Chapter History

Alpha Kappa Delta Phi, the first national Asian sorority was established at the University of California at Berkeley on February 7, 1990.  Since its inception, it has extended to numerous universities.  One of the universities it has reached is the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

SUNY Stony Brook became associated with alpha Kappa Delta Phi when the bid was earned by the charter class in spring of 1998. This distinguished honor was granted due to the dedicated work of ten strong-minded young women. It took one whole year to gather the girls, make the packet, get the bid, and finally start to pledge. Through all the hardship and struggles, these ten young women stuck together to establish a colony in Stony Brook. Oliva Chan, Judy Chang, Lisa Kim, Susan Kim, Jennifer Lee, Stephanie Louie, Amanda Szeto, Sharon Tan, Shirley Tung, and Leesa Yu etched a mark on the Stony Brook campus as well as the hearts that belong to alpha Kappa Delta Phi.

The goal for aKDPhi at Stony Brook University is to promote sisterhood, scholarship, service, and leadership. Due to the lack of Asian unity throughout the university and community, these young ladies felt a need to form bonds with each other. While striving for this goal, volunteer services will be rendered, not only to the Asian community, but to those who need help. Also, scholarship will be enforced; a person cannot help or teach others without any knowledge. Leadership is an important skill that will help pull these goals through. Finally sisterhood is a strong bond that the girls will always have with one another. This gives each girl the security of being able to turn to any of her sisters for support. These honored ladies will make a positive difference in many lives, which is what alpha Kappa Delta Phi strives for.

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.

National History

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 love and generosity that each member had for the organization was instrumental to the growth of alpha Kappa Delta Phi's reputation as a sorority, as well as to the forging of unbreakable friendships. The sisterhood has since then spread to prominent university campuses across the country. To meet the needs of the growing sisterhood, the National Board of alpha Kappa Delta Phi was established in May of 1993 at the National Convention in Santa Barbara, California.

It is the sincere wish of the founding sisters and the charter class that alpha Kappa Delta Phi continue to promote Asian Awareness in the community and leadership opportunities for women by providing each women with the resources, unique sisterly support and understanding to achieve her goals in life.