MEMPHIS, Tennessee — “Inspire Excellence” was the theme of Kappa Delta’s awards banquet held tonight at the sorority’s 63rd Biennial National Convention at the Sheraton Dallas in Dallas. Presented by national leaders, the awards recognize alumnae chapter and collegiate chapter accomplishments in academics, community service, operations and other areas as well as outstanding chapter advisory boards and house corporations. 

The 2019 recipients are:

Open Recruitment Award

• 1-7 groups on campus: Gamma Omicron-Wayne State
• 8 or more groups on campus: Theta Kappa-Northern Arizona

Most Improved Recruitment Award 

• 1-7 groups on campus: Epsilon Upsilon-Cal Poly/Pomona
• 8 or more groups on campus: Beta Psi-Arizona State

Recruitment Excellence Award

• 1-7 groups on campus: Eta Omega-Kennesaw State
• 8 or more groups on campus: Epsilon Pi-Virginia Tech

Financial Responsibility Award 

• 1-7 groups on campus: Delta Iota-Murray State
• 8 or more groups on campus is: Alpha Alpha-Michigan State

Alumnae Magazine Award 

• AC Per Capita: Newport Harbor, California
• AC Highest Sales Volume: Greater Atlanta Day, Georgia

Christine Harrison Magazine Award (Highest Sales Volume)

• 1-7 groups on campus: Delta Zeta-Louisiana/Monroe
• 8 or more groups on campus: Epsilon-Louisiana State 

Collegiate Chapter Magazine Award (Highest Per Capita)

• 1-7 groups on campus: Epsilon Alpha-Missouri S&T
• 8 or more groups on campus: Theta Kappa-Northern Arizona

New Chapter Excellence Award

• Beta Psi-Arizona State

 White Rose Award

• Eta Delta-Wright State
• Theta Xi-North Carolina/Wilmington

Order of the Diamond 

• Carole Jurenko Jones, Alpha Omicron Pi; chairman of the National Panhellenic Conference board of directors

Patricia Beecham Nieman Shamrock Event Award

• 1-7 groups on campus: Delta Delta-Troy
• 8 or more groups on campus: Epsilon-Louisiana State
• Alumnae Chapter (fewer than 40 members): Chicago Northwest Suburban, Illinois
• Alumnae Chapter (40 or more members): Richardson-Plano, Texas
• Joint Shamrock Event: Greater Atlanta Day with Eta Omega-Kennesaw State

Girl Scout Support Awards 

• Alumnae Chapter: Richardson-Plano, Texas
• 1-7 groups on campus: Theta Iota-North Dakota
• 8 or more groups on campus: Alpha Iota-California/Los Angeles

Elizabeth Winston Lanier Philanthropy Award

• AC of fewer than 40 members: Greater Naperville, Illinois

Ann Doner Vaughan Philanthropy Award

• AC with 40 or more members: St. Louis, Missouri

Collegiate Chapter Community Service Awards 

• 1-7 groups on campus: Beta Epsilon-Tulsa
• 8 or more groups on campus: Beta Zeta-South Carolina

Community Visibility Awards

• 1-7 groups on campus: Alpha Chi-Louisiana Tech
• 8 or more groups on campus: Delta Gamma-Western Kentucky
• Alumnae Chapter: Twin Cities, Minnesota

Website Awards 

• 1-7 groups on campus: Alpha Delta-Rhodes
• 8 or more groups on campus: Epsilon Omicron-Central Florida
• Alumnae Chapter: Twin Cities, Minnesota

Judy Hare Thorne Angelos Award 

• Alumnae Chapter: Dayton, Ohio
• 1-7 groups on campus: Beta Upsilon-Susquehanna
• 8 or more groups on campus: Sigma Omicron-Illinois

Gladys Pugh Redd Panhellenic Award 

• 1-5 groups on campus: Alpha Chi-Louisiana Tech
• 6-9 groups on campus: Gamma Kappa-Louisiana/Lafayette
• 10 or more groups on campus: Sigma Mu-George Washington

Minnie Mae Prescott Gracious Living Award

• Beta Alpha-Virginia

Academic Excellence Award 

• Alpha Chi-Louisiana Tech
• Alpha Mu-Mississippi
• Alpha Pi-William & Mary
• Alpha Rho-Maryland
• Alpha Theta-Vermont
• Alpha Xi-Louisville
• Beta Alpha-Virginia
• Beta Sigma-Southern Mississippi
• Beta Tau-Vanderbilt
• Delta Eta-South Florida
• Delta Gamma-Western Kentucky
• Delta Omega-Mississippi State
• Delta Phi-Georgia Southwestern State
• Delta Tau-Morehead State
• Delta Zeta-Louisiana/Monroe
• Epsilon-Louisiana State
• Epsilon Epsilon-Appalachian State
• Epsilon Lambda-Alabama/Hunstville
• Epsilon Rho-Rochester
• Epsilon Sigma-Wofford
• Eta Chi-Elon
• Eta Eta-Northern Kentucky
• Eta Iota-Pace
• Eta Lambda-Franklin & Marshall
• Eta Mu-Georgia College & State
• Eta Phi-Boston
• Gamma Chi-Lenoir-Rhyne
• Gamma Delta-East Tennessee State
• Gamma Epsilon-Florida Southern
• Nu-Oklahoma State
• Sigma Psi-North Dakota State
• Theta Delta-Dayton
• Xi-Pittsburgh

Academic Excellence Programming Award 

• 1-7 groups on campus: Alpha Chi-Louisiana Tech
• 8 or more groups on campus: Eta Phi-Boston

Excellence in Member Education Programming Awards 

• 1-7 sororities on campus: Alpha Theta-Vermont
• 8 or more groups on campus: Zeta-Alabama

Genevieve Forbes Morse New–Member Education Award 

• 1-7 groups on campus: Gamma Xi-Kentucky Wesleyan
• 8 or more groups on campus: Sigma Mu-George Washington

AC Chapter Support Awards

• In-Town: Tallahassee, Florida
• Out-of-Town: Greater Atlanta Day, Georgia

Outstanding New Alumnae Chapter Award

• Gainesville, Georgia

Martha Copening Kellstrom Award for Alumnae Chapter Programming Excellence 

• Utah

Alumnae Chapter Membership-Building Award  

• Detroit Tri-County, Michigan

AC Recognition Award

• Baltimore, Maryland
• Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
• Central Arkansas
• Central Iowa
• Dallas, Texas
• Indianapolis, Indiana
• Montgomery County, Maryland
• Nashville, Tennessee
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• North San Diego County, California
• Orlando/Winter Park, Florida
• Rochester, Minnesota
• Savannah, Georgia
• Troy, Alabama
• Western Kentucky

AC Achievement Award

• Cleveland West, Ohio
• Columbus, Ohio
• Greater Cincinnati, Ohio
• Greater Marietta/Roswell, Georgia
• Gwinnett County, Georgia
• Hoover/Birmingham, Alabama
• Low Country, South Carolina
• Mountain Brook, Alabama
• Newport Harbor, California
• North Fulton County/Cumming, Georgia
• Phoenix/Valley of the Sun, Arizona
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Seattle Daytime, Washington
• Statesboro, Georgia
• Tallahassee, Florida
• Tucson, Arizona

Chapter Improvement Award

• Delta Pi-Middle Tennessee State
• Epsilon Alpha-Missouri S&T
• Epsilon Lambda-Alabama/Huntsville
• Epsilon Psi-Francis Marion
• Epsilon Rho-Rochester
• Epsilon Sigma-Wofford
• Epsilon Upsilon-Cal Poly/Pomona
• Eta Psi-North Carolina/Charlotte
• Eta Sigma-Arkansas/Little Rock
• Omega Xi-Cincinnati
• Phi Epsilon-Colorado State
• Sigma Omicron-Illinois
• Sigma Pi-Albion
• Zeta Kappa-Ball State
• Zeta Upsilon-Stephens

Recognition Award 

• Alpha Alpha-Michigan State
• Alpha Phi-Westminster
• Alpha Psi-Drury
• Alpha Theta-Vermont
• Beta Tau-Vanderbilt
• Delta Phi-Georgia Southwestern State
• Delta Mu-Newberry
• Delta Tau-Morehead State
• Delta Upsilon-Tennessee Tech
• Epsilon Iota-Missouri
• Epsilon Omega-Kentucky
• Theta Delta-Dayton
• Eta Chi-Elon
• Gamma Beta-North Texas
• Nu-Oklahoma State
• Sigma Mu-George Washington
• Zeta Gamma-Arkansas
• Zeta Iota-St. Louis
• Zeta Mu-Towson
• Zeta Pi-Furman

Achievement Awards

• Alpha Kappa-Oregon State
• Alpha Xi-Louisville
• Beta Kappa-Tennessee/Chattanooga
• Beta Mu-Bowling Green State
• Delta Delta-Troy
• Delta Iota-Murray State
• Delta Omega-Mississippi State
• Eta Beta-Bradley
• Eta Lambda-Franklin & Marshall
• Eta Omega-Kennesaw State
• Gamma Delta-East Tennessee State
• Gamma Epsilon-Florida Southern
• Gamma Omicron-Wayne State
• Sigma Epsilon-Texas
• Sigma Sigma-Iowa State
• Theta Alpha-Quinnipiac
• Zeta-Alabama
• Zeta Nu-Lynchburg

Beverly Axel Sywassink Most Improved House Corporation Award

• Alpha Delta-Rhodes

House Corporation Awards of Excellence 

• Alpha Kappa-Oregon State
• Alpha Mu-Mississippi
• Delta Omega-Mississippi State
• Epsilon-Louisiana State
• Epsilon Alpha-Missouri S & T
• Epsilon Iota-Missouri
• Epsilon Omicron-Central Florida
• Eta Alpha-Texas A & M
• Sigma Epsilon-Texas
• Sigma Iota-Washington
• Sigma Omicron-Illinois
• Sigma Upsilon-Indiana
• Zeta Gamma-Arkansas
• Zeta Omega-Memphis

Chapter Advisory Board Awards of Excellence

• Alpha Epsilon-Tennessee/Knoxville
• Alpha Iota-California/Los Angeles
• Alpha Theta-Vermont
• Beta Tau-Vanderbilt
• Epsilon Tau-Clemson
• Eta Chi-Elon
• Mu-Millsaps
• Sigma Iota-Washington
• Sigma Mu-George Washington
• Sigma Tau-Washington State
• Theta Kappa-Northern Arizona
• Zeta-Alabama
• Zeta Pi-Furman

Alumnae Chapter Excellence Awards

• Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• Austin Hill Country, Texas
• Chicago Northwest Suburban, Illinois
• Dayton, Ohio
• Detroit Tri-County, Michigan
• Fort Worth, Texas
• Greater Atlanta Day, Georgia
• Greater Naperville, Illinois
• Houston, Texas
• Mid-Cities, Texas
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Richardson-Plano, Texas
• San Antonio, Texas
• Twin Cities, Minnesota
• Utah

Merit Awards

• Alpha Chi-Louisiana Tech
• Alpha Delta-Rhodes
• Alpha Mu-Mississippi
• Alpha Rho-Maryland
• Alpha Upsilon-Birmingham-Southern
• Beta Chi-North Carolina/Chapel Hill
• Beta Delta-Utah State
• Beta Lambda-Georgetown
• Beta Rho-San Diego State
• Beta Upsilon-Susquehanna
• Beta Zeta-South Carolina
• Delta Gamma-Western Kentucky
• Delta Zeta-Louisiana/Monroe
• Epsilon-Louisiana State
• Epsilon Tau-Clemson
• Eta Iota-Pace
• Eta Upsilon-North Carolina State
• Gamma Kappa-Louisiana/Lafayette
• Kappa Alpha-Florida State
• Mu-Millsaps
• Xi-Pittsburgh

Kappa Delta Sorority is a national organization for women with more than 272,000 members, 168 active collegiate chapters and 224 active alumnae chapters nationwide. Kappa Delta is active in a number of philanthropic endeavors, including the prevention of child abuse and confidence-building programming with Girl Scouts of the USA. In 2009, the sorority created the Confidence Coalition, an international movement to promote confidence in women and girls. In 2010, Kappa Delta established International Girls Day to empower girls to reach their potential. It also created International Women’s Friendship Month for women everywhere. Kappa Delta’s national headquarters is in Memphis, Tennessee. For more information, visit  opens in a new windowwww.kappadelta.org.