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Chapter Meetings Our chapter holds meetings in our chapter room which is located in our house on campus, rented from the university. Our chapter’s housing is located in our house in the Greek Quad on Carnegie Mellon’s campus. The house is rented from the university and Housing:can house 30 Kappa sisters. ==Highlights of 2016== In the spring of 2016, the chapter focused on growing sisterhood by participating and competing in PanHellenic events. This year we partnered with Delta Tau Delta and performed Beauty and the Beast for Greek Sing. The Pasta, Pasta, Sauca event was held to raise money for the Greek Sing philanthropy, Our Clubhouse, a non-profit organization that provides free support to those touched by cancer in western Pennsylvania. We also won first place in Booth with our two-story Mario Kart design. Kappa had two formal events in the spring. We had our crush party at the Shady Grove Restaurant and our annual Sapphire Ball was held at the Pittsburgh Aquarium. We were the first Greek organization to have an event at the aquarium in a long time, and we impressed the workers with our class and sophistication. We ended the spring semester by winning the most improved academic excellence and best academic initiative at the CMU Greek Awards.In the summer, some members remained in the house in order to take classes, do research, do internships, or get a summer job. The Kappas staying in the house over the summer went to sports games and concerts together. We also redecorated the chapter house living room to promote community, sisterhood, and academic excellence for the coming semester. In the fall, we started off with a successful formal recruitment, gaining 20 more awesome members and reaching total. The new members attempted to paint the fence in the rain. Though painting the fence was unsuccessful due to the rain it became an inside joke and brought the new members together. We had a semiformal Mystery Date event at Dave & Buster’s to promote sisterhood and help integrate the new members into the chapter. We also focused on philanthropy this semester. We were able to purchase over 400 books for RIF through bake sale events and the Kappa Kappa Grill ‘Em Grilled Cheese Sale. Some of our contributions for RIF also came from winning a prize in Sigma Chi’s Derby Days. Kappa won 1st Place Overall and the Philanthropy Award. We also had the highest participation of any Greek organization at CMU in Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s Donut Dash for ALS. Two of our sisters, Sarah Deluty and Linda Chen, attended the Kappa Convention together thanks to the House Board. They shared what they learned to promote sisterhood in this semester and the coming year. ==Highlights of 2017==Throughout 2017, the Delta Xi chapter has continued to grow and flourish in its sisterhood. This spring, the chapter participated in the annual Greek Sing competition and won first place for its performance of Moana with our partners Sigma Phi Epsilon. The chapter also held Sapphire Ball and multiple philanthropy events. The chapter participated in CMU’s annual Booth Build competition and won first prize for our seventy’s-themed booth, “That 70’s Booth.”
Where does your chapter hold chapter meetings? In During the chapter owned or rented facility? In summertime, multiple sisters lived in the house in order to have a university owned facilityhome while they took classes, houseparticipated in research, dorminternships, lodge or classroom?other summer employment positions.
Our In the fall, the chapter started the year with a very successful formal recruitment that gave us 25 lovely new members who are already showing commitment and dedication to the chapter holds meetings as they take up various leadership positions. Many sisters participated in our Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s Donut Dash for ALS, and Kappa Kappa Gamma had the highest participation of any Greek organization. The chapter room which also hosted a very successful Kappa Carnival to raise money for Reading is located in our house Fundamental that involved a dozen on -campus, rented organizations and had a great turn out from the universityCMU community.
What is The chapter had a successful Crush Party at Steel Cactus early in the semester to promote sisterhood between the new members and the history sisters. After learning that our partner for Greek Sing of your chapter’s housing? Have your members had 2018 was Phi Delta Theta, the opportunity sisters of Delta Xi started hosting some bonding events to live together in any way? Does your chapter have get to know the brothers better. We also hosted a house, lodge, apartment or suite? If yes, is it chapter owned or rented, or university owned?Kappa Kappa Grill’Em Grilled Cheese Sale with the help of Phi Delt brothers to deliver $400 worth of grilled cheese. All the proceeds from the event went to Camp Kesem.
How many Delta Xi continues to meet in our Chapter House which is owned by the university. Currently, around thirty active sisters can live there? Has your chapter owned or lived in more than one the house during its history?.
Our chapter’s housing is located in our house in the Greek Quad on Carnegie Mellon’s campus. The house is rented from the university and can house up to 29 Kappa sisters.
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|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1944|02|17}}
|College= [httphttps://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml Carnegie Mellon University]
|Location= Pittsburgh, PA
|Homepage= [httphttps://cmu.kappa.org/ Delta Xi Homepage]|Media= [httphttps://wiki.kappakappagammakkg.org/pages/Category:Delta_Xi Media related to Delta Xi Chapter]
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'''1,288 326 initiates (as of June 20152018)'''
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'''Charter members:'''
Janet Adele Armstrong, Phillis Gean Baber, Elizabeth Anne Beall, Ruth Essie Beall, Mary Jane Dickson, Mary Jane Forman, Lois Frishkorn, Dorothy Hortense Greiner, Thalia JEan Harmany, Helen Elisabeth Harrison, Dorothy Patricia Houlihan, Helen Louise Johnston, Catherine Ring Kinley, Helen Jean Macdonald, Billie Wallace McIlrath, Helen Wright Robinson, Ann McDonald Rodgers, Virginia Ann Sheppard, Dorothy Lucille Stauff, Marie Gloria Sunseri, Mary Kathryn Truxell, Mary Patricia Weakland, Dorothy Louise Willison, Marjorie Gretta Woodburn.
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Greek Life is growing at Carnegie Mellon as many students are seeking a balance to their rigorous academic lives. Our chapter’s members are heavily involved on campus in over one hundred different activities from dancer’s symposium to robotics research to division three athletics. Our chapter is a diverse group of passionate women seeking degrees in every college Carnegie Mellon has to offer.
==Booths==
2019: The Lion King (2nd place) <br>2018: Alice in Wonderland (1st place) <br>2017: That 70's Booth (1st place) <br>2016: Mario Party (1st place) <br>
2015: MagiKK Γree House (2nd place and Chairman's Choice) <br>
2014: Wreck It Ralph (2nd place) First sorority to program a game <br>
1987: <br>
1986: <br>
1985: <br>Konestoga Kappa (Wild Wild West)
1984: first place booth <br>
1983: <br>
1979: <br>
1978: King Tut’s Tomb <br>
1972: Geodesic Dome<br>
==Greek Sing Shows==
2017: Moana (1st place) <br>
2016: Beauty and the Beast <br>
2015: The Lion King <br>
2014: American Idiot <br>