The Beta Delta chapter of the Kappa Delta sorority at Utah State University will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its founding on May 8.
Alumni from all over the country gathered at the Kappa Delta house in Logan on April 13 and 14 for the anniversary party. Women came from as far as Alaska and Florida to reunite with those with whom they were in the sorority.
“Some women haven’t seen each other in five years; some haven’t seen each other in 30,” said Judy Lawton, the chapter advisor for Kappa Delta who planned the event. “We have women who are in their 80s all the way down to the freshmen in college.”
April 13 was a day of bonding where the alumni visited the sorority house to see the changes and visit with current Kappa Delts. On the following day, a Saturday, former Kappa Delta national president Julie Johnson delivered a keynote address on the sorority’s history. That evening, the women had a banquet together.
“The celebration of the 75th was a wonderful opportunity to meet sisters and share an experience of a lifetime with each other,” said Brooke Lawley, a Kappa Delta member. “Kappa Delta will continue to grow and flourish and before we know it, we'll be celebrating 100 years.”
About 200 women were in attendance throughout the two days. Some who came attended college as far back as 1945 when they were first initiated as Kappa Deltas, according to Lawton.
“We have an unfinished room downstairs and when people are initiated, they write their names on the walls,” Lawton said. “When the women came back, they were finding their names and it was really neat.”
Kappa Delta is a service-based sorority and the young women are proud of the things they are accomplishing.
“We help four national philanthropies,” said Kayleigh Shaughnessy, the president of the Beta Delta chapter. “Prevent Child Abuse America is one and we work with the Girl Scouts of the USA. We do fundraisers and donate to the Orthopedic Research Awards and also to the Children’s Hospital in Richmond, Va.”
Lawton said the Kappa Delts have a lot to be proud of.
“I just think that if you have 75 years of history on a campus, then you are doing something right,” she said.
And Lawton agreed. “It's great to know that not only are we making our nationals proud but also our alumni who came before us and started so many great traditions,” she said.
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