Chapter Name: Eta Omicron
Nickname: Dee Gee
National Founding: 1873
Local Founding: April 14, 2007
Motto/Mission: Do Good
Values : Delta Gamma offers to women of all ages a rich heritage based on principles of personal integrity, personal responsibility and intellectual honesty. Its primary purpose is to foster high ideals of friendship, promote educational and cultural interests, create a true sense of social responsibility, and develop the finest qualities of character.
Symbol: Golden Anchor
Colors: Bronze, Pink, and Blue
Local Philanthropy: Service for Sight
Fun unique facts:
• First women's fraternity to incorporate a foundation in 1951
• Delta Gamma uses the word Fraternity because the word is derived from the Greek derivative "phratres" meaning "groups of people with similar interests" as compared to the Latin "phratria" meaning "brotherhood."
• The first badge worn by Delta Gammas was the letter "H" which stood for Hope. The Anchor, the age old symbol for Hope, was adopted as the Delta Gamma badge in 1877.
• George Banta, Phi Delta Theta, (Delta Gamma's only male member) accorded membership in order to carry out expansion in the North. First northern chapter, Phi Alpha-Franklin College, established by George Banta in Indiana.
• In the book Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown, Elle Woods is a Delta Gamma.
• Delta Gamma was among the seven fraternities that came together in 1902 for the first National Panhellenic Conference.
Awards:
• Chapter Excellence Award
• Outstanding Philanthropy Award
• Outstanding Community Service Award
• Campus Involvement Award
• Senior of the Year
• Greek Woman of the Year
• Patricia Peterson Danielson award (Excellence Award through DG)
