Theta Chi Fraternity is excited to announce the first round of 2012/2013 recipients of the Howard R. Alter, Jr. Award for Chapter Excellence. Two Chapters were present and recognized at the Awards Ceremony held during the Gamma Class of the Initiative Academy:
- Zeta Beta/Adrian College
- Zeta Lambda/Westminster College
[Editor's Note: you can read about other 2012/2013 Alter Award presentations at Delta Class here and Epsilon Class here.]
Five in a row for Zeta Beta: (l-r) Executive Director Mike Mayer, Zeta Beta/Adrian undergraduates, Sr. Director for Event and Member Services, Joel Wendland, Zeta Beta/Adrian 1996 and National President Dick Elder.
The Alter Award is Theta Chi’s highest chapter honor and is traditionally presented at the Fraternity’s summer event. Consideration for the Alter Award is by application only. Applicant chapters are evaluated based on their performance in 12 categories, including recruitment, scholarship programming, risk management practices, member and new member education and others. The Alter Award may only be presented to active chapters.
Recognizing that receiving the Alter Award can be a very special and meaningful experience for the undergraduates, additional recipients will be announced at each of the three remaining sessions of this summer's Initiative Academy. This is done in order to accommodate the unique format of The Initiative Academy. In doing so, the Fraternity is able to ensure that a representative from each winning chapter is present to receive the award in person.
Created by a group of former field staff in 1984 upon the occasion of Howard Alter’s retirement as Executive Director, the Alter Award was first presented in 1986 to chapters that met or exceeded the Fraternity’s standards of excellence.
Three chapters received the Chapter Achievement Award at the Awards Ceremony. This award recognizes and encourages chapters that apply for the Alter Award and demonstrate substantial success, progress, and improvement in chapter operations:
- Psi/University of Wisconsin
- Beta Kappa/Hamline University
- Iota Mu/University of Missouri
Four additional chapters were recognized with Chapter Excellence Awards for demonstrating strong performance in specific areas of chapter operations:
- Beta Chi/Allegheny College
- Zeta Rho/University of Kentucky
- Eta Phi/Oakland University
- Iota Eta/Univeresity of the Pacific
Congratulations, brothers!