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Chi Upsilon Sigma, Delta Zeta, Pi Kappa Alpha win Dean's Cup
Janhavi Purohit
Issue date: 5/16/08 Section: News
The Dean's Cup award, presented annually to a chapter in each of Drexel's three Greek councils, was awarded this year to Chi Upsilon Sigma sorority of the Multicultural Greek Council, Delta Zeta sorority of the Panhellenic Council and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity of the Interfraternity Council.
Each chapter on campus is required to submit a yearly chapter assessment plan, a seven-section compilation of the chapter's accomplishments from the past year, according to Kathleen Peoples, director of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
According to Peoples, the seven sections are chapter management, membership development, citizenship and philanthropy, community relations, programming, statistics such as GPA and community service hours, and values and identity.
The plans are reviewed by a committee made up by Student Life representatives, including individuals from the counseling center and Residential Living.
The cup is merit-based, according to Peoples. Each section is given a score, and the chapter with the highest scores from all seven sections is the winner.
"Pike's [assessment plan] was, for example, on top of most of, if not all of the categories from the fraternities," David Ruth, dean of students, said.
According to Mike Ruggieri, Pi Kappa Alpha's president, the most difficult thing is to "stay on top and not get complacent."
"We pride ourselves on trying to be the best, and academics is something we always try to be first in," Ruggieri said. "Our motto is 'Scholars, Leaders, Athletes and Gentlemen.' We strive to be great scholars, we pride ourselves on building and developing great leaders and we won the IFC cup for athletics. It's hard to quantify how much of a gentleman you are, but we won the philanthropy event, which shows how we are as gentlemen."
Ruggieri added that having to compete for the Dean's Cup every year is beneficial to the Greek community.
"Having to create an application means showing that we are not the stereotypical fraternity, which is really the biggest thing we have to overcome," Ruggieri said.
Each chapter on campus is required to submit a yearly chapter assessment plan, a seven-section compilation of the chapter's accomplishments from the past year, according to Kathleen Peoples, director of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
According to Peoples, the seven sections are chapter management, membership development, citizenship and philanthropy, community relations, programming, statistics such as GPA and community service hours, and values and identity.
The plans are reviewed by a committee made up by Student Life representatives, including individuals from the counseling center and Residential Living.
The cup is merit-based, according to Peoples. Each section is given a score, and the chapter with the highest scores from all seven sections is the winner.
"Pike's [assessment plan] was, for example, on top of most of, if not all of the categories from the fraternities," David Ruth, dean of students, said.
According to Mike Ruggieri, Pi Kappa Alpha's president, the most difficult thing is to "stay on top and not get complacent."
"We pride ourselves on trying to be the best, and academics is something we always try to be first in," Ruggieri said. "Our motto is 'Scholars, Leaders, Athletes and Gentlemen.' We strive to be great scholars, we pride ourselves on building and developing great leaders and we won the IFC cup for athletics. It's hard to quantify how much of a gentleman you are, but we won the philanthropy event, which shows how we are as gentlemen."
Ruggieri added that having to compete for the Dean's Cup every year is beneficial to the Greek community.
"Having to create an application means showing that we are not the stereotypical fraternity, which is really the biggest thing we have to overcome," Ruggieri said.
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