Kappa Firsts:

• FIRST of women's fraternities to turn from Grand Chapter form of government to Grand Council organization (1881)


• FIRST of women's fraternities to publish a magazine - The Key - Resolution adopted 1881 - first issue printed 1882.


• FIRST to extend invitations to a Panhellenic convention (1891)


• FIRST women's fraternity to establish a Central Office (1922)


• FIRST to adopt the graduate counselor system - established as the Co-Organizer Program (1928.)


• FIRST to set up Service Women's Centers (1942)


• FIRST women's fraternity to establish a permanent Fraternity Headquarters (1951)


• FIRST to join with another sorority in a co-housing venture - with Kappa Alpha Theta at the University of Pittsburgh (1965)


• FIRST of women's fraternities to incorporate a Heritage Museum (1981)