Chapter Meetings and Programs
2024-2025 Education Excellence Programs
September 16, 2024: Monday, 6:30 p.m. social, 6:45 p.m. meeting
Location: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Program: Legislative update with TCTA lobbyist Pamela McPeters
Themes and Goals for 2024-2026, Officer Installations (1st VP, 2nd VP, Secretary)
October 21, 2024: Monday, 6:30 p.m. social, 6:45 p.m. meeting
Location: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Program: Healthy Women seminar with Monique Stensrud (Susan Komen Foundation, Austin)
Inductions, 25-year recognitions, and Epsilon Kappa’s 66th Birthday
November 18, 2024: Monday, 6:30 p.m. social, 6:45 p.m. meeting
Location: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Program: TBD
December 14, 2024: Saturday, 10:00 a.m.
Location: Home of Charlotte Hanna, 8124 Big View Drive, Austin, TX 78730
Program: What to know about AI with Brian Dixon
Silent Auction: Kathryn Wright, auctioneer
January 2025:
Exec Board Meeting
February ?, 2025: Saturday, 11:00 a.m.
Location: Saltgrass Steakhouse, 10614 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78759
Speaker: Dr. Molly Minus, Mc Nair Project
Cards for World Fellowship recipients
March 3, 2025: Monday, 6:30 p.m. social, 6:45 p.m. meeting
Location: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Program: All about books
April 21, 2025: Monday, 6:30 p.m. social, 6:45 p.m. meeting
Location: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Program: Claudia Knowles, Life in Newfoundland
May, 2025: Founder’s Day Brunch (planned by the Coordinating Council of Austin)
Location: TBD
Included are the purposes fulfilled under each meeting and we recognize that we are all "Key" women educators and the purposes of our Delta Kappa Gamma Society.
Purpose:
1. To unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship;
2. To honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctive service in any field of education;
3. To advance the professional interest and position of women in education;
4. To initiate, endorse, and support desirable legislation or other suitable endeavors in the interests of education and of women educators;
5. To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to non-member women educators;
6. To stimulate the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action; and
7. To inform the membership of current economic, social, political, and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society.
September 16, 2024: Monday, 6:30 p.m. social, 6:45 p.m. meeting
Location: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Program: Legislative update with TCTA lobbyist Pamela McPeters
Themes and Goals for 2024-2026, Officer Installations (1st VP, 2nd VP, Secretary)
October 21, 2024: Monday, 6:30 p.m. social, 6:45 p.m. meeting
Location: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Program: Healthy Women seminar with Monique Stensrud (Susan Komen Foundation, Austin)
Inductions, 25-year recognitions, and Epsilon Kappa’s 66th Birthday
November 18, 2024: Monday, 6:30 p.m. social, 6:45 p.m. meeting
Location: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Program: TBD
December 14, 2024: Saturday, 10:00 a.m.
Location: Home of Charlotte Hanna, 8124 Big View Drive, Austin, TX 78730
Program: What to know about AI with Brian Dixon
Silent Auction: Kathryn Wright, auctioneer
January 2025:
Exec Board Meeting
February ?, 2025: Saturday, 11:00 a.m.
Location: Saltgrass Steakhouse, 10614 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78759
Speaker: Dr. Molly Minus, Mc Nair Project
Cards for World Fellowship recipients
March 3, 2025: Monday, 6:30 p.m. social, 6:45 p.m. meeting
Location: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Program: All about books
April 21, 2025: Monday, 6:30 p.m. social, 6:45 p.m. meeting
Location: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Program: Claudia Knowles, Life in Newfoundland
May, 2025: Founder’s Day Brunch (planned by the Coordinating Council of Austin)
Location: TBD
Included are the purposes fulfilled under each meeting and we recognize that we are all "Key" women educators and the purposes of our Delta Kappa Gamma Society.
Purpose:
1. To unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship;
2. To honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctive service in any field of education;
3. To advance the professional interest and position of women in education;
4. To initiate, endorse, and support desirable legislation or other suitable endeavors in the interests of education and of women educators;
5. To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to non-member women educators;
6. To stimulate the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action; and
7. To inform the membership of current economic, social, political, and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society.
Note: Meeting dates and locations are subject to change as necessary because of COVID-19 health and safety concerns and regulations. Thank you for your flexibility.
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webmaster: Kathy Mihalik & Hilda Diaz
Updated: August 2024