Chapter History

The University of North Carolina Wilmington opened its doors on September 4, 1947, as Wilmington College. Since the early ‘60s, fraternity and sorority life has been an active part of UNCW student life. Beginning with a few members in several local organizations, the community has grown to over 1,600 members in 30 unique fraternities and sororities totaling about 12% of the undergraduate population.

Delta Gamma was first introduced to the UNCW campus in Fall 2017 by Executive Office staff presenting the Fraternity to FSL. They felt that there was something missing from the Panhellenic community and FSL agreed. The establishment of the Theta Gamma chapter began in Spring 2019 that included events led by Meghan Roberts, Zeta Gamma-Richmond, Morgan Brunelli, Alpha Iota-Oklahoma, and Kennedy Bennett Epsilon Psi- Rutgers, the Collegiate Development Consultants assigned to support the chapter. Potential members, Fraternity staff, and volunteers held a preference event with sisters from Eta Kappa-North Carolina State in January 2018. On April 7th, 2018, 51 founding members were initiated into Theta Gamma and joined the sisterhood of over 230,000 living members with their April 7 Initiation and Installation. Theta Gamma celebrates becoming Delta Gamma’s 201st chapter since 1873, and the 151st active chapter of Delta Gamma on college campuses today.

In the past 4 years since founding the chapter, it has grown to over 60 members and has been an active part of the Panhellenic community. Our first Anchor Splash event was held in Spring 2019 and was a huge success in surpassing the original fundraising goal. The past 4 years have also been some of the most difficult years students on UNCW's campus have faced. Despite several devastating hurricanes and a pandemic keeping sisters apart for months at a time, Theta Gamma has always come back together stronger every time. The Fraternity strives by the motto "Do Good" and is always eager to help the community in any way possible. Some of the local organizations Theta Gamma works with most frequently is the Wilmington Lions Club and Miracle League of Wilmington.