I'm Damn Proud To Be A Pi Kapp...

...beacuse last night we ran the table at the campus Greek Awards.

And we have been working our asses off for the past year. Mostly due to the leadership of our new president, we've nearly doubled our membership, and our chapter GPA has improved significantly, among other things.

Last night, we won awards for having the best president (mens), most improved GPA (2.84-3.02, the first time in our chapters history that we've been above 3.0), and having a GPA above the campus all-mens average. One of our alumni also won the Pillar award, an award not necessarily given out every year, for his exceptional service to the chapter.

Finally, it was time for the big awards, the all chapter awards.There are three different all chapter awards, the biggest being the Presidents Award for Greek Excellence. The P.A.G.E. award is an award that any fraternity or sorority can apply for. It's based off a packet you fill in for meeting certain standards (service, grades, membership, etc.). To get the P.A.G.E. award, you have to meet 90%-100% of all the standards.

We were told that we were getting an award, but we weren't sure which. First they did the award for 70%-79%. Our name wasn't called.

Then came the award for 80%-89%. The organizations were in alphabetical order. They got to Lambda Chi Alpha, and then called Sigma Phi Epsilon. We knew we had it.

A little background on our chapter may be necessary as to why this is such a big deal. We were chartered in 1986, hit a high around the early 90's, and then began a downward slide, hitting rock bottom in the early Oughts. Now we're at the top of the heap. When the woman giving out the awards, the coordinator of Greek Life, started to talk about us, she said when she started as the coordinator in 2001, she wondered when we would be closing.

Pi Kappa Phi was the only fraternity to earn the award this year.

Damn it feels good to be a Pi Kapp.