MSU Panhellenic again receives major recognition
Contact: Jackie Mullen
Photo by: Russ Houston
For the second time in four years, a campus women's leadership organization representing eight Mississippi State University sororities is among a small group receiving national awards.
Mississippi State University Panhellenic is a cooperative of eight member chapters of the National Panhellenic Conference. The largest women's leadership organization on campus, it represents more than 1,900 members of Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu, Pi Beta Phi and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities.
MSU Panhellenic is among 11 chosen this year for NPC's College Panhellenic Excellence Award. In 2011, it was among 15 nationally chosen for an Overall Excellence Award.
"This is an incredible award that we are extremely honored to receive," said MSU Panhellenic President Greer Mangrum of the recent recognition.
"We are very proud of all of the sororities on our campus that constantly strive for excellence to make us receiving this award possible," added the senior kinesiology/sport pedagogy major from Collierville, Tennessee.
With headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, NPC is among the oldest and largest higher education organizations representing women throughout the U.S. and Canada.
To receive the College Panhellenic Excellence Award, the organizations at MSU and other institutions must have met or exceeded criteria for recruitment, organizational structure, judicial procedures, programming, academics, and community impact and relations, among others. For more, visit www.npcwomen.org or locate NPC on Twitter and Facebook.
"Our high-performing college panhellenics are an integral component of the entire fraternity and sorority community across the globe," said Julie Johnson, NPC's panhellenics committee chairman. "It is an honor to work alongside these bright women who represent what it means to be a thriving sorority woman in today's world."
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