How has your chapter changed through the years?

[DGTess]

I've noticed two things about my chapter - aside from the fact they have pledge classes now that were the size of my entire chapter, and they have a house now.

Though I've not been back to the school in 30 years, I watch their web site.

1. They've kept up with diversity. We were never, by anyone's standards, a stereotypical "sorority girl" chapter, though those existed on campus. In the early 70s we had a black sister, an oriental sister, a Wiccan, and a Buddhist ... there were some in our organization who did NOT appreciate what we made Delta Gamma seem by that. I'm so glad we did; they were all amazing women. Now, there are all races and ethnicities in the chapter - it truly is multicultural.

2. They seem to have become even stronger academically. Their majors have diversified even more than we did. We ran the gamut from chemical engineering to english horn to creative writing to Urban and Public Affairs; these women often list biomedical engineering and physics, or vocal performance and drama, or whatever. It doesn't appear to my limited brain that anyone could possibly stay on top of that much work, but these are some outstanding women.

I think over the years scholarship has become even more important than it was, and it's never been a weakness of Delta Gamma. Not only my chapter, but most I've seen, not only stress the academics but really put them first.

I'm impressed!