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Scholarships & Awards Available for Incoming Students Please click here for more information about scholarships and awards available to incoming Carolina students for Fall 2012.
Six Greeks Selected as 2012 Phillips Ambassadors Of the seventeen undergraduate students selected as Phillips Ambassadors for Summer and Fall 2012, six are members of Carolina's fraternity and sorority community. Phillips Ambassadors, who travel to Asia on study abroad programs, are selected for academic achievement and commitment to activities, service and leadership roles in the classroom and community. The Greek students are: Brendan Cooley (Delta Sigma Phi), H.K. Hallett III (Phi Delta Theta), Hannah Margaret Lindquist (Alpha Delta Pi), Claire Powers (Alpha Delta Pi), Timothy Allen Stump, Jr. (Beta Theta Pi), and Zachary Zlatev (Sigma Phi Epsilon).
Greeks Head to DC on Capitol Hill Day to Promote Fire Safety Legislation On March 21, 2012, seven members of the UNC Fraternity and Sorority community, representing Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Gamma Delta fraternities, descended on Washington DC in support of campus fire safety legislation. The fifth annual Fire Safety Capitol Hill day, sponsored by Campus FireWatch, brought together over 35 undergraduate students, parents of students who lost their lives in campus fires, and fire safety advocates from across the country. The group visited over 80 Senatorial and Congressional offices looking to garner co-sponsors for a number of important fire safety bills currently in committee. The bills provide a variety of on- and off-campus fire safety resources and incentives, including matching grants for universities to develop fire safety programs, tax deductions for landlords to install fire sprinklers in off-campus residences, and matching grants for universities to install fire sprinklers and warning systems. Campus fire safety is an issue close to the hearts of the UNC Fraternity and Sorority community following the tragic deaths of five students in a fire at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house on May 12, 1996. Campus FireWatch and UNC students were instrumental in the passage of the 2008 Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act, which requires universities to annually report fire safety information to the U.S. Department of Education. The Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act was an important initial step in raising awareness of campus fire safety issues and the UNC Fraternity and Sorority community continues to be committed to ensuring that all students have access to fire safety education and properly equipped on-campus and off-campus residences. Congratulations to 2011 Chapter Excellence Award Winners!
The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life and Community Involvement would like to recognize the following chapters and individuals for outstanding achievements. These chapters and individuals were distinguished at the 17th Annual Chapter Excellence Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 9th, 2012
Most Campus Involvement Zeta Tau Alpha Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Kappa Alpha Psi Delta Kappa Epsilon Delta Upsilon Kappa Alpha Pi Alpha Phi Delta Phi Omega Bettie Ann Everett Award for Most Community Service Zeta Tau Alpha Kappa Kappa Gamma Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Alpha Phi Alpha Sorority, Inc. Alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sigma Rho Lambda St. Anthony Hall Chi Psi Pi Kappa Phi Most Improved GPA Phi Sigma Nu Pi Kappa Phi Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Alpha Delta Pi Highest GPA Chi Psi Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Kappa Delta Sigma Rho Lambda
Fire Safety Awards - Perfect Inspections 2011 Fall & Spring Semester Phi Delta Theta Zeta Psi Delta Delta Delta Pi Beta Phi Delta Upsilon Outstanding Faculty/UNC Advisor Debra Murray/Phi Beta Chi Outstanding Alumni/Alumnae Advisor Monica McCarty/Phi Mu Outstanding Philanthropic Activity(ies) Pi Kappa Phi Service Outreach Award Kappa Delta/Zeta Tau Alpha
Greek Unity Award
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Excellence in Programming
Kappa Delta
Leading with Values
Pi Beta Phi/Alpha Epsilon Omega
Unsung Greek Leader
Darius Love/Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Chapter Progress Awards Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Delta Upsilon
Phi Beta Chi
Omega Phi Beta
Ron Wooten Leadership Award
Javan Cross/Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Outstanding Chapter President
Kelsey Duncan/Phi Beta Chi
Outstanding Greek Leader (Sorority)
Lorna Knick./Delta Delta Delta
Outstanding Greek Leader (Fraternity)
Chris Lyle, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Greek Alliance Council Chapter of the Year
Phi Sigma Nu
Interfraternity Council Chapter of the Year
Pi Kappa Phi
National Pan-Hellenic Council Chapter of the Year
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Panhellenic Chapter of the Year
Phi Mu
Members of Greek Community Receive Chancellor's Awards Shani Watson of Delta Sigma Theta won the Wallace Ray Peppers Award in Performance of African and African-American Literature. The award is given annually to the most outstanding junior or senior. Katherine Moise of Alpha Chi Omega won the Patrick F. Earey Award. The award is given to an outstanding EXSS department senior. Haley Tan of Pi Beta Phi earned the Hampton Shuping Prize for her excellence in academics, integrity and leadership at Kenan-Flagler Business School. Edina Wang of Alpha Kappa Delta Phi won the Chi Omega Award for Scholarship and Leadership, which is awarded annually to a senior in the Department of Psychology. Brent Macon of Sigma Chi won the IFC Man of the Year Award. Lindsey Stephens of Alpha Delta Pi won the Panhellenic Council Woman of the Year Award. Rachel Dukes of Delta Sigma Theta won the National Panhellenic Council Award. Ronald Rojas of Lambda Upsilon Lambda won the Greek Alliance Council Award. Congratulations to everyone who won and keep up the good work! Former Fraternity President Receives Luce Scholarship for Asian Study Cody Mitchell Poplin, a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has earned a 2012-2013 scholarship from the Henry Luce Foundation in New York City.
The Luce scholarship funds a year of living and learning in East and Southeast Asia for recent college graduates with no prior experience of the continent. The foundation’s goal is to connect future American leaders with Asian colleagues in their fields. Selection criteria include outstanding academic achievement and leadership ability.
Poplin, 21, is a political science and peace, war and defense double major and history minor in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences.
The son of Starr Poplin of Thurmond, Poplin graduated from North Wilkes High School in 2008. At Carolina, he served as president of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and a committee member for the Great Decisions program in the international studies department. He has also been on the dean’s list every semester at UNC and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
In the spring of 2010, he completed a Burch Field Research Honors Seminar on international relations and democratic empowerment in Washington, D.C. At the same time, he interned at World Vision, a nonprofit organization working for sustainable development and the alleviation of world poverty. Later that year, Poplin received a fellowship to study with the department of war studies at King’s College London, where he researched the effectiveness of U.S. information and democracy promotion programs in foreign countries during the Cold War. He is now using his work to write his honors thesis on the impact U.S. public diplomacy has on the understanding and international support of U.S. policy goals.
Poplin spent his most recent summer as a cyclist and volunteer for Push America’s Journey of Hope across America, an outreach program that raises awareness and understanding of people with disabilities. For this cross-country trip, he raised more than $9,000 and volunteered for 1,000 hours with people with disabilities.
Back on campus, he has also held various positions in Carolina United, Carolina Mock Trial and Student Congress. ~ Carolina News Service Greek Groove 2012 a Success for Panhellenic Council and UNC Eating Disorders Program On Monday, February 27, 2012, the Panhellenic Council at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill held its second annual Greek Groove. The large-scale dance competition benefited the UNC Eating Disorders Program by raising over $11,000 for the cause! Each of the 11 Panhellenic sororities formed a 20-person dance team to compete. Kappa Delta won the competition and Zeta Tau Alpha earned the runner-up spot. Established in 2003, the UNC Eating Disorders Program emerged from the vision and passion of a concerned mother who vowed that no other parent should have to endure the hardship that her family endured in finding appropriate treatment. This noble cause inspired the Panhellenic Council to find a way to raise funds to support this important cause and promote awareness of the dangers of eating disorders in the Carolina community. For more information about the UNC Eating Disorders Program, please visit www.unceatingdisorders.org Phi Beta Sigma Takes Home Step Show Hardware
With hard work and dedication the Xi Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated won 1st place at the NC Step Challenge on February 4, 2012 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The chapter competed against 4 other teams to take home their second title this academic year. In October 2011, the Xi Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. won the UNC-Chapel Hill Homecoming Step Show for the 4th consecutive year.
Two UNC Pi Kapp's Named Award Winners Cody Poplin '12 has been named the recipient of the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation’s Otis R. McCollum Memorial Scholarship, which recognizes excellence in academics and volunteerism. Awarded annually to a member of the fraternity who is enrolled at one of 13 North Carolina institutions where Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity currently has an undergraduate chapter, Poplin is the first Carolina student to receive the award since its inception in 1997.
The award is named for Otis R. McCollum, a 1953 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and initiate of Pi Kappa Phi’s Kappa Chapter. McCollum, a former Trustee of the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation, passed away in 1997, but through his estate made provisions to create this award which bears his name.
Matthew Hoehn '12 was named a 2011 Pi Kapp Scholar. The highest and most prestigious academic award offered by the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Hoehn joins four other students from Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity in receiving this distinction, but is the only one from UNC-Chapel Hill in this year’s selection. Created in 1927, the Pi Kapp Scholar award singles out those student members of the fraternity who excel in the classroom and who also show demonstrated leadership within their chapter and campus community. Hoehn is the fourth recipient from Kappa chapter since 1927 to receive this recognition. UNC Chi Psi Named 2011 Fullbright Fellow
Griffin Daughtridge ’11 was recently named a recipient of the prestigious 2011-2012 Fullbright Fellowship. A 4-year member of Chi Psi Fraternity at UNC, Daughtridge served his chapter as a recruitment chair and social chair. He is currently spending his Fullbright term in Columbia conducting his project, “The Epidemiology of the Hepatitis B Virus after 20 years of Vaccination.” UNC Chi Psi Named 2011 Rhodes Scholar
The Rhodes Trust announced the 2011 class of Rhodes Scholars, and Paul Shorkey ’11, a brother of Chi Psi Fraternity, was among the elite group of 32 of the nation’s top students. As a recipient of the scholarship, Shorkey has the opportunity to study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom for two to three years. He is one of 14 Rhodes Scholars to come out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chapter of Chi Psi since 1938. Previous recipients are John Foreman '38, Robert W. Spearman '65, Thomas M. Bello '71, Ford Runge '74, Jim Cooper '76, Hubertus Jan Van Der Vaart '77, Robert Allen Long, Jr. '80, Caleb Kimball King '81, Bryan Hassel '88, Ryan Balot '90, David Ball '92, Ben Lundin '07, and Henry Spelman '10. UNC Greek crowned Mrs. UNC in 2011 Homecoming election Congratulations to Holly Roberts for being crowned Mrs. UNC! She garnered over a thousand votes in the Homecoming election, and will soon start working on her platform: Tar Heels for Troops. She wants to begin the project by recruiting more volunteers and planning events, like a store in the Pit that will help raise money for soldiers. UNC’s Greek community made a strong showing in the election, as five out of the six finalists were Greek:
Holly Roberts (Phi Mu)
Camile Jones (Alpha Kappa Alpha)
Tabitha Linville (Phi Beta Chi)
Chris Lyle (Kappa Alpha Psi)
Eric Campbell (Alpha Phi Alpha) Congratulations are also in order for Clint Hannah, the new Mr. UNC. He plans to begin work on his project, Club Nova, by organizing a clothing drive for the center, which provides support for people living with mental illness in Orange County.
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