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(Information 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.)
The year of 2011 was without a doubt, a very memorable one for the Delta Omega Chapter. We had a very successful recruitment, and were able to introduce twenty two amazing girls to our sisterhood. Our chapter also hosted Pi Province, which was an unforgettable event where we were able to meet many sisters from other chapters. The Delta Omega Chapter conducted two successful philanthropies as well, Kappa Softball and Kappa Kombat. We also participated in fraternity philanthropies as well, and even won Phi Delta Theta's "Phi Time." Another huge accomplishment was winning Greek Week this year. As achapter, Delta Omega participated in the Panhellenic Ice Cream Scoop, Stone Soup parties, and served the homeless at the Povarello house.
'''Campus:''' A recent change at Fresno State has been the transition from Pat Hill as head coach of the football team, to Tim DeRuyter, the previous coach at Texas A&M. It was announced that Hill had been fired on December 5, 2011, and DeRuyter was announced as the new head coach on December 14, 2011. Another change to our campus, has been the increase of budget cuts, which Fresno State has faced in detrimental numbers from an economic stand point.
'''PhilanthropyChapter:'''The overall nature of our chapter is professional, caring, and sisterly. Delta Omega has always proven to be charitable and willing to help the community, but this year this seemed to be exceptionally true. Our sisterhood even held a relief fund for the survivors of the earthquake disaster of Japan, by having a coin drive.
A major challenge that our chapter was faced with during this year, was attendance. In order to solve this problem, the former president of the National Kappa Kappa Gamma organization spoke with our chapter about the importance of attendance during meetings, philanthropies, and events. Grades were also a minor problem this year, however the academic committee has instilled many new programs, which have proven to help girls with their study habits.
The year of 2013 was a very successful and rewarding year for the Delta Omega Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. In the Spring of 2013 we expanded our chapter and welcomed three new girls, and in the fall we welcomed 30 more new members into our sisterhood. Our chapter held two philanthropies, Kappa Kombat and Kappacinos, both to raise money for our local charity Stone Soup. Our sorority participated in several fraternity philanthropies, and excelled in several of them. As a chapter, we won first place in Sigma Chi’s Derby Days that benefits Children’s Hospital. Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Nu, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon were paired together for Greek Week and we won first place.
Our chapter held dry holiday Panhellenic exchanges, Halloween party, for the other sororities on our campus. In addition we participated in Stone Soup holiday parties, served the homeless at Poverello house, and helped donate pajamas for Naomi’s house. As a chapter we had several sisterhood events that included going to Christmas Tree Lane, Nail painting parites, and activities put on by our Standard’s committee to better unify our chapter. Some members represented Kappa Kappa Gamma at the Susan G. Komen walk for breast cancer as well as selling newspapers for Kid’s Day here in Fresno. Kelli Kennedy was lucky enough to attend Kappa Kappa Gamma’s 10th anniversary Leadership Academy. Shelise Hatfield, Stevie Smelski, and Erica Martinez all received the Founder’s Day scholarship awarded at our Founder’s Day luncheon. At the same luncheon, Kelsey Smith won the Outstanding Delta Omega award. The Delta Omega received a philanthropy award at Pi Provence, an award for excellence on community service and philanthropy, and for excellence in school enhancement. Our chapter has been through a very successful year of award, volunteering, and participating.
'''Campus:'''
After last year’s devastating loss of a young man to excessive drinking while pledging, the University is strongly enforcing Risk Management. As a Greek community, we attended a guest speaker on campus who talked about risk management and our image to others. The campus is doing a lot to prevent a situation ever happening like this again and providing the Greek community with great resources to share with our chapters on how prevention and awareness.
'''Chapter:'''
As a chapter, Delta Omega has faced some struggles in the past year. We are still working on some of the reasons we were originally put on a Focus Letter by Nationals for. As for grades, our chapter moved up and ranked third place compared to the other sororities on campus. As well as having several members in the chapter with 4.0 GPAs. Attendance is an issue we continue to struggle with and work on but we are all so dedicated to better the chapter that improvements are slowly being made. As for attitudes and Panhellenic unity, our chapter has improved a great deal. We continue to have Panhellenic events with other sororities and overall sisterly attitude toward our Greek sisters. Our advisors and Chapter council are doing a great job at implementing new programs and ideas to help get our chapter on the right track. Delta Omega has made huge strides at bettering our name as well as Greek organizations on campus because we all understand that we wear our letters 24/7.
==Highlights of 2020s:==