March 2, 2018 The Baker Orange | News page 4

Greek awards recognize FSL achievements

NATHAN HILLS
Writer
The 2017 Greek Awards were held on Feb. 11
in Rice Auditorium. The Greek Awards recognize
fraternity and sorority chapters on campus for their
accomplishments in various categories.
The awards are usually held at the end of Baker’s
Greek Week, but Assistant Director of Student Life
Josh Doak decided to have them earlier.
“Having the awards before Greek Week and earlier
in the semester allows chapters to take the results
and gauge where they are, as well as how they can
improve,” Doak said.
There are 10 categories of awards for fraternities
and sororities, as well as awards for individuals. The
judges who determine the winners of the awards are
volunteers from 25 different institutions across the
country.
These volunteers are Fraternity and Sorority Life
or Student Affairs professionals who are able to make
an unbiased selection of the winner.
This year, the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Kappa Sigma
fraternities did not participate in the Greek Awards
2017 Fraternity and
because they did not complete applications. Sorority Life Awards 
Junior Conner Petty, president of Sigma Phi
Epsilon, said that the chapter did not enter in this
year’s awards because “time just got away from us.”
“While I acknowledge winning awards is
important, our main goal is striving to build balanced
[men] and a strong brotherhood,” Petty said. A L P H A C H I O M E G A
To complete the award application, each chapter
must answer 3-5 questions detailing how they think
earned the specific award. Additional documentation
may also be required along with the application.
Senior Miranda Lindmark, who is a member of Zeta
Tau Alpha, said that the Greek Awards gives chapters
a chance to recognize and be proud of what they have D E L T A D E L T A D E L T A
achieved.
“They give everybody a chance to reflect on what
they’ve accomplished and see what can be improved,”
Lindmark said.
Baker’s Greek Week 2018 is set to be held in late
March.
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The men of Zeta Chi take a photo for winning 5-Star Chapter. | Photo by Justin Toumberlin

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