OU President David Boren welcomed guests to the Greek Awards Banquet Tuesday night in Oklahoma Memorial Union Ballroom.

Boren said this was a night for OU to celebrate its accomplishments.

"We have an all-greek GPA of 3.0," Boren said. "We have set our record of over $100,000 in donating."

Boren spoke about real friendships, and how those friendships are meaningful to the greek community.

"You never really leave here for good because the memories always stay here," Boren said. "You've made a tremendous difference to the university."

C. Don Bradley, Center for Student Life director, said that Tuesday was the first night that all four greek organizations had come together for the Greek Awards Banquet.

The awards recognized OU collegians, alumni and faculty for their involvement in Concilio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas, Interfraternity Council, National Pan-Hellenic and Panhellenic Association.

Katie Eidson, Panhellenic Association president, said the sororities have excelled in grades this year.

"We have a 3.173 GPA, setting an all-time panhellenic high," Eidson said. "And the highest overall GPA 3.2927 for sororities and fraternities combined."

The Top 10 Greeks were chosen for their community service, individual commitment to their greek chapter and to the greek community.

Beth Stathos, Center for Student Life assistant director and Panhellenic adviser, said each greek chapter chose an outstanding member.

"This is the highest individual award," Stathos said. "It is based on leadership, involvement in the sorority and in the greek community."

Greg Kunesh, OU drama professor, was awarded the outstanding faculty member award.

A new award called the "Giving Tree Award" was given this year to honor a sorority that has a strong commitment to all 11 sororities through campus involvement. This award was given to Delta Gamma sorority. A tree will be planted on Arbor Day to honor them.

Outstanding house director and chapter adviser were also awarded.

To receive chapter excellence each fraternity and sorority had to fulfill 10 criteria, including community involvement. Seven sororities and one fraternity were given this award. The seven sororities given the chapter excellence award were: Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi. The fraternity winning chapter excellence was Lambda Chi Alpha.


Outstanding Greek Members:

Andrew LeGrand - Omega Phi Psi, David Harris - Alpha Phi Alpha, Wilmer Hoffman - Latino Greek Council, Jana Adams - Latino Greek Council, Courtney Watson - Pi Beta Phi, Nathan Osburn - Phi Kappa Psi


Outstanding House Directors:

Jimmie Short - Pi Beta Phi, Carol Roberts - Lambda Chi Alpha


Outstanding Chapter Adviser:

Amy Lauder Edwards - Kappa Kappa Gamma, Jim Hall - Pi Kappa Phi


Top 10 Greeks:

Jana Adams - Kappa Delta Chi, DeShun Casey - Alpha Phi Alpha, Brian Clowers - Pi Kappa Phi, Ryan Dick - Phi Gamma Delta, Melissa Donald - Pi Beta Phi, Chris Kannady - Pi Kappa Alpha, Nathan Osburn - Phi Kappa Psi, Jennifer Pierce - Delta Sigma Theta, Sabrina Smith - Kappa Kappa Gamma, Courtney Watson - Pi Beta Phi


Anona Adair Award:

Brian Clowers - Pi Kappa Phi
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