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| |Image= [[File:Delta_Pi.jpg|200px]] | | |Image= [[File:Delta_Pi.jpg|200px]] |
| |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1946|11|02}} | | |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1946|11|02}} |
− | |College= [https://www.utulsa.edu/ University of Tulsa] | + | |College= [http://www.utulsa.edu/ University of Tulsa] |
| |Location= Tulsa, OK | | |Location= Tulsa, OK |
− | |Homepage= [https://utulsa.kappa.org/ Delta Pi website] | + | |Homepage= [http://www.orgs.utulsa.edu/kappakappagamma/ Delta Pi website] |
− | |Media= [https://wiki.kkg.org/index.php?title=Category:Delta_Pi Media related to Delta Pi Chapter]}} | + | |Media= [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/index.php?title=Category:Delta_Pi Media related to Delta Pi Chapter]}} |
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| Delta Pi chapter website: | | Delta Pi chapter website: |
− | https://utulsa.kappa.org/
| + | http://orgs.utulsa.edu/kappakappagamma/default.htm |
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| '''University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla., founded 1894''' | | '''University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla., founded 1894''' |
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| Delta Pi dedicated time in the chapter before Founders Day to talk about the online celebration HQ was hosting. Many sisters joined the celebration online and some also had quick chats on Zoom. Members used this day to celebrate sisterhood as well as used it to grieve the time spent behind a computer and not with each other. Delta Pi has done amazing work at keeping our sisterhood alive during this time of uncertainty, and the Sesquicentennial celebration was yet another way for us to spend time together. | | Delta Pi dedicated time in the chapter before Founders Day to talk about the online celebration HQ was hosting. Many sisters joined the celebration online and some also had quick chats on Zoom. Members used this day to celebrate sisterhood as well as used it to grieve the time spent behind a computer and not with each other. Delta Pi has done amazing work at keeping our sisterhood alive during this time of uncertainty, and the Sesquicentennial celebration was yet another way for us to spend time together. |
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− | ==Highlights of 2021==
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− | Entering 2021 was filled with challenges and triumphs for Delta Pi chapter. Of course, the
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− | obvious challenge being the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but Delta Pi was dynamic and
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− | innovative in chapter events and sisterhood. For the first part of 2021, most of our chapter
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− | events were virtual, like chapter meetings. We were able to incorporate hybrid events with
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− | limited in-person attendance. Our chapter was flexible and ensured members’ safety was the
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− | top priority for all events.
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− | Though we were often more than six feet apart, our chapter still worked on keeping a good
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− | sisterhood. An integral part to having a positive and healthy sisterhood is respect and inclusion.
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− | So Delta Pi appointed Alley Doyle (PC 18) as the first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
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− | Chairman to the Chapter Council Leadership (officially nominated on January 17). Alley led the
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− | chapter’s DEI initiatives to an encouraging start with helpful programs throughout the year
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− | including discussing equity versus equality, Black History Month, what bias is, and adding a DEI
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− | “word of the week” for small educational nuggets on DEI principles. Our chapter is so proud of
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− | Alley and the mark she left as the first DEI Chairman and the excitement she created towards
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− | pushing Delta Pi to being a more inclusive chapter as it evolves.
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− | Delta Pi’s Vice President of Standards and Sisterhood, Caiton Wilmoth (PC 19), along with her
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− | committee also organized many hybrid events to grow and maintain sisterhood. We proved to
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− | be a really crafty chapter when our members created vision boards for our Galentine’s Day
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− | event and in making embroidery pieces for our “Kappa Kappa Grandmas” event with many
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− | members dressing up to theme! We also had a mental wellness and personal growth sisterhood
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− | aimed towards teaching members on how to establish practical and useful mental health
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− | techniques. Our Event Chairman, Grace Cox, (PC 19) led a virtual chapter dance event where
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− | chapter members followed a dance video on YouTube together!
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− | In addition to events with our chapter members, Delta Pi also did a grab and go Ice Cream
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− | Social with Tri Delta and was able to connect with our Zeta Sigma Sisters (University of North
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− | Texas) for a virtual study night, led by Cassie Vestal (PC 19), the Vice President of Academic
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− | Excellence.
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− | Our sisterhood grew in the spring of 2021, with a successful continuous open bidding process
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− | led by Membership Chairman, Maddie Kalsu (PC 19). Delta Pi gained two new members, Grace
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− | Brasfield and Vivian Hausman, who were able to have a hybrid Initiation, with many chapter
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− | members able to participate in-person and online. They were welcomed immediately and the
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− | chapter was so excited to share Kappa’s ideals with them.
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− | Carrying the Kappa ideals and principles in our everyday lives, Delta Pi’s chapter members also
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− | led successful philanthropic endeavors and Panhellenic successes. The Philanthropy Chairman,
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− | Kallyn Meyer (PC 19), planned many events for Delta Pi. A virtual version of our traditional
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− | Reading is Key event was held by reading fun children’s books and playing classroom games
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− | with kindergarteners over Zoom and over 700 books were donated to the school. We also
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− | hosted our annual Kappaccino event with a Coffee Truck outside the Delta Pi house and raised
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− | $863 towards Reading is Fundamental. Our members were so excited for the opportunity to
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− | continue to support children’s literacy. New philanthropy events were established including
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− | Kappa Classes, which were virtual classes led by chapter members to raise money for the Kappa
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− | Kappa Gamma Foundation. We give honorable mentions to Maci Montgomery (PC19), Grace
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− | Cox, Emma Bauer (PC 18), Eliza Osborne (PC 18), Brooke Newhouse (PC 19), and Celie Strain (PC
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− | 19) for leading these classes and raising $370. Izzy Juliao (PC 20) also led the chapter in a
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− | feminine hygiene product drive. Another exceptional member, Avery Smith (PC 18), received
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− | the Panhellenic awards for Outstanding Senior and Outstanding Panhellenic Involvement for
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− | the 2020-21 school year.
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− | After a successful spring, Delta Pi was so ready and excited to be back in person for the fall.
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− | Many members were welcomed back with a new patio on the west side of the house, which
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− | included a ramp to make the house more accessible! In addition, a new meal plan was installed
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− | and many members were happy to have all-house meals every week and eat with their sisters
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− | again (and newly deemed “beautiful divas of Kappa Kappa Gamma” as Chef Dion likes to say).
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− | More changes this semester included a new Director of Sorority and Fraternity Life for the
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− | University of Tulsa to help with the new Formal Recruitment format. Recruitment now began
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− | the weekend after the first week of school and the three rounds spanned over five days. This
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− | new format was challenging for all members, but all the hard work during Spirit Week paid off.
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− | After a successful and innovative recruitment led by Maddie Kalsu and the membership
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− | committee, Delta Pi welcomed an 11 member pledge class, making our house the largest
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− | among the sororities on campus!
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− | After recruitment, the chapter had a whirlwind of a semester, with events nearly every week!
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− | Kallyn led another successful philanthropy week supporting the new philanthropic
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− | organizations, initiated by the change from Kappa Kappa Gamma Headquarters that summer.
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− | We still hosted our annual Kappa Klassic dodgeball tournament and raised $700 for the
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− | National Eating Disorder Association. Our annual philanthropic pasta dinner was opened to all
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− | of campus and raised $1,336 for Mental Health America.
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− | After philanthropy week, the chapter began preparing for Initiation for PC 21. For big/little
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− | reveal, the new members received a piece of wrapping paper and had to find the door in the
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− | house with the matching wrapping paper. Their Inspiration Period also included a game night
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− | sisterhood, including an energetic karaoke session, a ghost-themed secret pal reveal, and a fully
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− | in-person Initiation! The chapter was able to celebrate Founders Day with the Tulsa Alumnae
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− | Association and incorporate the newly initiated members into Kappa traditions with alumnae.
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− | Our chapter continued to be very active, led by a strong Chapter President, Caroline Williams
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− | (PC 19). We participated in campus intramurals for flag football and volleyball (and had the best
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− | cheering sections!) and other philanthropic events like Kappa Alpha Theta’s Kickin for CASA and
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− | Chi Omega’s Hootiefest. We also hosted our annual Owloween dance event with Chi Omega
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− | and KA Newlyweds Function with Kappa Alpha Order. Emma Clark (PC 18) as a member of the
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− | Standards committee planned a great “Kappa Klue” sisterhood event, which is essentially a live-
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− | action version of the Clue game, though using the rooms around the house. Becca Watson (PC
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− | 20) also took initiative in organizing a gift exchange for our chapter before the semester ends!
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− | Alley Doyle and Celie Strain (PC 19), DEI Chairman and Education Chairman respectively, led a
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− | great program on pronoun usage. Jamie Nichols (PC 19), Public Relations Chairman, organized a
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− | Family Weekend open house for Delta Pi active members’ families to come to the house, play
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− | some yard games, and connect before the Homecoming Game. During the Homecoming
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− | festivities, Ann Marie Flusche (PC 18) was recognized as a Jess Chouteau Outstanding Senior by
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− | the University of Tulsa Alumni Association. Plus, Caiton was also leading the campus in these
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− | activities through her role as Homecoming director!
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− | This was an ever evolving and different year for Delta Pi, but we were able to celebrate our
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− | chapter’s traditions and heritage through our 75th anniversary celebrations. Led by Marshal,
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− | Remmi Smith (PC 18), our chapter hosted an open house during Homecoming Weekend to
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− | welcome Delta Pi Kappa alumnae back into the house. Alumnae and actives were able to
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− | connect and the chapter archives were displayed, with artifacts dating as far back as our
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− | founding in 1946. The anniversary festivities also included a birthday party on the actual 75th
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− | anniversary on November 2, 2021. The birthday party included a special ceremony highlighting
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− | the past, present, and future of Delta Pi.
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− | Finally, with the semester coming to an end, Cassie and the Academic Excellence committee led
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− | “A Week to Recharge.” The programming this week began with affirmations for our sisters and
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− | included a fitness class, a movie night, a game night, and a walk with our sisters when the
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− | weather became nice!
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− | Overall, Delta Pi proved to be as resilient as ever in 2021 and continues to show progress and
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− | growth. Our chapter has great history and we are so excited to be able to celebrate with all of
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− | our sisters: past, present and future.
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− | Photographs can be accessed here (provided by Chapter members via PhotoCircle):
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− | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VcUoD231MJDnr_tNiwOnNXf8atzcj35C?usp=sharing
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− | (BONUS: Delta Pi was also gifted Amazon Fire Sticks by the House Board for the Front of the
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− | House and Bounge televisions which prove to be game changers in movie nights!)
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| + | ==Highlights of 2020s== |
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| + | Summary from chapter’s History Report scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus or within chapter. |
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| + | '''Note to Chapter Registrar:''' |
| + | Please refer to your chapter archives including chapter meeting minutes and back issues of The Key to fill in any gaps in the above historical highlights. If your chapter archives are not complete, please research your university library, campus newspaper and yearbook archives for newsworthy information about your chapter. Please double check your work for accuracy. Contact chapter Advisory or House Board members, local Alumnae Association members, or your Province Director of Chapters for assistance. |
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| + | Your efforts will ensure a complete and accurate history of your chapter for future generations to enjoy! |