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University of Washington, Seattle
alpha Kappa Delta Phi
The sisterhood of alpha Kappa Delta Phi provides women with a sense of belonging that nurtures life-long friendships, develops self-empowered leaders, and strengthens communities through service, scholarship, and Asian Awareness.
MISSION STATEMENT
vision statement
aKDPhi envisions a worldwide network of respected, confident women who elevate each other and their communities through compassionate, purpose-driven leadership that ensures diversity, encourages innovation, and promotes collaboration.
CREST
CREED: Love and Friendship
MOTTO: "Timeless Friendship Through Sisterhood"
COLORS: Purple and White
FLOWER: Iris
SYMBOL: Hourglass
STONE: Diamond
The purpose of this Asian-American interest sorority is to promote sisterhood, scholarship, leadership, and Asian American awareness in the university and in the community while encouraging the expression of the individual. The sorority is composed of highly motivated women with diverse backgrounds, interests, and fields of study. Each woman, however, shares a strong bond of love, friendship, and sisterhood. With a supportive network of sisters, each woman can strive to fulfill her personal, academic, and career goals.
purpose
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NATIONAL HISTORY
alpha Kappa Delta Phi was established at the University of California at Berkeley in the fall of 1989 and recognized by the College Panhellenic Association on February 7, 1990. The founding sisters: Betty Chu, Karin Co, Susan Kim, Nancy Lee, Sherri Leung, Annie Loo, Belinda Ma, Anita Ng, Serene Ngin, Fannie Pon, Josie Sun, Daisy Wu, Jill Yoshimura and Reina Yuan, dedicated themselves to establishing a strong and lasting organization which would provide Asian American women the opportunity to participate in the Greek system. Soon after being recognized by the College Panhellenic Association the founding sisters brought together a diverse group of women who shared with them the goals of sisterhood, scholarship, and leadership. These ideals were to later set the foundation for alpha Kappa Delta Phi's purpose.
UW - Pi chapter history
The expansion of alpha Kappa Delta Phi into the Pacific Northwest began in 1997 with the formation of the alpha Kappa Delta Phi University of Washington charter pledge class and issuance of the official charter. In the Spring of 1998 Rica Lee Bailey, Kathy Chia, Bernadette Connor, Binh Le Dang, Shirley Fung, Courtney Hu, Teresa Lo, Debbie Shih, Lizz Tran, and Teresa Vong all came together to form the charter class at the University of Washington. aKDPhi has since been recognized as the largest international Asian American interest sorority.
alpha Kappa Delta Phi is the largest, fastest-growing, and ONLY international Asian-interest sorority
CHAPTERS
FULL-FLEDGED CHAPTERS
B University of California, Davis -- Spring 1990
Δ University of California, Santa Cruz -- Spring 1992
Z Stanford University -- Spring 1993
H The University of Texas at Austin -- Fall 1993
Θ University of Pennsylvania -- Fall 1994
Ι University of Houston -- Fall 1994
Λ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor -- Winter 1996
N Pennsylvania State University -- Fall 1994
Ξ San Jose State University -- Spring 1995
Ο California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo -- Spring 1996
Π University of Washington -- Spring 1998
Ρ State University of New York, Buffalo -- Spring 1997
Σ University of Virginia -- Fall 1999
T Cornell University -- Spring 1997
Υ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- Spring 2000
Χ University of Oklahoma -- Spring 2005
Ψ Rutgers University -- Spring 2000
AA University of South Florida -- Spring 2006
AB Duke University -- Spring 2006
AΓ State University of New York, Stony Brook -- Winter 1999
AΔ University of Florida -- Fall 2008
AE University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Winter 2006
ASSOCIATE CHAPTERS
Boston University -- Spring 1996
The Johns Hopkins University -- Winter 1998
Baylor University -- Fall 1997
University of Illinois at Chicago -- Fall 1998
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill -- Spring 1996
State University of New York, Binghamton -- Spring 2003
Michigan State University -- Fall 1998
Virginia Commonwealth University -- Spring 2006
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University -- Spring 2002
James Madison University -- Spring 2003
The Florida State University -- Spring 2001
University of Chicago -- Fall 2010
University of Maryland, College Park -- Fall 2002
New York University -- Spring 1999
University of California, Irvine -- Fall 1994
California State University, Sacramento -- Spring 1996
University of Iowa -- Spring 2016
Purdue University at West Lafayette -- Fall 2003
The University of Texas at Arlington -- Spring 2015
Pre-Associate
Carnegie Mellon University -- Fall 2003
University of Maryland, Baltimore County -- Fall 2005
University of Toronto -- Winter 2010
St. John's University -- Spring 2013
California State University San Marcos -- Spring 2015
George Mason University -- Fall 2016
San Francisco State University -- Fall 2017
Northern Illinois University -- Fall 2017
University of North Florida -- Fall 2019
Syracuse University -- Fall 2019
Wilfrid Laurier University -- Winter 2020
University of Texas at Dallas -- Spring 2020
University of Central Florida -- Spring 2020
University of Kansas -- Spring 2021
Rochester Institute of Technology -- Spring 2021
University of Massachusetts Amherst -- Spring 2021
University of Georgia -- Fall 2021
Oklahoma State University -- Spring 2022
Indiana University Bloomington -- Spring 2022