As Pi Kappa Phi’s officer training institute, Pi Kapp College for Chapter Officers prepares newly elected and re-elected officers and key committee chairmen for their roles as leaders of their chapter. Each year Pi Kapp College for Chapter Officers is held in early January. In 2019, it is being held in six regional locations—Springfield, Massachusetts; Charlotte, North Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Los Angeles, California; Dallas, Texas; and Atlanta, Georgia.
On the weekend of January 11-13, 2019, brothers gathered in Columbus, Ohio, and Los Angeles, California. On Saturday evening, the awards banquet was held. Below are the award winners who were recognized.
David D. Morgan “Extra Mile” Scholars Award
Robert Bailey, Epsilon Psi (Slippery Rock)
International Scholars Award
Joriah Benjamin, Theta Upsilon (Northern Arizona)
The following awards recognize chapters that have excelled or seen the greatest improvement in Pi Kappa Phi’s Seven Objectives of Chapter Excellence:
Most Improved in Governance
Theta (Cincinnati)
Alpha Zeta (Oregon State)
Most Outstanding Governance
Epsilon Mu (Bradley)
Kappa Iota (Idaho)
Outstanding Archon
Dominick Peluso, Iota Eta (Embry Riddle)
Archon of the Year
Antonio Burgess, Beta Gamma (Louisville)
Most Improved in Growth
Beta Iota (Toledo)
Theta Xi (Arizona State)
Outstanding Growth Award
Kappa Xi (DePaul)
Iota Iota (Cal Poly – Pomona)
Executive Award
Recognizes the chapter with the most students initiated in the past year
Alpha Kappa (Michigan)
Theta Xi (Arizona State)
Most Improved Member Experience
Beta Gamma (Louisville)
Eta Eta (UC – Irvine)
Most Outstanding Member Experience
Iota Chi (Ball State)
Theta Upsilon (Northern Arizona)
Most Improved in Branding & Communications
Gamma Lambda (Missouri S&T)
Eta Sigma (UCLA)
Outstanding Branding & Communications
Omega (Purdue)
Alpha Omega (Oregon)
Most Improved in Scholarship
Gamma Lambda (Missouri S&T)
Kappa Pi (Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo)
Outstanding Scholarship
Eta Upsilon (Miami – OH)
Gamma (UC – Berkeley)
Most Improved GPA
Kappa Beta (Illinois State)
Kappa Tau (Eastern Washington)
Most Improved Campus Involvement
Kappa Lambda (Wisconsin)
Kappa Pi (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
Outstanding Campus Involvement
Iota Rho (Western Illinois)
Iota Eta (Embry Riddle)
Most Improved in Service & Philanthropy
Alpha Phi (Illinois Inst. of Tech.)
Alpha Omega (Oregon)
Outstanding Service & Philanthropy
Beta Iota (Toledo)
Iota Psi (Boise State)
Silver Society
The Ability Experience 2018 total fundraising between $100 & $149.99 per man
Omega (Purdue)
Alpha Nu (Ohio State)
Beta Gamma (Louisville)
Gamma Lambda (Missouri S&T)
Epsilon Beta (Grand Valley State)
Kappa Lambda (Wisconsin)
Kappa Xi (DePaul)
Iota Sigma (San Jose State)
Most Outstanding Ability Experience Event
Gamma Lambda (Missouri S&T)
Iota Sigma (San Jose State)
Most Outstanding Volunteer Relationship
Beta Iota (Toledo)
Alpha Delta (Washington)
Outstanding Philanthropy Chairman
Alex Shiplett, Alpha Nu (Ohio State)
John Aleman, Theta Upsilon (Northern Arizona)
Leadership Through Service Award
Omega (Purdue)
Thomas Sayre Cup
Iota Rho (Western Illinois)
Pi Kappa Phi Journey Facilitator of the Year
Leah Howell, Alpha Gamma Delta
Pi Kapp College Facilitator of the Year
Kyle Pacque, Delta Alpha (Virginia Tech)
Outstanding Fraternity/Sorority Life Advisor
Brandon Cutler, Director of Fraternity, Sorority and Cooperative Life, Purdue University
Megan Harre, Assistant Director, Fraternity and Sorority Life, Washington State University
Champion Master Chapters
Chapters who achieve a composite score of Three Stars on the Seven Objectives of Chapter Excellence report indicating top performance in each area of chapter operations
Omega (Purdue)
Beta Iota (Toledo)
Epsilon Mu (Bradley)
Eta Upsilon (Miami-OH)
Iota Rho (Western Illinois)
Kappa Xi (DePaul)
Founders’ Awards
Highest honor which can be bestowed upon a student chapter
Beta Iota (Toledo)
Eta Upsilon (Miami-OH)
Iota Rho (Western Illinois)
Kappa Xi (DePaul)
Congratulations to all of the winners. Photos will be posted to the Pi Kappa Phi Flickr account later this month.