Foundation
Live GREAT
Words to live by
Mascots and Symbols
Our Chapter
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What is the date when Kappa Delta Sorority was founded?
October 23, 1897
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What does the G stand for?
Growth through lifetime learning
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What is our open motto and what does it mean?
"Ta Kala Diokomen" - Let us strive for that which is honorable, beautiful, and highest.
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What is our mascot?
The teddy bear
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What is our chapter's name?
Zeta Alpha
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At what school were we founded?
State Female Normal School
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What does the R stand for?
Responsibility for our own integrity and ethical actions
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What is our vision?
Kappa Delta Sorority is committed to providing opportunities and experiences that inspire women to greatness.
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What are our colors?
Olive green and pearl white
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When was our chapter founded?
February 10, 1987
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What city were we founded in?
Farmville, Virginia
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What does the E stand for?
Engagement in social and civic interests
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What is our object?
The object of Kappa Delta Sorority is the formation and perpetuation of good fellowship, friendship, and sisterly love among its members; the encouragement of literature and education; the promotion of social interest; and the furtherance of charitable and benevolent purposes.
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What are our jewels?
Diamond, peral, and emerald
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What is our GPA requirement?
2.75
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What is that school now known as?
Longwood University
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What does the A stand for?
Altruistic service to others
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What is our purpose?
The purpose of Kappa Delta Sorority is to promote true friendship among the college girls of our country by inculcating into their hearts and lives those principles of truth, of honor, of duty, without which there can be no true friendship.
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What is our flower?
White rose
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What are our two Hands-On philanthropies?
Prevent Child Abuse America and the Girl Scouts of the USA
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Who are our founders?
Lenora Ashmore Blackiston, Sarah Turner White, Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson, and Mary Sommerville Sparks Hendrick
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What does the T stand for?
Truth and loyalty to each other - for a lifetime
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What is our creed?
May we, sisters in Kappa Delta, strive each day to seek more earnestly the honorable and beautiful things. May we each day through love of those within our circle, learn to know and understand better those without our circle. May the diamond shield that guides our love find us each day truer, wiser, more faithful, more loving, and more noble.
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What are our symbols?
The dagger, the katydid, and the nautilus shell
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What are our two Historical philanthropies?
Children's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia and the Orthopedic Research Awards