ALPHA KAPPA DELTA PHI WAS
ESTABLISHED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY IN THE FALL OF 1989
AND WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE COLLEGE PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION ON FEBRUARY 7,
1990. THE FOUNDING SISTERS - SUSAN KIM, FANNIE PON, JILL YOSHIMURA, AND
REINA YUAN - DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO ESTABLISHING A STRONG AND LASTING
ORGANIZATION WHICH WOULD PROVIDE ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE GREEK SYSTEM. SOON AFTER BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE COLLEGE
PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION THE FOUNDING SISTERS BROUGHT TOGETHER A DIVERSE
GROUP OF WOMEN WHO SHARED WITH THEM THE GOALS OF SISTERHOOD, SCHOLARSHIP,
AND LEADERSHIP. THESE IDEALS WERE TO LATER SET THE FOUNDATION FOR ALPHA
KAPPA DELTA PHI'S PURPOSE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS
ASIAN-AMERICAN INTEREST SORORITY IS TO PROMOTE SISTERHOOD, SCHOLARSHIP,
LEADERSHIP, AND ASIAN-AMERICAN AWARENESS IN THE UNIVERSITY AND IN THE
COMMUNITY, WHILE ENCOURAGING THE EXPRESSION OF THE INDIVIDUAL. THE
SORORITY IS COMPOSED OF HIGHLY MOTIVATED WOMEN WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS,
INTERESTS, AND FIELDS OF STUDY. EACH WOMAN, HOWEVER, SHARES A STRONG
BOND OF LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, AND SISTERHOOD. WITH A SUPPORTIVE NETWORK OF
SISTERS, EACH WOMAN CAN STRIVE TO FULFILL HER PERSONAL, ACADEMIC, AND
CAREER GOALS.
IN THE SPRING OF 2002, MELISSA
SAN PEDRO CAME TOGETHER WITH KATIE CHENG, ALLISON CHEUNG, HANNAH CHOI, PEGGY
FUNG, ANN KIM, KAREN LEE, JENNIFER NG, AILEEN OK, JENNIFER PARK, JING WU,
SYLVIA YIM AND POLLY YU TO FORM AN INTEREST GROUP WHOSE PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO
ESTABLISH A COLONY OF ALPHA KAPPA DELTA PHI AT BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY.
TOGETHER, THEY SOUGHT OUT OTHER STRONG, DRIVEN WOMEN WHO SHARED THE SAME
DESIRE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE ON CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY. BY FALL OF 2002,
THE GROUP WAS BLESSED BY THE ADDITION OF MADHU PARTHASARATHY, MARY HUANG,
VERONICA ISLA, ERIN LEE AND JULIE LIM. THROUGH HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE AND
GENUINE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER, THE INTEREST GROUP WAS GRANTED A BID FROM
ALPHA KAPPA DELTA PHI. IN THE SPRING OF 2003, THESE 18 WOMEN EMBARKED UPON
THE FINAL PART OF THE ARDUOUS JOURNEY TOWARDS SISTERHOOD. IN THE SPRING OF
2003, THEIR ASPIRATIONS PROVED SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY CROSSED INTO ETERNAL
SISTERHOOD AND BECAME THE ALPHA KAPPA DELTA PHI CHARTER CLASS OF BINGHAMTON
UNIVERSITY.
NATIONAL HISTORY
CHAPTER HISTORY
HISTORY
PURPOSE