CARMEL, IN – Theta Chi Fraternity proudly presents the 2022/2023 recipients of the Howard R. Alter, Jr. Award for Chapter Excellence. Four chapters were recognized during the two sessions of this summer’s Initiative Academy held at the Alpha Iota Chapter House at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.
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.
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 14 categories, including chapter operations, recruitment, scholarship, chapter safety, member and new member education, alumni engagement, community service and philanthropy activities, and others. The Alter Award may only be presented to active chapters.
2022/2023 Recipients:
• Alpha Sigma/Oregon – received the chapter’s first-ever Alter Award
• Beta Sigma/Lehigh – received their fourth Alter Award and their first since 2008.
• Epsilon Kappa/Idaho – now has the highest total number of Alter Awards (14) and their fifth-in-a-row.
• Iota Theta/Central Florida – received their sixth overall Alter Award and their second-in-a-row since 2021.
Twenty-two (22) chapters received the 2022/2023 Chapter Achievement Award. This award recognizes and encourages chapters that apply for the Alter Award and demonstrate substantial success, progress, and improvement in chapter operations:
• Eta/Rhode Island
• Mu/California
• Phi/North Dakota State
• Alpha Lambda/Ohio State
• Alpha Mu/Iowa State
• Alpha Nu/Georgia Tech
• Alpha Xi/Delaware
• Alpha Pi/Minnesota
• Beta Theta/Drexel
• Beta Rho/Illinois Wesleyan
• Gamma Tau/Drake
• Gamma Phi/Nebraska Wesleyan
• Delta Pi/Indiana State
• Delta Psi/Kansas
• Zeta Beta/Adrian
• Eta Gamma/Morehead
• Theta Omega/Appalachian State
• Iota Eta/Pacific
• Iota Lambda/Longwood
• Iota Mu/Missouri
• Iota Tau/Northern Kentucky
• Iota Psi/RIT
Twenty-three (23) additional chapters were recognized with Chapter Excellence Awards for demonstrating strong performance in specific areas of chapter operations:
• Epsilon/WPI
• Zeta/New Hampshire
• Theta/Massachusetts
• Sigma/Oregon State
• Omega/Penn State
• Alpha Delta/Purdue
• Alpha Psi/Maryland
• Beta Phi/Nevada
• Gamma Rho/Florida State
• Delta Alpha/Linfield
• Delta Rho/NC State
• Epsilon Tau/Stephen F. Austin
• Zeta Gamma/Alberta
• Zeta Epsilon/Long Beach State
• Zeta Kappa/Ohio Northern
• Zeta Xi/UC-Davis
• Eta Alpha/Clemson
• Eta Phi/Oakland
• Theta Epsilon/Kennesaw State
• Theta Eta/Sam Houston
• Iota Beta/Missouri State
• Kappa Nu/Colorado
• Kappa Omicron/Tennessee
The Most Improved Chapter Award recognizes the chapter that has made significant developments over the last year. Past recipients of this award have made tremendous improvements in membership size, scholarship programming, and chapter operations while living up to the tenets of our Fraternity Creed and motto every day.
This 2022/2023 Most Improved Chapter is Beta Theta/Drexel.
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About Theta Chi: Founded in 1856, Theta Chi Fraternity is a men’s collegiate fraternity with more than 200,000 initiated members and has established 245 chapters. Theta Chi’s mission is to develop college-age men into successful students, good citizens, lifelong brothers, and resolute leaders. Learn more at wwwthetachi.org.– Theta Chi Fraternity proudly presents the 2022/2023 recipients of the Howard R. Alter, Jr. Award for Chapter Excellence. Four chapters were recognized during the two sessions of this summer’s Initiative Academy held at the Alpha Iota Chapter House at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.