Delta Kappa Gamma promotes professional and personal growth of
women educators and excellence in education.Visit our website at
www.dkg.org for the latest news and informationFOR KEY WOMEN
EDUCATORSVOL 72 NO 4 JUL/AUG 2015THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY
INTERNATIONALBoard sets 2016 registration fees, 92015 Educators
Book Award announcedSee honorable mention too, 3 Bull hired as
headquarters executiveTe International Administrative Board has
approved the employment of Sandra Smith Bull as Executive Director,
eective September 1, 2015. Bull has served the Society as Interim
Executive director, 2014-2015; Interim Membership Services
Administrator, 2010-2011; Executive Coordinator, 2003-2007; and as
Business Services Administrator, 1998-2003. She has received the
International Achievement Award and the Alpha State Organization
Achievement Award. A graduate of the rst Texas Leadership
Management Seminar and the 1999 International Leadership Management
Seminar, Bull is an experienced presenter. She served as Texas area
coordinator and corresponding secretary, as chair for the
nominations and membership committees and as member of many state
organization committees.Bull served on the International Leadership
Development Committee as regional representative and as chair of
the International Arts & Humanities Jury. She is a familiar
face throughout the organization, taking on roles of leadership
where she is needed. She brings insight and experience to her new
position.A University of Texas graduate, Bull earned a B.S. in
Education and a Master of Library Science. She worked in Austin
Independent Schools INTERNATIONAL LINKAGESee BULL, 3Society reps
provide international-to-chapter linkTey arent visitors; they arent
guests. Society representatives are Administrative Board members,
headquarters administrators and (sometimes) past international
presidents who are assigned by the international president to
attend state organization annual meetings. While fellowship is an
important element, it is a business relationship between the
Society representative and the state organization.Board members
assignments come with responsibilities, not the least of which is
to put a personal face and touch on International. Society reps are
charged with updating and explaining the latest internationalSee
REPRESENTATIVES, 42JUL/AUG 2015 DKG NEWS2014-2016 ADMINISTRATIVE
BOARDInternational President: Dr. Lyn Babb Schmid,
PennsylvaniaFirst Vice President: Cathy P. Daugherty,
VirginiaSecond Vice President: Jeannette Ziga, Costa RicaExecutive
Director (Interim): Sandra Smith Bull, TexasRegional
DirectorsEurope: Marianne Skardus, SwedenNortheast: Dr. Kay
Clawson, West VirginiaNorthwest: Dr. Phyllis VanBuren,
MinnesotaSoutheast: Becky Sadowski, TennesseeSouthwest: Beth
Schieber, OklahomaImmediate Past President: Dr. Beverly H. Helms,
FloridaMembers-at-Large2012-2016: Barbara L. Whiting,
Minnesota2014-2018: Dr. Hanna Fowler, GeorgiaArea
RepresentativesCanada: Dr. Donna-Faye MadhosinghLatin America:
Tamara Flores Hernndez, San Luis PotosiParliamentarian: Dr. Gwen
Simmons, North CarolinaFind administrative board members email
addresses at www.dkg.orgToll-free phone: 888.762.4685DKG NEWS (ISSN
0747184X) is published by The Delta Kappa Gamma Society
International bimonthly in January/February, March/April, May/June,
July/August (online only), September/October, and November/December
at 416 West Twelfth Street, Austin, TX 78701. Periodicals Postage
paid at Austin, TX. Annual international membership dues include
subscription to DKG NEWS. Send news items to Dr. Jensi Souders,
editor, at the address below. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to
DKG NEWS, P.O. Box 1589, Austin TX 787671589.By Dr. Lyn Babb
Schmid2014-2016 INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENTWith (Baby) Boomers retiring
in record numbers and Generation X comprising a comparatively
smaller demographic, organizations will turn to Generation Y as
members. Like any seismic shift, this one will challenge the
leaders of organizations to lead change, in this case to appeal to
the largest generation ever. Tis quote from Sarah Sladeks book,
Knowing Y: Engage the Next Generation Now makes me think about how
DKG can recruit and serve this largest-ever population demographic
of educators. Te two webinars that I conducted with these women
this past spring gave me rsthand insights into their expectations
for a professional organization. Having told you of the responses
to the rst two webinar questions in the last edition, I complete my
report from these webinars with responses given to the last three
questions presented during those sessions. 3. What would the ideal
association experience be?opportunities to be involved without
being shoved into upper leadership earlycamaraderie, ideas for
improving my performance in the classroom from more veteran AND
newer teachers, involvement of all members, community service
opportunitiesCPE, peer support, and networkingallowing me to become
involved without pushing me into itthe way our organization oers so
many ways to become involvedmore learning from mentors.Gen Y
expects to have great relationships with people they work with,
including an opportunity to have access and relationship-building
opportunities with mentors and leaders. Tis new generation of women
wants real benets, support and meaningful service projects. Tey
will seek leadership positions once they feel a part of the group,
but the culture for that has to be genuine and inviting. Tis list
screams for mentoring within the chapter.4. What is your go-to
method of getting communication? How do you like to communicate
with others?email, so as to put more thought into it.texting,
Facebook, email, Instagram, twitter with students and parentsold
fashioned phone calls to hear emotion is nicea teaser to a new
blog/web post linked into a Facebook or twitter postGoogle
hangoutsa mixture of face-to-face and virtual meetingscombination
of technological experiences (webinars, etc.) and a physical
conference would be great. I really enjoy the face-to-face
experience of conferences and conventions, but it would also be
nice to have experiences like this one (the webinar) more times a
year.Gen Y is the rst generation to have never known life without
technology. Can you comprehend what that means? Gen Xers are never
without technology, and this has empowered them in new and dierent
ways. We teachers taught them how to DKG Wants to Know Y, Part
IISee KNOW Y, 3DKG NEWS 3JUL/AUG 2015KNOW Y From Page 2BULL From
Page 1July 15 - Chapter Treasurer Annual Report- Form 15September 1
- Arts & Humanities gallery submissionsSeptember 1 - Lucile
Cornetet Award for Professional Development ApplicationSeptember 1
- State Organization Treasurer Annual Report-Form 16September 15 -
International Speakers Fund Speaker ApplicationOctober 1 -
Amendments to International Standing RulesOctober 15 - Nominations
for elected ofcers, Administrative Board members, elected committee
members & members of the Board of TrusteesDEADLINESduring her
educational career as a librarian and English teacher. She
continues learning in her personal life, with a certication for the
Spiritual Formation Program and the Contemplative Leadership
Program. International President Dr. Lyn Schmid says, Sandra is an
exceptional administrator who is equipped to lead us into the next
generation of the evolution of our Society. She is an encourager, a
supporter, and she cares deeply about our Mission and
Purposes.collaborate and love being part of the social media global
conversation. Technology is how they build relationships, making it
more important for DKG to engage members through social media that
make them truly empowered participants.5. What adjective would you
use to describe DKG as a professional association?traditional, at
times antiquatedsupportivetransforming, inclusive, positivecaring,
timelessfellowshipyclassy, classicwarm and
fuzzyinspirationalSummary: Some answers really surprised me. For
the most part, these women like their chapter experience. Tis
generation expects tremendous return on investment (ROI). Not
surprising, Gen Y wants to know, How will membership make a
dierence in my life? On the upside, they usually follow up with the
question, How will my participation make a dierence in the lives of
others? However, their decision to join DKG hinges on you and your
chapters being able to deliver great ROI and a meaningful
membership experience.What are our teenagers really doing
online?Its Complicated: Te Social Lives of Networked Teens is the
2015 winning book selected by the Educators Award Committee. Te
Human Age is the honorable mention book. Its Complicated author
danah boyd*, a Microsoft principal researcher and Fellow at Harvard
Universitys Berkman Center for Internet and Society, looks beneath
the surface of teens networked lives, searching for reasons for
their behavior. (B)oyd urges becoming more digitally aware, opening
ones eyes on the digital street. She stresses that empathy, not
fear, is the solution. Te book gives parents, teachers, social
workers, policy makers, medical people, and others a valuable, and
perhapsrare, insight into the lives of teens, from the teens own
perspective. Te Educators Award Honorable Mention Book for 2015 is
Te Human Age: the World Shaped by Us, by Diane Ackerman. Ackerman
addresses important and serious topics concerning peoples
constantly altering relationships with nature.*Authors preferred
spellingEducators Book Award for 2015 announcedDKG NEWS 4JUL/AUG
2015Youre so DKG ifYou have the international and chapter websites
on your favorites bar so they are just a click away. -Dr. Victoria
Eastman, Alpha Zeta Chapter,INactions to state organization
members. Tey are to give requested speeches (separate from the
Society update) and workshops. Tey are to participate in all parts
of the meeting agenda so that they can help make the meeting a
success. In other words, they are there to work! Tey answer
questions, listen, observe, and bring back to the Administrative
Board the good things that are occurring in chapters and state
organizations. Tey also bring back members constructive criticism
and good ideas for change, ideas and comments that help the
international level of the Society better serve all members.Putting
a face on international often comes with interesting comments. One
Society rep (who was in her early 50s with hardly any gray hair)
couldnt help but laugh when two young members said, Its so nice to
meet you. We thought all international leaders had white
hair!Impressions, experiences mold future thoughts, actionsShared
impressions and experiences at state organization meetings help
develop future international goals and action plans as well as arm
or redirect policies and Society materials. Explaining 2012 changes
to the international governing documents, Immediate Past
International President Beverly Helms saw that the appreciation
that came with understanding the exibility of not being required to
have a state night precipitated two small state organizations to
vote to extend an invitation to host a regional conference. Helms
noted the New Jersey chapter that has a Round Table where members
prepare a meal and invite new educators. Members oer materials,
supplies, lesson plans, etc. Te Round Table has resulted in the
initiation of 15 or more members under the age of 40. First Vice
President Cathy Daugherty found that sharing interests transcends
generations and locations. Its truly what DKG is all about, as she
found out in Indiana through a quilting tour that gave new and
experienced members a common bond beyond their educational careers.
Daugherty also noted how Kentucky Gen-Y members inspired all
members with their enthusiasm and energy, saying that the state
that plays togetherworks well together!Member-at-Large Barbara
Whiting remembers a unique chapter project, sponsoring a therapy
dog for an elementary school. She says, I am always impressed with
the impact chapters have on their communities.Northwest Regional
Director Phyllis VanBuren noted, as do all Society reps, that
leadership and membership are concerns, but that all members seem
eager to promote DKG as a philanthropic organization.What is that
name again?Seeing that assigned board members and administrators
are sent on work assignments, as liaisons between the international
level of the Society and its state organization and chapter
counterparts, you can understand that the money spent to transport
them to and from state organization annual meetings is not spent to
send someone as a guest or visitor. Your state organization meeting
is important to International. Your Society representative works to
help state organization and chapters be more successful and to
share your programs, projects, comments, and criticism to help
ensure the future success of all. Visitor? Guest? Not on your
life!REPRESENTATIVES From Page 1YourDo you know that the
international Society and each state organization is directed by
the Constitution to maintain a Permanent Fund? Te Permanent Fund is
money set aside for the purchase of items of a more permanent
nature. Tink of it as a savings account, not unlike the personal
savings account from which you might replace your refrigerator or
heating system or purchase a new computer. How is it funded? Te
Constitution stipulates that 25% of initiation fees and annual dues
income are to be deposited into this fund until the total of the
funds assets are not less than 30% of the annual income of the
Available Fund.What can be purchased from this fund? According to
the Constitution, the money in this fund can be used topurchase
initiation paraphernalia,purchase articles and equipment of a
permanent nature,rent oce space,construct a headquarters building,
and/orfurnish a headquarters building.Who approves expenditures
from this fund? Expenditures from the international Permanent Fund
are approved by the International Finance Committee and authorized
by the International Executive Board. Expenditures from a state
organizations Permanent Fund are authorized by the state
organization executive board.moneybusinessDKG NEWS 5JUL/AUG
2015Youre so DKG ifKids come rst! -Kay Burton, Beta Phi Chapter,
ILAs a member-driven organization, DKG at the international level
operates under the mandates and directives determined by members
who vote at the international convention in even-numbered years. At
the state organization and chapter levels, these decisions are made
by the members who are present at business meetings throughout the
year.So, to engage in DKG is to show up and be involved at local,
state organization and international levels. By commitment to DKG,
each member commits to take action in order to advance professional
women in education for the good of society and of the DKG Society.
Share experiences in DKG with other leading women educators in
order to unite women, honor women, advance women, support desirable
educational legislation, endow women with scholarships and
fellowships, stimulate personal and professional growth, and inform
members of economic, social, political, and educational issues.Tese
are the purposes of DKG. Te collegial fellowship between member and
potential member begins as an orientation to the Society and
evolves into a journey that enhances personal and professional
growth through programs at local, state organization and
international levels a journey most enriched through collaboration
at all three levels. Engaged members attract new members through
local, state organization and international eorts that ultimately
aect the global population including enhancing and honoring the
artistic endeavors of members (submitting to or supporting
submission to the DKG Fine Arts Gallery);establishing technological
opportunities for all ability levelsdistribution of scholarships,
fellowships and grants providing emergency relief funding;providing
dynamic programs and projects that focus on worldwide education,
global experiences and assistance with economic and societal
concerns;supporting educational excellence worldwide through
funding (such as Schools for Africa) and support (local and state
organization projects to support educators);publishing articles and
newsletters, including submission of written work to the Bulletin
or the Collegial Exchange magazine.In the coming year take action
to assist women in nding spiritual fellowship as they are honored,
advanced, supported, endowed, stimulated, and informed and, thus,
become eective world-wide leaders for future generations. Making
embers atterAssets and ActionsMarketing Our PrideTalk about a
win-win project! Chapters involved in organizing and implementing
community projects are helping the community and, at the same time,
marketing DKG assets and actions to that same community! When DKG
members work with local businesses to benet local causes, everyone
wins! Te Annual Soup Bowls for Hunger occurs each year in Rutland,
Vermont. Last year more than $12,000 was raised for the Rutland
Community Cupboard and ve area food banks. Rutlands DKG members
organize the event every year. Bowls are made and painted by
Rutland High School students. Bowls also come from Otter High
School, Green Mountain College, and over 200 professional potters.
Local chefs ll the bowls with one of ve delicious soups. Rolls are
donated by the Staord Tech culinary program. Desserts are made by a
local learn-to-cook class at Rutland High School. Milk is donated
by a dairy, butter by a creamery and crackers by a commercial
bakery. Fifteen dollars pays for the bowl and its contents; there
are three seatings.What a fabulous way for a community to learn
about DKG and the dierence members are making in local communities!
(Tell us about your community project and other successful ideas
marketing DKG in your community. Send your stories to
[email protected])Making Members MatterAs a member-driven
organization, DKG at the international level operates under the
mandates and directives determined by members who vote at the
international convention in even-numbered years. At the state
organization and chapter levels, these decisions are made by the
members who are present at business meetings throughout the
year.So, to engage in DKG is to show up and be involved at local,
state organizationand international levels. By commitment to DKG,
each member commits to take action in order to advance professional
women ineducation for the good of society and of the DKG
Society.Share experiences in DKG with other leading women educators
in order to unite women, honor women, advance women, support
desirable educationallegislation, endow women with scholarshipsand
fellowships, stimulate personal and professional growth, and inform
members of economic, social, political, and educational
issues.These are the purposes of DKG. The collegial fellowship
betweenmember and potential member begins as an orientation tothe
Society and evolves into a journey that enhances personal and
professional growth through programs at local, state
organizationand international levels a journey most enriched
throughcollaboration at all three levels.Engaged members attract
newmembers through local, state organizationand international
efforts that ultimately affect the global population including:
enhancing and honoring the artistic endeavors of members
(submitting to or supporting submission to the DKG Fine Arts
Gallery) establishing technological opportunities for all ability
levels distribution of scholarships,fellowships and grants
providing emergency relief funding providing dynamic programs and
projects that focus on worldwide education, global experiences and
assistance with economic and societal concerns supporting
educational excellenceworldwide through funding (such as Schools
for Africa) and support (local and state organiation projects to
support educators) publishing articles and newsletters, including
submission of written work to The Bulletin or The Collegial
Exchange Magazine.In the coming year take action toassist women in
finding spiritual fellowship as they are honored, advanced,
supported, endowed, stimulated, and informed and, thus, become
effective world-wide leaders for future generations.unite honor
advance support endow stimulate inform DKG NEWS 6JUL/AUG 2015Name
State Region AmountSept. 2014Bohman, Gull Sweden EU $1,480Carey,
Stephanie FL SE $2,000Englund, Ann Sweden EU $1,472Grace, Barbara
MI $2,000Heavner, Millicent N. NC SE $950Lippitt, Janice MN NW
$2,000Sherrill, Melanie NC SE $950Willis, Audra TX $388February
2015Bell, Tracy NC SE $950Byrd, Linda GA SE $1,445Hamm, Amanda AL
$1,700Mangan, Sandra CT NE $1,600Moline, Karinsa Lee IL NE
$1,250Myers, Christina PA NE $1,560Nunez, Judy VA SE $540O-Briant,
Jackie WY NW $960O/Donnell, Erin NV $465Raines, Andrea NC
$1,700Sellers, Laurie NC SE $1,800Name State Region AmountSimons,
Breanne AZ $1,700Singh, Christena FL $1,700Vena, Lauren MA
$1,900May 2015Gonzales, Christi LA SE $1,736Gramlich, Tammy IL NE
$488Greenway, Ashley GA SE $691Hvizdos, Sue WV NE $1,835Leasure,
Marilyn TX SW $1,200Loya, Patti TX SW $2,000Mazon, Brianna AZ
$1,489Miller, Lou Anne NE NW $1,178Mullins, Linzie TN SE $800Royal,
Kathryn PA NE $2,000Sitosky, Luke PA $1,535Umana, Maria MercedesEl
Salvador SW $1,678Valencia, Aimee OR $1,000Wall, Amanda GA SE
$1,732Total for September 2014-May 2015 $49,872The recipients
without a region listed are not membersLucile Cornetet Award for
Individual Professional Development (CIPD)recipients May 2015 CIPD
awards announced by FoundationTe DKG Educational Foundation (DKGEF)
has selected the newest recipients of the Cornetet Individual
Professional Development Awards (CIPD). Fourteen educators (11
members and three non-members) received a total of $19,362 to
attend a variety of conferences and institutes to support their
educational endeavors. Awards are granted three times a year with
the maximum award being $2,000. Te May 2015 award cycle included 68
applications, two-thirds of which were submitted by non-members. Te
increase in applications with each award cycle supports DKGEFs
growing reputation as a source for funding educators worldwide.Te
next deadline for CIPD applications is September 1, 2015. Te
application and additional information are posted on the
Foundations website at www.dkgef.org. Fund your next conference
with help from a CIPD Award.DKG NEWS 7JUL/AUG 2015YOUR
FOUNDATION...Making a diferenceworldwide for over 50 yearsBegin
making a dierence today at www.dkgef.org.Part One: New
ProjectsAmount Project Director Location$3,500 Te Wonder of Words
Dianne Caron Fredericton, NB$4,800 Field School in
Interdisciplinary Medieval Research, Analysis and Public
Interpretation Based on Archival, Archaeological and Geoscience
Data in Walhain-Saint-Paul, BelgiumDebra Reid Charleston, IL$3,500
A Smart Start: Home Libraries for High-Risk Children Jenn Columbus
Salem, OR$1,500 Honeywell Foundation Educational Outreach Program:
Visual Tinking Strategies (VTS)Jo Ellen Bradley Wabash, IN$4,000
Supporting Early-Career Educators Marcia Kirkland Austin,
TX$4,298.85 Parent Teachers Partnerships Susan Mary
FrabottaUxbridge, MA$3,296 India Project Mother Dolores and Mother
Marthas OrphanageMartha Kirgan Kirvin, TX$5,000 Geneva Reads:
Bridging Cultural and Economic Diversity Anne Schuhle Geneva,
NY$8,880 Seiwaloha: Building Castle Foundations Ellen Tanoura
Honolulu, HI$1,751.31 Listenin and Learnin Jill Brown Ada, OK$6,000
Tanzania/United States Cultural Exchange Bettie Feruzi Mattapan,
MA$11,000 Monte Tabors Excellence Kids Vianney Colombia/Campos
ReyesTijuana, Baja CA$8,231 Full STEAM Ahead-Code On Melisa M.
Jones Winter Springs, FL$ 65,757.16Total New Projects Educational
Foundation 2015-2016 projectsDKG NEWS 8JUL/AUG 2015Part Two:
Renewed Projects Amount Project Director Location$627 My 2nd Time
Around...an Adult Learners Mathematical Journey Continues...Melodie
A. McGee Columbus, OH$5,000 Lekotek Play/Learning Program
Technology Helene Prokesch Atlanta, GA$400 Badger Girls State
Scholarships Janet Bishop Janesville, WI$6,000 Developing K-5
Leaders Paula D. Roop Henrico, VA$3,500 iPad as a Tool to Excite
and Learn Iida Hyvonen Helsinki, Finland$4,000 Recovering Culture
thru Education:Ann-Marie SvenssonHalland, Sweden$500 CAC - Child
Advocacy Center of Pierce County Rebekah Kristovich Puyallup,
WA$5,000 Ahfro Berekum Elementary School Betty Jordan Hamilton,
ON$5,800 Saint Agnes Girls Secondary School Nutrition Classroom
ProjectNancy A. HerrmannFrancis Creek, WI$1,500 Centro Educativo
Austriaco Maxeno Textbook Acquisition ProjectKim Covill
Albuquerque, NM$ 32,327Total Renewed Projects$98,084.16 Total
Renewed and New Projects Funded2014 Lucile Cornetet Professional
Development Seminar AwardeesState organization Contact Date of
event Amount awardedIllinois Beverley H. Johns June 22-24, 2015
$2,000.00North Carolina Tomasa A. Stammer June 17-20, 2015
$5,000.00Wisconsin Beverly Mantey-VanCronkhite April 24-25, 2015
$1,000.00DKG NEWS JUL/AUG 20159HowdoI knowwhatgr aphi c s I c
anusef r omtheSoc i ety websi te?Ocial DKG logosmay be used by
membersas long as the logos are notaltered in any way. Other
graphics found on the Society website are copyrighted and are used
by permission or purchase. Tose permissions do not extend to the
general membership. A guide for the Use of Society Graphics has
been posted to the website on the home page as a resource when
deciding which graphics to use and how to use them in your print
and online publications. You may also purchase a CD of available
logos from the DKG store.REMIND From Page 10While it may take
several invitations to get all or most members signed up, Remind is
a communication tool with the potential to get more members
involved and keep members aware of chapter activities. Better
informed members make for more successful chapters. Administrative
Board completes full agendaTe Administrative Board, in its May 6-8
meeting, made personnel salary and hiring decisions as well as
recommended future conference sites and approved convention
registration fees. Following are the May 2015 board actions:Set
fees for 2016 International Convention: Registration
Fee$175.00;Late Registration Fee$263.00; Registration Fee Host
State Organization Volunteer$160.00; Non-Member Fee$225.00;Late
Non-Member Fee$338.00;Member One-Day Fee$76.00;Member Two-Day
Fee$140.00; Family Member or Medical Companion$20.00Approved fees
for vendors and exhibitors for 2016 International Convention as
amended.Approved the collection of Emergency Fund at international
convention.Approved the 2015-2016 Salary Schedule with a 3% cost of
living adjustment.Approved that the elected members of the
Administrative Board, plus the parliamentarian, go into Executive
Session on Tursday, May 7, at 5:02 p.m.Moved to enter into
Executive Session 8:30 a.m., May 8, 2015.Moved to close Executive
Session 2:45 p.m., May 8, 2015.By unanimous consent, approved the
employment of Sandra Smith Bull as Executive Director, eective
September 1, 2015, to be paid on the headquarters sta salary
schedule at Level 7, step 12.Moved that Nita Scott, Membership
Services Administrator be moved on the headquarters sta salary
schedule from step 2 to step 5 on level 6 immediately. Also moved
Phyllis Hickey, Operation Services Administrator on the
headquarters sta salary schedule from step 5 to step 6 on level 6
immediately.Recommended that the Executive Board approve South
Carolina as the site for the Southeast Regional Conference in
2017.Recommended that the Executive board approve the invitation of
the Ontario State Organization to host the 2017 Northeast Regional
Conference.Recommended that the Executive Board approve the
invitation by the California State Organization to host the 2019
Southwest Regional Conference.Approved Written Information Security
Policy (WISP) as amended.Agreed that the format/content for
Administrative Board minutes be consistent with its parliamentary
authority.Approved use of a consent agenda as an item on its agenda
for Administrative Board meetings.Approved Style Guide for
Administrative Board minutes as revised. Approved Policy for
Digital Communication Revision.Supported recommended change in
website certication by the Communications and Publicity
Committee.Adopted Administrative Board Policies as amended.
Approved 2015-2016 Replacement Schedule.Approved List Tree (3) of
vendors/exhibitors for Regional Conferences.Approved travel
partnership with Go Ahead Tours.DKG NEWS10JUL/AUG 2015This column
is submitted on a rotating basis by the Europe regional
director,thearearepresentativesforCanadaandLatinAmerica,and
Japan.PeriodicalsPostagePAIDAustin TX USAThe Delta Kappa Gamma
Society International (USPS 715-830)P.O. Box 1589, Austin, TX
78767-1589USAINTERNATIONAL UPDATECHAPTER SUCCESS STORIESWhats
workingChapter StrengtheningBlue-eyed Doll Ambassador and other
projects involve membersJapan State Organization, installed in
October 2012, is solidifying membership as well as expanding
borders. Alpha Chapter, 60 members strong, is involved in
activities that motivate and challenge.In the fall of 2014, two
Hawaii members created a partnership with Kochis Seiwa Girls
Junior/Senior High School and Alpha Chapter. Eileen Clarke and Pat
Park spent two weeks teaching English to Seiwa students, supported
by our members. With a grant from the DKG Educational Foundation,
two Hawaii members are slated to visit Seiwa again this summer and
fall, working with Alpha Chapter members. Our goals are to improve
English language instruction at Seiwa and to strengthen bonds
between Japans and Hawaiis DKG chapters. Another activity is our
involvement in the Education for Peace Program through sharing the
story of the Blue-Eyed Doll Ambassadors. In 1927 Dr. Sidney Gulick
originated the international peace doll exchange program by sending
12,739 blue-eyed American dolls to Japan. In gratitude, Japan
responded by sending 58 Japanese dolls to America. Gulick believed
that the development of mutual understanding and friendship between
both nations children would solidify ties between the countries and
lead the way for peace among all nations.When World War II broke
out, the Japanese government ordered the American dolls
destruction. A few, including one in Kochi, were hidden in
elementary schools by brave teachers. All was forgotten until 1975
when the story was nally revealed. As educators, we need to tell
students about this important, shameful part of history so we can
all rethink the importance of peace.Expanding boundaries will
continue to be a goal as we assist and support Hawaii State
Organization to host the 2017 Southwest Regional Conference. Few of
our members have been able to attend international events but we
hope that participation in this nearby regional conference will
encourage many more to experience international activities.See
REMIND, 9Quick communication with members is a priority for chapter
success. Seasoned members more often use email. Younger members are
more attuned to texting. An application used by some chapters is
helping to bridge that gap and replace the phone tree for nearly
all members.Remind is an app that allows communication by text
and/or email, at the same time, aiding rapid communication.
Designed for teachers, students and parents as a means of short,
regular reminders, the free app is proving useful for chapter
leadership to quickly communicate with members.One chapter member,
the president or other designated person, signs up at
www.remind.com as the teacher. An invitation is sent to all
identied members through listing email addresses and mobile phone
numbers. Members then respond to the invitation, thus signing up
for the reminders. Reminders must be no longer than 140 characters
and are principally one-way communication.