Kappa Delta Chi History & Nu Chapter History

Kappa Delta Chi

History:

The history of Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc. is not unique in its beginning in that all endeavors must first begin with an idea.

In February 21, 1987, Cynthia Garza, Nellie Flores, Irene Montoya and Melissa Montoya, came up with the idea of creating a sorority that would help unify and promote leadership among Hispanic women at Texas Tech University.

The quest began when the four girls asked Marlene Hernandez, Assistant Director of New Student Relations to be their sorority's Faculty Advisor. She immediately agreed. They then met with Mary Reeves, a Student Organization Advisor who advised them on the procedures necessary to establish an organization on campus.

The first step was to fill out a recognition application. The second, and most important step, was to find a proper organization name. In complying with this procedure, Cyndi was directed to a book entitled "Panhellenic Names", where she intensely scanned for a unique name. Two names caught her attention, that of Lambda Sigma Chi and Kappa Delta Chi. Using her better judgement, she chose Kappa Delta Chi.

Approximately a week later, the writing of the constitution began. The girls sought to incorporate the ideas of love, friendship and christianity in this organization. Once the constitution was completed, it was submitte to the Dean of Students Office for approval.

The Founders then met to fill the various offices of the sorority. THis was pertinent in order to be recognized as an official Texas Tech sorority. According to their individual characteristics , the offices were filled as follows:

President- Cynthia Garza

Secretary- Melissa Montoya

Treasurer- Nellie Flores

 

Due to the fact that Irene was a senior and would be in Graduate School the next year, she did not assume an office , but was made the sorority's first Alumni Advisor instead.

The girls now had a difficult task before them; the search for prospective members. Ten girls were invited to attend a "get acquainted" retreat. These ten girls became know as the charter members of Kappa Delta Chi.

The remaining offices and chairperson positions were filled as follow:

Vice President - Theresa Reyes
Corresponding Secretary - Dahlia Cavazos
Historian/Chaplain - Doris Mendiola
Parliamentarian - Christella Rivera
Pledge Trainer - Melissa Chavez
Standards - Maria Pando & Doris Mendiola
Publicity Chair - Suzanna Cisneros
Academics Chair - Roxio Briseno
Service & Projects Chair - Maria Pando
Rush Chair - Caroline Soto
Social Chair - Mary Garza

Friendships were formed and a bond of closeness was established. The constitution was discussed and the official symbols and statements of the sorority were chosen as follows:

Purpose - The purpose of Kappa Delta Chi is to promote the traditional values of Unity, Honesty,Integrity, and Leadership among womeng at Texas Tech University.

Motto - "What we are to be, we are now becoming
because what we are is God's gift to us,
what we become is or gift to God."

Verse - Love one another warmly as sisters in Christ,
and be eager to show respect for one another.
(Romans 12:10)

Colors - Pink and Maroon

Flower - Pink Rose

Mascot - Penguin

Their first unofficial service project took place when the Office of New Student Relations asked Kappa Delta Chi to host the visit of students from Mountain Junior College to Texas Tech University on the weekend of March 26, 1987.

Kappa Delta Chi became a nationally recognized sorority with the induction of the Beta, Gamma and Delta chapters in 1991. Since then Kappa Delta Chi has continued to grow on a national spectrum by inducting other chapters throughout the country.

Due to this expansion, Kappa Delta Chi recognized the need to collaborate with other Latin-based Greek organizations and consequently joined the Concilio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas (CNHL) - the National Latino Greek Council, in July of 1997. Kappa Delta Chi was the first Latino Greek organization from the Southwestern United States to join the CNHL.

As a result of the diligent work and determination of the National Executive Board, Kappa Delta Chi was recognized as a service-based, non-profit corporation by the State of Texas in September 25, 1997. Subsequently, our sisterhood has become known as Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Incorporated.

 

Nu Chapter History:

In the Spring of 1995, an interest meeting was held in order to discuss an establishment of a Hispanic sorority at Tarleton State University. At the meeting, Sonya Segura presented the idea to the women present to begin the search for the perfect sorority. After researching a few possibilities, Sonya was able to narrow the number down to two sororities for our campus: Sigma Lambda Alpha and Kappa Delta Chi. Once again, a meeting was held to consider and select the sorority that would best serve our needs and our campus. The final decision (sparked by great interest) was to continue research on Kappa Delta Chi.

Sonya soon discovered that a Kappa Delta Chi Chapter (Beta) was up and running at Texas A&M University and began planning a trip to Bryan/College Station. March 7th was the eventful day; fifteen motivated women were on their way to College Station for an unforgettable experience. During their visit the women had the opportunity to ask questions and further educate themselves on the National Sorority. After that day, the women were enthusiastic about the idea of establishing a chapter. Immediately nine women committed themselves to becoming charter members. These women were:

Melisa Barrera - President
Ilda Ochoa - Vice President
Raquel Corpus - Standards
Dominga Guitierrez - New Member Educator
Patti Ramos - Recording Secretary
Monica Hollingsworth - Corresponding Secretary
Ana Alanis - Treasurer
Margarita Moreno - Historian/Chaplain
Connie Medina - Sergeant-at-Arms

Most recently, the NU Chapter hosted the National Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas in April of 2003. It was a huge success and each member played a big part in the production of the conference.