entirely a men’s university. A chapter made up of two-year students cannot function the same way as a chapter of four-year students. The members of Epsilon Gamma repeatedly wrote to Headquarters, “We cannot do this or that because we are different!” It was a great relief when sophomores were pledged; then freshmen. Later, first semester pledging was allowed. By the early 1970s, Epsilon Gamma had become a fine group of about 80 members ranking high on the growing campus of 18,000 men and women.
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1986 was an outstanding year not only with the BEST pledge class at Texas Tech but having  very successful philanthropy projects. They also joined the DTD fraternity and painted four houses for families that couldn’t afford to do it themselves. The House Board of the Delta Psi spent over $170,000 on remodeling the living room, dining room, chapter room, bathrooms and kitchen of the Lodge.
  
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A small number of alumnae in Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh, and other small towns, along with Delta Beta Chapter of Duke University, helped Epsilon Gamma in making early plans. Rush parties were held in campus buildings and alumnae homes. Two Kappas from William and Mary and one from Duke transferred to give stability and to counsel the first 24 pledges who were initiated as charter members at the November 1958 Installation. Much was accomplished due to the able leadership, guidance, advice and loyalty of Frances Fatout Alexander of the Iota Chapter at DePauw University, a former Fraternity President. The university was helpful, making it possible for the girls to live in one dormitory only a short distance from what was soon to become the Kappa house at 302 Pittsboro Street. After a complete renovation, this house, near the university campus, made a beautiful home for 32 girls and a house director. The seventh sorority at the University of North Carolina was soon well established.
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At the 1987 PM we were awarded the Lois Lake Shappard award given by the Dallas AA in her memory. We raised over $3,000 for Ronald McDonald House and the Rose McGill Fund.
  
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The Frances Alexander Award was created in 1960 when Frances Fatout Alexander, DePauw, served as Fraternity Vice President and former Mu Province Director of Chapters 1947-1952. Each year a girl was chosen by her sisters as having contributed the most to the chapter during the year and was honored by having her name engraved on a beautiful plaque displayed in the trophy case. The Louise Loomis Memorial Scholarship key was presented to the active with the highest semester average. It was named for a 1961 graduate who was killed in the Atlanta Art Tour plane crash. Louise had been a recipient of the Frances Alexander Award. A third award, a beautiful key, was worn for a semester by the girl showing the greatest improvement in scholarship.
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We pledged 48 new members in 1989 and were awarded the Jane Tourner Curry Award at PM held in Waco. We felt blessed to meet Kay Larson, our Fraternity President, who came to our PM. We worked hard on scholarship and were 2nd in scholarship on campus
  
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An excerpt from the chapter newsletter, Hoots from the Hill, (1963) described the girls’ attitude toward scholarship: “ … after having won … for three consecutive semesters the  Kappas retired the scholarship trophy last fall. It must have gone to our heads, for our standing fell to third place … however, the spring semester found us studying instead of talking about how much we have to do, and we have regained our position …” The trophy case showed not only several scholarship cups but also awards in Valkyrie sings, intramural sports and other campus activities.
 
  
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Epsilon Gamma participated in community and university service working with the handicapped, a children’s hospital in Durham, with the mentally handicapped in Butner, tutoring in public schools and helping with recreational projects in the community. The members always took part in campus drives, politics, symposiums, fairs and many other university events. The members of Epsilon Gamma participated in one interesting research program with the Infectious Diseases Laboratory at the university’s School of Medicine in Chapel Hill designed to study respiratory diseases in college students. For several years, the chapter formed a central group that gave throat cultures and blood for antibody studies.
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==Highlights of the 1990s==
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We won the Gracious Living Award at PM in Houston in 1991.  We were involved on campus with many philanthropy projects like Lubbock Children’s Home, Meals on Wheels and Ronald McDonald House
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Our chapter goal was to improve our philanthropy program. We accomplished our goal and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves too. We also continued our support to a 14-year-old Indian boy name, Shekar Mali by sending him money for food and clothes.
  
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The chapter had members of Phi Beta Kappa and Valkyrie,  presidents of the Young Women’s Christian Association Women’s Athletics Association, and assistants in the office of the dean of women. The chapter has had three members chosen as “Woman of the Year” by the university.
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In 1994 we took 32 outstanding new members into our chapter.  We continued our scholastic achievement with an overall GPA of 3.1432-2nd on Greek Circle. Our chapter challenge is Kappa’s Are Participating Philanthropically Always. We believe that we met that challenge with the many events in which we participated all over campus.
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The previous information was excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1976. The information that follows has been gleaned from available resources including Chapter History Reports, chapter meeting minutes, letters and comments from chapter members and alumnae, the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Archives, and The Key. Each chapter is expected to update its history record annually. Contact Fraternity Headquarters at kkghq@kkg.org with questions.
 
  
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We presented our 58 new members in 1996 with a family and friend dinner at the Lubbock County Club.  We held many Philanthropic events and participated with others on campus.  We received the Scholarship Award at Convention as well as Honorable Mention Gracious Living Award.
  
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We are proud of our 53 new members in our 1997 pledge class.  We focused much of our energy on winning awards and proud to say we did.  We also ranked second among all Greek sororities in scholarship with a 3.1098.  Sisterhood is always a top priority and we set a goal of at least 80% attendance at all events and this goal was accomplished.
  
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Our 1998 pledge class of 47 new members won first place at Derby Days.  We continued our participation in many projects Children’s Miracle Network, R. McDonald House, Take a Child to the Game and others.  Our focus on scholarship helped us to rank second among all Greek sororities with a 3.258.  We had wonderful sisterhood dinners, Bible studies, study groups, intramural sports and sisterhood dinners.
  
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Recruitment was very successful all years, with quota always being met. The chapter finances were well-handled, and debt was not an issue during this period.  Many sisters held leadership positions in campus organizations, and several scholarship awards were given to the chapter. EG hosted for the Nu Province Meeting in 1975.  
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In 1999 we are thrilled to have 59 new members who won the Sigma Chi Derby Days. Our philanthropies were successful and benefited the Ronald McDonald House, Children’s Miracle Network.  We ranked second again on campus this year with an overall average of 3.122.
  
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Celebrated recruiting 46 exceptional women in 2005 who were charged to uphold and continue the proud name of Kappa on our campus.  We participated in many of the campus functions.
  
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With the growth of the chapter over the years, more space was needed to allow for chapter meetings as well as much-needed updates to the outdated kitchen and lounge areas. A renovation took place in 1978 that expanded the dining room, updated the kitchen, made a new lounge for the girls living in the house, and also updated the house mother's apartment.   New landscaping was performed in 1979.  
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2006 was an eventful year with outstanding community and campus philanthropic events such as Sigma Nu Skate Night for juvenile diabetes, Ronald McDonald House, Relay for Life and Race for the Cure. This year we have 187 active members. Our Golf Tournament for money for the Children’s Miracle Network was especially important this year because of all the children being treated due to Hurricane Katrina.  We raised over $22,000.00.  Our members do not stop with involvements on campus, but volunteer for Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Volunteer as Sitting Room of Children’s Miracle Network.  And although we not the highest grade point on campus we are 3.217 and are striving to always improve.
  
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Our challenge this year was to improve chapter moral, respect and grades.  We increased study hall hours at the lodge.  To improve the members’ knowledge of alumnae involvement we learned about the Foundation and also ate at homes of the alumnae.
  
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In 2008 we participated in many of the events on campus with other Greeks.  We had our own event, Klassic Kappa golf tournament and were able to send $25,00.00 to Children’s Miracle Network. 
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Our recruitment was outstanding and we got 51 new Kappas.  We are one of 24 Greek organizations on our campus being the first to be chartered in 1953.  Our current grade point average is 3.29 and continually strive to be the best in academics.
  
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2009 was a very successful year with outstanding participation, leadership and sisterhood within the chapter.  We set high standards and this year were very proud of our academics.  out of the 24 groups we were second highest with 23 of our girls making 4.0’s. We participated in many activities on campus and also in a number of philanthropy events.  On Monmouth we each brought 2 books to benefit RIF.  Kappa Klassic, our large event for Children’s Miracle Network raise $14,035.11.  We also had a TOMS event ordering white TOMS shoes and had a sisterhood event where we painted them.  With each pair we purchased, TOMS gave a pair of new shoes to a child in need.
  
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Crew-neck sweatshirts adorned with fraternity letters were a popular item worn in many pictures. A pledge ball, held each year, provided the chapter members a chance to wear beautiful gowns. Social functions were held throughout the day, including many morning events. These events were much more casual than events held today. For most of the events, members wore everyday clothes rather than dressing up for a specific theme.
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Our chapter does not have a house but a lodge since no more than 3 people can live in one house unless they are related. Therefore, our Greek system is a small circular neighborhood made up of only sorority and fraternity lodges called the “Greek Circle”.
  
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Many of the members were active in a variety of groups on campus. These groups included Big Buddy, Community Link, the Daily Tar Heel, Yackety Yack (UNC Yearbook), Freshman Camp, and Inter-varsity. Many of these groups are still present on campus and many current members participate in these activities. EG had many members that were interested in campus, national, and international politics and affairs. One member was UNC treasurer and another member traveled to Russia to learn more about the culture. She visited with a group from the university and was surprised by the warmth and generosity of the Russian citizens. The member also noted that many of the soldiers did not want war. EG held a variety of fundraisers for the YWCA Coalition for battered women and the Campus Y. These fundraisers included a dinner and an Ice Cream social.   EG received both the Greek community service award and the Greek scholarship award during the 1981-1982 academic year.  
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Participation has been a big problem. To overcome this challenge, we split the chapter into Kappa Keys and Fleur-de -lis. We switch off groups who have to come to an event to receive philanthropy points. We found it to be very successful.
  
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EG participated in Sigma Chi’s Derby Days and a Founder’s Day banquet at Duke in 1985.  Other events included a pledge formal at Northridge Country Club,  Parent’s Day, Shrimp and Beer, spring dance at the Big Barn, and a  Stranger Mixer. EG held a faculty picnic with Delta Delta Delta. EG had the highest grade point average of all sororities.  An event, Kappa Coffeehouse, showcased hidden talents of sisters.  EG had four members of Phi Beta Kappa, ten Morehead Scholars, two Johnston Scholars, the Editor of the Yackety Yack (the University Yearbook), the Senior Class Vice-President, the Order of the Bell Tower President, a member of the Order of the Old Well, and five varsity athletes.
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In 1987 the chapter held an overnight pledge retreat to the mountains of North Carolina. EG sent two delegates on the Panhellenic Council including the President.  EG continued to be first in grade point average among sororities.  EG receive the scholarship award at the Lambda Province Meeting.
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This year we participated in numerous events from date parties, community service and parents weekend. 2011 was a great year for the Delta Psi Kappas. We had a total of three date parties this year. Our first date party was with Delta Delta Delta the theme was “What used to be cool.” We all dress up as old TV characters that were popular. We also did Monmouth Duo with Pi Beta Phi. It was only two days this year. The first day’s theme was Disco and the second day’s theme was Bells Beaus and Stilettos.  
  
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In 1989 the chapter held its first Parents’ Weekend.  EG held a faculty picnic with Kappa Delta.  Other events included Greek Week, spring informal, a pig pickin’, and shrimp and sauce.  EG had eight Morehead scholars, nine members of Phi Beta Kappa, and eight varsity athletes.   EG had the highest GPA on campus among sororities and has maintained that status for at least eight semesters in a row.   The scholarship committee organizes fall and spring scholarship banquets.  These banquets recognize sisters with a 3.5 or above GPA, the sister with the highest GPA, the sister the most-improved GPA, and the Big/Little Sis pair who have the highest combined GPA. The Mayor of Chapel Hill spoke to the chapter about careers in public service.  
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The most recent date party was also with Pi Beta Phi and it was a Honkey Tonk Theme. We all threw on best country clothes and cowboys boots. We also hosted a Mom’s weekend where all of our mom’s came to visit. There was a brunch Saturday Morning where our pickers preformed and a fancy dinner at the Texas Tech Club Saturday night. Also Dad’s weekend was combined with Kappa Klassic, our fund raiser for Children’s Miracle. We also participated in a Greek build for Habitat for Humanity for a family in Lubbock.  
  
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This year we also were honored with many awards and won some campus competitions. We were number one is grades in the spring of 2011 and second in grades in the fall of 2011. During homecoming we won the Float design contest and had a homecoming court nominee in the top five candidates. We also were the softball intramural champions, we won free t-shirt from Chrome a small boutique for our new members, as well as a t-shirt design competition for Kappa’s academic excellent t-shirt. The biggest awards we won this year were at Province. The awards we won were Excellence in Community, Leadership, and Scholarship. We are very proud of what we accomplished in 2011 and can’t wait to see what happens 2012.
  
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'''Campus:''' This year Texas Tech has had a lot of changes on campus. We officially have a new Business Administration building. With the BA moving Mass Communications will be moving in to the old BA building after the next semester. We also added a new dorm because of the growing student population. The new dorm is going to be called The New Hall on Boston. Also Texas Tech is cutting upper administrative positions that will save the school $500,000 per year.
  
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In the late 1980s, several chairs and a sofa were reupholstered so the downstairs living area matched. Pictures, tables, and accessories were added as well as track lighting.   EG also has a “little house” next door to its main house. A new recliner, a new rug, and two reupholstered chairs were added to little house. EG also added a Treasurer’s computer room and was one of the few Kappa chapters with its own computer. EG did not have central air, but was hoping to get it soon!
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'''Chapter:''' Kappa has been very involved on campus this year. We have multiple members involved in Student Government Association, Student Alumni Board, and Freshmen Council. We also have members involved in Greekwide which is a bible study open to the entire greek community. We are also trying to show Kappa’s present on campus by offering Kappaccinos. This will give us a way to get to know and interact with the community on campus.  
  
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The biggest challenge Kappa has faced this year is our grades. In the fall of 2010 we ended up 5th in grade and the chapter as a whole was not happy. We really worked on focusing on study hall hours. Also worked on getting a support system going so older members could help younger members in the classes they had already taken. At the end of the spring of 2011 we got to number one in grades. We are currently number two in grades and we are working hard to get back to that top position.
  
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One of the chapter’s neighbors was an elderly woman with a degenerative muscle disease which greatly impeded her mobility.  Twice daily, members would go over and help her eat, get into her wheel chair, or simply keep her company.
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==Highlights of 2012==
  
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Nursing home philanthropy project with Alpha Kappa Alpha, supporting a Mexican child, collecting money for UNICEF, annual pumpkin walk
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The Delta Psi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had a wonderful and successful year. The Delta Psi chapter attended convention this past summer of 2012 and received several great awards. These awards include Public Relations Award Winner, Honorable Mentions, New Member Programs, Standards, Philanthropy (Reading is Fundamental), Academic Excellence, Gracious Living, Chapter/Advisory Board Relations, and Advisory Board. The chapter, also, attended Texas Tech University’s Panhellenic Greek Awards. There, Delta Psi won Excellence in Community Service, Excellence in Scholarship, Excellence in Leadership, Academic Excellence Award Winner, and Most Outstanding Advisor Award (Presented to LeAnn Grantham—New Member Advisor).
  
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Cookout with Lambda Chi for a handicapped group home was held in 1989 as well as  bowl-a-thon for the Rose McGill fund and the American Heart Association
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Delta Psi, also, had a great year with philanthropy. On March 31st, 2012, Delta Psi held their annual Kappa Klassic Golf Tournament. This is an event held each year where Kappa dads, students, alumni, and the local community come out and play to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network. There were 228 participants this year and raised a total of $21,440. Delta Psi participated in the Kappa Foundation Challenge where 35% of the chapter donated money totaling to 60 members. In September, Delta Psi helped National Travel in hosting National Gymnastics Day. 75 members of the chapter came out to help face paint, play games with kids, and participate in the day’s events. This event raised a total of $120 for the Children’s Miracle Network. In October, many members put a total of 24 hours into helping with the Murfee Autumn Festival. This included working booths, playing with the kids, face painting, cakewalks, etc.
  
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Academics are a very big focus for the Delta Psi chapter. In spring of 2012, the chapter average GPA was a 3.293. The chapter was, also, ranked number 2 out of the 11 Panhellenic sororities for the spring. The chapter had over 20 girls get a 4.0.  The academic statistics for fall 2012 were not available in time for the report.
  
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This past year Delta Psi won the Academic Excellence T-shirt contest that was put on by Kappa Headquarters for Academic Excellence month. Also, many sisterhood events were put on such as decorating cards for the troops, a movie night, and renting out the trampoline park at Adrenaline City. Lastly, the chapter participated in a substance-free date party with Kappa Alpha Theta at the Corn Maze put on by Panhellenic.
  
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1984: Winner: Chapter Finance, Honorable Mention: Personnel and Scholarship; 57th Biennial Convention: Winner: Financial Excellence Award, Honorable Mention: Cultural Award,
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Texas Tech University has had several changes in the last year. One of the biggest accomplishments Texas Tech had this year was becoming a Tier One school. After several years of hard work this was a very rewarding achievement for the school. Texas Tech University also hired Kliff Kingsbury to be the new head football coach. The school is very excited about this change because Kingsbury previously played for Texas Tech. The Texas Tech University mascot Raider Red recently won the Capital One Mascot Challenge.
  
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The overall nature of the Delta Psi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma is one that is welcoming, relaxed, and focused on sisterhood. It really has known to become the home away from home for the members of this chapter. The chapter has a lot of involvement in all the different sisterhood, Panahellenic, and philanthropy events, which make for great memories for the members. The nature of this chapter is very special and hard to replace.
  
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==Highlights of 2013==
  
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The Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma was honored to have hosted Province this year on March 1st, 2013. At Province the Delta Psi Chapter received two awards Alumnae Relations Award, and Academic Excellence Award. The chapter also received awards at the Texas Tech University Greek Awards on April 11th, 2013. These awards include Excellence in Community Service, Excellence in Leadership, and Excellence in Scholarship.
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Delta Psi’s philanthropy also did amazing things this past year.
  
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The chapter was ranked first in scholarship among sororities on campus in 1990. EG’s chapter goal was unify diversity through increased chapter attendance, sister support, and respect for ritual. Events at EG included: Valentine’s cocktail, spring retreat, rush workshop, scholarship banquet, Parent’s Weekend, spring informal, faculty picnic, Shrimp and Sauce, Graduation banquet, fall picnic, stranger mixer, Founder’s Day banquet, pledge formal, fall retreat, surprise mixer, and a sister outing to see The Nutcracker. EG had nine members of Phi Beta Kappa, nine members of Phi Eta Sigma (Freshman Honor Society), a member of the homecoming court, a member of the Order of the Old Well, the Panhellenic President, three members of student government, a varsity athlete, and three members of the Loreleis (an all-female acapella group). EG tried to make rush practice enjoyable by dubbing “Rush Queens” each day.  
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On April 6, 2013 Delta Psi hosted their annual Kappa Klassic Golf Tournament. This event is held each year on the same weekend as our dad’s weekend. The gold tournament lets Kappa dads, alumni, students, and the community participate in a golf tournament while also raising money for Children Miracle Network. This year we had about 260 participants and about 150 volunteers. This great turn out also brought in an amazing total of $25,500 dollars! Delta Psi also got involved in some great new things one was tours at Children’s Miracle Network, we had over ¼ of the chapter attend a tour. Another was having 75 members to sign up to read at local elementary school. We also donated books to our other philanthropy Reading is Fundamental at Monmouth. Then for the Kappa Foundation we raised over $1,000 dollars.  
  
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EG accepted the “Challenge to Excellence” issued by the Regional Director of Chapters in 1991.   As a chapter, EG decided to focus on improvement in participation, alumni relations, and officer reports. Events included: a scholarship banquet, Shrimp and Sauce, spring picnic, Graduation luncheon, and pledge formal. EG was ranked first out of all sororities on campus for scholarship. EG had four members of Phi Beta Kappa, two members of the Pauper Players, one member of the homecoming court, six members of the Order of the Bell Tower, two members of the varsity crew-team, a member of the women’s gymnastics team, and a member of the cross country team.  
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Academics is a main focus of the Delta Psi Chapter. In spring semester of 2013 Delta Psi was ranked 5th out of 11 on Greek circle. Our chapter GPA average was a 3.30. An amazing statistic is we had 42 members score a 4.0. In Fall 2013 Delta Psi was ranked 5th out of 11 on Greek Circle with 1st having a tie. The chapter average was a 3.22, and we had 30 girls earned a 4.0.
  
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EG receive the scholarship award at the 1993 Lambda Province Meeting. Events included: informal at the Big Barn, Shrimp and Sauce, spring and fall picnics, cocktails at Valentine’s and Christmas, Sapphire Ball, ice skating, mixers, and Parent’s Weekend. EG also held its faculty picnic and Kappa alums gave a career program in which they spoke to the chapter about their careers.  A new program to boost attendance was introduced called “Owls, Keys, and Fleur-de-Lis.”  EG intramural teams won championships in swimming, wallyball, racquetball doubles, and grail basketball. EG was one of the top four intramural organizations on campus and qualified for the Super Teams competition. The chapter finished second overall and had three members of Phi Beta Kappa, the captain of the varsity gymnastics team, a member of student government and a Morehead Scholar.  
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Delta Psi also did some fun events this last year. On April 18-20th, 2013 Kappa had our annual Monmouth Date party. In the fall our chapter attended an alcohol free concert hosted by Panhellenic. We also enjoyed a great alumnae thanksgiving dinner this year catered by Market Street.  
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Texas Tech started off with excitement with our new head football coach Kliff Kingsbury. Had a great start of the season and even made it to a bowl game with a victory. Sadly Tech saw Chancellor Hance resign from his position. But in that we received a new president of Tech, Duane Nellis. On campus tech began building new residents halls for age 21+. The dorms will be ready by this next fall semester in 2014. Tech’s campus all built a new engineering building.
  
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EG won the Most Improved Chapter Award from the Greek Affairs Office in 1995/1996 and surpassed both the Greek and non-Greek GPA averages.  At the Lambda Province meeting, EG received the scholarship award and the “Our Chapter, Our Choice” Award. 
 
  
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EG sisters participated in over 52 athletic, philanthropic, and leadership organizations both on and off campus.  EG voted on the formal of a new trial office—Women’s Issues Coordinator. 
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==Highlights of 2014==
  
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To improve scholarship, the chapter started programs like “Nerd Nights” at the library, a pledge group scholarship competition, and “Smart Cookie” awards.  To encouraging attendance, a stuffed owl was passed each at chapter to comfort a sister who was unhappy or overburdened, Kappa Konnection was started, a program that involved picking someone name out of a basket and making a special effort to get to know that sister better and do her a favor that week,  and flowers were presented as “Sister Spotlights” to highlight achievements. 
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This past year in the Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has been one for the books. At the Kappa Convention in June of 2014, the Delta Psi chapter was awarded Excellence in Chapter Management, as well as Honorable Mention in Advisory Board, Ritual, and Standards.
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Events included: afternoon mixers, mixers with fraternities from Duke and N.C. State, roller-skating outings, theme-mixers like Paradise Island and Casino Night,  Kappa Kidnap, fall and spring picnics, Parent’s Weekend, Shrimp and Sauce, Christmas and Valentine’s Day cocktails, formal, and informal.  Three chapter members were on the staff of the Daily Tar Heel (the University newspaper), two members of the concert band, eight members of student government, two members of the undergraduate Honor Court, and one teaching fellow.
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Delta Psi has had an outstanding year in philanthropic events, including both new and old traditions. In the spring, Delta Psi hosted it’s first ever Kappa Krawfish, an event hosting the Greek and local community to an afternoon of Louisiana crawfish, live music, and activities. The proceeds were gifted to our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network. Later in the spring, the Delta Psi Kappa’s donated a children’s book for admission into the annual Formal, Monmouth. These books benefited out national philanthropy, Reading is FUNdamental. In the fall, the Delta Psi chapter hosted its 18th Annual Kappa Klassic Gold Tournament. A total of 250 people participated in this event at the Meadowbrook Golf Course, where they golfed, mingled, auctioned, and donated to Children’s Miracle Network. The Delta Psi chapter raised over $31,000 in this event. During one of Delta Psi’s sisterhood events, Kappa sisters came together to draw and write letters of encouragement for hospitalized kids, benefitting Children’s Miracle Network.  
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In 1996-1998 the chapter house was declared the safest house on campus.   Many sisters travelled to the 1996 summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.  Actress Ashley Judd, a Kappa Alumna, stopped by the house while working on a movie set.  EG’s helped to clean up campus in the aftermath of Hurricane Fran.  As a result, EG was featured on the local news and in the campus, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh newspapers. 
 
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Events included: a spring social, a pledge retreat to the Vineyard for a ropes course and games, movies, informal at Big Barn, St. Patrick’s Day Mixer with an Irish band, a Crush Mixer, Shrimp and Sauce, Bid Day Beach Bash,  Mardi Gras Mixer, Toga Party, Pajama Party, Haunted Halloween, Disco Big Sis/Lil Sis, South of the Border, Wedding Mixer, 80’s Mixer, Kappa Kidnap, Parent’s Weekend, Hat’s Off (a pledge cocktail), Sapphire Ball, Christmas and Valentine’s Day cocktail, Carolina Freeze, Groundhog Day Grab-a-Date, and Thursday night television watching.  Pledges made up lyrics to popular songs and serenaded the sisters at formal.  They also wrapped the house in twine as a prank!  EG invited alumnae for an afternoon tea.  EGs logged over 2600 community service hours, the third highest of all sororities on campus.
 
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EG won the “Strive for Pi” Award and first place for the trendsetters award at the Lambda Province Meeting in 1997. The chapter received honorable mention for Risk Management, the pledge program and scholarship.  Events included: a founder’s day banquet with sister from Duke University and alums from around the state, informal at Big Barn, theme mixers, senior week, senior cocktail, school days bid day party, karaoke mixer, toga party, Halloween mixer, Big Sis/Lil Sis Day, 70s mixer, fall cocktail, parent’s weekend, and formal.  EG offered a coffee break for local alumnae.  EG had eight members of the Order of Omega, two members of the equestrian team, four members of the staff of the Daily Tar Heel, and two members of the Greek Judicial Board.  EG was honored at the UNC Greek Affairs Chapter Excellence Ceremony for the highest GPA among sororities and fraternities.
 
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Events held in 1999 included: spring picnic, formal, Kappa Kidnap, faculty picnic, a talent show, a Valentine making party, Valentine’s cocktail,  new member retreat, fall cocktail, and Founder’s Day banquet.  EG increased the number and frequency of sister-only events to include, spring picnic, Shrimp and Sauce, roller skating, holiday parties, movie nights, and “Pamper yourself” nights.  EG had six members of Phi Beta Kappa, two members of the women’s glee club, two members of the Golden Key National Honor Society, and six members of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.  
 
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In 1990, EG had house parents.  The house was resided and repainted.  The hardwood floors were restored, new carpet was installed, and the yard was improved.  In 1991, redecoration and minor reconstruction was done.  Walls were repainted and furniture was replaced.  In 1994, “little house” was completely remodeled.  New floors, new furniture, and new decorations were added.  In addition,  the study room of the main house was redecorated.  In 1995-1996, the dining room was decorated and a sprinkler system was added. 
 
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In 1996, emergency lights and lighted exit signs were added.  In 1996-1997, the kitchen was completely redone with new furniture and prints on the walls.  Little house was painted and redecorated.  A big screen TV with surround sound was added in the living room.  In 1997-1998, improvements included: chairs for little house, reroofing, new equipment for the kitchen,  weatherproofing,  new windows, motion detection, flood lights, umbrellas for patio tables, and new dining room doors.
 
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1990: NC Memorial Hospital Pediatric visit, MRA Dance, donation to Human Rights week (from selling parking spots during football games), Derby Days (EG raised $400 for the NC Pediatric Hospital)
 
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1991: Habit for Humanity, Head Start, IFC Soup Kitchen, Special Olympics, Orange County Women’s Center
 
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1994: Derby Days (EG  raised $1000 for the Children’s Hospital), donation to the Children’s Hospital from selling parking spots during football games,  IFC Council, soup kitchen, Ronald McDonald House, Kidsread Program, Friends to the Elderly, Special Olympics, Trick or Treat for Orphans
 
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1995-1996: “Change for Charity” (change jars in dorms, $500 raised for the Orange County Rape Crisis Center and $200 for the Rose McGill Fund), Christmas Angel
 
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1996-1997: Ronald McDonald House- EGs cooked and served meals and made a $1300 donation raised from “Finals Food Packs” sold to parents of EGs; “Kappa Angels” (sponsorship of a low income family from Ephesus Elementary for Christmas), walk to raise money for “Friends You Can Count On”,
 
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1997-1998: A walk to raise money for “Friends You Can Count On,”  Footbrawl (co-ed flag football tournament benefiting the Women’s Center), pancake dinner to raise money for Derby Days, Kappa Angel, sponsoring a family at Thanksgiving
 
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EG holds several events each year for just its members whereby the bonds of Kappa are strengthened.  Some of these events include:
 
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Epsilon Gamma kicked off 2005 with a Harry Potter themed dinner on January 12th.  Each member was assigned to the Owl House, the Key House or the Fleur-de-lis House.  The goal of dividing the chapter was to encourage chapter, campus, and Pan-Hellenic involvement.  Early in January, the sisters enjoyed a pizza and movie night where they watched “Napoleon Dynamite” and spent time together as a sisterhood.  The sisters enjoyed a gathering with the brothers of both Alpha Epsilon Pi and Delta Sigma at W.B. Yeats just before kicking off informal recruitment.  Spring, or informal recruitment, began on January 31st when current sisters began bringing potential new members to the house for meals.  The current sisters and potential new members enjoyed a barbeque dinner at the house and a women's basketball game on February 4th.
 
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In the Valentine’s Day spirit, the sisters invited many potential new members to join in their all-sister event of making Valentine's Day cards and cookies, and for a showing of "The Notebook" on February 13th.  On Wednesday February 16th, EG held a Kappa Lu-Owl, a Hawaiian themed preference night dinner.  The following Friday, the sisters offered bids to five well-suited young women to join the Kappa sisterhood.  They celebrated with pizza at the house and an evening of ice skating.
 
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The New-Member Chairman kicked off a Key Sister Appreciation Week with an all-sister cup and frame decorating night during the first week of March. During this week the younger sisters were encouraged to show their appreciation for their older Key sister.  Pre-formal was held at W.B. Yeats on March 4th. 
 
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The annual Sapphire Ball was held at the Carolina Inn on the following evening.  The new members were initiated into the Epsilon Gamma Chapter in early April.  Shrimp and Sauce was held at He's Not Here. 
 
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A handful of sisters attended the Nu Province meeting at Duke University in mid-April.  Here, the women gained knowledge about the neighboring chapters and about ways to improve EG’s fraternity life.  Epsilon Gamma received awards for their outstanding informal recruitment and their excellent alumni relations at the meeting.  The sisters enjoyed study breaks with snacks provided by their house mom during the final exam period in May. 
 
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On September 7th, the sisters welcomed their new fall 2005 pledge class with dinner at the house followed by bowling. On September 10th, EG held their Shrimp and Sauce party at Pantana Bobs.  The sisters ate shrimp and enjoyed a beach music band.  The new member retreat at Camp New Hope on September 17th helped the fall 2005 pledge class to learn more about each other and the fraternity.  Goldie's hosted EG's Kappa Krush fall cocktail in late September.  To close out September, many of the sisters worked at the NC State/Carolina football game serving concessions aiding Broughton High School in Raleigh, North Carolina.  The sisters welcomed their families to Chapel Hill during the first weekend of October.  The families enjoyed a cocktail at Spanky's, a football game and a Sunday morning tea all planned by the Public Relations Chair. 
 
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On October 11th, the sisters enjoyed a Founders Day Banquet and archives displayed at the house during dinner.  The new members and their Key Sisters participated in Inspiration Week starting October 24th.  During this week, Key sisters exchange gifts, learn about EG traditions, and celebrate all things Kappa. The conclusion of Inspiration Week was held on Friday night with a southern-style Blue and Blue Banquet and paddle exchange.  EG initiated its new pledge class on October 29th. 
 
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During November, EG hosted their traditional alumni weekend.  On November 11th, Epsilon Gamma hosted its semester scholarship banquet.  During the banquet members were honored for individual achievements which included two members being inducted into the order of Omega, twelve members being inducted into Gamma Sigma Alpha, and two members being honored with requests to join Phi Beta Kappa. Informal was held on November 18th at West End Wine Bar.  Chapter elections were also held in late November, where a promising chapter council was elected. The final event of the year, Kappa Kissmas, was held at Carolina Coffee Shop in early December.  During December the sisters were encouraged to stop by the house to take exam study breaks and to spend time together before the winter break. 
 
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In 2005, the archives display occurred on the same day as Epsilon Gamma's Founder's Day Banquet.  To celebrate Kappa Kappa Gamma's heritage, the chapter held a birthday party in the dining room.  The Education Chairman and Registrar played a fabulous game of "Guess Who?" using Kappa Kappa Gamma's six founders.  The members' knowledge of Kappa Kappa Gamma’s founders was tested and furthered during the dinner and game. A set of Epsilon Gamma’s chapter bylaws, information about Kappa's Headquarters and Kappa's history were available for each member to read.  Scrapbooks from Epsilon Gamma's past were also available for the members to get a sample of what life at Epsilon Gamma was like in the recent past.
 
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Epsilon Gamma’s began 2008 with officer installations at formal chapter on January 9, 2008. The LEAD seminar was also held during January. Organized by Vice President of Organization, the seminar brought together the chapter councils of UNC, Duke, and Wake Forest to work on leadership and delegation skills. Spring recruitment practices began on January 13th, with spring recruitment beginning on the 22nd with the sisters inviting potential new members to join them for dinner at EG. Recruitment ended with Preference round and voting on January 30th.
 
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On February 1, Epsilon Gamma had their spring bid day with the sisters and the new members going to see the film “27 Dresses” and then returning to the house for dinner. New member pinning occurred the next Wednesday. The new members had a slumber party for their new member retreat on February 8-9, bonding over movies, games, and time with their soon-to-be sisters.
 
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The sisters of EG celebrated Valentine's Day with a cocktail at Tallulah's. Planning for fall recruitment began early in the year, with recruitment workshops on March 2nd and 30th.  Inspiration Week began on March 24th with firesides every evening, paddle exchange, Blue and Blue banquet, and spring initiation. The sisters hosted a staff appreciation dinner on April 3rd, and then ended the first week of April with the Sapphire Ball held at the Franklin Hotel on the 5th. Epsilon Gamma was the first Greek organization to have a formal event at the Franklin Hotel, which was especially exciting for the Social Chair.  
 
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The sisters had a lovely time at formal and look forward to holding the ball at the Franklin again in 2009. On April 12, the chapter hosted the Tar Heel Trot benefiting Friends for a Earlier Breast Cancer Test under the direction of the Philanthropy Chair. The rest of April and the beginning of May was busy for the sisters of EG with classes ending and final exams. The sisters participated in a number of different activities over the summer, some working or attending classes in Chapel Hill, others traveling or studying abroad, and others spending time at home.
 
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Recruitment was extremely successful for EG, who reached quota on bid day, and celebrated by taking the new members to Frankie's Funland --- playing laser tag, bumper cars, and arcade games. New member pinning followed on the 10th, and the new member retreat was held the following weekend. The sisters held their Fall Cocktail at La Rez on August 26th. Parent's weekend was October 3-6 with a cocktail and a family cookout/brunch. The sisters celebrated Kappa Kappa Gamma's Founders Day on October 13th with a banquet and a presentation of the archives. Inspiration Week began on October 20th and ended with Initiation on the 26th. This year, Kappas from Wake Forest University joined Epsilon Gamma for the Blue and Blue Banquet and Initiation and the EG sisters enjoyed meeting and spending time with Kappas from the Zeta Psi chapter.
 
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In 2008, the Epsilon Gamma archives were displayed on October 13, 2008 at the Founders Day Banquet. The Education chair led the chapter in an activity to determine which founder each sister was most like in personality. Pictures and information on each of the founders was displayed, as well as Epsilon Gamma scrapbooks, for sisters to look at before and after the banquet. A lot of archives were also displayed at the 50thAnniversary celebration. Old photo albums, composites, and a slide show were shown.
 
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On Saturday, November 8, 2008, EG celebrated its 50th Anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, the sisters organized a weekend full of events that coincided with UNC’s  Homecoming. More than 100 alumnae traveled from all over the country to celebrate EG's 50th with the active members. That Friday evening, the active sisters hosted a welcome reception to embrace the alumnae back into the Kappa house, the only sorority house on campus still in its original location.  At the reunion, members enjoyed refreshments and catching up with old pledge classes while listening to an a capella performance by the Tar Heel Voices. The next day, the sisters attended a cookout and tailgate together before heading to UNC’s Homecoming football game against Georgia Tech, in which the Tar Heels were victorious. On Sunday, the final day celebrating the birthday of EG, sisters gathered one last time to indulge in a delightful brunch at the Carolina Club. All together, the weekend was a great success. EGs, new and old, were proud to congregate and celebrate their fraternity’s presence on campus for 50 years. They are already looking forward to planning the chapter’s 75th Anniversary.  
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Delta Psi has had an outstanding year academically and we hope to improve even more in the next year. Texas Tech University Panhellenic awarding the Delta Psi chapter with the Academic Excellence Award. Delta Psi closed out the Spring 2014 semester with an overall GPA of 3.2, including 65 Kappa sisters achieving and 3.5 GPA or above, and 25 sisters achieving a 4.0. The academic statistics for Fall 2014 are not available at this time, but Delta Psi is aware that our ranking and overall GPA has increased drastically.  
  
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Texas Tech University has experienced many changes on campus, including a record-breaking amount of student enrollment and a prestigious achievement for the baseball team. Texas Tech University official reported record enrollment figures for the sixth-straight year as 35,134 students were in fall classes in 2014. The difference of 2,023 students from fall 2013 represented the third-largest increase in a single year since the university opened its doors in 1925. In 2014, the Texas Tech University baseball team attended the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska for the first time in school history. Leading up to the College World Series, Texas Tech hosted the Super Regional series for the first time in school history, and both of the games against the College of Charleston attracted a record of 4,811 fans. Although the Texas Tech Red Raiders didn’t win the College World Series, this event brought more attention to the university.
  
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In 2009, many events stood out for the members of Epsilon Gamma. A very successful recruitment was held toward the end of January which included going to Build-a-Bear to make stuffed animals to donate to the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. Bid Day was held at the local ice skating rink. Valentine's Day Cocktail was held on February 13th at the Varsity Theater. The unique location added a feeling of old Hollywood glamor, which perfectly fit the theme of "A Red Carpet Affair."
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The Delta Psi chapter holds its chapter meetings in a lodge that is owned by the Delta Psi House Board. The Delta Psi chapter has always had a lodge, due to a law of Lubbock County stating that no more than three females with different last names could occupy the same dwelling. However, the current lodge was not the only lodge on the campus. The current lodge was established in 1976, but previous to that, the lodge was located on Broadway Street.
  
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On February 24th, a mixer, themed "Rumble in the Jungle," was held at the restaurant Vespa with the Delta Upsilon and Delta Sigma Phi fraternities. Animal print was very popular that night, and everyone had a great time. March 16th-20th was Inspiration Week for the Spring pledge class, culminating in the Blue and Blue Banquet on the 20th.  The spring pledge class was excited about receiving paddles from their big sisters, and spent a lot of time decorating the paddles for their big sisters. Initiation was held on March 21st, and it was a very special time for all of the new Spring girls, as well as the rest of the chapter, since they could finally welcome the new girls as sisters.
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On April 3-4, 2009, the Nu Province meeting was hosted at UNC-CH. EG won an Honorable Mention in Philanthropy, an Honorable Mention in Recruitment and the Heritage Award.  The day went very smoothly, and all of the sisters enjoyed getting to meet sisters from other schools and participate in different seminars.
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This past year in the Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has been busy and filled with change. The Delta Psi chapter was awarded as the “Most Outstanding Panhellenic Chapter” on Texas Tech University’s campus. The chapter held philanthropic events, such as our second annual Kappa Krawfish, an event hosting the Greek and local community to an afternoon filled with Louisiana crawfish, live music, and activities. Through this event, the Delta Psi chapter raised over $5,000 for our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network. During the fall semester, the girls of Delta Psi read to the elementary school kids at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School multiple times a week. We also hosted a Reading is Key event at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School in the fall.  Delta Psi has had a fantastic year academically and we hope to improve even more in the semesters and years to come. The chapter concluded the Spring 2015 semester as #4 in the Greek community, at a 3.374 chapter GPA, with 39 girls receiving a 4.0 and 179 girls making greater than a 3.0, which is 82% of the chapter. We have moved one up in the ranking since the Fall 2014 semester. The academic statistics for Fall 2014 are not available at this time, but Delta Psi is hopeful that our ranking on Greek Circle and overall GPA has improved.
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Fall of 2009 was another great semester for Epsilon Gamma. Recruitment was held during September 4-10. Preparing for recruitment was very exciting for all of the sisters with the implementation of a new skit for the skit round, themed "Kappa Kappa Glam Records." Bid Day was held at BounceU, which made for a fun way to get to know all of the great new girls that  had decided to pledge KKG. On September 17th, a mixer was held with Delta Upsilon and Pi Kappa Phi. The theme was Kappa Cup, and everyone had a great time finding big, elaborate hats and getting another wear out of their summer sundresses. The "P is for Party" cocktail was held on September 24th at Jack Sprat.  People chose costumes ranging from  pirates to princesses to policemen, and even a Portuguese Man-O-War jellyfish. It made for a fun night of discovering just how creative all of the sisters really are. On October 11th, Epsilon Gamma had a chance to travel down the road to mingle with their sisters in the Delta Beta chapter at Duke University for a celebration of Founder's Day. It was great being able to meet the sisters and share in the celebration of Kappa's founding. 
 
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October 26th-30th marked Inspiration Week for the new Fall Pledge class, and  paddles were exchanged between the new big and little sisters before the Blue and Blue banquet on the 30th. Initiation was held the 31st which, as always, was very exciting for Epsilon Gamma. Elections for the new Chapter Council officers for 2010 were held on November 18th, and a great new chapter council was chosen by the chapter. A sisterhood retreat was held December 4th through 5th at Camp Don Lee in Arapahoe, N.C.  This was the first ever all-chapter retreat.  It was fun to be able to spend time with everyone outside of campus, and playing capture the flag. The leadership activities held the next day were a great way to learn more about each other and build confidence and leadership abilities. Also, in 2009, an EG Kappa was elected Pan-Hellenic President. The year finished with anticipation for the new decade and more fun times in 2010.
 
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January 2010 started off strong as Epsilon Gamma Chapter’s new Chapter Council took over and the members prepared for Membership Recruitment. To kick off Membership Recruitment, potential members were invited to two dinners at the house. During the philanthropy round, the fall pledge class and the potential members went to Build-A-Bear and made bears to donate to the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. The outing allowed the potential members to get to know the members of their future pledge class before enjoying an ice cream social with the entire chapter.
 
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On Bid Day, the new members and members enjoyed decorating tiles at Paint the Pot. Members and new members enjoyed the first social event of the year at the end of January. On February 6th, EG held the 11th annual Tar Heel Trot, which benefits Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test. The members and new members enjoyed cheering on and providing refreshments for the runners who braved the winter weather. Members and new members also collected books to donate to a local elementary school as part of Reading is Fundamental. Each member and new member placed a bookmark and personalized bookplate into their book. Some members then delivered the books during their monthly visit to the elementary school.
 
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Later on in February, members and new members enjoyed dancing and socializing at a Valentine’s Day cocktail. As Initiation approached, EG received exciting news that Delta Beta Chapter would be joining Epsilon Gamma for Initiation. In March, EG and Delta Beta Chapter initiated their new members together at the EG house.
 
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A fun NASCAR mixer and the annual Sapphire Ball wrapped up the social events for the semester. Sisterhood events during the semester included a new member retreat, a Valentine’s Day cookie making event, Big/Little reveal, participation in Kore groups, and a tie-dye event. EG also held a benefit dinner to help support UNC’s Relay for Life.  
 
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During finals, members enjoyed treats and study breaks before their summers began. In June, several members attended the 68th Biennial Convention. While attending, the members participated in philanthropy activities for Reading is Fundamental, attended seminars on a variety of topics, and had the opportunity to meet members from other chapters.
 
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August 2010 brought the beginning of fall semester and all the members were excited to reunite and begin preparing for Membership Recruitment. During this time, EG hosted a leadership consultant. She was a great asset as we practiced for Membership Recruitment. As Membership Recruitment began, all the members were enthusiastic to meet the potential new members. On Bid Day, EG welcomed our new members and everyone enjoed a picnic concert featuring campus a capella groups.
 
 
   
 
   
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An EG was crowned “Miss Greek 2010” at the First Annual Greek Week Competition. EG won a Fire Safety Award for perfect inspections. Our first function was a blast as members and new members danced the night away in togas.  
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Texas Tech University has experienced many changes on campus, mainly because the university is growing drastically. For the seventh-straight year, Texas Tech University reported another enrollment record with 35,893 students for the fall semester, a 2.1 percent growth from fall 2014. With the major growth in students, Texas Tech University has to continue to renovate and build new buildings, like the new Bayer Plant Science Building that opened in the fall of 2015. Along with educational buildings, the Greek community is also expanding. The Texas Tech University chapters of Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi, and our very own Kappa Kappa Gamma are in the process of building new lodges to accommodate the growth of Greek life at Texas Tech University
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After experiencing harsh weather in February, our Tar Heel Trot chair decided to move the race to October and secured a prime date during Parents Weekend! EG held a pre-race benefit dinner that was a certified green-event.
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During Parents Weekend, members, new members, and their families enjoyed a family brunch at the house on Saturday and many attended the football game. On Sunday, many parents and siblings participated in the 12th Annual Tar Heel Trot. The members and new members enjoyed cheering all the runners and the familiar faces made it especially fun.  
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Historically, Delta Psi has raised money for our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network at the University Medical Center. We have just recently started to donate hours to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School.  
  
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The middle of October brought a neon mixer, which provided an opportunity to dress in fun, bright clothes. New members discovered who their big sisters were before a sisterhood event to the North Carolina State Fair.
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Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
  
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For Founders Day, Epsilon Gamma Chapter was invited by the Greater Raleigh Alumnae Association to an event at the North Carolina Executive Mansion. North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue is an alumna of the Beta Chi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Kentucky and is the first female governor of North Carolina. The members and new members were honored to be invited and enjoyed meeting alumnae. Many members and new members were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to meet the governor.  
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We started donating hours to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School to expand our community involvement while also supporting and dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy, Reading is FUNdamental.
  
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At the beginning of November, Epsilon Gamma Chapter initiated the new members. The next week brought elections for the 2011 Chapter Council. Later in the month, members enjoyed getting dressed up and dancing the night a way at informal. After Thanksgiving, a Tacky Holiday mixer was a fun way to relax before the stress of finals arrived. During finals week, members received treat bags and were able to relax during a study break at the house.
 
  
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Our sisterhood was strengthened through the many events of 2010 while practicing the ideals of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity. EG had a successful 2010, and the members look forward to another successful year in 2011.
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==Highlights of 2016==
  
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This past year the Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has been busy and filled with    change. The Delta Psi chapter was awarded The House Board Award at the annual Kappa Kappa Gamma National Convention. The Chapter held philanthropic events, such as our third annual Kappa Krawfish, an event hosting the Greek and local community to an afternoon filled with Louisiana  crawfish, live music, and activities. Through this event, the Delta    Psi chapter raised over
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$4,857 for our local philanthropy, Children's Miracle Network. Delta Psi also hosted the annual Kappa Klassic golf tournament raising $28,385 for the local philanthropy. During the fall semester, the girls of Delta Psi read to the elementary school kids at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School    multiple times a week. We also hosted a Reading is  Key event at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School  in the fall. Delta Psi has had a fantastic year academically and we hope to improve even more in the semesters and years to come. The chapter concluded the Spring 2016 semester as #3 in the Greek community, at a 3.442 chapter GPA, with 49 girls receiving a 4.0 and 185 girls making greater than a 3.0, which is 86% of the chapter. We have moved up in the ranking since the Spring 2015 semester. The academic statistics for Fall 2016 are not available at this time, but Delta Psi is hopeful that our ranking on Greek Circle and overall GPA has improved.
  
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Texas Tech University has experienced many changes on campus, mainly because the university is growing dramatically. For the eighth- straight year, Texas Tech University reported another enrollment record with 36,551 students for the fall semester, a 2.1 percent growth from fall 2015. With the major growth in students Texas Tech has to continue to renovate and build new buildings, like the new wing of the Rawls College of Business Administration and the new Honors Hall dorm. Along with educational buildings, the Greek community is also expanding. The Texas Tech University chapters of Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Delta Delta, and our very own Kappa Kappa Gamma are in the process of building a new lodge to accommodate the growth. As well as new lodges Texas Tech University also added a new Sorority, Alpha Xi Delta to our Greek community to accommodate the growing numbers of students involved in Greek life at Texas Tech University.
  
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Historically, Delta Psi has raised money for our local philanthropy, Children's Miracle Network at the University Medical Center. We have donated hours and children's books to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School for the past two years.
  
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KKG is the only fraternity house on the UNC campus still in its original location.
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We started donating hours to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School to expand our community involvement while also supporting and dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy, Reading is FUNdamental.
  
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The Delta Psi chapter is currently meeting in the Prosperity Bank convention center while our new lodge is being constructed.
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Tar Heel Trot, a 5K to support Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test (Friends).  The first Tar Heel Trot was held in 2000.  Between 2000 and 2010, EG raised over $80,000 for Friends. In October 2009, the chapter was recognized by Friends with the 2010 Named Grant Award at the 14th Annual Gathering of Friends in Greensboro. The naming of a grant from Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test is an honor that has only been conferred on five occasions over the fourteen year history of the organization.  This honor is the most prestigious recognition that can be awarded by this non-profit organization.  
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We recommend Carolyn Simpson to be on the Oral History Committee.
  
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In 2009, EG established a reading program for the E.K. Powe Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina. Sisters go to the kindergarten classes once a month to read to the children and play educational activities. EG held a book drive to  kick-off Kappa's new reading program. Sisters raised over 120 books which were given to the children and the school. The program will continue in the fall. The sisters love going to the school as much as the children and teachers love having them.
 
  
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EG held two philanthropy dinners during the 2010-2011 year, in the spring, a Chili dinner which benefited UNC Relay for Life and in the fall, a “Kappa Keeps it Green” dinner to support Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test. All utensils, plates, and cups were compostable and the dinner was certified by the Carolina Green Events Committee. EG also held their 11th and 12th annual Tar Heel Trot. The average community service hours reported per member was 34.0 hours for the spring semester and 25.2 hours for the fall semester.
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==Highlights of 2017==
  
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In addition, sisters at Epsilon Gamma chapter are involved in many different types of philanthropic events. Epsilon Gamma Kappas and alumnae volunteer through the South Orange Rescue Squad. Sisters also had a hand in contributing to a successful Dance Marathon, a fundraiser benefiting the North Carolina Children's Hospital. The chapter sponsorship coordinators to dancers. Relay for Life was also a popular event. Kappas participated in committees and teams, walking the night away for cancer awareness.  
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The Delta Psi Chapter has been busy and filled with change for the year of 2017 and sadly it is coming to an end. For the spring semester we hosted our annual Kappa Klassic event where we raised a whopping $23,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network, our local philanthropy. Unfortunately we did not get to host our annual Kappa Krawfish Broil during the spring semester, however we put on Kappa Kookout during the fall semester to host the community and welcome them into our new lodge and also to raise money again for the Children’s Miracle Network. This event was a huge success for us, friends, family, and other sororities and fraternities joined us to enjoy burgers and each other’s company where we raised $4,859 for C.M.N. That same weekend we also got to host Kappa alumnae, friends, and, family members for the grand opening of our new lodge. This was also a huge success because donors that made our lodge possible got to see exactly what their money went to and we also raised $1,619 for the lodge. During the fall semester, Delta Psi read to the kids of Joan Y. Ervin elementary school multiple times a week. We also hosted our annual Reading is Key event where all the women of Delta Psi read to the kids of Ervin for a few hours after school and were able to interact and play with them. All in all this past year of philanthropic events has been one for the books, 7 hours were donated to campus service projects, 70 hours were donated to community service projects, and 200 books were collected.
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Our chapter has had yet another amazing academic year. Delta Psi concluded the spring semester as #3 for grades in the Greek community, at a 3.435 GPA, with 52 girls receiving a 4.0. The academic statistics for this past fall are not yet available, but we know our chapter is continually improving in this area.
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There has been a lot of change on the Texas Tech campus and in the Greek community for the year of 2017. Tech continues to grow every year and for this fall semester they reported that 37,010 students were enrolled, a 1.26% increase from the fall of 2016, where 30,759 are undergraduate students. To accommodate this growth Tech is continually building and renovating things on campus. Greek life is growing dramatically as well. Along with our own sorority building a new lodge Delta Delta Delta is growing closer to their new lodge being done, Alpha Delta Pi just finished their new renovation on their existing lodge, and Alpha Chi Omega just recently announced their plans to build a new lodge to accommodate the growth. There has also been talk and speculation of adding the sorority Phi Mu to Greek life, since Alpha Xi Delta was welcomed onto Greek Circle two years ago, but for now that just remains a rumor. Along with adding new sororities there has also been talk about Greek Circle #3 eventually being added behind the existing Greek Circle 1 and 2 to accommodate the growth that Texas Tech and Greek life are experiencing. Although these are just rumors as of right now and we cannot confirm anything, it is very exciting to hear about and experience all the growth that is coming our way.
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Our Delta Psi chapter, as stated before, is now officially moved in to our new lodge. This has been a huge change for us because we were previously meeting in Prosperity Bank for chapter and sisterhood events for the past two years. A huge challenge that we were faced with was that our lodge was not ready until the day before recruitment, it was a very hectic summer for us because we weren’t sure that our lodge would be reading to host PNM’s, but everything fell into place and the amazing
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builders and alumnae of Kappa came together and pulled it off. We are so thankful and grateful that we have this amazing new lodge and can’t wait to make many memories in it.
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Historically, Delta Psi has raised money for our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network at the University Medical Center. We have donated hours and books to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary school for the past three years.
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We started donating hours to expand our community involvement while also supporting and dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy , Reading is FUNdamental.
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We recommend Carolyn Simpson to be on the Oral History Committee.
  
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The chapter women support activities hosted by other Greeks and are involved in several philanthropies outside of Kappa, such as:
 
  
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==Highlights of 2018==
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•Millennium Village Project
 
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•Kidzu Children’s Museum,
 
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•Historic Stagville,
 
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•V Foundation,
 
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•UNC Hospitals
 
  
  
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'''Chapter Convention Awards:''' 
 
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68th Bicentennial Convention 2010: Honorable mention awards in Finance and Advisory Board Relations.
 
  
  
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The year of Two Thousand and Eighteen has brought great joy and growth for the Delta Psi Chapter. Our
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chapter grew together because of a strong chapter council that was instrumental in the chapter’s overall
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enthusiasm. We were very successful with all of our events including philanthropy, social and sisterhood.
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Such events had the incredible attendance by Delta Psi women and members of the community. 
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Philanthropy events are always something our chapter looks forward to most with each new year. Our first
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event was Kappa Klassic which is the golf tournament that takes place during Dad’s Weekend. The members
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form teams of friends and family and we all raise money for our local philanthropy  Children’s Miracle
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Network (C.M.N.). This tournament takes place at Texas Tech’s golf course called The Rawls.
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Next, the philanthropy event we host at the lodge in the fall is Kappa Kookout. This
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began in 2017 and since it was such a success we decided to host it again.  We were overwhelmed at the amount of
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people that came to support C.M.N.
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We all enjoyed burgers and music while supporting the local philanthropy. The two events combined
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raised around $30,000 in total. Throughout the fall semester, the girls of Delta Psi read to the elementary
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school kids at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School multiple times a week. We also hosted a Reading is Key event
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at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School in the fall. Reading to the students at Ervin is a terrific opportunity for our
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members but also brings so much gladness to the students. The chapter shows great respect for all philanthropies and
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recognizes it as the most important pillar of our fraternity.
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The women of the Delta Psi chapter worked endlessly all year to secure our place as #3 in grades during the
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spring semester. Our average GPA was a 3.4 with 52 members earning a 4.0. We were all very proud of the
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academic success we had collectively. The fall grades have not yet been determined, but the women
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of Delta Psi all strive for the best grades and are confident we will achieve these standards again.
  
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Texas Tech University has experienced many changes on campus, mainly because the university is growing
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dramatically. The university reported 38,209 students enrolled in 2018. The campus offers 150 undergraduate degrees,
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100 graduate degrees and 50 doctoral degrees. There have been new additions to campus including a new Honors dorm and
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renovations to the performing arts center and much more on campus. Along with educational buildings, the
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Greek community is also changing. The Texas Tech University chapter of Alpha Chi Omega is in the process of building a new lodge to accommodate the growth. The Sorority and Fraternity council recently voted on adding a chapter of Phi Mu to Greek circle. The vote was not in their favor due to a more recent sororities needing time to thrive.
  
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==Highlights of 2011-2019:==
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It has been a year and a half since our lodge opened and we have used it to its full potential. Our chapter has
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enjoyed our sisterhood events, successful recruitment and study time in the lodge. One of the most
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memorable things we did in the lodge this year was pledge class mixers. The mixers were full of sisterly love
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and shared happiness. We had a roller skating mixer, Taco Tuesday dinner and picnic on the front lawn.
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These mixers allowed our members to better their relationships with different pledge classes.
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The laughs and memories we have made in the lodge will last forever. This is in thanks to the continued support and
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devotion of our loyally alumni.
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Historically, Delta Psi has raised money for our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network at the
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University Medical Center. We have donated hours and books to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary school for the past four
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years. We started donating hours to expand our community involvement while also supporting and
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dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy , Reading is FUNdamental.
  
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From chapter’s History Report:  Scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus or within chapter, overall nature of the chapter, chapter goals, challenges and how they were overcome, etc.:
 
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Events in 2011 included: Big Barn Bash and Sapphire Ball. Build a Block (a program to build housing for families of employees of the University)
 
  
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==Highlights of 2012==
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==Highlights of 2019==
  
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The year of 2012 was filled with many exciting events and accomplishments for Epsilon Gamma chapter. In January and February, we participated in Spring Recruitment. Dinners at the house, a s'mores night, and a Gossip Girl viewing party were among the different recruitment events. After Spring Recruitment we were proud to gain eleven new memebers. Our spring bid day theme was, "If you're one of us, then roll with us" and the chapter went to a roller skating rink for a night of fun and bonding. The chapter held the Blue and Blue Banquet and Initation for the new members on March 16th and 17th.  
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The Previous Calendar Year was packed with events and items for the chapter to attend. From Mom's and Dad's weekend in the Spring to Recruitment and  Initiation in the Fall and everything in  between. We are incredibly proud of our members for being involved and striving to make the chapter better. This Fall during Recruitment we welcomed in a wonderful class of new members who go above and beyond to serve the Delta Psi chapter already. They are eager to help and spend more time together than we have seen in the past. They look to include everyone and truly were excited for whatever the chapter council held for them from new member meetings to initiation, everything was something to look forward to. This year in Philanthropy the chapter went above and beyond the goal at Kappa Klassic which is an annual golf tournament we host of Dad's Weekend. This allowed us to give back in larger ways. With every academic year and season there comes challenges; but this year we as a chapter council focused on how to involve middle members. We used committees very well and assigned each person an actual role that they signed off on so they knew they were being held accountable. We also allowed members to help with announcements, setting up for events, and other tasks so that it was a chapter as a whole contributing. This year seemed to make the chapter closer and feel more like a family than before. This year, there were not many major events that happened on campus for us to contribute to. We as a chapter try to help in any way possible. This year two other Panhellenic women were diagnosed with cancer and fundraisers were held for them around campus. As a chapter we took up a donation as well as encouraged chapter members to attend the givebacks held by their respective chapters.
  
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The chapter has continued to participate in the Reading is Fundamental philanthropy, in which we make trips to E.K. Powe Elementary School in Durham, NC. We make crafts, read books, and go on nature walks during our visits with the kindergardeners of E.K. Powe. We also organized a book drive and donated over 400 books to E.K. Powe Elementary. The members of our chapter are involved in other philanthropies on campus such as Dance Marathon and Relay for Life.
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Campus at Texas Tech seems to always be changing and growing. The main changes with Campus are the arrival of new buildings and expansion of the university. The overall nature of the chapter is not changed by the Campus construction but rather people enjoy being at the lodge more often!  The Delta Psi chapter may be different than others in that we do not live in the house, but we make up for it and strengthen the chapter in many other ways. We encourage women to spend time together outside of chapter meetings and I feel as this Year the chapter council did a wonderful job of spacing out events so that there was always something to do. From sisterhood, philanthropic, to formals and chapter dinners it seems there was always a way to get involved.  
  
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In February, many girls in the chapter took part in the UNC Dance Marathon, which is a 24 hour event that benefits the UNC Children's Hospital. On March 23rd, the chpater hosted a philanthropy event with Kappa Alpha Order named "Q for the Cause." A barbeque was served on the quad with live bands for entertainment, and the event raised $700 for UNC's Relay for Life. A team of Kappas represented the chapter during Relay for Life in April, which benefits the American Cancer Society. Due to the chapter's dedication to philanthropy, the chapter was honored to receive the Betty Ann Hancock Award for Community Involvement.  
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The Delta Psi Chapter supports Children's Miracle Network here in Lubbock and has for years. We are absolutely passionate about making a difference in the community and love giving back in as many ways as possible. Through Reading is Fundamental we have chosen a local elementary school called Ervin to give back to and support. Every week women from the chapter get to sit and read with kids and help make their day just that much brighter.Our Philanthropy chair even created her own website to help run the Kappa Klassic fundraising and this truly helped make the process easier, more time efficient, and excelled the amount of attention and support it brought in for the event. Children's Miracle network has allowed us the opportunity to give back locally and see the impact first hand in the hospital through tours of the NICU. Ervin elementary  was chosen as it is a lower income school but through serving these kids we have gotten to see first hand the potential that each and every one of these kids have. They may not be provided all the resources but truly do use what they have to excel and be great. They come in so overjoyed to see us and are extremely grateful for the gift of time and books.
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The chapter celebrated Founders day with an Annual dinner that was held at the McKenzie Merket Alumni Center on campus here at Texas Tech. It was a formal sit down dinner with a notable Guest Speaker. The Mayor of Amarillo came to speak to our chapter and truly encouraged them to chase their dreams, believe it themselves, and not let the fact that you are a woman stop you from what you want in life. Academic awards were presented at this banquet as well as recognizing the President for all she has done to selflessly serve the chapter. We closed the banquet by holding a Memorial lead by all Alumna for the Kappas lost over the year.  
  
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The chapter also enjoyed several social functions throughout the semester such as mixers with Kappa Alpha Order, Delta Upsilon, and Pi Lambda Phi. Other events included a Heartbreaker's themed date function, a Grab-A-Date event at Player's Club, Preformal, and of course, Formal. The Sapphire Ball was held at a very exclusive location, the Blue Zone at Kenan Stadium on March 31st. The chapter continued to strengthen our sisterhood with activities such as making Valentine's Cards for a retirement home in February and a Mardi-Gras themed pancake dinner in March.  
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We have begun to show pictures from the beginning of the Delta Psi chapter here in Lubbock, Texas but also the beginning of Kappa. The 150th anniversary is an incredible year to celebrate. We are celebrating 150 years of women who have helped shape the world and Kappa to be a foundational organization that impacts the lives of college women to be the best they absolutely can be. We shared a small tad bit during Founders Day about the 150th anniversary and will continue to recognize the incredible monuments that have happen in the past, this upcoming year.
  
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Additionally, we had four active sisters as well as members of our house board attend the Kappa Kappa Gamma convention in Jacksonville over the summer, where our chapter received a house board award!
 
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When school resumed in August for the Fall 2012 semester, the chapter got straight to work to prepare for Fall Recruitment. Our hours of preparation and practice paid off when we added 45 new members to our chapter. We welcomed the new members on bid day with a "Peace, Love, and Kappa" theme. After recruitment, there was no time to waste as we organized the Tar Heel Trot 5K. We received a visit in September from Martha Kaley, an Epsilon Gamma alumnae and the founder of Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test, also known as earlier.org. The visit from Martha inspired and motivated us while working on the Tar Heel Trot.
 
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On September 27th, we hosted a Kappasta dinner at the Kappa house to raise money for earlier.org. There was a great turnout, and we raised $1,400! The following Sunday, we hosted the 14th annual Tar Heel Trot 5K at The Old Well. Everyone had a great time running together and raising breast cancer awareness. Through race registration and t-shirt sales, we raised over $7,500 for Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test and the Carolina Parents Fund.
 
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October was a busy month for our chapter. Our new member class went on a pledge class retreat on October 5h to Camp New Hope for a night of fun and strengthening sisterhood. On October 13th, we celebrated Founder's Day with a brunch at the house. We had several alumnae join with us in reminscing about the fraternity's history and sharing own personal Kappa memories. The Blue and Blue Banquet and Initiation were held on October 26th and 27th, and we were overjoyed to officially welcome our new sisters. For the remainder of the semester, the chapter continued to participate in both social and sisterhood activities. Our sisters had tons of fun during our mixers with Delta Sigma Phi and Pi Lambda Phi as well as our annual Informal. A sisterhood ice-skating event kept us relaxed during exam week. Also, we painted mugs and wrote Christmas cards for residents of a local retirement home. Our chapter is very proud of our growth and accomplishments of the past calendar year, and we hope to continue growing in 2013.
 
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In the past year, there have been several changes at the UNC Chapel Hill campus. A few key events include our national champion women's soccer team, the resignation of Chancellor Holden Thorp, the approval of gender-neutral housing, and visits from President Obama, Michelle Obama and Jimmy Fallon. There were also unfortunate changes at the UNC campus. The untimely death of fellow Greek student David Shannon devastated the community. The community responded by setting up the David Shannon Memorial Fund in his memory and organizing events to raise money for the fund.
 
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The overall nature of our chapter has been strengthened this past year. One example is the improvement of our academic excellence. For the Fall 2011 semester, our chapter GPA was 3.224. We were ranked 10 out of 11 Panhellenic chapters and 23 out of all 54 fraternities and sororities. However, for the Spring 2012 semester the GPA was 3.330, and we advanced to 4 out of 11 Panhellenic chapters and 7 out of 54 fraternities and sororities. Additionally, our philanthropy involvement has been very strong. In Fall 2012 alone, our chapter completed over 5,000 hours of service and volunteer work.
 
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==Highlights of 2013==
 
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2013 was an exciting year for Epsilon Gamma Chapter. In January and February we participated in spring recruitment, which included events such as cupcake decorating, dessert outings, and Build-a-Bear making for the UNC children’s hospital. After spring recruitment, seven new members joined our chapter, and we welcomed them with a fun, casino themed bid day. On March 22nd and 23rd, the chapter held our Blue and Blue Banquet and Initiation for the new members.
 
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Throughout the year, our chapter continued to be active in various philanthropies. To support our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, we visited a kindergarten classroom at E.K. Powe Elementary School in Durham, NC. During these visits, we read to the students, helped them make crafts, and went on nature walks with them. We held service opportunities that the house, including making care packages for soldiers and making valentine cards for senior centers. We also had many sisters participate in on-campus philanthropies such as UNC Dance Marathon and Relay for Life. Dance Marathon, which was held in February, is a 24 hour event that benefits UNC Children’s Hospitals. Relay for Life raises money for the American Cancer Society, and our participants were on a team called “Kappas for a Cure.” On April 5th, we hosted a barbecue, called “Q for the Cause,” with Kappa Alpha Order to support this philanthropy. A band played as this event, and those who attended were served a delicious barbecue dinner.
 
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In addition to our philanthropies, our chapter enjoyed many social events throughout the semester. We had a fun, cartoon themed mixer with Kappa Alpha Order. Other events included the Heartbreakers themed date function, a thrift shop themed function, formal, and post-formal. Formal was held at the Carolina Governors Club, a very sophisticated venue. The day after formal, a paradise themed post formal was held at Pantana Bob’s. Sisterhood continued to play an important role in our chapter. In February, we went on a sisterhood retreat to a nearby campground. During the retreat, we played fun team building games that helped as grow closer as a chapter. We had a group of sisters attended Province in Kentucky, where we received awards for risk management and our outstanding house board.
 
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When we returned to school in August for the Fall 2013 semester, we got straight to work on fall recruitment. After plenty of hard work, 48 new members joined our chapter. To celebrate our new members, we had a Lau themed bid day. Once recruitment ended, we were busy preparing for our Tar Heel Trot 5K, that was held on September 29th. This race benefits Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test, an organization founded by Epsilon Gamma alumnae, Martha Kaley.  We welcomed Martha Kaley for a visit to one of our chapter meetings, and her visit inspired us to work even harder on the race. On the Thursday before our Sunday morning race, we held a Kappapasta dinner to help raise money for it. Altogether, our chapter raised $14,500 with Tar Heel Trot and Kappasta.
 
  
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October was a very busy month for our chapter. On the first Sunday of the month, we went to a corn maze as a sisterhood event. On October 10th, we had our big-little reveal, and we were all excited about the new additions to our Kappa families. The next night, the new members had their pledge class retreat at the house and bonded with their new sisters.
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==Highlights of 2020==
  
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We celebrated Founder’s Day on October 13th with a brunch and a special ceremony. Blue and Blue and Initiation was held on October 25th and 26th, and we were glad to officially call our new members sisters. Social events this semester included a “Throw Down for you Hometown” themed mixer with the brothers of Delta Upsilon. We also had a Boots and Bowties date function and Semiformal. Semiformal was held on November 15th at Top of the Hill, and a live band played at the event. Sisterhood activities continued to be fun for all members of our chapter. In November, we went ice-skating. In December, we had a Holiday Extravaganza that included sweatshirt painting, ornament making, and cookie eating. We take great pride in all we have accomplished in this past calendar year, and look forward to seeing what 2014 has to offer us.  
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Our calendar year was very much affected by COVID-19, we did not have any philanthropy events or social events since the mid spring when COVID first hit. We have been doing meeting virtually, and encouraging women especially our New Members to reach out to each other to get to know one another. Our recruitment was also held virtually, and any other chapter business was virtual. Our chapter advisor was awarded advisor of the year among Greek life.
  
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In 2013, UNC Chapel Hill has experienced some important changes. Our 11th Chancellor, Carol L. Folt, was installed on July 1st, 2013. She is UNC’s first woman leader. Also, our football team defeated Cincinnati and was the champion on the Belk Bowl in Charlotte.
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Chapter Philanthropy
  
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We have strengthened the overall nature of our chapter in this past year. We have fostered stronger relationships within the Greek community, and some of our sisters served on the Panhellenic governing body. In Spring 2013, our house was officially a hundred years old, and it was inducted into the historical home society. Also, we remain a very active chapter in terms of philanthropy, our chapter completed over 5,000 hours of service in this year.  In Spring 2013, our chapter GPA was a 3.166. In Fall 2013, our GPA rose to a 3.197. Both of these semesters, our GPA ranked 11 out of 11 Panhellenic sororities, but we look forward to doing all we can do in the next year to continue raising our GPA and improving our chapter!
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We support Reading is Fundamental, and Children's Miracle Network.
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We chose this because it allows us to connect locally to the underprivileged schools that surround Texas Tech University. This gives us a great opportunity to give back to the city and impact those that possibly could end up at Texas Tech.
  
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==Highlights of 2020s:==
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  
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From chapter’s History Report:  Scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus or within chapter, overall nature of the chapter, chapter goals, challenges and how they were overcome, etc.:
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We implemented a DEI officer this year, and also provided many resources that girls could use to educate themselves, and train.
  
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Sesquicentennial Celebration
  
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'''Housing:'''
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We were able to celebrate Kappa’s 150th anniversary with a virtual Founders Day. We are able to set up meals for each girl in a drive through at the lodge to still give them the free meal they would've received if we were in person.
  
  
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==Highlights of 2021==
  
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'''Philanthropy:'''
 
  
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Chapter Summary
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The Delta Psi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had a year of fantastic memories that will last forever. Beginning in January of 2021, we were still adjusting to accommodate the crazy that was COVID-19. As guidelines were slowly being lifted, we took every chance to get the members of our chapter together. On February 12th, Kappa held a Valentine’s day themed date party called Kappa Krush. The event was covered in hearts, pink, red, and was a hit. Throughout the semester, we were able to hold socially-distanced chapter meetings, committee meetings at the homes of chapter council members, and were able to see each other’s faces more often. The spring consisted of some of our favorite events like mom’s weekend, dad’s weekend, Monmouth, and Kappa Klassic. This year, at Kappa Klassic our members raised over $29,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. The members of our chapter dispersed around the world for the summer. We had members studying from Seville, Spain all the way to California here in the USA. As we gathered back in Lubbock for recruitment we were nothing but excited for the what the semester could hold. We had a work week of festivities including a plethora of food trucks, song practices, a dodge ball tournament, and even two inflatable water slides. We had an exciting recruitment week as we closed it off by bringing 73 eager new members home on bid day. The members of Kappa Kappa Gamma were on “Kloud Nine” welcoming the new members into our chapter. We got the semester kicked off the right way with the first chapter meeting. The beginning of the semester was full of educational meetings for the new members as they learned about the new member experience and what it would take to be an official member of KKG. In October, we held our annual Kappa Kookout to raise money for our local philanthropy, The Jed Foundation. We ate burgers, had a fun bouncy house, and enjoyed the event with friends and family from all around. Additionally, we held a semi-formal event at the local Spirit Ranch venue where members of our chapter dressed up in country attire and enjoyed dinner and dancing. During the inspiration week period, our active members celebrated the welcoming of our new members as they got closer to being initiated. We had a week of reflecting on why we are all Kappa’s and the importance of our traditions. Our new members were officially initiated on October 16th, in the presence of actives and alumni. As the semester ended, the new chapter council was slated and elected. The members of delta psi had an eventful 2021 of juggling a pandemic and constantly changing the way things had to be done, nonetheless we made the most of it. As we enter a new stage of life, we know that no matter what the circumstances Kappa is a place that will remain constant.   
  
  
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Chapter Philanthropy
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Kappa Kappa Gamma had a transitioning of philanthropies in the year of 2021. In the fall semester, Delta Psi voted to support The Jed Foundation as our philanthropy in support of mental health. 2020 and 2021 were difficult years for everyone around the world, and we as members of Kappa Kappa Gamma found that supporting mental health was a necessity.
  
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The Delta Psi chapter supported the philanthropies of Kappa Kappa Gamma through two main events, Kappa Klassic and Kappa Kookout. Our Kappa Klassic golf tournament was immensely successful as we raised over $29,000. Additionally, we were able to raise money at our Kappa Kookout event where a local catering service supplies us with burgers and treats and we enjoy an afternoon while raising money.
  
  
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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The Delta Psi chapter implemented a DEI officer in the year of 2021. This officer was in charge of regulating all diversity and inclusion education as necessary. The chapter was educated through PowerPoints and trainings during chapter meetings. As well, we implemented an awareness campaign on our social media.
  
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Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues of The Key to fill in any gaps in the above historical highlights. If your chapter archives are not complete, please research your university library, campus newspaper and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your chapter. Please double check your work for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistance.
 
  
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Operating in a Pandemic
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At the beginning of 2021, the city of Lubbock was still strictly regulating social gatherings. We were able to hold socially-distanced chapter meetings. As well, our events such as Kappa Krush were held in shifts and masks were required. During recruitment we were able to return back to normal life as we remained for the rest of the fall semester. Our members were grateful for any opportunity we were given to gather as a chapter.

Latest revision as of 17:12, 15 December 2021

 

Delta Psi
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FoundedFebruary 27, 1953 (1953-02-27) (72 years ago)
CollegeTexas Tech University
LocationLubbock, TX
HomepageDelta Psi Homepage
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Texas Tech (Formerly Texas Technological College), Lubbock, Texas, 1923

Founded March 28, 1953

3,019 initiates (as of June 2018)

Charter Members: Marjorie Ann Smith Asbill, Johneen Bice, Anita Joyce Booher, Margaret Helen Brown, Mary Katherine Brown, Sandra Lou Sadler Haynes, Marie Hlavaty, Betty Lou Hudson, Lynna Lorraine Jenkins, Sybil Ruth Jones Jones, Suzanne Ledbetter, Patricia Ann Sibson Miller, Verbie Bess Oldham, Reta Joyce McIlroy Olsen, Joy Dawn Reil, Patricia Anne Spikes, Adelin Frances Stokes, Juanelle Talbot, Barbarie Cynthia Tankersley, Elizabeth Anne Bentley Worsham.

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

In 1923 a bill to establish a college in Lubbock was approved by the senate and house of the State of Texas. Texas Technological College opened September 30, 1925, with 1,043 students, the largest opening enrollment of any college in the nation.

When the college was less than two years old, Mary Doak, the dean of women, realized the need for social organization for women students and selected a group of outstanding girls to be the nucleus of Las Chaparritas, the first social group on campus. The club's aims, then and later, were to unite girls of a common interest, to support campus activities, and to foster happiness among its members as well as all students and groups with whom it came in contact.

When Las Chaparritas became Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma on March 27, 1953, it was the first Greek letter social fraternity on the Texas Tech campus, one of five social clubs and eight men's clubs to be installed as Greek letter organizations after the Texas Tech Board of Regents opened the campus to national groups in June, 1952. Others followed, and of the 13 sororities and 14 fraternities installed, none has been disbanded.

In October, 1952, members of Las Chaparrites attended a Kappa rush party at the home of Billie Bob Jones Murphy, Gamma Psi- Maryland; on November 15 a formal petition was submitted to Kappa Kappa Gamma; and on November 23 members, pledges, and alumnae attended a "get acquainted" tea given by nearby Kappa alumnae at the home of Nancy Moore Wilson.

Delta Psi Chapter was installed March 27, 1953, at the Lubbock Women's Club. President Edith Reese Crabtree, Beta Gamma- Wooster, officiated, and Executive Secretary Clara O. Pierce, Beta Nu- Ohio State, was among the national officers who attended. The installing chapter was Gamma Phi, Southern Methodist University, and assisting were active members from Beta Xi, the University of Texas at Austin; Beta Theta, the University of Oklahoma; and Gamma Beta, the University of New Mexico; as well as alumnae from Lubbock, Midland, Amarillo, and San Angelo, Texas.

The following morning 29 initiates and 42 alumnae became the first members of Delta Psi. That afternoon the first pledge service was held. That night the Midland group gave a banquet. A model meeting was conducted on March 28 in the Administration Building and the first officers were installed with Elizabeth Ann Bentley (Worsham) as president. Afterwards the Amarillo alumnae gave a reception for the new chapter.

When Delta Psi was founded there were 348 faculty members, 89 buildings, and 5,418 students including the 49 Kappas. In 1974 there were 1,351 faculty, 201 buildings, and 21,494 students. The chapter numbers more than 130.

Delta Psi has a lodge at 2414-B Broadway and a lease running to September, 1976, with an additional two year option. In 1957 a lot was purchased at 15th Street and Quaker Avenue, an area known as Greek Circle where six sororities had already built lodges. The chapter has plans to build a lodge there as soon as financing becomes available.

Kappas have taken part in campus activities including band, twirling, swimming, drama, cheerleading, intramural sports and Panhellenic; are in beauty courts, class and dormitory councils, Mortar Board, ROTC, academic societies, and President's Hostesses; and are fraternity sweethearts, "best dressed," and top scholars. Off campus they have been representatives to world affairs conferences and political rallies. The Kappa Pickers play and sing for charitable organizations.

Delta Psi has won many Kappa awards: for best progress in 1964; for efficiency in 1966; honorable mention for efficiency in 1968; for efficiency and honorable mention for chapter publications in 1970; for standards and runner-up for service by alumnae to chapter in 1972; and first runner-up for best pledge training program in 1974. The province Lois Lake Shapard Award based on overall chapter excellence was won by the chapter in both 1971 and 1973.

The chapter has progressed with the help of advisors from Delta Psi and other chapters. Each year the pledge quota is reached, and Kappa mothers are often alumnae of the chapter.

Delta Psi is proud of 21 years of chapter history as it looks to the future.

Highlights of the 1970’s[edit]

The chapter worked with Lubbocks Habitat for Humanity, an orgnaization dedicated to creating quality housing for the poor. A group from Delta Psi as well as other sororities on campus helped build the shell of a house. That building took place on Greek Circle and was then later moved to the actual construction location to be completed.

Highlights of the 1980’s[edit]

The Fall of 1985 started with officer’s workshops and then the chapter pledged 45 new members. The chapter hosted J.J Wales as the speaker for the Founders Day Dinner. They had a chapter goal to improve their scholarship. They did when they were 1st on campus in scholarship. They were very active in philanthropy on campus. They raised $2,000 for the Ronald McDonald House.

1986 was an outstanding year not only with the BEST pledge class at Texas Tech but having very successful philanthropy projects. They also joined the DTD fraternity and painted four houses for families that couldn’t afford to do it themselves. The House Board of the Delta Psi spent over $170,000 on remodeling the living room, dining room, chapter room, bathrooms and kitchen of the Lodge.

At the 1987 PM we were awarded the Lois Lake Shappard award given by the Dallas AA in her memory. We raised over $3,000 for Ronald McDonald House and the Rose McGill Fund.

We pledged 48 new members in 1989 and were awarded the Jane Tourner Curry Award at PM held in Waco. We felt blessed to meet Kay Larson, our Fraternity President, who came to our PM. We worked hard on scholarship and were 2nd in scholarship on campus


Highlights of the 1990s[edit]

We won the Gracious Living Award at PM in Houston in 1991. We were involved on campus with many philanthropy projects like Lubbock Children’s Home, Meals on Wheels and Ronald McDonald House Our chapter goal was to improve our philanthropy program. We accomplished our goal and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves too. We also continued our support to a 14-year-old Indian boy name, Shekar Mali by sending him money for food and clothes.

In 1994 we took 32 outstanding new members into our chapter. We continued our scholastic achievement with an overall GPA of 3.1432-2nd on Greek Circle. Our chapter challenge is Kappa’s Are Participating Philanthropically Always. We believe that we met that challenge with the many events in which we participated all over campus.

We presented our 58 new members in 1996 with a family and friend dinner at the Lubbock County Club. We held many Philanthropic events and participated with others on campus. We received the Scholarship Award at Convention as well as Honorable Mention Gracious Living Award.

We are proud of our 53 new members in our 1997 pledge class. We focused much of our energy on winning awards and proud to say we did. We also ranked second among all Greek sororities in scholarship with a 3.1098. Sisterhood is always a top priority and we set a goal of at least 80% attendance at all events and this goal was accomplished.

Our 1998 pledge class of 47 new members won first place at Derby Days. We continued our participation in many projects Children’s Miracle Network, R. McDonald House, Take a Child to the Game and others. Our focus on scholarship helped us to rank second among all Greek sororities with a 3.258. We had wonderful sisterhood dinners, Bible studies, study groups, intramural sports and sisterhood dinners.

In 1999 we are thrilled to have 59 new members who won the Sigma Chi Derby Days. Our philanthropies were successful and benefited the Ronald McDonald House, Children’s Miracle Network. We ranked second again on campus this year with an overall average of 3.122.

Highlights of 2000’s[edit]

Celebrated recruiting 46 exceptional women in 2005 who were charged to uphold and continue the proud name of Kappa on our campus. We participated in many of the campus functions.

2006 was an eventful year with outstanding community and campus philanthropic events such as Sigma Nu Skate Night for juvenile diabetes, Ronald McDonald House, Relay for Life and Race for the Cure. This year we have 187 active members. Our Golf Tournament for money for the Children’s Miracle Network was especially important this year because of all the children being treated due to Hurricane Katrina. We raised over $22,000.00. Our members do not stop with involvements on campus, but volunteer for Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Volunteer as Sitting Room of Children’s Miracle Network. And although we not the highest grade point on campus we are 3.217 and are striving to always improve.

Our challenge this year was to improve chapter moral, respect and grades. We increased study hall hours at the lodge. To improve the members’ knowledge of alumnae involvement we learned about the Foundation and also ate at homes of the alumnae.

In 2008 we participated in many of the events on campus with other Greeks. We had our own event, Klassic Kappa golf tournament and were able to send $25,00.00 to Children’s Miracle Network. Our recruitment was outstanding and we got 51 new Kappas. We are one of 24 Greek organizations on our campus being the first to be chartered in 1953. Our current grade point average is 3.29 and continually strive to be the best in academics.

2009 was a very successful year with outstanding participation, leadership and sisterhood within the chapter. We set high standards and this year were very proud of our academics. out of the 24 groups we were second highest with 23 of our girls making 4.0’s. We participated in many activities on campus and also in a number of philanthropy events. On Monmouth we each brought 2 books to benefit RIF. Kappa Klassic, our large event for Children’s Miracle Network raise $14,035.11. We also had a TOMS event ordering white TOMS shoes and had a sisterhood event where we painted them. With each pair we purchased, TOMS gave a pair of new shoes to a child in need.

Our chapter does not have a house but a lodge since no more than 3 people can live in one house unless they are related. Therefore, our Greek system is a small circular neighborhood made up of only sorority and fraternity lodges called the “Greek Circle”.

Participation has been a big problem. To overcome this challenge, we split the chapter into Kappa Keys and Fleur-de -lis. We switch off groups who have to come to an event to receive philanthropy points. We found it to be very successful.

Highlights of 2011[edit]

This year we participated in numerous events from date parties, community service and parents weekend. 2011 was a great year for the Delta Psi Kappas. We had a total of three date parties this year. Our first date party was with Delta Delta Delta the theme was “What used to be cool.” We all dress up as old TV characters that were popular. We also did Monmouth Duo with Pi Beta Phi. It was only two days this year. The first day’s theme was Disco and the second day’s theme was Bells Beaus and Stilettos.

The most recent date party was also with Pi Beta Phi and it was a Honkey Tonk Theme. We all threw on best country clothes and cowboys boots. We also hosted a Mom’s weekend where all of our mom’s came to visit. There was a brunch Saturday Morning where our pickers preformed and a fancy dinner at the Texas Tech Club Saturday night. Also Dad’s weekend was combined with Kappa Klassic, our fund raiser for Children’s Miracle. We also participated in a Greek build for Habitat for Humanity for a family in Lubbock.

This year we also were honored with many awards and won some campus competitions. We were number one is grades in the spring of 2011 and second in grades in the fall of 2011. During homecoming we won the Float design contest and had a homecoming court nominee in the top five candidates. We also were the softball intramural champions, we won free t-shirt from Chrome a small boutique for our new members, as well as a t-shirt design competition for Kappa’s academic excellent t-shirt. The biggest awards we won this year were at Province. The awards we won were Excellence in Community, Leadership, and Scholarship. We are very proud of what we accomplished in 2011 and can’t wait to see what happens 2012.

Campus: This year Texas Tech has had a lot of changes on campus. We officially have a new Business Administration building. With the BA moving Mass Communications will be moving in to the old BA building after the next semester. We also added a new dorm because of the growing student population. The new dorm is going to be called The New Hall on Boston. Also Texas Tech is cutting upper administrative positions that will save the school $500,000 per year.

Chapter: Kappa has been very involved on campus this year. We have multiple members involved in Student Government Association, Student Alumni Board, and Freshmen Council. We also have members involved in Greekwide which is a bible study open to the entire greek community. We are also trying to show Kappa’s present on campus by offering Kappaccinos. This will give us a way to get to know and interact with the community on campus.

The biggest challenge Kappa has faced this year is our grades. In the fall of 2010 we ended up 5th in grade and the chapter as a whole was not happy. We really worked on focusing on study hall hours. Also worked on getting a support system going so older members could help younger members in the classes they had already taken. At the end of the spring of 2011 we got to number one in grades. We are currently number two in grades and we are working hard to get back to that top position.


Highlights of 2012[edit]

The Delta Psi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had a wonderful and successful year. The Delta Psi chapter attended convention this past summer of 2012 and received several great awards. These awards include Public Relations Award Winner, Honorable Mentions, New Member Programs, Standards, Philanthropy (Reading is Fundamental), Academic Excellence, Gracious Living, Chapter/Advisory Board Relations, and Advisory Board. The chapter, also, attended Texas Tech University’s Panhellenic Greek Awards. There, Delta Psi won Excellence in Community Service, Excellence in Scholarship, Excellence in Leadership, Academic Excellence Award Winner, and Most Outstanding Advisor Award (Presented to LeAnn Grantham—New Member Advisor).

Delta Psi, also, had a great year with philanthropy. On March 31st, 2012, Delta Psi held their annual Kappa Klassic Golf Tournament. This is an event held each year where Kappa dads, students, alumni, and the local community come out and play to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network. There were 228 participants this year and raised a total of $21,440. Delta Psi participated in the Kappa Foundation Challenge where 35% of the chapter donated money totaling to 60 members. In September, Delta Psi helped National Travel in hosting National Gymnastics Day. 75 members of the chapter came out to help face paint, play games with kids, and participate in the day’s events. This event raised a total of $120 for the Children’s Miracle Network. In October, many members put a total of 24 hours into helping with the Murfee Autumn Festival. This included working booths, playing with the kids, face painting, cakewalks, etc.

Academics are a very big focus for the Delta Psi chapter. In spring of 2012, the chapter average GPA was a 3.293. The chapter was, also, ranked number 2 out of the 11 Panhellenic sororities for the spring. The chapter had over 20 girls get a 4.0. The academic statistics for fall 2012 were not available in time for the report.

This past year Delta Psi won the Academic Excellence T-shirt contest that was put on by Kappa Headquarters for Academic Excellence month. Also, many sisterhood events were put on such as decorating cards for the troops, a movie night, and renting out the trampoline park at Adrenaline City. Lastly, the chapter participated in a substance-free date party with Kappa Alpha Theta at the Corn Maze put on by Panhellenic.

Texas Tech University has had several changes in the last year. One of the biggest accomplishments Texas Tech had this year was becoming a Tier One school. After several years of hard work this was a very rewarding achievement for the school. Texas Tech University also hired Kliff Kingsbury to be the new head football coach. The school is very excited about this change because Kingsbury previously played for Texas Tech. The Texas Tech University mascot Raider Red recently won the Capital One Mascot Challenge.

The overall nature of the Delta Psi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma is one that is welcoming, relaxed, and focused on sisterhood. It really has known to become the home away from home for the members of this chapter. The chapter has a lot of involvement in all the different sisterhood, Panahellenic, and philanthropy events, which make for great memories for the members. The nature of this chapter is very special and hard to replace.

Highlights of 2013[edit]

The Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma was honored to have hosted Province this year on March 1st, 2013. At Province the Delta Psi Chapter received two awards Alumnae Relations Award, and Academic Excellence Award. The chapter also received awards at the Texas Tech University Greek Awards on April 11th, 2013. These awards include Excellence in Community Service, Excellence in Leadership, and Excellence in Scholarship. Delta Psi’s philanthropy also did amazing things this past year.

On April 6, 2013 Delta Psi hosted their annual Kappa Klassic Golf Tournament. This event is held each year on the same weekend as our dad’s weekend. The gold tournament lets Kappa dads, alumni, students, and the community participate in a golf tournament while also raising money for Children Miracle Network. This year we had about 260 participants and about 150 volunteers. This great turn out also brought in an amazing total of $25,500 dollars! Delta Psi also got involved in some great new things one was tours at Children’s Miracle Network, we had over ¼ of the chapter attend a tour. Another was having 75 members to sign up to read at local elementary school. We also donated books to our other philanthropy Reading is Fundamental at Monmouth. Then for the Kappa Foundation we raised over $1,000 dollars.

Academics is a main focus of the Delta Psi Chapter. In spring semester of 2013 Delta Psi was ranked 5th out of 11 on Greek circle. Our chapter GPA average was a 3.30. An amazing statistic is we had 42 members score a 4.0. In Fall 2013 Delta Psi was ranked 5th out of 11 on Greek Circle with 1st having a tie. The chapter average was a 3.22, and we had 30 girls earned a 4.0.

Delta Psi also did some fun events this last year. On April 18-20th, 2013 Kappa had our annual Monmouth Date party. In the fall our chapter attended an alcohol free concert hosted by Panhellenic. We also enjoyed a great alumnae thanksgiving dinner this year catered by Market Street.

Texas Tech started off with excitement with our new head football coach Kliff Kingsbury. Had a great start of the season and even made it to a bowl game with a victory. Sadly Tech saw Chancellor Hance resign from his position. But in that we received a new president of Tech, Duane Nellis. On campus tech began building new residents halls for age 21+. The dorms will be ready by this next fall semester in 2014. Tech’s campus all built a new engineering building.


Highlights of 2014[edit]

This past year in the Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has been one for the books. At the Kappa Convention in June of 2014, the Delta Psi chapter was awarded Excellence in Chapter Management, as well as Honorable Mention in Advisory Board, Ritual, and Standards.

Delta Psi has had an outstanding year in philanthropic events, including both new and old traditions. In the spring, Delta Psi hosted it’s first ever Kappa Krawfish, an event hosting the Greek and local community to an afternoon of Louisiana crawfish, live music, and activities. The proceeds were gifted to our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network. Later in the spring, the Delta Psi Kappa’s donated a children’s book for admission into the annual Formal, Monmouth. These books benefited out national philanthropy, Reading is FUNdamental. In the fall, the Delta Psi chapter hosted its 18th Annual Kappa Klassic Gold Tournament. A total of 250 people participated in this event at the Meadowbrook Golf Course, where they golfed, mingled, auctioned, and donated to Children’s Miracle Network. The Delta Psi chapter raised over $31,000 in this event. During one of Delta Psi’s sisterhood events, Kappa sisters came together to draw and write letters of encouragement for hospitalized kids, benefitting Children’s Miracle Network.

Delta Psi has had an outstanding year academically and we hope to improve even more in the next year. Texas Tech University Panhellenic awarding the Delta Psi chapter with the Academic Excellence Award. Delta Psi closed out the Spring 2014 semester with an overall GPA of 3.2, including 65 Kappa sisters achieving and 3.5 GPA or above, and 25 sisters achieving a 4.0. The academic statistics for Fall 2014 are not available at this time, but Delta Psi is aware that our ranking and overall GPA has increased drastically.

Texas Tech University has experienced many changes on campus, including a record-breaking amount of student enrollment and a prestigious achievement for the baseball team. Texas Tech University official reported record enrollment figures for the sixth-straight year as 35,134 students were in fall classes in 2014. The difference of 2,023 students from fall 2013 represented the third-largest increase in a single year since the university opened its doors in 1925. In 2014, the Texas Tech University baseball team attended the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska for the first time in school history. Leading up to the College World Series, Texas Tech hosted the Super Regional series for the first time in school history, and both of the games against the College of Charleston attracted a record of 4,811 fans. Although the Texas Tech Red Raiders didn’t win the College World Series, this event brought more attention to the university.

The Delta Psi chapter holds its chapter meetings in a lodge that is owned by the Delta Psi House Board. The Delta Psi chapter has always had a lodge, due to a law of Lubbock County stating that no more than three females with different last names could occupy the same dwelling. However, the current lodge was not the only lodge on the campus. The current lodge was established in 1976, but previous to that, the lodge was located on Broadway Street.

Highlights of 2015[edit]

This past year in the Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has been busy and filled with change. The Delta Psi chapter was awarded as the “Most Outstanding Panhellenic Chapter” on Texas Tech University’s campus. The chapter held philanthropic events, such as our second annual Kappa Krawfish, an event hosting the Greek and local community to an afternoon filled with Louisiana crawfish, live music, and activities. Through this event, the Delta Psi chapter raised over $5,000 for our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network. During the fall semester, the girls of Delta Psi read to the elementary school kids at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School multiple times a week. We also hosted a Reading is Key event at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School in the fall. Delta Psi has had a fantastic year academically and we hope to improve even more in the semesters and years to come. The chapter concluded the Spring 2015 semester as #4 in the Greek community, at a 3.374 chapter GPA, with 39 girls receiving a 4.0 and 179 girls making greater than a 3.0, which is 82% of the chapter. We have moved one up in the ranking since the Fall 2014 semester. The academic statistics for Fall 2014 are not available at this time, but Delta Psi is hopeful that our ranking on Greek Circle and overall GPA has improved.

Texas Tech University has experienced many changes on campus, mainly because the university is growing drastically. For the seventh-straight year, Texas Tech University reported another enrollment record with 35,893 students for the fall semester, a 2.1 percent growth from fall 2014. With the major growth in students, Texas Tech University has to continue to renovate and build new buildings, like the new Bayer Plant Science Building that opened in the fall of 2015. Along with educational buildings, the Greek community is also expanding. The Texas Tech University chapters of Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi, and our very own Kappa Kappa Gamma are in the process of building new lodges to accommodate the growth of Greek life at Texas Tech University . Chapter Philanthropy:

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

Historically, Delta Psi has raised money for our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network at the University Medical Center. We have just recently started to donate hours to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School.

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

We started donating hours to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School to expand our community involvement while also supporting and dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy, Reading is FUNdamental.


Highlights of 2016[edit]

This past year the Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has been busy and filled with change. The Delta Psi chapter was awarded The House Board Award at the annual Kappa Kappa Gamma National Convention. The Chapter held philanthropic events, such as our third annual Kappa Krawfish, an event hosting the Greek and local community to an afternoon filled with Louisiana crawfish, live music, and activities. Through this event, the Delta Psi chapter raised over $4,857 for our local philanthropy, Children's Miracle Network. Delta Psi also hosted the annual Kappa Klassic golf tournament raising $28,385 for the local philanthropy. During the fall semester, the girls of Delta Psi read to the elementary school kids at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School multiple times a week. We also hosted a Reading is Key event at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School in the fall. Delta Psi has had a fantastic year academically and we hope to improve even more in the semesters and years to come. The chapter concluded the Spring 2016 semester as #3 in the Greek community, at a 3.442 chapter GPA, with 49 girls receiving a 4.0 and 185 girls making greater than a 3.0, which is 86% of the chapter. We have moved up in the ranking since the Spring 2015 semester. The academic statistics for Fall 2016 are not available at this time, but Delta Psi is hopeful that our ranking on Greek Circle and overall GPA has improved.

Texas Tech University has experienced many changes on campus, mainly because the university is growing dramatically. For the eighth- straight year, Texas Tech University reported another enrollment record with 36,551 students for the fall semester, a 2.1 percent growth from fall 2015. With the major growth in students Texas Tech has to continue to renovate and build new buildings, like the new wing of the Rawls College of Business Administration and the new Honors Hall dorm. Along with educational buildings, the Greek community is also expanding. The Texas Tech University chapters of Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Delta Delta, and our very own Kappa Kappa Gamma are in the process of building a new lodge to accommodate the growth. As well as new lodges Texas Tech University also added a new Sorority, Alpha Xi Delta to our Greek community to accommodate the growing numbers of students involved in Greek life at Texas Tech University.

Historically, Delta Psi has raised money for our local philanthropy, Children's Miracle Network at the University Medical Center. We have donated hours and children's books to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School for the past two years.

We started donating hours to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School to expand our community involvement while also supporting and dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy, Reading is FUNdamental.

The Delta Psi chapter is currently meeting in the Prosperity Bank convention center while our new lodge is being constructed.

We recommend Carolyn Simpson to be on the Oral History Committee.


Highlights of 2017[edit]

The Delta Psi Chapter has been busy and filled with change for the year of 2017 and sadly it is coming to an end. For the spring semester we hosted our annual Kappa Klassic event where we raised a whopping $23,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network, our local philanthropy. Unfortunately we did not get to host our annual Kappa Krawfish Broil during the spring semester, however we put on Kappa Kookout during the fall semester to host the community and welcome them into our new lodge and also to raise money again for the Children’s Miracle Network. This event was a huge success for us, friends, family, and other sororities and fraternities joined us to enjoy burgers and each other’s company where we raised $4,859 for C.M.N. That same weekend we also got to host Kappa alumnae, friends, and, family members for the grand opening of our new lodge. This was also a huge success because donors that made our lodge possible got to see exactly what their money went to and we also raised $1,619 for the lodge. During the fall semester, Delta Psi read to the kids of Joan Y. Ervin elementary school multiple times a week. We also hosted our annual Reading is Key event where all the women of Delta Psi read to the kids of Ervin for a few hours after school and were able to interact and play with them. All in all this past year of philanthropic events has been one for the books, 7 hours were donated to campus service projects, 70 hours were donated to community service projects, and 200 books were collected. Our chapter has had yet another amazing academic year. Delta Psi concluded the spring semester as #3 for grades in the Greek community, at a 3.435 GPA, with 52 girls receiving a 4.0. The academic statistics for this past fall are not yet available, but we know our chapter is continually improving in this area. There has been a lot of change on the Texas Tech campus and in the Greek community for the year of 2017. Tech continues to grow every year and for this fall semester they reported that 37,010 students were enrolled, a 1.26% increase from the fall of 2016, where 30,759 are undergraduate students. To accommodate this growth Tech is continually building and renovating things on campus. Greek life is growing dramatically as well. Along with our own sorority building a new lodge Delta Delta Delta is growing closer to their new lodge being done, Alpha Delta Pi just finished their new renovation on their existing lodge, and Alpha Chi Omega just recently announced their plans to build a new lodge to accommodate the growth. There has also been talk and speculation of adding the sorority Phi Mu to Greek life, since Alpha Xi Delta was welcomed onto Greek Circle two years ago, but for now that just remains a rumor. Along with adding new sororities there has also been talk about Greek Circle #3 eventually being added behind the existing Greek Circle 1 and 2 to accommodate the growth that Texas Tech and Greek life are experiencing. Although these are just rumors as of right now and we cannot confirm anything, it is very exciting to hear about and experience all the growth that is coming our way. Our Delta Psi chapter, as stated before, is now officially moved in to our new lodge. This has been a huge change for us because we were previously meeting in Prosperity Bank for chapter and sisterhood events for the past two years. A huge challenge that we were faced with was that our lodge was not ready until the day before recruitment, it was a very hectic summer for us because we weren’t sure that our lodge would be reading to host PNM’s, but everything fell into place and the amazing builders and alumnae of Kappa came together and pulled it off. We are so thankful and grateful that we have this amazing new lodge and can’t wait to make many memories in it. Historically, Delta Psi has raised money for our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network at the University Medical Center. We have donated hours and books to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary school for the past three years. We started donating hours to expand our community involvement while also supporting and dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy , Reading is FUNdamental. We recommend Carolyn Simpson to be on the Oral History Committee.


Highlights of 2018[edit]

The year of Two Thousand and Eighteen has brought great joy and growth for the Delta Psi Chapter. Our chapter grew together because of a strong chapter council that was instrumental in the chapter’s overall enthusiasm. We were very successful with all of our events including philanthropy, social and sisterhood. Such events had the incredible attendance by Delta Psi women and members of the community. Philanthropy events are always something our chapter looks forward to most with each new year. Our first event was Kappa Klassic which is the golf tournament that takes place during Dad’s Weekend. The members form teams of friends and family and we all raise money for our local philanthropy Children’s Miracle Network (C.M.N.). This tournament takes place at Texas Tech’s golf course called The Rawls. Next, the philanthropy event we host at the lodge in the fall is Kappa Kookout. This began in 2017 and since it was such a success we decided to host it again. We were overwhelmed at the amount of people that came to support C.M.N. We all enjoyed burgers and music while supporting the local philanthropy. The two events combined raised around $30,000 in total. Throughout the fall semester, the girls of Delta Psi read to the elementary school kids at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School multiple times a week. We also hosted a Reading is Key event at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School in the fall. Reading to the students at Ervin is a terrific opportunity for our members but also brings so much gladness to the students. The chapter shows great respect for all philanthropies and recognizes it as the most important pillar of our fraternity. The women of the Delta Psi chapter worked endlessly all year to secure our place as #3 in grades during the spring semester. Our average GPA was a 3.4 with 52 members earning a 4.0. We were all very proud of the academic success we had collectively. The fall grades have not yet been determined, but the women of Delta Psi all strive for the best grades and are confident we will achieve these standards again.

Texas Tech University has experienced many changes on campus, mainly because the university is growing dramatically. The university reported 38,209 students enrolled in 2018. The campus offers 150 undergraduate degrees, 100 graduate degrees and 50 doctoral degrees. There have been new additions to campus including a new Honors dorm and renovations to the performing arts center and much more on campus. Along with educational buildings, the Greek community is also changing. The Texas Tech University chapter of Alpha Chi Omega is in the process of building a new lodge to accommodate the growth. The Sorority and Fraternity council recently voted on adding a chapter of Phi Mu to Greek circle. The vote was not in their favor due to a more recent sororities needing time to thrive.

It has been a year and a half since our lodge opened and we have used it to its full potential. Our chapter has enjoyed our sisterhood events, successful recruitment and study time in the lodge. One of the most memorable things we did in the lodge this year was pledge class mixers. The mixers were full of sisterly love and shared happiness. We had a roller skating mixer, Taco Tuesday dinner and picnic on the front lawn. These mixers allowed our members to better their relationships with different pledge classes. The laughs and memories we have made in the lodge will last forever. This is in thanks to the continued support and devotion of our loyally alumni. Historically, Delta Psi has raised money for our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network at the University Medical Center. We have donated hours and books to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary school for the past four years. We started donating hours to expand our community involvement while also supporting and dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy , Reading is FUNdamental.


Highlights of 2019[edit]

The Previous Calendar Year was packed with events and items for the chapter to attend. From Mom's and Dad's weekend in the Spring to Recruitment and Initiation in the Fall and everything in between. We are incredibly proud of our members for being involved and striving to make the chapter better. This Fall during Recruitment we welcomed in a wonderful class of new members who go above and beyond to serve the Delta Psi chapter already. They are eager to help and spend more time together than we have seen in the past. They look to include everyone and truly were excited for whatever the chapter council held for them from new member meetings to initiation, everything was something to look forward to. This year in Philanthropy the chapter went above and beyond the goal at Kappa Klassic which is an annual golf tournament we host of Dad's Weekend. This allowed us to give back in larger ways. With every academic year and season there comes challenges; but this year we as a chapter council focused on how to involve middle members. We used committees very well and assigned each person an actual role that they signed off on so they knew they were being held accountable. We also allowed members to help with announcements, setting up for events, and other tasks so that it was a chapter as a whole contributing. This year seemed to make the chapter closer and feel more like a family than before. This year, there were not many major events that happened on campus for us to contribute to. We as a chapter try to help in any way possible. This year two other Panhellenic women were diagnosed with cancer and fundraisers were held for them around campus. As a chapter we took up a donation as well as encouraged chapter members to attend the givebacks held by their respective chapters.

Campus at Texas Tech seems to always be changing and growing. The main changes with Campus are the arrival of new buildings and expansion of the university. The overall nature of the chapter is not changed by the Campus construction but rather people enjoy being at the lodge more often! The Delta Psi chapter may be different than others in that we do not live in the house, but we make up for it and strengthen the chapter in many other ways. We encourage women to spend time together outside of chapter meetings and I feel as this Year the chapter council did a wonderful job of spacing out events so that there was always something to do. From sisterhood, philanthropic, to formals and chapter dinners it seems there was always a way to get involved.

The Delta Psi Chapter supports Children's Miracle Network here in Lubbock and has for years. We are absolutely passionate about making a difference in the community and love giving back in as many ways as possible. Through Reading is Fundamental we have chosen a local elementary school called Ervin to give back to and support. Every week women from the chapter get to sit and read with kids and help make their day just that much brighter.Our Philanthropy chair even created her own website to help run the Kappa Klassic fundraising and this truly helped make the process easier, more time efficient, and excelled the amount of attention and support it brought in for the event. Children's Miracle network has allowed us the opportunity to give back locally and see the impact first hand in the hospital through tours of the NICU. Ervin elementary was chosen as it is a lower income school but through serving these kids we have gotten to see first hand the potential that each and every one of these kids have. They may not be provided all the resources but truly do use what they have to excel and be great. They come in so overjoyed to see us and are extremely grateful for the gift of time and books. The chapter celebrated Founders day with an Annual dinner that was held at the McKenzie Merket Alumni Center on campus here at Texas Tech. It was a formal sit down dinner with a notable Guest Speaker. The Mayor of Amarillo came to speak to our chapter and truly encouraged them to chase their dreams, believe it themselves, and not let the fact that you are a woman stop you from what you want in life. Academic awards were presented at this banquet as well as recognizing the President for all she has done to selflessly serve the chapter. We closed the banquet by holding a Memorial lead by all Alumna for the Kappas lost over the year.

We have begun to show pictures from the beginning of the Delta Psi chapter here in Lubbock, Texas but also the beginning of Kappa. The 150th anniversary is an incredible year to celebrate. We are celebrating 150 years of women who have helped shape the world and Kappa to be a foundational organization that impacts the lives of college women to be the best they absolutely can be. We shared a small tad bit during Founders Day about the 150th anniversary and will continue to recognize the incredible monuments that have happen in the past, this upcoming year.


Highlights of 2020[edit]

Our calendar year was very much affected by COVID-19, we did not have any philanthropy events or social events since the mid spring when COVID first hit. We have been doing meeting virtually, and encouraging women especially our New Members to reach out to each other to get to know one another. Our recruitment was also held virtually, and any other chapter business was virtual. Our chapter advisor was awarded advisor of the year among Greek life.

Chapter Philanthropy

We support Reading is Fundamental, and Children's Miracle Network. We chose this because it allows us to connect locally to the underprivileged schools that surround Texas Tech University. This gives us a great opportunity to give back to the city and impact those that possibly could end up at Texas Tech.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We implemented a DEI officer this year, and also provided many resources that girls could use to educate themselves, and train.

Sesquicentennial Celebration

We were able to celebrate Kappa’s 150th anniversary with a virtual Founders Day. We are able to set up meals for each girl in a drive through at the lodge to still give them the free meal they would've received if we were in person.


Highlights of 2021[edit]

Chapter Summary The Delta Psi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had a year of fantastic memories that will last forever. Beginning in January of 2021, we were still adjusting to accommodate the crazy that was COVID-19. As guidelines were slowly being lifted, we took every chance to get the members of our chapter together. On February 12th, Kappa held a Valentine’s day themed date party called Kappa Krush. The event was covered in hearts, pink, red, and was a hit. Throughout the semester, we were able to hold socially-distanced chapter meetings, committee meetings at the homes of chapter council members, and were able to see each other’s faces more often. The spring consisted of some of our favorite events like mom’s weekend, dad’s weekend, Monmouth, and Kappa Klassic. This year, at Kappa Klassic our members raised over $29,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. The members of our chapter dispersed around the world for the summer. We had members studying from Seville, Spain all the way to California here in the USA. As we gathered back in Lubbock for recruitment we were nothing but excited for the what the semester could hold. We had a work week of festivities including a plethora of food trucks, song practices, a dodge ball tournament, and even two inflatable water slides. We had an exciting recruitment week as we closed it off by bringing 73 eager new members home on bid day. The members of Kappa Kappa Gamma were on “Kloud Nine” welcoming the new members into our chapter. We got the semester kicked off the right way with the first chapter meeting. The beginning of the semester was full of educational meetings for the new members as they learned about the new member experience and what it would take to be an official member of KKG. In October, we held our annual Kappa Kookout to raise money for our local philanthropy, The Jed Foundation. We ate burgers, had a fun bouncy house, and enjoyed the event with friends and family from all around. Additionally, we held a semi-formal event at the local Spirit Ranch venue where members of our chapter dressed up in country attire and enjoyed dinner and dancing. During the inspiration week period, our active members celebrated the welcoming of our new members as they got closer to being initiated. We had a week of reflecting on why we are all Kappa’s and the importance of our traditions. Our new members were officially initiated on October 16th, in the presence of actives and alumni. As the semester ended, the new chapter council was slated and elected. The members of delta psi had an eventful 2021 of juggling a pandemic and constantly changing the way things had to be done, nonetheless we made the most of it. As we enter a new stage of life, we know that no matter what the circumstances Kappa is a place that will remain constant.


Chapter Philanthropy Kappa Kappa Gamma had a transitioning of philanthropies in the year of 2021. In the fall semester, Delta Psi voted to support The Jed Foundation as our philanthropy in support of mental health. 2020 and 2021 were difficult years for everyone around the world, and we as members of Kappa Kappa Gamma found that supporting mental health was a necessity.

The Delta Psi chapter supported the philanthropies of Kappa Kappa Gamma through two main events, Kappa Klassic and Kappa Kookout. Our Kappa Klassic golf tournament was immensely successful as we raised over $29,000. Additionally, we were able to raise money at our Kappa Kookout event where a local catering service supplies us with burgers and treats and we enjoy an afternoon while raising money.


Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The Delta Psi chapter implemented a DEI officer in the year of 2021. This officer was in charge of regulating all diversity and inclusion education as necessary. The chapter was educated through PowerPoints and trainings during chapter meetings. As well, we implemented an awareness campaign on our social media.


Operating in a Pandemic At the beginning of 2021, the city of Lubbock was still strictly regulating social gatherings. We were able to hold socially-distanced chapter meetings. As well, our events such as Kappa Krush were held in shifts and masks were required. During recruitment we were able to return back to normal life as we remained for the rest of the fall semester. Our members were grateful for any opportunity we were given to gather as a chapter.

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