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June 28, 2004
Highest Chapter GPA in 9 Years!
The grade report has just landed on the Consul's desk and he is happy to report record numbers for the Spring of 2004. The Office of Greek Life at Valparaiso places Sigma Chi in third place overall on campus with a chapter GPA of 3.126. This is above the Greek Men's average of 2.894 as well as above the campus men's average of 3.031.
Besides being above average in both fraternal and campus-wide GPA, Iota Sigma has recorded the highest GPA since the Fall of 1995. The Fall 1995 GPA was 3.160. Overall, Spring 2004 has the 4th highest GPA ever recorded by the chapter. The highest GPA ever went to Spring of 1995 with a 3.177.
The academic success of the chapter is a result of several factors this year. The brotherhood retreat held in September of 2003 with Past Grand Consul Dick Hester ended with several chapter goals which were submitted to Sigma Chi International Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois. The Scholarship goal for the chapter stated:
Increase chapter’s GPA from 3.03 to 3.2 by May 2004.Action Steps:
1.) Implement Scholarship program that was designed last year
2.) Implement Scholarship program requirements into pledge classes
3.) Mandatory study periods for pledges
4.) Review GPAs of all brothers to determine where and what kind of help is needed
5.) Enforce Scholarship through encouragement not through penalties
6.) Rush, Bid and Initiate men that meet and exceed our bylaw requirements (2.5 for Brothers and Pledges)
While missing the mark by a mere 0.074, the chapter did make a large gain towards its overall goal of high scholastic achievment. Much of the credit is owed to last year's scholarship chair, Chris Shaffer ('04). His work with the chapter as well as with last year's Magister Jon Ackerman ('04) in implementing the Scholarship program helped encourage the academic success recorded by the chapter.
Below are the GPA rankings for all Fraternities on Valparaiso University's Campus:
1. Sigma Phi Epsilon 3.284
2. Phi Mu Alpha 3.237
3. Sigma Chi 3.126
4. Phi Kappa Psi 2.933
5. Lambda Chi Alpha 2.909
6. Sigma Pi 2.827
7. Phi Delta Theta 2.801
8. Sigma Tau Gamma 2.754
9. Theta Chi 2.576
10. Phi Sigma Kappa 2.494