Facilities Management Company

A Different King of Dwelling

The Facilities Management Company (FMC) strives to offer Gamma Phi Betas a welcoming, inclusive space — a home away from home — that promotes sisterhood and community. The FMC supports 64 chapters, 27 of which have physical space, across the country. These include free-standing facilities or a specified space, such as a suite, dorm floor or meeting room. However, one facility deviates from the rest in the FMC's portfolio. It is Delta Psi's facility at the University of California-Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California.

Delta Psi’s facility is an apartment-style property, the only of its kind among Gamma Phi Beta facilities. There are 17 individual units that offer a combination of two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments. Anywhere from two to four members reside in an apartment.

The units open to a central courtyard, which, according to Delta Psi Facility Director Mika Anderson* members love to use as their main hangout. Outfitted with patio tables, a water fountain and trees that provide ample shading, Delta Psi’s courtyard is a quiet retreat for members to enjoy the sunny California weather year-round. Mika adds, “It’s too beautiful to not utilize!” Apart from their outdoor hangout, members also like to convene in their living room, otherwise known as the “Chappy Room,” and kitchen.

Mika, who has been Delta Psi’s facility director since September 2022, has a separate living space from members. She resides in a one-bedroom apartment, with a bathroom, living room and a full kitchen. Her apartment was recently renovated to include new flooring, furniture and an updated bathroom.

Over the next few years, all apartments will be renovated to mirror Mika’s new digs. So far, each apartment has received all new desks and chairs, bed frames and mattresses, dressers, patio furniture, camera systems, burglar alarm systems and an encrypted e-credential access control system. All living rooms will receive new furniture next. And while furniture in each room will be silently different, will have the Gamma Phi Beta look and feel.

Until renovations are complete, members will happily be soaking up some sun and enjoying sisterly connections in their private courtyard.

*Mika Anderson resigned from her position as Delta Psi’s facility director when this issue was already sent to our printer.