Thank you to all of our brothers who attended the first ever virtual Brotherhood Banquet last night! While we would have normally gathered together at Convention this year, we enjoyed celebrating fellowship, brotherhood, and Fraternity separate, but together!
Watch the full banquet here:
We are extremely proud of all the hard work of our award winners and their demonstrated commitment to the ideals and values of Phi Kappa Tau. The following chapters or individuals received awards based on leadership, scholarship, or philanthropy:
The Sonny Strange Recruitment Award –Alpha Lambda, Auburn University
The Outstanding Associate Class Award – Chi chapter, North Carolina State University
Best Associate Member – Jacob Waltermeyer, South Carolina ‘19
Ross E. Roeder Outstanding Board of Governors Award – Beta Chi, University of Southern Illinois
The Jareo Award for Outstanding Chapter-Produced Newsletter – Upsilon at Nebraska Wesleyan University
The Massock Award for most Outstanding Chapter-Hosted Event – Chi at North Carolina State University
Clinton D. Boyd VPAR Award – Will Schiltz, Nebraska Wesleyan ’17
George V. Voinovich Community Service Award – Zeta Epsilon, University of Lynchburg
Paul Newman Award – Beta Beta, University of Louisville
The Fletemeyer Award for an Outstanding Colony – Delta Kappa, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Outstanding Colony Advisor Award – Jeff Rogers, Southern California ’77, advisor to Omega at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Greg Hollen Award for an Outstanding Colony President – Seth Novosel, Southern California ’18
Angelo Award for Most Improved Chapter – Alpha Lambda, Auburn University
Douglass Award for an Outstanding Chapter President - Max Zitek, Nebraska Wesleyan ’16!
Stennis Award for an Outstanding Domain Director – Paul Artis, Illinois Springfield ‘15
Dr. Edgar Ewing Brandon Award for an Outstanding Chapter Advisor - Ralph Cupelli, Truman State ’94
The Jack L. Anson Award for an Undergraduate with Outstanding Fraternal Values – Jacob Severyn, Ohio State ’17!
Outstanding Greek Advisor – Lindsey Denver at Saginaw Valley State
The Moosnick Award for Chapter Scholarship – Alpha Delta, Case Western Reserve
The William H. Shideler Award for Most Outstanding Graduating Senior – Bill Kolpak, Alabama ‘16
Founders Four Chapters - Delta, Centre College, Gamma, Ohio State University, Upsilon, Nebraska Wesleyan University, and Delta Tau, Cal Poly-Pomona
Roland Maxwell Outstanding Chapter Trophy – Delta Tau, Cal Poly–Pomona
The following chapters have received an Academic Excellence Scroll by either achieving a 3.0 cumulative GPA or having a cumulative GPA higher than their all men’s campus average:
Gamma – Ohio State University
Delta – Centre College
Epsilon – Mount Union
Zeta – Illinois
Theta – Transylvania
Lambda – Purdue
Nu – Berkeley
Xi – Franklin & Marshall
Omicron – Penn State
Upsilon – Nebraska Wesleyan
Psi – Colorado
Alpha Delta – Case Western
Alpha Kappa – Washington State
Alpha Pi – Washington
Alpha Sigma – Colorado State
Alpha Tau – Cornell
Alpha Upsilon – Colgate
Alpha Phi – Akron
Alpha Chi – Mississippi State
Beta Kappa – Oklahoma State
Beta Mu – Kent State
Beta Xi – Georgia
Beta Omicron – Maryland
Beta Phi – Westminster
Gamma Alpha – Michigan Tech
Gamma Mu – Bradley
Gamma Xi – East Central
Delta Beta – Evansville
Delta Gamma – Ole Miss
Delta Kappa – Tennessee
Delta Lambda – Muskingum
Delta Rho – Eastern Kentucky
Delta Chi – Rochester
Epsilon Kappa – Rutgers
Epsilon Chi – Virginia Tech
Zeta Alpha – Belmont
Zeta Epsilon – Lynchburg
Zeta Zeta – Illinois-Springfield
Zeta Eta – Alabama
Zeta Kappa – Kenyon
Zeta Xi – South Carolina
Zeta Omicron – Arizona State
Zeta Pi – Boston
The Norman W. Brown Philanthropy Award is presented to all chapters whose donations through the year exceed $2,000. The following chapters been awarded the Norman W. Brown Philanthropy Award:
Beta – Ohio University
Gamma – Ohio State
Delta – Centre
Epsilon – Mount Union
Zeta – Illinois
Kappa – Kentucky
Upsilon – Nebraska Wesleyan
Alpha Eta – Florida
Alpha Lambda – Auburn
Alpha Tau – Cornell
Alpha Upsilon – Colgate
Alpha Chi – Mississippi State
Beta Alpha – Texas
Beta Beta – Louisville
Beta Epsilon – Southern Mississippi
Beta Lambda – Indiana
Beta Mu – Kent State
Beta Xi – Georgia
Beta Omicron – Maryland
Gamma Tau – Old Dominion
Delta Kappa – Tennessee
Delta Tau – Cal Poly Pomona
Epsilon Epsilon – William Paterson
Epsilon Kappa – Rutgers
Epsilon Sigma – Chapman
Zeta Epsilon – Lynchburg
Zeta Kappa – Kenyon
Zeta Lambda – Middle Tennessee
Zeta Xi – South Carolina
Zeta Omicron – Arizona State
Zeta Rho – Columbus State
The follow chapters received The Recruitment Pacesetter Award, which recognizes chapters that have done an excellent job with recruitment and retention, no matter their campus size:
Gamma – Ohio State
Epsilon – Mount Union
Chi – North Carolina State
Alpha Lambda – Auburn
Alpha Upsilon – Colgate
Beta Xi – Georgia
Beta Omega – Cal State-Chico
Epsilon Sigma – Chapman
Congratulations to our many award winners!