The brothers of Phi Kappa Tau’s Alpha Delta chapter here at Case Western Reserve University earned an average grade point average (GPA) of 3.412 for the fall semester of 2006, giving them the distinction of having the highest GPA among all campus fraternities.

Alpha Delta’s brothers have worked together to achieve the highest average GPA among all other fraternities on campus four of the last five years. At the Phi Kappa Tau National Convention in the summer of 2006, the chapter earned an Order of the Star honor for academic merit and currently holds the Monroe Moonsick Memorial Award, which is bestowed upon the Phi Kappa Tau chapter with the highest cumulative GPA. This marks the second time in five years our chapter has earned this national award.

The chapter’s academic success would not be feasible without its scholarship programs. Alpha Delta recognizes that each brother must meet his own responsibility for his schoolwork, but the chapter provides many ways to help everyone improve academically. The Phi Tau’s at Case have experienced great success in the past with the Academic Accountability Partners Program, which facilitates increased studying through peer evaluation of classroom performance as well as encouraging exchanges of knowledge between brothers in similar academic fields. Moreover, the chapter maintains a quiet, 24/7 study area in its Clarke Tower residence with a large collection of course textbooks, notes, and exams. The scholarship program also advances social interaction between brothers and Case Western’s faculty and administrators, including the chapter’s faculty advisors, Dean Joseph Pieri and Dean Julie Amon.

For the remainder of the 2007 scholastic calendar, the brothers of Alpha Delta have set the goal of not only repeating such educational accomplishments but improving our overall GPA as well.