Each year Pi Kapp College for Chapter Officers is held in early January at five regional locations — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Charlotte, North Carolina; Kansas City, Missouri; Birmingham, Alabama; and Los Angeles, California.
On the weekend of January 20-22, 2017, brothers gathered in Los Angeles, California. On Saturday evening, the awards banquet was held. Below are the award winners who were recognized.
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
Alpha Zeta (Oregon State)
Outstanding Governance
Epsilon Nu (Sacramento State)
Outstanding Archon
Skyler Cummins, Iota Psi (Boise State)
Most Improved in Growth
Zeta Sigma (UC – Davis)
Outstanding Growth Award
Alpha Zeta (Oregon State)
Outstanding Recruitment Program
Theta Sigma (Cal State – Long beach)
Executive Award
Recognizes the chapter with the most students initiated in the past year
Theta Iota (Washington State) – 77 initiates in 2016
Most Improved Member Experience
Eta Gamma (CU – Boulder)
Outstanding Member Experience
Theta Sigma (Cal State – Long beach)
Most Improved in Branding & Communications
Iota Iota (Cal Poly – Pomona)
Outstanding Branding & Communications
Iota Psi (Boise State)
Most Improved in Scholarship
Gamma (UC – Berkeley)
Oustanding Scholarship
Eta Gamma (CU – Boulder)
Most Improved GPA
Iota Gamma (Wyoming)
Most Improved Campus Involvement
Kappa Gamma (Montana)
Outstanding Campus Involvment
Iota Psi (Boise State)
Outstanding Ability Experience Event
Theta Sigma (Cal State – Long beach)
Most Improved in Service & Philanthropy
Eta Theta (San Francisco)
Outstanding Service & Philanthropy
Iota Psi (Boise State)
Platinum Society
The Ability Experience 2016 total fundraising over $250 per man
Eta Chi (Texas Christian)
Durward W. Owen Cup
Highest per man fundraising of any chapter
Eta Chi (Texas Christian)
Ability Experience Cup
Eta Chi (Texas Christian)
Most Outstanding Volunteer Relationship
Eta Gamma (CU – Boulder)
Excellence in Advising Award:
Theta Sigma (Cal State – Long Beach)
Associate Chapter Advisor of the Year
Jeff Mitchell, Eta Omega (New Mexico State). Advisor of Kappa Kappa (New Mexico)
Outstanding Fraternity/Sorority Life Advisor
Lauren Utley, University of Denver
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
Iota Psi (Boise State)
Kappa Iota (Idaho)
Theta Upsilon (Northern Arizona)
Founders’ Awards
Highest honor which can be bestowed upon a student chapter
Kappa Iota (Idaho)
Theta Upsilon (Northern Arizona)
Congratulations to all of the winners. Photos will be posted to the Pi Kappa Phi Flickr account later this month.