Leadership Academy

Every fall, Kappa Kappa Gamma headquarters hosts the Leadership Academy for the national sophomore pledge class and every chapter sends one representative to Kappa headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Here's an account of Theta chapter's representative's trip::

"The Leadership Academy is a four day retreat where I got to meet actives and alumni from each chapter in the nation. During the day, we learned about leadership from lessons, activities and lectures. All the topics came from the five steps of leadership according to the book The Leadership Challenge. The steps are, 1. Model the way, 2. Inspire a shared vision, 3. Challenge the process, 4. Enable others to act, and 5. Encourage the heart.

During the nights we talked, sang Kappa songs by a campfire and exchanged tshirts. The last day a small group of us were chosen to go to Kappa Headquarters in Columbus and I toured the Kappa museum and learned a lot of Kappa history (I got to see one of the founder's college diplomas, and another founder's pin!). This whole experience taught me a lot about Kappa, and allowed me to see the broader picture of how big our sisterhood is, and gave me more respect for my letters as well as the Theta Chapter!"


This is my group, the yellow group, whom I learned and worked with everyday. This is from our graduation ceremony and dinner. We sang the same dinner prayer, just like Monday night formal dinners! My group included girls from nearly every area of the country: Oregon State, UCLA, Knox in Illinois, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Emory, and Trinity in New York.



This is Susie (Viv's sister [one of Theta chapter's advisors] and a Theta Alum), Me and then Marian Klingbeil Williams former Theta Chapter President, Fraternity President National, and NPC chairman, as well as the lady to whom our chapter room is dedicated to!



From left to right: Kappas from Nebraska, SMU, Denise Rugani the Fraternity President of Kappa, and the Kappas from WashU and Mizzou (me!).