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CARMEL, IN – Theta Chi Fraternity proudly presents the first round of awards recognizing chapter operations, including the 2024/2025 recipients of the Howard R. Alter, Jr. Award for Chapter Excellence. Three chapters were recognized during the first session of Initiative Academy held at the Alpha Iota Chapter House at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.

Created by a group of former field staff in 1984 upon the occasion of Howard Alter’s retirement as Executive Director, the Alter Award was first presented in 1986 to chapters that met or exceeded the Fraternity’s standards of excellence.

The Alter Award is Theta Chi’s highest chapter honor and is traditionally presented at the Fraternity’s summer event. Consideration for the Alter Award is by application only. Applicant chapters are evaluated based on their performance in 14 categories, including chapter operations, recruitment, scholarship, chapter safety, member and new member education, alumni engagement, community service and philanthropy activities, and others. The Alter Award may only be presented to active chapters.

2024/2025 Recipients:

Epsilon/WPI (which is their 8th overall Alter Award and first since 2021/2022).

Zeta/New Hampshire (which is their 3rd overall Alter Award and first since 2021/2022).

Epsilon Kappa/Idaho (which is their 7th consecutive Alter Award, and 16th overall).

Nineteen (19) chapters present at the June session of Initiative Academy were presented the 2024/2025 Chapter Achievement Award. This award recognizes and encourages chapters that apply for the Alter Award and demonstrate substantial success, progress, and improvement in chapter operations:

• Phi/North Dakota State

• Alpha Lambda/Ohio State

• Alpha Tau/Ohio (who recently celebrated their centennial!)

• Beta Omicron/Cincinnati

• Delta Beta/Georgia

• Delta Gamma/WV Wesleyan

• Delta Eta/Colorado State

• Delta Pi/Indiana State

• Delta Upsilon/Arizona State

• Zeta Kappa/Ohio Northern

• Eta Beta/Eastern Kentucky

• Eta Gamma/Morehead

• Iota Beta/Missouri State

• Iota Theta/Central Florida

• Iota Kappa/Northern Arizona

• Iota Mu/Missouri

• Iota Tau/Northern Kentucky

• Kappa Nu/Colorado

• Kappa Omicron/Tennessee

Five additional chapters who were present at Initiative Academy were recognized with Chapter Excellence Awards for demonstrating strong performance in specific areas of chapter operations. More awards will be presented at future sessions.

• Beta Phi/Nevada

• Zeta Pi/Old Dominion

• Eta Alpha/Clemson

• Eta Mu/Findlay