Alpha Alpha State Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
 Alpha Alpha State Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
Alpha Alpha State Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
Alpha Alpha State Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
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Alpha Alpha State News & Dates
   
 

Dates to Remember
 
March 28-21, 2012
National Legislative Seminar
 
- Comfort Inn Pentagon City, Arlington, VA
 
April 27-29, 2012
Creative Arts Retreat eeee register online
 
- White Haven, PA
 
June 8-10, 2012
Alpha Alpha State Convention
 
- Nittany Lion Inn, State College, PA
  July 24-28,2012
Delta Kappa Gamma Society Int. Convention
     
- Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, NY
     
Host Chapters for Fall Area Conferences
(dates to be announced)
     
 
West
  
East
2012
Alpha Gamma
 
Xi
2014
Alpha Mu
 
Beta Theta
2016
Apha Omega
 
Alpha Kappa
       

Project Patricia

"Hey Sister…Can you Spare a Pair?”
 
Young women in Africa are falling behind in their studies because they are unable to attend school during their monthly cycle. WHY, you ask? Because they do not have any feminine hygiene products. They cannot use disposables because they have no way to properly dispose of those articles.

All across the United States, women in Methodist churches are busy cutting, sewing and making reusable pads for these young ladies to use. One of the largest obstacles to overcome is that the girls have no underwear in which to place the pads!

So we asked ourselves… ” How can the Delta Kappa Gamma sisters of Alpha Alpha State assist these volunteers in their Herculean effort to assure education can continue for these young women? ”

The question to you, the member is: “ Hey Sister…can you Spare a Pair? ” Can you help us…help those girls in Africa?

We need plain white cotton briefs for ladies in sizes 6,7 & 8 and for girls in sizes 12,14 &16.

On Friday night at state convention …. Please consider donating a package of panties as your admission ticket to the Friday Night Fling! Let ’ s fill our display to the brim with cotton panties that are destined for these young women!

Submitted by Karen Ball, EEC/POW Projects Committee Chairman

Scenes from NERC

       
       

Opening remarks - Dr. Royce Boyd

Opening Remarks - Dr. Lyn Schmid
       

Reception for
NERC Committee


Reception for
NERC Committee

Reception for
NERC Committee
       

Reception for
NERC Committee

Reception for
NERC Committee

Reception for
NERC Committee
       

NERC First Timers with International Officers
       

PA Night

       

Info Fair

Info Fair
 
       

Info Fair
       
       
 
Delta Kappa Gamma is pleased to announce a new partnership with Capella University. Capella has a formal alliance with Delta Kappa Gamma Society International  that offers all members special benefits, including a 10% tuition discount.
 
Benefits to DKG members include:
  • 10% tuition discount to members and their immediate family members
  • Waived application fee
  • Professional Development Webinar Series (new topics each quarter). Current offerings are:
 
  1. Career, Visibility, Possibility: Taking Charge of Your Career Development
  2. Managing Your Time & Energy: Get More Done with Less Time and Stress!
  3. Learning Lessons on “Lessons Learned”
The International Educational Excellence Committee
The international Educational Excellence Committee is a brand new committee established by the 2010 international convention. Throughout the Society members have raised questions about this new committee and how it intends to carry out the responsibilities assigned to it in the DKG Constitution and Standing Rules.

To answer those questions, the Educational Excellence Committee has written the attached article, providing a definition of the Committee’s role and stating its goals for the 2010-2012 biennium.

Members are reminder that the Constitution gives state organizations and chapters the authority to establish whatever committee structure they choose in order to carry out the state organization and chapter level work represented in the constitutional description of the Educational Excellence Committee.

Understand that if state organizations and chapters decide to shift to the international committee structure, they may also choose to adopt the international committee’s definition statement for their respective Educational Excellence committees. In addition, they may wish to have their Educational Excellence committees present programs and spearhead activities that reflect the goals of the international committee. In this way, state organizations and chapters can fulfill their state organization and chapter level responsibilities for the work represented in the constitutional description of the Educational Excellence Committee.

 

Use Research to Rekindle the Passion

Two of the goals of the Alpha Alpha State Research Committee have been to assist chapters in maintaining their membership profiles and demographic information and to compile a database of workshop presenters. The articles in this column throughout the year have addressed these items in detail. The gathering of this data and then analyzing what the information reveals about the members, will help to develop an action plan to maintain and rekindle members’ passion for the Society. The following items are in need of immediate attention in order to implement the action plan in the decision-making process.
  • Chapter Demographic Forms are to be sent to the state research committee chairman on or before October 1, 2010. Forms are needed from all chapters except Phi and Kappa who have already submitted their forms. Chapters and state can utilize this valuable information as a way of addressing membership needs such as determining gaps in membership in terms of age, area of expertise, educational environment, and school districts represented. The information along with the chapter profile will also help to make decisions about program planning and to continually reevaluate ways to rekindle the members’ passion for the Society.
  • State Forms for Workshop Presenters . The goal of this project is to compile an on-going database of chapters and members willing to present personal and professional workshops which addresses purpose #3 of the Society. Once it is compiled, the information will be easily accessible on the state website. Individual members, chapters, state, and international will find the information an excellent resource in planning meetings, workshops, conferences, and conventions.

These forms as well as the newly designed Research Brochure were distributed at the State Convention, will be available at the Fall Area conferences, and can be downloaded from the Alpha Alpha State website, deltakappagamma.org/PA under forms.

In preparation for the possibility of The Research Committee being eliminated in the committee restructuring by International, the present committee has worked to help other committees to be aware of ways that they can utilize research to drive decisions and for planning purposes in their committee work. A business card has been designed and distributed with The Decision-Making Process Steps that all committees and members can use. It, too, can be downloaded from the website.

So help your chapter complete and submit its demographic form, become a part of the database of workshop presenters, read the Research Committee’s Brochure, and find ways of utilizing the Decision-Making Process. These are all items which will help you personally rekindle your passion.

Alpha Alpha State Brochure   For an overview of Alpha Alpha State chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, please download a copy of the Alpha Alpha State Brochure.
   

CTAUN CONFERENCE
“Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Teaching for Action”
January 2011

   
Certificate of Excellence

Liz Brewer, as part of The U.S. Forum Liaison Pennsylvania post has shared new information regarding the happenings at the United Nations. DKG is one of the non-governmental organizations which works collaborative on various activities at the UN. This is explained in the attached updated Fact Sheet.
 

Please read Liz's article, Heartbeats of The Forums, just released for winter 2011.

Alpha Alpha State US Forum/UN Liaison, Liz Brewer, at the United Nations CTAUN Conference finding ways to use the DKG/UN relationship in promoting the “United Nations Academic Impact” initiative.
     
 

Alpha Alpha State President Susan Stamm, Louann Shrader, and US Forum/UN Liaison Liz Brewer enjoyed an evening of discussion with the DKG CTAUN Team prior to the CTAUN Conference at the United Nations.
     

Please check out the attached flyer announcing the Society's new official project, the Schools for Africa Campaign.

For more information, contact Liz Brewer.

Last update 01/10/2012