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Alpha Epsilon State (Indiana)
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The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.

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Located in western Lake County, Indiana, Sigma Chapter currently has 68 active members and six reserve members. Chartered in 1944 and a member of Council 1, we strive to follow the purposes of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International as well as to offer fellowship to our sisters. As women educators, we are proud to be a part of the largest international organization of its kind. During 2011 our chapter will give a grant-in-aid of $1,000 to a future woman teacher.

Sigma Chapter is proud to be the home chapter of two state officers: Carolyn Borchardt, Alpha Epsilon State corresponding secretary; and Shirley Hewlett, Alpha Epsilon State recording secretary and state webmaster. Celia Leahu also serves on a state committee. Sigma Chapter was named a Golden Key Chapter at the April 2009 Convention, and the chapter newsletter, The Rose, has been consistently named a 5-Star newsletter by Alpha Epsilon State.

Sigma Chapter adheres to the Purposes of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, which are:
      To unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship;
      To honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctive service in any field of education;
      To advance the professional interest and position of women in education;
      To encourage the individual members of the Society to support desirable educational legislation and initiate legislation in the interests of women educators;
      To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to non-member women educators.
      To stimulate the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their participation in appreciation in appropriate programs of action;
      To inform the membership of current economic, social, political and education issues to the end they may participate effectively in the world society.

Visit the international Web site at www.dkg.org to learn about our worldwide chapters and our ongoing work in education all over the world and follow the link to Alpha Epsilon State's Web site. Society forms and reservations will always be available on these sites, while chapter reservations and forms will be available via the Forms link.

Check our "Contact Us" page for contact information for our local chapter. Membership is by invitation, but you are welcome to contact an officer to visit our chapter.Delta Kappa Gamma offers assistance to its women members in the form of scholarship for continuing education or financial disaster aide. Financial support is also available for special classroom projects.

If you are a chapter member, we hope you'll visit our Web site often for announcements and chapter happenings.