NATIONAL HISTORY
alpha Kappa Delta Phi was established at the University of California at Berkeley in the Fall of 1989 and recognized by the College Panhellenic Association on February 7, 1990. The founding sisters: Betty Chu, Karin Co, Susan Kim, Nancy Lee, Sherri Leung, Annie Loo, Belinda Ma, Anita Ng, Serene Ngin, Fannie Pon, Josie Sun, Daisy Wu, Jill Yoshimura, and Reina Yuan, dedicated themselves to establishing a strong and lasting organization which would provide Asian American women the opportunity to participate in the Greek system. Soon after being recognized by the College Panhellenic Association, the founding sisters brought together a diverse group of women who shared the goals of sisterhood, scholarship, and leadership. These ideals later set the foundation for alpha Kappa Delta Phi’s purpose.
The love and generosity that each member had for the organization was instrumental to the growth of alpha Kappa Delta Phi's reputation as a sorority, as well as to the forging of unbreakable friendships. The sisterhood has since then spread to prominent university campuses across the country. To meet the needs of the growing sisterhood, the National Board of alpha Kappa Delta Phi was established in May of 1993 at the National Convention in Santa Barbara, California.
The founding sisters and the charter class of alpha Kappa Delta Phi wish to continue promoting Asian Awareness in the community and to present leadership opportunities for women by providing each with the resources, unique sisterly support and understanding to achieve her goals.
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OUR STORY
alpha Kappa Delta Phi was founded at the University of Berkeley, California on February 7, 1990. The founding sisters, Susan Kim, Fannie Pon, Jill Yoshimura, and Reina Yuan dedicated themselves to establishing a sorority that promoted sisterhood, scholarship, leadership, and Asian awareness in the university and community, while promoting the expression of the individual. These ideals later became the cornerstone's of the sorority's purpose. Today, alpha Kappa Delta Phi is the largest and fastest growing Asian-American interest sorority in the nation.
In the spring of 1998, eleven bright and dedicated women came together to begin the process of establishing alpha Kappa Delta Phi at New York University. It was important to these women to lay the foundation of a sorority that met the needs of Asian-American women at NYU while sharing the vision of a national sisterhood. After the charter was granted in the summer of 1998, the eleven founding
sisters began pledging in the fall of 1998. The charter class at NYU included Rina Biswas, Emily Chong, Jennifer Hsu, Ella Leung, Cheryl Pow, Vivienne Sy, Julia Tang, Ruth Tang, Christina Wong, Lana Wong and Lena Wong.
Throughout the difficult yet inspirational process, the founding sisters did not waver in their determination to establish a colony at NYU. On April 10, 1999 the charter class crossed and became active sisters of alpha Kappa Delta Phi. This date marked the end of a year-long journey towards recognition. More importantly, it marked the beginning of an eternal journey towards sisterhood.