Region 5 Collegiate Awards

 

Scholarship Excellence

This award recognizes the chapter that has the highest grade point average.

 

Most Improved Scholarship

This award recognizes the chapter that shows the most improvement between the first year of the biennium and the second year of the biennium.

 

Outstanding Campus Scholarship

This award recognizes the chapters that have the highest grade point average among all women’s Panhellenic groups on their campus.

 

Administrative Excellence

This award recognizes the chapters that consistently accept the responsibility of meeting required deadlines for reports, financial obligations, and other obligations required by Delta Gamma Fraternity and have an updated and functioning website.

 

Spirit of Sisterhood (Collumnae Programming)

This award recognizes the chapter that initiates the most creative and successful activities with the alumnae in their area. 

 

Innovative New Member Pursuit Plan

This award recognizes the chapters that exhibit a well rounded new member program reflecting: New Member Pursuit Plan and Inspiration/Initiation Outlines that are completed on time,  weekly activities that are innovative and creative, Bid Day and Big Sis/ Lil' Sis Revealing are creative and well executed, and a chapter that involves all members of the chapter in unique ways to help educate and inform new members. 

 

Living the Rituals

This award recognizes chapters that complete their Initiation/Inspiration Outline on time,  monthly formal chapter meetings are conducted with appropriate rituals, and informal rituals are innovative, creative, and on-going throughout the year.

 

Excellence in Programming

This award recognizes the chapter whose programming is designed to cover all aspects of  Article II, Objects of the Fraternity, as outlined in the Delta Gamma Constitution.  The objects are:  friendship, educational and cultural interests, social responsibility and character.

 

Foundation Fund Raising Award

This award recognizes the chapter that sponsors a successful fund raiser with 100% of the proceeds earmarked for the Delta Gamma Foundation.  (The recipient of this award will be determined by dividing the amount of money raised by the number of chapter members.)

 

Bronze Recruitment Awards

This award recognizes all Region 5 chapters that achieve both quota and total during the recruitment period.

 

Pink Recruitment Awards

This award recognizes all Region 5 chapters that achieve total during the recruitment period.

 

Blue Recruitment Awards

This award recognizes all Region 5 chapters that achieve quota during the recruitment period.

 

Financial Excellence Award

This award recognizes chapters who meet all financial responsibilities in a timely manner: monthly reports submitted on time, budgets submitted by due date, dues ands fees contracts filed with EO, signed room contracts submitted to House Corporation (if applicable), receivables secured to allowable limit and expenses limited to within 5% of their budgeted income.

 

Outstanding Chapter President

This award recognizes the chapter president who fulfills all of the responsibilities of her office as defined by Delta Gamma Fraternity.

Outstanding Honor Boards

This award recognizes the Honor Boards that consistently assess chapter morale, chapter needs, and motivate members to achieve individual and collective excellence.

 

Spirit of Region 5 Award/Outstanding Chapter Award

This award recognizes the chapter that is fiscally fit, files their reports and collegiate master calendars in a timely manner, has well-rounded programming, fulfils their recruitment quota and strives to reach total, schedules collumnae events, and has good membership participation and Foundation involvement. The recipient chapters must also exhibit the true meaning of sisterhood. A chapter must have applied for the Patricia Peterson Danielson Award to be eligible for this award.