study guide!

Question 1

Founding Date

Answer 1

October 23, 1897

Question 2

Founding School/Alpha Chapter

Answer 2

State Female Normal School, now Longwood University in Farmville, VA

Question 3

KD has 4 founding members:

Answer 3

Lenora Ashmore Blackiston, Sara Turner White, Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson, Mary Sommerville Sparks Hendrick

Question 4

KD’s 6 national council members

Answer 4

National President: Beth Martin Langford
National Vice President: Betty Brown Mulkey
National Vice President-Membership: Allison Jakes Argersinger
National Vice President-Collegians: Alane Hall
National Vice President- Alumnae: Tricia Ruma Spence
National Vice President-Finance: Jodi Scheurenbrand

Question 5

KD’s 1 NPC Delegate

Answer 5

National Panhellenic Conference Delegate: Julie Landgren Johnson

Question 6

KD’s 1 Executive Director

Answer 6

Pamela Nix Elms

Question 7

KD National Headquarters

Answer 7

3205 Players Lane, Memphis, TN 38125

Question 8

KD flower

Answer 8

white rose

Question 9

KD jewels

Answer 9

emeralds, diamonds, pearls

Question 10

KD colors

Answer 10

olive green and pearl white

Question 11

KD symbols

Answer 11

nautilus shell, dagger, diamond shape

Question 12

KD mascot

Answer 12

teddy bear

Question 13

chapter excellence has 5 areas of concentration:

Answer 13

Leadership, academic excellence, membership, philanthropy, social success

Question 14

Ways you can be a leader in our chapter or on campus:

Answer 14

chapter offices, appointed offices, SET leaders, serving on a committee, panhellenic offices, student government, variety or club athletics, student organizations

Question 15

KD membership is for a ____

Answer 15

lifetime

Question 16

ways that KD communicates with collegians and alumnae:

Answer 16

The angels, websites (kappdelta.org), KD connect, KD Leader, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest

Question 17

Ways you can stay active in KD after graduation

Answer 17

join an alumnae chapter, organize an alumnae chapter, serve on CAB (chapter advisory board) or house corp, update your email and mailing address with national KD, read the Angelos (our national magazine, published 4 times/year), visit KD websites, write letters of recommendation for PNMs, plan reunion with pledge class, support the Kappa Delta Foundation, Work at KD National Headquarters, Serve on National Leadership Team

Question 18

Hazing facts (4)

Answer 18

Any new member who allows herself to be hazed will be subject to the deferral of her initiation, any member who hazes will be subject to national probation, any chapter which knowingly allows hazing to occur as part of the new member education program will be subject to national probation, If the situation warrants, stronger disciplinary action may be imposed at the discretion of National Council

Question 19

local chapter info (what chapter, when installed, what national division)

Answer 19

We are the Zeta Omicron Chapter of Kappa Delta at WFU. Our chapter was installed November 14th, 1993. Our chapter is a member of national division 8.

Question 20

Benefits the Kappa Delta Foundation provides to collegians

Answer 20

leadership conferences, scholarships, internships at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and the orthopedic research internships

Question 21

KD national programs and initiatives are all linked to ____

Answer 21

CONFIDENCE

Question 22

3 branches of KD’s confidence platform

Answer 22

encouraging confidence in chapter members, celebrating confidence in women, encouraging confidence on campus and in communities

Question 23

2 international holidays that KD created to celebrate women and girls

Answer 23

International Women’s Friendship Month (Sept), International Girl’s Day (November 14th)

Question 24

2 National KD philanthropies that we support

Answer 24

Prevent Child Abuse America (linked with Shamrock), Girl Scouts of the USA

Question 25

2 historical philanthropies that we support

Answer 25

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons/Kappa Delta Orthopedic Research Awards, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU