JCU Colony wins Leadership Award
Friday, August 8, 2008
DALLAS, TX -- The John Carroll Colony of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, in just its first year of existence, is the proud recipient of the Charles Henry Hardin Leadership Development Award. The award, given in the form of an engraved plaque, was presented to President Christopher M. DiNapoli '09 at the Loving Cup Luncheon at the 169th General Convention on Friday, August 8.
The Charles Henry Hardin Leadership Development Award is presented to those chapters which best exemplify their commitment to participation in leadership experiences, expounding upon the leadership displayed by Founder Charles Henry Hardin.
To qualify for the award, chapters and colonies have to send a minimum of fifteen men, or at least twenty percent of the chapter, to at least three different experiences offered by Beta Theta Pi. Those who attended multiple events were counted as multiple participants. Of the 22 men able to participate from John Carroll, 14 different men traveled to five different experiences. Counting those who participated in more than one event, the Colony had 19 total participants:
Chapter Presidents Leadership Academy (CPLA): Christopher DiNapoli
Keystone Regional Leadership Conference: Christopher DiNapoli, Timothy McCormick, Nicholas Orlando, Peter Poznako, Ryan Schoonmaker, Kyle Sobh, James Treon, and Matthew Wooters
Wooden Institute for Men of Principle: Vincent DeGeorge, Daniel Dempsey, Kurt Hauber, Andrew Kolupski, Ryan Schoonmaker, Kyle Sobh, and Craig Thomas
Leadership College: Nicholas Orlando and Jamie Ott
Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI): Peter Poznako
The JCU Colony places a great emphasis on leadership development by stressing the importance of the available experiences, and encourages the men to continually act as responsible leaders in their quest to fulfill the ideals of the Men of Principle initiative.
About Charles Henry Hardin
Charles Henry Hardin was one of the eight original founders of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Serving as the third president of the Alpha Chapter at Miami University of Ohio, he graduated in 1841. After graduation, he began practicing law in his childhood home state of Missouri. A decade later, he turned to state politics, and served multiple terms as a State Representative and State Senator before being elected for one term as the Governor of Missouri. Hardin, known for being a champion of education, died in 1892.
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