Who We Are

Kappa Delta Sorority is an organization committed to providing opportunities and experiences that inspire women to greatness.

Kappa Delta was founded on October 23, 1897 at State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Sigma Pi chapter was founded at Albion College on March 24, 1923. Our open motto is ta kala diokomen, meaning "let us strive for that which is honorable, beautiful, and highest."

Mission Statement

Kappa Delta Sorority is a national organization for women committed to:

• Inspiring our members to reach their full potential;
• Preparing our members for community service, active leadership and responsible citizenship;
• Creating opportunities for lifetime involvement through innovative and responsive programs, and strategic collaborations and partnerships; and
• Fostering the development of our time-honored values within the context of friendship.

Symbols & Mascots

nautilus shell, dagger, teddy bear and katydid

Colors

olive green and pearl white

Jewels

diamond, emerald, pearl

Creed

May we, Sisters in Kappa Delta, strive each day to seek more earnestly the honorable and beautiful things. May we each day through love of those within our circle learn to know and understand better those without our circle. May the diamond shield that guards our love find us each day Truer, Wiser, More Faithful, More Loving, and More Noble.

Object

The object of Kappa Delta Sorority is the formation and perpetuation of good fellowship, friendship and sisterly love among its members; the encouragement of literature and education; the promotion of social interests; and the furtherance of charitable and benevolent purposes.

Purpose

The purpose of Kappa Delta Sorority is to promote true friendship among the college girls of our country by inculcating into their hearts and lives those principles of truth, of honor, of duty, without which there can be no true friendship.