{"115891":{"#nid":"115891","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fraternity Men Earn Multiple Awards at Regional Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile attending the Southeastern Interfraternity Conference (SEIFC) in\nFebruary, the Georgia Tech Interfraternity Council (IFC) earned seven awards\nfor its notable work in scholarship and service during the past year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the awards earned included the Academic Achievement and\nScholarship Programming Award, credited to the work of scholarship chairs from\neach chapter throughout the year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy the end of 2011, every chapter on\ncampus had a scholarship plan in place versus the two-thirds that did at the\nstart of the year,\u201d said Mason Elledge, a third-year business administration\nmajor and vice president of communications for IFC.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOther honors bestowed upon Tech\u2019s IFC\nincluded an Educational Programming Award, Outstanding Education Program Award,\nCampus and Community Relations Award, Community Service Award, Outstanding\nPhilanthropy Award and an honorable mention for the Risk Management and\nJudicial Procedures Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIFC earned the Outstanding Educational\nProgram Award for its development of the Greeks Advocating for the Mature\nManagement of Alcohol group, or GAMMA. The Campus and Community Relations Award\ncame in part from IFC\u2019s collaborative efforts with other student organizations\nfor \u201cI \u0026lt;3 GT Week\u201d and \u201cKeep the T in Tech,\u201d as well as its collaboration\nwith the Georgia Tech Police Department to form a Police Liaison Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo me, the most\nnotable awards recognized new initiatives that were created by IFC,\u201d said Tanner\nMarcantel, assistant dean of students and director of Greek affairs. \u201cThe\nPolice Liaison program, a partnership with GTPD, assists with communications\nbetween the officers and fraternities.\u0026nbsp;The liaisons also serve as\neducational resources for fraternity leaders.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIFC\u2019s service\nefforts include spearheading events such as Run \u2018n\u2019 Hide, which gives local\nelementary children a safe place to trick or treat, and raising more than\n$65,000 for childhood cancer research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were proud to represent our\ninstitution and to show the entire Southeast the implementation of Georgia\nTech\u0027s motto, \u2018Progress and Service,\u2019 in our Greek community,\u201d Elledge said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMembers of\nfraternity councils from across the Southeast, including all ACC and SEC\ninstitutions as well as many other private universities, attend SEIFC to learn\ntechniques and services that will improve their respective councils.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s great to know that the IFC at Tech is\nexcelling programmatically, and surpassing their peers in the region,\u201d\nMarcantel said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Interfraternity Council (IFC) earned seven awards for its notable work in scholarship and service during the past year.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Interfraternity Council (IFC) earned seven awards for its notable work in scholarship and service."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2012-03-09 17:22:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:48","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"115901":{"id":"115901","type":"image","title":"IFC Earns Seven Awards at SEIFC","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894725","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:25","alt":"IFC Earns Seven Awards at SEIFC","file":{"fid":"194230","name":"seifcawards.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/seifcawards_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/seifcawards_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1473920,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/seifcawards_0.jpg?itok=LTLKUzsf"}}},"media_ids":["115901"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/fraternity.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Interfraternity Council"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1216","name":"Division of Student Affairs"},{"id":"4705","name":"fraternity"},{"id":"4704","name":"greek"},{"id":"12392","name":"greek affairs"},{"id":"4248","name":"IFC"},{"id":"12341","name":"interfraternity council"},{"id":"167069","name":"student affairs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tanner.marcantel@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETanner Marcantel\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EGreek Affairs\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}