Greek award winners
Congratulations to the individuals and fraternities/sororities who have earned this year's Greek Awards. Chosen by a committee made up of students, faculty and staff, and conducted by the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils, these are Hanover's highest Greek honors for the year. Here's a look at the complete list of winners:
Overall Chapter Excellence:
Fraternity Winner: Phi Gamma Delta
Sorority Winner: Alpha Delta Pi
Most Improved Chapter:
Fraternity Winner: Phi Delta Theta
Sorority Winner: Phi Mu
Excellence in Chapter Management:
Fraternity Winner: Phi Gamma Delta
Sorority Winner: Chi Omega
Excellence in Implementation of Founding Principles:
Fraternity Winner: Phi Gamma Delta
Sorority Winner: Alpha Delta Pi
Most Improved in Implementation of Founding Principles:
Fraternity Winner: Phi Delta Theta
Sorority Winner: Kappa Alpha Theta
Excellence in New Member Education and Member Development: Phi Mu
Most Improved in New Member Education and Member Development: Chi Omega
Excellence in New Member Education: Phi Gamma Delta
Most Improved New Member Education: Sigma Chi
Excellence in Leadership and Campus Involvement:
Fraternity Winner: Phi Gamma Delta
Sorority Winner: Kappa Alpha Theta
Most Improved in Leadership and Campus Involvement:
Fraternity Winner: Phi Delta Theta
Excellence in Community Service and Philanthropy:
Fraternity Winner: Lambda Chi Alpha
Sorority Winner: Alpha Delta Pi
Most Improved Community Service and Philanthropy: Phi Gamma Delta
Excellence in Alumni Involvement and Parent Relations: Alpha Delta Pi
Most Improved in Alumni Involvement and Parent Relations: Lambda Chi Alpha
Excellence in Scholarship:
Fraternity Winner: Lambda Chi Alpha
Sorority Winner: Kappa Alpha Theta
Most Improved Scholarship:
Fraternity Winner: Phi Mu
Excellence in Recruitment:
Sorority Winner: Alpha Delta Pi
Most Improved in Recruitment:
Sorority Winner: Phi Mu
Fraternity Winner: Sigma Chi
IFC Greek Man/Panhellenic Greek Woman of the Year:
Winner: Brian Bowling (Lambda Chi Alpha)
Winner: Jacqueline Mills (Alpha Delta Pi)
IFC Dedication Award: Charles Maricle (Phi Gamma Delta)
Panhellenic Dedication Award: Molly Miller (Chi Omega)
Emerging Greek Leaders:
Cecilia Weihe (Chi Omega)
Jason Crawford (Lambda Chi Alpha)
Tyler Mudd (Phi Gamma Delta)
Erin Bean (Alpha Delta Pi)
Kaitlin Dunaway (Kappa Alpha Theta)
Cassi Binkley (Phi Mu)
Outstanding New Member of the Year:
Fraternity: Nico Ungari (Lambda Chi Alpha)
Sorority: Karen Lopresti (Phi Mu)
Faculty/Staff Person of the Year:
Winner: Carol Purvis
Convention news
Alpha Delta Pi President Natalie Brewster '10 (Winslow, Ind.) has earned the honor of giving at toast at the sorority's national convention. Selected from approximately 120 chapters around the country, Brewster will represent the undergraduate chapters.
Greek Grade Report
Here's a look at how Hanover's fraternities and sororities performed academically during winter/spring terms.
Lambda Chi Alpha had the top grade point average (GPA) at 3.126 (4-point scale), followed by Phi Gamma Delta at 2.953, Sigma Chi at 2.942 and Phi Delta Theta at 2.757. Overall, Greek males averaged 2.949, compared to Independent men at 2.889, and all campus males at 2.916.
For the women, Kappa Alpha Theta got the top score at 3.293, followed by Chi Omega at 3.289, Phi Mu at 3.203 and Alpha Delta Pi at 3.128. Overall, Greek women averaged 3.230, compared to non-Greek women at 3.076 and all women at 3.152.
All Greek students averaged 2.989, compared to all students at 3.047.