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|Name= Gamma Chi
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|Name= Delta Rho
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|GreekSymbol= ΓX
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|GreekSymbol= ΔP
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|Image= [[File:Gamma_Chi.jpeg|200px]]
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|Image= [[File:Delta_Rho.jpg|200px]]
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1929|06|07}}
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1947|03|15}}
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|College= [http://www.gwu.edu/ George Washington University]
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|College= [https://www.olemiss.edu/ University of Mississippi]
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|Location= Washington, DC
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|Location= University, MS
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|Homepage= [http://www.gwkkg.com/ Gamma Chi Homepage]
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|Homepage= [https://olemiss.kappa.org/ Delta Rho Homepage]
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|Media= [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/index.php?title=Category:Gamma_Chi Media related to Gamma Chi Chapter]}}
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'''University of Mississippi established in 1848, Oxford, Mississippi'''
  
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'''George Washington University established in 1821, Washington, D.C.'''
 
  
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'''Founded March 15, 1947'''
  
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'''Gamma Chi founded June 7, 1929 -- 12 Charter Members'''
 
  
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'''10 Charter Members:'''
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Eleanor Zoe Allen, Mary Winifred Brandon, Olive Elizabeth Clower, Patricia Dell Davidson, Jane Partridge Herring, Patricia Ware Reilly, Betsy Ann Ross, Eulalie Holden Rothe, Mary Alice Shourds, Natalie Thompson.
  
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'''1,805 initiates (as of June 2018)'''
 
  
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'''3,486 initiates (as of June 2018)'''
  
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'''Some of Delta Rho’s outstanding alumnae:'''
  
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'''Fraternity Officers:'''
  
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Myrtle Vines Crouch, Naomi Crumley, Winifred M. Faunce, Alice Archer Graham, Jean van Loan Jackson, Merla Glenn Mathews, Charlotte Frances Louise Murphy, Sally McCormick Osborn, Margaret Elizabeth Selvig, Roberta Shewmaker, Mary Thornton Sproul, Caroline Dodge Willcox.
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Jan Singleton McAllister, Fraternity Treasurer, 1986-1988; Betty Hines Bloore, Director of Alumnae, 1992-1994; Elizabeth Bailey, Director of Membership, 2008-2012, Vice President 2012-2018; Jan Singleton (McAllister), Field Secretary 1968-1969; Terre Blanton (Harris), Field Secretary 1976-1978
  
  
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'''Fraternity Council Members:'''  
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'''Alumnae Achievement Award recipients:'''
  
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Julie Martin Mangis  - Director of Alumnae, 1996–98; member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation Board of Trustees and Museums Chairman since 2004; Beverly Alexander (Tuller), Field Secretary 1958-1961; Hannah Eskridge (Mirmiran), Field Secretary 1999-2000
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Katherine Shaw Spaht, 1974, attorney, law professor and community leader; (Lucy) Kate Jackson, 1976, TV actress (The Rookies and original cast member, Charlie’s Angels), supporter of multiple sclerosis telethon; Donna Tartt, 2016, author.
  
  
  
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'''Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients'''
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'''Additional Outstanding Delta Rho Alumnae:'''
  
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Pauline Tomlin Beall, 1978, Long time adviser at Gamma Chi, helped fund the renovations of the formal dining room in The Heritage Museum in Columbus, Ohio.   
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Darilynn Wade (Wilson), Graduate Counselor 1973-1975; Anna Susan Boykin, Chapter Consultant 2002-2004; Donna Tartt, writer and 2003 winner of the WH Smith Literary Award for The Little Friend; Betty Jane Prichard Dunn is the former first lady of Tennessee; Rita Wilson (Howard) was Miss Tennessee in 1961; Mary Lloyd Ireland was a member of the 1973 United States swim team which took part in the World University Games in Moscow; Barbara Jean Cason appeared in many television commercials, All in the Family, the 1973 New York production of Oh, Coward and in a number of films.
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2010:  Julie Martin Mangis—former executive director of Ballston Virginia Square Partnership; freelance writer and fundraising consultant for George Washington University and the Arlington Arts Center; active civic leader; served as adviser to Gamma Chi Chapter from 1967–90; former President of the Northern Virginia Alumnae Association; Province Director of Alumnae, 1990–94; Regional Director of Alumnae, 1994–96; Ritual Chairman, 1998–2002;
 
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Mary Freeman Kelly, 1966, Olympic swimmer; University of Pennsylvania’s women’s swimming coach; served on national boards of directors;
 
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Commander Mary Thomson Sproul, 1982, Scientist; researcher; creator of one of the earliest U.S. blood blanks; earned Navy Commendation Medal;
 
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Edith Petersilia Mayo, 1996, Curator/supervisor of the Smithsonian Institution’s Division of Political History; author; speaker;
 
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Doris Buffett, 2012, Philanthropist, author, dedicated her life and fortune to helping people in trouble through no fault of their own to get back on their feet.
 
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'''Additional Outstanding Gamma Chi Alumnae:'''
 
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Elaine Smith (Woolman), Graduate Counselor 1947-1948;
 
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Beverly Alexander (Tuller), Graduate Counselor 1957-1958;
 
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Mary Owen (Winkler), Graduate Counselor 1958-1959;;
 
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Deanna Thielen (Dopslaf), Chapter Consultant 1990-1991;
 
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==The Early Years==
 
==The Early Years==
  
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Gamma Chi at The George Washington University and Gamma Psi at the University of Maryland have the distinction of being the only two Kappa Kappa Gamma chapters to be installed at the same time, June 7, 1929; and in the same place, the College Park house of the Maryland local, Sigma Delta. They were known as “The Heavenly Twins.”
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The University of Mississippi, known as Ole Miss, in Oxford, was chartered in 1844, opened in 1848 and admitted its first women in 1882.
  
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The George Washington University, chartered as The Columbian College of the District of Columbia in 1821 by Congress, was a Baptist college for its first 75 years. In 1873, the name was changed to Columbian University. In 1904, by Act of Congress, it was removed from denominational control, placed under a self-perpetuation board of trustees, and called The George Washington University. It is the only university in the United States whose charter is signed by a U.S. President (James Monroe). President Monroe attended the first Commencement, along with several cabinet members and the Marquis de Lafayette.
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Kappa was asked to consider the Oxford institution by the dean of women in the fall of 1945. Carolyn “Johnnie” Boyle (Hasskarl), Texas, then field secretary, visited the campus and became enthusiastic about the possibilities. In the spring of 1946, Clara O. Pierce, Ohio State, executive secretary, visited at the request of the chancellor with the idea of colonizing. Believing conditions to be favorable, she went to the Memphis Alumnae Association for approval, and Memphis Kappas voted favorably. Elizabeth “Betsy” Foster West, Duke, was sent as a delegate to the Mackinac Convention. The vote was affirmative, and rush plans were made for the fall of 1946.
  
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The university plays an unusual role in the city’s educational system since, from early years, its night classes have given daytime employees opportunities for professional advancement. Because of the university’s location, national and international events are significant to its students who are offered the greatest resource material available in the U.S. It is not surprising that many students work in this matrix of governmental institutions while attending school.
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At this time, there were seven sororities on the campus with housing limited to a few seniors in the small lodges operated by each group. University housing was at a premium and the administration was eager to have Kappa build a house large enough to house and feed the entire chapter. Two counselors and colonizers were appointed by the Fraternity and enrolled for graduate work in the fall of 1946. They were Norma Fix (Butts), Allegheny, and Patricia Land (Stevens), Louisiana State, Tulane affiliate. Their scholarships carried the stipulation that they must help colonize Oxford.
  
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The campus is in Washington, D.C. The university does not have rolling hills and playing fields, but academic buildings amid town houses. Women’s groups usually have suites of rooms in university buildings. Gamma Chi has had four, starting with the one rented in 1922 by Gamma Beta Pi, the local sorority that later became a Kappa chapter. During the 1960s, the groups were moved to “Sorority Hall” on F Street.
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Alumnae from Memphis, New Orleans and Jackson loyally traveled many miles to see the rush season through and gathered together again for the installation. There was only one Kappa alumna living in Oxford at the time.
  
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==Highlights of the 1920s==
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The colonization pledge book was signed by 11 girls that October. Installation was conducted the weekend of March 14-16, 1947, by Fraternity President Ruth Kadel Seacrest, Nebraska; Clara O. Pierce, Ohio State; Marjorie Kyes Amend, Drake, director of membership; assisted by Dorothy Gamble Favrot, Tulane, Mu Province president; Elizabeth Kimbrough Park, Kentucky, former Fraternity vice president; and Jean Scilley Nutter, Iowa, alumnae regional assistant. Ten girls were initiated in their chapter room in the YWCA Building.
  
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On March 6, 1920, six girls, feeling that four women’s fraternities on campus did not adequately provide for the increasing number of female students, established a local organization called the Coalition Club and immediately wrote Kappa Kappa Gamma asking to be put on record as a petitioning group. Within a few months, the name was changed to Gamma Beta Pi, in order to conform with Panhellenic rules.
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The only accommodations in Oxford at that time were in the old hotel on Court Square. Anyone who has ever spent the night there never forgets the experience—especially the coil of rope in each room to be used as a fire escape.
  
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Real interest was not shown until the 1923 formation of the Kappa Washington, D.C., Alumnae Association, and the first formal request to petition was presented to the Extension Committee in 1926. At that time the group was neither discouraged nor given permission to petition, and it was only after the 1928 General Convention that Gamma Beta Pi was to be allowed to petition formally. In April 1929, it was learned that the local would become a new Kappa chapter. The winter of uncertainty was over and ended in a night of celebration with congratulations from the university president, other fraternal groups and the student body.
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May Lyon Bennett, Washington, presided over the banquet in the Mansion House, and the chancellor spoke on the importance of college loyalties. The university had given the chapter the use of a room on the top floor of the YWCA. It was the oldest building on campus, and during the Civil War had been used as a hospital. The room had been attractively furnished by the Fraternity, and it became chapter headquarters for the “Lucky 13.” The Memphis alumnae, who had prepared the group for installation and initiation, served as advisers.
  
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One week before Installation, the chapter’s Vice President, a young public school teacher, died from drowning, but her name is on the charter as a founding member. In her honor, her mother presented the new chapter with a hand-illuminated and lettered Book of Ritual, a highly prized possession, always used for chapter ceremonies.
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After consultation with the chapter lawyer, a house board was set up to supervise the planning and building of a chapter house. The architect selected was Dalton B. Shourds, father of Mary Shourds, a charter member. The chapter moved into the lovely red brick Colonial house in the fall of 1948. The house was the first on the campus to accommodate as many as 20 members, with dining capacity of 48. In it the beautiful and the practical were combined to equal the livable.
  
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On June 7 and 8, 1929, the two new chapters were installed. Beta Iota, Swarthmore, sponsored Gamma Chi, actives from Beta Alpha—Pennsylvania, and Gamma Kappa—William and Mary, took part, and the Washington alumnae assisted. More than 200 attended the banquet at the historic Willard Hotel and heard the address by the Fraternity President, Georgia Hayden Lloyd-Jones, Eta—Wisconsin.
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'''Traditions and Honors'''
  
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During its nine years as a local, Gamma Beta Pi had successfully rushed against the national groups on campus, developing inwardly and gaining strength. The group was outstanding in athletics, publications, dramatics and the scholarship cup was almost a fixture in the Gamma Beta Pi rooms.
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The young chapter worked conscientiously to develop its own traditions and to maintain its standards. Delta Rho quickly made a place for itself on the campus. Scholarship has always taken priority, and the chapter took the scholarship lead during its first year. There have been many campus honors: Mortar Board, Cwens, student government and Panhellenic officers, beauty queens, campus favorites and cheerleaders.
  
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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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==Highlights of the 1980s:==
  
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After a significant jump in academic rankings on campus, Delta Rho was pleased to have its Period of Concern lifted in 1985. Campus enrollment was 9,000 this year, with 700 women going through rush. In February 1985, the chapter total was 128, and Delta Rho pledged 54 new members during recruitment that fall. The chapter was excited to host four fraternity visitors duing the year, for recruitment, officer training, scholarship and a traveling consultant. Delta Rho’s chapter history report from 1985 states that Zeta Tau Alpha had decided to leave campus in the fall of 1986, bringing the number of sororities on campus to ten.
  
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The chapter has recorded many “firsts” over the years. It claimed the first female president of a graduating class, first recipient of a Ph.D. in psychology, and the first female editor of the student paper, the Hatchet. The first year there were female cheerleaders, three were Kappas. (In 1957 five out of nine cheerleaders were Gamma Chis.) In the early 1970s, a Kappa became the first Panhellenic woman to serve on the university board of trustees. Since the chartering of Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board at George Washington University, scarcely a year has gone by without at least one Kappa being elected. The earlier organizations, Sphinx and Hour Glass, honored many members of Gamma Beta Pi and Kappa.
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During this time, the chapter often challenged a fraternity to a GPA contest for a semester. The group with the highest GPA at the end of the semester was obligated to host a party in honor of the winning group. Delta Rho successfully challenged Sigma Chi in the first semester of 1985.
  
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The Washington, D.C.–Suburban Maryland Alumnae Association and the Northern Virginia Alumna Association are keenly interested in the Capital Kappas’ activities, and supply Advisory and House Board members. Joint meetings, especially on Founders Day, gifts, food for Rush (now Recruitment), supportive activities, even financial help, have made the word “alumna” synonymous with “friend” in Gamma Chi vocabulary. Advisory Board relationships have always been strong, and generally warm and close.
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In 1985, Delta Rho was proud of its third-place finish in Derby Days, its third-place homecoming float and being ranked sixth on campus academically among sororities.
  
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==The 1960s==
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Initiation on February 13, 1987, brought the chapter total to 146. The fall pledge class was 60 strong, and the chapter noted in its 1987 history report that more and more women participated in rush each year, making each pledge class bigger than the last.
  
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As the 1960s opened, the university had a strong Greek system. As late as the fall of 1967 it was a privilege, an honor, and fun to be a Greek at George Washington. It remained a privilege and honor to be a Kappa, but as national and international events threw Washington into turmoil, it became less and less enjoyable. The seeds of protest and change had been germinated. A U.S. President, a presidential candidate, and a civil rights leader had been assassinated. Washington led the nation in the rise of delinquency and the use of narcotics. The “group” approach and the Establishment were challenged. The Civil Rights Movement exploded into violence when Martin Luther King, Jr., was slain in the spring of 1968. The Peace Movement against U.S. military intervention into Southeast Asia became another revolution of protest. Confrontation took place in the streets, in organizations and on campuses.
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Delta Rho was victorious over the Pikes in the GPA challenge of the spring of 1987. Also in the spring, the chapter hosted parents weekend, and members attended philanthropy events, a formal and etiquette class. Campus honors for this year included:  Alpha Lambda Delta, Chancellor’s Honor Roll, Student Alumni Council, Student Programming Board of Directors and the Golden Key Honor Society.
  
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How did all this affect Greek life at The George Washington University? On January 5, 1968, the student newspaper began to interview sorority women to determine their views on “chapter discrimination and related policies.” In April, the practice of holding Rush prior to the start of school was vetoed by the administration as interfering with university orientation. (It was believed by many that the university simply did not want to appear to be favoring Greek activities.)
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During the summer of 1987, the rooms of the chapter house were painted, as well as the foyer. The foyer was also re-carpeted.
  
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By late spring, the Black Students Union called for a Human Relations Act to guarantee that “no group or organization, recognized by the university, discriminate on the grounds of race, religion or national origin through its policies or in fact.” By the fall of 1968, one-third of the Greek organizations (one-half of the women’s organizations) had left campus, either because they could not comply or because they felt the atmosphere was stifling. Gamma Chi’s chapter President provided a bridge of understanding and negotiation and maintained a note of conciliation and civility in an extremely hostile and frenetic atmosphere.
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Delta Rho was an active sponsor of the annual National Smokeout at Ole Miss in the mid- to late 1980s. The chapter also raised money for the American Heart Association and the Humane Society.
  
  
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The chapter welcomed 54 new members in the fall of 1991, after having initiated 39 pledges and seven hold-over pledges the prior spring. Socially, during 1991, the chapter enjoyed a Valentine’s Dance, Rushee Weekend, a crayfish boil, a spring formal, Monmouth Duo and a Big Sis/Lil Sis Pumpkin Carve. An important focus for the chapter for 1991 was improved scholarship and integrating the new members into the chapter. Delta Rho was still part of Nu Province in 1991, and the chapter president was excited and honored to represent the chapter at the 1991 Nu Province Meeting. Chapter members’ on-campus honors were numerous in the early 1990s and included academic, social, athletic and campus leadership honors.
  
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Chapter social events in 1992 were very similar to 1991, except that the spring formal took place on a riverboat in Memphis. Spring 1992 initiation added 38 new pledges and 11 hold-over pledges to the chapter. Fall recruitment added 53 new members including 20 legacies. Academically, the new members ranked fourth on campus and the actives sixth. The chapter was removed from Period of Concern in 1992. Chapter Consultant Lisa Tootle arrived in Oxford to assist the chapter in the fall of 1992.
  
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In the winter of 1970, a Panhellenic meeting was called so that the seven remaining groups could determine a course: to stay, or to recommend general withdrawal. The then Gamma Chi President was the next to last speaker. The entire tenor had been, “It’s no use … we don’t have fun or even like each other … what are we here for? … Greeks are no longer wanted on campus.” But with a few careful words, she brought the entire meeting to a re-appraisal. She declared, in part, “Something must be wrong with Kappa. We love our pledges, we love each other and our alums. We are staying. When you have left, we shall be here. We’ll welcome you back, and we’ll be the oldest and only continuous chapter on campus.” Six of the seven decided to remain. By the fall, however, only three groups were left: Kappa, Delta Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta.
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At the spring 1993 Province Meeting in Lexington, Kent., Delta Rho was pleased to receive the Scholarship Improvement, Chapter Efficiency and Programming and Fraternity Education awards. The chapter also received an Honorable Mention for Advisory Board and Chapter Relations. Also in 1993, the chapter introduced a new rush skit called Kappa Karnival, which was very successful, and a new social event, Kappa Krawfish. The fall of 1993 brought 49 new pledges to the chapter. The chapter continued to work hard scholastically and was proud to be ranked fourth on campus at the end of the year.
  
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Throughout this trying period there was inestimable support from the Fraternity, as well as the chapter’s Advisory Board. The next several years were hard, but Gamma Chi weathered the storm. Rush numbers dropped from 300 to around 30. Chapter size dwindled from 45 to as low as eight. Gamma Chi’s. Chapter Council was the chapter; Gamma Chi’s committee operations were the chapter meetings. Each member doubled or tripled her officer duties.
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1994’s fall pledge class began a chapter tradition of the pledge class putting on a skit for the active members. Also during this semester, the chapter was proud that one of its own, Meredith Magers, was elected Miss Ole Miss.
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And today Gamma Chi remains a chapter mighty in spirit.
 
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The Kappa Karnival remained a successful recruitment skit through 1998. The chapter was fairly consistent throughout the decade, initiating 45 to 50 new members each year. Also continuing into the late ‘90s was the chapter focus on scholarship. The 1998 chapter history reports states that the chapter scholarship goal in that year was “Strive for Pi” in hope of raising the chapter GPA to 3.14.
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'''Convention Award:'''
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1992 General Convention – Honorable Mention for Personnel
  
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==Highlights of the 1980s==
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The 1991 chapter newsletter included a request for donations to assist Delta Rho in fundraising for chapter house renovations. One-time and recurring donations at many levels were welcomed. Delta Rho hired a new house director, Ms. Paige, in 1992. The Delta Rho house was redecorated in the summer of 1994. In the summer of 1998, the House Board renovated the chapter house TV room.
  
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In 1985 and 1986 the Panhellenic Association is reactivated following the installations of Alpha Epsilon Phi and Sigma Delta Tau, joining Phi Sigma Sigma and Delta Theta. Kappa Kappa Gamma, as the oldest chapter on campus, is responsible for forming Panhellenic.
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In 1991, Delta Rho raised money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Mississippi Kidney Association and the North Mississippi Retardation Center. In the fall, the chapter invited children from the I.C.E. Headstart School to trick-or-treat from room-to-room in the Kappa house, and the chapter sponsored a family from the Welfare Department at Thanksgiving, providing them food for the holiday. Over Christmas 1991, the chapter visited Reedy Acres, a children’s home near Oxford, for a Christmas party.
  
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For our second Panhellenic Formal Recruitment in the Fall of '87, a Kappa music video was produced which resulted in thirteen new pledges, bringing the total membership to 41. Not too long ago there were only four sisters. With Kappa at the helm of Panhellenic for the past two years, there has been greater participation in sorority life. Another highlight was the visit of Fraternity President, Marion Klingbeil Williams, Missouri, the first time a national president visited GWU.
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The chapter continued its annual Easter egg hunt for the North Mississippi Retardation Center in 1992 and 1993 and also co-hosted a mountain bike race fundraiser with three other Greek groups on campus. 
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In the fall of 1993, the chapter hosted its first flag football tournament, Kappa Kickoff, which raised more than $2000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  The second-annual Kappa Kickoff was held in fall 1994. In 1999, the chapter held Kappa Kickoff in the spring and fall to raise money for the Mississippi Diabetes Foundation, collected donations for Toys for Tots and participated in a canned food drive.
  
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Points of pride include doubling our membership with spring and fall pledge classes in 1988 and 1989, winning awards for Ritual, Finance and Chapter/Adviser relations at the Biennial Convention in Boca Raton, Fla. Greek life continues to increase, with the addition of two new sororities. The success of our Heart sister program led to a stronger Big/Little sister program. For philanthropies, Gamma Chi raised money for the homeless, supported Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy and the D.C. Big Brother/Sister program.
 
  
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In 1989Gamma Chi hosted Lambda Province Meeting where we won the scholarship award. At Founders Day we commemorated the 60th anniversary of our installation with speakers representing four decades of Gamma Chi. Chapter membership has grown from 55 to 71 women, and we have had to schedule chapter meetings in the student center, because we had outgrown our Kappa suites. The biggest challenge was the enforcement of the newly instituted alcohol policies.
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==Highlights of 2000-2010:==
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In 2007, Delta Rho celebrated its sixtieth birthday with a party attended by one of its founding members who gave a talk on her experiences. Not only alumnae and members but also potential new members attended this memorable occasion.
  
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At the 1990 Convention in Dallas, Gamma Chi won the award for philanthropy. Our active year included an all night sports event to raise money for a local homeless crisis center, dancing for 30 hours to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy and Jerry's Kids, winning Sigma Chi Derby Day by turning the Sigma Chi house into a bluegrass band club with square dancing. Money raised went to Help Me Up, a horse to benefit handicapped children. The pledge philanthropy project was a trip to a shelter for battered women and children, performing skits and reading stories. Also, we keep a Kappa Korner, a room at the D.C. General Hospital which we stock with books and toys for the patients.  
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Scholastically, members were acknowledged in The Key for Phi Beta Kappa. Members were also inducted into honor societies such as Alpha Lambda Delta, Chancellor’s Honor Roll, Deans’ List and National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
  
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Leadership included an emerging leader scholarship and award by Sigma Alpha Lambda, a national leaders and honors organization.
  
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Delta Rho members continued to be active in many activities on campus. Athletics included participation in Rebellettes, cheerleaders, Diamond Girls, Bullpen Club, ultimate frisbee team, intramural sports and Student Rebel Athletic Foundation. Political and religious organizations included Campus Crusade for Christ, College Democrats, College Republicans, Student Programming Board, Reformed University Fellowship, Ole Miss Ambassadors, Associated Student Body, Chancellor’s Leadership Program and Rebel Sports Marketing. Members also participated in the Miss University Pageant and the Miss Ole Miss Pageant and included the Homecoming Queen nominee.
  
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The Office of Campus Life awarded Gamma Chi an “Outstanding Chapter Award of 1991” over all Greek organizations on campus. The Washington, D.C. Alumnae Association honored us with a scholarship award for the highest GPA, at 3.1. And at Province Meeting at the University of North Carolina, Gamma Chi received awards for pledge, membership and social graciousness. For philanthropies we sponsored an owl at the National Zoo, collected grocery receipts raising $7,507 to buy computers for schools, support “Kappa Korner,” a reading room at D.C. General Hospital, funded by a car wash with Pi Kappa Alpha, sponsored a walk to benefit AIDS and held a successful blood drive with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, breaking our record from the previous year.
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Delta Rho was acknowledged at Xi Province in 2009 for best recruitment.  
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Community activities included Leap Frog tutoring, reading to children at the Boys and Girls Club and Hope for Africa volunteers.
  
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Although the Greek system on campus suffered setbacks due to the charter revocation of Kappa Sigma and the loss of residence for Sigma Phi Epsilon, other Greek organizations worked hard to solidify the position of Greek life. A Kappa played an important role as president of the Panhellenic Association. Gamma Chi had the highest GPA on campus, plus the pledge class with the highest GPA. A host of new activities were held, including barbecues with fraternities and two chapter retreats. At Convention in Phoenix an amendment to the ByLaws changed the name of the Personnel Committee to the Standards Committee, although the purpose stays the same. This year the chapter president was elected Homecoming Queen and the chapter came in second overall. Once again Kappa placed first in Sigma Chi Derby Days.
 
  
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Our president from '94-'95 won the Greek Woman of the Year Award. And at Province Meeting in Roanoke, the chapter won awards for philanthropy and Advisory Board. Gamma Chi has members on the boards of Order of Omega, the Panhellenic Association and the Dean's Advisory Council. A fashion show raised funds for Breast Cancer Research and Greek Life on campus increased dramatically with the approach of the university's 175th anniversary. New social events included a toga party, a picnic in Great Falls, a moonlight cruise on the “Spirit of Washington,” and a Tie mixer with Kappa Sigma, where each sister had to find her date by figuring out who's tie she was wearing.
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In 1996 the campus celebrated the 175th anniversary of the university. Greek Life continues to increase, with a new sorority coming onto campus, Alpha Delta Pi. During the 175th Homecoming weekend Gamma Chi won first place for our banner and first place for our parade performance. Our chapter has several members in Order of Omega, Golden Key Honor Society, in The Student Association, Panhellenic Council and the Dean's Advisory Council. The financial committee and the Standards committee did an excellent job of motivating sisters to meet financial obligations and participate in events, with the invention of the “Vermonster,” a huge Ben and Jerry's ice-cream sundae. Every sister paying their dues earned their spoon and was invited to enjoy the ice-cream and company of her fellow sisters.
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Delta Rho continued its strong participation on campus academically with memberships on the Dean’s Honor Roll, Alpha Lambda Delta, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Honors College, Phi Kappa Phi and the Chancellor’s Honor Roll.
  
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At Province Meeting in 1977 Gamma Chi won won the pledge award for our endeavors as a pilot chapter in the new member program, and the Advisory Board won for best Advisory Board. The chapter participated in many philanthropies including the Washington, D.C. AIDS walk, Clean Up Foggy Bottom to make our community a cleaner, safer place, the annual Greek Fashion Show and our second annual “movie night” to raise money for Breast Cancer research. Several workshops focused on rituals, fraternity education and on rape conducted by the DC Rape Crisis Center.
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Leadership included Order of Omega which recognizes fraternity men and women who have attained a high standard of leadership in interfraternity activities, Orientation Leaders and Gamma Chi which are membership recruitment counselors.
  
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Gamma Chi received the highest award in April, 1998, the Dean's Award for Superlative Chapter Achievement. In the spring semester we had the highest GPA of all sororities and fraternities. We were also the one of the first chapters to begin using the new “Chapter Finance System” and the House Corporation purchased a new computer for the chapter which came with the new Fraternity program installed. In the spring of 1998, the Standards Committee gave out its first Perfect Attendance Award, completing a goal of increasing participation.
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Other activities included Campus Crusade for Christ, International Students Organization, Ad Club, ASB Cabinet Committee, College Republicans, Newswatch anchors, Rebel Radio and S.T.A.R.  Delta Rho’s strong community and philanthropy commitment was demonstrated by time spent with the Boys and Girls Club, Leap Frog, Habitat for Humanity and Jump Start Leaders.
  
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We began planning for Province Meeting to be held in the Spring of 1999 which Gamma Chi will host. Twenty one sisters earned a place on the Dean's List with a 3.5 GPA or better. The chapter as a whole achieved a 3.14 GPA, the highest of the 24 sororities. In the fall of 1999, with a large pledge class of 25, a challenge to unify the New Members started a number of one-on-one events such as “Sister of the Week.” Each week a New Member would meet with one sister for dinner or just to talk and get to know each other.
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==Highlights of 2013==
  
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Besides hosting seven other Kappa chapters at Province Meeting in the spring 0f 1999, the Fraternity asked Gamma Chi to participate in the recruitment and initiation of a new chapter at John's Hopkins University in Baltimore. Sisters also participated in such philanthropy events as doing yard work and planting flowers at Sasha's House, a home for patients battling the AIDS virus, and displaying tee shirts made by women who have been victims of domestic violence.
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The previous calendar year was an exciting and rewarding time for Ole Miss Kappas. Our chapter experienced great successes both locally and around the globe. Kappa became increasingly involved in other chapters' philanthropies and was named Pi Kappa Alpha's Powder Puff Champion. In addition to Kappa Karnival and Barbecue for Books, two separate groups of Ole Miss Kappas traveled to Haiti and Kenya for Feed the Hunger, a community-wide project started by our chapter. These Kappas delivered meals we packed during our annual Pack-A-Thon, benefiting Feed the Hunger. Our chapter received national recognition for our work with Feed the Hunger. In addition, our chapter won the Kappa Kappa Gamma Best Philanthropy in our Region award, which we are very proud of. The Ole Miss Order of Omega awarded our chapter the Chancellor's Cup for Best Overall Sorority on Campus largely due to our devoted philanthropic work. The Order of Omega also named Alli Bridgers (freshman) its Most Outstanding New Member on Campus, an award given to a Kappa for the second year in a row.  
  
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In the previous year, Ole Miss Kappas became increasingly involved in scholastic and ASB affairs. Allie Hearnsberger (senior) was named the Most Outstanding Marketing and Corporate Relations Student Award. Allie Winters (sophomore) ran for Ole Miss ASB Secretary and won her campaign with her Kappa sisters by her side. Every member of our chapter served her campaign and two members were chosen for her campaign team. The ASB Senate Chair was held by Megan Richter (freshman), Caroline Golson and Elizabeth Moore (freshmen) were on the ASB Election Commission, and Pierce Vaughan (freshman) was elected ASB Secretarial Office Assistant. Five Kappas participated in the Ole Miss Parade of Beauties. Jennie Katherine Ellis (senior) was voted Ole Miss Campus Favorite in student elections and also received the Taylor Medal.  Every year we strive to improve our academics. In 2013, many Kappas were inducted into the Order of Omega, Rho Lambda, Gamma Beta Phi, and the National Society for Collegiate Scholars for their outstanding academics.
  
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On Bid Day we welcomed 116 wonderful new members into our sisterhood after a very successful recruitment. Our chapter's overall goal for 2013 was to become more philanthropically involved. We not only addressed this goal but met it with great success through our Feed the Hunger trips. We also made great efforts to be aware of other Greek philanthropic events and encouraged our members to participate as much as possible.  Our biggest challenge last year was facing our continued period of academic probation. However, our chapter chooses to view this period of probation as a time to help our sisters as much as possible. Monitored study hours were held at least once a day, if not more, in our house and in the library. This ensured that girls who are on academic period of concern set aside time for their classes and assignments. Girls also met with the Vice President of Academic Excellence to create a personal academic improvement plan. Our daily challenges included ensuring only one guest was brought to dinner per week, picking up after ourselves around the house, and staying quiet late at night to respect girls who live in the house.     
  
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==Highlights of 2000-2010==
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Since the release of the popular film The Blind Side, Ole Miss has seen an increase in enrollment each year. As a result, the greek community experienced an increase in registration for recruitment. The past calendar year we saw the biggest group of girls register and go through recruitment. As a result, there were more rounds per day and philanthropy and skit rounds lasted more than one day each.  On Bid Day our chapter welcomed 116 new members.  Alpha Delta Pi recolonized on our campus during Fall 2013 recruitment. Ole Miss is now home to ten sororities, which will help keep pledge classes smaller as more girls go through recruitment.  Ole Miss Kappas took part in Alpha Delta Pi's Bid Day and volunteered as ADPi Ambassadors to help educate students about the sorority before recruitment week.
  
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Early in the decade the university built Townhouse Row and we were thrilled to have a home at last. In the fall of 2005, we welcomed 28 new members, hosted Founders Day with a display of historical documents and photographs of our chapter's rich legacy. Our new philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, has been a great addition this year, as we made bookmarks for local schools. Our Kappa Kickball raises funds for our RIF events. Upon the building of townhouse row three years ago, Kappa was awarded the F house, one of the coveted positions on campus. With eight sororities and twelve fraternities on campus, now Gamma Chi had to prove their right to keep their home, banding together and participating in every Greek function on campus, strengthening our unity as a chapter. Our officers created a fantastic presentation highlighting our chapter strengths and goals and the university offered us another year in the house.
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Overall, our chapter is very enthusiastic and passionate in all that we do. Though our chapter is very large we pride ourselves on our close-knit relationships. We feel that our sisterhood is one of the most rewarding experiences of our college careers and something we will undoubtedly cherish long after we graduate. Each sister benefits from Kappa in her own way. Not a day goes by that we don't find ourselves laughing with our sisters. There is always something going on for us to do together, whether it be a sisterhood event, a night out, or spending hours in the library studying for an upcoming test. Because our chapter is so large, we make great efforts to know not only girls in our own pledge classes, but the girls older and younger than us. We strive to help each other and our community any way we can. We also plan to become even more involved in campus activities in the coming semesters.
  
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Late in the fall of 2006 we held an academic dinner to help guide younger sisters in making their new schedules for 2007 and address any concerns they had about the new academic calendar. Our Kappa Kickball tournament helps fund our Reading is Fundamental philanthropy. Sister events this year included family dinners, pumpkin carving, Thanksgiving dinner, a St. Patrick's Day party, an Oscar party, making Valentines and socials. In the spring of 2007 sisters distributed books to D.C. Schools. We spent much of 2007 planning a nation-wide event involving sisters across the country and RIF. Gamma Chi will pilot this event in the beginning of February, 2008.
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==Highlights of 2014==
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We celebrated Founders Day Oct. 16, 2007 and for this year we focused on improving our rituals, with a Kappa ritual trainer perfecting our initiation and formal meeting ceremonies. Coming back from winter break, Kappa Kappa Gamma began the busy year of 2008, which included everything from formals and sweetheart competitions to philanthropy events and Spring Jam.
 
  
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Spring Jam was one of the highlights of spring semester. We were paired with Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Pi, and Sigma Nu. We had a lot of fun with the dance and band competitions. Although we didn’t place very high in the competitions, we enjoyed the environment of Spring Jam altogether!
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The previous year has been an extremely exciting time for the Ole Miss Kappas. We have experienced success in the Oxford community, on the Ole Miss campus, and abroad. We continued our philanthropy event, Kappa Karnival, where we set up fun stations for children and help promote literacy in the Oxford community. We also hosted a spaghetti dinner with Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on campus to benefit our local Young Life chapters. In addition to these philanthropies, three separate groups of Ole Miss Kappas traveled to Africa, Haiti, and India with Feed the Hunger. Feed the Hunger is a community-wide project started by our chapter that annually packs and delivers meals to impoverished children around the world. These Kappas delivered meals to the different communities and also brought books, toys, and clothing for them. The Ole Miss Order of Omega awarded our chapter the Chancellor's cup for the Best Overall Sorority on campus for the second year in a row at our campus Greek Awards. This is the third time our chapter has won this award in the last four years!
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The weekend of Spring Jam, we also held our Philanthropy called Breakfast at Kappa, a tradition in the forming, and it was a fantastic way to recap a week full of exciting events. The day was very successful, and we had great community and alumnae turn out.
 
  
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Homecoming was an exciting start to fall semester. We were paired with Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Epsilon Pi, and Delta Kappa Epsilon. We won the lip-sync competition and plan on making it a tradition. During sweetheart week we also held our fall Philanthropy event, which was called Kappa Kappa Jamma. We invited everyone we knew over to our chapter house for Buffalo Wild Wings and karaoke. All of the men who were running for our sweetheart got up on stage to sing karaoke with their Fraternity brothers. The philanthropy was a huge success, and our living room was packed.
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Our chapter also aimed to become more involved in scholastic and Associated Student Body affairs. We campaigned for one of our senior members, Allie Winters, for Miss Ole Miss. She was the third runner up and we are so proud of her. We also campaigned for a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior maid during Homecoming. Allie Bridgers was voted Ole Miss Junior maid and was presented on the field during our Homecoming football game. This year, five Kappas participated in Ole Miss Parade of Beauties, a competition for Most Beautiful on campus. Anna Cate Miller (freshman) and Charlie Ann Nix (freshman) placed in the top 25!
  
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Fall semester also included the Leadership Academy, attended by one of our members on behalf of our chapter. Who was proud to share the things she learned from other Kappa Chapters.  
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Our Chapter Council has also made grades a priority for Delta Rho. Grades have unfortunately been a consistent challenge, but we continue to strive for improvement. We have worked on rewarding those who continue to make good grades and hosted an academic banquet for each semester. We also continue to aid our members who need and/or want academic support. Our chapter hires tutors and ask our own members to tutor girls if they wish. We also hold monitored study hours. Girls who are on academic period of concern can use all these tools to help improve their grades. Many Kappas are part of different honors societies on campus. Some of the honors societies our members are involved in include Gamma Beta Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, National Society for Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Order of Omega and many more.
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We were paired with Gamma Phi Beta for our sisterhood event in the spring. We decorated cookies and made holiday cards for the soldiers. We also gave each other house tours of our chapter houses.
 
  
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After recruitment in 2009 was completed, our chapter expanded significantly. We gained 51 new girls and celebrated by telling stories about ourselves and bonding with our fellow sisters with weekly dinners and study time. GW has an urban, eclectic feel. We have an impressive career development program that helps students attain internships and participate in federal work-study programs. Our chapter values all that GW has to offer. Gamma Chi boasts an impressive yearly GPA. As active members in Greek Life, we try to contribute positively by participating in Greek Week, being kind to others and continuing our support of other chapters’ projects like Pike’s Fireman Challenge and Sigma Chi’s Derby Days. We are dedicated to our philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental and we raise money during our Kappa Kickball event to support RIF. Gamma Chi is also committed to Reading is Key as our signature event where we read to elementary school children and promote Children’s Literacy.  
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Our overall goal for most years is to continue to work on becoming more philanthropically involved both on campus & in the community as well as working to improve our grades. We definitely became more involved on campus during 2014 and continue to expand our Feed the Hunger philanthropy. We also worked on our grades by incorporating more tutors and study hours. We hope to continue to improve in all of these areas! 
  
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The Ole Miss campus has grown rapidly in the past few years. As a result, the Greek community has seen an increase in recruitment registration. This has caused there to be more rounds during recruitment. Philanthropy and skit day both lasted two days this year. 2014 Bid Day was a very exciting day as our chapter welcomed 146 New Members. Ole Miss plans to welcome a new chapter, Alpha Phi next year. This will mean that there will be 11 sororities on campus, which will hopefully allow for smaller pledge classes. We are eager to see how Greek life will continue to change over the next few years!
  
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Overall, our chapter is very enthusiastic and excited about all that we do. Our chapter is very large but we do continue to pride ourselves on close-knit relationships. Happiness is a very common feeling throughout the Kappa house. We love to spend time together eating meals and just being there for each other. There is always something going on for us to do together, whether it is eating dinner, going to sisterhood events or, spending late nights studying. Having such a large chapter means that there will always be someone there for you. Our chapter also strives to strengthen the bonds between different pledge classes. One way we do this is by having a week dedicated to big and little sisters. This is a great time to bring all four pledge classes together and get to know each other better. Overall, our chapter is a very happy one and we seem to get along across the board! 
  
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==Highlights of 2011==
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Our chapter of Kappa owns a sorority house on campus. This is where we hold our chapter meetings. We do not currently have specified chapter room but we convert the dining room into a meeting space on our meeting days.  We do hope to eventually expand the house and include a specific chapter room!
  
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In 2011, our chapter was put on social and disciplinary probation and has lost our house due to hazing allegations. While Gamma Chi is not defined by bricks and morter, we value the time we have spent in our townhouse. Members from every pledge class visit the house when they need the support of their sisters, and our town house is a place where sisters can bond and be their true selves. Chapter Council has met every Sunday before our chapter meetings to discuss how we are going to keep morale high and encourage the sisters to keep their heads up through this tough time. In placing as one of the Gold Chapters on campus in Spring 2009, we are confident that our chapter will shine even without our townhouse. Furthermore, Chapter Council agrees that there needs to be more transparency between chapter members, chapter council, Headquarters and the University. Communication and trust is one of the most effective ways that our Chapter can prove how kind and thoughtful we are.  
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Delta Rho house corporation owns our own house on campus. We do, however, rent the land from the University. We are required to live in the house for our junior year. There are only 56 spaces in the house, which is not enough spaces to accommodate the entire chapter. The first people to get spots in the house are the girls on Chapter Council. After that, Rush Team will then take up spaces. After that there are usually about 10 spots that are filled with girls who have the most points. This is our only house in the history of our chapter.
  
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==Highlights of 2012==
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This last year has been an extremely exciting time for the Ole Miss Kappas. We have experienced success in the Oxford community, on the Ole Miss campus, and abroad. Instead of having Kappa Karnival, we decided to switch it up this year. We called it “A Royal Affair at the Kappa Kastle”. For this, people paid five dollars for a ticket and came to the Kappa house for a day of fun. Some Kappa sisters dressed up as various Disney princesses and decorated crowns with the little kids. This was such a fun event for everyone involved. There were also different groups of Kappas who travelled to Africa, Haiti, and India with Feed the Hunger. Feed the Hunger is a community- wide project started by our chapter that annually packs and delivers meals to impoverished children around the world. The Kappas that went on this trip brought books, toys and clothing for them as well. There is a spring break planned for March 2016 that will hopefully be a success! The Ole Miss Order of Omega actually awarded out chapter the best philanthropy for the past year! We were very proud of this achievement and can only hope to continue and strengthen our involvement.
  
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This previous calendar year was absolutely great for Gamma Chi! On the note of scholarship, a junior in Gamma Chi, Erica Tafuro, was already accepted in GW Medical School and is the current President of GW Med Life! We've had many campus reps from companies make presentations at our chapter meetings in the hopes of improving the academics of our chapter as a whole. We are a chapter of leaders both within KKG and the greater GW and DC communities. Our leaders are always looking to gain insight on how to be better at what they do for our chapter.  
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Our chapter also aimed to become more involved with the Associated Student Body. We campaigned a Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior maid. Also one of our Junior- class members, Shelby Santel was elected VP of Community Service on the Ole Miss Panhellenic Executive Council.
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Grades are always a struggle for our chapter. Our chapter council this past year has truly tried to strive to correct and help out our chapter overall. We have determined that it is not only important to encourage people to make good grades, but it is also important to reward those who make consistently good grades. Each semester, there is an academic banquet or meal for those who have made good grades the past semester. Girls really look forward to this. We also provide tutors for girls that request them. This semester, our VPAE also added a study hour requirement. We as a chapter are all trying to get used to it. It does seem to be effective and really forces girls to spend time studying. There are numerous honors societies that our members are involved in. Some of these include Gamma Beta Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, National Society for Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Order of Omega and many more. Overall this past year has been an exciting one for the Delta Rho chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We look forward to a new Chapter Council and seeing all that they can achieve!
  
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Last summer, three of our members including our past President, Sarah Potter, attended the biennial national Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity convention in Jacksonville, Florida.They were able to work on leadership skills and learn new ways to promote sisterhood bonding. Outside of Kappa related business, many of our members are involved in other extra-curricular activities. To name a few of these affiliations: GW Panhellenic Association, City Hall Residence Council, GW for Obama, Colonial Army, SAAC Council, and Class Council.  
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Describe the recent changes on your campus and describe the overall nature of your chapter.
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The Ole Miss campus has continued to grow rapidly in recent years. This has resulted in the Greek community growing as well. In the past three years, the Ole Miss campus has added two new sororities (Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Phi). We have also added extra rounds during recruitment. This year, we welcomed 149 wonderful New Members. We are excited to see what will happen with these new sororities on campus for the coming year!
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The Ole Miss, delta rho, chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma is a very enthusiastic sorority. We really are passionate about all that we do. The overall feeling when walking to the house is also very happy and very welcoming. Girls love to gather in the t.v. room to watch out shows or all eat downstairs together. Even though it seems difficult to be close with 400 girls, we truly pride ourselves on close-knit relationships. We also just finished up with our big/ little sister week. This is always a great opportunity for the different pledge classes to come together. Overall, this Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter is very close and we truly have happy spirits around the house.
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To ensure that all incoming leaders have solid roots in their positions, of past VPO held a great transition workshop to have the incoming officers meet the girls in their position. They were able to receive great advice from the outgoing officers! As a chapter, we have tried to make our presence on campus as positive as possible. We have had great success at philanthropic events in the past few semesters. In our own event, Kappa Kickball, we raised over 12,000 dollars for RIF! KKG Gamma Chi won Phi Kappa Psi's Philanthropy last spring, were Greek Week winners ( along with Phi Psi and KA)this past fall, and won Sigma Chi's Derby days philanthropy week! Our chapter was super involved in all of the philanthropic events and showed both ourselves and GW that we are an amazing group of girls. Our chapter has also participated in events such as "GW Students Against Sexual Assault 90& campaign" and GWU Invisible Children for Kony 2012.
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What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
  
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We also had chapter members, Ivanka Farrel and Tessa Bay working on the Obama campaign this past semester which was very exciting! Gamma Chi had a fun and successful formal this past December which gave all the girls a chance to blow off some steam before finals! Gamma Chi also had many sisterhood events this year such as Ice Skating in Georgetown, trips to the White House, and many barbeques with other greek organizations. 
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There are many different ways to get involved around Oxford, Mississippi. The main organizations that our chapter involves ourselves with are feed the hunger, the local Reading is Fundamental organization, Young Life, and More than a Meal. For More than a Meal, some girls will gather extra food from our meals and deliver it to a local church where less fortunate people gather. We sit with them, help the children do homework, and just enjoy spending time with these Oxford residents.  
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Greek life on GW's campus has been much more active and involved these past few semesters. As a whole Greek community, each indivdual chapter is striving to promote the perception of Greek organizations to the greater public. The relations between the different councils (IFC, MGC, and Panhel) are growing and growing each day! As a chapter, Gamma Chi strives to show GW and the Greek community that we are a united front of woman. We are strong, talented, and ambitious young women who work hard to succeed in all of our endeavors. There has been a very large boost in morale these past few semesters as all the members have the same yearning to raise the standards of Gamma Chi and the Greek community as a whole. We are extremely focused on reaching our goals as a chapter.  
 
  
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Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
  
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==Highlights of 2013==
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There is no real specific reason that our chapter chose to support these organizations. We do, however, truly love each and every one of the ones that we do spend time with. Many girls, for example, have made it a weekly tradition to deliver the food to More than a Meal and spend time with the children there. With Young life, we have a yearly spaghetti dinner fundraiser with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on campus. This is a great way for students on campus to learn more about the Oxford Young life chapter.
  
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This past semester Gamma Chi was very involved in The George Washington University community. The chapter hosted a screening of the movie “Miss Representation” and made it an open event for all of the GW community to attend.  One of the goals for the chapter this semester was to make sunday chapter a really special meeting. For example, at one chapter, KKG members were served Ben and Jerry's ice cream. The semester has been busy and productive for Gamma Chi, which will continue into the fall semester.   
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==Highlights of 2014==
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This past year has been an exciting time for the Delta Rho Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We have increasingly become closer as a chapter, introducing a myriad of new sisterhood events, such as ornament painting, scrapbook crafting, a "sleepover" movie night, traveling to the pumpkin patch, and much more. Furthermore, our chapter's local philanthropy, Feed the Hunger, really took off this year - we hit a new record at the annual Pack-a-Thon event, packing a total of 170,160 meals! Pack-a-Thon is a wonderful event that brings together the entire community to pack food that we send with Feed the Hunger to ensure impoverished children around the world are fed.
  
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2014 with the George Washington Gamma Chi Chapter was very eventful. The school year began on August 25th with the first day of classes. We started off the year with recruitment preparations beginning the end of August, followed by formal recruitment starting on Friday September 12th and ending the following Monday. We added close to fifty new members to our chapter. This time was very successful and fun for us and we were excited to welcome this new pledge class into our sorority. Bid day took place on Tuesday September 16th when the new pledge class was “Krowned Kappa” on the National Mall.  
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Our philanthropy chair worked extremely hard putting this event together, and the Public Relations committee, along with entire chapter, worked tirelessly to spread the word and get the entire Ole Miss campus and Oxford community involved in this fun charity night. We even were extremely hands-on in our involvement with Feed the Hunger - 11 members of our chapter traveled to Haiti over spring break with FTH to deliver the meals and extra supplies to the children there. Also, 1 member travelled alone with FTH over the summer to Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to deliver more packed meals and supplies. We are extremely proud of members who give up their breaks from school to support something much bigger than themselves; we are also very proud of the great efforts our chapter makes from home in supporting our local and worldwide philanthropies.  
  
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During Bid Week a series of unsanctioned media postings were made by a fraternity member, which resulted in an investigation of our conduct as a sorority by the George Washington University. These allegations were brought to Nationals attention. We began to reassess our goals and values as we sought to realign ourselves with the core principles of Kappa.  
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Furthermore, our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, also hit new records - we donated more books to the local schools this past year than ever before. We also introduced two new philanthropy events benefitting Reading is Fundamental that took place at our chapter house. Last spring we hosted the first Kappa Con Queso, an event sporting a full nacho bar, mariachi music, festive decorations, and a photo booth. This past fall, we hosted the first Breakfast for Books, featuring a waffle bar. We also ran a raffle that benefitted Reading is Fundamental.  
  
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In the meantime, formal pledging took place Friday September 19th and we were excited to welcome our new pledge class. We had a sisterhood event on Saturday September 20th where we all did Zumba together and bonded with our new members.  
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All three events were huge successes on our campus and we raised a large amount of money for RIF. One more amazing philanthropic event that began this year was the "Focus Cause of the Month" - each month, one member is selected to talk about a cause that is dear to her heart, and the chapter gets involved in either raising money, donating supplies to that charity, or simply supporting that sister in her endeavors in contributing to her cause. It has been great to watch our chapter come together to support each other in their personal endeavors.
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This past calendar year, our chapter won the Civil Engagement Award at Greek Awards on the Ole Miss Campus. We also won the Honorable Mention Signature Event at Convention. Our chapter strives to push members to be involved on campus, and most of our members are involved with an outside club or honors society, or are volunteers in the community through other organizations.
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Bid Day this year welcomed 129 amazing new members into our sisterhood! Our membership chairmen, their committee, and the entire chapter put so much effort into making our recruitment this year the best it has ever been, and we far exceeded our goals. Our chapter also had goals of improving and reaching new records in terms of philanthropy, and we achieved those goals by a landslide. Furthermore, our chapter has placed a large focus on improving our academics and our sorority GPA. Our GPA did improve, through the help of scheduled tutoring sessions, monitored study hours, and rewards for logging the most study hours and for retaining the highest grades all semester.
  
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On October 10th PC ’14 had a bonding retreat where they got to know each other while doing crafts. On Sunday October 12th we had the Founder’s Day Brunch and the LC began her visit on Sunday ending the following Friday. We had Big/Little Week beginning on Monday October 20th and finished with Big/Little reveal on Saturday October 25th.  
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Our campus has seen many changes, in terms of the racial disputes going on around the country. We had several debates concerning the Confederate flag being flown on campus, gaining national recognition for some of these events. Ole Miss has also seen a large increase in enrollment this past year, requiring the construction of several new dorms for freshman; due to this massive influx of freshman women, we have also had a new sorority come to Ole Miss - Alpha Phi.
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Our chapter is extremely close and very passionate about Kappa and about maintaining a good image on campus and in our community. We are very supportive of each other, and continually show each other love and compassion in ways that can only be achieved through such a close sisterhood. We challenge each other to be our best selves, and we push each other to do more for the campus and more for the community, not only as a way to improve the lives of those around us, but in order to grow as women in society and to better ourselves.  
  
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Soon after on Saturday November 1th Kappa Kickball took place. Fraternities came together with fraternities and organizations to form teams lead by Kappa members. We raised a significant amount for the organization Reading Is Fundamental. On Sunday at chapter on November 2nd the nominating committee presented the slated officers for the New Chapter Council and at Chapter Council on Wednesday November 12th we had a joint chapter council with old officers and the new voted Chapter Council.  
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No matter what our members are doing, whether it's enjoying a delicious meal together in our dining room, attending a sisterhood event, studying all night for an exam, or simply hanging out on the couches watching TV, it is ensured that there is fun and laughter involved. Each of our members is unique, and that is what we all love about Kappa - it is not a one-size-fits-all group; but, because of these great differences, we bounce off of each other's qualities and characteristics, and it makes us a well-rounded chapter. Our chapter is quite large, so that requires a bit more planning and organization than smaller chapters, but we make it work and lean on each other so that we can run smoothly.
  
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On Friday November 14th we had Fireside and the new member overnight followed by formal initiation on Saturday November 15th. It was a very special day for us all and we even had a special surprise from some Kappa Moms who came in to initiate their daughters. An Academic Excellence Banquet took place on November 23rd. The year ended with final exams beginning on December 10th and ending with winter break starting December 19th.  
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We raise money for Feed the Hunger and pack meals for them through the Pack-A-Thon community event each year. We also donated books to our local schools via Reading is Fundamental philanthropy events. Furthermore, we support More than a Meal, an organization in which community members can receive a free meal, toiletries, after school tutoring, and education on topics such as healthcare and wellness. Our chapter donates food each week to be served, and we also have several members that donate their time each week to volunteer at the event. Many members also volunteer with LeapFrog, an after-school tutoring and enrichment program each week.
  
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During the last part of 2014 the new chapter council and members have rededicated themselves to upholding the values of the University and Nationals and it continues to be a work in progress.
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Seeing as our two chapter organizations are Reading is Fundamental and Feed the Hunger, it only makes sense that our members are extremely passionate about education, literacy, and ending famine, both worldwide and locally. Our sisters love children, and strive to help these children of Oxford gain access to the best education as possible. Many members of our community are also suffering in poverty, and we are committed to doing our part to ensure that all of the people in Oxford can enjoy a hot meal during the week and can receive the basic necessities.  
  
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We meet in our chapter house, in the dining room. We are such a large chapter that the dining room is the only place where we can all fit.
  
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==Highlights of 2015==
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This previous calendar year in the Gamma Chi Chapter has been extremely productive and eventful. We have carried our goals from semester to semester, referring back to them in everything we do from sisterhood event planning to attending weekly Chapter meetings. Our members have been focused on pursuing the Kappa values in every aspect of our campus life. The Spring semester of 2015 was a time dedicated to defining our goals, and establishing how we were going to achieve them. Some big events of this semester included a chapter wide Sisterhood Event in March where we had a Leadership Consultant and Kappa Trainer work with us on establishing what values we are most proud of, and what we want to work on in the future. Within Chapter Council we made the decision to add the position of Chapter House Chairman so we could have a person dedicated to planning our event spaces and be in charge of the Storage Unit that holds all of our historic memorabilia. We had a large number of our members abroad this semester, and we were so proud of them as they both physically and symbolically wore their Kappa letters abroad.
 
  
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We started off the school year with a values based recruitment, initiating 55 members on the formal initiation date of November 21st. We were so proud to welcome these new members into our chapter, as the values-based recruitment allowed us to bring in new members that exemplified all the values we were looking for, including academic dedication, campus involvement, and girls with genuine, sisterly attributes. We have been getting to know these new members through Sisterhood Events, such as our Zumba Event in October, where we had a chance to get to know the new members while also getting some exercise and spending time with our old friends. We also had a Sisterhood Event in November that was a Holiday-themed Bowling party, where we could take a break from finals preparations to spend time bonding with our fellow sisters.  
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This year at the Delta Rho chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma we packed our millionth meal for our annual Feed The Hunger event and raised over $80,000 for Feed The Hunger. We also sent five of our own sisters to Kenya over the Winter Break. In another philanthropic event, the Delta Rho Kappas won the Sigma Nu Charity Bowl. At the Ole Miss Greek awards our 2016 president, Bailee Coleman, was named Chapter President of the Year and Kappa Kappa Gamma was awarded the Respect and Dignity for All Award. During the recruitment period, we welcomed 110 new members from far ranging places such as Hawaii and even Germany. These new members represented Kappa Kappa Gamma at the annual Theta Encore and placed second overall in a very competitive event. Academically the Delta Rho Chapter was ranked fourth overall of every sorority and fraternity on campus with a GPA of 3.26. The Kappa indoor intramural soccer team placed first in their annual competition. It has been 70 years since the Delta Rho chapter was established in 1947. Another achievement of a member that we are incredibly proud of is that our very own Charley Ann Nix was crowned as Miss University 2017.
  
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The close bond we have been fostering really became evident when we gathered outside Whole Foods to host our Kappa Kappacinos fundraiser. A group of sisters spent the day selling baked goods to locals in order to raise money for our philanthropy Reading is Fundamental. After selling countless brownies, cookies, and coffee, we were able to raise 260 dollars. In addition to our own philanthropy, we have played an active role in the philanthropies of others such as Sigma Chi’s Derby Days, as well as Delta Tau Delta’s Taugate.  
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The Ole Miss campus is seeing growth in the development of an updated Student Union. The Ole Miss campus is also in the process of building a brand new STEM building. Another building many students are looking forward to is a new recreational building off campus that will have updated work out equipment.
  
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We have had many campus representatives from organizations on campus make presentations to us on topics that are very relevant within Greek Life across the country. We had a Sexual Assault and Prevention Workshop as well as a workshop on Alcohol Safety. These workshops were very important to us as we learned how to take care of ourselves on campus, and learn how to best help our fellow sisters. Outside of Kappa related business we have been so proud of our sisters for achieving their goals this year, from amazing internships within Washington DC to our senior’s acceptance into Grad programs. Some of these include acceptance into Sciences Po. Masters program, involvement in GW Globe Med, an internship at the Peace Corp., running a marathon, and involvement as the president of GWU Best Buddies.
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Our Chapter Council has been extremely dedicated this year, making a change from our usual one-hour council meeting, to a more comprehensive two-hour weekly meeting where we were given the opportunity to cover more topics and make sure all chapter council members understand their weekly tasks and can help one another with the completion of these. Chapter Council worked extremely hard on their Action Plans over the semester, and made sure they achieved all their goals. We were so happy to elect a new Chapter Council in November, and we feel as if this new Council will make an extremely successful transition. To help ensure that the new sisters of Chapter Council were adequately prepared for their new positions, we held a two-hour Leadership Day where the Outgoing Chapter Council trained the new Chapter Council. During these two hours, new Chapter Council members met with the outgoing officer of their position, as well as their advisor. Both the outgoing officer and advisor served as a mentor for the incoming officer as they showed her how to navigate the Kappa website, as well as where to locate any resources she could need throughout the duration of her time on Chapter Council.  
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Traditionally Kappa Kappa Gamma at Ole Miss hold philanthropy events for Reading Is Fundamental. Kappa Kappa Gamma at Ole Miss also holds a Feed The Hunger event every year in which we pack meals for children all over the world. We also have a focus cause for every month at Ole Miss Kappa Kappa Gamma which can range anywhere from NEDA to Suicide Awareness. Every year we sent many members to hand deliver the meals that we pack. A Delta Rho Kappa was the first to start a Feed The Hunger event at Ole Miss and since then the chapter has undertaken it and put on the Packathon every year.
  
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The Gamma Chi chapter looks forward to upholding the values of Kappa Kappa Gamma and will continue to move in a positive direction meeting our goals as a chapter.
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==Highlights of 2018==
  
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The Delta Rho chapter sent five members of our chapter council including President: Gigi Franz, Vice President Standards: Abigail Johnson, Vice President Organization: Maggie Crouch, Vice President Academic Excellence: Elly Weller, and Assistant Membership Chair: Annie Livingston to the Kappa Kappa Gamma convention where our chapter was awarded the "New Member Program Award."
  
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The 2016 calendar year proved to be eventful for the Gamma Chi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We have capitalized on the goals we set in years prior to ultimately be productive and increase our chapter standing. Our sisters have prioritized pursuing the values of a Kappa woman as they know they proudly wear their letters twenty-four seven. At the beginning of the year, Gamma Chi learned that we would remain on probation in order for headquarters to ensure that we reach our maximum potential. With their help, we know that we can achieve greatness within the Greek community at the George Washington University.  
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Our chapter has put in an incredible amount of hard work towards improving our academics. In the spring semester of 2018 Delta Rho earned the highest GPA the chapter has had (3.3) and we also had the most girls receive 4.0's (49) since the chapter's inception in 1947. Our VPAE, Elly Weller, worked hard to ensure that every member received a tutor as requested as well as supplying us with many exam snacks during finals to help us stay focused and awake. The VPAE committee also strived to help the few girls on POC to better their grades.
  
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The spring 2015 semester concluded the academic year with many exciting achievements and events. We hosted an Alice in Wonderland themed day party, won Beta Theta Pi’s philanthropy, and had a laser tag sisterhood event that fostered bonding and friendship. We kick off the 2016-2017 school year off with formal recruitment beginning in late September. The University thought this was a more appropriate time for recruitment as it did not interfere with finals as it did in years prior. We welcomed 45 new members that all possessed the values we set out to look for: positivity, sisterly, involvement, scholarly. We followed recruitment with a Big Little week where our new members were showered in gifts from their loving Bigs.  
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The standards committee this year has put a lot of effort into changing the member's mindsets from standards being a punishment, to it being an accountability and sisterhood committee. Our number of members sent to standards each week has drastically decreased, and we have also received more respectful reactions to rules and repercussions. Our VPS, Abigail Johnson, tried to make herself more available to the chapter for any of their needs, and emphasized that she was not there to be "scary", but was there as a friend to listen and help in any way possible. This has made herself and the President a more united front and helps them support each other instead of every member's concerns going to one single person. On the sisterhood side we have held multiple successful events including renting out the movie theater in town, having a donuts and coffee night at the house, and having mental health awareness activities. Another thing we have accomplished to give more members opportunities to support their sisters and hold them accountable is having volunteer event monitors at every event. Our VPS worked alongside our event, Abigail Nichols, and risk, Maggie Philips, chairmen to accomplish this task.
  
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In order to better integrate these new members into Gamma Chi, we held two sisterhood events, our annual Kappa Kickball, and two social events throughout the semester. “Omniscape” was our first sisterhood event where sisters divided into teams to use given clues in order to devise a code to “escape the room” they were placed in. We followed this event with a “The Great Gatsby” themed crush party. As we danced the night away in our pearls and fringe dresses, we enjoyed the catered &Pizza and embraced the new additions to our Kappa families. Following this social event, we had multiple programming work shops in the hope of increasing our knowledge and functionality to be a productive, responsible chapter. These workshops included another visit from the Title IX office who led a Sexual Assault and Prevention workshop and a Kappa alum who educated us on Alcohol consumption. In addition to our annual philanthropy week which concludes with Kappa Kickball, we commuted to the Boys and Girls club to read and do homework with the after school students who attend. Our sisters who attended were welcomed with hugs and joy from the children who valued our assistance so greatly. We were able to gift the children with the goody bags filled with markets, coloring pages, and stickers that we made with Potential New Members during philanthropy night of recruitment. Gamma Chi ended the semester with another sisterhood event involving a trip to the National Zoo for the annual Zoo Lights show. Each and everyone one of these events fostered commradery and love amongst the many sisters of Gamma Chi.  
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Our VPO, Maggie Crouch, helped the chapter to host five guests throughout 2018. She also started the first informational session where anyone who's interested in being on Chapter Council could come and meet with the current Chapter Council and ask them questions about their position. She also sent out weekly surveys to the chapter to get continuous feedback on events and other things going on in the chapter.
  
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In addition to our dedication to our sisterhood, Gamma Chi woman have proved to be academically successful. We had four women earning 4.0 GPAs, and countless sisters with prominent internships such as interning for the White House. Our sisters give back to the community as well, as one of our members is training to become a CorePower instructor, and another serves as the President of Chabad.  
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Our Membership chair, Marlee Frances Young, helped to prepare the newly initiated members on how round structures work and the expectations from Panhellenic and headquarters beginning in the middle of the spring semester of 2018. She also helped prepare the entire chapter for regulations set by Panhellenic, prepare the entire chapter for appropriate conversations and chapter values, and prepare the chapter and giving them knowledge of potential new members to watch out for, especially legacies. During recruitment she made sure all rounds and their decor lined up with the guidelines set by Panhellenic, assigned members of the chapter potential new members to converse with throughout the week of formal recruitment so that the PNM is able to see the diversity Kappa has to offer, and made sure bid sessions went according to our bylaws.
  
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The members of Gamma Chi are successful not only in their endeavors as dedicated sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma, but also as members of society in an academic and social setting. With the help of our newly elected Chapter Council, our chapter will continue to be led in a positive direction hopefully resulting in Gamma Chi being placed off of probation. The 2016-2017 Chapter Council is full of dynamic women with fresh ideas, and exciting passion. We have recently held a Leadership Day where the outgoing Chapter Council was able to pass on incite to the incoming Chapter Council. This day was very productive because very positions advisor was there and were able to pass on new ideas and knowledge to the incoming Chapter Council. This day will insure that there will be a smooth transition between the outgoing and incoming Chapter Council.
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Our Panhellenic Delegate, Cate Thompson, worked towards supporting and giving our best effort in any and all Panhellenic activities from Care Walk to the Halloween Trick or Treating event. We did well with following the recruitment rules overall and she was able to work hands on with the Panhellenic officers through various activities prior and during recruitment week. She kept a strong flow of information between the chapter and the executive board to make sure deadlines were met and everyone was on the same page. I believe this chapter has a stronger appreciation and awareness for Panhellenic life and the Greek love is strong. Cate was also elected to the University of Mississippi College Panhellenic Executive Board for 2019.  
  
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We are very proud of what our chapter has accomplished this academic year and we hope to continue to grow as a chapter and increase our sisterhood.
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Our Public Relations chairman, Hailey Cunningham, has increased alumni relations by informing alums of all that is happening via social media (mostly Facebook). The Kappa instagram is also now the most followed Ole Miss sorority. This allows PNM's, alumni, parents, and other chapters to see all of our accomplishments and involvement. She has also improved the overall designs of the t-shirts and banners to make them more fun. We are known for always having the cutest shirts and banners on campus.  
  
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Corresponding Secretary, Sarah Grace Lasso, has accomplished many things this past year. Getting all the Aspiration Books ordered for our New Members and getting the badges ordered were just two of her biggest accomplishments. We also implemented a new and improved Points System to ensure growing chapter involvement. As a result of a being involved and sending in points, chapter members were able to win customized Kappa T-shirts. Lastly, on behalf of the Delta Rho Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma, our panhellenic love and support was shown through things such as "Welcome Back" cookies and "Exam Happies" that were delivered to sororities and fraternities across campus.
  
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The 2017 calendar year proved to be an eventful one for the Gamma Chi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. With the installment of a new chapter council at the end of 2016, every position excelled and took their position above and beyond its requirements. This past year our chapter members attended multiple national Kappa conferences to help enhance their positions and meet other sisters. Our President, Vice President of Standards, Membership Chairman, New Member Chairman and Risk Manager attended the Kappa leadership conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each officer came back with new ideas and was eager to implement them into our chapter. Also one of our sisters was selected to serve on the Kappa collegiate advisory board and visited headquarters this fall. She surveyed chapter council on ideas we would like to see Kappa try in the future and took those with her to the conference. Lastly, our Public Relations Chairman attended Leadership Academy this fall. She came back with many ideas and solutions to some of our chapter’s problems and loved the experience of meeting new Kappas from all across the country.
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Our New Member chair, Mary Grace Hudson, helped to recruit an amazing new member class and carried them all the way through initation. She is confident in these new initiates, and cannot wait to watch them grow and strengthen our Delta Rho chapter. All events during the new member period were productive and so much fun.
  
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In terms of scholarship, our GPA increased this semester from a 3.12 to a 3.26. The Vice President of Academic Excellence increased the number of study sessions and moved them to more convenient times (e.g. before chapter). Gamma Chi focused more on chapter history this past year, beginning with hosting a founder’s day celebration. Our Education Chairman invited alumnae in the area and hosted a fun evening where we talked about the founding of Kappa while enjoying spending time with the girls who help keep it alive. At this event, there were chapter archives displayed along with scrapbooks from 1989 and 2016.
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Our House chair, Ellie Sharp, improved the Delta Rho chapter's relationship with House Board, built up our respect from House Board, and improved the chapter's house-filling process.
  
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During Spring semester, our Event Chairman hosted Spring Formal, which was a great way for all the sisters to bond before parting ways for the summer. This fall we had a Halloween themed crush party that went over great and was a fun way to get everyone into the spirit. Lastly, our Winter Formal went smoothly and was the last event before the start of finals. These events would not have been possible without the hard work and collaboration of our Event Chairman and Risk Manager.
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Delta Rho's Recording Secretary, Bella Garofalo, helped to ensure there was an increase of attendance at chapter events. She also helped to make sure our formal chapters were ran smoothly and that the members were great with ritual.  
  
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[[File:GammaChi 2017.pdf|thumb|Celebrating recruitment and Reading is Fundamental at Gamma Chi in 2017.]]
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Our Marshal, Cary Dent, successfully initiated our new members and ensured ritual be kept during formal chapters. This year we had a wonderful initiation with a lot of help from the alumni. We were able to initiate 117 girls and we are so excited to see all they accomplish these next four years.
  
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Over 2017, our philanthropy involvement increased tremendously. We participated in Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi, Zeta Beta Tau and Kappa Alpha Order philanthropies. We donated to their cause along with participating in the fun events that help bind Greek life together. Within the Greek community, we participated in Greek week with our partner, Kappa Sigma. We donated over 150 cans of food to food banks in the local area and helped increase our involvement on campus.
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Our Philanthropy chair, Claire Dutreix, helped the chapter to raise over $20,000 for RIF over the year with two philanthropy events. We also fund-raised for and packed over 130,000 meals at our chapter philanthropy's Feed the Hunger Packathon. We maintained a monthly "FOCUS cause" and donated to causes such as Love Packs, William McGee Center for Wellness Education, and a local homeless shelter. Claire was also elected to serve as President of the University of Mississippi College Panhellenic Council for 2019.  
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One big part of our fall semester was our informal recruitment we hosted. GW moved formal recruitment to the Spring semester this year, so we ran informal recruitment and had sophomores come and learn about our chapter. We hosted one event at a restaurant on campus and had casual conversations with all the girls. Later that week we voted and took 12 amazing new sisters. Each one of them offers something new and exciting to the chapter. Each girl had a special big little week and an exciting reveal at our philanthropy event on the national mall.
 
  
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2017 was a big year for Gamma Chi, as this is just a short summary of what we accomplished.  Our chapter goals for this year were to increase our campus involvement, GPA, and recruit girls that are devoted to Kappa. Through all of the events listed above, we believe we have achieved all these goals and could not be more excited for what the future years bring to Gamma Chi.
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Our Chaplain, Anna Katherine Vega, increased attendance in bible study and more girls were willing to participate. She helped to create a warm and welcoming community where people feel as though they are able to share and/or talk about things that are happening in their life. She also helped to create more awareness of the chaplain position. Our bible study is a place that can serve as a positive environment for people that need it.
  
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Our three Parent's Club Chairmen, Julia Plauche, Jane Cypert Walsh and Lindsey Lowell, did an incredible job this past year. Our Spring Parents weekend was April 20-22. It included a crawfish boil on the KKG lawn Friday, a silent auction, band, and dinner at Chancellors House on Saturday, and a brunch on Sunday. Our Fall Parents weekend was November 2-4. It included appetizers and drinks at Southern Table on Friday, Ole Miss vs. South Carolina grove tent and game on Saturday, and open house and brunch on Sunday. Our KKG Grove tent every Ole Miss home game looked great.
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Our chapter donated the most money this semester to Reading is Fundamental (RIF) through our Kappa Kickball fundraiser. This October, Gamma Chi raised over $3,000 dollars for RIF through t-shirt sales, penny wars, and a hot dog cook out. All these events were open to everybody which was a great way to strengthen our involvement on campus. Our chapter loves to support RIF because we all understand how important literacy is in our world today.
 
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Along with donating to RIF, Gamma Chi also participated in many fraternity philanthropies and donated over $1,500 dollars in total to all the fraternities different philanthropies. Also, during this past holiday season, Gamma Chi “adopted” a foster child and took on the responsibilities to buy their Christmas presents this season. The entire chapter council was eager to do this and this will definitely be a tradition for every holiday season. Along with donating money, almost all of our sisters have donated their time to help the greater Washington, DC community. Some of the organizations where our sisters volunteered were Jumpstart DC, Martha’s Table, Meals on wheels, We are Family, and Turning the page.
 
  
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Our members are involved all over campus. One chapter member and former Chapter Council member, Maddy Gumbko, founded the Out of Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention that takes place each fall on the Ole Miss campus. We have had 3 walks and all 3 walks together have raised over $51,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Her and another Kappa, Julia Plauche, ran the event this year and Julia will take over next year. We have members that serve on the Executive Board for Crosby Community Council, as the president and head delegate of Nation Model United Nations at Ole Miss, as the Director of Membership for Beta Alpha Psi which is an accounting honors organization, ASB Senator and chairman of Infrastructure committee, student representative on chancellors standing committee on parking and infrastructure, treasurer of ole miss college republicans, secretary of UM bipartisan club, treasurer of the Sand Volleyball Club, CA's, Orientation Leaders, Ambassadors, AED, AMA, AMSA, Ole Miss Psychology Club, TOT, NSCS, Psi Chi, All Walks, Hand Band, OMSVA, UMFS, More-Than-a-Meal, RebelTHON, SAA, Big Event, Equestrian Club, UMWLC, Active Minds, RASA, RFSP, OMASH, Cru, RUF, Phi Kappa Phi, SMBHC, and YL.
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Our chapter facility is the Marvin Center. We host all of our chapter meetings and chapter council meetings here.
 
  
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Oral History
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“Looking back on my first year in Kappa, I am so thankful for everything Gamma Chi has given me. As a freshman living on the Vern, joining Kappa allowed me to meet so many new people that I probably would not have overlapped with in any other setting. Some of these people became my closest friends. I met two of my current roommates, Hope Rothenberg and Sophia Ertel, through Kappa and this semester has been full of countless laughs and great memories with them. I also became especially close with Francesca Skedros, Berkley Lane, Jackie Borelli, Diarra Samb, Scout Alexander-Jaffe, Ashley Brown, Eden Lenner, and many others. We bonded over events such as our rooftop barbeque and a class at CorePower last spring, as well as a trip to the pumpkin patch this fall. We were also lucky to add a wonderful group of COBs to to our chapter this semester. I was able to take an awesome Little, Alex DeRiso, and had a blast spoiling her during Big/Little Week. I have a feeling most of these girls will be my friends for life and I can’t wait to watch them all succeed in life beyond GW.
 
  
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I’ve also been amazed by the evolution of our chapter’s character over the past year. We have come so far under the outstanding leadership of our president, Ofir Hadari, and all of the girls on CC who work so hard to make Gamma Chi the best it can be. I’m so excited to follow in their footsteps and serve as Public Relations Chairman on CC this coming year. I feel like girls are becoming more engaged with Kappa than they have been in the past and I’m confident that by the time I graduate, Gamma Chi will have made significant strides towards becoming a more responsible and participatory organization. As for where we are right now, we have our Formal at L8 Lounge and we are in the midst of planning recruitment in January. I’m so excited to meet PC 18 and I know we will get so many fantastic young women who will uphold Kappa’s values. There are so many wonderful things to look back on from my time with Gamma thus far, and I’m confident there are so many more amazing things to come.”
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2020 began as a normal year for the Delta Rho chapter, with events such as our annual Feed the Hunger Packathon in February. We began the year in our temporary house as construction on our new chapter house continued. With the onset of COVID-19, operations moved entirely online in March, and continued to be virtual or hybrid in nature for the duration of the year. Despite the sudden change to virtual learning, over 120 sisters earned 4.0 GPAs for the Spring 2020 semester. Delta Rho was honored by the University of Mississippi Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life with the Civic Engagement Award and sister Meredith Moore (PC 16) was distinguished as the only Panhellenic woman given the Unsung Hero award. Throughout this tumultuous time, the sisters of Delta Rho did their best to band together and adapt to the ever-changing circumstances. In the fall, we celebrated the grand opening of our new chapter house, with strict health standards in place to ensure the safety of our members and house staff. Recruitment Workshop and Formal Recruitment were held entirely via Zoom, much to the credit of our recruitment team, who worked hard to create an authentic experience for PNMs. Delta Rho was thrilled to welcome 123 women into PC 20, including 27 legacies. All components of the New Member process, including the official Formal Pledging ceremony, new member education and initiation were held over Zoom. Delta Rho was proud to support sister Bella Grofolo (PC 17) in her campaign for the University of Mississippi Homecoming Court and were thrilled to celebrate her win as Senior Maid! Our chapter worked hard to maintain our philanthropic work during this virtual semester and we successfully conducted a drive-through ‘Chips, Cheese, and KKGs’ event benefiting Reading is Fundamental.  
  
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“I went through Recruitment hoping to find my home away from home. Kappa was that place for me and I could not be happier with my choice. My mom was a Kappa at the University of Arizona and pledging Kappa has allowed us to have a new bond, which would not have occurred without Kappa. Looking back on these last four years, I know my life would have been very different if I had not been a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. I have made my best friends in this sorority and the girls in Gamma Chi have helped me get through tough times. My most memorable moments in college have come from some of the memories I have shared with my Kappa sisters. My favorite memory is getting my little, Rosa. I remember meeting her for the first time at a Kappa event and I knew that she was the perfect little for me. We hit it off completely and were inseparable. That event was the day before we got our littles and I was so happy to have found someone that I knew was going to be perfect for me. Her big little week was as exciting for me as it was for her. It was so hard to not tell her that she was my little because she had become an important part of my life. I remember reveal clearly and I will never forget the look on her face when she saw me holding the sign that said I was her big. She ran into my arms and it was such an exciting day for me. This girl who I had met a week before suddenly became not only my little but one of my best friends who I will cherish forever. This relationship that Kappa gave to me is one of the best friendships I have had and has allowed me to be a mentor to not only my little but my grand-littles as well. I consider everyone in my family to actually be a part of my real family. I am so happy that I decided to join Kappa, which allowed me to meet girls who I am so lucky to have in my life. I just want to thank Kappa for bringing me some of my closest friends in college and giving me many opportunities that I would have never encountered if I did not join Greek life. These past four years have flown by and I am so lucky to call myself a sister of Kappa Kappa Gamma not only for four years but also for life.”
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Our Philanthropy is Feed the Hunger. Delta Rho chose Feed the Hunger as their chapter philanthropy in order to impact tangible differences in the lives of individuals who lack proper access to nutritious food.  
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Delta Rho used their platform as campus leaders to spread awareness about different resources to educate individuals on the importance of diversity and equity, as well as to provide opportunities to donate to and support organizations that work to remediate racial injustice. These resources were spread on social media and members were encouraged to engage in conversations concerning threats to the principles of DEI.
  
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Information 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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Kappa’s 150th anniversary was celebrated with a socially distanced brunch at the chapter house. This brunch was especially meaningful to the sisters in attendance because it was one of the first times that we were able to gather together, albeit with a limited number of attendees and following all appropriate health and safety measures.
  
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Kappa’s 150th anniversary was celebrated with a socially distanced brunch at the chapter house. This brunch was especially meaningful to the sisters in attendance because it was one of the first times that we were able to gather together, albeit with a limited number of attendees and following all appropriate health and safety measures.
  
  
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==Highlights of 2021==
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We have a house board scholarship that allows for two  members to receive Sl,000 tor bursar ano
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3cholarship. Each month our chapter has a focus cause of the  month where we choose one local
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Lovepacks, March we did Easter baskets for  kids of CASA, April we had a percentage night for
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Refuge International and we did stickers for Fill it Forward, September we worked with Doors of
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Hope, October we did a Halloween party for the special education class at Lafayette Upper
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Elementary,  and December we worked with LOU Barksdale Clubhouse Family. Our chapter goals were
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Feed the Hungry is the local organization Delta Rho supports. They host an event in the Spring that
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We gave $2,500 to the kappa kappa gamma foundation for scholarships and more. Diversity, Equity,
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history month. We also implemented and enforced new DEi policy throughout the chapter with social media monitoring.
  
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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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University of Mississippi established in 1848, Oxford, Mississippi


Founded March 15, 1947


10 Charter Members: Eleanor Zoe Allen, Mary Winifred Brandon, Olive Elizabeth Clower, Patricia Dell Davidson, Jane Partridge Herring, Patricia Ware Reilly, Betsy Ann Ross, Eulalie Holden Rothe, Mary Alice Shourds, Natalie Thompson.


3,486 initiates (as of June 2018)

Some of Delta Rho’s outstanding alumnae:

Fraternity Officers:

Jan Singleton McAllister, Fraternity Treasurer, 1986-1988; Betty Hines Bloore, Director of Alumnae, 1992-1994; Elizabeth Bailey, Director of Membership, 2008-2012, Vice President 2012-2018; Jan Singleton (McAllister), Field Secretary 1968-1969; Terre Blanton (Harris), Field Secretary 1976-1978


Alumnae Achievement Award recipients:

Katherine Shaw Spaht, 1974, attorney, law professor and community leader; (Lucy) Kate Jackson, 1976, TV actress (The Rookies and original cast member, Charlie’s Angels), supporter of multiple sclerosis telethon; Donna Tartt, 2016, author.


Additional Outstanding Delta Rho Alumnae:

Darilynn Wade (Wilson), Graduate Counselor 1973-1975; Anna Susan Boykin, Chapter Consultant 2002-2004; Donna Tartt, writer and 2003 winner of the WH Smith Literary Award for The Little Friend; Betty Jane Prichard Dunn is the former first lady of Tennessee; Rita Wilson (Howard) was Miss Tennessee in 1961; Mary Lloyd Ireland was a member of the 1973 United States swim team which took part in the World University Games in Moscow; Barbara Jean Cason appeared in many television commercials, All in the Family, the 1973 New York production of Oh, Coward and in a number of films.

The Early Years

The University of Mississippi, known as Ole Miss, in Oxford, was chartered in 1844, opened in 1848 and admitted its first women in 1882.

Kappa was asked to consider the Oxford institution by the dean of women in the fall of 1945. Carolyn “Johnnie” Boyle (Hasskarl), Texas, then field secretary, visited the campus and became enthusiastic about the possibilities. In the spring of 1946, Clara O. Pierce, Ohio State, executive secretary, visited at the request of the chancellor with the idea of colonizing. Believing conditions to be favorable, she went to the Memphis Alumnae Association for approval, and Memphis Kappas voted favorably. Elizabeth “Betsy” Foster West, Duke, was sent as a delegate to the Mackinac Convention. The vote was affirmative, and rush plans were made for the fall of 1946.

At this time, there were seven sororities on the campus with housing limited to a few seniors in the small lodges operated by each group. University housing was at a premium and the administration was eager to have Kappa build a house large enough to house and feed the entire chapter. Two counselors and colonizers were appointed by the Fraternity and enrolled for graduate work in the fall of 1946. They were Norma Fix (Butts), Allegheny, and Patricia Land (Stevens), Louisiana State, Tulane affiliate. Their scholarships carried the stipulation that they must help colonize Oxford.

Alumnae from Memphis, New Orleans and Jackson loyally traveled many miles to see the rush season through and gathered together again for the installation. There was only one Kappa alumna living in Oxford at the time.

The colonization pledge book was signed by 11 girls that October. Installation was conducted the weekend of March 14-16, 1947, by Fraternity President Ruth Kadel Seacrest, Nebraska; Clara O. Pierce, Ohio State; Marjorie Kyes Amend, Drake, director of membership; assisted by Dorothy Gamble Favrot, Tulane, Mu Province president; Elizabeth Kimbrough Park, Kentucky, former Fraternity vice president; and Jean Scilley Nutter, Iowa, alumnae regional assistant. Ten girls were initiated in their chapter room in the YWCA Building.

Housing The only accommodations in Oxford at that time were in the old hotel on Court Square. Anyone who has ever spent the night there never forgets the experience—especially the coil of rope in each room to be used as a fire escape.

May Lyon Bennett, Washington, presided over the banquet in the Mansion House, and the chancellor spoke on the importance of college loyalties. The university had given the chapter the use of a room on the top floor of the YWCA. It was the oldest building on campus, and during the Civil War had been used as a hospital. The room had been attractively furnished by the Fraternity, and it became chapter headquarters for the “Lucky 13.” The Memphis alumnae, who had prepared the group for installation and initiation, served as advisers.

After consultation with the chapter lawyer, a house board was set up to supervise the planning and building of a chapter house. The architect selected was Dalton B. Shourds, father of Mary Shourds, a charter member. The chapter moved into the lovely red brick Colonial house in the fall of 1948. The house was the first on the campus to accommodate as many as 20 members, with dining capacity of 48. In it the beautiful and the practical were combined to equal the livable.

Traditions and Honors

The young chapter worked conscientiously to develop its own traditions and to maintain its standards. Delta Rho quickly made a place for itself on the campus. Scholarship has always taken priority, and the chapter took the scholarship lead during its first year. There have been many campus honors: Mortar Board, Cwens, student government and Panhellenic officers, beauty queens, campus favorites and cheerleaders.

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.

Highlights of the 1980s:

After a significant jump in academic rankings on campus, Delta Rho was pleased to have its Period of Concern lifted in 1985. Campus enrollment was 9,000 this year, with 700 women going through rush. In February 1985, the chapter total was 128, and Delta Rho pledged 54 new members during recruitment that fall. The chapter was excited to host four fraternity visitors duing the year, for recruitment, officer training, scholarship and a traveling consultant. Delta Rho’s chapter history report from 1985 states that Zeta Tau Alpha had decided to leave campus in the fall of 1986, bringing the number of sororities on campus to ten.

During this time, the chapter often challenged a fraternity to a GPA contest for a semester. The group with the highest GPA at the end of the semester was obligated to host a party in honor of the winning group. Delta Rho successfully challenged Sigma Chi in the first semester of 1985.

In 1985, Delta Rho was proud of its third-place finish in Derby Days, its third-place homecoming float and being ranked sixth on campus academically among sororities.

Initiation on February 13, 1987, brought the chapter total to 146. The fall pledge class was 60 strong, and the chapter noted in its 1987 history report that more and more women participated in rush each year, making each pledge class bigger than the last.

Delta Rho was victorious over the Pikes in the GPA challenge of the spring of 1987. Also in the spring, the chapter hosted parents weekend, and members attended philanthropy events, a formal and etiquette class. Campus honors for this year included: Alpha Lambda Delta, Chancellor’s Honor Roll, Student Alumni Council, Student Programming Board of Directors and the Golden Key Honor Society.

During the summer of 1987, the rooms of the chapter house were painted, as well as the foyer. The foyer was also re-carpeted.

Philanthropy: Delta Rho was an active sponsor of the annual National Smokeout at Ole Miss in the mid- to late 1980s. The chapter also raised money for the American Heart Association and the Humane Society.


Highlights of the 1990s:

The chapter welcomed 54 new members in the fall of 1991, after having initiated 39 pledges and seven hold-over pledges the prior spring. Socially, during 1991, the chapter enjoyed a Valentine’s Dance, Rushee Weekend, a crayfish boil, a spring formal, Monmouth Duo and a Big Sis/Lil Sis Pumpkin Carve. An important focus for the chapter for 1991 was improved scholarship and integrating the new members into the chapter. Delta Rho was still part of Nu Province in 1991, and the chapter president was excited and honored to represent the chapter at the 1991 Nu Province Meeting. Chapter members’ on-campus honors were numerous in the early 1990s and included academic, social, athletic and campus leadership honors.

Chapter social events in 1992 were very similar to 1991, except that the spring formal took place on a riverboat in Memphis. Spring 1992 initiation added 38 new pledges and 11 hold-over pledges to the chapter. Fall recruitment added 53 new members including 20 legacies. Academically, the new members ranked fourth on campus and the actives sixth. The chapter was removed from Period of Concern in 1992. Chapter Consultant Lisa Tootle arrived in Oxford to assist the chapter in the fall of 1992.

At the spring 1993 Province Meeting in Lexington, Kent., Delta Rho was pleased to receive the Scholarship Improvement, Chapter Efficiency and Programming and Fraternity Education awards. The chapter also received an Honorable Mention for Advisory Board and Chapter Relations. Also in 1993, the chapter introduced a new rush skit called Kappa Karnival, which was very successful, and a new social event, Kappa Krawfish. The fall of 1993 brought 49 new pledges to the chapter. The chapter continued to work hard scholastically and was proud to be ranked fourth on campus at the end of the year.

1994’s fall pledge class began a chapter tradition of the pledge class putting on a skit for the active members. Also during this semester, the chapter was proud that one of its own, Meredith Magers, was elected Miss Ole Miss.

The Kappa Karnival remained a successful recruitment skit through 1998. The chapter was fairly consistent throughout the decade, initiating 45 to 50 new members each year. Also continuing into the late ‘90s was the chapter focus on scholarship. The 1998 chapter history reports states that the chapter scholarship goal in that year was “Strive for Pi” in hope of raising the chapter GPA to 3.14.

Convention Award: 1992 General Convention – Honorable Mention for Personnel

Housing: The 1991 chapter newsletter included a request for donations to assist Delta Rho in fundraising for chapter house renovations. One-time and recurring donations at many levels were welcomed. Delta Rho hired a new house director, Ms. Paige, in 1992. The Delta Rho house was redecorated in the summer of 1994. In the summer of 1998, the House Board renovated the chapter house TV room.

Philanthropy: In 1991, Delta Rho raised money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Mississippi Kidney Association and the North Mississippi Retardation Center. In the fall, the chapter invited children from the I.C.E. Headstart School to trick-or-treat from room-to-room in the Kappa house, and the chapter sponsored a family from the Welfare Department at Thanksgiving, providing them food for the holiday. Over Christmas 1991, the chapter visited Reedy Acres, a children’s home near Oxford, for a Christmas party.

The chapter continued its annual Easter egg hunt for the North Mississippi Retardation Center in 1992 and 1993 and also co-hosted a mountain bike race fundraiser with three other Greek groups on campus. In the fall of 1993, the chapter hosted its first flag football tournament, Kappa Kickoff, which raised more than $2000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The second-annual Kappa Kickoff was held in fall 1994. In 1999, the chapter held Kappa Kickoff in the spring and fall to raise money for the Mississippi Diabetes Foundation, collected donations for Toys for Tots and participated in a canned food drive.


Highlights of 2000-2010:

In 2007, Delta Rho celebrated its sixtieth birthday with a party attended by one of its founding members who gave a talk on her experiences. Not only alumnae and members but also potential new members attended this memorable occasion.

Scholastically, members were acknowledged in The Key for Phi Beta Kappa. Members were also inducted into honor societies such as Alpha Lambda Delta, Chancellor’s Honor Roll, Deans’ List and National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

Leadership included an emerging leader scholarship and award by Sigma Alpha Lambda, a national leaders and honors organization.

Delta Rho members continued to be active in many activities on campus. Athletics included participation in Rebellettes, cheerleaders, Diamond Girls, Bullpen Club, ultimate frisbee team, intramural sports and Student Rebel Athletic Foundation. Political and religious organizations included Campus Crusade for Christ, College Democrats, College Republicans, Student Programming Board, Reformed University Fellowship, Ole Miss Ambassadors, Associated Student Body, Chancellor’s Leadership Program and Rebel Sports Marketing. Members also participated in the Miss University Pageant and the Miss Ole Miss Pageant and included the Homecoming Queen nominee.

Delta Rho was acknowledged at Xi Province in 2009 for best recruitment.

Philanthropy: Community activities included Leap Frog tutoring, reading to children at the Boys and Girls Club and Hope for Africa volunteers.


Highlights 2011

Delta Rho continued its strong participation on campus academically with memberships on the Dean’s Honor Roll, Alpha Lambda Delta, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Honors College, Phi Kappa Phi and the Chancellor’s Honor Roll.

Leadership included Order of Omega which recognizes fraternity men and women who have attained a high standard of leadership in interfraternity activities, Orientation Leaders and Gamma Chi which are membership recruitment counselors.

Other activities included Campus Crusade for Christ, International Students Organization, Ad Club, ASB Cabinet Committee, College Republicans, Newswatch anchors, Rebel Radio and S.T.A.R. Delta Rho’s strong community and philanthropy commitment was demonstrated by time spent with the Boys and Girls Club, Leap Frog, Habitat for Humanity and Jump Start Leaders.

Highlights of 2013

The previous calendar year was an exciting and rewarding time for Ole Miss Kappas. Our chapter experienced great successes both locally and around the globe. Kappa became increasingly involved in other chapters' philanthropies and was named Pi Kappa Alpha's Powder Puff Champion. In addition to Kappa Karnival and Barbecue for Books, two separate groups of Ole Miss Kappas traveled to Haiti and Kenya for Feed the Hunger, a community-wide project started by our chapter. These Kappas delivered meals we packed during our annual Pack-A-Thon, benefiting Feed the Hunger. Our chapter received national recognition for our work with Feed the Hunger. In addition, our chapter won the Kappa Kappa Gamma Best Philanthropy in our Region award, which we are very proud of. The Ole Miss Order of Omega awarded our chapter the Chancellor's Cup for Best Overall Sorority on Campus largely due to our devoted philanthropic work. The Order of Omega also named Alli Bridgers (freshman) its Most Outstanding New Member on Campus, an award given to a Kappa for the second year in a row.

In the previous year, Ole Miss Kappas became increasingly involved in scholastic and ASB affairs. Allie Hearnsberger (senior) was named the Most Outstanding Marketing and Corporate Relations Student Award. Allie Winters (sophomore) ran for Ole Miss ASB Secretary and won her campaign with her Kappa sisters by her side. Every member of our chapter served her campaign and two members were chosen for her campaign team. The ASB Senate Chair was held by Megan Richter (freshman), Caroline Golson and Elizabeth Moore (freshmen) were on the ASB Election Commission, and Pierce Vaughan (freshman) was elected ASB Secretarial Office Assistant. Five Kappas participated in the Ole Miss Parade of Beauties. Jennie Katherine Ellis (senior) was voted Ole Miss Campus Favorite in student elections and also received the Taylor Medal. Every year we strive to improve our academics. In 2013, many Kappas were inducted into the Order of Omega, Rho Lambda, Gamma Beta Phi, and the National Society for Collegiate Scholars for their outstanding academics.

On Bid Day we welcomed 116 wonderful new members into our sisterhood after a very successful recruitment. Our chapter's overall goal for 2013 was to become more philanthropically involved. We not only addressed this goal but met it with great success through our Feed the Hunger trips. We also made great efforts to be aware of other Greek philanthropic events and encouraged our members to participate as much as possible. Our biggest challenge last year was facing our continued period of academic probation. However, our chapter chooses to view this period of probation as a time to help our sisters as much as possible. Monitored study hours were held at least once a day, if not more, in our house and in the library. This ensured that girls who are on academic period of concern set aside time for their classes and assignments. Girls also met with the Vice President of Academic Excellence to create a personal academic improvement plan. Our daily challenges included ensuring only one guest was brought to dinner per week, picking up after ourselves around the house, and staying quiet late at night to respect girls who live in the house.

Since the release of the popular film The Blind Side, Ole Miss has seen an increase in enrollment each year. As a result, the greek community experienced an increase in registration for recruitment. The past calendar year we saw the biggest group of girls register and go through recruitment. As a result, there were more rounds per day and philanthropy and skit rounds lasted more than one day each. On Bid Day our chapter welcomed 116 new members. Alpha Delta Pi recolonized on our campus during Fall 2013 recruitment. Ole Miss is now home to ten sororities, which will help keep pledge classes smaller as more girls go through recruitment. Ole Miss Kappas took part in Alpha Delta Pi's Bid Day and volunteered as ADPi Ambassadors to help educate students about the sorority before recruitment week.

Overall, our chapter is very enthusiastic and passionate in all that we do. Though our chapter is very large we pride ourselves on our close-knit relationships. We feel that our sisterhood is one of the most rewarding experiences of our college careers and something we will undoubtedly cherish long after we graduate. Each sister benefits from Kappa in her own way. Not a day goes by that we don't find ourselves laughing with our sisters. There is always something going on for us to do together, whether it be a sisterhood event, a night out, or spending hours in the library studying for an upcoming test. Because our chapter is so large, we make great efforts to know not only girls in our own pledge classes, but the girls older and younger than us. We strive to help each other and our community any way we can. We also plan to become even more involved in campus activities in the coming semesters.

Highlights of 2014

The previous year has been an extremely exciting time for the Ole Miss Kappas. We have experienced success in the Oxford community, on the Ole Miss campus, and abroad. We continued our philanthropy event, Kappa Karnival, where we set up fun stations for children and help promote literacy in the Oxford community. We also hosted a spaghetti dinner with Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on campus to benefit our local Young Life chapters. In addition to these philanthropies, three separate groups of Ole Miss Kappas traveled to Africa, Haiti, and India with Feed the Hunger. Feed the Hunger is a community-wide project started by our chapter that annually packs and delivers meals to impoverished children around the world. These Kappas delivered meals to the different communities and also brought books, toys, and clothing for them. The Ole Miss Order of Omega awarded our chapter the Chancellor's cup for the Best Overall Sorority on campus for the second year in a row at our campus Greek Awards. This is the third time our chapter has won this award in the last four years!

Our chapter also aimed to become more involved in scholastic and Associated Student Body affairs. We campaigned for one of our senior members, Allie Winters, for Miss Ole Miss. She was the third runner up and we are so proud of her. We also campaigned for a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior maid during Homecoming. Allie Bridgers was voted Ole Miss Junior maid and was presented on the field during our Homecoming football game. This year, five Kappas participated in Ole Miss Parade of Beauties, a competition for Most Beautiful on campus. Anna Cate Miller (freshman) and Charlie Ann Nix (freshman) placed in the top 25!

Our Chapter Council has also made grades a priority for Delta Rho. Grades have unfortunately been a consistent challenge, but we continue to strive for improvement. We have worked on rewarding those who continue to make good grades and hosted an academic banquet for each semester. We also continue to aid our members who need and/or want academic support. Our chapter hires tutors and ask our own members to tutor girls if they wish. We also hold monitored study hours. Girls who are on academic period of concern can use all these tools to help improve their grades. Many Kappas are part of different honors societies on campus. Some of the honors societies our members are involved in include Gamma Beta Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, National Society for Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Order of Omega and many more.

Our overall goal for most years is to continue to work on becoming more philanthropically involved both on campus & in the community as well as working to improve our grades. We definitely became more involved on campus during 2014 and continue to expand our Feed the Hunger philanthropy. We also worked on our grades by incorporating more tutors and study hours. We hope to continue to improve in all of these areas!

The Ole Miss campus has grown rapidly in the past few years. As a result, the Greek community has seen an increase in recruitment registration. This has caused there to be more rounds during recruitment. Philanthropy and skit day both lasted two days this year. 2014 Bid Day was a very exciting day as our chapter welcomed 146 New Members. Ole Miss plans to welcome a new chapter, Alpha Phi next year. This will mean that there will be 11 sororities on campus, which will hopefully allow for smaller pledge classes. We are eager to see how Greek life will continue to change over the next few years!

Overall, our chapter is very enthusiastic and excited about all that we do. Our chapter is very large but we do continue to pride ourselves on close-knit relationships. Happiness is a very common feeling throughout the Kappa house. We love to spend time together eating meals and just being there for each other. There is always something going on for us to do together, whether it is eating dinner, going to sisterhood events or, spending late nights studying. Having such a large chapter means that there will always be someone there for you. Our chapter also strives to strengthen the bonds between different pledge classes. One way we do this is by having a week dedicated to big and little sisters. This is a great time to bring all four pledge classes together and get to know each other better. Overall, our chapter is a very happy one and we seem to get along across the board!

Our chapter of Kappa owns a sorority house on campus. This is where we hold our chapter meetings. We do not currently have specified chapter room but we convert the dining room into a meeting space on our meeting days. We do hope to eventually expand the house and include a specific chapter room!

Delta Rho house corporation owns our own house on campus. We do, however, rent the land from the University. We are required to live in the house for our junior year. There are only 56 spaces in the house, which is not enough spaces to accommodate the entire chapter. The first people to get spots in the house are the girls on Chapter Council. After that, Rush Team will then take up spaces. After that there are usually about 10 spots that are filled with girls who have the most points. This is our only house in the history of our chapter.

Highlights of 2015

This last year has been an extremely exciting time for the Ole Miss Kappas. We have experienced success in the Oxford community, on the Ole Miss campus, and abroad. Instead of having Kappa Karnival, we decided to switch it up this year. We called it “A Royal Affair at the Kappa Kastle”. For this, people paid five dollars for a ticket and came to the Kappa house for a day of fun. Some Kappa sisters dressed up as various Disney princesses and decorated crowns with the little kids. This was such a fun event for everyone involved. There were also different groups of Kappas who travelled to Africa, Haiti, and India with Feed the Hunger. Feed the Hunger is a community- wide project started by our chapter that annually packs and delivers meals to impoverished children around the world. The Kappas that went on this trip brought books, toys and clothing for them as well. There is a spring break planned for March 2016 that will hopefully be a success! The Ole Miss Order of Omega actually awarded out chapter the best philanthropy for the past year! We were very proud of this achievement and can only hope to continue and strengthen our involvement.

Our chapter also aimed to become more involved with the Associated Student Body. We campaigned a Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior maid. Also one of our Junior- class members, Shelby Santel was elected VP of Community Service on the Ole Miss Panhellenic Executive Council.

Grades are always a struggle for our chapter. Our chapter council this past year has truly tried to strive to correct and help out our chapter overall. We have determined that it is not only important to encourage people to make good grades, but it is also important to reward those who make consistently good grades. Each semester, there is an academic banquet or meal for those who have made good grades the past semester. Girls really look forward to this. We also provide tutors for girls that request them. This semester, our VPAE also added a study hour requirement. We as a chapter are all trying to get used to it. It does seem to be effective and really forces girls to spend time studying. There are numerous honors societies that our members are involved in. Some of these include Gamma Beta Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, National Society for Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Order of Omega and many more. Overall this past year has been an exciting one for the Delta Rho chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We look forward to a new Chapter Council and seeing all that they can achieve!

Describe the recent changes on your campus and describe the overall nature of your chapter. The Ole Miss campus has continued to grow rapidly in recent years. This has resulted in the Greek community growing as well. In the past three years, the Ole Miss campus has added two new sororities (Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Phi). We have also added extra rounds during recruitment. This year, we welcomed 149 wonderful New Members. We are excited to see what will happen with these new sororities on campus for the coming year! The Ole Miss, delta rho, chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma is a very enthusiastic sorority. We really are passionate about all that we do. The overall feeling when walking to the house is also very happy and very welcoming. Girls love to gather in the t.v. room to watch out shows or all eat downstairs together. Even though it seems difficult to be close with 400 girls, we truly pride ourselves on close-knit relationships. We also just finished up with our big/ little sister week. This is always a great opportunity for the different pledge classes to come together. Overall, this Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter is very close and we truly have happy spirits around the house.

Chapter Philanthropy:

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

There are many different ways to get involved around Oxford, Mississippi. The main organizations that our chapter involves ourselves with are feed the hunger, the local Reading is Fundamental organization, Young Life, and More than a Meal. For More than a Meal, some girls will gather extra food from our meals and deliver it to a local church where less fortunate people gather. We sit with them, help the children do homework, and just enjoy spending time with these Oxford residents.

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

There is no real specific reason that our chapter chose to support these organizations. We do, however, truly love each and every one of the ones that we do spend time with. Many girls, for example, have made it a weekly tradition to deliver the food to More than a Meal and spend time with the children there. With Young life, we have a yearly spaghetti dinner fundraiser with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on campus. This is a great way for students on campus to learn more about the Oxford Young life chapter.

Highlights of 2016

This past year has been an exciting time for the Delta Rho Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We have increasingly become closer as a chapter, introducing a myriad of new sisterhood events, such as ornament painting, scrapbook crafting, a "sleepover" movie night, traveling to the pumpkin patch, and much more. Furthermore, our chapter's local philanthropy, Feed the Hunger, really took off this year - we hit a new record at the annual Pack-a-Thon event, packing a total of 170,160 meals! Pack-a-Thon is a wonderful event that brings together the entire community to pack food that we send with Feed the Hunger to ensure impoverished children around the world are fed.

Our philanthropy chair worked extremely hard putting this event together, and the Public Relations committee, along with entire chapter, worked tirelessly to spread the word and get the entire Ole Miss campus and Oxford community involved in this fun charity night. We even were extremely hands-on in our involvement with Feed the Hunger - 11 members of our chapter traveled to Haiti over spring break with FTH to deliver the meals and extra supplies to the children there. Also, 1 member travelled alone with FTH over the summer to Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to deliver more packed meals and supplies. We are extremely proud of members who give up their breaks from school to support something much bigger than themselves; we are also very proud of the great efforts our chapter makes from home in supporting our local and worldwide philanthropies.

Furthermore, our national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental, also hit new records - we donated more books to the local schools this past year than ever before. We also introduced two new philanthropy events benefitting Reading is Fundamental that took place at our chapter house. Last spring we hosted the first Kappa Con Queso, an event sporting a full nacho bar, mariachi music, festive decorations, and a photo booth. This past fall, we hosted the first Breakfast for Books, featuring a waffle bar. We also ran a raffle that benefitted Reading is Fundamental.

All three events were huge successes on our campus and we raised a large amount of money for RIF. One more amazing philanthropic event that began this year was the "Focus Cause of the Month" - each month, one member is selected to talk about a cause that is dear to her heart, and the chapter gets involved in either raising money, donating supplies to that charity, or simply supporting that sister in her endeavors in contributing to her cause. It has been great to watch our chapter come together to support each other in their personal endeavors.

This past calendar year, our chapter won the Civil Engagement Award at Greek Awards on the Ole Miss Campus. We also won the Honorable Mention Signature Event at Convention. Our chapter strives to push members to be involved on campus, and most of our members are involved with an outside club or honors society, or are volunteers in the community through other organizations.

Bid Day this year welcomed 129 amazing new members into our sisterhood! Our membership chairmen, their committee, and the entire chapter put so much effort into making our recruitment this year the best it has ever been, and we far exceeded our goals. Our chapter also had goals of improving and reaching new records in terms of philanthropy, and we achieved those goals by a landslide. Furthermore, our chapter has placed a large focus on improving our academics and our sorority GPA. Our GPA did improve, through the help of scheduled tutoring sessions, monitored study hours, and rewards for logging the most study hours and for retaining the highest grades all semester.

Our campus has seen many changes, in terms of the racial disputes going on around the country. We had several debates concerning the Confederate flag being flown on campus, gaining national recognition for some of these events. Ole Miss has also seen a large increase in enrollment this past year, requiring the construction of several new dorms for freshman; due to this massive influx of freshman women, we have also had a new sorority come to Ole Miss - Alpha Phi.

Our chapter is extremely close and very passionate about Kappa and about maintaining a good image on campus and in our community. We are very supportive of each other, and continually show each other love and compassion in ways that can only be achieved through such a close sisterhood. We challenge each other to be our best selves, and we push each other to do more for the campus and more for the community, not only as a way to improve the lives of those around us, but in order to grow as women in society and to better ourselves.

No matter what our members are doing, whether it's enjoying a delicious meal together in our dining room, attending a sisterhood event, studying all night for an exam, or simply hanging out on the couches watching TV, it is ensured that there is fun and laughter involved. Each of our members is unique, and that is what we all love about Kappa - it is not a one-size-fits-all group; but, because of these great differences, we bounce off of each other's qualities and characteristics, and it makes us a well-rounded chapter. Our chapter is quite large, so that requires a bit more planning and organization than smaller chapters, but we make it work and lean on each other so that we can run smoothly.

We raise money for Feed the Hunger and pack meals for them through the Pack-A-Thon community event each year. We also donated books to our local schools via Reading is Fundamental philanthropy events. Furthermore, we support More than a Meal, an organization in which community members can receive a free meal, toiletries, after school tutoring, and education on topics such as healthcare and wellness. Our chapter donates food each week to be served, and we also have several members that donate their time each week to volunteer at the event. Many members also volunteer with LeapFrog, an after-school tutoring and enrichment program each week.

Seeing as our two chapter organizations are Reading is Fundamental and Feed the Hunger, it only makes sense that our members are extremely passionate about education, literacy, and ending famine, both worldwide and locally. Our sisters love children, and strive to help these children of Oxford gain access to the best education as possible. Many members of our community are also suffering in poverty, and we are committed to doing our part to ensure that all of the people in Oxford can enjoy a hot meal during the week and can receive the basic necessities.

We meet in our chapter house, in the dining room. We are such a large chapter that the dining room is the only place where we can all fit.

Highlights of 2017

This year at the Delta Rho chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma we packed our millionth meal for our annual Feed The Hunger event and raised over $80,000 for Feed The Hunger. We also sent five of our own sisters to Kenya over the Winter Break. In another philanthropic event, the Delta Rho Kappas won the Sigma Nu Charity Bowl. At the Ole Miss Greek awards our 2016 president, Bailee Coleman, was named Chapter President of the Year and Kappa Kappa Gamma was awarded the Respect and Dignity for All Award. During the recruitment period, we welcomed 110 new members from far ranging places such as Hawaii and even Germany. These new members represented Kappa Kappa Gamma at the annual Theta Encore and placed second overall in a very competitive event. Academically the Delta Rho Chapter was ranked fourth overall of every sorority and fraternity on campus with a GPA of 3.26. The Kappa indoor intramural soccer team placed first in their annual competition. It has been 70 years since the Delta Rho chapter was established in 1947. Another achievement of a member that we are incredibly proud of is that our very own Charley Ann Nix was crowned as Miss University 2017.

The Ole Miss campus is seeing growth in the development of an updated Student Union. The Ole Miss campus is also in the process of building a brand new STEM building. Another building many students are looking forward to is a new recreational building off campus that will have updated work out equipment.

Philanthropy

Traditionally Kappa Kappa Gamma at Ole Miss hold philanthropy events for Reading Is Fundamental. Kappa Kappa Gamma at Ole Miss also holds a Feed The Hunger event every year in which we pack meals for children all over the world. We also have a focus cause for every month at Ole Miss Kappa Kappa Gamma which can range anywhere from NEDA to Suicide Awareness. Every year we sent many members to hand deliver the meals that we pack. A Delta Rho Kappa was the first to start a Feed The Hunger event at Ole Miss and since then the chapter has undertaken it and put on the Packathon every year.

Highlights of 2018

The Delta Rho chapter sent five members of our chapter council including President: Gigi Franz, Vice President Standards: Abigail Johnson, Vice President Organization: Maggie Crouch, Vice President Academic Excellence: Elly Weller, and Assistant Membership Chair: Annie Livingston to the Kappa Kappa Gamma convention where our chapter was awarded the "New Member Program Award."

Our chapter has put in an incredible amount of hard work towards improving our academics. In the spring semester of 2018 Delta Rho earned the highest GPA the chapter has had (3.3) and we also had the most girls receive 4.0's (49) since the chapter's inception in 1947. Our VPAE, Elly Weller, worked hard to ensure that every member received a tutor as requested as well as supplying us with many exam snacks during finals to help us stay focused and awake. The VPAE committee also strived to help the few girls on POC to better their grades.

The standards committee this year has put a lot of effort into changing the member's mindsets from standards being a punishment, to it being an accountability and sisterhood committee. Our number of members sent to standards each week has drastically decreased, and we have also received more respectful reactions to rules and repercussions. Our VPS, Abigail Johnson, tried to make herself more available to the chapter for any of their needs, and emphasized that she was not there to be "scary", but was there as a friend to listen and help in any way possible. This has made herself and the President a more united front and helps them support each other instead of every member's concerns going to one single person. On the sisterhood side we have held multiple successful events including renting out the movie theater in town, having a donuts and coffee night at the house, and having mental health awareness activities. Another thing we have accomplished to give more members opportunities to support their sisters and hold them accountable is having volunteer event monitors at every event. Our VPS worked alongside our event, Abigail Nichols, and risk, Maggie Philips, chairmen to accomplish this task.

Our VPO, Maggie Crouch, helped the chapter to host five guests throughout 2018. She also started the first informational session where anyone who's interested in being on Chapter Council could come and meet with the current Chapter Council and ask them questions about their position. She also sent out weekly surveys to the chapter to get continuous feedback on events and other things going on in the chapter.

Our Membership chair, Marlee Frances Young, helped to prepare the newly initiated members on how round structures work and the expectations from Panhellenic and headquarters beginning in the middle of the spring semester of 2018. She also helped prepare the entire chapter for regulations set by Panhellenic, prepare the entire chapter for appropriate conversations and chapter values, and prepare the chapter and giving them knowledge of potential new members to watch out for, especially legacies. During recruitment she made sure all rounds and their decor lined up with the guidelines set by Panhellenic, assigned members of the chapter potential new members to converse with throughout the week of formal recruitment so that the PNM is able to see the diversity Kappa has to offer, and made sure bid sessions went according to our bylaws.

Our Panhellenic Delegate, Cate Thompson, worked towards supporting and giving our best effort in any and all Panhellenic activities from Care Walk to the Halloween Trick or Treating event. We did well with following the recruitment rules overall and she was able to work hands on with the Panhellenic officers through various activities prior and during recruitment week. She kept a strong flow of information between the chapter and the executive board to make sure deadlines were met and everyone was on the same page. I believe this chapter has a stronger appreciation and awareness for Panhellenic life and the Greek love is strong. Cate was also elected to the University of Mississippi College Panhellenic Executive Board for 2019.

Our Public Relations chairman, Hailey Cunningham, has increased alumni relations by informing alums of all that is happening via social media (mostly Facebook). The Kappa instagram is also now the most followed Ole Miss sorority. This allows PNM's, alumni, parents, and other chapters to see all of our accomplishments and involvement. She has also improved the overall designs of the t-shirts and banners to make them more fun. We are known for always having the cutest shirts and banners on campus.

Corresponding Secretary, Sarah Grace Lasso, has accomplished many things this past year. Getting all the Aspiration Books ordered for our New Members and getting the badges ordered were just two of her biggest accomplishments. We also implemented a new and improved Points System to ensure growing chapter involvement. As a result of a being involved and sending in points, chapter members were able to win customized Kappa T-shirts. Lastly, on behalf of the Delta Rho Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma, our panhellenic love and support was shown through things such as "Welcome Back" cookies and "Exam Happies" that were delivered to sororities and fraternities across campus.

Our New Member chair, Mary Grace Hudson, helped to recruit an amazing new member class and carried them all the way through initation. She is confident in these new initiates, and cannot wait to watch them grow and strengthen our Delta Rho chapter. All events during the new member period were productive and so much fun.

Our House chair, Ellie Sharp, improved the Delta Rho chapter's relationship with House Board, built up our respect from House Board, and improved the chapter's house-filling process.

Delta Rho's Recording Secretary, Bella Garofalo, helped to ensure there was an increase of attendance at chapter events. She also helped to make sure our formal chapters were ran smoothly and that the members were great with ritual.

Our Marshal, Cary Dent, successfully initiated our new members and ensured ritual be kept during formal chapters. This year we had a wonderful initiation with a lot of help from the alumni. We were able to initiate 117 girls and we are so excited to see all they accomplish these next four years.

Our Philanthropy chair, Claire Dutreix, helped the chapter to raise over $20,000 for RIF over the year with two philanthropy events. We also fund-raised for and packed over 130,000 meals at our chapter philanthropy's Feed the Hunger Packathon. We maintained a monthly "FOCUS cause" and donated to causes such as Love Packs, William McGee Center for Wellness Education, and a local homeless shelter. Claire was also elected to serve as President of the University of Mississippi College Panhellenic Council for 2019.

Our Chaplain, Anna Katherine Vega, increased attendance in bible study and more girls were willing to participate. She helped to create a warm and welcoming community where people feel as though they are able to share and/or talk about things that are happening in their life. She also helped to create more awareness of the chaplain position. Our bible study is a place that can serve as a positive environment for people that need it.

Our three Parent's Club Chairmen, Julia Plauche, Jane Cypert Walsh and Lindsey Lowell, did an incredible job this past year. Our Spring Parents weekend was April 20-22. It included a crawfish boil on the KKG lawn Friday, a silent auction, band, and dinner at Chancellors House on Saturday, and a brunch on Sunday. Our Fall Parents weekend was November 2-4. It included appetizers and drinks at Southern Table on Friday, Ole Miss vs. South Carolina grove tent and game on Saturday, and open house and brunch on Sunday. Our KKG Grove tent every Ole Miss home game looked great.

Our members are involved all over campus. One chapter member and former Chapter Council member, Maddy Gumbko, founded the Out of Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention that takes place each fall on the Ole Miss campus. We have had 3 walks and all 3 walks together have raised over $51,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Her and another Kappa, Julia Plauche, ran the event this year and Julia will take over next year. We have members that serve on the Executive Board for Crosby Community Council, as the president and head delegate of Nation Model United Nations at Ole Miss, as the Director of Membership for Beta Alpha Psi which is an accounting honors organization, ASB Senator and chairman of Infrastructure committee, student representative on chancellors standing committee on parking and infrastructure, treasurer of ole miss college republicans, secretary of UM bipartisan club, treasurer of the Sand Volleyball Club, CA's, Orientation Leaders, Ambassadors, AED, AMA, AMSA, Ole Miss Psychology Club, TOT, NSCS, Psi Chi, All Walks, Hand Band, OMSVA, UMFS, More-Than-a-Meal, RebelTHON, SAA, Big Event, Equestrian Club, UMWLC, Active Minds, RASA, RFSP, OMASH, Cru, RUF, Phi Kappa Phi, SMBHC, and YL.

Highlights of the 2020s:

Chapter Summary 2020 began as a normal year for the Delta Rho chapter, with events such as our annual Feed the Hunger Packathon in February. We began the year in our temporary house as construction on our new chapter house continued. With the onset of COVID-19, operations moved entirely online in March, and continued to be virtual or hybrid in nature for the duration of the year. Despite the sudden change to virtual learning, over 120 sisters earned 4.0 GPAs for the Spring 2020 semester. Delta Rho was honored by the University of Mississippi Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life with the Civic Engagement Award and sister Meredith Moore (PC 16) was distinguished as the only Panhellenic woman given the Unsung Hero award. Throughout this tumultuous time, the sisters of Delta Rho did their best to band together and adapt to the ever-changing circumstances. In the fall, we celebrated the grand opening of our new chapter house, with strict health standards in place to ensure the safety of our members and house staff. Recruitment Workshop and Formal Recruitment were held entirely via Zoom, much to the credit of our recruitment team, who worked hard to create an authentic experience for PNMs. Delta Rho was thrilled to welcome 123 women into PC 20, including 27 legacies. All components of the New Member process, including the official Formal Pledging ceremony, new member education and initiation were held over Zoom. Delta Rho was proud to support sister Bella Grofolo (PC 17) in her campaign for the University of Mississippi Homecoming Court and were thrilled to celebrate her win as Senior Maid! Our chapter worked hard to maintain our philanthropic work during this virtual semester and we successfully conducted a drive-through ‘Chips, Cheese, and KKGs’ event benefiting Reading is Fundamental.

Our Philanthropy is Feed the Hunger. Delta Rho chose Feed the Hunger as their chapter philanthropy in order to impact tangible differences in the lives of individuals who lack proper access to nutritious food.

Delta Rho used their platform as campus leaders to spread awareness about different resources to educate individuals on the importance of diversity and equity, as well as to provide opportunities to donate to and support organizations that work to remediate racial injustice. These resources were spread on social media and members were encouraged to engage in conversations concerning threats to the principles of DEI.

Kappa’s 150th anniversary was celebrated with a socially distanced brunch at the chapter house. This brunch was especially meaningful to the sisters in attendance because it was one of the first times that we were able to gather together, albeit with a limited number of attendees and following all appropriate health and safety measures.


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Kappa’s 150th anniversary was celebrated with a socially distanced brunch at the chapter house. This brunch was especially meaningful to the sisters in attendance because it was one of the first times that we were able to gather together, albeit with a limited number of attendees and following all appropriate health and safety measures.


Highlights of 2021

We have a house board scholarship that allows for two members to receive Sl,000 tor bursar ano iive members to receive $500 towards dues. Jamie Richter received the Panhellenic Community 3cholarship. Each month our chapter has a focus cause of the month where we choose one local philanthropy or group to support each month. For the month of February we gave donations to Lovepacks, March we did Easter baskets for kids of CASA, April we had a percentage night for Refuge International and we did stickers for Fill it Forward, September we worked with Doors of Hope, October we did a Halloween party for the special education class at Lafayette Upper Elementary, and December we worked with LOU Barksdale Clubhouse Family. Our chapter goals were split into leadership goals and sisterhood goals. The leadership goal was all Executive board officers and directors are effective in their roles and department meetings are productive, collaborative, and efficient. The sisterhood goal was that all members experience a positive and supportive sisterhood.

Feed the Hungry is the local organization Delta Rho supports. They host an event in the Spring that we as a chapter help volunteer for. The goal of the event is to help pack meals for families in third world countries.

We gave $2,500 to the kappa kappa gamma foundation for scholarships and more. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion How did your chapter include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEi) initiatives in your programming this year? (e.g., adding a DEi officer, philanthropy events, social media awareness campaign, chapter training, etc.).

We added a DEi chair and committee this year. We held two different program nights about diversity and inclusion. We did a focus cause of the month supporting black businesses for Black history month. We also implemented and enforced new DEi policy throughout the chapter with social media monitoring.


During work week and recruitment week, everyone inside of the house had to wear a mask at all times. During initiation, the new members were split into three different ceremonies for both fireside and initiation. Active members were also split into groups so not everyone was in the house all at once. For every in person event we held there was an online option available. A risk safety form was also filled out for every event.

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