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| | |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1947|04|12}} | | |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1947|04|12}} |
| − | |College= [https://go.okstate.edu/ Oklahoma State University] | + | |College= [http://go.okstate.edu/ Oklahoma State University] |
| | |Location= Stillwater, OK | | |Location= Stillwater, OK |
| − | |Homepage= [https://okstate.kappa.org/ Delta Sigma Homepage] | + | |Homepage= [http://chapters.kappakappagamma.org/deltasigma/ Delta Sigma Homepage] |
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| | Probably the best-remembered member of Delta Sigma is the late Mary Ann Stewart, who was killed in a plane accident the year after her graduation. She won numerous awards and honors on campus, and was president of the chapter in 1962-63. A scholarship providing money for fees to a deserving student was established in her honor. Mary Ann's younger sister, Nancy, was an outstanding accounting student, served as treasurer when the move was made into the new house, and was president of the chapter in 1969-1970. | | Probably the best-remembered member of Delta Sigma is the late Mary Ann Stewart, who was killed in a plane accident the year after her graduation. She won numerous awards and honors on campus, and was president of the chapter in 1962-63. A scholarship providing money for fees to a deserving student was established in her honor. Mary Ann's younger sister, Nancy, was an outstanding accounting student, served as treasurer when the move was made into the new house, and was president of the chapter in 1969-1970. |
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| − | During these years we also won many awards at the provincial conference such as the gracias living award, scholarship award for highest GPA in province, award of excellence in chapter and house board, and the standards award. We also won many awards on campus such as The Dean Patchin Award for Outstanding Sorority, top chapter grades, and outstanding pledge class.
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| − | During 1980-1984 the Delta Sigma chapter was continuously growing and by 1984 we had more active members than our house could hold. For that year we had 94 house contracts with only 83 spaces for girls to live. The solution was that seniors would live out of the house until the house board could figure out how we would be able to fit all active members in the house. After long debate, it was decided that the basement would be remodeled in bedrooms. The old coke rom was turned into a four-girl room and the old study hall was turned into a new eight-girl room. They also turned a storage room into a bathroom for the girls living in these new rooms to use. The house board also did not stop there! They also remodeled the laundry room and bought all new washers and dryers for the members to use and the dinge hallway was turned into a lounge, giving the girls in the house more space to hang out together.
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| − | Homecoming consistently stayed an important tradition on the Oklahoma State Campus and for Delta Sigma. We always enjoy meeting members of many different chapters on campus through these events and continue to be top contenders for the house decoration competition as well as Harvest Carnival each year. In 2008 the theme for homecoming “Generation Cowboy, Just Do It” and we were teamed up with the men of Phi Gamma Delta. Delta Sigma also stays involved with other campus wide and Greek life events such as Relay for Life, Varsity Revenue, Dance Marathon, Freshman Follies and more. In 2009 Delta Sigma participated in Relay for Life and raised the second largest amount of money for the event. In the years of 2007, 2008 and 2009 we also received the Dean Patchin’s Outstanding Scholarship Award during the Greek Awards Banquet.
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| − | On top of philanthropy and campus events, Delta Sigma remains a very social chapter on campus holding many events with different Panhellenic and IFC chapters throughout the years. In 2009 one large event we held was called “The Olympics” which our event chairman planned with the women of Kappa Alpha Theta, the men of Beta Theta Pi, and the men of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Throughout the 2000’s Kappa has also kept their tradition of a “Monmouth Duo” social with the women of Pi Beta Phi. An event we held with multiple other chapters in Greek Life in 2010 was “What Used to be Cool” – we did this event with Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. We also involved our families in events by holding both Mom and Dad’s Weekends separately and we had chairs that planned each of the events. For Mom’s day we always had a silent auction and luncheon and on Dad’s Day we had a luncheon and attended a football game.
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| | The Delta Sigma chapter has raised money for these events / donated hours of service to the community for the members are very dedicated to serving others. This year for our annual Kappa Con Queso, a portion of the money went to the Stillwater Medical Center Foundation to help reduce the costs of hospital bills incurred by individuals from the accident. The Delta Sigma chapter felt as if this would be a great benefit for the community or for those individuals in their time of need. Each year there are members that dedicate their self to spending numerous hours serving to the Stillwater Food Bank, Up Till Dawn, and Dance Marathon. These are just a couple of the outreach activities that the chapter makes to help serve the community. With cancer being a prevalent disease in many individuals, some of the members and their families have personally been impacted by cancer and that is why we chose to set up a team for Relay for Life. | | The Delta Sigma chapter has raised money for these events / donated hours of service to the community for the members are very dedicated to serving others. This year for our annual Kappa Con Queso, a portion of the money went to the Stillwater Medical Center Foundation to help reduce the costs of hospital bills incurred by individuals from the accident. The Delta Sigma chapter felt as if this would be a great benefit for the community or for those individuals in their time of need. Each year there are members that dedicate their self to spending numerous hours serving to the Stillwater Food Bank, Up Till Dawn, and Dance Marathon. These are just a couple of the outreach activities that the chapter makes to help serve the community. With cancer being a prevalent disease in many individuals, some of the members and their families have personally been impacted by cancer and that is why we chose to set up a team for Relay for Life. |
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| − | The Delta Sigma chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma had a very successful 2016-year. To kick the year
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| − | off we participated in an all-Greek show at Oklahoma State called Varsity Revue. We were paired
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| − | at Oklahoma State six years ago. To give back to the community by supporting our philanthropy
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| − | donating books. There was a total of 350 books donated to local elementary schools. During the
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| − | which supports cancer research and survivors. One other all-Greek show that Kappa participated in
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| − | was Spring Sing with the men of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and the cast won the Best Costumes Award.
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| − | Kappa Kolor Run is Delta Sigma’s new spring philanthropy event. The 5K run/walk allows for
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| − | Research Foundation, Reading Is Fundamental and The Kappa Foundation. Kappa plans to
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| − | continue to do this event for many years to come. After returning from summer break, our success
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| − | and hard work paid off by having such a rewarding recruitment. 56 bids were given out, and all
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| − | were accepted. Our new member program is very helpful and a great asset to the women who were
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| − | excited to call Kappa their new home. The chapter welcomed these 56 new members into our
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| − | sisterhood on October 8th. Oklahoma State's homecoming was just around the corner, which is the
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| − | After several months of hard work and dedication, we had a very rewarding and successful
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| − | homecoming. All of our hard work paid off when we placed 1st in Football Frenzy and placed 3rd in
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| − | to compete in an all-Greek house showing called Freshman Follies where only the freshman
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| − | women and men from the chapters participate. Our philanthropy event, Kappa Con Queso was a
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| − | big success raising around $13,000 for JDRF, RIF, and the Kappa Foundation. This amount keeps
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| − | increasing every year that we do Kappa Con Queso at Oklahoma State. There were numerous
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| − | benefit nights at restaurants and donations received helped the chapter reach the $13,000 mark, and
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| − | Kappa Con Queso was the main event. In 2016, two of our sisters held a position on Panhellenic
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| − | women. These are incredible honors and we are thrilled to have Delta Sigma women be apart of it.
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| − | showing called Varsity Revue this upcoming year. To finish up the year, we had a Christmas event
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| − | with the men of Kappa Sigma to sponsor purchasing gifts for the local children involved with Big
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| − | Brothers and Big Sisters. The women of Delta Sigma finished the Spring semester with a 3.461
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| − | The Delta Sigma chapter is one of the most highly respected chapters on campus with close
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| − | Delta was our sister sorority in the spring semester. By being sister sororities, we attended their
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| − | During the spring semester, some of the Delta Sigma women participated in the OSU’s Relay for Life, an event that helps raise money to support cancer research and cancer survivors.
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| − | Another all-Greek show that Kappa participated in during the spring semester was Spring Sing. Kappa Kappa Gamma was paired with the men of Sigma Nu, and after a lot of hard work and dedication, the pair placed 2nd overall.
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| − | Upon returning from summer break for the 2017-2018 school year, Kappa had a very successful recruitment. 52 bids were given out and were all accepted. Our new member program guided these new members and allowed them to take the necessary steps in becoming official members of such a great sisterhood. These 52 new members were welcomed into the Delta Sigma Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma on September 30, 2017.
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| − | Multiple Sclerosis Foundation is our philanthropy. We chose this organization due to the impact the disease has had on members of our chapter. We felt that having this as our local philanthropy would provide a way for members to connect, giving greater chances for overall involvement and outreach.
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| − | ==Highlights of 2021==
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| − | The year of 2021 for the Delta Sigma Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma was full of success. The spring semester entailed several sisterhood events that included, Valentines day event with a study board exchange, cookie decorating, food trucks and more. We hosted “Chips and Cheese with KKG '' in March for our philanthropy event raising money for Reading is Fundamental, Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, and the Kappa Foundation. Our chapter participated in Spring Continuous Open Bidding and welcomed three new beautiful women into our chapter. They were initiated on March 27th. In April we invited all the Kappa Mom’s and Families to Stillwater to celebrate Mom’s Day. We also participated in Greek Discovery Day, a mock recruitment event held by the Panhellenic Association at Oklahoma State. This event gave us great practice in preparing for formal recruitment in the upcoming fall semester. To start the fall semester we had a successful formal recruitment. Fifty-Five incredible young women ran home to Kappa on Bid Day. This pledge class official became Kappa’s on October 9th, when they were initiated. We then invited the Kappa Dad’s and families to Stillwater to celebrate Dad’s day and Oklahoma State’s first home football game against Tulsa. We held "Kappa Acts of Kindness" on our campus throughout the year, handing out free Kind bars to OSU students. Fifteen members of PC 21 participated in a show and philanthropy event on our campus, “Freshman Follies.” For Oklahoma State's Homecoming this year we were paired with the men of Farm House, celebrating 100 years of “America’s Greatest Homecoming.” This year our pairing received 2nd in Football Frenzy, 1st in Sign, 1st in House Decoration and 1st place for overall Sweepstakes! This was a huge accomplishment for our chapter considering the amount of time and work that went into this. Our chapter also celebrated 151 years of KKG by enjoying one anothers company, eating cookies and having a balloon release outside the house. For our fall philanthropy event we hosted our first ever “Space Jam with Kappa Gam'' and raised $6,931 for the Active Minds Organization, American Heart Association and the Kappa Foundation. We just recently changed both our national and local philanthropy this year to these organizations. The overall theme of our chapter's nature this year was eagerness, engagement and enthusiasm in all that we did. But most importantly throughout all that we did in the year of 2021, we remembered to always be kind and do good.
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