Will Leimenstoll, a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and Student Body President, and Henry Ross, a member of Chi Psi fraternity, both seniors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have earned 2013-2014 scholarships from the Henry Luce Foundation in New York City.
The Luce Scholars Program funds a year of living and learning in East and Southeast Asia for recent college graduates up to the age of 30 with limited 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.
Have you ever wanted to be in a Fraternity? Looked but did not find what you wanted in a brotherhood? The Gentlemen of Zeta Beta Tau are looking for leaders and entrepreneurial-minded men to start a new Fraternity. We are reaching out to men to offer them a chance to build a legacy on campus. If this is something you would be interested in contact consultant Joe Martini at 561-856-0193, or email .
At The Sigma Phi Society's National Convention at Cornell (Ithaca, NY), The Alpha of North Carolina chapter took home Best Chapter GPA and Best Newsletter. In addition, Brother Troy Clifton Homesley III, a Junior from Mooresville, NC, won runner-up for the Society's Hicks Oratorical Contest. Finally, the chapter was awarded the honor of hosting the Society's 182nd national convention during the fall of 2013 in Chapel Hill.
Scholarships & Awards Available for Incoming Students
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St. Anthony Hall (Delta Psi) Donates Civil War Era Autograph Book to UNC Archives
Members of the Xi Chapter of St. Anthony Hall (Delta Psi) at UNC and the St. Anthony Association of North Carolina have donated a Civil War-era autograph book to the University Archives in the Wilson Special Collections Library. The autograph book includes signatures of members of the Xi Chapter who attended UNC from 1862 to 1865. Members of other UNC fraternities also signed the book. Many of the signers served in the Confederate Army and lost their lives in the Civil War. The original owner of the autograph book, William C. Prout, was a St. Anthony Hall brother and the sole graduate of UNC’s class of 1865.
Chi Psi Brings Home National Chapter of the Year Award
The Alpha Sigma chapter of Chi Psi Fraternity was awarded the Thayer Trophy on Aug. 4 at the fraternity’s annual Convention at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Ill. The Thayer Trophy recognizes the fraternity’s most exceptional chapter in the country based on alumni involvement, academics, and community and campus contributions.
Alpha Sigma of Chi Psi had the highest GPA within the Interfraternity Council (IFC) last fall and hosts an annual BBQ & Bluegrass philanthropy event with Chi Omega Sorority. Chi Psi has more than 90% brotherhood participation in campus activities and philanthropies outside the fraternity, and last year’s Student Body Vice President is also an active brother.
It is the second time in the past three years that Alpha Sigma has received the Thayer Trophy. Chapter President Will Overton accepted the trophy on behalf of Alpha Sigma chapter at the fraternity’s Convention banquet.
Alpha Pi Omega Named Undergraduate Chapter of the Year
Members from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill brought home top honors at Alpha Pi Omega’s annual national awards banquet. For the second time in three years, Alpha Chapter was named the sorority’s Undergraduate Chapter of the Year. In order to be considered for the award, chapters were asked to submit a portfolio covering five categories: academics, community service, campus involvement, outside recognition and a creative component. Alpha Chapter also received the sorority’s Busy Bees of the Year award, presented to the chapter that completes the most community service hours. In addition to the more than 400 hours logged by the chapter’s 10 members, Alpha sisters completed seven group service projects, including two roadside clean-ups with Adopt-A-Highway and volunteering at the annual Carolina Indian Circle powwow. Along with the two chapter awards, Francesca Locklear, a spring 2012 health administration graduate from Apex, N.C., had the highest individual grade point average among the sorority’s active undergraduate members.
Alpha Chi Omega Wins Top National Award for 4th Consecutive Year
On July 16, 2012, the UNC Epsilon Chi Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega received the "Continuing Excellence Award" for the fourth consecutive year. Only chapters who have won the National Council Trophy ("the top chapter award") are eligible to compete for the Continuing Excellence Award, which recognizes its sustaining the superior momentum required to win the Trophy. The chapter was also among four finalists for a repeat-win of the Trophy, and won the Facility Management award which recognizes the many outstanding elements of the chapter's live-in experience.
Phi Mu Brings Back Multiple Awards from National Convention
Phi Mu-Gamma Lambda Chapter (UNC-Chapel Hill) attended its 52nd national convention the weekend of July 4th, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to participating in various educational workshops and programs, the chapter won multiple awards including the Outstanding Chapter Association Award, the Formal Recruitment Quota Award-Area II, and the Clara Raynor Rader Chapter Programming Award.
Selected Outstanding Chapter Association, the Gamma Lambda Chapter Association is comprised of all of the alumnae of the Gamma Lambda chapter. Their mission is to build bonds among members and to support the collegiate chapter by developing and engaging in programming that advances these goals.
Beta Theta Pi Eta Chapter Collects 4th Sisson Award
The Francis H. Sisson Award is awarded to outstanding chapters of Beta Theta Pi based on chapter excellence. It is given to chapters that best exemplify the Fraternity’s dedication to cultivation of the intellect, leadership development and self-governance, commitment to community, member education, responsible personal conduct, chapter advisory, member recruitment, communication, and lifelong fraternal brotherhood. This year marks the third consecutive year the Eta Chapter at UNC-Chapel Hill has received this honor, and the fourth time in chapter history.
NC Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta Collects National Awards
UNC's chapter of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity brought home several major awards from its recent General Convention in Washington, D.C. The chapter was recognized with the Community Service Citation, Recruitment Recognition Award, William Allen White Outstanding Alumni Newsletter, Silver Star Award (honorable mention for overall excellence), Paul C. Beam Trophy- Honorable Mention (for outstanding single philanthropic event- Eve Carson 5k), and the Lubbock Trophy (most significant continuing community service- ALS and Habitat). This year marked the fifth in a row that the NC Beta chapter had received recognition in the outstanding philanthropy category for the Eve Carson 5K Run.
Theta Tau Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha Named One of Nations Best
At the most recent National ZTA Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, the Theta Tau chapter (UNC-Chapel Hill) was recognized with Crown Chapter, quota/total, Highly Commendable GPA, and Founder’s Club (raised over $120,000 over the biennium) awards. The highlight for the chapter was receiving the Nelly Galloway Shearer Award at the final Recognition Banquet. The Shearer Award is awarded to the second highest collegiate ZTA chapter over the last biennium—quite an accomplishment out of 159 active ZTA chapters! Over the last 8 years, the chapter has won #1, #2, #1, and #2 at the respective Conventions.
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.
For more information on Fire Safety Capitol Hill Day and Campus FireWatch, please visit www.campus-firewatch.com.
Members of Greek Community Receive 2012 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.
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