FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THETA CHI FRATERNITY ANNOUNCES 2013/2014 RECRUITMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
AUGUST 28, 2014 - Carmel, IN - Theta Chi is pleased to announce the 2013/2014 recruitment award recipients. The James M. Holland, Phil S. Randall and Henry B. Hersey awards were created to recognize and honor the Fraternity’s top recruiting chapters for the previous academic year. The awards were presented at the 158th Anniversary Convention held July 16-19, 2014 in Minneapolis:
James M. Holland Award—
The Holland Award is presented to the chapter that initiates the most new members:
- Winner: Gamma Rho/Florida State University—68 initiates
- Runner-up: Alpha Iota/Indiana University—62 initiates
Phil S. Randall Success in Recruitment Award—
The Randall Award is presented to chapters that initiate 25 or more new members during the previous academic year. This year, Phil S. Randall's grandson and great-grandson were on hand to present the Randall Award. Judge R.A. "Jim" Randall, and his son, Jim Randall, were initiated into Theta Chi Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity in 2005. The Randalls proudly recognized 36 chapters with the award that bears their family name:
- Gamma Rho/Florida State University—68 initiates
- Alpha Iota/Indiana University—62 initiates
- Delta Upsilon/Arizona State University—48 initiates
- Tau/University of Florida—45 initiates
- Alpha Phi/University of Alabama—41 initiates
- Iota Beta/Missouri State University—40 initiates
- Chi/Auburn University—40 initiates
- Beta Iota/University of Arizona—40 initiates
- Zeta Rho/University of Kentucky—36 initiates
- Iota Theta/University of Central Florida—36 initiates
- Delta Alpha/Linfield College—35 initiates
- Zeta Epsilon/CSU-Long Beach—35 initiates
- Eta Omega/CSU-Chico—35 initiates
- Iota Mu/University of Missouri—34 initiates
- Psi/University of Wisconsin—33 initiates
- Theta Iota/UC-Santa Cruz—33 initiates
- Gamma Kappa/Miami University (OH)—32 initiates
- Delta Rho/North Carolina State University—30 initiates
- Zeta Pi/Old Dominion University—30 initiates
- Delta/Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute—29 initiates
- Omicron/University of Richmond—29 initiates
- Phi/North Dakota State University—29 initiates
- Alpha Gamma/University of Michigan—28 initiates
- Eta Gamma/Morehead State University—28 initiates
- Iota/Colgate University—27 initiates
- Beta Rho/Illinois Wesleyan University—27 initiates
- Gamma Tau/Drake University—27 initiates
- Delta Phi/University of North Texas—27 initiates
- Epsilon Psi/New Jersey Institute of Technology—27 initiates
- Zeta Phi/California Polytechnic State University—27 initiates
- Iota Omicron/Florida International University—27 initiates
- Iota Pi/Louisiana State University—27 initiates
- Rho/University of Illinois—26 initiates
- Alpha Delta/Purdue University—26 initiates
- Alpha Kappa/West Virginia University—26 initiates
- Theta Xi/Virginia Commonwealth University—26 initiates
Henry B. Hersey Significant Increase in Membership Award
The Hersey Award is presented to the chapter that demonstrates the greatest overall percent increase in membership
- Winner: Epsilon Psi/NJIT—19 members in Spring 2013 to 51 in Spring 2014 (268 percent increase)
- Honorable mention: Zeta Sigma/Wisconsin-River Falls—15 members in Spring 2013 to 36 in Spring 2014 (240 percent increase)
Winners were determined based on the total number of newly initiated members according to the International Headquarters files between May 15, 2013 and May 15, 2014. All active chapters are eligible for consideration for one or more of these honors.
Theta Chi Fraternity's recruitment awards are named in honor of the undergraduate members who saved the Fraternity from extinction. In 1881, Theta Chi found itself with one undergraduate member, James Michael Holland. Holland did not quit, but struggled to find a solution. Fortunately for Theta Chi, one new cadet, Phil Sheridan Randall, felt strongly that Theta Chi was worth saving. Randall convinced his friend Henry Blanchard Hersey that they should become members of Theta Chi. Randall and Hersey approached Holland to join Theta Chi, and he agreed to initiate the two cadets, enlisting the help of local alumni. Randall and Hersey were initiated on Nov. 19, 1881, saving Theta Chi at Norwich University, and securing the future of the entire Fraternity.
Today, the Holland, Randall, and Hersey Awards recognize the recruitment efforts of Theta Chi chapters and their dedication to maintain and preserve Theta Chi Fraternity for the generations of brothers to come.
Congratulations to all recipients and good luck with your recruitment efforts in 2014/2015!
Founded in 1856, Theta Chi Fraternity is a men’s collegiate fraternity with more than 175,000 initiated members and has established 226 chapters. Leadership development, personal development, and service to alma mater are fundamental to Theta Chi Fraternity’s mission.
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