Kappa Delta Chi
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| Colors | Pink and Maroon |
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| Symbol | Penguin |
| Flower | Pink Rose |
| Founded | April 6, 1987 at Texas Tech University |
| Fraternity type | Service |
| Scope | National |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 4317 Lubbock, Texas, USA |
| Traditional Values | Unity, Honesty, Integrity & Leadership |
| Homepage | www.kappadeltachi.org |
Kappa Delta Chi Sororiity (ΚΔΧ, KD Chi, pronounced Kay-Dee-Kie), is a Greek letter intercollegiate sorority founded for Hispanic women in the United States. Kappa Delta Chi is the strongest network of Latina leaders in the country.
Kappa Delta Chi Sorority was established at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas by four friends who recognized the need to unify and promote leadership amongst Hispanic women at the university. The Founders are Cynthia Garza-Fleitman, Nellie Flores-Ledesma, Irene Montoya and Melissa Montoya. Their dream was to create something more lasting than a club. They envisioned a sorority. It was to be an entity that would extend beyond their college days. They sought to incorporate the principles of Unity, Honesty, Integrity, and Leadership into this organization.
Due to the hard work and effort of the Founders and the Charter members, Kappa Delta Chi was recognized as an official organization at Texas Tech University on April 6, 1987.
Kappa Delta Chi became a nationally recognized sorority with the induction of the first chapter outside of Texas in 1991. Over the years, Kappa Delta Chi has grown to include women of various ethnicities and cultures and has inducted other chapters throughout the country. All with the common premise of joining Kappa Delta Chi because of the scholastic, philanthropic, and ethical standards that it cultivates and encourages. These are the standards that we emanate through sisterly friendship and servitude to each other and to those around us.
As the result of our sisterhood’s diligent work and determination, Kappa Delta Chi was recognized as a service-based, nonprofit corporation by the State of Texas on September 25, 1997. Subsequently, our sisterhood has become known as Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc.
Prestigious to be the first of its kind in the Southwest, KDChi currently holds chapters in seven regions, nine states and more than 34 schools. Kappa Delta Chi also brings a rich tradition of excellence to those schools where they reside. KDChi boasts an average grade point average of 2.9 nationally and provides more than 30,000 hours of community service annually to our communities.
KDX is a member of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO).
