Penn State Names Nine "Chapters of Excellence"
 

Nine chapters at Penn State's main campus were recognized as "Chapters of Excellence" at a ceremony this past weekend:

NPHC: Kappa Alpha Psi, Zeta Phi Beta

NPC: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Zeta Tau Alpha

IFC: Acacia, Beta SIgma Beta, Sigma Phi Epsilon

The university's news release, containing more info about the school's "Greek Pride" initiative and the "Chapters of Excellence" awards, is at

http://live.psu.edu/story/17080

Congratulations to those recognized and to those supporting the efforts toward continuing improvement.

Congratulations to those chapters!

Sigh. I bet it's nice to attend a state-related Pennsylvania school that actually acknowledges the fact that, yes, it has a greek system.

Can you explain?

Pitt and Penn State are two of the three state-related schools in Pennsylvania and it's day and night as far as how greeks are treated. Apparently, Penn State prides itself on its greek system while at Pitt we were treated as more of the proverbial red-headed stepchild.

Exactly. Only I'd add "two-headed stepchild".

But congratulations to the "Chapters of Excellence"! On a campus with such a large number of chapters, this has to be quite an honor!

Congrats to them.

Anyone give a little background on Beta Sigma Beta? I can't find anything on them online, and their link through the PSU just says "we're working on it!". Are they local? Regional? What's the craic?

and there you have it folks...thank's 33.

Oops! Sorry, Honey! :)

Isn't Penn State the school where they had the landmark study (back in the 40s or so) that was all, "women who join sororities are happier and do better in school than independent women"? I remember reading about it in my sociology class in HS.

Aw, well if it makes you feel any better, we're all up to our eyeballs in debt.

"The average Penn State University Park student graduated that year with $19,700 debt, and 70 percent of students had some amount of debt when they left....At the University of Pittsburgh, 59 percent of students graduated with some type of debt, averaging about $14,472."

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive...06dnews-06.asp

I invite you to go to one of the 16 or so Pennsylvania State Schools in the State System of Higher Education and you'll be happy with Pitt :) What about it 33?

Congrats to our Sorors of Mu Eta Chapter!

yeah, for real. At least at Pitt they haven't kicked you out of the sorority dorm yet!

I think for some reason a lot of people think Penn State is cheaper than it is...it's not. Plus I think at Pitt a lot of people take into account the fact that you'll be living in a major city and factor that as a cost - if they don't think they can afford it they don't go.