Fraternity and sorority members at Elon received national honors and recognition during the recent Mid-American Greek Council Association (MGCA) conference in Chicago.
The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), the governingcouncil for the five historically African-Americanfraternities and sororities at Elon, received the 2008Overall Council Excellence award and was named the top NPHCCouncil in the nation for the thirdyear in a row. Inaddition, the Elon NPHC received recognition for excellencein membership intake, council management, publicrelations, academic achievement, and communityservice.
The Panhellenic Council, the governing council forsororities at Elon, received recognition for excellence inall eight award categories: membership recruitment; communityservice and philanthropy; risk reduction and management; selfgovernance and judicial affairs; academic achievement;council management; public relations; and leadership andeducational development. The Elon Panhellenic Council wasalso named a finalist (top three campuses) for the 2008Sutherland Award for Overall Excellence for PanhellenicCouncils. This is the thirdyear thecouncil received finalist status.
The Interfraternity Council, the governing council forfraternities at Elon, was honored by MGCA forexcellence in academic achievement. Elon was one of only eight universities nationwide with Greekorganizations where the all-fraternity GPA is at least 0.25points above the non-fraternity GPA.
Zach Thomas, assistant director of greek life, and MicheleMcGraw, the director of recruitment for the PanhellenicCouncil and a junior at Elon, were selected from over 36teams to compete as one of 16 finalist teams toparticipate in the Order of Omega Case Study competition. TheOrder of Omega was founded at the University of Miami in thefall of 1959 by a group of outstanding fraternity men, whofelt that individuals in the Greek community should berecognized for their commitment to academics, leadership andservice to the community.