Awards are presented for chapter excellence and member accomplishment. Annual awards are presented at the Academy and International Convention; special regional awards will also be presented at the Leadership Summits.

2006-07 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

Robert Adger Smythe Awards

Dynasty Level
Chapters winning their fifth
or more consecutive Smythe Award

Epsilon Chapter (Virginia Tech)
• Most bids accepted on campus for fall and spring semester
• 6 intramural championships
• Won 40% of all possible Greek awards on campus
• 100 man chapter
• 23 new members
• 8,500 hours of community service
• $5,000 of philanthropy
• 47 brothers with a GPA above 3.4
• 7th consecutive Smythe

Gamma Beta Chapter (Nebraska)
• All-university intramural sports champion 7 years running
• 3.2 GPA
• 24 members initiated
• Chapter size of 79 members
• 3,138 community service hours
• $7,930 of philanthropy

Delta Lambda Chapter (Florida State)
• 64 new members, #1 in initiations in Pi Kappa Alpha
• Intramural champions
• 189 members.
• 22 varsity athletes
• Student body president

Eta Omicron Chapter (Louisiana-Monroe)
• 1st in campus size
• 1st in pledges
• 1st in initiations
• Over 6,000 hours of community service
• 3.0 GPA
• Greek Man of the Year
• IFC President
• 95% campus involvement
• All-university and Greek intramural champions

Legacy Level
Chapters winning their third or
fourth consecutive Smythe Award

Zeta Chapter (Tennessee)
• 100 man chapter
• Initiated 39 new members in 2006-07
• Raised over $13,000 for many philanthropic organizations
• Ranked #1 on campus in size and recruitment
• Campus most outstanding philanthropy and risk management
• 100% phi phi ka club

Alpha Kappa Chapter (Missouri-Rolla)
• 101 man chapter
• 1st in size on campus
• 1st in initiations on campus
• 1st in new members on campus
• 10,558 community service hours
• $9,968 in philanthropy
• Campus award for most remarkable student group
• Won overall homecoming competition
• 7th consecutive intramural championship
• 3rd consecutive outstanding IFC community service award

Beta Eta Chapter (Illinois)
• 2nd largest fraternity on campus with 145 men
• 1st in philanthropy with donations of $31,750
• Over 3,700 hours of community service
• 99% collections rate
• 3.2 GPA
• IFC president
• Varsity athletes in 7 different sports

Beta Tau Chapter (Michigan)
• Donated $59,000 to charity
• 3.2 GPA
• Largest chapter size on campus with 135 men
• Ranked 1st in pledging and initiations on campus
• Greek man of the year for 2nd consecutive year
• Only fraternity to receive outstanding student organization award

Delta Nu Chapter (Wayne State)
• $38,000 raised for charity
• Largest membership on campus
• 75 man chapter
• Won overall homecoming competition
• 3.12 GPA
• Sent 20 men to Pike University events

Epsilon Epsilon Chapter (Toledo)
• 46 new initiates
• 90 man chapter
• #1 in intramurals
• Sent 17 men to Pike University events
• $16,000 raised for charitable organizations
• Won all fraternity intramural sports

Lambda Zeta Chapter (Drexel)
• All-campus intramural team of the year
• Raised $18,500 which is 54% of IFC total
• 100% campus involvement
• 2,100 community service hours which is 25% of IFC total

Champion Level
Chapters winning their first or
second consecutive Smythe Award

Alpha Xi Chapter (Cincinnati)
• 1st in campus initiations with 46 men
• Contributed over 22,500 hours of community service
• 1st in new members with 53
• $43,500 philanthropy dollars raised
• Campus intramural champions
• Greek Man and Greek Athlete of the Year
• Overall fraternity alumnus of the year from the University

Beta Beta Chapter (Washington)
• 29 new members
• 26 initiations
• 6,000 hours of community service
• 3.27 GPA
• 11th consecutive intramural championship
• Greek Week champions

Delta Alpha Chapter (George Washington)
• 100 man chapter
• 43 new members
• $13,000 raised for charity
• Most men sent to Philadelphia Leadership Summit
• 3.25 Fall GPA

Zeta Epsilon Chapter (Western Kentucky)
• 1st in size, new members and initiations on campus
• Contributed 7,900 hours of community service
• $8,500 raised for philanthropy
• Rush award for new members and initiates
• Philanthropic award for most hours worked and dollars raised
• Chapter development award for having 8 annual speakers
• Alumni development award
• Greek involvement award for 100% participation
• Most varsity athletes in Greek system

Theta Psi Chapter (Chapman)
• 92 members, #1 on campus
• 34 new members, #1 on campus
• $5,000 raised for philanthropy
• Fraternity of the year
• Community service event of the year
• Greek man of the year
• Chapter president of the year
• Executive board of the year

Lambda Lambda Chapter (California-Irvine)
• Recruited more men than any other fraternity at Irvine
• $4,600 raised for philanthropy
• 3,200 community service hours
• Sent 40 men to Pike University events
• 96 active members

Excellence Award

• Epsilon Chapter (Virginia Tech)
• Zeta Chapter (Tennessee)
• Alpha Kappa Chapter (Missouri-Rolla)
• Alpha Nu Chapter (Missouri)
• Alpha Xi Chapter (Cincinnati)
• Alpha Upsilon Chapter (New York)
• Alpha Omega Chapter (Kansas State)
• Beta Beta Chapter (Washington)
• Beta Eta Chapter (Illinois)
• Beta Xi Chapter (Wisconsin)
• Beta Tau Chapter (Michigan)
• Gamma Beta Chapter (Nebraska)
• Gamma Tau Chapter (Rensselaer)
• Gamma Omega Chapter (Miami)
• Delta Alpha Chapter (George Washington)
• Delta Lambda Chapter (Florida State)
• Delta Nu Chapter (Wayne State)
• Delta Pi Chapter (San Jose State)
• Delta Chi Chapter (Nebraska-Omaha)
• Epsilon Epsilon Chapter (Toledo)
• Epsilon Theta Chapter (Colorado State)
• Epsilon Mu Chapter (Eastern Carolina)
• Zeta Epsilon Chapter (Western Kentucky)
• Eta Zeta Chapter (Middle Tennessee State)
• Eta Omicron Chapter (Louisiana-Monroe)
• Eta Rho Chapter (Northern Kentucky)
• Theta Lambda Chapter (Creighton)
• Theta Omicron Chapter (Indiana State)
• Theta Psi Chapter (Chapman)
• Iota Gamma Chapter (Nebraska-Kearney)
• Iota Delta Chapter (Rose-Hulman)
• Iota Theta Chapter (Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo)
• Iota Pi Chapter (California-Los Angeles)
• Iota Psi Chapter (Appalachian State)
• Kappa Delta Chapter (Northeastern)
• Kappa Epsilon Chapter (Rockhurst)
• Kappa Kappa Chapter (North Carolina-Charlotte)
• Kappa Nu Chapter (Pacific)
• Lambda Delta Chapter (Vermont)
• Lambda Zeta Chapter (Drexel)
• Lambda Iota Chapter (Central Oklahoma)
• Lambda Lambda Chapter (California-Irvine)
• Lambda Mu Chapter (Embry-Riddle)

Harvey T. Newell Award - Most Improved Chapter

Gamma Tau Chapter (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Epsilon Theta Chapter (Colorado State)

Scholarship Cup
Epsilon Alpha Chapter (Trinity) - 3.54 GPA

Scholarship Plate: Recognizing 3.0 Chapter GPA

• Epsilon Chapter (Virginia Tech)
• Alpha Kappa Chapter (Missouri-Rolla)
• Alpha Nu Chapter (Missouri)
• Alpha Xi Chapter (Cincinnati)
• Alpha Omicron Chapter (Southwestern)
• Alpha Upsilon Chapter (New York)
• Beta Beta Chapter (Washington)
• Beta Zeta Chapter (Southern Methodist)
• Beta Xi Chapter (Wisconsin-Whitewater)
• Beta Pi Chapter (Pennsylvania)
• Beta Tau Chapter (Michigan)
• Gamma Beta Chapter (Nebraska)
• Gamma Rho Chapter (Northwestern)
• Gamma Upsilon Chapter (Tulsa)
• Delta Alpha Chapter (George Washington)
• Delta Nu Chapter (Wayne State)
• Delta Chi Chapter (Nebraska-Omaha)
• Epsilon Alpha Chapter (Trinity)
• Eta Alpha Chapter (Clemson)
• Eta Omicron Chapter (Louisiana-Monroe)
• Theta Lambda Chapter (Creighton)
• Iota Delta Chapter (Rose-Hulman)
• Iota Omega Chapter (Western Ontario)
• Kappa Epsilon Chapter (Rockhurst)
• Kappa Nu Chapter (Pacific)
• Kappa Pi Chapter (South Dakota)
• Kappa Upsilon Chapter (American)
• Lambda Delta Chapter (Vermont)
• Lambda Zeta Chapter (Drexel)
• Lambda Eta Chapter (William Woods)

Pike University High Attendance Award
Alpha Kappa Chapter (Missouri-Rolla)
Beta Beta Chapter (Washington)

ALUMNI AWARDS

Chapter Advisor of the Year
Andrew G. Axsom
(Rockhurst, Kappa Epsilon '98), advisor to Eta Upsilon Chapter (Texas-Arlington)

Alumni Advisory Board of the Year
Kappa Omega Alumni Association (Wisconsin-Whitewater)

William R. Nester Award for
Most Outstanding Alumni Association
Hampton Roads Alumni Association
(Zeta Iota Chapter, Old Dominion University)

Outstanding New Alumni Association
Zeta Chi Alumni Association
(Missouri State University)

HOUSING AWARDS

House of the Year
Alpha Kappa Chapter (Missouri-Rolla)

Improvement Project of the Year
Epsilon Alpha Chapter (Trinity)

International Work Day Awards:

• Overall Best Work Day
  Kappa Omega (Wisconsin-Whitewater)
• Chuck Wagon Award
  Iota Alpha (Wyoming)
• Best Interior Project Award
  Iota Omega (Western Ontario)
• Best Exterior Project Award
  Zeta Epsilon (Western Kentucky)
• Alumni Participation Award
  Eta Omicron (Louisiana-Monroe)
• Manpower Award
  Iota Omega (Western Ontario)

CORNERSTONE PROGRAMMING AWARDS

The Cornerstones Program helps to lay out the four areas of chapter programming that are critical to the foundation of an effective fraternity experience. They include: membership, operations, brotherhood, and leadership. Each area has further sub-categories that help comprise the basis of the Chapter Self Assessment, Chapter Consultant Visitation Summary, and Awards Application.

The following Cornerstones Awards specifically recognize chapters for excellence in specific areas of chapter programming, sixteen in total. To qualify, chapters must score a year-end score of at least 3.5 (out of 4) in the award category:

Accountability
Delta Alpha Chapter (George Washington)

Alumni Relations
Alpha Kappa Chapter (Missouri-Rolla)

Athletics

Chapter awards for athletics are broken down into three different areas to recognize those chapters from campuses with various student and Greek population sizes.

• Division 1 (20 or more fraternities) –
  Gamma Beta Chapter (Nebraska)
• Division 2 (10-19 fraternities) –
  Iota Gamma Chapter (Nebraska-Kearney)
• Division 3 (9 or fewer fraternities) –
  Eta Rho Chapter (Northern Kentucky)

Campus Involvement
Eta Omicron Chapter (Louisiana-Monroe)

Community Service
Alpha Kappa Chapter (Missouri-Rolla)

Continuing Education
Delta Nu Chapter (Wayne State)

Finances
Epsilon Epsilon Chapter (Toledo)

International Fraternity Participation
Beta Beta Chapter (Washington)

Management
Lambda Zeta Chapter (Drexel)

New Member Education
Lambda Zeta Chapter (Drexel)

Philanthropy
Beta Tau Chapter (Michigan)

Public Relations
Delta Lambda (Florida State)

Recruitment
Chapter awards for recruitment are broken down into three different areas to recognize those chapters from campuses with various student and Greek population sizes.

• Division 1 (20 or more fraternities) –
  Delta Lambda Chapter (Florida State)
• Division 2 (10-19 fraternities) –
  Alpha Xi Chapter (Cincinnati)
• Division 3 (9 or fewer fraternities) –
  Eta Rho Chapter (Northern Kentucky)

Risk Awareness
Kappa Omega Chapter (Wisconsin-Whitewater)

Ritual
Iota Delta Chapter (Rose-Hulman)

RECRUITMENT RECOGNITION AWARDS

Most Improved Recruitment
Omega Chapter (Kentucky) - initiated 41 men representing a 355% increase over 2006

100 Man Chapter Recognition

• Zeta Chapter (Tennessee)
• Upsilon Chapter (Auburn)
• Alpha Zeta Chapter (Arkansas)
• Alpha Kappa Chapter (Missouri-Rolla)
• Alpha Nu Chapter (Missouri)
• Alpha Omega Chapter (Kansas State)
• Beta Zeta Chapter (Southern Methodist)
• Beta Eta Chapter (Illinois)
• Beta Tau Chapter (Michigan)
• Gamma Alpha Chapter (Alabama)
• Gamma Eta Chapter (Southern California)
• Gamma Iota Chapter (Mississippi)
• Delta Alpha Chapter (George Washington)
• Delta Lambda Chapter (Florida State)
• Eta Alpha Chapter (Clemson)
• Theta Lambda Chapter (Creighton)
• Iota Theta Chapter (California Polytechnic State)
• Kappa Gamma Chapter (Florida International)
• Lambda Zeta Chapter (Drexel)
• Lambda Iota Chapter (Central Oklahoma)

20/20 Recruitment Recognition

In 2007, for the first time, Pi Kappa Alpha recognized chapters with a twenty percent increase in initiations from the previous academic year while initiating at least twenty men.

• Theta Chapter (Rhodes)
• Nu Chapter (Wofford)
• Omega Chapter (Kentucky)
• Alpha Epsilon Chapter (North Carolina State)
• Alpha Mu Chapter (Georgia)
• Alpha Xi Chapter (Cincinnati)
• Alpha Rho Chapter (Ohio State)
• Alpha Tau Chapter (Utah)
• Alpha Omega Chapter (Kansas State)
• Beta Zeta Chapter (SMU)
• Beta Mu Chapter (Texas)
• Gamma Iota Chapter (Mississippi)
• Gamma Mu Chapter (New Hampshire)
• Gamma Xi Chapter (Washington State)
• Gamma Tau Chapter (Rensselaer)
• Gamma Chi Chapter (Oklahoma State)
• Gamma Psi Chapter (Louisiana Tech)
• Gamma Omega Chapter (Miami)
• Delta Eta Chapter (Delaware)
• Delta Rho Chapter (Linfield)
• Epsilon Epsilon Chapter (Toledo)
• Epsilon Theta Chapter (Colorado State)
• Epsilon Nu Chapter (Georgia State)
• Epsilon Phi Chapter (Central Arkansas)
• Zeta Epsilon Chapter (Western Kentucky)
• Eta Epsilon Chapter (Angelo State)
• Eta Rho Chapter (Northern Kentucky)
• Theta Lambda Chapter (Creighton)
• Theta Omicron Chapter (Indiana State)
• Theta Rho Chapter (Northern Arizona)
• Theta Omega Chapter (California-Davis)
• Iota Beta Chapter (California State-Fresno)
• Iota Theta Chapter (Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo)
• Iota Kappa Chapter (California-Santa Barbara)
• Iota Pi Chapter (California-Los Angeles)
• Iota Sigma Chapter (James Madison)
• Iota Upsilon Chapter (Georgia Southern)
• Iota Psi Chapter (Appalachian State)
• Kappa Alpha Chapter (Illinois State)
• Kappa Delta Chapter (Northeastern)
• Kappa Zeta Chapter (Louisville)
• Kappa Kappa Chapter (North Carolina-Charlotte)
• Kappa Tau Chapter (Maine)
• Kappa Phi Chapter (California-San Diego)
• Kappa Psi Chapter (Cal Poly-Pomona)
• Lambda Beta Chapter (Florida Atlantic)
• Lambda Iota Chapter (Central Oklahoma)
• Lambda Kappa Chapter (Charleston)
• Lambda Lambda Chapter (California-Irvine)

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International Awards Overview (PDF document)

2007-2008 International Chapter Awards Application
(PDF document)

2007-2008 International Chapter Awards Application
(Word document)

International Alumni Awards Application (PDF document)

International Alumni Awards Application (Word document)

For questions about the International Awards Program, contact the Director of Pike University at (901) 748-1868 ext. 105 or pikeuniversity@pikes.org.