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Delta Nu’s housing has been around on our campus for quite some time. Our first chapter house was located on 314 Lincoln Avenue and sisters lived there from 1946 until 1964. In 1964 our chapter moved to 32 Nutting Avenue, which is currently still the house we occupy today. It is a house located just off campus and is owned by the Springfield housing association. The housing capacity for the year was set at 52 but fluctuates to fit the amount of active sisters year to year.
==Highlights of 2017==
2017 was a great year for philanthropy within our chapter. We had five major events: Kappa Kisses
for Reading is Fundamental, Pink Party for Susan G. Komen, Pie a Frat Guy for our dance marathon for
Children’s Miracle Network, our Halloween party with Big Brothers Big Sisters for Reading is
Fundamental, and Kappa Kappachinos for hurricane relief.
In addition to the new philanthropy events added to our chapter, we have been able to utilize
committee work within each position in 2017 more than ever before. This has increased involvement and
excitement for the events and has allowed women without positions to get involved and demonstrate
leadership.
We got some exciting house updates, such as new furniture and an addition to our chapter room.
Our chapter goals included: Increasing senior involvement, new philanthropy ideas including events
for the Kappa Foundation, and holding more educational events.
Our challenges included: Senior attendance and communication between CC and advisors.
As for special events, we held our first ever Kappa Kappachinos event for the Kappa Foundation
for sisters affected by Hurricane Maria.
Recent changes on campus include an increasing emphasis on academic achievement. Each year, it
becomes more and more difficult to be admitted to UMass Amherst as a prospective student. The average
accepted SAT scores and high school GPA requirements are currently higher than they have ever been.
This has created a more competitive and more serious atmosphere surrounding schoolwork and academic
excellence on the UMass Amherst campus.
There is always construction going on around campus in an ongoing effort to improve our facilities.
For example, an old building on campus called South College was renovated and is now a beautiful
location with classrooms and open study space accessible to all students. UMass Amherst also upheld its
title of #1 Campus Dining in America from the Princeton Review.
As for our chapter, Delta Nu is full of dedicated, empowered, smart and strong women. So many
of us have found our best friends through this chapter. It’s wonderful to see such strong bonds form
between the members of Delta Nu, and we hope to continue establishing lifelong friendships with our
sisters.
We consistently do our Halloween event for RIF with the local Big Brothers, Big Sisters. We have
pumpkin painting, face painting, games, crafts, food, a haunted house, and lots of books for the kids to
choose from. It is a success every year and we continue to look for ways to improve the event.
In addition to Reading is Fundamental, the Delta Nu chapter is involved with the Susan G. Komen
organization. We hosted our annual Pink Party where we raised about $1600 for the fight against breast
cancer.
==Highlights of the 2020s==