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==Highlights of 2011==
Delta Upsilon had a social calendar filled with socials, date nights, formals, and
semi-formals with other sororities and fraternities in 2011. Also, on April 21st, the women hosted the annual Crawfish Boil that raised $54,000 for St.Jude's Children's Research Hospital. This is always a fun event with great food and live music in our front lawn. This year, the chapter stressed the importance of getting involved in other philanthropic organizations on campus. The women participated in UGA Hero’s date auction which raised money for children in Georgia affected by HIV and AIDS, and had a team at Sigma Chi's Derby Days week-long event. At this event, members of the chapter competed in a volleyball tournament and worked a booth at a fair for children in the Athens community. The chapter gave back to the Athens community by having the whole chapter read to the children at the Athens Boys and Girls Club and help them with their homework. A team of members participate in the annual Greek Grind competition for the third year, and provided a contender in the Miss Sorority Row Pageant. The chapter had many successful intramural sports teams to further involve the chapter on campus. Overall, the Delta Upsilon chapter worked hard to get involved in many facets of the UGA community.
==Highlights of 2012==
As a whole, we had another very successful year in terms of membership and philanthropically. In January, Emily Smith Poole (Delta Upsilon Class of 2000) joined us as the New House Advisor. We donate food and volunteer service to the Panhellenic Pantry, an anonymously run organization by Panhellenic to provide food to students and faculty members who need it. Advisor, Whitney Winburn Goodstone’s (Delta Upsilon Class of 1988) daughter Sydney taught the chapter about a Bone Marrow Drive for one of her friends in school and Kappa was very involved in being a part of the Bone Marrow Registry and spreading awareness.
We have a very strong chapter that has only been enhanced with our large recruitment class in Fall of 2012 bringing us to a grand total of 221 women in our chapter. Many of our members are involved in all types of service, leadership and scholarship opportunities around campus. Many of the Delta Upsilon women are part of the Honors Program at UGA and some are Presidential Scholars. Delta Upsilon has a reputation of serving the University well with many different activities, clubs and programs.
==Highlights of 2013==
As a whole, 2013 was another great year for the Delta Upsilon chapter. We had lots of philanthropic involvement, as far as events that we hosted and also participating in other fraternities’ and sororities’ events. Our annual Crawfish Boil that benefits St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital was once again a huge success and a fun afternoon with live music and delicious food on our front lawn, and we received an award from Nationals for most money raised for philanthropy across all Kappa Chapters. We donated a large number of children’s books to local underprivileged kids through our Books for Keeps book drive. We also started a new philanthropy event this year, which was a blood drive that we hosted with Chi Phi. It was extremely successful, and we plan to make it an annual tradition.
We volunteer for and donate food to the Panhellenic Pantry, an organization that provides food to students and faculty members who need it. Kappa also won first place in the UGA Hero’s Unity Step Show with Alpha Phi Alpha. We raise money for UGA Miracle, which benefits Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and we created a team for UGA Relay for Life’s Color Run, which benefits the American Cancer Society. Kappa had the most members sign up for the Color Run out of all the sororities, so we won a booth at the event. We participated in various other philanthropy events including Sigma Delta Tau’s Greek Grind, Delta Sig’s Miss Sorority Row, and Sigma Chi’s Derby Days.
In February, we had 4 Kappas attend the Mu Province meeting in Orlando. Delta Upsilon won 2013 Province Awards for Risk Management and Gracious Living. In August, Elizabeth Bailey, Vice President of Nationals, came to our chapter and talked to us about the history of Kappa, our values, our image, and the importance of a name. Also in August, Hilary Hilgers, member of the class of 2015, was elected panhellenic senator for UGA’s panhellenic council. In November, a Kappa trainer came to our chapter and talked to us about how to implement diversity into our daily lives.
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 the 2020s:==
