Kappa Delta Sorority, creator of the Confidence Coalition, offers 10 grants of up to $5,000 each to college Panhellenic offices to provide confidence-building programming on their campuses. These Confidence U Grants are designed to raise awareness of the many issues related to lack of confidence among young women, such as eating disorders, dating abuse, alcohol abuse, relational aggression including hazing and cyber-bullying, and other risky behaviors. Programming can include workshops, speakers and awareness campaigns.

Further, Kappa Delta presents an individual $1,000 award in honor of one university leader who is making a difference in the lives of women on his or her campus.

2011 winners, announced Dec. 6, 2011:

Ten universities each received a grant of $5,000:

Clemson University

DePauw University

Florida State University

James Madison University

Loyola Marymout University

Quinnipiac University

University of Mount Union

University of Washington

Virginia Commonwealth University

Washington University in St. Louis

Individual Confidence U grant winner:

Jenny Lopez, Grand Valley State University

Stay tuned for the 2012 grant applications.

Have questions? Contact Bria Bolton at 901.748.1897, ext. 208 or initiativescomm@kappadelta.org.