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'''Some of Epsilon Chi’s Outstanding Alumnae:'''
Adrienne Draper (Olson), Leadership Consultant 2004-2005----------------------------
'''Fraternity Loyalty Award:'''The University of Southern California campus had been recommended by the Colonization Committee at the 1946 Convention. Alumnae groups and Gamma Xi chapter were enlisted to carry out the project. It was directed by Winifred Martin Horell, UC Berkeley, who also had the assistance of associate members on the Trojan campus.
'''Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:'''Kirsten Rutnik Gillibrand, 2014, politics
'''Additional Outstanding Epsilon Chi Alumnae:''' Kirsten GillibrandHighlights in sports have illuminated Delta Tau chapter, United States Senator from New York 2009; previously served also. Nancy Chaffee (Kiner) was the national junior girls’ tennis champion in United States House 1947. Marley Shriver (Tobian) was a member of Representativesthe 1957 Olympic swim team. Presently, representing New York's 20th Congressional DistrictKappa is represented by girls on the Southern California volley ball and tennis teams.
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==Early in 1965 the chapter house was sold to Phi Gamma Delta and construction for a new house was immediately begun on a former Kappa Delta property. The Early Years:==Hoover House, a three-story apartment building, just off the Row, served for a year as temporary chapter house while the new house was being built.
The Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, a Congregational minister from Connecticut, founded Dartmouth College in 1769With the new house came new scholastic excellence. He had earlier established Moor’s Charity School Kappa ranker third on the Row in Lebanon, Connecticut, principally for the education of Native Americans. In seeking to expand his school into a college, Wheelock relocated his educational enterprise to Hanover, overall grade point average in the Royal Province of New Hampshire. Samson Occom, a Mohergan Indian 1961 and by 1973 was number one of Wheelock’s first students, was instrumental in raising substantial funds for the College. The Royal Governor of New Hampshire, John Wentworth, provided the land upon which Dartmouth would be built and on December 13, 1769, conveyed In the charter from King George III establishing same year the College. That charter created American Red Cross Blood Drive awarded a college “for plaque to Delta Tau for the education and instruction of Youth largest contribution of the Indian Tribes in this Land...and also of English Youth and any others.” Names for William Legge, the Second Earl of Dartmouth - an important supporter of Eleazar Wheelock’s efforts - Dartmouth is the nation’s ninth oldest collegefraternity or sorority.
An Ivy League institution, Dartmouth College enrolls approximately 4,100 undergraduates in These cards hold the liberal arts true message of Kappa—the invisible bond that makes girls want to stay together and 1,700 graduate studentsgive of themselves to a chapter for four years. In addition They are the years of transition from adolescence to 19 graduate programs in the arts maturity. For every member Kappa is something different and sciences, something very special. All agree that Kappa has made it is home possible for girls to get to the nation’s fourth oldest medical school; the Dartmouth Medical Schoolknow one another and become closest friends. Even more than that, founded in 1797; Kappa has given the nation’s first professional school of engineering; girls the Thayer School of Engineering, founded in 1867; and the first graduate school of management in the word: the Tuck School of Business, established in 1900opportunity to get to know themselves.
Philanthropy --------------------------------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 focused on David’s House and Genesis Elder Care Center in Lebanonexpected to update its history record annually. Contact Fraternity Headquarters at kkghq@kkg.org with questions.--------------------------------==Highlights of the 1980s:==
==Installation In 1986, a newsletter was sent to all Delta Tau alumnae in an effort to reconnect with chapter graduates. This was successful and resulted in three new advisors for the chapter. During this school year, members of Epsilon Chi Chapter==Delta Tau assisted with the installation of the Kappa chapter at UC San Diego.
On September 30Also during this time, 1978the chapter successfully worked to improved chapter leadership, Epsilon Chi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma morale and efficiency. The motto for this effort was installed at Dartmouth College. Keep Kappa Kappa Gamma became the second sorority on the Dartmouth campusGrowing, colonizing and one measure of it’s success is evident in the spring of 1978. Sigma Kappa was the first national sorority Delta Tau having it’s largest ever pledge class (to be established on the campus date) in the spring of 19771986 (56 pledges).
During In the summer of 1978late 80’s, the charter members took chapter worked hard to improve their first pledge class knowledge and use of 10 membersritual. Members The chapter reports that the attitude of the first pledge class were: Barbara Briggs, Terrie Duda, Kathryn Flintner, Kim Leighton, Susan Marshall, Barbara Martin, Page Polk, Judy Reardon, Virginia Taylor, faulty and Maja Wesselsuniversity administration towards Greeks was mixed during this time. Twenty-seven Delta Tau worked to overcome this by inviting members of the chapter members University faculty and three of the pledges were present at installation. The charter members who were not present at Installation were initiated the following Januaryadministration to their semester scholarship dinners.
Sue WolcottFraternity President Kay Smith Larson, CornellWashington, studying at was the Tuck School of Business guest speaker at Dartmouth served as Epsilon Chi’s first graduate counselorDelta Tau’s Founders Day celebration in 1989. Margaret Hall, Dartmouth Class The Gamma Xi chapter from UCLA was also a part of 1979 served as the chapter’s first presidentfestivities.Housing: In the mid 80’s the house recreation room was redecorated and new carpets were installed in the house. Planning for updates to the study rooms began. An intercom system was also installed.
The festivities were well attended by Fraternity officers, Kappa actives and alumnae from throughout the northeast. Representing the Fraternity were'''Philanthropy: President Jean Hess Wells, Georgia; Director of Chapters Sally Moore Nitschke, Ohio State; Chairman of Extension Marjorie Matson Converse, Purdue; Lorna Jean Telfer, McGill, Alpha Province Director of Chapters; and Mary Sexton Brooks, Purdue, Alpha Province Director of Alumnae. '''
Marjorie KozaDuring the 1985-86 school year, Syracuse, served as the Alumnae Marshal chapter participated in three philanthropy events centered around children and was responsible for students. Two of the beautifully organized weekend of events. The Hanover area alumnae were marvelous for “taking projects to help abused children and the reins” since third was the chapter’s colonization the previous spring and came through once again in assuring the success of the installationannual Swim-With-Mike event to benefit handicapped students at USC.
The Cornell Kappas traveled many long hours to assist in the colonization the previous spring and to become the first sisters of the charter members. They were on hand again at Installation to help formally welcome the women into the '''Chapter Convention Awards:''' 1982 House Board Award Honorable Mention1988 Fraternity. Representatives from the following chapters were also present: McGill; Toronto; St. Lawrence; Connecticut; Massachusetts; and Syracuse. There was even a reunion of former Council officers at the home of Virginia Parker Blanchard, Boston, which included Ruth Hoehle Lane, Boston; Miriam Pheteplace Schick, Deuteron - St. Lawrence; Cathryn Wolf Luce, Denison; and Jeannette Greever Rustemeyer, Kansas.Appreciation Honorable Mention1988 House Board Award Honorable Mention
The Installation Banquet provided good food and greetings and well wishes galore. Marj Converse served as Toastmistress, and Isabelle Weiss, President of the Cornell chapter was the first to toast to the new chapter. Dr. Marilyn Baldwin, Associate Dean of the College, gave a warm welcome to Dartmouth’s newest women’s group. Sally Nitschke read letters of greeting from chapters and alumnae throughout the United States and Canada. Jean Wells presented the banquet address.
Gifts were presented to ==Highlights of the 1990s==From chapter’s History Report: Scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus or within chapter which included many silver serving pieces and a Kappa flag. The closing service was followed by tearful farewells to many old and many newly made friends in the Kappa family, and a look ahead to overall nature of the next regional gathering at Alpha Province Meetingchapter, to be held in Cantonchapter goals, New York in the spring of 1979challenges and how they were overcome, home of Beta Beta Deuteron - St. Lawrenceetc.:
Joining Sigma Kappa at Dartmouth, the Kappas might be termed “pioneer women” on this formerly all-male campus. Kappa decided to establish a The chapter on this campus whose fundamental purpose is continued to provide an undergraduate experience that will train young men and women to become leaders of our society. The College prides itself work on the fact that freshmen courses are taught by the best members strengthening their knowledge of Kappa ritual in the faculty. Special facilities, such as the million-volume library, a superb center for the creative arts, early 90’s and the best educational computing facility they were assisted in the country, are freely available to all students and have this by a pervasive influence on undergraduate education. Above allvisit from former Fraternity President, undergraduates feel part of a smallMarian Klingbell Williams, closely knit community that provides a fellowship to be cherished for lifeMissouri.
When In the Board fall of Trustees decided 1991, the university put new guidelines in place that limited chapter exchanges to admit womenthree a year, they and also initiated the Dartmouth Plan where a student spends at least one summer term studying at four-way party with three other Greek groups per year. This ended many chapter traditions, but also started some new ones. Other changes in the College and approximately ¾ early 90’s included smaller pledge classes of about 25-35, versus in the mid-50’s during the student body are in residence at any one termmid 1980’s.
When one speaks Even so, Delta Tau’s presence and strength on campus and on the Greek Row continued to grow.A point of Dartmouth Collegepride for the chapter, one talks of per the importance of “place.” The college is located in a lovely town in northern New England1991 Delta Taudian, in an area of great natural beautywas the intense loyalty, removed from contagious enthusiasm and deep respect that the pressures of urban or suburban life. It is an ideal location chapter members had for one another and the life of the mindFraternity. During this time, where the out-of-doors plays a major role in the shaping of individual personalitieschaper strengthened their committee system and focused on scholarship.
==Highlights of Delta Tau’s focus on scholarship in the 1980s==early 90’s paid off. In 1991, they were tied for 3rd for the highest GPA on the Row. In 1995 they were pleased to achieve the second highest GPA on the Greek Row. In 1997 and 1998, they had the highest GPA on the Greek Row at USC.
This decade saw By the following: election end of President Ronald Reagan; Sandra Day O’Connor selected as the first woman justice to 90’s, the Supreme Court; first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off; Beirut barracks bombing occurred killing American and French servicemen; Lockerbie Disaster when terrorists blew pledge class size was back up the plane over Scotland; Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine filled much of mid-40’s. The chapter closed the world decade with radioactive debris; Challenger disaster left six astronauts a goal to improve Fraternity knowledge and one woman school teacher dead; protestors attendance at Tiananmen Square were crushed by chapter events.Housing: In 1995, the Peoples Liberation Army; fall chapter had 90 members, 60 of whom lived in the Berlin Wall was chapter house. By 1998, the chapter had 136 members, and 75 lived in the house. In the most momentous event summer of 1998, the decade; oil tanker Exxon Valdez caused one of House Board remodeled the second and third floor bathrooms in the worst ecological disasters ever; War on Drugs accelerated; worldwide chapter house from floor to ceiling. In 1999, the beginning chapter had 145 members, 84 of whom lived in the AIDS pandemic; and rejection of smoking based on health issues. Personal computers experienced massive growthhouse.
Dartmouth began accepting women as students in 1972Philanthropy: In the early 90’s, so Kappa was a particularly important source of female support. Men outnumbered women on campus and dominated the College. The class of 1981 was close chapter successfully challenged itself to increase chapter participation in philanthropy events to 7065% male. As one active put ita result, the women’s lacrosse team chapter began to look forward to philanthropy events as a way to help the community and Kappa “were very important to me in that I felt supported by other womenbring the chapter closer together.During the early part of this decade, Delta Tau philanthropy activities included: making valentines for hospital patients, the annual Swim-With-Mike benefit, and not constantly surrounded by menblood drives. I knew women The chapter was also an active participant in the dormsphilanthropy events of other greek groups on campus. In addition, but Kappa was very special.” Another active remembers meetings were “probably they raised money for the only time we weren’t outnumbered by Sunshine mission, a center for battered women, throughout the men1990’s.”
Challenges faced by sororities in general stemmed from the male-dominated campus and the small number of sororities. With only three sororities in 1981In 1997, Delta Tau began having an annual putt putt golf tournament, Kappa Kappa Greens, there were many more women who wished to join a sorority than there were places raise money for them. Despite the addition of a fourth sorority in 1982, the lack of enough sororities continued to be a problem throughout the 1980sRose McGill Fund.
Around campus, the administration was trying to minimize the importance of alcohol because of the level of alcohol abuse. They did this by encouraging social alternatives to Greek life, such as dormitory social events and events at Collis Center. There was a lot of resistance to giving up the “Indian” as the mascot for Dartmouth at sporting events. Sororities and fraternities were very vocal in their opposition to giving up the mascot. Dartmouth was somewhat politically conservative, and the Dartmouth Review published several offensive and controversial articles.'''Chapter Convention Awards:'''1990 Greatest Improvement Award Honorable Mention1990 Panhellenic Award Honorable Mention1992 House Board Award1996 House Board Award Honorable Mention
Kappas were known for being “smart and elegant...and not necessarily party animals.” Around campus, styles were preppy. One active remembered that the people at Dartmouth were so beautiful. Most girls wore their hair long and natural, and wore hair bands and pearls for fancier occasions. Turtlenecks with whales and strawberries, wise whaled cords, and plaid skirts ruled the day. Kappas worked very hard on their studies, as they all had big dreams about graduate school and Wall Street careers. It was a very traditional, career focused time.
In 1985 the College passed Minimum Standards expected of all fraternities and sororities. These standards presented many challenges to the Greeks and a stress level to meet those expectations. The faculty and administrators began to exam the role ==Highlights of fraternities and sororities 2000-2010== From chapter’s History Report: Scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus as or within chapter, overall nature of the system was thought to be racist chapter, chapter goals, challenges and sexist. A new College Alcohol Policy went into effect to have Alcohol Monitors at each partyhow they were overcome, etc. :
In 1987 a major issue at Dartmouth was Members gathered with families for barbeques before football games in the treatment of women at the College and ways needed to be implemented to help all women feel more comfortable, while eliminating subtle areas of sexism around campusFall. An issue arose in the sororities regarding affiliation Activities with Fathers included a national organization trip to Catalina Island, and what that affiliation meanthorse races at Santa Anita racetrack. Epsilon Chi needed to decide which was better for the sisters to continue to belong to KKG or to become a local. Fraternity President Marian WilliamsActivities with Mothers included tea, Missourishopping on Rodeo Drive, visited the chapter to discuss the issueand a luncheon in Pasadena. After Delta Tau hosted a lengthy meeting, the chapter voted to stay with Kappa Kappa Gamma. To those Panhellenic movie screening on the opposing sidelawn and participated in a yearly Panhellenic activity, they made chapter unity an issue. All chapter goals during the later part of the decade centered around the value of the individual, sisterhood, and working together for the benefit of the chapterSongfest.
In 1988 Some of the College imposed a new policy immediate responses to the tragedies of delayed rush. It wasn’t held until spring term September 11, 2001 were the cancellation or postponement of the sophomore yearany meetings or activities. As a result, each chapter lost one entire pledge class during The university made classes optional for that yearparticular week. The Since the chapter viewed this policy as one more step on is so close to downtown Los Angeles, people were concerned about the part possibility of terrorist acts occurring there. People packed bags in case there was a need to evacuate and officers remained in contact with the administration toward decreasing the role of sororities local policemen and fraternities on campusfiremen.
The Everybody remained in the Kappa house and remained glued to the news. A speaker who handles tramautic situations came and talked with the chapter on how to deal with some of the emotions the members were having. They had a fireside instead of Epsilon Chi were very active a regular chapter meeting so that they could support each other. The university had a memorial service on campus and in the community as volunteers, members of which many organizations, honoraries, varsity and intramural teams, Summer and Winter Carnivals, Presidential Scholars and Senior Fellows. One year saw five members achieve Cum Laude, three Magna Cum Laude, and four Phi Beta Kappaattended.
Many alumnae agree that Delta Tau supported many organizations, including the biggest issue facing Red Cross, the chapter in 1980 was not having a house. They held their meetings and dances in dorm roomsRose McGill Fund, college meeting roomsTroy Camp, and at the Quechee Inn and other nice placesAshlyn Dyer Foundation (supporting Traumatic Brain Injury research. Finally in January 1983) Following Hurricane Katrina, the Kappas got a house, the former ABC house on East Wheelock Street. The College did many renovations books were collected and sent to the houseNew Orleans, and there was a “high degree of enthusiasm” sisters were welcomed from Tulane and other schools that were shut down for the house among the sisterssemester.
Once they moved into their new house, they had to deal with the difficulties of having a house. Some of the decisions they had to make included which officers had to live in the house, how to offer the remaining rooms to the other sisters, and who would have to live in the house in the unlikely event that no one wanted to live in.
In 1984 the members painted the interior of the house and gave t-shirts to all who helped. In 1985 the College changed the housing contract to include rent for the “common areas” of the house, and if it were not filled to capacity, the College could move a non-member in. The Kappas quickly discovered a major drawback of being a college owned house was authority college officials had over how the house was run and how it should be used. Toward the end of the decade, the chapter began to devise a male visitation policy.'''Chapter Convention Awards:'''
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The highly successful Grandfather program continued. The chapter held a variety ==Highlights of parties with different themes each term for the elderly alumni and their wives. They would discuss topics from politics to the rich Dartmouth history. Kappas also held their annual Ski-a-thon to raise money for a summer camp for diabetic children. Actives visited local nursing homes spreading hope and good cheer. They hosted their annual Monte Carlo night over Parents Weekend to raise money for the United Way, also sponsored a bake sale for the same cause. They annually assembled Easter Baskets, collected food for Ethiopia, volunteered and raised money for the Kurn Hattin School for abused children, the Taco dinner raised money for cancer research, and the Chili Chow dinner benefited SAMS (Students Against Multiple Sclerosis). Special Olympics was an important philanthropy on their schedule.2011==
'''Convention Awards:'''This year we also held a Kappa Krepes fundraiser . A crepe truck came to the row and sold crepes to students and the money raised went to one of Delta Tau’s local beneficiaries the Story Project. This event managed to raise over 200 dollars. For the ninth time out of the past eleven years, we won Sigma Chi’s philanthropy Derby Days. Our chapter alone raised over 9,500 dollars to donate to Children’s Miracle Network for Sigma Chi.
==Highlights In the Spring of 2011 the overall house GPA was a 3.40 with thirteen girls earning 4.0s. In the Fall of 2011 our house GPA was a 3.39 and seventy-seven girls had GPAs between 3.5-3.9. This is an astounding accomplishment for our chapter considering many girls balance rigorous school schedules, internships, jobs and Kappa events during the 1990s==semester.
The 1990s is often considered the true dawn '''Campus:''' University of Southern California: This year the Information Age. Info-age digital technologies became widely used by Greek community worked to improve it's relationship with the general publicUniversity. Highlights include: Gulf War with Iraq began in 1991, same Last year as the Soviet Union’s dissolution ended; funeral procession of Diana, Princess of WalesUSC elected a new president Nikias who was not accustomed to Greek life. Since, was mourned worldwide; World Trade Center and then the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombings led Greek community has tried to awareness show him the benefits of being part of domestic and international terrorism as a real threat; Columbine High School massacre occurred; President William Clinton was a dominant political figure and scarred by the Lewinsky scandal; Youth culture embraced environmental issuesour community. Record numbers of women were elected to high office in We have made large strides improving our relationship with the USUniversity this past year.
1990 was the first year for the implementation ==Highlights of the delayed rush to sophomore year at Dartmouth. As a result, the numbers of people joining did not go down but the numbers were not evenly distributed between chapters. To accommodate the D Plan, sororities now had to conduct two rush periods a year. New federal legislation required colleges to enforce the drinking age or risk losing financial age. During fall term, the chapter went through an evaluation of its relationship with Kappa Kappa Gamma. As a result, the commitment was strengthened.2013==
In 1995 there were a series of hate crimes victimizing minorities on campus. The 2013 has been an amazing year for the Delta Tau chapter sponsored many programs to combat that issue. They sponsored alcohol awareness, SAFEfilled with exciting events, Suicide and Griefproud accomplishments, and Untamed Shrewsgrowing sisterhood bonds. They limited their social co-sponsored events with fraternities After being selected as one of only six chapters to adapt participate in GIRLS Academy, we were finally able to the new alcohol policyrealize all of our hard work, pioneered by senior Krysta Levy, as it culminated in a philanthropy event that far exceeded any expectations. The sorority system had been targeted by other students on campus who questioned By working with the role girls of 32nd Street School and spending time with them, the Greek system played in supporting women of Delta Tau were able to make a profound impact on their lives, and they did just the campussame for us. GIRLS Academy has been a fantastic experience for Delta Tau to grow as a sisterhood and philanthropic organization, all while giving back to the girls in our community.
Epsilon Chi Chapter was striving Delta Tau is already looking forward to define itself and offer its members an outlet for social development with other women. The hosting our first annual “Kappa Kapture the Flag” philanthropy event in the spring! Our chapter was also striving to define itself as an important member of both the Dartmouth and Hanover community. Members continued their outstanding participation participated in varsity team and intramural sports, Green Key and other honoraries, Order of Omega, Presidential Scholars, Rotary Scholarsmany fraternity philanthropies including Sigma Chi’s Derby Days, class officersATO’s Laser Tag, and tour guidesKappa Sigma’s Bootkamp just to name a few. In 1997After completing a very successful recruitment, the chapter passed the Minimum Standards Review with DistinctionDelta Tau was thrilled to initiate a pledge class of 71 wonderful members this fall.
At the end of the decadeWe have all been packing our calendars with our favorite events including Kappa Kabana and Sapphire Ball, amazing sisterhood events such as the Board of Trustees Hollywood hike and the Dartmouth Presidentannounced their decision even going to eliminate single sex housing which would eliminate Disneyland together, and of course, we’ve all had a blast watching the Greek system as it was known on USC Trojan Football team. Our chapter’s success is not just felt from within, but rather we received several awards at the campus2013 Kappa Province Meeting.
'''Housing:'''In 2013, Ainsley Carry replaced Michael Jackson as Vice Provost for Student Affairs. Carry has made a strong effort to form a relationship with the Greek community in hopes of improving Greek-University relations. Delta Tau, along with the other chapters at USC have been continuing to make positive contributions to the University and demonstrate that the Greek community is one of its many assets. We hope to continue to make strides towards a better relationship with the University in 2014.
Toward the end of the decade, there was a break in at the house with significant damage. Thus the first floor of the house was completely redecorated with new furniture and curtains. New safety lights, new locks on doors and windows were installed.
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Service to others remained an important part ==Highlights of chapter life. The Grandfather program continued and remained very popular on both sides. They held a Audrey Proudy bike ride to raise money for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, raked leaves for the Bugbee Senior Citizens Center, held their Chili Chow dinner for SAMS, participated in the Red Cross Blood Drive and Make a Difference Day, collected cans for the Race Against Hunger Food Drive, and assumed a new Dartmouth sponsored philanthropy at the Genesis Home where sisters went and painted water colors with those living there. They won the Province Meeting Philanthropy Award for the third time in a row.2014==
==Highlights of 2000-2010==
Globalization continued to influence the world. A prime contributor was the growth ==Highlights of the Internet. Wireless Internet became prominent and email became the standard form of communicating. Highlights included: George W. Bush was elected President; 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centers led the US War on Terrorism at home and abroad; U.S. was once again involved in war with Iraq and limited engagement began in Afghanistan; Mexican Drug War saw armed conflict between rival drug cartels which would eventually dominate the wholesale illicit drug market in the U.S.; Virginia Tech Massacre became the deadliest shooting on a school campus. Climate change and global warming became household words, and population growth skyrocketed. In 2008 Barack Obama became the first African American elected as U.S. President.2015==
There was a large community feeling at Dartmouth that was very engaging2015 has been an amazing year for the Delta Tau chapter, filled with exciting events, proud accomplishments, centered around Greek Life and organizations, highly intellectual with growing sisterhood bonds. The 2015 Chapter Council members’ hard work throughout the world at year brought our house to new exciting heights and we are looking forward to the students fingertips! Whether it new 2016 Chapter Council continuing on that trend. As we sat down last January as a Chapter, we decided our goals for 2015 would be to emphasize our sisterhood, make sure our chapter was serviceon top of our organization, work in the real world, studying abroadand most importantly, the College accommodates the students emphasize our rituals and what they want to doour heritage.
Epsilon Chi As I asked around the house what the girls’ most memorable moments of 2015 were, most of the girls said our sisterhoods, which made warmed our hearts. From our annual Disneyland event (which was an extremely diverse chapter last Monday), to pumpkin carving, to Stella and Dot Trunkshows (and many many other trunkshows with matching sister bracelets to prove it!), to Bridesmaids movie nights in the TV room, to ice cream socials with our sister sorority Theta and wellthen AGD, to everyone’s favorite, our USC game-roundedday sisterhood, complete with face-painting, USC spirited food and dance parties. Almost any club, sportwe were so proud of the way our chapter has bonded together. Our Chapter Council felt that the increased number of sisterhoods truly brought our house a little bit closer together and emphasized the value of sisterhood and friendship within our house, or organization which was represented so important to us, especially for the new members to see. Lastly, we emphasized ritual in some way within everything we did this year. From our daily ritual reviews during Inspiration Week, to our frequent ritual events throughout the chapter semester, we made sure that every member understood Kappa Kappa Gamma’s rituals, definitions, and that added history. Our Founder’s Day complete with a lot of dynamism. The chapter new schedule was a proud group success and we were especially pleased to have local alumni come celebrate our founders! We had one of women who were seen as leaders our highest attendances to date, and go-getters around campus. So many women engaged in so many different and amazing things that it made everyone enjoyed the night especially since we ended the sisters proud to be night with a part sweet surprise of the same organization.Kappa themed cake and cupcakes!
The Along with that, this year, we have made it our mission to be meticulously on top of organization for our chapter. Due to our chapter completely rewrote its officer election process and increasing our organization, from our President’s weekly fliers with all the important dates, to our Vice President of Organization’s superior calendar, we have felt that our chapter bylawshas been more aware and therefore, so they were more relative involved. Also, we have been packing our calendars with our favorite events such as fraternity philanthropies, our Father Daughter tailgate and racing event in September, and our sister sorority socials! Our chapter has been very involved on the row and participated in many fraternity philanthropies including Lambda Chi Alpha's powderpuff, Pi Kappa Phi's Winter Wars and Kappa Sigma’s Bootkamp just to name a few. In November, we held our scholarship dinner, where we hosted professors from many diverse departments to present to themthe values of Kappa Kappa Gamma, and the importance of our studies. One With a very motivational speech by Heidi Johnson, the founder of Charity Matters, everyone walked away extremely impressed and newly motivated to incorporate charity into their challenges was participation in various mandatory eventsdaily lives! Apparently, while most the professors were still fun so impressed and engaging, a lot because of people had other commitments that Heidi has received an outpour of emails asking her to come speak in their own classes to continue to share her inspiring story. We were equally so happy that Heidi Johnson was able to show USC what Kappa Kappa Gamma emphasizes and how important our philanthropies are to us. The Delta Tau chapter had a fantastic 2015, and instead we are all looking forward to making 2016 just as successful. With our new class of rearranging leaders coming into their schedule they used it as an excuse not to come. The Chapter Council tried positions, especially with Meg Jenson, who was previously our Vice President of Standards, we are all very excited to make events more spontaneous a difference in our house and seem continue on this amazing upward trend we experienced in 2016. We are more appealing so people would want motivated than ever to continue showing Delta Tau's true potential to comeprove how amazing we can be as a chapter, as a part of a Kappa nationally, and it proved successful.as a part of our community around us!
Recruitment was extremely memorable and brought University of Southern California: This year the Greek community has made major strides in improving relationships with the chapter members even closerUniversity. The news that There has been a strong effort from chapters to show the University the positive attributes associated with having a Dartmouth greek system on campus. We are very proud of Kappa Kirsten Gillibrand was named 's involvement on the panhellenic board and feel as though that has given us a better relationship with the youngest member of school. Cat Brackett and Katie Fell, all have played a critical roll on the U.S. Senate was thrilling Panhellenic board and we are so impressed with their dedication and made so thankful for all the work they are doing to help the chapter proudGreek system and Kappa! Also there has been an increase in community involvement including work with local elementary schools. All of these steps are helping to diffuse tension with a previously anti-greek university administration.
'''Philanthropy:'''What organization(s) has your chapter historically/traditionally raised money for, or donated hours to, in your community?
Chapter members continued This year, Delta Tau raised money for Reading is Fundamental, Girl’s Academy, The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation and the legacy Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust. In February we held our “Kappa Kickball Philanthropy” created by our philanthropy chair Christina Rouse. The anticipation of outstanding campus and community servicethe competitive kickball matches brought out more attendees than we have ever had all to support Delta Tau. New We raised money for our philanthropy from the houses signing up to compete and from the chapter was a Tanzania fund started by one additional sale of its graduatesshirts. They also became incredibly active in suicide prevention in memory We are extremely proud of a lost sister Katy Cullinanthis successful event. They actively supported the drunk driving awareness program called Additionally, we have raised over two thousand dollars for the Gordy Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation.through all of our sisterhood trunkshows, which was very unexpected, so we are extremely happy about all of our efforts!
'''Convention Awards:'''Why did your chapter choose this organization(s) to support?
==Highlights from 2011-2019:==Delta Tau had an amazing recruitment week led by Rush Chair Sarah McMullen and her assistant Maggie Hill. We could not be happier with our new pledge class. The new members are an amazing asset to Delta Tau and we cannot wait to see what they accomplish during their time at USC. Marshal Andie Fezell led an inspiring initiation for the new members. The girls bonded during their sleepover in the chapter room with fun games and treats. During inspiration week, Lauren Meredith and Paige Eller organized multiple sisterhoods that were extremely moving. We learned about mental health, received recipes for healthy meals, and were taught the dangers of abusive relationships. Every member felt inspired and motivated after this special week.
(Information from chapter history reportsAs always, scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special our social chairman Natalie Eggers did not disappoint this year with the many fun events. Our formals include Kappa Krush, changes on campus or within chapterSenior Sendoff, overall nature of the chapterand Kappa Kabana. They were all big successes! Aside from formals, chapter goalswe enjoyed multiple exchanges with different fraternities. The girls also enjoyed many trunk shows this year with Love Lola, challenges San Lorenzo and how they were overcome, etc12th Tribe.)
The economic crisis made it difficult for college graduates to find jobs; students graduating Members were very diligent with accumulated debt found their future bleak; the war in Iraq officially endedattendance at chapter council meetings, formal and informal chapters, committee nights and sisterhoods. Our Recording Secretary, Raleigh Scharre, did a great job keeping track of our members.
Dartmouth is With a beautiful campus with a down-very busy and exhilarating 2016, we cannot wait to-earth student body. There is still a general feeling that continue the College remains male-dominated, but there has been improvement during success of the past yearsDelta Tau chapter in 2017. The social scene is almost entirely centered around Greek lifeOur newly elected president, as approximately 60% of the eligible student body Nicole Remy is extremely motivated and a member of natural leader. Our new chapter council had a Greek house. Many students travel abroad productive Leadership Day and are ready to take on an FSP or LSA and hold internships during their off termsroles.
There are currently 137 members in In continuation with 2015, The Greek Community has been working to improve relationships with the university. Our very own Delta Tau member, Kylie Burdsall, has been chosen to serve on the Epsilon Chi ChapterPanhellenic board. Members are She also devoted a very diverse group substantial amount of women from around time for the worldPanhellenic Food Drive. The chapter has varsity athletes, national athletic champions, Olympians, Presidential Scholars, multilinguists, actresses Kappa brought in mainstage productions, members the most cans out of the Croos every sorority and Wall Street analysts. They are seen around campus as hard-workingraised $2, motivated women who accomplish great things.000 for our chapter!
'''Philanthropy:'''Our chapter meets in the chapter room in the basement of our chapter house. The room can fit our entire chapter and this is where we hold all of our formal chapter events such as recruitment meetings and weekly chapter meetings.
During sophomore summer, the chapter raised more than $10,000 for cancer research, the most raised by any Greek organization at Dartmouth.==Highlights of 2017==
==Highlights The Delta Tau Chapter has had an outstanding 2017. The year was filled with an amazing new pledge class, academic achievements and growing sisterhood bonds. The 2017 chapter council worked hard throughout the year to plan an effective Kamp Kappa and recruitment, motivational sisterhoods and fun social events. This March we had another successful Kappa Kickball, led by Philanthropy Chair Hannah Wing. Fun was had by all that day, and it was extremely successful. The fundraiser raised over 7,000 dollars for the Reading is Fundamental Organization. In October, we collected children’s books from 2014==each pledge class and handed them out on Halloween to the kids of the surrounding community. Approximately 300 books were passed out, along with candy and other sweet treats. Throughout the year, Kappas participated in various fraternity fundraisers such as the Lambda Chi Alpha Friendship Circle in November. This year was our second annual “Kappa Kappa Gamma: Grabba Grabba Donut” fundraiser. Delta Tau members sold donuts outside of the chapter house and raised over $2,000 for the KKG Foundation! Delta Tau had an amazing recruitment week led by Rush Chair Lauren Meredith and her assistant Andie Fezell. We could not be happier with our new pledge class. The new members are an amazing asset to Delta Tau and we cannot wait to see what they accomplish during their time at USC. Marshal Mackenzie Bressie led an inspiring initiation for the new members. The girls bonded during their sleepover in the chapter room with fun games and treats led by Savanah Sheehy and Gabriella Carderelli. During inspiration week, Grace Hennemuth organized multiple sisterhoods that were extremely bonding. We learned about mental health, received recipes for healthy meals, and shared our struggles. Every member felt inspired and motivated after this special week. As always, our social chairman Caroline Raeder did not disappoint this year with the many fun events. Our formals include Kappa Krush, Senior Sendoff, and Kappa Kabana. They were all big successes! Aside from formals, we enjoyed multiple exchanges with different fraternities. The girls also enjoyed many trunk shows this year with San Lorenzo as well as a Kappa store with Kappa apparel, organized by our VPO, Lexie Hill. Members were very diligent with attendance at Chapter Council meetings, formal and informal chapters, committee nights and sisterhoods. Our Recording Secretary, Kristen Bednarek, did a great job keeping track of our members. [[File:Delta Tau 2.png|thumb|Delta Tau, USC, 2017]]
This past yearWith a very busy and exhilarating 2017, our house partnered with the Panhellenic Council we cannot wait to expand continue the scholarships that we as a house can offer. So far this year, we have not won any awards as all success of the awards depend on how our Delta Tau chapter scores on the AXiS report, however, we will have those by the end of the springin 2018. In the meantimeOur newly elected president, we plan on nominating Sophie DiFilippo is extremely motivated and a few of our women for the GLOS Awards, which will also awarded at the end of the termnatural leader. At the first Chapter Council meeting of spring term, the Chapter Council discussed their vision for the house Our new chapter council had a productive Leadership Day and brainstormed goals for leadership. We hope are ready to foster sisterhood through organic, supportive relationships among members through things such as family lineages, Women of KKG Panel (now termly), weekly sisterhood dinners, sisterhood breakfast, Sister of the Week, tributes, and regular sisterhood outings and eventstake on their roles.
From the summer of 2014 through the winter of 2015 our chapter has completed 1This year,613 hours of philanthropy. These hours were accumulated through Delta Tau raised money for Reading is Fundamental and The Kappa Kappa Philanthropy projects such as Gamma Foundation, and donated books to the Prouty Fundraiser for children in the Norris Cotton Cancer Center where surrounding area. In March we raised about $10,000, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth 5k/Half Marathon where 38 sisters participated held Kappa Kickball and in November we raised $3,480, and the 5k fundraiser for the Selamta non-profithosted Grabba Grabba Donut. Many sisters We also contributed donated book to the Epsilon Chi chapter's philanthropy through many of their own initiatives such as participating in the Big Brother Big Sister program children who came to trick or treat on the Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth programGreek Row.
Recently, our campus has been having many debates on the nature of the Greek system at Dartmouth[[File:Delta Tau 3. Our newly-appointed president, Phil Hanlon, has been trying to take measures to cut down on destructive behaviorpng|thumb|USC (Delta Tau Chapter), especially concerning alcohol abuse and sexual assault. For instance, starting this spring quarter, President Hanlon has banned all hard alcohol consumption on campus and at Dartmouth sponsored events.2017]]
Within We continued our chapter, this has played out in a number tradition of ways. We are taking a number supporting Reading Is Fundamental because of measures the large impact they have in teaching and motivating children to cut down on the destructive behavior read. Along with that goal, we felt that President Hanlon is trying to reducedonating children's books during Halloween would be another great opportunity. Our goal is to keep chapter takes great pride in seeing how our efforts help many children from all of our sisters safe and following college policyaround the world.
We hold meetings Our chapter meets in the chapter room in the KKG basement of our chapter house, which is owned by Dartmouth. We have a house that The room can fit our entire chapter and this is university owned. We have always lived here. 19 sisters can live therewhere we hold all of our formal chapter events such as recruitment meetings and weekly chapter meetings.
(Information from The Delta Tau chapter history reportshas had an outstanding 2018. The year was filled with an amazing new pledge class, scholarshipthat was only half the size, group honors/awardsacademic achievements and growing sisterhood bonds. The 2018 chapter council worked hard throughout the year to plan an effective Kamp Kappa and recruitment, traditionsmotivational sisterhoods and fun social events. This March we had another successful Kappa Kickball, special eventsled by Philanthropy Chair Anna-Riley Crenshaw. Fun was had by all that day, and it was extremely successful. In October, changes we collected children's' books from each pledge class and handed them out on campus or within chapterHalloween to the kids of the surrounding community. Approximately 400 books were passed out, along with candy and other sweet treats. Throughout the year, overall nature Kappas participated in various fraternity fundraisers. This year was our first ever “Kappa Con Queso” fundraiser. Delta Tau members sold entrance tickets outside of the chapterhouse and raised over $1, chapter goals, challenges 000 for the KKG Foundation and how they were overcome, etc.)the Los Angeles Mission!
'''Housing:'''Delta Tau had an amazing recruitment week led by Rush Chair Teak McAffee and her assistant Stephanie Nyberg. We could not be happier with our new pledge class. Although we could only accept half of our typical number due to new recruitment rules, the new members are an amazing asset to Delta Tau and we cannot wait to see what they accomplish during their time at USC. Marshal Nikki Bergman led an inspiring initiation for the new members. The girls bonded during their sleepover in the chapter room with fun games and treats led by Savanah Sheehy and Caroline Eastman. During inspiration week, Kit Chavers organized multiple sisterhoods that were extremely bonding. We learned about mental health, received recipes for healthy meals, and shared our struggles. Every member felt inspired and motivated after this special week.
'''Philanthropy:'''With a very busy and exhilarating 2018, we cannot wait to continue the success of the Delta Tau chapter in 2019. Our newly elected president, Caroline Eastman is extremely motivated and a natural leader. Our new chapter council had a productive Leadership Day and are ready to take on their roles.
'''Convention Awards==Highlights of 2020s:''' ==2020 has been quite a remarkable year for the Delta Tau chapter. This year has been a transformative mark for our chapter. 2020 has brought us an amazing new pledge class, the start of new philanthropy events, and strong sisterhood bonds. Both the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the Black Lives Matter movement have had a massive effect on our chapter. Navigating through these perplexing issues has been an emotional but truly amazing experience. Our sisterhood has come together stronger than ever before and the effects of our conversations and actions will revolutionize the chapter for years to come. The 2020 chapter council, led by president Madeline Drossos, started off the 2020 year with a detailed action plan. Determined to improve our already amazing chapter and track our progress along the way. Madeline took the role as president head on and put in countless hours into making the Delta Tau chapter the best it could possibly be. 2020 had its fair share of challenges but our chapter council took responsibility and made strides in every single position. Delta Tau has done an amazing job fundraising for various causes throughout the year. Caroline Ramirez, our philanthropy chair, led Kappa Karwash which partnered with Kappa Alpha Theta’s Omicron chapter to raise an upwards of $5000 for RIF and Swim with Mike, which is the nation’s leading scholarship fund for physically challenged athletes. And although our semester together was cut short due to the pandemic, with the help of Sarah Mills, our PR Chair, we were able to use our social media platforms in order to lead a Kappa Bingo Board to raise money for first responders and those in need due to Covid-19. It was amazing to see our sisterhood come together across the world to raise again over $5,000 for such an important cause! Brett Chody, our New Member Chair did an amazing job welcoming all of our new members into the Delta Tau chapter throughout the year with a Rowdeo themed bid day and fun events to help the newest members get to know each other. After having to suddenly return home due to Covid-19, Madison Dinsmore, our Marshal was able to still have an initiation ceremony for our new members via zoom. Together as a chapter we were able to partake in wonderful education nights where we discussed a range of topics from mental health to how to nail an interview! Madison House, our education chair not only did an amazing job bringing in great speakers but also going above and beyond to highlight all of our amazing seniors throughout the year.
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'''Note Our Treasurer, Camilla Holmsen had the difficult task of handling finances and returning dues after the pandemic, she was able to work with the board to Chapter Registrar:''' Please refer create the best strategy in order to do so. It was a confusing process, but Camilla was able to adapt and work quickly to get to your a proper solution! Katherine Klausner, the Vice President of Standards did a great job creating fun sisterhood events for our chapter throughout the year. From something as small as sister shout outs at the beginning of chapter archives including or as big as tie-dye events involving the whole chapter meeting minutes , Kate did not fail to foster a warm and sisterly environment! Our attendance did see improvements over the 2020 year and back issues our Secretary, Gurnoor Gill, was able to implement a new QR code attendance system, making attendance tracking far more efficient. During the end of our academic year in May, the Black Lives Matter movement took over America after the killing of ''The Key'' George Floyd. This movement was a massive wake up call for the entire Greek life community. Our chapter took a deeper dive to see what changes we needed to make both internally and externally in order to make changes to the systematic racism that has been deeply rooted in the Greek system since its existence. Our chapter had serious and emotional conversations where sisters discussed areas in which we need to make massive changes in this chapter. Collectively as a chapter we worked into the summer to create an action plan to fill follow in any gaps order to create lasting change in the above historical highlightsDelta Tau chapter and across USC’s Greek row. If your We created a new position on chapter archives are not completecouncil, the Diversity, please research your university libraryEquity, campus newspaper and yearbook archives Inclusion (DEI) chair which will be led by Katherine Price and Sophia Ceniza. We are so excited to see what strategies they will implement in order to foster a more inclusive environment in the Delta Tau Chapter as well as how we as a chapter can help foster change in the real world. The 2020 year for newsworthy information about your the Delta Tau chapteris a year we should be very proud of. Please double check your work for accuracyA year unlike most, brought us closer together than ever before and has helped us reflect on who we are as a chapter. Contact We always strive to improve as a chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association membersand it is clear to see that we are making massive steps towards creating an even better future for the Delta Tau chapter. This year hasn’t been the easiest, or your Province Director but the work that every single member has put into this chapter will help to make us stronger than ever before. We can’t wait to see the lasting effects the 2020 year will have on the Delta Tau Chapter of Chapters for assistance. Kappa Kappa Gamma!
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'''University of Southern California, established in 1880, Los Angeles, California'''
'''Dartmouth College established in HanoverChapter Founded November 7, New Hampshire1947'''
'''2,862 initiates (as of June 2018)'''
'''Epsilon Chi founded September 30Charter Members:'''Barbara Gertrude Braly,1978Nancy Anne Chaffee, Virginia Louise Dunn, Patricia Anne Eastin, Olive Sue Freeman, Jacqueline Gilbert, Marilyn Elizabeth Hinsch, Dixie Ann Lingle, Martha Mae Moody, Lois Normandin, Nancy Ludlow Phelps, Mary Patricia Preston, Nancy Ann Schmoele, Marjorie Dodge Shaver, Mary Lillian Siegel. ----------------------------------------'''Some of Delta Tau’s Outstanding Alumnae: (If you have chapter alumna who have received recognition in any of these three categories, please list them with the date(s) of recognition.)'''
'''1,599 initiates (as of June 2015)Fraternity Council Officers:'''
Gretchen Gattmann (Daley), Field Secretary 1971-1973; Leanne Burk (Parry) Field Secretary 1981-1983
'''Charter MembersFraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:''' Barbara Anderson, Ann Beringer, Kathleen Bourque, Laurie Branch, Cameron Crone, Alicia Fritz, Jill Frommer, Lizanne Galbreath, Mary Gose, Cynthia Greco, Catherine Haley, Margaret Hall, Kathryn Harper, Elizabeth Harris, Nanette Hart, Margaret Kimball, Anne Minnich, Laura Murphy, Sheila Murphy, Susan Myers, Letitia Pemberton, Sandra Perkowski, Rebecca Randall, Ingrid Schmakel, Jan Smedly, Julie Wallin, Susan Weiss
'''Fraternity Council MembersAlumnae Achievement Award Recipients:'''
==The Early Years (From The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma 1870–1976)==
Delta Tau was California’s first colonized chapter and the second Kappa chapter established in Los Angeles. The group most affected by the installation was the other chapter, Gamma Xi, University of California at Los Angeles. Friendship and enthusiasm were felt by all the Kappas who gathered in Los Angeles for the initiation of Delta Tau in November, 1947. Marian Howell Tompkins, Penn State, was installation marshal, and the presence of Fraternity President Ruth Kadel Seacrest, Nebraska, and Executive Secretary Clara O. Pierce, Ohio State, added to the excitement.
The Ebell Club on Wilshire Boulevard was the scene of the installation. However, the Fireside service was held at the new chapter house, an old dwelling renovated and redecorated in the manner of 1940. Actually, there was a fireplace in the living room so the service was an authentic “Fireside.”
The banquet was brilliant with luminaries as well as the less luminous: 250 Kappas who had read of the event in 175 neighborhood papers throughout Southern California were on hand to share in the scene. Helen Snyder Andres, Washington, toastmistress, presided over the program. Sister chapters sent telegrams of congratulations and welcome from all over the country. Dean of Women Helen Moreland, an Alpha Phi, spoke on the topic, “Fraternities—1947.” According to Lucy Guild Quirk, Toberman, UCLA, publicity director for the installation, “She outlined in forceful terms the role which fraternities must play in college life if they are to survive . . . She emphasized the responsibilities of fraternity members, and stressed the importance of good health habits such as plenty of sleep and nourishing food as well as good study conditions.” Delta Tau had become the 15th sorority on the Southern California campus. In 1973, 12 sororities were left and Delta Tau, although still the youngest, was one of the strongest.
==Traditions and Honors==
Tradition and memory are reflected in the chapter archives. The Delta Taudian, chapter newsletter, the collection of The Key and various scrapbooks demonstrate that Delta Tau is constantly changing and improving. There is a great flexibility which gives the chapter the chance to adjust to situations it encounters.
Delta Tau has had varied interests over the years. It became an integral part of “Fraternity-Sorority Row” immediately after being installed as a Kappa chapter. The fraternities along the Row have included Delta Tau in numerous “dream girl” contests. There are Kappa little sisters in both the Sigma Chi and Beta Theta Pi houses.
Other aspects of Delta Tau’s interests are its involvements in many university activities. Lucinda Brassell (Schag) was president of the YWCA on campus in 1953. She is known nationally for her work in this area. Delta Tau’s president Starla Coffee (Warburton) was also a Phi Beta Kappa in 1955. The chapter was host to Kappa Province Convention in 1963 where opera star Elfreda Tanner Jacobson, Utah, sang for the meeting.
The Supreme Court decision in final pledge test at Delta Tau gives each new member the famous “Dartmouth College Case” of 1819, argued by Daniel Webster (Class of 1801), is considered opportunity to write down what she hopes to achieve through her Kappa affiliation. These cards are never read but writing them gives each pledge a chance to be one of the most important and formative documents organize in her own mind the United States constitutional history, strengthening the contract clause of the Constitution and thereby paving the way for all American private institutions direction she wishes to conduct their affairs go in accordance with their charters and without interference from the stateher years of college life.
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.:
In 1991, Fern Crane, a devoted housemother of 17 years to Delta Tau, passed away.
Beginning with the Winter 1994-5 edition of the Delta Taudian, all sisters of Delta Tau (past and present) received each issue of the newsletter. The primary goal of this change was to bring alumnae into closer contact with the chapter. Additionally, the format of the newsletter was changed to include an Alumnae Keynotes section to report on the accomplishments, lifestyles, views and comments of Delta Tau alumna.
Delta Tau numbers declined somewhat in the mid-90’s, so to help with this, the chapter had its first ever Spring Rush in 1994. The chapter report for this year states that the decline in numbers was felt all along the Greek Row at USC.
The 2008 chapter history reported that the challenge that was most detrimental to Greek life for that year was the increase of Internet blogging sites that depict fraternities and sororities in a negative light at USC and elsewhere. The creators of such websites criticized particular sororities and sorority members, and they allowed anyone to comment anonymously, resulting in hateful and harmful sentiments.
'''HousingPhilanthropy:'''
2000 Greatest Improvement Award
2002 Greatest Scholarship Improvement Award (15 or more Panhellenic groups)
2008 Risk Management Award
The Delta Tau chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has had another successful year filled with sisterhoods, philanthropies, and other various events. This past fall we hosted our first ever "Kappa Kickball" philanthropy, which was a huge success. Our wonderful philanthropy chair, Meredith Martinuzzi, led our chapter to raise thousands of dollars for charity and dominate fraternity philanthropy competitions.
In March of 2011, we organized and put on a RIF event. Meredith worked with the Kappa Alumnae Association in Pasadena and the Boys and Girls Club in Pasadena to organize the event. Fifty children of the Boys and Girls Club attended the event and Kappa actives read the children the book Horton Hears a Hoo.
Kappa actives also painted rocks with them similar to at the Kappa Convention in June 2010. We participated in several philanthropies including Pi Kapp Winter Wars, AGO 4square, Sigma Nu's Winter Wars, Pike's Fire Fighter Challenge (which we won!) and many more. This fall we initiated 57 new members into Kappa and filled our schedules with intramural volleyball and soccer games, USC football "Game Days,", and a fun-filled Parents’ Weekend that included a New Member reception, a picnic on our front lawn, and a memorable Presents ceremony.
This semester we also had a successful Founder's Day with a meaningful ceremony to follow. We also had fun-filled invites with our most recent one being our semi-formal, Sapphire Ball. We had a father daughter event called, "dads, daughters and derbys" which was a day at the santa anita horse races and our mother daughter was "cooking with kappa" where the moms and daughters cooked a bunch of dishes at larchmont grill Our chapter's academic performance was outstanding this past year.
In 1999addition to GIRLS Academy, Epsilon Chi Delta Tau also hosted “Kappa Krepes,” a crepe truck that helps us to raise money for Reading is Fundamental (RIF), and worked with the Province Meeting Kappa Alumnae Association of Pasadena and celebrated its sisterhood, chapter history, the Boys and national history in honor Girls Club of their 20th anniversary as a Kappa chapterPasadena to put on yet another successful RIF event.
This year, Allison Gersten, MJ Massar, Arianna Pane, and Christina Nelson attended to accept awards for our philanthropy, highest GPA in our province, and our awesome house board director Kathy Creagan. The Delta Tau chapter had a fantastic 2013, and we are all looking forward to making 2014 just as successful.
2014 has been an amazing year for the Delta Tau chapter, filled with exciting events, proud accomplishments, and growing sisterhood bonds. First of all, it seems as though philanthropy has been the theme of our year. Just last week, we held our Mother Daughter Luncheon in downtown Los Angeles raising money for Girl Academy and Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, a philanthropic initiative working to improve neighborhoods in our own backyards. We had over 170 guests, with mothers flying in from around the country. It was truly a special day for all of our mothers to come together and bond with our mothers and as a chapter!
On top of this, earlier in October, we held our first Kappa Karnival, organized by our philanthropy chair, Kendall Deighan. With food trucks, "Dunk a Kappa" and rides, we attracted over 800 students that came to help us raise money for Reading is Fundamental. We were so proud of this sucessful event and look forward to continuing this new tradition in the future! And last but not least, we are holding our "Kappa Kickball" philanthropy next week and are extremely excited to bring everyone together to help us raise money! Along with that, this year, we have made it our mission to be meticulously on top of getting information for our events our early and planning ahead so that we can get as many people involved with helping as possible, as so far that has been working to our advantage! Our chapter has also been very involved on the row and participated in many fraternity philanthropies including Sigma Chi’s Derby Days, Lambda Chi Alpha's powderpuff, Pi Kappa Phi''Convention Awards:'''s Winter Wars and Kappa Sigma’s Bootkamp just to name a few.
In November, we held our scholarship dinner, where we hosted professors from many diverse departments to present to them the values of Kappa Kappa Gamma, and the importance of our studies. With a very motivational speech by Rick Caruso, everyone walked away extremely impressed and newly motivated to continue working hard! We have been packing our calendars with our favorite events including going to amazing sisterhood events such as apple picking, midnight movie premieres and even going to Disneyland together, along with our invites Kappa Kabana and Sapphire Ball, and of course, we’ve all had a blast watching the USC Trojan Football team. This year, Allison Gersten, Kate Fullenweider, and Chloe Heyman went to the Houston Conference and had a blast meeting all the Kappas from around the country and learning so many new things they didn’t know about Kappa! The Delta Tau chapter had a fantastic 2014, and we are all looking forward to making 2015 just as successful. With our new class of leaders coming into their positions, especially with Allie Gersten as our very involved President, we are all very excited to make a difference in our house. We are more motivated than ever to show our house Delta Tau's true potential and see how amazing we can be as a chapter, as a part of a Kappa nationally, and as a part of our community around us!
University of Southern California: This year the Greek community has made major strides in improving relationships with the University. There has been a strong effort from chapters to show the University the positive attributes associated with having a greek system on campus. We are very proud of Kappa's involvement on the panhellenic board and feel as though that has given us a better relationship with the school. Lindsay Barlow, Cat Brackett and Katie Fell, all have played a critical roll on the panhellenic board and we are so impressed with their dedication and so thankful for all the work they are doing to help the Greek system and Kappa! Also there has been an increase in community involvement including work with local elementary schools. All of these steps are helping to diffuse tension with a previously anti-greek university administration.
Our Delta Tau chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma holds meetings in our house's chapter room. The chapter is a owned facility. We built our current house on 929 West 28th Street in 1965, and the sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma moved into the house in 1966 and we have lived in that house ever since then. This house can hold up to 80 girls and we make sure that everyone who wants to live in gets an opportunity to experience living in the house. Before our most current house, our chapter lived just down the street on 716 West 28th Street.
Chapter Philanthropy:
Also in February , we held our Mother Daughter Luncheon in downtown Los Angeles raising money for Girl Academy and Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, a philanthropic initiative working to improve neighborhoods in our own backyards. We had over 170 guests, with mothers flying in from around the country. It was truly a special day for all of our mothers to come together and bond with our mothers and as a chapter! We loved taking the initiative to make a difference within our own community and seeing how our efforts paid off within their garden they created only a few miles from campus!
We continued our tradition of supporting Reading is Fundamental and Girls Academy, since they are both two organizations we strongly believe in supporting. Additionally, we chose to support Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, through our mother-daughter event, since improving our community around us and improving life for Los Angeles citizens is near and dear to our hearts.
==Highlights of 2016==
The Delta Tau chapter has had an outstanding 2016. The year was filled with an amazing new pledge class, academic achievements and growing sisterhood bonds. The 2016 chapter council worked hard throughout the year to plan an effective Kamp Kappa and recruitment, motivational sisterhoods and fun social events. This February we had another successful Kappa Kickball, led by Philanthropy Chair Morgan Buckley. Fun was had by all that day, and it was extremely successful. The fundraiser raised approximately $5,500 for the Reading is Fundamental Organization. In April, we had a fundraiser raising money for WIJABA (The World is Just a Book Away). The organization opened its first US library in Los Angeles and the women at Delta Tau raised money to buy books to donate. Throughout the year, Kappas participated in various fraternity fundraisers such as the Lambda Chi Alpha Friendship Circle in November. This year was our first annual “Kappa Kappa Gamma: Grabba Grabba Donut” fundraiser. Delta Tau members sold donuts outside of the chapter house and raised over $2,000 for the KKG Foundation!
This year, Delta Tau raised money for Reading is Fundamental, The chapter has been challenged to improve its academic standing on campus and to lessen the campus viewpoint that Kappas are an exclusive group of women. To appear to be more approachableKappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, the women scheduled social events with groups with whom they are not usually associated and hosted more campus-wide eventsWIJABA. Because the chapter cannot host parties, most of the campus has not been to the In February we held Kappa house, the chapter Kickball and in November we hosted an improvisation comedy group and some discussions with professors to get non-sisters exposed to the houseGrabba Grabba Donut. The change to annual budget planning significantly increased We also raised money for the chapter’s ability to participate in events WIJABA Book Drive and made donated canned goods for the chapter run more smoothlyPanhellenic Food Drive.
We continued our tradition of supporting Reading Is Fundamental because of the large impact they have in teaching and motivating children to read. We were very excited that WIJABA opened up their first US library at the Los Angeles Leadership Academy. Delta Tau raised over $1,000 for the library. Our chapter takes great pride in seeing how our efforts help many children from all around the world.
[[File:Delta Tau 1.png|thumb|Delta Tau Chapter, 2017]]
In addition2017, we hope to improve accountability by ensuring USC has changed their recruitment policy. The new rules instill that each member contributes equally to KKG’s operations and maintenance and by holding each member responsible for adhering all those who participate in Recruitment must have a USC GPA. Because of this change, the Greek community has bonded together, along with the university officials to come up with the fraternity’s standards for behavior . Our final goal is most strategic way to increase freshman outreach and community engagementgo about this new requirement. We hope to bridge the gap between underclassmen and upperclassmen women at DartmouthOverall, with the hope nature of expanding our network chapter is a bonded sisterhood and exerting a positive influence on these women. By appointing a Freshman Outreach Chair responsible for organizing events geared towards freshmen we hope to extend our connection to other women on campus. We also hope to open our space for educational programming in order to foster stronger relationships with others on campusgenuine friendship.
==Highlights of the 2020s:2018==
As always, our social chairman Amanda Kipp did not disappoint this year with the many fun events. Our formals include Kappa Krush, Senior Sendoff, and Kappa Kabana. They were all big successes! Aside from formals, we enjoyed multiple exchanges with different fraternities. The girls also enjoyed many trunk shows this year with San Lorenzo as well as a kappa store with kappa apparel, organized by our VPO, Gabriella Carderelli.
Although our attendance was not as high as we hold our standards to out Recording Secretary, Izza DeMontesqieu did a great job keeping track of our members my implementing Gin System.
In 2018, USC has changed their recruitment policy. The new rules instill that all those who go through recruitment must have a USC GPA. Because of this change, the Greek community has bonded together, along with the university officials to come up with the most strategic way to go about this new requirement. This fall we welcomed 34 new members, as opposed to our usual 70-80 person pledge class, all of whom were sophomores or juniors with a USC GPA. Overall, the nature of our chapter is a bonded sisterhood and with genuine friendship.
This year, Delta Tau raised money for Reading is Fundamental, the Los Angeles Mission and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, and donated books to the children in the surrounding area. In march we held Kappa Kickball and in November we hosted Kappa Con Queso. We also donated books to children who came to trick or treat on the Greek Row. We continued our tradition of supporting Reading Is Fundamental because of the large impact they have in teaching and motivating children to read. Along with that goal, we felt that donating children's' books during Halloween would be another great opportunity. Our chapter takes great pride in seeing how our efforts help many children from all around the world.
==Highlights of 2021==
As a chapter, we decided to support the local community through a Trick-or-Read event
where we passed out books and candy in our front yard on Halloween. We also collected
supplies for WaterDrop LA to bring toiletry items to the local homeless community here in
Los Angeles. Additionally, the Delta Tau Chapter hosted a variety of fundraisers including a
flower drive and pop-up shops with a percent of the proceeds going to Trojan Shelter ($300),
USC’s own homeless shelter. In October we donated $300 to the African American Breast
Cancer Alliance and $600 to RAINN.
This year, the Delta Tau Chapter held its second annual Kites and Keys Carwash to support
Kappa’s national philanthropy. Our chapter worked alongside the Theta chapter here at USC
to hold a university wide carwash. We were able to collectively raise over $8,000 for the JED
foundation, raised $700 with a pop-up, and another $3,115. We also made donations to the
Founder’s Day Kappa Challenge ($100) and to the Kappa Foundation ($500).
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Delta Tau Chapter made strong and progressive initiatives towards diversity, equity, and
inclusion over the past year of 2021-2022. As a whole, we are extremely proud of our
progress and for the future of our chapter. We elected two DEI officers to our chapter
council. These two women established affinity groups who met regularly, incorporated DEI
information into every chapter meeting, led discussions that were important to DEI and the
chapter as a whole bringing awareness to internal issues, and worked closely with our
Philanthropy chair as well as the Public Relations chair. The projects with our Philanthropy
Chair included providing support for the Innocence Project, Trojan Shelter, and WaterDrop LA.
Also collaborated with the Panhellenic community to intentionally select philanthropy efforts
to serve community through selection of Alma Backyard Farms as nonprofit fundraising
recipient for the next year. They also worked alongside Public Relations chairman to address
social media posts more generally — ranging from the sort of content we share about our
members as well as drafting all of our statements pertaining to social issues in our
community. Additionally, Kappa hosted its first ever Row Wide event for LGBTQ+ folks and
allies to create a space for like minded communities to feel seen, visible and given a safe
space in the Greek community. Overall, the addition of DEI chairs had a significant positive
impact on the Delta Tau chapter and we are excited to continue progressing in our openness
and understanding of all.
Operating in a Pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the Delta Tau Chapter quickly switched to Zoom for all
chapter business which included informal and formal chapter, initiation, education nights,
and committee nights. The exec board still met for their weekly meetings and used Zoom as
well. All of recruitment for the Panhellenic Community at the University of Southern
California also became virtual using Zoom and relied heavily on Slack as a primary
communication platform. To maintain sisterhood bonds, our VPS organized many virtual
events via Zoom and when we were allowed to have in person events, she found a safe and
healthy way to meet in person outside. Additionally, we were able to organize a COVID safe
environment for the Spring 2021 Pledge Class to have a modified initiation ceremony and bid
day.