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Delta Kappa Chapter (Founded 3 December 1999) is located at University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. The Chapter was founded by Gamma Phi (University of Oklahoma) alumnus John Butenschoen and is a member of the Lonestar Region.

Delta Kappa Chapter, Spring 2013 Induction

Chapter History

Founding

The Delta Kappa Chapter at the University of North Texas was founded on December 3, 1999, by John Butenschoen from the Gamma Phi chapter at University of Oklahoma. The other founding members were Bart D. Orren, Alecia Breanne Hess, Racheal S. Miller, Elizabeth Masters, Kimberly Leann Cocherell, Lauren C. Gall, Laurie A. Cmerck, and Nealia Frazee.

Early Years

The Active Chapter

The Delta Kappa chapter is constantly growing and expanding its involvement on campus and in the Community.The current officers and committee heads are:

Executive Board:

President - Michelle Giles
Vice President - Sean Bailey
Recording Secretary - Cassie Dean
Treasurer - Amy Koestler
Rush Advisor - Adan Perez
Initiate Advisor - Hailea Merritt
Historian - Laurel Stell
Parliamentarian - Sarah Pena
Corresponding Secretary - Caitlyn Dougherty
Brother At Large - Michael Garza
Inter-Chapter Relations - Hailee Fojtasek

Committee Chairs:

Scholarship - [[]]
Fundraising - Darius Arnold
Service - Janae Graves
Social - [[]]
Alumni Relations - Anessa Yuriar
Rush- Adan Perez
Public Relations - Destiny Richards
Technology - William Haralson
Awards and Brotherhood - Cleo Eckstein
Initiate - Hailea Merritt

Active Brothers

Inactive Brothers

Honorary Brothers

Separated Brothers

Stephen Kurtz

Past Chapter Presidents

Jonas Greene (2003)
Greg Harris (2006)
Caryn May (2007)
Chris Quattlebaum (Spring 2008)
Jessica Parker (Fall 2008 - Spring 2009)
Dedran Simpson (Fall 2009)
Stephen Kurtz (Spring 2010)
Marjolyn Varano (Fall 2010 - Spring 2011)
Taylor Duke (Fall 2011 - Spring 2012)
Aldo Alfaro (Fall 2012 - Spring 2013)
Michelle Giles (Fall 2013 - Present)

Initiate Classes

Main Article: List of Delta Kappa Chapter Initiate Classes

Chapter Events & Activities

Founder's Weekend

Delta Kappa Chapter celebrated its 10 year anniversary December 2009!

Mummy wrap contest with the initiates at Bid Day Spring 2012

Rush Events

Delta Kappa hosts a variety of events during their Rush week. Events range from Games nights to bowling and also some scholarship events such as dancing. Delta Kappa Chapter has also becoming famous on campus for creating the Frisbee-Football-Soccer or FFS. Delta Kappa has also introduced a new rush event called Get to REALLY Know the Bros to motivate interaction through ice breakers and get-to-know-you games.

Brothers and initiates getting their hands dirty

Scholarship, Social, and Service Events

Regular Delta Kappa events focus around three main committees: Scholarship, Service and Social.

Scholarship events include simple get-togethers to watch documentaries and discussions, dance workshops, visiting museums, seeing musicals and even kick-boxing classes.

Service events range from building a shack for the Habitat For Humanity Shack-a-Thon, cleaning our campus, Adopt-a-Spot to helping with recruitment for Teach For America. The service committee has also created the Recycle Your Ass Off event in order to pick up items on campus that were not recycled.

Social Events have been bowling nights, tailgating at UNT football games, Pumpkin Carving parties, and Brotherhood Retreats.

Brothers building our shack at Shack-a-Thon Spring 2009

Notable Alumni

Misty Harper (1999)

Founding Member

Zach Derrick (2010)

Technology Skills and Regional Conference 2012

Whitney Turney (2012)

Chapter Service Key Recipient, Rush Advisor.

Aldo Alfaro (2013)

Chapter Service Key Recipient, Chapter President, and fellowship enthusiast.

Patrick Hiebert (2013)

Chapter Service Key Recipient,ICR Delegate, and racquetball prince.

Chapter Honors and Awards

National Awards

Danny Williams, Michelle Rodgers, President Jonah Goodman, Marjolyn Varano, and Dedran Dawn with the Sanders P. McComsey Most Improved Old Chapter Award in August 2009

Further Resources

Calender/site where you can find the latest dates of events and our twitter, YouTube, and wiki links.
Delta Kappa Chapter Website contains basic information about the chapter.
Delta Kappa Chapter Portal When you are a member you can log onto the national site here.
Facebook Our Facebook group which creates our events on Facebook. You should upload your pictures and videos here. For members only.
Twitter Our Twitter page. All are welcome to follow!

In the News

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 '''Executive Board:'''
 * President - [[Michelle Giles]]
-* Vice President - [[Jaelin Mercer]]
+* Vice President - [[Sean Bailey]]
 * Recording Secretary - [[Cassie Dean]]
 * Treasurer - [[Amy Koestler]]
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 * Parliamentarian - [[Sarah Pena]]
 * Corresponding Secretary - [[Caitlyn Dougherty]]
-* Brother At Large - [[Sean Bailey]]
+* Brother At Large - [[Michael Garza]]
 * Inter-Chapter Relations - [[Hailee Fojtasek]]
 '''Committee Chairs:'''
-* Scholarship - [[Corina Gomez]]
+* Scholarship - [[]]
 * Fundraising - [[Darius Arnold]]
 * Service - [[Janae Graves]]
-* Social - [[Michael Garza]]
+* Social - [[]]
-* Alumni Relations -
+* Alumni Relations - [[Anessa Yuriar]]
 * Rush- [[Adan Perez]]
 * Public Relations - [[Destiny Richards]]
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 * [[Anessa Yuriar]]
 * [[Angelle Cain]]
-* [[Ariel Bailey]]
 * [[Bosco Theodore]]
 * [[Brandon Turturro]]
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 * [[Chelsea Schley]]
 * [[Cleo Eckstein]]
-* [[Corina Gomez]]
 * [[Darius Arnold]]
 * [[DeAndrea Payne]]
 * [[Destiny Richards]]
 * [[Emily Eells]]
-* [[Erin Braden]]
 * [[Hailee Fojtasek]]
 * [[Haley Wagner]]
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 * [[Hailea Merritt]]
 * [[Jacob Tankersley]]
-* [[Jaelin Mercer]]
 * [[Janaia Bell]]
 * [[Janae Graves]]
 * [[Jenna Norris]]
-* [[John Moorman]]
-* [[Jordan Nicks]]
 * [[Katie Johnson]]
-* [[Kelsey Chippeaux]]
 * [[LaMetria Bowser]]
 * [[Laurel Stell]]
 * [[Mark Fincher]]
-* [[Matthew Wiegmann]]
 * [[Michael Garza]]
 * [[Michelle Giles]]
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 * [[Suliat Olusanya]]
 * [[Taylor McCellan]]
-* [[Tiffany Mayberry]]
-* [[Tori Wheelis]]
 * [[Victoria Nelms]]
 * [[William Haralson]]
 * [[Wyatt Braden]]
 * [[XinXin Zhang]]
+'''Inactive Brothers'''
+* [[Ariel Bailey]]
+* [[Corina Gomez]]
+* [[Erin Braden]]
+* [[Jaelin Mercer]]
+* [[John Moorman]]
+* [[Jordan Nicks]]
+* [[Kelsey Chippeaux]]
+* [[Matthew Wiegmann]]
+* [[Tori Wheelis]]
 '''Honorary Brothers'''

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