Delta Zeta Iota Rho | West Chester University
"love that is ever steadfast"
News and UpdatesApril 2015
Happy Learn 2 Listen week! A huge thanks to our sister Maddy (far left) for planning a week of events to raise money and awareness for hearing loss!
March 2015
On March 28th our sisters gave back to help restore a house through Habitat for Humanity!
Our sisters had a fun filled day March 22nd. We started off our morning with Adopt a Block and then spent the afternoon with a psychic!
February 2015
Some sisters taking a break from school work to enjoy an intramural volleyball tournament on February 21st!
December 2014
As a final sisterhood for this semester, we went to Longwood Gardens to look at the Christmas lights together on December 4th!
With graduation around the corner, an alumnae chapter came to send off our Seniors on April 19th.
Holiday cards we made at our sisterhood December 2nd to donate this season to sick children in the hospital!
November 2014
On November 23rd our new members were officially initiated! We are thrilled to finally be able to call 43 amazing women our sisters.
November 6th was the night we were all waiting for, Big Little Reveal! The newest generation of bigs and littles were officially united, and each family was thrilled to welcome new members!
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A friend of one of our sister's is going through a tough battle with cancer. Any support he can get is appreciated, so to help support his cause please refer to the link above! October 2014
On October 25th, our sisters went to Highland Orchards for a Pumpkin and Apple picking sisterhood, in the spirit of fall and Halloween approaching.
On October 23rd, we fundraised with a bake sale by day in Sykes and a bake sale by night in town.
We held two adopt-a-blocks in the month of October, and the day after homecoming we were able to pick up more trash off the streets than ever before to serve our community.
October 18th, we enjoyed dancing with Pi Kappa Alpha in the Homecoming Dance and watching the parade together for Homecoming 2014. Later that day, we reunited with our many DZ alumni who returned for our DZ Alumni Picnic.
September 2014
On Sunday September 28th, we cleaned up the streets of West Chester for our first Adopt-a-Block of the year, out of many more to come including two in October.
On October 22nd, we held a sisterhood for I Have a Choice week, Delta Zeta's national program to promote alcohol awareness and safety. We enjoyed ice cream sundaes and we had an open discussion.
Our intramural soccer team had a fun season!
BID DAY 2014: On Sunday September 21st, we were proud to gain these 45+ amazing women into our sorority, pictured above with their New Member Educator Gaby Beck. Welcome home, each and every one of you!
Philanthropy night from Recruitment.
The first day of recruitment, Open House.
This semester, Delta Zeta started our first Intramural Volleyball team! Pictured to the left was our first game against Phi Mu. We had a great time and can't wait for all of our games this season.
Delta Zeta participating in the Involvement Fair on the Quad, early on this month. Summer 2014
June 2014
CONGRATULATIONS to our 28 sisters who made Dean's List for Spring Semester 2014 and our 5 sisters who received 4.0 GPAs! We're so proud of you all!
May 2014
On May 10th after Final's Week concluded at West Chester University, our sisters traveled down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a relaxing beach week sisterhood together. Our sisters had an amazing time experiencing sisterhood by living together for the week, bonding with other West Chester Greek organizations too, and making new memories as a way to celebrate the end of the semester and beginning of a new summer. Spring Semester 2014 is officially a wrap, Happy Summer 2014! DZLAM,
the sisters of Delta Zeta Iota Rho. 
A few of our DZ seniors are shown to the left, out of the group of them that is graduated on May 10th! Congratulations to each of you, and you all have brought so much to our Chapter and made it a better place. Thank you for all you have done and we'll always be here for you because its not just four years, its for life. We'll miss you all so much but we know you going to do big things and have amazing experiences out in the real world! Make the most of this day and don't forget to celebrate your incredible accomplishment!
We’re honored to have received multiple awards at the WCU Fraternity Sorority awards, acknowledging the hard work and dedication we’ve put into making our chapter the best it can be. We received 4 Star Sorority and Overall Excellence in Community Service. Our one award specifically recognized us for excellence in New Member Development, Risk Management, Service to Campus, and Chapter Development. We are thrilled to say that Lacy Preddie was awarded “Chapter President of the Year” too. Also, for Delta Zeta’s Region Day, out of all the Delta Zeta chapter’s in our region, we won some incredible awards: Lacy Preddie won the Golden Crest Award and 2nd Place Outstanding Chapter President, Halle Feuerman won the Golden Heart Award, Hannah Seitz won 2nd place Outstanding New Member, Gaby Beck won 3rd place Outstanding Sophomore, and Tori Decesare won 3rd place Outstanding Junior. Congratulations ladies!
On May 2nd, we organized a fun sisterhood to the Phillies game, where we all were able to sit together and enjoy the game with one another.
April 2014
On April 26th, Relay for Life was held at West Chester University. 55 teams participated, including our chapter of Delta Zeta. We are proud to say we raised a total of $6,335, making us the team that raised the most money out of the 55 teams participating from West Chester University. The event was filled with activities, and it honored those who have been affected by cancer. All the money raised went to the American Cancer Society.
http://m.main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY14EC?team_id=1563035&pg=team&fr_id=56944 
For Greek Week 2014, Delta Zeta was paired up with Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity as "The 1980's" for our theme. Each team represented a certain decade this year. We enjoyed a week long of fun, competitive events against other teams that included teamwork, preparation, and cheering one another on. Sunday started off with the opening ceremony and team trivia. For team trivia, we were quizzed on questions involving Greek life, and we received 2nd place. On Monday, we competed in the Lip Sync competition and had a great time as we stayed true to our 1980's theme. Tuesday was the dodgeball competition, and Wednesday our sister Sarah Naekel sang an 80's medley with partner Ethan Pensak of SAE for the Greek Goddess competition. On Thursday, we enjoyed a special guest speaker who came out to present to our Greek Community. On Friday, we created an 80's inspired "Music Television" canned food sculpture for the final competition that took place during the week before the Field Games on Saturday! We all came out to support and watch our team compete in the games on Saturday, and we had a great time cheering one another and enjoying the friendly competition among the Greek community. Sunday the week came to a close with an "Adopt-a-Block" amongst the whole Greek community to clean up the streets of West Chester and give back to our community. The proceeds from attending all the events went to Camp Dreamcatcher, so our sister's we proud to raise money for a great cause while cheering on our team all week. Pictures from each event are featured above.
Delta Zeta's Learn to Listen week was April 6-14th. With a goal of spreading awareness and education on hearing loss and prevention, we providing information all week on social media. On Tuesday April 8th, we held a bakesale, hot dog sale, and Learn to Listen table on campus from 11-3 to help spread the word on the often overlooked issue of hearing loss and to raise money for the Starkey Hearing Foundation. To make a difference, we had a "Learn to Listen" pledge that we asked people to sign in order to end hearing loss.
On April 6th, the sisters of Delta Zeta held a Car Wash fundraiser outside of Burger King near the campus of West Chester University. We are proud to have raised $188 thanks to the support of the community!
Formal was held April 4th at 29 in Malvern. All of our sister's had a great night an looked beautiful dressed up! We received awards, and enjoyed the food and dancing!
March 2014
On March 13th, this group of Delta Zeta sisters finished their training and officially became LGBTQA allies! We are proud of their support and commitment to an important community on campus!
On March 12th, the sisters of Delta Zeta held a Bake Sale fundraiser in Sykes Student Union from 11 - 3 pm. We sold freshly baked goods and delicious treats! We made $82! Thanks for all the support from the Greek community & everyone who stopped by.
Our sisters dressed up proudly for Panhellenic Badge Day on March 10th. We were happy to come together and work at a table in Sykes with the rest of the Panhellenic community, where members of the community were encouraged to go vote for the best Panhellenic t-shirt. Catherine Reisig is featured in her badge attire in the photo to the left. To the right below, is Halle Feuerman and Olivia Gilarde at the Panhellenic table with sisters of Alpha Delta Pi.
February 2014
On February 21st, our sister’s held a Dip sisterhood. We all came together for some bonding & delicious dips we made for eachother. February 28th we had a movie and pizza sisterhood. 
Sister to Sister, an organization six of our sisters are apart of that promotes positive body image, held multiple inspirational events this month in honor of Eating Disorder Awareness Month. Many of our sisters came out in support of Sister to Sister's biggest event "Scale-Bashing" on February 19th and enjoyed a fun night of self-empowerment.
Our sister’s proudly volunteered and participated in the campus event Play 4 Kay to raise money for breast cancer on February 15th.
On February 12th, our sisters hosted a Valentine’s Day themed bake sale in Sykes Student Union to raise money for our chapter.
On February 11th, our sisters hosted a Zumbathon in support of the speech and hearing impaired. All proceeds benefited our philanthropy, the House Ear Institute. Everyone who attended enjoyed a fun night full of Zumba dancing, delicious food including pizza and baked goods, and incredible raffle baskets. We couldn’t have done it without our philanthropy chairs Halle Feuerman and Maddy Brookens, as well as our VP of Programs Liz Maue. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us! Check out our photo gallery for more pictures from the event!
We capped off Learn 2 Listen week with our annual Spelling Bee Philanthropy Event on Friday, April 10th!
Our Academics chair Tori DeCesare presented a certificate of accomplishment to each of our 18 sisters that made the Dean's List last semester in congratulations for their hard work and success.
January 2014
December 2013
Congratulations to our sisters that graduated from West Chester University this winter, we can't wait to see what big things are in store for your future! November 2013
Congratulations to our 2014 sweetheart, David Sowa, brother of Pi Kappa Phi.
Congratulations to our sister Amanda Purelli on being elected to the executive board of the 2014 Panhellenic Council!
On November 17th the chapter came together for Fall '13's initiation. On this day we couldn't have been more proud to call these 36 truly amazing women not only our friends but our sisters.
Delta Zeta and Zeta Tau Alpha paired up for a canned food drive, collecting a total of 333 cans to donate to the local food shelter.
October 2013
An annual brunch was held for our chapter in celebration of Delta Zeta's founder's day.
Our sisters enjoying a sisterhood trip to Hershey Park!
Fall '13 enjoyed a relaxing weekend retreat at the beach in New Jersey with their new member educator, new member educator assistants, and vice president of membership.
Our five peer mentors of Sister to Sister posed for a photo after their annual "Love your body day" fashion show. Multiple sisters volunteered to be in the show as well.
Delta Zeta participated in WCU's annual homecoming dance competition, with huge success this year, alongside Kappa Delta Rho and Alpha Kappa Alpha. Video coming!
Tori Decesare and Liz Maue congratulating our sister Taryn Ricks, after her amazing performance as a WCU cheerleader during the homecoming parade!
September 2013
Our new member educator proud to welcome home the beautiful 36 women of Fall '13 on Bid Day, right after the excitement of when the girls received their bids!
The first day of recruitment!
Delta Zeta ventured to Sky zone indoor trampoline park for a sisterhood retreat, followed by an outdoor lunch and bonding activities at the park.
Delta Zeta started off the school year with our 2nd annual Turtle Tug event. The turnout was a success and we were able to raise $700 for one of our philanthropies, The Painted Turtle Camp, with lots of appreciated support from our fellow greeks and the rest of the WCU community! Special thanks to the eight teams that participated!
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Upcoming Events
May 7, 8 & 10: Graduation
Friday 9/2:PNM Orientation Saturday 9/3: Open House Sunday 9/4: Invitation Round 1 (Philanthropy) Monday 9/5: Invitation Round 2 (Sisterhood) Friday 9/9: Invitation Round 3 (Preference) Saturday 9/10: Bid Day! KEEPING UP WITH THE DELTA ZETAS
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