NEW ORLEANS, LA - Theta Chi Fraternity proudly presents the 2023/2024 recipients of the Howard R. Alter, Jr. Award for Chapter Excellence. Nine chapters were recognized during the 168th Anniversary Convention & 41st School of Fraternity Practices in New Orleans.
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.
2023/2024 Recipients:
Thirty-one (31) chapters received the 2023/2024 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:
- Zeta Chapter/New Hampshire
- Eta Chapter/Rhode Island
- Alpha Delta/Purdue
- Alpha Lambda/Ohio State
- Alpha Nu/Georgia Tech
- Alpha Xi/Delaware
- Alpha Pi/Minnesota
- Alpha Phi/Alabama
- Alpha Chi/Syracuse
- Beta Theta/Drexel
- Beta Sigma/Lehigh
- Beta Phi/Nevada
- Gamma Delta/Florida Southern
- Gamma Rho/Florida State
- Delta Mu/Texas
- Delta Pi/Indiana State
- Delta Rho/NC State
- Delta Phi/North Texas
- Zeta Pi/Old Dominion
- Zeta Rho/Kentucky
- Eta Beta/Eastern Kentucky
- Eta Phi/Oakland
- Eta Psi/UAB
- Iota Beta/Missouri State
- Iota Gamma/Grand Valley State
- Iota Eta/Pacific
- Iota Theta/Central Florida
- Iota Kappa/Northern Arizona
- Iota Mu/Missouri
- Iota Sigma/Towson
- Kappa Nu/Colorado
Nine additional chapters were recognized with Chapter Excellence Awards for demonstrating strong performance in specific areas of chapter operations:
- Sigma/Oregon State
- Gamma Upsilon/Bradley
- Gamma Chi/Randolph-Macon
- Delta Omega/Ripon
- Zeta Alpha/Slippery Rock
- Zeta Kappa/Ohio Northern
- Zeta Tau/Michigan-Flint
- Theta Eta/Sam Houston
- Iota Omega/SUNY Cortland
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 2023/2024 Most Improved Chapter is Iota Theta/Central Florida.
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.