Category Archives: Kappa Delta

NPC’s Committee on Progress, 75 Years Ago

Last week, in celebration of Chi Omega’s Founders’ Day, I had hoped to use this entry from the 28th National Panhellenic Congress meeting which took place in late October and early November of 1943. It was held at the Medinah … Continue reading

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General Claudia Kennedy, Kappa Delta, #WHW2018, #notablesororitywomen

On May 21, 1997, Claudia Kennedy, a Kappa Delta, became the first woman to hold the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. Kennedy attended Southwestern at Memphis, now known as Rhodes College, where she majored in philosophy. … Continue reading

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Congratulations Cara Mund, Kappa Delta and P.E.O.!

Cara Mund has been admitted to law school at the College of Notre Dame, but that will be put on hold for at least a year as she has another commitment. She will be touring the country in her capacity … Continue reading

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M. Estelle Angier, Kappa Delta, #notablesororitywomen, #WHM2017

A profile of M. Estelle Angier was published in Volume 17 of The Angelos of Kappa Delta, the recap of convention edition. At that convention, she was elected National Secretary. Angier was an initiate of the Kappa Delta chapter at Hollins … Continue reading

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Kappa Delta’s Presidential Connection on Its Founders’ Day

Kappa Delta was founded on October 23, 1897 at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Its founders are Lenora Ashmore Blackiston, Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson, Sara Turner White and Mary Sommerville Sparks Hendrick. Kappa Delta, along … Continue reading

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Longwood University, Home of the Farmville Four, to Host Veep Debate

Tonight’s Vice-Presidential debate will take place at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. Longwood has a prominent place in the history of sororities. Ever heard the phrase “Farmville Four”? It refers to the four NPC groups founded at the Virginia’s State Female … Continue reading

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Sororities at Oklahoma State and a Depression-Era Service Project

One of my favorite things to read are old issues of fraternity and sorority magazines. In the early 1900s, the National Panhellenic Conference organizations adopted a service project/philanthropy  and members raised funds or did service for that cause. They also did war … Continue reading

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R.I.P. @PhiPsiArchives and a Kappa Delta Is Interred at Arlington

At the Fraternity and Sorority Archives Conferences, Phi Kappa Psi’s Historian, Michael H. McCoy, “Mike” to us, was an elder statesman. Yet, he was up on the latest in social media and he shared his knowledge freely and with great glee. … Continue reading

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#WHM – Ruth Johnson Colvin, Kappa Delta and Literacy Advocate

Ruth Johnson Colvin is 99 years young. She became a member of Kappa Delta while attending Northwestern University. She left Northwestern before graduation and she married Robert Colvin in 1940. After raising two children, she earned an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University … Continue reading

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#WHM – Myrtle Fahsbender, KΔ, Lighting Expert

I was given a tip on Myrtle Fahsbender, a 1927 initiate of Kappa Delta’s Sigma Omicron chapter at the University of Illinois. I was told that she would be a fascinating woman to research. And she was. When I started … Continue reading

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