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The voyage of discovery that began in 1870 continues as we live generously and inspire positive change in our communities. Because, after all, Kappa Kappa Gamma is ours to shape for the future.

150 years

Founders Day 2020

It’s a journey we’re still on today. Only 150 years of Kappa history has been written. The story of Kappa is still young. As we reflect on where we began, what we have done with all that was given to us - most important is how we, together, intend to build a bridge to Kappa’s next 150 years of empowering women.

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Kappa Kappa Gamma Elects International Officers During First-Ever Virtual Business Meeting

6/27/2020
Chapter: Monmouth - Alpha Deuteron, Syracuse - Beta Tau, Valparaiso - Eta Delta, Tulsa - Delta Pi, Drake - Gamma Theta, Nebraska - Sigma, Mississippi - Delta Rho, Central Florida - Eta Eta, Iowa - Beta Zeta, Georgia Southern - Zeta Upsilon, Florida State - Epsilon Zeta, Oklahoma - Beta Theta, Lawrence - Zeta Epsilon, Emory - Epsilon Epsilon, Illinois Wesleyan - Epsilon, Miami - Delta Kappa, UC San Diego - Zeta Nu, South Carolina - Epsilon Kappa, North Carolina - Epsilon Gamma, Waterloo - Zeta Omega

COLUMBUS, Ohio (June 27, 2020) — In households across the globe, over 300 delegates of Kappa Kappa Gamma came together virtually to conduct the business of the Fraternity during its 73rd Biennial Convention.

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Bold 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.

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