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Panhellenic, IFC honored at leadership conference
Thursday, February 17, 2011

CANTON, Mo. – Culver-Stockton College Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils were honored during the 2011 Central Fraternal Leadership/National Black Greek Leadership Conference in St. Louis, Mo.

Culver-Stockton received the Sutherland Award in the Panhellenic Council Division I from the Association of Fraternal Leadership and Values. The Sutherland Award recognizes the Panhellenic Council with the highest percentage of achievement in eight programming categories, including: academic achievement, council management, leadership and educational development, membership recruitment, philanthropy and community service, public relations, risk reduction and management, and self governance and judicial affairs. The Panhellenic Council serves as the governing body for the three national sororities on the Culver-Stockton campus.

Ryan Elizabeth Hilperts, Director of Awards and Assessment for the Association of Fraternal Leadership and Values stated, "I am so proud of the Culver-Stockton Panhellenic Council for winning this award. They should feel very honored as they were one of ten councils that applied and all the applications were great! This is also their second consecutive year winning this award; what a great accomplishment."

Culver-Stockton also received the Jellison Award in Interfraternity Council Division I. The award recognizes the interfraternity council with the highest percentage of achievement in eight programming categories. Those categories are: academic achievement, council management, leadership and educational development, membership recruitment, philanthropy and community service, public relations, risk reduction and management, and self governance and judicial affairs. The Interfraternity Council of Culver-Stockton College is the student organization responsible for upholding the standards, values and roles of the fraternity community and its individual chapters.

“We are very proud of the fraternity and sorority community here at Culver-Stockton College; and the awards they have received this past weekend are well deserved," commented Bob Dudolski, C-SC assistant dean of student life. "The student leaders within our fraternities and sororities have provided great leadership and service to our college and surrounding communities. The Culver-Stockton College fraternities and sororities continue to provide a strong values-based experience for their individual members and the campus community.”

Culver-Stockton College has an active and popular Greek community; with more than 40 percent of students choosing to join a sorority or fraternity. There are four national fraternity chapters and three national sorority chapters active on the C-SC campus.
Photo: Joe Stubbs, C-SC Greek life coordinator, and members of the Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils with their awards.