News Release
March 1999
The Moravian College Panhellenic Council, the coordinating
council for the sororities on campus, received the Northeast Panhellenic
Conference Award for Excellence in Scholarship at the annual Northeast
Panhellenic Conference Leadership Conference held recently in Stamford,
Connecticut. Moravian College student, Jennifer Samson, president of
the Panhellenic Council, accepted the award.
The Excellence in Scholarship Award is presented in recognition
of academic achievement, as well as programming in support of scholarship.
The Northeast Panhellenic Conference represents all colleges and universities
with greek systems from Maine to Maryland.
Moravian’s sororities consistently earn organizational
grades above the all-women’s average. The award was given for
achievement during the Spring 1998 and Fall 1998 semesters. For Spring
1998, the all-sorority GPA was a 3.28, and the all-women’s a 2.97
and for Fall of 1998, the all-sorority GPA was a 3.14 and the all-women’s
a 2.91. In addition, each sorority earned a GPA at or above a 3.0 during
that period.
In terms of programming in support of scholarship, the
Panhellenic Council sponsored or co-sponsored a number of initiatives
during the past twelve months. A chapter of Gamma Sigma Alpha, academic
honor society for fraternity and sorority members, was started in the
Spring of 1998, and new members introduced at a Faculty Tea. This Fall,
sorority women distributed academic support booklets entitled "Unlocking
the Secret of the 4.0" to all new first year women. Several weeks
ago, the Panhellenic Council hosted a Scholarship Luncheon to recognize
all first-year women who had earned a 3.25 or better during their first
semester. Campus VIP’s attended, and achievement certificates
were presented to all the women.
Membership in the Northeast Panhellenic Conference includes
such academically prestigious institutions as Cornell, Dartmouth, M.I.T.,
University of Pennsylvania, Yale, and many others.
