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The Delta Psi chapter is currently meeting in the Prosperity Bank convention center while our new lodge is being constructed.
We recommend Carolyn Simpson to be on the Oral History Committee.
==Highlights of 2017==
The Delta Psi Chapter has been busy and filled with change for the year of 2017 and sadly it is coming to an end. For the spring semester we hosted our annual Kappa Klassic event where we raised a whopping $23,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network, our local philanthropy. Unfortunately we did not get to host our annual Kappa Krawfish Broil during the spring semester, however we put on Kappa Kookout during the fall semester to host the community and welcome them into our new lodge and also to raise money again for the Children’s Miracle Network. This event was a huge success for us, friends, family, and other sororities and fraternities joined us to enjoy burgers and each other’s company where we raised $4,859 for C.M.N. That same weekend we also got to host Kappa alumnae, friends, and, family members for the grand opening of our new lodge. This was also a huge success because donors that made our lodge possible got to see exactly what their money went to and we also raised $1,619 for the lodge. During the fall semester, Delta Psi read to the kids of Joan Y. Ervin elementary school multiple times a week. We also hosted our annual Reading is Key event where all the women of Delta Psi read to the kids of Ervin for a few hours after school and were able to interact and play with them. All in all this past year of philanthropic events has been one for the books, 7 hours were donated to campus service projects, 70 hours were donated to community service projects, and 200 books were collected.
Our chapter has had yet another amazing academic year. Delta Psi concluded the spring semester as #3 for grades in the Greek community, at a 3.435 GPA, with 52 girls receiving a 4.0. The academic statistics for this past fall are not yet available, but we know our chapter is continually improving in this area.
There has been a lot of change on the Texas Tech campus and in the Greek community for the year of 2017. Tech continues to grow every year and for this fall semester they reported that 37,010 students were enrolled, a 1.26% increase from the fall of 2016, where 30,759 are undergraduate students. To accommodate this growth Tech is continually building and renovating things on campus. Greek life is growing dramatically as well. Along with our own sorority building a new lodge Delta Delta Delta is growing closer to their new lodge being done, Alpha Delta Pi just finished their new renovation on their existing lodge, and Alpha Chi Omega just recently announced their plans to build a new lodge to accommodate the growth. There has also been talk and speculation of adding the sorority Phi Mu to Greek life, since Alpha Xi Delta was welcomed onto Greek Circle two years ago, but for now that just remains a rumor. Along with adding new sororities there has also been talk about Greek Circle #3 eventually being added behind the existing Greek Circle 1 and 2 to accommodate the growth that Texas Tech and Greek life are experiencing. Although these are just rumors as of right now and we cannot confirm anything, it is very exciting to hear about and experience all the growth that is coming our way.
Our Delta Psi chapter, as stated before, is now officially moved in to our new lodge. This has been a huge change for us because we were previously meeting in Prosperity Bank for chapter and sisterhood events for the past two years. A huge challenge that we were faced with was that our lodge was not ready until the day before recruitment, it was a very hectic summer for us because we weren’t sure that our lodge would be reading to host PNM’s, but everything fell into place and the amazing
builders and alumnae of Kappa came together and pulled it off. We are so thankful and grateful that we have this amazing new lodge and can’t wait to make many memories in it.
Historically, Delta Psi has raised money for our local philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network at the University Medical Center. We have donated hours and books to Joan Y. Ervin Elementary school for the past three years.
We started donating hours to expand our community involvement while also supporting and dedicating ourselves to our national philanthropy , Reading is FUNdamental.
We recommend Carolyn Simpson to be on the Oral History Committee.
