University sorority and fraternity chapters, as well as individual members of the Greek community, were honored last night at the fourth annual Greek Awards Ceremony, coordinated by the Inter-Greek Committee and sponsored by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
The Inter-Greek Committee presented the chapter of the year award to Phi Beta Sigma from the Black Fraternal Council, Phi Gamma Delta from Inter-Fraternity Council, Alpha Phi from Inter-Sorority Council and Lambda Theta Alpha Sorority from Multi-Cultural Greek Council.
The Inter-Greek Committee also presented four Greek Person of the Year awards -- Dimitri Hughes of the BFC fraternity Phi Beta Sigma, Dave Bowman of the IFC fraternity Sigma Chi, Kat Shea of the ISC sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma and Christina Ridgway of the MGC sorority alpha Kappa Delta Phi were recipients.
Award recipients said they were honored by the recognition.
"I don't know why they exactly gave me this award, but I'm extremely honored that they thought I was deserving of it," Hughes said.
The Inter-Greek Committee also awarded Phi Beta Sigma member Isaac Abeshie-Noye, St. Anthony Hall member David Hobbs, Sigma Kappa member Courtney Cherry and Lambda Theta Alpha member Claudia Aguilar for making outstanding contributions to the University.
Aguilar said she received the award for her dedication to empowering minority women.
"My sisters nominated me for the award because I tried really hard to serve as a voice for the Latino-Hispanic community," Aguilar said.
Abeshie-Noye said he received the award for his active involvement in the Greek community.
"I tried to keep myself busy, getting involved in things that motivate me and doing things that would have a positive impact on the people who will come after me," Abeshie-Noye said.
The award recipients were chosen by eight members of the Inter-Greek Council based on nominations by the leaders of the chapter presidents, said Kat Shea, an undergraduate intern at the Office.
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