Bark in the Park 2013

This week was a great one to be a Kappa Delta! We held our Annual Bark in the Park Event with the men of Kappa Alpha, and it was an amazing day out on Sanford Mall. We truly had a blast with the puppies and everyone who came out to support us, but most importantly, we were informed at the end of the day that this year's Bark in the Park was the largest, on campus, single donation that the Watauga Humane Society has received to date!!  Raising well over $500 for the humane society in one day just made it that much better, and we are already looking forward to surpassing that goal next year! Once again we want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who contributed to this event! 

Congratulations!

Kappa Delta Epsilon Epsilon is pleased to welcome the Beta Lambda pledge class of fall 2012 to our chapter!

Recruitment is finally over, and we're pleased to present the newest members of the EE chapter!Bid Day took place on Sunday September 23rd. After welcoming our new girls into KD in front of the Appalachian sign (on 321), we all took a little adventure to Lake Watauga in Tennessee (about an hour away). The setting was absolutely perfect, with gorgeous sunny weather! After eating cake and pizza, everyone spent time getting to know one another. It was so much fun and I'm so glad I got to spend the day with my sisters!
SENDING LOVE TO OUR NEW PLEDGE CLASS!!!! AOT MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LADYBUGS :)

T-1 day til recruitment!!!!

Here's a little something I wrote.... SO EXCITED Y'ALL! BETA LAMBDAS, BETA LAMBDAS, BETA LAMBDAS!!!!!

"Recruitment, Round One"

Finally, at last, boards round has come

Known fondly to PNMs as recruitment round one

At App, eight sororities share one common goal

To pledge the best girls on the PNM roll

For some of us, it's our first time on the other side

With the most recent perspective on what it is like

To walk into a room with the olive and pearl

And feel right at home with those KD girls!

One year ago I made the best choice I've ever made

One I never regret with each passing day

Tomorrow it begins again; just two more weeks til we see

The new Beta Lambdas...

Love in AOT! <3

See everyone tomorrow!!!

Love y'all <3

Miss Statesville 2013- Sister Emily Outen!

Congratulations to Sister Emily Outen!

Emily Outen, Miss Statesville 2013

Emily Outen, a member of the Beta Kappa pledge class, was announced the winner of the Miss Statesville Scholarship Pageant 2013 in early August. Sister Katie Knowles, a Beta Iota, was also a contestant, earning the title of first-runner up. Emily is supporting a Kappa Delta philanthropy, Prevent Child Abuse America, during her time as Miss Statesville. 

Katie (4th from left) and Emily (6th from left) with the Miss Statesville 2013 pageant contestants.

 Congratulations to our beautiful girls representing Kappa Delta!
AOT <3

International Women's Friendship Month!

Hello to all you wonderful Appalachian KDs out there! 
Hope your Monday's been marvelous thus far! I can't wait to see your shining faces tonight at formal chapter and our Women's International Friendship Month event being coordinated by our Beta Kappa sister Taylor Weiss! Make sure to bring your fellow sorority women and/or a new or gently used handbag to donate, as well as the ice cream topping your pledge class was designated to contribute to the event!

International Women's Friendship Month 2012

From the Kappa Delta Sorority Official Website:

  Ask any woman--there's something special about her friendships with other women. Our female friends know us better than anyone else. They are there to listen, to console, and to encourage. They are our loudest cheerleaders and our most compassionate confidantes. Our women friends come in a wide variety--sister, mother, neighbor, childhood playmate, college roommate. We make connections at the playground, the workplace, the gym, and over the proverbial back fence.

 From a leisurely Saturday afternoon over coffee to precious moments stolen for a late night phone call, our relationships with other women can sustain us and give life depth. We need to remember the important roles our women friends play in our lives.

 In 1999, Kappa Delta Sorority created National Women's Friendship Day to do just that. And in 2009, the celebration was expanded to the entire month of September. Now known as International Women's Friendship Month, the celebration offers all women the opportunity to remember their special friends.

 Over the years, women have celebrated with luncheons and spa days, weekend trips and seminars on issues important to them. Groups visited museums and toured historic sites. They reached out to women in need by visiting nursing homes and collecting supplies for women's shelters and women in the military. The power of women's friendship is amazing!

Every year, more and more women hear about the celebration. We now have 34 states with governors' proclamations endorsing women's friendship. We are excited to report that several magazines and numerous newspapers have featured stories on the events. Many companies have also promoted the celebration, including Avon's mark cosmetics, Maidenform, Teleflora, General Foods International, Women For Hire, Karen Neuburger, Ltd., Vera Bradley, Suzy's Zoo, Seasons and Sentiments, Sally Lanes and b.sweets. Mark your calendars and join us in celebrating women's friendship in September!

 For more information on the month, please visit the Confidence Coalition.

Collegiate & Alumnae Chapters, order supplies for International Women's Friendship Month with this form.

See you all tonight!
Love in AOT
<3

Sources:
http://www.kappadelta.org/nwfmguest

Congratulations to Sister Lucy Conroy!

Recruitment is an exciting time for all members of Greek life at Appalachian, or on any campus for that matter. This being said, it's extremely sad when a member of any particular organization can't take part in the recruitment process (for whatever reason). In sister Lucy Conroy's case, however, missing her first recruitment on the "other side" yields her the ability to participate in the opportunity of a lifetime.

Here's Lucy (pictured right) with sister Rachel Godfrey (pictured left) tailgating on Duck Pond at the ASU vs. U. of Montana home game this past weekend!

".... as a graduated Youth Staff with Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!) which is a NC statewide nonproft, I will be presenting on a panel entitled, “Youth Empowerment for Social Change” at the Clinton Global Initiative Topic Dinner. I am one of three youth chosen nationwide for this honor and will be presenting on the panel as well as attending the topic dinner with the opportunity to network with major world leaders, CEOs, executive directors of NGO's and other prominent CGI members in NYC. 

Love in AOT,

Lucy"

As a participant in the aforementioned panel, Lucy will be discussing matters of sustainability and climate change, as well as social policy, with prominent members of the Clinton administration, including the president himself. Anderson Cooper will also be taking part.

While we're all disappointed that Lucy can't be present with us during the recruitment process, we wish her the best of luck on this once-in-a-lifetime endeavor! She is a prime example of Kappa Delta and its excellence both on and off-campus. We really couldn't be any more proud!!!

Keepin' it Klassy since 1897... 

GO KAYDEE!!!!!

You Picked the Right One, Baby!

How sweet it is to be a Kappa Delta!!!! <3

Recruitment, recruitment, recruitment! I am so excited for our little Beta Lambdas to join us on Bid Day, which is less than two weeks away on September 23rd!

Going through recruitment this year on the other side is going to be really exciting. While talking for nine hours sounds really difficult, if it's anything like last year BEING recruited, it'll be a breeze. When I get nervous I tend to resort to circumlocution, so hopefully my reiterations of love for Kappa Delta and everything we stand for will shine through. 

Do you remember walking into the KD party during boards round? For me, it was an instantaneous connection. From my first breath upon entering, I could already feel Kappa Delta running through my veins. I didn't dare express my desperation to be apart of the beautiful sisterhood in front of me, though by the time I had exited the party, I knew I was going to be a KD. I wasn't closed minded about the sororities whose parties I had yet to visit, in fact, I ended up "preffing" the last sorority I visited on boards round! KD just felt like home to me. There was no denying that simple feeling that I 'belonged'.

Many a time during the process, I was asked the following question: "why do you want to join a sorority?" In fact, I'm still asked a derivative form of that question on a regular basis (mostly from the people I work with, as the large majority of them are not involved in Greek life). At first I thought the answer was simple: my family members involved in Greek life have always expressed and emphasized the greatness of Greek life and all of its associated aspects, but mainly, I want to meet people and get involved on campus. However, my response has changed over time, particularly under the influence of Kappa Delta's values: "I want to change lives, grow as a person, and develop friendships that I will treasure for a lifetime." Often times, this answer (or ones similar in nature) warrant more questions whose answers cannot be fully understood by those who are not involved in a Greek organization.

While I may have initially understood my own reasons for entering Greek life, what about the girls who aren't so sure if it's for them? While I contemplated NOT going through recruitment, I eventually stumbled upon these websites called Recruitment Prep and The Sorority Life (NPC-affiliated and tailored especially to PNMs), which helped in assisting me to make my decision. They are truly wonderful tools for PNMs to evaluate the validity of own reasons for going through sorority recruitment, because, sure, while wearing cute letters may draw some girls into the recruitment process, it's vital to understand how much more is involved in sorority membership in order to make the decision to enter Greek life, and also to decide which organization is the best fit for them personally. I'm glad I found my perfect fit!

Love in AOT Y'all!

6 days til recruitment!

<3

Sources:

https://www.npcwomen.org/index.aspx

http://www.recruitmentprep.com/

http://thesororitylife.com