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Our chapter meets in the dining room of the Delta Pi house for our chapter meetings.
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== Highlights of 2018 ==
2018 has been an exciting and eventful year for Delta Pi! We have been busy working hard to achieve new heights in the areas of scholarship, leadership, sisterhood, philanthropy and chapter involvement. Delta Pi is still working towards the goals of the Focus Letter that was renewed by Kappa nationals, with the intent to improve upon our sisterhood and relationships with each other, which will be reviewed in April 2019. This helped to shape a lot of what happened this year. Our Vice President of Standards, Brenna Gibson, and her committee worked throughout the year to plan fun and exciting sisterhood events for our chapter to bring us all closer together. Some events included a “Kappa Pageant,” which was a fun event where the pledge classes got to compete in fun activities like dressing up in evening wear and putting on a talent show. In the fall, we had several more fun sisterhood events like a lip sync competition and a board game night. We also had a Christmas photo-shoot at one of our sister’s houses, where we took pictures for our chapter Christmas card that we sent to other Greek chapters on campus as well as Delta Pi alumni.
At the 2018 University of Tulsa Greek Banquet, member Mary Bergwell was awarded “Outstanding Initiate,” member Michaela Perez was awarded “Outstanding Panhellenic Delegate,” and the chapter as a whole won “Point of Excellence in Leadership,” and “Outstanding Educational Program.” Our chapter made a new tradition of gardening during Spirit Week to help clean up the front lawn and distress. We all helped out, had a dance party, and had so much fun! This past year we had several special events that included our formal and semi-formal where we went off campus and danced the night away. We also went to our annual Founder’s Day dinner on October 15th at Ti Amo’s Italian Restaurant. Many active and alumni members attended and we all ate dinner and talked about Kappa memories.
For philanthropic involvement, we had a spring philanthropy event called “Kappaccino,” where we served coffee and baked goods to students across campus. We had 284 people attend, and we raised $1,396 for Reading is Fundamental. We had a fall philanthropy dinner called “Kappasta” where we served all-you-can-eat pasta to students across campus. At this event we raised $2,609 for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and had 500 people attend. We also had a dodge-ball tournament called “Kappa Klassic” where we had 14 teams participate, and we raised $525 for the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. As a chapter we volunteered for 508 hours in the spring semester, and 469 in the fall semester. In the spring semester, we had an event at Lindbergh Elementary where we came and read books to children and encouraged the importance of reading.
Overall, we aligned our goals this year with the goals of the focus letter, and we aimed to strengthen our sisterhood throughout the year. Due to the small size of our chapter, we occasionally faced challenges with attendance and participation, but we focused on encouraging attendance and supporting our sisters with their endeavors. Our chapter participated in several local events like volunteering at Kendall-Whittier Elementary at their trunk-or-treat event for their students. It was a wonderful year that saw a lot of growth within our chapter, and we can’t wait to see what’s to come in 2019!
University of Tulsa President Gerard Clancy has been highly encouraging students to participate in events across campus, which has helped to improve participation at campus events. Our chapter has remained dedicated to our academics, and over this last year our chapter has grown to be more supportive of one another and have a stronger sisterhood. We also strive to participate more in events put on by other campus organizations.
We support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Breast cancer is a serious health issue that affects many members in our chapter in many different ways. We all have friends and loved ones that have suffered from breast cancer, and we want to put in our best efforts to ensure that a cure is found. As women, we want to continue supporting other women throughout their struggles and successes.
Our chapter meets in the dining room of the Delta Pi house.
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==Highlights of 2020s==
