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Kappa Delta Chi
ΚΔΧ
FoundedApril 6, 1987; 37 years ago (1987-04-06)
Texas Tech University
TypeSocial
AffiliationNALFO
ScopeNational
MottoLeading with Integrity, United through Service
Colors  Pink and   Maroon
FlowerPink Rose
JewelEmerald
MascotPenguin
PublicationThe Emerald
PhilanthropyAmerican Cancer Society
Chapters67, 7 Colonies
HeadquartersP.O. Box 4317
Lubbock, TX 79409
USA
Websitewww.kappadeltachi.org

Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc. (ΚΔΧ), also known as K-D Chi (pronounced Kay-Dee-Kie), is a Greek letter, intercollegiate Latina sorority founded at Texas Tech University in 1987. It is a member of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations.

Purpose

The Purpose of Kappa Delta Chi is to promote the traditional values of Unity, Honesty, Integrity and Leadership among women at colleges and universities. Through numerous service events, sisterhood retreats and academic and cultural workshops, KDChi's learn more about themselves and each other. They sprout into impacting leaders and help guide the next generation to success. KDChi is a Latina founded, community-service driven sorority full of sisters of all backgrounds and professions.

Mission statement

Kappa Delta Chi Sorority is a Latina founded, 501(c)7, national sorority who aims to achieve professional development, academic excellence, and graduation of all its members; an organization dedicated to community service to their local university communities with an emphasis on the Hispanic/Latino population.

History

Kappa Delta Chi Sorority was established at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas in 1987 by four friends, Cynthia Garza Fleitman, Irene Montoya Robinson, Melissa Montoya Cannon and Nellie Flores Ledesma, who recognized the need to unify and promote leadership amongst Hispanic women at the university. The founders are, however, no longer active within the organization. Their dream was to create something more lasting than a club that would extend beyond their college days. They sought to incorporate the principles of unity, honesty, integrity, and leadership into this organization.

The four founders began the steps to become recognized as an organization at the university and asked Marlene Hernandez, Associate Director of New Student Relations to be their adviser. The founders enlisted the aid of ten women to help promote the ideals and philosophy of the sorority to other Hispanic women at Texas Tech. These ten women are known as the Charter members of Kappa Delta Chi. They are as follows:

  • Rocio Briseno
  • Melissa Chavez
  • Mary Garza
  • Maria Pando
  • Christella Rivera
  • Carline Soto
  • Theresa Reyes
  • Doris Mendiola
  • Suzanna Cisneros
  • Dahlia Cavazos

Kappa Delta Chi was recognized as an official organization at Texas Tech University on April 6, 1987, now considered the sorority's founding date. It became a national sorority with the induction of the first chapter outside of Texas in 1991, Delta chapter at the University of Arizona. Over the years, Kappa Delta Chi has grown to include women of various ethnicities and cultures and has inducted other chapters in eight states.

Kappa Delta Chi was recognized as a community service-based, nonprofit corporation by the State of Texas on September 25, 1997. Subsequently, the organization became known as Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc.

KDChi is a member of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO). In 2010, Kappa Delta Chi won the awards from NALFO:[1]

  • Philanthropic Organization of the year
  • Best Undergraduate Chapter – Alpha Sigma chapter at Florida State University
  • Professional of the Year – Delia Garcia
  • Rising Professional of the Year – Mary Gonzalez.

In 2011, Kappa Delta Chi won the following awards from NALFO:

  • National Organization of the Year
  • Campus Leadership Excellence – Diana Pena, Pi chapter at the University of Texas at Austin
  • Undergraduate Chapter of the Year – Alpha Sigma chapter of Florida State University.
  • Organizational Leadership Excellence - Mary Gonzalez, KDChi Vice President of Collegiate Affairs and Pi Chapter alumae
  • Professional of the Year - Gina Garcia, KDChi Vice President of Public Affairs and Pi Chapter alumae

Symbols

KDChi's mascot is the penguin.[2] Its flower is the pink rose.[2] The official KDChi motto was chosen in 2008 and it is "Leading with Integrity, United through Service."

Philanthropy

KDChi supports two National Philanthropy endeavors, the Kappa Delta Chi Foundation and the American Cancer Society.[3] Undergraduate chapters hold an annual Bowl-A-Thon or KD Kick ball event that funds the majority of the projects that the National Foundation sponsors. The Foundation receives, manages and distributes scholarship funds, annual gifts, and other donations.

The money raised by the Kappa Delta Chi Foundation is used for educational and leadership development programs for the sorority's local communities as well as for scholarships . The Kappa Delta Chi Foundation High School Scholarship was established in 1999 to help graduating high school women enter their first year of college. The scholarship is available on a competitive basis and is a onetime award. The Foundation has also added the Irene Montoya Scholarships to include members pursuing their undergraduate and graduate careers. Since its beginning in 1999, the Kappa Delta Chi Scholarship Fund has awarded over $25,000 in educational awards. The Foundation has also integrated grants that undergraduate and alumnae chapters can apply for so that they can implement service learning projects such as educational and leadership programming.

Governance

Annually, KDChi holds a National Conference where leadership, training, and special events takes place. KDChi's National Headquarters is in Lubbock, Texas.

Chapters

KDChi has collegiate and alumni chapters across the United States.[4][5]

Collegiate chapters

This is the chapter list for Kappa Delta Chi: Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter Chartered/Range Institution Location Status References
Alpha April 6, 1987 Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas Active
Beta Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Active
Gamma University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas Active
Delta University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Active
Epsilon University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas Active
Zeta Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas Active
Eta West Texas A&M University Canyon, Texas Active
Theta University of Houston Houston, Texas Active
Iota New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico Active
Kappa Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona Active
Lambda Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona Active
Mu Eastern New Mexico University Portales, New Mexico Active
Nu Tarleton State University Stephenville, Texas Active
Xi Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, Texas Active
Omicron Texas State University San Marcos, Texas Active
Pi University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Active
Rho Washington State University Pullman, Washington Active
Sigma University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Active
Tau University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin Active
Upsilon Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas Active
Phi Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, Texas Active
Chi University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas Active
Psi Saint Mary's University San Antonio, Texas Active
Omega Memorial
Alpha Alpha Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas Active
Alpha Beta University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas Active
Alpha Gamma California State University, Dominguez Hills Carson, California Active
Alpha Delta Texas A&M University–Kingsville Kingsville, Texas Active
Alpha Epsilon Baylor University Waco, Texas Active
Alpha Zeta University of Nevada, Las Vegas Paradise, Nevada Active
Alpha Eta University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada Active
Alpha Theta University of Houston–Downtown Houston, Texas Active
Alpha Iota Texas A&M International University Laredo, Texas Active
Alpha Kappa University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, Wisconsin Active
Alpha Lambda Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington Active
Alpha Mu Texas Southern University Houston, Texas Active
Alpha Nu Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, Texas Active
Alpha Xi Texas A&M University–Commerce Commerce, Texas Active
Alpha Omicron University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Active
Alpha Pi University of Washington Seattle, Washington Active
Alpha Rho Lamar University Beaumont, Texas Active
Alpha Sigma Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida Active
Alpha Tau Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas Active
Alpha Upsilon University of North Texas Denton, Texas Active
Alpha Phi California State University, Monterey Bay Monterey County, California Active
Alpha Chi University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Active
Alpha Psi Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon Active
Alpha Omega Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois Active
Belta Alpha University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Inactive
Beta Beta Clarkson University Potsdam, New York Active
Beta Gamma Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio, Texas Active
Beta Delta Western Oregon University Monmouth, Oregon Active
Beta Epsilon Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Active
Beta Zeta University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, Texas Active
Beta Eta Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado Active
Beta Theta Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, Illinois Active
Beta Iota Oklahoma State University–Stillwater Stillwater, Oklahoma Active
Beta Kappa University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, Oklahoma Active
Beta Lambda University of California, Merced Merced, California Active
Beta Mu Portland State University Portland, Oregon Active
Beta Nu Emporia State University Emporia, Kansas Active
Beta Xi University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Active
Beta Omicron Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois Active
Beta Pi University of North Texas at Dallas Dallas, Texas Active
Beta Rho California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Active
Beta Sigma Heritage University Toppenish, Washington Active
Beta Tau California State University, San Bernardino San Bernardino, California Active
Beta Upsilon Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois Active
Beta Phi Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Active
Beta Chi University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho Active
Beta Psi University of West Florida Pensacola, Florida Active
Beta Omega University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Active
Gamma Alpha Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Active
Gamma Beta California State University, Sacramento Sacramento, California Active
Gamma Gamma Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan Active
Gamma Delta Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas Active
Gamma Epsilon University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colorado Active
Gamma Zeta University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska Active
Gamma Eta University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Active
Gamma Theta Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas Active
University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas Colony
Florida International University Miami, Florida Colony

Alumni chapters

KDChi has a National Alumni Association with alumnae chapters and regions coast to coast.Its has a graduate intake program, with graduate sisters and chapters.

Notable members

References

  1. ^ "Home Page".
  2. ^ a b "Home Page".
  3. ^ "Home Page".
  4. ^ "Home Page".
  5. ^ "Kappa Delta Chi National - Latest News". Archived from the original on 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  6. ^ Quick Facts[permanent dead link‍]
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