Evans Scholars

SilverTurtle · #1 04-15-2001, 03:50 PM

Have any of you heard of Evans Scholars? I live just off of Ohio State's campus, and drive by a building that bears the name "Evans Scholars" on it all of the time. I always assumed it was some type of OSU scholarship program and that receipients lived in the building.

Apparenlty, it's a national scholarship program started for golf caddies.

Anyways, while I was surfing the web, I came across the OSU chapter's web page... it's listed with all of the university's fraternities and sororities, and they are the Theta chapter, which I thought was rather interesting. I wondered if any of you do have Evans Scholars on your campus & if so, if they participate in Greek Life there?

Here's the link if you're curious:
http://www.osu.edu/students/evans/

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Buck-Chi-O · #2 04-15-2001, 04:14 PM

I can't answer your question about other campuses, but to explain a little bit about Evans Scholars in general and at Ohio State.

Evans Scholars is in fact a scholarship program for golf caddies that excel in academics and meet a financial need.

The house at OSU operates like another fraternity. They are as much a part of the Greek Community as any GLO. They get paired for Greek Week, Homecoming, etc, and sororities have socials with them. The guys at OSU are really cool guys, and they are consistently ranked tops in scholarship. I think the only thing that really sets them apart in our system is that they do place such a strong emphasis in scholarship, which is really nice to see.

I am curious too about Evans on other campuses -- do you work the same way?

IowaHawkeye · #3 04-15-2001, 04:17 PM

About three of my friends are Evans Scholars at Marquette University in Wisconsin. I don't know if they have anything to do with greek life, but i could find out :-D One thing about the Evan's House - its not just for guys, two girl friends of mine are Evan's Scholars!

ZChi4Life · #4 04-15-2001, 05:56 PM

At my alma mater, UofMich, our Evan's Scholars don't operate like (or with) the Greeks at all. They do have parties and stuff from time to time, but that's about it. I don't know much about it, but I've heard rumors that if you're an Evan Scholar, you have to stay in the house for your 4 years. Now, I have no clue if that's true or not, but if so, that kinda sucks. But they do have a nice house, so maybe it wouldn't be bad.

I dunno...
Anyone else know anything about E.Ss, I'm curious as well!

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BrianMUDU · #5 04-15-2001, 10:53 PM

We have Evans Scholars here at Miami University. They do stuff with other fraternities and sororities here (i.e. Participate in philanthropies with other greeks, etc.) unlike some other responses.

SilverTurtle · #6 04-16-2001, 11:05 AM

Thanks for your replies everyone! I think it's interesting that they participate in greek life since they aren't exactly the same thing. (Then again, that's not every campus. Just like GLO chapters are different at every campus

). And I had never heard of them other than driving by that house, so it's always fun to learn!

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Alumnus who cares · #7 04-16-2001, 09:58 PM

We had Evans Scholars at the University of Illinois. A guy from my high school was in that house. I don't know much about them, but they were pretty active in the system as far as I remember. They also had a HUGE party every spring, with about 20 kegs. Since they weren't an "official" IFC house, they were allowed to have keggers at their house.

carnation · #8 03-14-2008, 10:08 PM

Benzgirl was just discussing Evans Scholars on another thread and I looked this one up to see what they were. This sounds cool! I love hearing about non-Greek groups, like the Evans Scholars and the spirit groups at Texas, that operate like Greeks.

honeychile · #9 03-14-2008, 10:16 PM

Am I the only one who immediately thought of Caddyshack?

Benzgirl · #10 03-14-2008, 10:20 PM

Ummmmmmmmmm....we had a Caddy Shack party at the Scholar's house when I was a junior. I don't remember much past maybe the fifth hole (fifth shot). Anyway, they were great guys and many of them were our house boys and servers, in exchange for their meals.

lilzetakitten · #11 03-14-2008, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by honeychile

Am I the only one who immediately thought of Caddyshack?

No. No, you weren't.

CuriousCasey · #12 03-14-2008, 10:42 PM

The Ohio State Evans Scholars are also in the process of building a brand new 8 million dollar, 3 story, eco friendly house at the moment too. It will hold 80 people and will be 30,000 square feet. It will truly be a sight to see when it is completed in December 2008

Sister Havana · #13 03-15-2008, 12:08 AM

Here is the website for the IU Evans Scholars chapter. They have a house on North Jordan, where many of the other fraternities and sororities are located, and I think they participate in Greek activities with the other GLOs. Their chapter is coed but I am not sure if the women live in the house too.

gee_ess · #14 03-15-2008, 12:14 PM

There is a chapter at the University of Missouri and they live in the part of campus designated as Greek Town. There are also several girls in the chapter!

Katmandu · #15 03-16-2008, 07:05 PM

There are also several girls in the chapter!

Yes, I was just going to say that both men and women are eligible to be selected as Evans Scholars, so at many universities, both men and women are recipients and live in Evans Scholars housing. It is a fantastic scholarship program honoring students who worked as caddys who have excellent grades, activities and character.