Fraternity and
sorority members at Elon received national honors and
recognition during the recent Mid-American Greek Council
Association (MGCA) conference in Chicago. Details...
The
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), the governing council
for the five historically African-American fraternities and
sororities at Elon, received the 2007 Overall Council
Excellence award and was named the top NPHC Council in the
nation for the second year in a row. In addition, the Elon
NPHC received recognition for excellence in membership
intake, council management, academic achievement, and
community service.
The Panhellenic Council, the governing council for
sororities at Elon, received recognitions for excellence in
all eight award categories: membership recruitment; community
service and philanthropy; risk reduction and management; self
governance and judicial affairs; academic achievement;
council management; public relations; and leadership and
educational development. The Elon Panhellenic Council was
also named a finalist for the 2007 Sutherland Award for
Overall Excellence for Panhellenic Councils. This is the
second year the council received finalist status.
The Interfraternity Council, the governing council for
fraternities at Elon, received recognition for excellence in
public relations. The Elon Interfraternity Council was also
honored by the North American Interfraternity Conference at a
special luncheon for academic excellence. Elon is one of only
eight universities nationwide with Greek organizations where
the all-fraternity GPA is at least 0.25 points above the
non-fraternity GPA.
In addition to these recognitions, the councils were also
recognized for best practices for the following programs:
officer leadership manuals and faculty pot luck dinners.
Gina Dowell, assistant director of greek life, and Courtney
Hillyer, the director of recruitment for the Panhellenic
Council and a junior at Elon, won second place and a $150
prize in the Order of Omega Case Study competition at the
conference. They were selected as one of eight teams
out of 25 applicants to participate in the Order of Omega
Case Study competition. The Order of Omega was founded at the
University of Miami in the fall of 1959 by a group of
outstanding fraternity men, who felt that individuals in the
Greek community should be recognized for their commitment to
academics, leadership and service to the community.
MGCA is the premier national leadership conference for
fraternity and sorority governing council officers.
Participants in the conference come from more than 30 U.S.
states, and 175 campuses. Elon has attended this annual
leadership conference for the past three years.
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