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Thirty-three sisters of the Delta Alpha chapter are given a chance to live on the sorority floor each fall. In the spring, many of our juniors travel abroad, and this gives a numerous amount of other sisters the opportunity to move onto the floor for the spring semester. Living on the floor is a wonderful fortune that our sisters value.
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'''Highlights of 2020 == ]]
Chapter Summary'''
Summarize the previous calendar year, scholarships, group honors/awards, Convention awards, traditions, special events, philanthropic involvement, chapter goals, and how your chapter operations changed because of COVID-19 (e.g., how did it affect recruitment, initiation, etc. Were events/activities held virtually?).
This year was pivotal year to handle for everyone incuding our sorority. Things needed to be handled vastly different because of the pandemic and because of this unfortunately there were not as many opportunities to do things as sisters. Despite the limited ability we still managed to have a normal first half of the year and accomplished a great deal. It started out with a normal recruitment which went very smoothly from an inside perspective. We were able to gather 60 new sisters at the beginning of the year. Our previous chapter council was able to hold only a few in person chapters before the pandemic hit but nevertheless they were very successful as we held formal chapters, a pinning ceremony, and other new recruitment rituals. Then as the pandemic hit it was right in line for the time we were set to intiate. This was unfortunate because we were not able to hold it in person as we were all home. Despite the lack of a physical ceremony, it was quite remarble how we were able to pull off a beaitful ceremony over our first ever ZOOM initiation. Elder members came, and everything went very smoothly. As the year progressed we had to delve into the transition stage from the previous chapter council to the new chapter council. Again this was our first ever virtual attempt at doing this but again it went very smooth and everything was eventually handled and now we have our new chapter council! Overall this year was a challenge in every aspect possible but we made it out successfully.
'''Chapter Philanthropy'''
''What organization does the chapter support?'' Reading is fundamental.
'''''Why did the chapter choose this organization?''''' The chapter chose this organization because it an essential opporuntity to give back to children and improve literacy rates within the youth to promote the progress of a more able and successful generation with each and every year.
'''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.).'''
Over the year the world witness a turning point in diversity due to the pleothora of social injustices that were coming to light. Therefore Kappa took it upon ourselves to make our social media aware and informed of these injustices as way as spreading information on places to donate, help, and educate. This was successful as we do have a large following and I think it really informed not only our sorority but everyone else where we stand in the fight for equality.
'''Sesquicentennial Celebration
How did your chapter celebrate Kappa's 150th anniversary? Share what you have done this year.'''
This year, again considering the pandemic there was a limited amount of stuff we could have done. We did manage to celebrate a little in our chapter that was held on the 150th anniversary, by reviewing some milestones in Kappa history with a powerpoint as well as reviewing the year as a whole and cherishing our sisters a little more.