As president of the UC Berkeley chapter of Delta Gamma, I invite you to explore our website.  Through our photo gallery, events calendar, and scholarship and philanthropy facts, you get a glimpse into what Delta Gamma life is all about at Cal.  Our chapter has been a presence on the Cal campus for over 100 years, and thousands of women have lived the principles of Delta Gamma and shared them with the Berkeley community.  Delta Gamma offers women of all ages a rich heritage based upon the ideals of personal integrity, philanthropy, intellectual honesty, and above all, Doing Good. Our primary purpose is to foster ideals of friendship, promote educational and cultural interests, create a true sense of social responsibility, and develop the finest qualities of character.

        Gamma Chapter has a tradition of excellence.  In 2006, we were awarded first runner-up for the Frankie Ladley Wakefield Parnassus Award, which recognizes Delta Gamma chapters for outstanding scholarship, programming, and philanthropy.  In the 2007-08 school year, our chapter earned a cumulative GPA average of 3.54, ranking us not only as the highest academic performance in the Cal National Panhellenic Council community, but also in Delta Gamma nationally.  At the 2008 Delta Gamma Convention, Gamma chapter gave over $17,000 to endow a lectureship in leadership and ethics, to serve our philanthropic mission of aid to the visually impaired, and to fund a second Delta Gamma Foundation Chapter Scholarship. In the course of the school year, our chapter gives over one thousand hours in service to the visually impaired through Delta Gamma’s philanthropic program, Service for Sight.

         Yet, our academic and philanthropic achievements fail to demonstrate completely what being a Cal DG is about.  Through our membership, we have all made close and lasting friendships, gained a widespread support system, and found a second home.  DG offers a study buddy, a brunch companion to laugh with over the night before, and a friend to go on any adventure. As DGs, we applaud each other’s successes, and help each other through individual struggles.  Our chapter is made up of women of diverse individual talents, goals and achievements brought together by a commitment to unwavering and unconditional friendship. I am proud to be part of this chapter of women who inspire me on a daily basis and enrich my life with their humor, support, and intelligence.

         I encourage you to explore our chapter’s website and Delta Gamma’s national website, deltagamma.org, to see all that DG has to offer its members through their college years and beyond.  Please contact me or any of our officers at any time with questions or comments.

ITB,

Katie Salmond

katiesalmond@berkeley.edu