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One challenge we have faced is our overall chapter’s GPA, which is relatively low compared to other sororities. To overcome this challenge, we started having study hours every week, and we gave out awards during chapter to women who made 4.0’s or Dean’s List. In October we were placed on a focus letter, but we have worked hard to address the concerns mentioned in the letter. To address leadership and chapter management, each chapter council member sends the recording secretary a monthly report regarding their goals, and we also greatly increased our webinar attendance. To address member commitment, we had a Kappa trainer come talk to our chapter, and we started having more ritual reviews.
The Delta Upsilon chapter is made up of 229 women from a variety of backgrounds. The majority of our chapter is out-of-state. We have women from Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, and many more states. We had 26 legacies pledge Kappa in 2013. We have a number of women in UGA’s honor program, a number of women receiving scholarships, and even several women with presidential scholarships. We have several women involved in university sports, and in 2013 Kappa had intramural soccer, basketball, and volleyball teams. Last, we have a very active social calendar with high attendance at all of our events.
==Highlights of 2014==
Overall, 2014 was another successful year for the Delta Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Philanthropy continued to be a strength for our chapter, as we hosted several events of our own and participated in many other philanthropic events on campus. The annual Kappa Crawfish Boil benefitting St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital raised tremendous profits and was an evening filled with delicious food and live music on our front lawn. Furthermore, in February we held our first-ever Kappa Color Run, which we hope will become an annual tradition for our chapter. Our chapter co-hosted the Color Run with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and together we raised over $5000, which was donated to Books for Keeps. We have continued to volunteer for and donate food to the Panhellenic Pantry, an organization that provides food to students and faculty members in need. Our chapter raised money for many organizations on campus including UGA Miracle, UGA Heroes and UGA Relay for Life. We also participated in numerous philanthropic events hosted by other Greek organizations, such as Miss Sorority Row, Sound of Milledge, and Sigma Chi’s Derby Days. One of our most exciting achievements for 2014 was winning second place in Sigma Delta Tau’s annual Greek Grind dance competition benefitting Prevent Child Abuse America. Not only was our chapter awarded money towards our philanthropy, but our Greek Grind participants were also invited to perform their routine during half time of the UGA Basketball Team’s first home game. Another exciting achievement was when member, Hilary Hilgers, was voted a Homecoming Court nominee. During spirit week, our chapter’s team participated in many Homecoming activities, and we won first place in the Street Painting Mural competition.
One challenge we have faced is our overall chapter's GPA, which is relatively low compared to other sororities. In an effort to correct this, our VP of Academics has given awards at our weekly chapter meetings to members who have earned A's in their courses, as well as women who have made the Dean's List. To address leadership and chapter management, each month the Recording Secretary submitted a report to nationals that outlined each chapter council member's accomplishments of the previous month and goals for the upcoming month. Lastly, our Marshal held several intensive ritual reviews to help our chapter continue to learn and appreciate Kappa ritual.
In September, Panhellenic decided to instate an Extension Exploratory Committee. The committee was created to discuss the possibility of bringing additional sororities to the University of Georgia for future recruitments. Our chapter supported and encouraged this committee, believing that additional sororities will give the growing number of women coming through recruitment more opportunities to become a part of Greek life at our university. The Delta Upsilon chapter is made up of 239 women from a variety of backgrounds. The majority of the chapter is out-of-state. We have women from Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, California and many more states. We had 19 legacies pledge Kappa in 2014. We have a number of women in UGA's honors program, a number of women receiving scholarships, and even some members with presidential scholarships. We have several members involved in UGA sports, including Lacrosse and the Majorettes. Our chapter also participates in intramural soccer, volleyball and basketball. Lastly, we have a very active social calendar with high attendance at all of our events. Below is a list of our 2014 social events:
JANUARY 2014:
17: Social with Sigma Chi
FEBRUARY 2014:
1: Formal
6: Social with KA
13: Social with Chi Phi
20: Semi-formal with Chi O
22: Kappa Color Run
MARCH 2014:
17: Formal chapter
21-22: Spring Parents’ Weekend
APRIL 2014:
10: Semi-formal with Theta
13: Ritual Review
14: Formal Chapter
24: Crawfish Boil
25: Field Party
27: Cutting of the Ivy
JUNE 2014:
25-29: Convention
AUGUST 2014:
3: In-house girls move in
13-17: Recruitment
18: Bid Day
25: Formal Chapter
28: Social with Sigma Nu
SEPTEMBER 2014:
4: Social with Lambda Chi
11: Social with Sig Ep
19-20: Fall Parents’ Weekend
25: Social with Chi Phi
26: First New Member Meeting
29: Formal Chapter
OCTOBER 2014:
2: Social with KA
5: New Member Retreat
17: Fireside
18: Initiation
23: Semi-formal
NOVEMBER 2014:
13: Semi-formal with Phi Mu
17: Formal Chapter/Voting for New Officers
DECEMBER 2014:
1: Formal Chapter/Formal Transitions
4: Semi-formal
Delta Upsilon holds its chapter meetings in our chapter-owned facility. Delta Upsilon's facility was the only house built at the University of Georgia that was actually intended to be a sorority house. Furthermore, it is a tradition that all Delta Upsilon members have the opportunity and are highly encouraged, to live in the sorority house during their sophomore year. There are currently 60 sisters that occupy the house.
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