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We started donating hours to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School to expand our community involvement while also supporting and dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy, Reading is FUNdamental.
==Highlights of 2016==
This past year the Delta Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has been busy and filled with change. The Delta Psi chapter was awarded The House Board Award at the annual Kappa Kappa Gamma National Convention. The Chapter held philanthropic events, such as our third annual Kappa Krawfish, an event hosting the Greek and local community to an afternoon filled with Louisiana crawfish, live music, and activities. Through this event, the Delta Psi chapter raised over
$4,857 for our local philanthropy, Children's Miracle Network. Delta Psi also hosted the annual Kappa Klassic golf tournament raising $28,385 for the local philanthropy. During the fall semester, the girls of Delta Psi read to the elementary school kids at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School multiple times a week. We also hosted a Reading is Key event at Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School in the fall. Delta Psi has had a fantastic year academically and we hope to improve even more in the semesters and years to come. The chapter concluded the Spring 2016 semester as #3 in the Greek community, at a 3.442 chapter GPA, with 49 girls receiving a 4.0 and 185 girls making greater than a 3.0, which is 86% of the chapter. We have moved up in the ranking since the Spring 2015 semester. The academic statistics for Fall 2016 are not available at this time, but Delta Psi is hopeful that our ranking on Greek Circle and overall GPA has improved.
Texas Tech University has experienced many changes on campus, mainly because the university is growing dramatically. For the eighth- straight year, Texas Tech University reported another enrollment record with 36,551 students for the fall semester, a 2.1 percent growth from fall 2015. With the major growth in students Texas Tech has to continue to renovate and build new buildings, like the new wing of the Rawls College of Business Administration and the new Honors Hall dorm. Along with educational buildings, the Greek community is also expanding. The Texas Tech University chapters of Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Delta Delta, and our very own Kappa Kappa Gamma are in the process of building a new lodge to accommodate the growth. As well as new lodges Texas Tech University also added a new Sorority, Alpha Xi Delta to our Greek community to accommodate the growing numbers of students involved in Greek life at Texas Tech University.
Historically, Delta Psi has raised money for our local philanthropy, Children's Miracle Network at the University Medical Center. We have donated hours and children's books to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School for the past two years.
We started donating hours to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary School to expand our community involvement while also supporting and dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy, Reading is FUNdamental.
The Delta Psi chapter is currently meeting in the Prosperity Bank convention center while our new lodge is being constructed.
We recommend Carolyn Simpson to be on the Oral History Committee.