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Fall Rush 2008

Interested in joining Kappa Sigma? Come us out in our new house on 9th Road, right behind Sorority Row, this week, August 31 - September 5 from 5 – 7 pm for dinner or 8 - 11pm each night to meet brothers, enjoy some great food, and hear about our fraternity. Interested in learning more? [...]

F.A.C.E. Award (2008)

This weekend about a dozen of our brothers attended the National Leadership Conference in Virginia, where they attended numerous leadership workshops and had the pleasure of hearing several distinguished brothers speak.
I just wanted to show you all that the Delta Delta Chapter is continuing its reputation of excellence by winning FIVE major awards: The Top [...]

Star & Crescent Spring Formal 2008

On April 18, the brothers and their dates headed to the great Lani Kai Resort in Ft. Myers Beach, Florida, for a two day get-away. The weekend started with live music the first night. The brothers spent the next day on the beach with a formal dinner and awards banquet following that night. [...]

Delta Delta Hosts Successful Parents Weekend

Delta Delta succesfully hosted its first Parents Weekend in the new house during the second week in April. A 250 person banquet dinner was held Friday evening and on Saturday everyone attended the annual Orange and Blue game. Special thanks to chair David Jones for putting the weekend together.

Crescent Cup Raises Money for March of Dimes

The 2nd Annual Crescent Cup was this year’s philanthropic event put on by the brothers of Delta Delta. It was a small sided soccer tournament with all 16 UF sororities competing to be crowned champion. They were asked not only to play in the tournament, but create banners, participate in penny voting, and purchase t-shirts [...]

Dance Marathon Miracle Cup Winners

The brothers of Delta Delta were crowned the Dance Marathon “Miracle Cup” winners for the 6th time in the last 7 years. On April 5th and 6th, 17 brothers “danced” with 25 ladies of Kappa Delta, their paired sorority, for 26.2 hours, the length of an actual marathon. We raised over $20,000 ourselves and with [...]

Alumni Banquet was a Huge Success

The “Welcome Home” alumni banquet was a huge success. On March 29th, Delta Delta alumni gathered from across the country to celebrate our new home. Alumni dating back to the forties shared house experiences from their days at UF and even offered some advice on how to make our new house a home. Executive Director [...]

Congratulations to the Xi Pledge Class Initiates

Congratulate the following 19 Brothers of the Xi Pledge Class on their initiation into the Delta-Delta Chapter of Kappa Sigma: Blake Oliver, Brandon Lewis, David Gardner, Eric Bracy, John Oakvik, Josh Warpenburg, Matt Wells, Mike Cocchiola, Mike Mazzarella, Patrick Spook, Peter Boulos, Price Hartenstine, Ross Beardsley, Sam Stark, Stephen Henry, Taylor Byrd, Travus White, Wes [...]

A Few Congratulations and Campus Involvement

First join me in congratulating Brothers Ryan Merkel and Seth Mollitt on receiving the Outstanding Leadership Award.  This is a very high honor; only nine UF senior were given the award this year, and we were the only Greek organization to have two of their members selected.  Here’s the link to the article in the [...]

Spring 08 Newsletter

Our 3rd edition of “Delta-Delta Dateline” was just mailed to all parents and alumni.  A PDF of the newsletter is linked below for your reading pleasure.  If you’re an alumnus and don’t receive a copy of the newsletter within the next week, please update your contact information.
Kappa Sigma “Delta-Delta Dateline”, Spring 2008 [PDF]