Academic Achievement

  • DELTAS ON THE DEANS LIST

    Spring 2010

     

    A big contratulations to the following initiated members for making the Dean's List:

     

    Abigail Barash
    Kathleen Gebler
    Mary Goodwin
    Ashley Jessup
    Lauren Kelly
    Hilary Klein
    Brittany Raasch
    Lauren Sheram
    Nicole Disney
    Christine Alves
    Simone Larson
    Katie Lebel
    Madison Smith

     

     

     

    At the 2010 Club Advisory Board Banquet, Delta was honored with:

     

      

     

    Sorority Intramural Cup

     

      

     

      

     

    At the 2010 Honors & Recognition Convocation, senior Deltas were honored with:

     

      

     

    Outstanding Student Majoring in Art History -Mary Beth Brown
    Colwell Prize, Awarded for Excellent Work in American Politics -Lauren Sheram

     

      

     

      

     

    Deltas named to the 2009-10 Who’s Who Among American Colleges & Universities included:

     

    Lara Fernando
    Ashley Jessup
    Lauren Sheram
    Lauren Witte

     

      

     

    Deltas inducted into the Order of Omega 2010:

     

    Abigail Barash
    Lara Fernando
    Mary Goodwin
    Lauren Jensen
    Lauren Kelley
    Debbie Papernik
    Alyssa Safran
    Laruen Witte

     

      

     

    Phi Beta Kappa honorees 2010:

     

    Lauren Sheram
    Lauren Witte

     



    Fall 2009

     

    A big contratulations to the following initiated members for making the Dean's List:

     

    Christine Alves
    Alex Babcock
    Abbie Barash
    Lauren Evans
    Lara Fernando
    Kailey Hatfield
    Lauren Jensen
    Ashley Jessup
    Lauren Kelly
    Kelsey Kimmel
    Alaina Maier
    Alyssa Safran
    Holly Shankland
    Lauren Sheram

     

     

     

    Congratulations!

     

    At the Order of OMEGA (Outstanding Merit in Exemplifying Greek Achievements) awards banquet on May 13, 2009, the Deltas were honored as follows:

     

    The Poseidon Award (Outstanding University Involvement) - April Fordyce '09
    Excellence in Risk Management - Delta Kappa Psi
    Excellence in Philanthropy - Delta Kappa Psi
    Excellence in Scholarship (Highest GPA Per New Member Class) - Spring '09 New Member Class (Nicole Disney '12, Lauren Evans '12, Kailey Hatfield '12, Bailey Hughes '11, Kelsey Kimmel '11, Alaina Maier '12, Lauren Petersen '12, Nadia Rahim '12, Gretchen Stankey'12 and Megan Starr '12)
    The Athena Award (Outstanding Greek Scholar-GPA Awards) - Mary Beth Brown, Elysia Carnagey, April Fordyce
    The Greek Pillar Award (Outstanding Fraternal Values) - Lara Fernando '10

    At the CAB (Club Advisory Board) awards banquet on May 19, 2009, the Deltas were honored as follows:

     

    Sorority Intramural Cup - Delta Kappa Psi
    Four-Year Outstanding Achievement Award - April Fordyce '09
    Neal K. Pahia Advisor of the Year (for Outstanding leadership, dedication and support to Delta Kappa Psi) - Lori Hatfield

    These Delta Girls have been selected to represent UR in the 2009 edition of Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities:

     

    April Fordyce
    Jessie Sinnet

     

    Congratulations Girls!

     

     

     

     
    DELTA ACHIEVEMENTS

     

     

    Overall Delta Stats:

      Initiated Member GPA # of Initiated Members New Member GPA # of New Members Total Group GPA # of Members Total
    Delta Kappa Psi 3.17 53 3.28 10 3.19 63

     

     

     
    Greek Life - Academic Fact Sheet

    •    In Spring 2004, Greeks Who Care developed an academic proposal and Greek Council voted to establish a minimum GPA for all Greek organizations. 
    - The students decided that it should be at/above the all-campus average after returning from a Greek conference where they learned what other Greeks were doing to promote academics. 
    - All organizations had one year to bring their GPA up to 3.0.

    •    In Spring 2004, IFC and Panhellenic voted to increase the GPA requirement to rush from a 2.3 to a 2.5.  Beta Lambda requires a 2.7 to rush and women have to petition if they have lower than that.

    •    In Spring 2005, Greek Council developed the 3 Strike Policy for organizations who fall below a 3.0.  currently Greek Council is reviewing the sanctions for this policy which will likely change.

    •    All campus average GPA – 3.0; this is verified each semester with the Registrar’s Office

    •    Greek Council petitioned Student Life to be able to take freshman new members.  Their proposal included:  freshman need over a 3.0 and 2 faculty recommendations and only those organizations that have over a 3.0 may take freshman.

     

     
    Number of Freshman with above a 3.0 has been increasing
    Spring Rush 2005 Spring Rush 2006 Spring Rush 2007 Spring Rush 2007
    350 375 375

    399

     

     

     

     
     

    Greek Life OVERALL GPA distribution – 3.0 REQUIRED

    Spring 2004 Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2006 Fall 2006 Spring 2007 Fall 2007
    2.80 2.89 3.05 3.12 3.12 3.15 3.03 2.95



     
     

    Fraternity OVERALL GPA distribution – 3.0 REQUIRED 

    Spring 2004 Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2006 Fall 2006 Spring 2007 Fall 2007
     2.64 2.70 2.93 2.93 2.92 3.01 3.02 2.88

     

     

     

     

     

    Sorority OVERALL GPA distribution – 3.0 REQUIRED 

    Spring 2004 Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2006 Fall 2006 Spring 2007 Fall 2007
     2.97 3.08 3.18  3.29   3.23  3.12 3.09  3.02 

     

     

     

     

    New Member OVERALL GPA distribution

      Spring 2004 Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2006 Fall 2006 Spring 2007 Fall 2007
    Fraternity - - - 2.89 2.80 2.99 2.98 2.83
    Sorority - - - 3.02 3.10 3.13 2.90 2.86

     

     

     

     
    Current Greek Life GPA
      Spring 2007 Fall 2007
     Alpha Gamma Nu  3.00  2.68
     Chi Sigma Chi  3.13   2.73 
     Chi Rho Psi  3.37  3.28
     Kappa Sigma Sigma  2.57  2.85
     Pi Chi  2.97  2.84
     Sigma Kappa Alpha  3.19  3.00
     Alpha Sigma Pi  3.00  2.92
     Alpha Theta Phi  3.12  3.11
     Alpha Xi Omicron  2.95  2.92
     Beta Lambda  3.27  3.14
     Delta Kappa Psi  3.10  3.02
     
    Chapter Numbers
      Spring 2008 New Members Total
    Alpha Gamma Nu 10 4 14
    Chi Sigma Chi 6 15
    Chi Rho Psi 19  7 26
    Kappa Sigma Sigma

    13

     

    0 13 
    Pi Chi  10 17 
    Sigma Kappa Alpha 10 15 
    Alpha Sigma Pi 23  27 
    Alpha Theta Phi  32 15  47 
    Alpha Xi Omicron  28 33 
    Beta Lambda 35  13 48
    Delta Kappa Psi 53  10   63