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The Alumna Initiation Process
8/1/2020
We are so excited that you are interested in membership within our organization. If you are genuine, uplifting and determined to make positive change in your community, we want to meet you!
Read MoreBold Beginnings
1/6/2020 - Monmouth - Alpha Deuteron -
“On a little wooden bridge spanning a small stream that flows through the northeastern corner of the campus, two college girls one day held a schoolgirls’ conversation out of which grew the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity.” That’s how Thomas H. McMichael, president of Monmouth College from 1903–36, described Kappa’s earliest days. It was the late 1860s and that now-famous conversation between Mary Louise “Lou” Bennett and Hannah Jennette “Jennie” Boyd was more than a passing fancy. It was the start of something big.
Read MoreThe Beginning of Something Big
10/13/2019 - Monmouth - Alpha Deuteron -
Kappa’s Founders believed women had vast worth. They sparked a movement that has guided generations of women, enabling them to forge their own paths. Today, we honor our Founders’ courageous spirit by creating enduring relationships, achieving personal growth and taking meaningful action.
Read MoreInitiating Change: A New Path to Sisterhood
7/31/2019
Chapter: Indiana - Delta, Chapman - Eta Sigma, Arizona State - Epsilon Delta
Published in The Key Summer 2019 issue.
By Kristen Desmond LeFevre, Indiana
Thanks to a bylaw revision enacted at the 72nd Biennial Convention in June 2018, Alumna Initiation aims to bring the “sweet significance of pinning on the key” to women who missed out on college Greek life.
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