Pledge program of Excellence Award
(PPOE)
The purpose of the Chapter of Excellence and Pledge Program of Excellence Awards is to recognize those Chapters whose programs of Leadership, Friendship and Service promote growth, retention and stability for the active Chapter, while providing a positive, inviting and educational environment for prospective and new members. These Awards are also designed to promote better communication between Chapter, Sectional, Regional and National leadership through regular and timely reporting of Chapter activities.
Each Award has three levels of achievement (BLUE, GOLD, and DIAMOND) which have a corresponding number of requirements that must be met in order to achieve each level of excellence.
In each Award, there are a certain number of required and optional elements that every Chapter must meet in order to qualify for a given level of excellence. The purpose of the specific categories in the COE is to ensure that a chapter has a well-rounded program that includes not only the required (mostly reporting) elements, but also good Chapter programs in the areas of development and service. The purpose of the required elements in the PPOE is to ensure chapter compliance and familiarity with the National Pledging Standards.
The requirements for each award must be completed during the annual reporting period of August 1st through July 31st, which corresponds to the Fraternity’s fiscal year. A Chapter may only achieve one level of excellence in each award per year (the highest level based on the number of requirements completed), but may qualify for both awards in the same fiscal year.
COE and PPOE recipients will be recognized at the National Convention in even-numbered years and at Regional Conferences in odd-numbered years.
Requirements need to be signed off by the Section Chair, Region Director, or other designated alumni volunteer. The Chapter President should be in contact regularly with the Section Chair and Region Director (and their alumni volunteers) to monitor the progress of the Chapter during the reporting period of August 1st through July 31st each year.
All Chapters in Good Standing are eligible or these Awards. See the Chapter Checklist on Page 1 for the definition of “good standing”.
The date of receipt by the National Office will be the date of record for these awards.
These programs have been created, and will be administered, by the National Membership & Extension Committee in partnership with the National Board of Directors and Section Chairs.If you have any questions, please contact any of the people mentioned above or me at membership.director@apo.org.
Past Recipients
Congratulations to the past recipients of the Pledge Class of Excellence Award!
2010
2009
- Epsilon (Truman State University)
- Eta (Northern Illinois University)
- Mu (Indiana University)
- Xi (Iowa State University)
- Omicron (University of Iowa)
- Alpha Beta (Pennsylvania State University)
- Alpha Phi (Washington University)
- Beta Psi (Southeast Missouri State University)
- Gamma Theta (University of Colorado at Boulder)
- Delta Delta (Saint Louis University)
- Epsilon Beta (Central Michigan University)
- Epsilon Zeta (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- Epsilon Xi (Colorado State University)
- Epsilon Pi (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville)
- Zeta Kappa (Bowling Green State University)
- Eta Sigma (Illinois College)
- Eta Upsilon (Marshall University)
- Theta Upsilon (Case Western Reserve University)
- Kappa Chi (Creighton University)
- Mu Alpha (Georgetown University)
- Nu Delta (Lebanon Valley College)
- Xi Upsilon (Mount Union College)
- Rho Pi (University of California at San Diego)
- Rho Rho (University of California-Irvine)
- Alpha Delta Sigma (Lindenwood University)
- Alpha Epsilon Beta (Ohio Northern University)
- Alpha Zeta Kappa (Eastern Kentucky University)
2008
- Epsilon (Truman State University)
- Mu (Indiana University)
- Alpha Phi (Washington University)
- Beta Rho (University of Arkansas)
- Beta Psi (Southeast Missouri State University)
- Delta Delta (Saint Louis University)
- Epsilon Pi (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville)
- Zeta Beta (Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University)
- Zeta Kappa (Bowling Green State University)
- Zeta Psi (University of Oregon)
- Eta Sigma (Illinois College)
- Eta Phi (American University)
- Theta Alpha (Stevens Institute of Technology)
- Kappa Chi (Creighton University)
- Mu Alpha (Georgetown University)
- Xi Upsilon (Mount Union College)
- Phi Theta (Arkansas Tech University)
- Alpha Epsilon Epsilon (Henderson State University)
- Alpha Epsilon Zeta (University of Texas at Dallas)
- Alpha Zeta Eta (University of Alaska Anchorage)
- Alpha Zeta Kappa (Eastern Kentucky University)
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