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Traditionally, the Delta Zeta chapter has supported RIF and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, as well as being involved in the tutoring of young children within the Colorado Springs community. For the second year in a row, we partnered with Alice Bemis Taylor Elementary School; twice a week, Delta Zeta members donate their time to helping teach young students math and English.
==Highlights of 2017==
The Delta Zeta chapter at Colorado College was prosperous for the 2017 year. Fall Recruitment and COB were successful; Delta Zeta initiated nine new members in mid-November. The members of Delta Zeta are well-rounded individuals who are active in various aspects of fraternity and college life.
Delta Zeta's new philanthropy event, Kappa Karnival, debuted in September. This event included a bouncy house, bake sale, and face-painting, among others. Our chapter raised $424, which was donated to Reading is Fundamental (RIF). Further, our chapter has continued its relationship with Taylor Elementary School, where sisters tutor children in various subjects, as well as build positive relationships with them. The Delta Zeta chapter highly values academics and we believe that it is worthwhile to donate our time to these young students at Taylor.
Members of Delta Zeta excel both inside and outside of the classroom. Sisters have received scholarships from the Denver Kappa Friendship Fund, Kappa Foundation, Boettcher Foundation, House Board, Women's Educational Society, and the Service Leadership Award, among others. Sisters lead and mentor within the College community. Some examples of such leadership are Resident Advisers, who supervise students who live on campus, First Year Experience Mentors, who acclimate students to the new college environment, and Writing Center Tutors, who assist students with academic papers. Kappas at Colorado College remain devoted to their studies. The newly completed Tutt Library has facilitated the hardworking nature of the members of Delta Zeta. Our sisters are involved and interested in the social, political, economic and cultural workings of the greater community, as well as throughout the world.
Delta Zeta members highly value sports as fun and healthy extracurricular activities. Such activities include Colorado College's Club Hockey, basketball and rugby teams. We also have a DZ member who is a qualified Zumba instructor. A great number of sisters are involved in Dance Workshop, the Tiger Eyes Dance Team, Theater Workshop, GlobeMed, the Student Organization of Sexual Safety, the College's newspaper, "The Catalyst," and the Health Professions Club.
The women of Delta Zeta have been described as strong, compassionate, and dedicated, with a commitment to the betterment of the Delta Zeta chapter, and the Fraternity as a whole. Though our chapter lodge is non-residential, members make a continual effort to attend weekly chapter meetings. Many groups of sisters choose to live together in on- and off-campus housing. All in all, Delta Zeta and its members are thriving in academic, social and fraternity life.
We support Taylor Elementary by donating our time there because the school faculty and staff are excited to have a strong relationship with us, and because of our shared commitment to providing a dynamic and worthwhile education to young students. We hope to continue this partnership moving forward.
The Delta Zeta chapter holds meetings in lodge that is located on campus and owned by Colorado College. However, a portion of each actives dues goes towards the house, so that each active holds a share of the house, a policy that had been in place since the early 1970s. While our house is not residential, it does have the capacity to house visiting sisters. Even though DZ members do not live in the house, our sisters form strong bonds, and many live together, both on and off campus.
==Highlights of the 2020s==