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|Location= University, MS
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'''University of Mississippi established in 1848, Oxford, Mississippi'''
The previous calendar year was an exciting and rewarding time for Ole Miss Kappas. Our chapter experienced great successes both locally and around the globe. Kappa became increasingly involved in other chapters' philanthropies and was named Pi Kappa Alpha's Powder Puff Champion. In addition to Kappa Karnival and Barbecue for Books, two separate groups of Ole Miss Kappas traveled to Haiti and Kenya for Feed the Hunger, a community-wide project started by our chapter. These Kappas delivered meals we packed during our annual Pack-A-Thon, benefiting Feed the Hunger. Our chapter received national recognition for our work with Feed the Hunger. In addition, our chapter won the Kappa Kappa Gamma Best Philanthropy in our Region award, which we are very proud of. The Ole Miss Order of Omega awarded our chapter the Chancellor's Cup for Best Overall Sorority on Campus largely due to our devoted philanthropic work. The Order of Omega also named Alli Bridgers (freshman) its Most Outstanding New Member on Campus, an award given to a Kappa for the second year in a row.
In the previous year, Ole Miss Kappas became increasingly involved in scholastic and ASB affairs. Allie Hearnsberger (senior) was named the Most Outstanding Marketing and Corporate Relations Student Award. Allie Winters (sophomore) ran for Ole Miss ASB Secretary and won her campaign with her Kappa sisters by her side. Every member of our chapter served her campaign and two members were chosen for her campaign team. The ASB Senate Chair was held by Megan Richter (freshman), Caroline Golson and Elizabeth Moore (freshmen) were on the ASB Election Commission, and Pierce Vaughan (freshman) was elected ASB Secretarial Office Assistant. Five Kappas participated in the Ole Miss Parade of Beauties. Jennie Katherine Ellis (senior) was voted Ole Miss Campus Favorite in student electionsand also received the Taylor Medal. Every year we strive to improve our academics. In 2013, many Kappas were inducted into the Order of Omega, Rho Lambda, Gamma Beta Phi, and the National Society for Collegiate Scholars for their outstanding academics.
On Bid Day we welcomed 116 wonderful new members into our sisterhood after a very successful recruitment. Our chapter's overall goal for 2013 was to become more philanthropically involved. We not only addressed this goal but met it with great success through our Feed the Hunger trips. We also made great efforts to be aware of other Greek philanthropic events and encouraged our members to participate as much as possible. Our biggest challenge last year was facing our continued period of academic probation. However, our chapter chooses to view this period of probation as a time to help our sisters as much as possible. Monitored study hours were held at least once a day, if not more, in our house and in the library. This ensured that girls who are on academic period of concern set aside time for their classes and assignments. Girls also met with the Vice President of Academic Excellence to create a personal academic improvement plan. Our daily challenges included ensuring only one guest was brought to dinner per week, picking up after ourselves around the house, and staying quiet late at night to respect girls who live in the house.
Overall, our chapter is very enthusiastic and passionate in all that we do. Though our chapter is very large we pride ourselves on our close-knit relationships. We feel that our sisterhood is one of the most rewarding experiences of our college careers and something we will undoubtedly cherish long after we graduate. Each sister benefits from Kappa in her own way. Not a day goes by that we don't find ourselves laughing with our sisters. There is always something going on for us to do together, whether it be a sisterhood event, a night out, or spending hours in the library studying for an upcoming test. Because our chapter is so large, we make great efforts to know not only girls in our own pledge classes, but the girls older and younger than us. We strive to help each other and our community any way we can. We also plan to become even more involved in campus activities in the coming semesters.
==Highlights of 2014==
Delta Rho house corporation owns our own house on campus. We do, however, rent the land from the University. We are required to live in the house for our junior year. There are only 56 spaces in the house, which is not enough spaces to accommodate the entire chapter. The first people to get spots in the house are the girls on Chapter Council. After that, Rush Team will then take up spaces. After that there are usually about 10 spots that are filled with girls who have the most points. This is our only house in the history of our chapter.
==Highlights of 2015==
==Highlights of the 2020s:==
Chapter Summary2020 began as a normal year for the Delta Rho chapter, with events such as our annual Feed the Hunger Packathon in February. We began the year in our temporary house as construction on our new chapter house continued. With the onset of COVID-19, operations moved entirely online in March, and continued to be virtual or hybrid in nature for the duration of the year. Despite the sudden change to virtual learning, over 120 sisters earned 4.0 GPAs for the Spring 2020 semester. Delta Rho was honored by the University of Mississippi Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life with the Civic Engagement Award and sister Meredith Moore (PC 16) was distinguished as the only Panhellenic woman given the Unsung Hero award. Throughout this tumultuous time, the sisters of Delta Rho did their best to band together and adapt to the ever-changing circumstances. In the fall, we celebrated the grand opening of our new chapter house, with strict health standards in place to ensure the safety of our members and house staff. Recruitment Workshop and Formal Recruitment were held entirely via Zoom, much to the credit of our recruitment team, who worked hard to create an authentic experience for PNMs. Delta Rho was thrilled to welcome 123 women into PC 20, including 27 legacies. All components of the New Member process, including the official Formal Pledging ceremony, new member education and initiation were held over Zoom. Delta Rho was proud to support sister Bella Grofolo (PC 17) in her campaign for the University of Mississippi Homecoming Court and were thrilled to celebrate her win as Senior Maid! Our chapter worked hard to maintain our philanthropic work during this virtual semester and we successfully conducted a drive--------------through ‘Chips, Cheese, and KKGs’ event benefiting Reading is Fundamental. Our Philanthropy is Feed the Hunger. Delta Rho chose Feed the Hunger as their chapter philanthropy in order to impact tangible differences in the lives of individuals who lack proper access to nutritious food. Delta Rho used their platform as campus leaders to spread awareness about different resources to educate individuals on the importance of diversity and equity, as well as to provide opportunities to donate to and support organizations that work to remediate racial injustice. These resources were spread on social media and members were encouraged to engage in conversations concerning threats to the principles of DEI. Kappa’s 150th anniversary was celebrated with a socially distanced brunch at the chapter house. This brunch was especially meaningful to the sisters in attendance because it was one of the first times that we were able to gather together, albeit with a limited number of attendees and following all appropriate health and safety measures. [[File:Bidday Delta Rho.jpg|thumb|balloonsforbidday]][[File:Delta Rho sisterhod.jpg|thumb|kappas]][[File:Delta Rho initiation.jpg|thumb|mother/daughter]] Kappa’s 150th anniversary was celebrated with a socially distanced brunch at the chapter house. This brunch was especially meaningful to the sisters in attendance because it was one of the first times that we were able to gather together, albeit with a limited number of attendees and following all appropriate health and safety measures. ==Highlights of 2021==We have a house board scholarship that allows for two members to receive Sl,000 tor bursar anoiive members to receive $500 towards dues. Jamie Richter received the Panhellenic Community 3cholarship. Each month our chapter has a focus cause of the month where we choose one local philanthropy or group to support each month. For the month of February we gave donations to Lovepacks, March we did Easter baskets for kids of CASA, April we had a percentage night for Refuge International and we did stickers for Fill it Forward, September we worked with Doors of Hope, October we did a Halloween party for the special education class at Lafayette Upper Elementary, and December we worked with LOU Barksdale Clubhouse Family. Our chapter goals were split into leadership goals and sisterhood goals. The leadership goal was all Executive board officers and directors are effective in their roles and department meetings are productive, collaborative, and efficient. The sisterhood goal was that all members experience a positive and supportive sisterhood. Feed the Hungry is the local organization Delta Rho supports. They host an event in the Spring that we as a chapter help volunteer for. The goal of the event is to help pack meals for families in third world countries. We gave $2,500 to the kappa kappa gamma foundation for scholarships and more. Diversity, Equity, and InclusionHow did your chapter include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEi) initiatives in your programming this year? (e.g., adding a DEi officer, philanthropy events, social media awareness campaign, chapter training, etc.). We added a DEi chair and committee this year. We held two different program nights aboutdiversity and inclusion. We did a focus cause of the month supporting black businesses for Black history month. We also implemented and enforced new DEi policy throughout the chapter with social media monitoring.