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This year brought us a new Purdue president in Mitch Daniels; he has frozen tuition campus-wide and has made an effort to meet as many students as he can. His friendliness is infectious and has made for a very warm atmosphere on campus. We are in talks with his secretary so President Daniels can make a visit to Gamma Delta chapter this semester. The new, gorgeous recreation center has been put to great use and is a fabulous place to work out. We are also very excited about the renovations to our kitchen, informal living room, foyer and bathroom.
==Highlights of 2014==
This past year has gone by so fast and was filled with great memories at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house at Purdue University. Within the Gamma Delta chapter, we have high expectations for all of our sisters to participate in the community, excel in academics, and be active members in the house. We have had great things happen in the past year, including an amazing recruitment where we got to welcome home 39 new members. It has been so much fun getting to know the new members and for them to learn all about Kappa.
This past year, we were able to get involved and participate in other houses’ philanthropies. Some of these included Sigma Nu and Delta Zeta’s turtle tug, Sigma Chi’s Greek Olympics, Pi Kappa Alpha’s fireman challenge, Zeta Tau Alpha’s BMOC, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Gamma’s Anchorsplash. It is so much fun to get involved in other sorority and fraternity philanthropies because the whole Greek community gets together for a good cause and compete in fun games. We are really proud to say that our philanthropy event, Kappa the Flag, was the most successful philanthropy we have hosted yet. We raised more than $1000 for our philanthropy, Reading Is Fundamental. We also hosted a very successful blood drive with the American Red Cross at our house this past fall. Our chapter has recently gotten more involved in community service, specifically getting involved in serving at the Boys and Girls Club every other week. Members of our house are also very involved in almost every club on campus including PUDM, College Mentors For Kids, Panhellenic Association, the Odyssey, and many other academic clubs. We were very excited that two of our members were Indianapolis 500 Festival princesses last May! Our chapter has been making a great effort to stay involved in the community and to remember to take opportunities to help others.
As a chapter, academics are one of our highest priorities and we really focused on our grades this past year. All of the sisters in the Gamma Delta chapter are very supportive of each other and motivate each other to focus on our schoolwork. We are really proud to say that we achieved a house GPA of 3.39 in the spring and 3.3 in the fall. At Kappa convention this past summer, we were thrilled to receive the Academic Excellence award. Four of our members went to Kappa convention in Houston, Texas and learned great ways to improve our chapter.
One of our favorite times of every month is going to our sisterhood functions. We have a very strong sisterhood within the house and it only continues to get better. Our house is full of different personalities that make our chapter fun and unique. Some of our favorite sisterhood functions this past year include ice-skating, going to see the new Hunger Games movie, and having a cookout. Sisterhood is a top priority for our chapter and we will always value these times together!
Over the summer the Gamma Delta chapter installed air conditioning and it was one of the best improvements to the house. It made recruitment and the hot days so much more enjoyable. We are very thankful for the house board that was able to make that happen! On campus this past year, our university experienced a traumatic shooting and as a house we came together to support one another and support the university. Many of our sisters attended the candlelight vigil to honor Andrew Boldt and support his family and friends. In the fall we were very excited to welcome Purdue’s Greek director, Brandon Cutler, to our house for dinner. Also, for homecoming weekend we had a Kappa alumni tailgate which was a fun way to meet alumni and hear their stories and experiences from living in the house years ago. Our chapter is full of wonderful girls that are loyal to the sisterhood of Kappa Kappa Gamma and we are optimistic and very excited to see what this coming year has in store for the Gamma Delta chapter.