Kappa Delta Scholarship Fund

Sophia Franzini is a junior chemistry major with a neuroscience minor at the University of Maryland. For the Spring and Fall 2023 semester, she held the Kappa Delta House Manager position and worked as a lab/lecture TA for post-graduate students in general chemistry. Through these leadership roles, Sophia learned how to direct others that are different from herself and developed problem-solving abilities. She further advanced her skills in a Rutgers University toxicology program this summer, where she partnered with the National Institute of Health and the Chen lab group in the Department of Chemical Biology to study metastatic melanoma. Sophia quickly gained independence in her work, learning how to single-handedly run multiple western blots, MTT and scratch assays, and how to manage cells under sterile conditions. She looks forward to completing her degree and becoming an alumna for both Kappa Delta and UMD in 2025!

Lindsey Hancock is currently in her senior year at the University of Maryland. She is in the education program for Elementary Education with an area of emphasis in science. She is currently working at a local elementary school and is interning in a third grade classroom. The school that she is working at is a community school as well as a Title I school. For Lindsey, teaching is really vital in her life as well as making a difference in young students' minds and lives which is important for her to make a difference for her students and children at a local level. 

Outside of school, she is in a Greek life organization, Kappa Delta which is one of the sororities on campus at the University of Maryland. Lindsey is able to progress her education as well as create bonds and relationships through shared experiences together with her sisters. Being in a sorority has helped her gain an interest in our philanthropy as well as creating relationships with the girl scouts that they sponsor because they have the honor of having and focusing on two different philanthropies. Lindsey’s sorority donates their time to local girl scouts and they donate  money and raise funds for PCAA. 

Ava Matino is a Public Policy major with a minor in Nonprofit Leadership and Social Innovation. Within Kappa Delta, she is on the recruitment committee, bid day committee, and a set leader during our new member education period. She is also the President and former executive fundraising chair of a nonprofit club on campus called Students Helping Honduras. She is enrolled in the BA/MPP program, in which she will receive her BA of Public Policy in Spring 2024, and her Master's of Public Policy in 2025. 

My name is Greta Scott and I am a junior at The University of Maryland. I am double majoring in Marketing and Information, with an emphasis in retail. I am currently working as a Campus Manager for a customizable apparel company and I have an upcoming internship with Macy’s in NYC this summer, focusing in their Product Development sector. I am Sisterhood Chair for my sorority and am involved in the American Marketing Association. I am on the Dean’s List and am considering doing the Smith School’s Plus One Program to receive my graduate degree.