Delta Kappa at the University of Miami

  MacKenzie Green was crowned Miss. District of Columbia USA 2010 on November 29, 2009. She will be competing in the Miss USA pageant in April 2010. http://www.mackenziegreen.net

 To wrap up the semester, the sisters of the Delta Kappa Chapter danced the night away at UVA Restaurant in Coral Gables on Sunday, December 6th at our annual Semi-Formal! The sisters and our dates enjoyed a night of relaxation and dancing, which was a great study break before finals started!

  The Ladies of KKG are proud to welcome six new members to the chapter! During the past two weeks, the Delta Kappa chapter has hosted several informal recruitment events on campus including a "water day" on the IM fields, a watch party for the UM vs. FSU football game, and a philanthropy night. Recruitment ended on Saturday Sept. 12th with an amazing Bid Day and pool party. Welcome to all of the new girls!

 New Members pose with their pledge mom after Formal Pledging on Sunday September 13th. 

The Ladies of Kappa Kappa Gamma ended the semester in style at the Sapphire Ball, held at the Westin Colonnade Hotel in Coral Gables. Sisters and their dates celebrated the end of another wonderful semester with a delicious meal and a whole lot of dancing! The night ended with silly awards and a bittersweet farewell to our seniors, who we will miss very much! Formal also closed senior week, during which we recognized the accomplishments of our seniors and said many tearful goodbyes. We wish them the best of luck after they graduate next week!

From Monday, March 23rd until Wednesday, March 25th, the Ladies of the Delta Kappa Chapter competed as the reigning champions of Beta Theta Pi's Beta Blast Philanthropy Competition benefitting the Autism Society of America. Our girls worked hard during those three days socializing with the brothers of Beta, collecting pins from brothers around campus, wearing Beta gear while signing in, playing basketball, singing in a serenade competition and one sister even participated in a dating game. All of our hard work paid off when we were announced as the 1st place winners again on Wednesday night!! Congrats to all of the sisters and thank you to our amazing co-chairs and coaches!! The Delta Kappas are on a roll!!

The Ladies of the Delta Kappa Chapter spent March 1st - 7th competing in the 2009 Greek Week Competition with 5 other sororities and 10 fraternities. The Pirate themed week consisted of Greek Extravaganza (a NPHC Step Competition), United Cerebal Palsy Chapter Presentations, Panhellenic Badge Day, Blood Drive, Sex Signals: An Improv Comedy Show, Opening Ceremonies and Organized Cheer, Greek Week Shirt Day, California Pizza Kitchen Fundraising Day, Davy Jones' Locker, Setting Sail and Silent Auction, Greek God and Goddess, Olympic Day, and Closing Ceremonies. After a hard week of showing the UM Greek Community all that we could do, the Ladies of KKG brought home the Sorority Spirit Award!! This award is voted on by each of the participating sororities as a way to recognize the organization that put the most into the week! Thanks to all of the girls who put so much into this year's festivities!

The Delta Kappa chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma participated in Reading is Key on February 27, 2009.  Five sisters visited the kindergarten class at Coconut Grove Elementary School for this new hands-on philanthropy event.  We read the students The Rainbow Fish, and then assisted them in creating their own rainbow fish with construction paper and markers.  When the students finished their fish, we served them a snack of pretzels and apple juice.  We gave everyone their own copy of the book The Hungry Caterpillar, and then left so the kids could continue with their day.  It was a pleasure seeing all the smiling faces at Coconut Grove Elementary.

The Delta Kappa Chapter spent February 18 - 19 putting on their 3rd Annual Scholastic Book Fair on the University of Miami campus! Every sister spent time running the Book Fair in the UC Breezeway, which involved selling children's, cook, and other exciting books. The proceeds from the Book Fair each year go to local elementary schools improve their libraries. Sisters had a blast publicizing and working the Book Fair and helped make it very successful!