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Delta Gamma Firsts

The first fraternity to establish an independent philanthropic Foundation on Ohio, 1951.

The first and only fraternity to sponsor traveling art exhibits, ART OF THE EYE and ART OF THE EYE II, to benefit Service for Sight.

One of the seven original women’s groups that began the National Panhellenic Conference.

The first Panhellenic group to build its own facility, the Delta Gamma Executive Offices, located in Columbus, Ohio.

The first fraternity to establish lectureships on campuses to promote values and ethics.

The first and only Panhellenic group to have its flower registered with the American Rose Society – “Delta Gamma”

The first Panhellenic group to add a publications department directed by the editor of its magazine.

The first women’s fraternity to employ an archivist at its Executive Offices.

The first women’s fraternity to hold training seminars for advisers.

The first women’s fraternity to create a health and wellness program by employing a coordinator of resource development at the Executive Offices.

The first recipient of the Helen Keller Philanthropic Service Award, given by the American Foundation for the Blind, for assistance to those who are blind and for Sight Conservation.

The first women’s fraternity to have an “in-house” printing press to create print handbooks, pamphlets and stationery.

The first women’s fraternity to build its own Foundation Center.