ΩGreek Awards

2015Monday February 23 rd 7 pm – Bren Events Center

Order of Omega Executive Board

2014-2015 Ω

Darien Southerland (AΦ) President

Marissa Wieland (AXΩ)

Vice President

Victoria Hull (ΔΓ)

Events Chair

Nicole Chan (ΠBΦ)Secretary

Aaron Daniel (AEΠ) Treasurer

Monique Sablan (ΣΚ)

Scholarship Chair

Rho Lambda Executive Board

2014-2015Ω

Samantha Berry (ΔΔΔ) President

Pamela Esquivel (ΔΔΔ) Vice President

Michelle Hulley (KAΘ)

Secretary

Brooke Andersen (AΦ) Treasurer

Gamma Sigma Alpha Executive

Board 2014-2015ΩMegan Tom (KAΘ)

President

Danielle Lauber (ΔΓ)

Vice President

Alison Klein (ΠBΦ)

Treasurer

ΩGreek Awards

is…In less than 40 days!

Plan ahead!• Form committees,

• Distribute among departments • Have designated application workshop hours

•Ask for help

*Timeline*Fall week 10• Applications Out Online or emailed to presidents

Monday Jan 5th week 1 • Return to School/Info Session 2 • 6-8pm Pacific Ballroom A

Tuesday January 13th week 2• Last Info Session • 6-8 Pacific Ballroom A

Friday January 16th APPS DUE week 2

Monday January 26th week 4 • First round of scoring

Monday February 2nd week 5• Second round of scoring

How to submit applications

DUE: Friday, January 16th (cut off for electronic copy = 11:59 pm)

1 hard copy, with $100.00 application fee to our mailbox: # 105, poster room in Student Center

AND 1 electronic copy submitted in a .doc format to:

uciorderofomega@gmail.com

* checks can be made out to UCI Order of Omega

Greek Awards: Purpose? National Honor Recognition for chapters, and individuals

FOR YOUR APP TO BE CONSIDERED

Your chapter must: Complete all 10 chapter awards, and every section of

the application Complete the Order of the Laurel nomination Submit application fee and both copies of application

on time Must submit 3 names for scorers/graders

They MUST attend both sessions, failure to attend with result in the chapters disqualification

NOTE: All Honor society (Gamma Sigma Alpha, Rho Lambda, & Order of Omega) executive members and those who will be grading, or proctoring

scoring will be asked to recuse themselves from ANY

involvement related to writing and working on the Greek Awards application for their own chapter

ΩApplication Graders &

Requirements Need 3 names for graders from presidents @ GPC To be a grader:• Must be available MONDAY JAN 26th (week 4) 6:30-9pm

and MONDAY FEB 2 (week 5) 6:30-9 PM(arrangements to be excused from meeting will be made)

• MUST attend. If the graders fail to attend, your chapters application will not be considered• At least junior standing• Been a member of the chapter for 1 year• Preferably has held position • Has at least all greek GPA (2.977) • In good standing with the chapter

* 10 chapter Awards *1. Chapter Management2. Membership Recruitment3. New Member Education4. Membership Development5. Ritual Practice6. Risk Management7. Scholarship Programming8. Philanthropic Event/Service9. Alumni Relations10.Community Relations

Chapter Management

How does your chapter manage itself internally?

Chapter bonding? Disciplinary system? Exec Board?

What is unique/effective about how your chapter manages its affairs?

Membership Recruitment

What is unique about your new member recruitment process/processes? (outreach, marketing)

What does your chapter do to prepare for recruitment?

How does your chapter sustain its members? New Members?

New Member Education

How does your chapter welcome its new members into the Greek Community?

What opportunities are new members given? What do you teach them in the new member period?

What are the values you instill and promote to them?

Membership Development

What values does your chapter hold dearly?

Is there a standard set for your members? How do you implement this? (Events? Programs?)

How has membership improved? How does your chapter encourage and keep active participation?

Ritual Practice

How does your chapter uphold it’s ritual, promote its importance and values?

Do your chapter members take ritual seriously? How do you implement this?

Does your chapter have relations with it’s national organization?

Risk Management What does your chapter do to ensure safety of

its members? Of the Greek community?

What kind of lifestyle does your chapter promote of its members?

How are members held accountable when they fail to uphold a positive image for the chapter/community/themselves?

Scholarship ProgrammingWhat does your chapter do to ensure academic

success of its members? What is unique about it?

How are high achieving individuals recognized? How are those that fall behind reached out to?

How does your chapter strive to improve each academic quarter? Year?

Philanthropy and Service

What does your chapter do to serve the community?

What is unique about the connection your chapter has with its philanthropy? What makes it “successful”?

Are your philanthropic efforts inclusive? Who participates? How is awareness spread for your cause?

Alumni Relations

How does your chapter maintain relations with alumni?

What alumni events do you host? How are they successful?

How does your chapter present opportunities for alumni to stay involved?

Community Relations

* What has your chapter done to serve the Greek community? UCI community? Irvine Community?

Events, programs, volunteering?

Order of the Laurel To recognize one faculty or staff

member each year has gone out of their way to help the Greek

Community. A person that has made a positive impact, and shows

dedication living a life shaped by shared fraternity and sorority

values.

NOTE: They do not have to be an alumnus of any fraternity or

sorority, and previous recipients are not eligible. If a previous recipient is nominated, the executive board will

remove the nomination. PAST WINNERS:

2013 Chelsea Blake, Resident Life Coordinator Arroyo Vista

2012 Nicole Inouye, Greek Life Advisor

2011 Zabie Khorakiwala, CARE Office Violence Prevention Coordinator

2010 Dr. Rameen Talesh, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Life and Leadership & Dean of Students INSTRUCTIONSYou may nominate up to three faculty or staff members for this award.Please type a 500-word summary explaining why the nominee deserves this award. FORMATTING GUIDELINES500 word limit, double-spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman

Individual awards

Outstanding Greek Chapter President Outstanding Senior*Outstanding Junior*Outstanding Sophomore*Outstanding New Initiate* Outstanding Alumni Advisor*

* Max of 3 applicants for award

Chancellors Cup

Awarded to one sorority and one fraternity chapter with the highest points earned out of the total possible

x/total = ___%

Order of Excellence Award presented to fraternity and sorority chapters that have reached a certain percentage, earning them a bronze, silver or gold level of recognition for being a high performing chapter. This is in order to reward chapters that have performed well year-long, and are consistently succeeding and performing at a high level of achievement within our community.

BRONZE LEVEL: 65% of total available points achievedSILVER LEVEL: 70% of total available points achievedGOLD LEVEL: 75% of total available points achieved

INSTRUCTIONS:- To qualify for consideration, all chapter awards (10) must be completed and not have received a score of a zero for any categories.- Points earned for individual awards are not included for this award.

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

If one comes up, don’t hesitate to contact us at :

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