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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1932|11|11}}
|College= [httphttps://www.utah.edu/ University of Utah]
|Location= Salt Lake City, UT
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'''2,627 638 initiates (as of June 20172018)'''
Overall, 2016 has been a success for the Delta Eta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Certainly, in the years after, with joy and with laughter, we’ll always remember 2016. Moving forward with such a great year behind us, we look forward to seeing what 2017 has in store.
==Highlights of 2017==
We began 2017 with the affiliation of two members and in the fall we gained 52 new members at an Olympic themed bid day. We initiated 43 new members on November 11, the 85th anniversary of the founding of our chapter. Throughout the year we had a number of sisterhood events, including our second annual Pull-Aparts and Chill Sisterhood and our Kappa Kozy. Social events included our formal at the aquarium in March and a Kappa Krush Date Night with a surprise date and a movie in our front yard.We had our first all-chapter retreat and celebrated Founders Day with our alumnae.
At the end of Greek Week, we were awarded with the Dean's Award of Excellence, Best Sisterhood, Commitment to Alumnae Relations, Highest Intramural Sports Participation, First in Grades, Up and Coming Leader, Greek Woman of the Year, Best President, and Highest Retention Rate on the Row for the past 5 years.
Philanthropy also kept us very busy. We gained new friends at a Panhellenic sisterhood, hosted by Pi Beta Phi, where we tied blankets for a local hospital. In April we hosted our annual Kappa Klassic golf tournament. In the fall we had an ultimate frisbee philanthropy where many other houses came to support us. The week before Thanksgiving we hosted our annual Kappa Gobble to support our philanthropies. We donate primarily to the Kappa Foundation, the Christmas Box House, and Reading is Fundamental.
==Highlights of 2018==
Delta Eta concentrated on philanthropy and academics in 2018.
After much thought and discussion, the chapter made the decision to forego its support of the Christmas Box House and to instead support NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI is a nationally known advocacy group that focuses on supporting and educating society about mental illness. To support our decision, we brought in a Kappa Trainer to help educate the chapter on mental illness. Her efforts made a huge difference in our chapter, allowing for more open discussion, healthy coping mechanisms, and a mutual respect and understanding for those suffering from mental illness. In the Spring of 2018 we held our first Kappa Con Queso. We also held a Kappa Kappa Gameday, where fraternities across the row competed in a game of flag football. Finally we hosted our annual Kappa Gobble, where participants could buy pieces of pie. We raised $7700, over $3000 more than the previous year. The proceeds from all three events went to our three philanthropies: the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, Reading is Fundamental, and NAMI. In addition, each member is responsible for contributing at least five hours of service to various organizations. At the end of the fall term, the chapter had provided 1,792 hours of service to several on-campus and off-campus organizations.
The chapter also worked diligently to maintain its high scholarship ranking on campus. Study groups and the utilization of campus resources were stressed. In addition, chapter members worked as teaching assistants, tutors, study group leaders, and participated in research.
Currently, the Delta Eta House Board has been working with our local alumnae associations in considering raising capital funds for a major house renovation. The plan would include connecting our two basements, adding a guest bedroom, fixing lighting and flooring, and painting. The project could take over a year to complete. We look forward to the possible completion of this project.
Our social events included a formal in the Spring, held at the Leonardo Museum, an Escape Room sisterhood, our first annual Semi-formal (Kappa Kabana), as well as a Mystery Date Night, an exchange with Sigma Phi Epsilon, the annual Kappa Kozy sisterhood, Kappa Karaoke, the Utah Jazz game and much more. We had our first annual overnight sisterhood retreat which took place at a hostel in beautiful Park City. In the Fall semester, we hosted our always popular Founders Day brunch at Trolley Square.
==Highlights of 2019==
This year has been another great year for the women of the Delta Eta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. After the chapter's decision in 2018 to change our local philanthropy to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the chapter council unofficially added the position of Wellness Chair. This position focuses on connecting members of our organization to resources on campus to aid with mental and physical health and wellbeing. This member was elected by council and became a great resource and friend for many members of our chapter. Study nights at the house were hosted by our Wellness Chairman and Vice President Academic Excellence to improve chapter morale regarding studying. In the fall, during slating, the chapter received permission from our District Director to officially add this position to our council and to have the chapter slate and elect someone. This was a huge success for the nominating committee and the chapter.
This year's council decided that a goal for the chapter should be to focus on our ritual and grow in our understanding of its significance. This goal was a focus for all members of the chapter, and the actions and words of our members truly display each sister's appreciation of our ritual and history. We incorporated a memorial service into our yearly Founders Day brunch to celebrate the alumnae of Utah's two alumnae associations.
Delta Eta continues to prioritize campus involvement and academics. We have many sisters who are teaching assistants, members of ASUU, on the Student Alumni Board, and involved in HerCampus. Kappas are also involved in ItsOnUs and have worked as Resident Advisors and Orientation Leaders. We have members that volunteer at the Bennion Center, Primary Children's Hospital, the Maliheh Free Clinic, the National Ability Center, the Boys and Girls Club, UFit, Red Butte Gardens, the Utah AIDS Foundation, and at the Utah Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Our sisters work in research labs in departments throughout the University. Additionally, Delta Eta women are members of six different honor societies on campus.
In the spring we celebrated bid day with a blue and blue theme. We initiated nine lovely new members who have all been deeply involved and supportive of Kappa. In the fall we prepared for recruitment with our annual Kamp Kappa. This year our Membership Chairman made sure to prioritize the chapter's mental health and self care throughout recruitment. We also focused on being genuine throughout recruitment so that we would present our real and beautiful Kappa experiences to the potential new members. After a fun recruitment where the chapter had the opportunity to meet 437 potential new members, we welcomed our new members at our birthday party themed bid day. In the fall we initiated 42 amazing women who are all shining examples of Kappa's values. Throughout the spring and fall the New Member chairman and active members of the chapter focused on showing the real and honest aspects of Kappa to our new members. We wanted to continue to be genuine Kappa women even after recruitment and bid day had ended.
Along with our overall focus on mental health, this year's council worked on a variety of things. Our secretary reviewed our bylaws and chapter standing rules. The Public Relations Chairman highlighted the chapter's diversity on our social media. This fall we celebrated Founders Day with a lunch for new members, active members and alumnae at the Salt Lake Country Club. This lovely event was planned by our education chairman along with members from both of Utah's alumnae associations.
Our sisterhood events this year have included field games during recruitment, a movie premier, ice skating during the fall inspiration period, a murder mystery game night, movie nights at the house, and pumpkin painting, gingerbread houses and our annual Kappa Kozy in December. In the spring our event chairman planned our formal, appropriately named the Sapphire Ball. In the fall we had a western themed semi-formal where our members yeehaw-ed all night long and a date night featuring bowling and mini-golf. Additionally, in the spring we hosted our first Golden Key Gala. This was a philanthropy gala that was attended by alumnae and the community. It was very important to the chapter to promote the message of our newest philanthropy, NAMI. In the fall, we hosted our annual Kappa Gobble event along with a new event, Kappas in the Key, a Greek=wide basketball tournament.
Over the year we focused on promoting sisterhood throughout our Panhellenic community. Many of our members served as Rho Gammas during fall recruitment to help potential new members find their home on Greek Row. We also hosted a Panhellenic wellness sisterhood with Alpha Chi Omega that ended in a paint night. Kappas continue to form strong friendships with members in all of our Panhellenic organizations along with being members of Panhellenic Council and the Greek Programming Board.
Kappa participated in Greek Week in the spring semester. The chapter won Lip Sync and best flag design and ended the week with winning the Dean's Award of Excellence and Best Sisterhood at the Greek Choice Awards. In the fall we won a canned food drive and a small mural competition along with doing very well at Songfest which led us to winning Homecoming. It was a very exciting and well deserved moment for the chapter.
2019 was a great year full of beautiful moments that will certainly be remembered for years with tears and with laughter. The chapter is excited to see what 2020 will bring!''''''''''''
==Highlights of 2020s:==
==Highlights of 2021==
This past year was another great year for Delta Eta chapter. To start off the spring semester, Kappa participated in Greek Week. The chapter won Lip Sync and the Flag Competition and ended up as the 2021 Greek Week champions We were also awarded the Unity award during our annual Greek Choice awards ceremony at the end of the week. This is an award our chapter was honored to receive because we have been attempting to create a more inclusive space in our community. To show this, we added the position of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to our chapter council. This position sends out resources to our chapter about various equity issues to keep everyone updated and informed. The DEI chair will also send out on campus and off campus resources for people who would like to get involved.
Over the year, the chapter put an emphasis academics. Our VPAE put on monthly study nights at the house and frequently put out on campus academic resources. Study nights were worth double study points, and members who had the most points at the end of the semester won a gift card as a prize. Council’s other goal was to get the chapter back into the values and history that we were starting to lose during such a long period online. Our Wellness chair put a focus on sisterhood by continuing with our weekly “Kappa of the Week” and received many heartfelt nominations for outstanding members. With in person events during the fall, we were once again able to participate in little traditions such as singing the Kappa Blessing during chapter dinners. We had several different song practices to reteach our members the songs, and some alumnae even volunteered to help lead them.
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After a completely virtual spring recruitment, we welcomed our new members with a car parade outside of our house. We initiated 7 wonderful new members who have continued to show their love for Kappa throughout the year. We watched with pride as 25 of our seniors graduated at the end of the semester and wished them well.
In the fall, we saw many of the new alumnae at brunch during our Founders Day celebration which was held in the Alumni House on campus. It was nice to see our sisters once again with the proper precautions being taken during the event. We watched as alumnae received their 25, 50, and 65-year Milestone Pins. Recipients of our chapter awards were Remi Kamberian for the Maude Gorham award, Jess Sharma for the Cherry Ridges award, and Zoie Reynolds for the Alice Pittman award. After an exciting recruitment where we met a record amount of potential new members, we welcomed in our largest pledge class yet with a tailgate themed bid day titled, “Drafting the Best”. We initiated 69 incredible new members during our first in person initiation since 2019, and they will all continue to grow the chapter with the resilience they all hold.
2021 was a challenging year, Delta Eta made the most of it. The chapter worked hard to get involved on and off campus, get to know each other once again, and poured their love for Kappa into all they did. It was a year full of wonderful moments and Delta Eta can’t wait to see what the next year has in store!
Delta Eta chapter chose to support NAMI as our local philanthropy in 2018, and are thrilled to still be supporting them. As stated on the foundation’s website, “NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI Utah’s mission is to ensure dignity and improve the lives of those who live with mental illness and their families through support, education and advocacy.” This is a mission near and dear to Delta Eta’s heart, as we want all of our members, as well as everyone in our community, to feel that they are loved and valued. We are
proud to support the effort to destigmatize mental illness.
Our chapter supported Kappa’s philanthropies this past year by holding our first ever philanthropy week. The week consisted of at least one event every day and the houses across campus would compete against each other for the most donations and participation.
This was our first year with a DEI Chair, so Delta Eta had a strong focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Our DEI officer frequently sent out resources and posts to educate the chapter on important matters, and our Public Relations chair would also make educational posts on social media. We had a few chapter trainings including one with the Ute tribe and why the University of Utah is allowed to use their name. During recruitment we encouraged our members to add their pronouns to their nametags if they felt comfortable and changed the words in some of our recruitment songs in an attempt to make them more gender neutral.
Because of COVID-19, the spring semester started off with the continuation of completely virtual chapter meetings. We had two days of virtual spring recruitment in February and a car parade for bid day where actives decorated their cars and drove past the house. FSL at the University of Utah started to allow some in-person events with the approval of a safety plan later in the semester, so after mainly online sisterhoods and exchanges, we were able to have a hybrid philanthropy week. We had a Kappaccino and Krispy Kreme event on Monday where people could buy coffee, hot chocolate, and donuts online and pick them up outside the house. Tuesday had a similar setup but we sold cookies and milk, and on Wednesday we held a Tik Tok competition. On Thursday people could go to Chipotle, mention Kappa, and part of the profits would be sent to our philanthropies, and throughout the week we sold hoodies online. We were also able to have a hybrid inspiration period. The week started off with a virtual Returning of the Pin Ceremony on Monday, a small in-person yoga sisterhood outside
with a zoom option on Tuesday, Sigma within the Delta in person with a zoom option on Wednesday, and then a virtual combined initiation ceremony on Saturday morning.
For the fall semester, Utah started opening back up so we started off with a completely in-person work week with masks required of course. We split our chapter up into three groups and rotated having one group in person while the other two were online for chapter meetings, and this continued until the COVID-19 positivity rate started getting high again late in November and we switched back to completely virtual meetings. Before this happened, we were still able to have a fully in-person recruitment with a zoom option and Bid Day was held outside. The new member retreat was held in a mansion in Paradise, Utah. There were several sisterhoods for potential bigs to get to know the new members and Big/Little reveal was held in-person on the lawn outside of Kappa. We had several smaller sisterhoods such as a financial wellness sisterhood, service sisterhood, and one at Torrent Cycle as well as study nights at the house. Philanthropy week was once again all in-person. The week started with a banner competition and the option to get frozen yogurt on Monday. On Tuesday we had a talent show that was open to everyone, and a scavenger hunt around campus on Wednesday. We had our annual Kappa Gobble outside on Thursday, and the opportunity to buy Krispy Kreme donuts and a kickball competition on Friday. To end the week, we held our second Golden Key Gala. An in-person mock initiation ceremony was held for the Spring 20’s, Fall 20’s and Spring 21’s since they were unable to experience it when they got initiated, and then we had inspiration period fully in-person with a zoom link to some events. For this we asked that everyone show a negative COVID-19 test before Fireside Ceremony if they wanted to participate in initiation. Returning of the Pin was held outside, we had an in-person sisterhood at the movie theater, and Sigma within the Delta was held at the house. Fireside Ceremony was held at the venue we had dinner at since it was larger and had better ventilation than our house. For initiation, house board generously donated KN-95 masks for everyone, we had an air purifier in the chapter room, and kept the door and windows open with the fans going.
==Highlights of 2022==
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