National Panhellenic Conference Recognizes Top Colleges, Including UK

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Sept. 16, 2013) — The University of Kentucky recently received one of 14 College Panhellenic Excellence Awards from the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), one of the nation’s largest advocacy organizations for women. 

College Panhellenics, which are cooperatives comprised of all sororities on a campus, are scored on seven criteria, including those of value to college campuses such as academics, programming and community relations.

The university's largest student organization, the UK Panhellenic Association supports all sorority chapters on campus, helping them to pull together to help individual sororities, as well as the wider campus and Lexington communities. 

The NPC has recognized student-managed College Panhellenics with awards of excellence and achievement for more than 50 years. With organizations located at more than 600 U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities, only the top scoring groups are recognized with this honor for either excellence or achievement.

“NPC received scores of nominations to recognize the outstanding work and achievements of undergraduate sorority women who are working together,” said Nicki Meneley, executive director of the conference. “These awards are given to those who are following the exemplary standards set for Panhellenic women.”

This year’s 14 winners of  College Panhellenic Excellence Awards are:

• George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
• Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga.
• Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind.
• Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.
• University of Akron in Akron, Ohio
• University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Ill.
• University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.
• University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.
• University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla.
• University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss.
• Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Ind.
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass.

NPC, one of the nation’s largest organizations advocating for women, is the umbrella group for 26 national and international sororities present on more than 600 college campuses. For more information, including a complete list of NPC sororities, visit www.npcwomen.org or find NPC on Twitter and Facebook.