Alpha Upsilon Sweeps UNM Greek Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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LAMBDA THETA PHI LATIN FRATERNITY, INC. – ALPHA UPSILON CHAPTER RECEIVES CHAPTER OF EXCELLENCE AWARD

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The Gentlemen of Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Upsilon Chapter at The University of New Mexico had a very successful year in 2008. The chapter was recognized during an awards banquet in 8 out of a possible 9 categories that include: campus involvement, chapter management, community service, membership education and development, recruitment, risk management, outreach, and public relations. The chapter was also one of only four Greek-letter organizations to be awarded the 5 Star Chapter of Excellence award, and was the only fraternity to do so.

Over the course of 2008, the Brothers of Alpha Upsilon Chapter completed over 1,200 community service hours (more than 10 percent of the total number of community service hours completed by all UNM Greeks), with an average of over 100 hours per brother, all while maintaining an average GPA of 3.13, the highest among fraternities.

Individual brothers have also had great success. Brother Chris Chaves was awarded the Greek Advancing the Community Award, the Clauve Outstanding Student Award, and was inducted into Who’s Who Among College Students in American Universities and Colleges along with Brothers Gian Chavez and Timoteo de la Serna. De la Serna was also recently accepted into UNM’s Research Opportunity Program and will be conducting undergraduate research with a faculty mentor.

The Brothers of Alpha Upsilon will continue to strive for excellence in 2009 by serving our community and our university in every way that we can.

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Spring Break in Portales, NM

Brothers from Gamma Beta made the long trek from Tucson to Portales during the UA spring break to help Brother Juan Prado (Spring 2005) promote the fraternity and enhance recruitment on the Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) campus. The brothers tabled in the student union for both days and met with members of the four other fraternal organizations on campus: Chi Omega, Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma Chi and Kappa Sigma.

Eastern New Mexico University Colony was founded in the summer of 2004 at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico. Although it has only been in existence for just under five years, ENMU Colony has developed a well-known signature outreach event known as the Latino Youth Symposium which seeks to increase the participation of young latinos in higher education and their communities.