==Highlights of 2016==
This year, the Delta Omicron house board was fortunate enough to send 11 chapter council members to the National Convention which was held in San Diego, California. At convention, Delta Omicron received an honorable mention for our recruitment.
Delta Omicron has been working very hard this past year to work towards our goal of being awarded the Fraternal Award of Excellence. This award provides recognition for chapters that excel in a plethora of different areas which are of priority for sororities and fraternities. We will not find out however if we have been awarded this award until the Spring of 2017.
-------'''Note This year there was a new addition to Chapter Registrar:''' Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes the Iowa State Greek Community. Delta Gamma sorority was added and back issues recruited this Fall. They are in the process now of ''The Key'' building a chapter facility in which members will be able to fill live in any gaps in the above historical highlightsstarting next academic year. Our chapter is growing very fast. If your We now hold weekly chapter archives are not complete, please research your university library, meetings on campus newspaper and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your as opposed to in our chapterfacility. Please double check your work for accuracyIn August of 2016 we got a new house mom, Gail Sheluga. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistanceShe was a Kappa here at Delta Omicron in the 1970's.
Your efforts will ensure This year was a complete major change facility wise for Delta Omicron. We are a fast growing chapter, and accurate history of your this year we were actually too big to host our weekly chapter meetings inside our chapter room here at our facility. Starting in January, we began to host our chapter meetings on campus to allow for more room for members. While this was a sad and tough change to implement, it definitely is worth the change to allow for a more comfortable, spacious chapter setting in a classroom. Delta Omicron for the past few years hosts two annual philanthropies; Kappa Con Queso which is in the fall and Kakes for Kids which is held in the spring. Kappa Con Queso is an event held here at our house, with an all you can eat nacho bar. All funds raised are donated to the Kappa Foundation to help other Kappa's across the nation in need, and the Reading is Fundamental foundation to help children's literacy promotion. Kappa Kakes is our spring philanthropy which is also held here at our Kappa house, and it is an all you can eat pancake bar. All proceeds raised for this philanthropy go towards the Children's Miracle Network. Alongside our two annual philanthropies, Delta Omicron takes a trip out to the local Collins- Maxwell elementary school here in Iowa to help host an event called Kappa Karnival. We put on a carnival for future generations students in the community to enjoy!come and play games and their prizes earned are books. Delta Omicron believes it's important to support organizations local to Iowa State. One way we do this is through one of Iowa State’s largest student organizations, Dance Marathon. As it ties with Reading is fundamental, Dance Marathon supports children in need that are located specifically in Iowa. The University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital directly affect families at Iowa State in our Greek Community and so we have developed a strong relationship with Iowa State Dance Marathon. Our annual spring philanthropy is continuously successful due to our support of DM and our pancakes are anticipated throughout the Greek community. Many Kappas attend the event in January and as our chapter puts an emphasis on participation, our membership genuinely enjoys fundraising and attending the big event.
