Award recipients recognized in Columbus and Los Angeles

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.